''I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting
him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel
(Galatians 1:6).''
Paul was astonished that the Galatians were forsaking
the Gospel he had preached to them. Paul couldn't believe his ears. It was
simply too amazing to believe.
I wonder how astonished Paul would be in the
Christians in America. If he were writing an epistle to our churches, would he
be astonished that we had departed from what he had preached to us through his
epistles? I would think so.
He would be
astonished at how many people twist his own words so many different ways. A
different Gospel is being preached in many churches. Not the one Jesus
preached. Not the one Paul proclaimed. And it's astonishing that there are so
few voices lifted up against it. Paul would speak up for the truth. Will you?
Amen.
