By: Apostle Steve Lyston
Galatians 1: 8 – 10, “But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed. 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. For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a bond-servant of Christ.”
This is a quote from the Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Galatians. It is a very important Epistle to read for the End-Time. There are many ‘gospels’ that are being preached out there which have nothing to do with Jesus Christ and Him crucified. Any gospel other than Jesus Christ, His Crucifixion, the Cross, His Resurrection and Ascension to save our souls – to save lost souls from eternal condemnation Is not of God! If Christ is not the Center in anything that we do – then He is not in it and He has nothing to do with it. In essence, what Paul was saying is that we do not preach man’s doctrine we preach God’s doctrine. False Apostles or False Prophets or False Teachers they preach to please man! We can’t please man and God at the same time and there is no way a true servant of the Lord God can or is willing to please God and man at the same time. A true Apostle sent by God has one message: Man must be reconciled with God, through the gospel JESUS CHRIST MUST BE CENTER OF IT ALL, BECAUSE IT’S ALL ABOUT JESUS CHRIST!
Galatians 8: 11 – 12 states, “But I make known to you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is not according to man. For I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came through the revelation of Jesus Christ.”
Because of the varied messages being preached out there that stray away from the true gospel, many souls have been endangered! Notice in verse 1 of the same Epistle it says “Paul, an apostle (not from men nor through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised Him from the dead),” This means that Paul did not submit the authority of his apostleship to men neither was it conferred to him by man. His apostolic authority was not from any human source or through any human Agency, but God commissioned him through the risen Lord.
I believe in 2017 there is going to be a showdown with the False Apostolic Prophetic which has been emerging over the years and destroying a lot of souls and numerous churches.