Don't Be Deceived!

Don’t Be Deceived!

The same old deception that Paul dealt with is still going on today. People don't want to believe that Christ died for you and me, and that He is the Son of God.

Here in America there is an attack on Christians from non-believers, atheist, Muslims and the like. Now some Christian pastors are compromising with the Muslims to create a new religion called Chrislam.

Gal 1:6 I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you by the grace of the Messiah and, instead, are following a different gospel,

Gal 1:7 not that another one really exists. To be sure, there are certain people who are troubling you and want to distort the gospel about the Messiah.

Paul goes on t0 say that even if an angel from heaven tries to teach you another gospel than that of Jesus Christ our Messiah, don't believe it.

If you establish your belief in the Word of God, have a relationship with God, no one can shake you from your belief in God.

In every other religion in the world they all originated from man, not Christianity it originated from God our Father.

Gal 1:11 For I want you to know, brothers, that the gospel that was proclaimed by me is not of human origin.

Gal 1:12 For I did not receive it from a man, nor was I taught it, but it was revealed to me by Jesus the Messiah.

We are to be separate from the world in our beliefs and behavior. We cannot mix our beliefs or compromise them for anyone, group, government or etc. When we became believers we were crucified with Christ and allowed Him to live in us. We are to be more like Christ than the world.

Gal 2:19 For through the Law I died to the Law so that I might live for God. I have been crucified with the Messiah.

Gal 2:20  I no longer live, but the Messiah lives in me, and the life that I am now living in this body I live by the faithfulness of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

It is foolish for us to start out believing that Jesus is our Messiah and then turns our beliefs around and believe in our abilities and act in a manner consistent with the world of unbelievers.

Gal 3:3 Are you so foolish? Having started out with the Spirit, are you now ending up with the flesh?

Gal 4:3 It was the same way with us. While we were children, we were slaves to the basic principles of the world.

Gal 4:4 But when the appropriate time had come, God sent his Son, born by a woman, born under the Law,

Gal 4:5 in order to redeem those who were under the Law, and thus to adopt them as his children.

Gal 4:6 Now because you are his children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts to cry out, "Abba! Father!"

Gal 4:7 So you are no longer a slave but a child, and if you are a child, then you are also an heir because of what God did.

Before we became believers we were slaves to the world system and misguided beliefs. But Jesus came and redeemed us from being slaves to the world system and its misguided beliefs.

Gal 4:8 However, in the past, when you did not know God, you were slaves to things that are not really gods at all.

Gal 4:9 But now that you know God, or rather have been known by God, how can you turn back again to those powerless and bankrupt basic principles? Why do you want to become their slaves all over again?

After experiencing God and seeing His love, protecting, prosperity, health and all that He has done for me, why in the world would I want to believe anything else than the Gospel of Peace he has given us?

Why would I want to believe and act like the world of non-believers or act like believers who are believing in the world system and beliefs?

We must believe or act as the world does. We must stand firm on the foundation of Christ which is freedom and not slavery to a world system.

Gal 5:1 The Messiah has set us free so that we may enjoy the benefits of freedom. So keep on standing firm in it, and stop putting yourselves under the yoke of slavery again.

Gal 5:16 So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will never fulfill the desires of the flesh.

Gal 5:17  For what the flesh wants is opposed to the Spirit, and what the Spirit wants is opposed to the flesh. They are opposed to each other, and so you do not do what you want to do.

Gal 5:18 But if you are being led by the Spirit, you are not under the Law.

We should listen to the Holy Spirit and live a life that magnifies the life of Jesus. Our goal should be to become more like Jesus every day.

But the world system is opposed to the life that Jesus died to give us. It is very tempting for us to follow that life style because of our sin nature, but we are to be led by the Holy Spirit.

As our relationship grows with God our Father the less we want to be part of the world system. I've heard it said a lot that we Christians are narrow minded. The opposite is actually true. God says that anyone who does not believe what God says is blind, foolish and can't even see their ignorance.

When we allow God into our hearts and mind, our knowledge, wisdom and understanding expand to unlimited possibilities because it all comes from God.

Gal 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

Gal 5:23 gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things.

Gal 5:24 Now those who belong to the Messiah Jesus have crucified their flesh with its passions and desires.

Gal 5:25 Since we live by the Spirit, by the Spirit let us also be guided.

Gal 5:26 Let’s stop being arrogant, provoking one another and envying one another.

Stop Being Deceived!

Gal 6:7 Stop being deceived; God is not to be ridiculed. A person harvests whatever he plants:

Gal 6:8 The person who sows through human means will harvest decay from human means, but the person who sows in the Spirit will harvest eternal life from the Spirit.

Those pastors who are compromising Christianity are really not grounded in their beliefs. That is the beliefs of God. Some may even be compromising so that they are not persecuted for their beliefs.

Gal 6:12 These people who want to impress others by their external appearance are trying to force you to be circumcised, simply to avoid being persecuted for the cross of the Messiah.

We cannot change our beliefs about God because someone doesn't agree with it. Or because someone could be offended. Not even if we are persecuted for it. Our belief in Jesus must not be changed by any outside influence. We must stand our ground and say I will not compromise!