“I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you unto the grace of Christ
unto another gospel: Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel
of Christ.” Galatians 1:6-7
March 22, 2002 –
The word “another” which is used in both verse six and verse seven of this section of scripture, is two distinct words with two distinct meanings. In verse six, the words “another gospel” refers to a different gospel, while in verse seven, where Paul says it “is not another”, the word “another” means that it is not another of the same kind. It is not just a different gospel. It is a totally perverted gospel that uses the gospel of Christ as bait or window dressing, but so substantially changes the effects of that gospel, that it makes it the gospel of the enemy of Christ, and not that of Christ.
Paul is so concerned about this false gospel, that he implores the Galatians in the following verses that “if we, or an angel from heaven preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.” Paul says that he marvels that those to whom he has preached the TRUE gospel are so soon removed from Him that called these Galatians into the grace of Christ.
Why is Paul so concerned about this false gospel? Why is he emphatic in declaring that his gospel was not taught to him by man, but was revealed to him by Jesus Christ? (1:12)
It is because Paul was intimately aware of the gospel of Satan, and the ability of this false gospel to ensnare those who superficially claim the name of Christ.
The gospel of Satan is not a black gospel that impels reprobates into the worship of darkness and despair. It is not a gospel that preaches war and cancerous living. It is not a gospel that divides and separates families. It is not a gospel that belittles man and calls forth the darker angels of our nature. Rather, the gospel of Satan lifts up man to lofty heights. It calls men to acts of benevolence, peace and unity. It rewards the highest acts of natural charity and human endeavor. It encourages man to seek the common good of humanity and uplifts the “human spirit” as supreme. The gospel of Satan denies the total depravity of man, and supports the teaching of man/god cooperation in the area of salvation and “godly” living. The gospel of Satan declares that God is a mere witness in the redemption of mankind, not the author and finisher of it, and that He has merely made a way for those who can find it within themselves to seek after Him. The gospel of Satan does not deny Jesus Christ so much as it demotes him from His sovereign throne.
The gospel of Satan seeks to elevate man in the eyes of his Creator, while using the terminology of Christendom to generalize and marginalize the work of Jesus Christ on the cross. The gospel of Satan is not preached by dark princes with black hoods and red eyes. It is preached by ministers and pastors who exhort and encourage their flocks to please and satisfy God by their good works. It denies that mankind is depraved and fallen, separated from God, totally dead in trespasses and sins.
The gospel of Satan adds to the work of Jesus Christ in the redemptive act by making it conditional on the earnestness of the heart of man, or the reflective religiousness of man’s life. It appeals to that seed or strand of “good” in man that they suppose is able to ascend to the heavens without dying. The gospel of Satan is preached by presidents and congressmen who appeal to the nobility in the souls of man, and by religious people who have created a template out of disparate and unconnected scriptures.
The gospel of Satan is the gospel of the altar call whereby man can be emotionally manipulated into going forward in a meeting and approaching the “priest” with an outward declaration of repentance, and by kissing his ring of absolution man can descend into the amorphous religious world of pews and pulpits, Sunday schools and pot-luck lunches. It is the gospel of religious education facilities and seminary trained popes.
The gospel of Satan is the gospel of “praise and worship” that exalts the worshipfulness of man, and denies God the praise due His sovereign works. It is the gospel of “Christian music” and bestselling prayer books, but it bypasses the screams of the tormented and downtrodden who truly seek God in order to escape the wrath that is to come.
The gospel of Satan is the gospel of many mediators, whether they be the smiling, educated pastors who read the bible for you and tell you what it means, or the manipulative evangelist who proposes that gain is godliness and that carnal blessings are the result of living Godly in Christ Jesus. The gospel of Satan denies the crucible of suffering, and the tribulation by which we must enter the Kingdom of God, and replaces it with the tithing envelope and the missionary offering by which we are exhorted to cheer on those who will enslave the next generation of “good people” who are called by this false gospel.
The gospel of Satan is preached by secular government leaders who preach that to join ourselves with the unrighteous acts of evil civil magistrates makes us “good servants”. They will beseech us to root out those commoners who are not endowed with civic virtues and are not willing to conform to the common will of humanity in search of the common good. They set up toll-free tip lines that encourage us to report “suspicious behavior” which must be defined as any behavior that is not in conformity to the ways of the world. They ignore and deny the fact that God has said,
Put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. Thou shalt not follow a multitude
to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment” Exodus 23:1-2
God has said that we who truly believe will not conform ourselves to the ways of the world, but that our lives will be a rebuke to the world and we will be sorely persecuted for standing outside the consensus that a corrupt world embraces.
The secular priests of the gospel of Satan preach a gospel of benevolence and unity above all. They are encouraged by religious superstars like Billy Graham and T.D. Jakes to preach a gospel of peace and mutual understanding. My good brother and co-worker Jay Lawson said this:
“The benevolence of man always leads to the further enslavement of mankind. Out of this carnal Christian benevolence and a desire for peace and unity, our nominally Christian leadership lavishes us with a promise of security that rapes our God-ordained liberty. Christianity, by definition, cannot be a gospel of peace in the carnal world. Jesus said that He comes with a sword, yet the mouthpieces of Satan cry out from the pulpits for peace on earth – a peace derived from the pits of compromise.”
The gospel of Satan despises good doctrine. In fact it brazenly declares that doctrine divides. Or, it titillates with bizarre interpretations of the prophetic. It heaps together teachers who can spellbind with Gnostic mystery knowledge and hidden secrets, but who deny the very basic doctrines of our faith. The satanic gospel denies the very nature of the thrice Holy God, or it declares that Jesus Christ was a man and He is one of the many ways that people can come to God. The gospel of Satan encourages us to love and hug, but it discourages us from searching the scriptures to see if things be true. The gospel of Satan resists judgment and humanizes mercy, denying that mercy ceases to be mercy if it doesn’t pass through judgment and condemnation first.
The gospel of Satan constructs religious houses and centralizes “worship” in those buildings made with hands, or it declares that worship must take place on prescribed days. Those who embrace the gospel of Satan will deify the dreams of silly women who pronounce that we must idolize the seventh day, while they blatantly covet against the work of Jesus Christ on the Cross that bought our redemption and ushered in our Sabbaths rest. It declares that good people go to heaven on the preposterous assumption that there are any good people to begin with. The gospel of Satan “wins souls for Jesus” but denies that He alone “added to the church daily such as should be saved.” (Acts 2:47) The gospel of Satan wrests with the scriptures, redefining foreknowledge and election, while declaring “belief” as the sovereign act of man. It refuses to acknowledge that “as many were ordained to eternal life believed.” (Acts 4:48).
The gospel of Satan robs God our shepherd of the glory He demands for His sovereign protection and the preservation of His sheep. The satanic gospel proudly declares that God is banned from His creation and that salvation is born of works – declaring God a liar when He states that all of HIS WORKS were known to Him from the foundation of the world, and that all of HIS WORKS were done so that He alone could show HIS manifold wisdom to the principalities and powers in the heavenly realms. God hath said that WE whom He has sovereignly rescued “have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of Him who worketh all things after the counsel of His own will.” (Eph. 1:11)
How shall the purveyors of the satanic gospel escape the fires of Hell, having despised the gifts of God? But you will find that many of Satan’s messengers even deny the reality of Hell, or they will deny that it is everlasting in its torment and punishment. They must teach such things, because they demand a god that is unjust and corrupt – a god that winks at sin and ignores pride. They desire a god that is powerless to actually and effectually save, but who opens the door wide to all who travel the wide road. Satan’s gospel must focus attention on this world and its comforts and pleasures. It must never for a moment glance into the eternals because it is dreadfully aware of what awaits all those who preach such a false gospel. Satan’s gospel must never truly focus on the cross and the work that was wrought there; instead it will substitute “Holy Ghost” manifestations and Jesus Crusades. Come and get your healing, your wealth, your tongues or your anointing, but touch not the blood and seek not redemption.
The enemies of God inhabit the pulpits of the world. “And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. Therefore, it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness, whose end shall be according to their works.” (2 Cor. 11:13-15)
I was never so sure about the rightness of our cause until I began to preach on the Sovereignty of our God. It is surely not easy to be despised and hated. Our flesh desires to be embraced and comforted by all men. But God has declared that the world must hate us, and it must despitefully use us. I am despised by the religious culture and chastised by people who I once had hoped were my friends. Our message will not be accepted by a dead and dying world, and our cause will not be trumpeted by the monied interests of corporate religion. As more and more people eschew the churches and the chapels of institutional “Christianity”, the enmity towards our message of freedom will grow more and more pronounced.
But here is what we know: “Whatsoever the Lord pleased, that did He in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all the deep places.” (Psalm 135:6) God has done what He has pleased. It pleased Him to call to Himself His elect. And it pleased Him to suffer the false gospel of His enemy to be trumpeted to all whose pride will bar them from heaven. Having hated the truth, they have freely embraced a lie. They have embraced the gospel of Satan, and they have done it with the name of Jesus Christ on their lips.
I am your servant in Christ Jesus,
Michael Bunker
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