The Daily Fountain Devotional of the Church Of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) 3 June 2026 – Do Not Desert The Gospel Of Jesus Christ
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TOPIC – Do Not Desert The Gospel Of Jesus Christ
Anglican devotional guide
READ: Galatians 1:6-10 (KJV)
6 I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:
7 Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.
8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
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.
10 For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.
THE MESSAGE:
One of the central discussions of Paul in his epistle to the Galatians is the sufficiency of faith in Jesus Christ to obtain the salvation of God. The mention of a ‘different gospel’ or ‘another gospel’ refers simply to the addition of the Jewish rite of circumcision and other demands of Jewish laws on the Gentiles who became followers of Christ, by some overzealous preachers of the time. In addition, these preachers held that the Jewish Christians must still continue to observe all the required Jewish laws (Acts 15:1-5). Paul maintained that it does not matter who the preacher is, there is no other gospel apart from that which presents Jesus Christ as the sufficient Saviour of mankind. He stressed that faith in Jesus Christ alone guarantees justification (Galatians 3:15&16).
Beloved, there are still preachers today who mislead people and drag them into bondage rather than the liberty which Jesus Christ brought to the world. As Christians, we must understand that Jesus Christ paid the supreme price of His life to obtain eternal salvation for us. The law and its observance could not deliver mankind from sin and the grip of Satan. This was the reason Jesus gave Himself for our deliverance. You are not supposed to throw yourself into any bondage as a result of ‘another gospel.’ You have access to God’s abundant treasure by your faith in Jesus Christ (Romans 5:1&2). No more, no less. Do not turn away from the gospel of Christ or allow someone to get you off the track of genuine Christian faith.
PRAYER
Father, please help me to hold to my faith in Jesus Christ. Amen.
