Worldly Gospel Vs God’s Gospel
It all began in the Galatians 1:6-10
6I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— 7which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ. 8But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let him be eternally condemned! 9As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let him be eternally condemned! 10Am I now trying to win the approval of men, or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ
Throughout my life time I have noticed one common trend that most people tend to focus on. The focus tends to lie with themselves. What can I do to better myself and how much things I can buy with the big income that I have or hope to have some day. This is becoming the new gospel in this world. When you put yourself above everything, you then start to take the Word of Christ and make it into your world instead of God. We wonder why the world around tends to crumble more often than not. I know that I have put worldly things above God and I know the results from it. The bigger problem is I still do it. Why would be the biggest question that most people would ask me. My answer is simple. My Gospel overrides Christ’s Gospel. Therefore I can justify things in life and yes that includes what the Bible says (My way of seeing the Bible and not God’s) and please everyone around me.
This leads me into the Gospel of the World. These are things that people tend to follow more than what God has to offer.
1. Gospel of Materials– This world (especially the USA) tends to focus on how much stuff they have to a point where we keep buying even though we really do not need to have it. We have a lot of poor people out there and we spend thousands of dollars on rims for our car to owning our 300th pair of shoes. We keep buying because it consumes us beyond your needs.
2. Gospel of Sex– As a society we have sex more to pleasure ourselves than keeping it a sacred vow for marriage. Then we give excuses to our love one about what is and is not sex so the need is met. The worse part about all of this is people fall for it. Sex is now something we do instead of something that is saved for your wedding day. If you do not believe me look at all the young women having children because they are having sex at a young age. To make a long debate short it is because they see how society see sex (along with many other things).
3. Gospel of Fake–This is people who tend to be something they are not doing. The biggest example is anyone who says they are a Christian but does not attempt/try to be one. I am not judging anyone who claims to be one. But if you saying that you are one and your dealing drugs, sex, or/and violence than are you really trying to make a difference. Do not get me wrong I have met drug users who changed their life around. I am talking to the ones who seem like they have it together but use God as a way to get his needs met instead of God. Fake goes beyond Christianity. Fake comes from those who do not know how to be themselves around other people because they want them to accepted, liked, and/or not get into trouble with another person/group.
4. Gospel of Greed– Money is the number one thing people want in this world. It does not matte how old or young you may be. The more money you have the more materials you have, the more sex you can get, and the more fake you become. Money drives people so far away from God that they are lost in their world for good. We cannot depend on what God is going to give us because we want it now. My favorite is when you get churches who preach about how they need money for projects when they really do not need it. The fact remains is Greed destroys man in every fashion.
I know there a lot of things out there that people focus on more than God but I just want to mention a few of them that do not get talk about all that much. The good news about all this is God can overcome it all and more. God does this with his Love, Truth, and Patience. God continues to show us his love and patience throughout our lives so we may make that choice to go to him to find a better path of life. We can seek the truth about how we have been living our life and change it for his glory. We can be his servant in His name.
If you are feeling empty inside, worthless, ashamed, lost, or just do not know what to do with your life because sex, greed, materials, and not being yourself is not working. Trust me I have felt all of these things throughout my life at one time or another. One thing I have learned was God was always there to pick me up and told me to try it his way. By making that choice I have seen and experience a lot wonderful things. I have never worried about my bills even when I did not have ay money. God has given me the tools and has shown a lot error of my ways with sex and materials. Ever since I started to seek him my sexual urges went away along with wanting to spend money that I do not have on things I do not need. I thank the Lord for all the things he has done for me. My only question for you. What Gospel are you living by.
