LET HIM BE ETERNALLY CONDEMNED! / GALATIANS 1:9

(KJV) Galatians 1:9

As we said before, so say I now again, if any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.

The words “eternally condemned” (Greek anathema) mean that one has come under God’s curse, is doomed to destruction and will receive God’s judgment, eternal punishment and permanent separation from God.

1. Paul expresses the Holy Spirit’s inspired attitude of justified anger and judgment toward those who try to twist the truth of the original gospel of Christ (Galatians 1:7) and change the truth revealed in God’s Word. This same attitude was evident in Jesus Christ (Matthew 23:13), Peter (2 Peter 2), John (2 John 1:7-11) and Jude (Jude 1:3; Jude 1:4; Jude 1:12; Jude 1:14; Jude 1:15; Jude 1:19) and will be found in the heart of every believer who loves and defends the truth of Christ as revealed in God’s Word. That is because God’s faithful people are convinced that the message of Christ is the Good News of salvation, without which there is no hope for a world that is spiritually lost and separated from God by their own sinful and rebellious way (Romans 1:16; 10:14-15).
2. Those who are condemned include all who reach a gospel contrary to the message Paul preached as revealed to him by Christ (Galatians 1:11-12; Galatians 1:6). Anyone adding to or taking away from the original and foundational message of Christ and the apostles (those personally commissioned by Jesus to establish His message in the early church) stands under God’s curse: “God will take away from him his share in the tree of life” (Revelation 22:18-19). 
3. God commands all Christians to defend the faith (Jude 1:3), to have a loving attitude when confronting others (2 Timothy 2:25-26) and to separate themselves from teachers, ministers and others in the church who deny the foundational truths taught by Jesus and the apostles (Galatians 1:8-9; Romans 16:17-18; 2 Corinthians 6:17; Acts 14:4). These truths include: 

1. The deity of Christ (the fact that Jesus is fully God) and His virgin birth (Matthew 1:23; John 20:28)
2. The full inspiration and absolute authority of God’s Word in all that it teaches.
3. The historical fact of the “fall” of Adam (humankind’s original disobedience toward God, which ruined their perfect relationship with God and introduced the corruption of sin into human existence, Romans 5:12; Romans 5:14; Roman 5:15; Romans 5:18; Romans 5:19).
4. The inherent (natural, inborn) corruption of human nature that resulted from the original sin (Genesis 6:5; Genesis 8:21; Romans 1:21-32; Romans 3:10-18; Romans 7:14-21). 
5. Humanity’s spiritually lost and hopeless condition apart from Christ (Acts 4:12; Romans 1:16-32; 10:13-15).
6. Spiritual salvation (forgiveness and restored personal relationship with God) available because of God’s grace (his unearned favor, mercy). We receive this gift through life-surrendering faith in Christ, who gave His own life to pay the penalty for our sin (Romans 3:24; Romans 3:25; Romans 5:10; 2 Corinthians 5:17).
7. Christ’s bodily resurrection from the dead (Matthew 28:6; 1 Corinthians 15:3-4).
8. The historical reality of miracles for God in both the Old Testament and New Testament (1 Corinthians 10:1).
9. The reality of Satan and demons as spiritual beings (Matthew 4:1; 8:28; 2 Corinthians 4:4; Ephesians 2:2; 6:11-18; 1 Peter 5:8).
10. The Biblical teaching about hell, the place of eternal punishment and separation from God (Matthew 10:28).
11. Christ’s literal return to earth (John 14:3; Acts 1:11; 1 Corinthians 1:7; Revelation 19:11).

          4. Similar passages containing warnings against false teachers are found in Romans 16:17; 2 Peter 2:17-22; 2 John 1:9-11; Jude 1:12-13; 2 Corinthians 11:13.

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LET HIM BE ETERNALLY CONDEMNED! / GALATIANS 1:9

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The words “eternally condemned” (Greek anathema) mean that one has come under God’s curse, is doomed to destruction and will receive God’s judgment, eternal punishment and permanent separation from God.

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Margarita Crews

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Guided By Grace

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