Galatians 1:6-7 I marvel that you are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ to another gospel:… I. THE REVOLT. Different kinds of religious revolt. 1. Particular: dissent from some principal doctrines; the ten tribes; the Roman Church. 2. General: renunciation of the name and faith of Christ; Jews; Mahommedans. 3. Under strong pressure; when men compromise the faith from fear of persecution. 4. From obstinacy; as atheists. The Galatian revolt was of the first and third class. They were "carried away" from the doctrine of "grace." II. THE TIME IT OCCUPIED. 1. A brief period. 2. Showing man's inconstancy in the matter of religion (Hosea 6:4; John 5:35). 3. Pointing a warning to the most privileged. III. FROM WHAT THEY REVOLTED. 1. From Paul. 2. From the grace of God. IV. TO WHAT THEY REVOLTED. 1. To false teachers. 2. To another gospel compounded of grace and law. (1) Men are discontented with the pure gifts of God. The Jews, beside the books of Moses, must have the Cabbala; the Papists, beside the written Word, must have tradition; hearers, beside the simple gospel, must have the skill of art and tongue. (2) The other gospel is no gospel at all. There is only one way of salvation. News of another way, therefore, is bud news. V. THE AUTHORS OF THE REVOLT. 1. They are troublers, because(1) they make divisions; (2) disturb consciences at rest in Christ. Here is the touchstone of heresy. Justification by works is an unbearable yoke (Acts 15:10). So is the teaching that assurance is impossible; so is the dogma of purgatory. The gospel, on the contrary, ends trouble and brings peace and joy (John 15:11; Romans 15:14). 2. They overthrow the gospel of Christ. They did not contest its truth, but, by adding to it, they turned it upside down. (W. Perkins.) Parallel Verses KJV: I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: |
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