Galatians 1:9 “As we have said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you than what you have received, let him be accursed.” --NKJV In the name of the One Who gave us the ministry of the Gospel, amen.
Earlier he (St. Paul) had cursed himself, his brethren, and an angel from heaven. Here he says: “If there is anyone besides us who preached to you any gospel other than the one you have received from us, let him also be accursed.” Thus he clearly excommunicates and curses all teachers in general. This shows great fervor of spirit in the apostle, that he has the courage to curse all teachers throughout the earth and heaven. For all men must either yield to that Gospel which Paul had been preaching or be accursed and damned.
In this way the ministers of Satan invade, and insinuate themselves into, the minds of men by promising that they will bring something better. They admit that those who taught the Gospel before them made a good start, but they say that this is not enough. Thus today the fanatics do pay us the compliment that we began the work of the Gospel correctly. But because we despise and condemn their blasphemous doctrine, they call us “neopapists,” who are twice as bad as the old papists. Thus it is that thieves and robbers invade the Lord’s sheepfold “to steal and kill and destroy” (John 10:10). But Paul refuses to let anything else be taught by anyone or be heard and accepted by the Galatians than what he himself had taught them before and what they had heard and accepted from him. Amen.
Prayer: Lord Jesus, there are many false teachers who would lead us astray. Guard us from them! Preserve the truth among us, o Lord, so that we may be kept in the True Faith, amen.
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