There is Only One Good News

S-Galatians 1:6-7

S-"So Christ has really set us free. Now make sure that you stay free, and don't get tied up again in slavery to the law." Galatians 5:1

       **I want to note this passage will be our main passage throughout this study of Galatians. I hope you will memorize it and begin to live it out.

A-Freedom in Christ

L-There is Only One Good News

            *I want to tell you that the Lord impressed upon me to be more mindful of you and not put more out there than we can all chew and digest. So we will only be looking at two to three verses at a time.

     **Galatians 1:6-7 "I am shocked that you are turning away so soon from God, who in his love and mercy called you to share the eternal life he gives through Christ. You are already following a different way that pretends to be the Good News but is not the Good News at all. You are being fooled by those who twist and change the truth concerning Christ." 

     -Who was Paul speaking to in this passage?
                 Christians everywhere and the Churches in Galatia.

     -There are a several questions I want to ask you pertaining to this passage.

                1. Why were they turning away from God so soon?
                          -They fell prey to the smooth talk of the Judaizers and were easily deceived in their new faith and fell into the trap that they had to follow the Jewish laws and customs along with believing in Christ.

                2.  Who was deceiving them with false teaching?
                               -Judaizers

                3.  How was the Good News being twisted?
                              -It became more than faith in Christ and what He did on the Cross. They emphasized the Jewish laws and customs be followed in order to be saved.
                                

Do you know how often we too fall into this same trap? We believe that we have to earn God's love, work for God's love, or follow every law given that we become confused like the Gentiles and law enforcers like the Pharisees and Judaizers.

We need to make sure we have not and are not turning away from God and following false teaching. We must hold every word spoken up to the Word of God and make sure it is centered on Christ and what He did for us upon the Cross. We need to know and cling to the true teaching of the Good News that is found in the Word and allow any man-made teaching, rituals, or laws deceive us in believing something other than God's spoken truth.

Brethren the Good News brings life and freedom, not condemnation and the feeling of failure. None of us can ever be made right with God by trying to keep the law. It is ONLY through faith in Christ that we are saved.

I want to close with a passage from 2 Corinthians 11:3-4;13-15 that I think we all need to meditate on this week and make sure we are not being deceived.

"But I fear that somehow you will be led away from your pure and simple devotion to Christ, just as Eve was deceived by the serpent. You seem to believe whatever anyone tells you, even if they preach about a different Jesus than the one we preach, or a different Spirit than the one you received, or a different kind of gospel than the one you believed." 

"These people are false apostles. They have fooled you by disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. But I am not surprised! Even Satan can disguise himself as an angel of light. So it is no wonder his servants can also do it by pretending to be godly ministers. In the end they will get every bit of punishment their wicked deeds deserve." 

Jesus saves us the law does not. Don't be deceived brethren. Cling to the truth of the Good News.

S-Tell someone about the freedom and life that is found in Christ.