1. God’s Only Message Galatians 1:6-9

2.  Paul’s Caring Confrontation (1:6-7)
6 I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— (Ga 1:6)

3. 7 which is really no gospel at all. Evidently
7 which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ. (Ga 1:7)

4. 4 who gave himself for our sins to rescue
4 who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, (Ga 1:4)

5. The gospel message means:

6. The gospel message means:
 Jesus offered Himself to God as a sacrifice for our sin.

7. The gospel message means:
 Jesus offered Himself to God as a sacrifice for our sin.
Jesus accepted the judgment and condemnation of sin for us.

8. The gospel message means:
 Jesus offered Himself to God as a sacrifice for our sin.
Jesus accepted the judgment and condemnation of sin for us.
Jesus bore the punishment of God’s justice against sin for us.

9. Paul was astonished or amazed that they were insisting on paying for something that was free.

10. The Galatians had turned to a different gospel.

11. The Galatians had turned to a different gospel.
To them, faith in Christ is not enough!

12. The Galatians had turned to a different gospel.
To them, faith in Christ is not enough!
To them, the message was “faith plus”!

13. These gospels develop their hope from the wisdom of humans:
The fatal flaw in every other gospel lies in ignoring or trying to bypass grace (1:7)
These gospels develop their hope from the wisdom of humans:
Technology
Education
Science

14. They assign divine values to ideas and principles limited to this present physical world:
Humanism
Materialism
Determinism
Scientism

15. They glorify self-effort:
design-your-own-spirituality
moral progress
self-perfection through some progress,
reincarnation

16. Be On Guard! (1:8-9)
8 But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let him be eternally condemned! (Ga 1:8)

17. 9 As we have already said, so now I say
9 As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let him be eternally condemned! (Ga 1:9)

18. People pervert or distort the gospel of Jesus Christ in many ways:
Weakening
Diluting
Distorting
Blending
Poisoning

19. The only solution to the human dilemma is grace:
Grace—the only means available to humans for achieving perfection.

20. God’s Only Message Galatians 1:6-9