The Bible's Gospel Under Attack - Pt. 2

What is the gospel that Paul preached to the Galatians?


If someone asked you, “What must I do to be saved?” how would you answer them?

Let’s look at how some would answer today.

“Ask Jesus to come into your heart” (Let Him in) Rev. 3:20
Rev 3:19-20
Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline; therefore be zealous and repent. 20'Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me.

This is addressed to the saved…the church at Laodicea, not to the unsaved.

“Give your heart to the Lord”
Proverbs 23:26 is the only time a phrase like this is used, and it’s not in regard to salvation.

“Turn to Christ”
Turning gives the idea of repentance, but where’s the faith?

“Pray to receive Christ”
It’s not a prayer that saves anyone, it’s faith in Jesus.

“Ask the Lord to forgive you of your sins”
He will when we believe in Him. But the Bible never expresses salvation that way.

“Confess your sins”
The only passage that tells us to confess our sins in 1 John 1:9, and that is addressed to believers.

"Accept and invite Him into your life today"

Do you notice what is troubling about each of these gospel statements so prevalent today?…Ask, Give, Turn, Pray, Confess, Accept, Invite …Yes, they are all generated by man.

Eph 2:8-9
8 … and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;

John 1:13
13 …nor of the will of man, but of God.

Rom 9:16
16 … It does not, therefore, depend on man's desire


Gal 2:16
a man is not justified by the works of the Law but through faith in Christ Jesus,

Gal 3:26
For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.

Faith in, and believing in Christ are the biblical words used for salvation. Why are they often missing in our gospel message today?

The gospel is impossible (1 Cor. 1:18) for any person apart from an aggressive move of God’s grace to that person. Charles Spurgeon agrees.

"We have before us now an announcement very startling, some say very obnoxious. Coming to Christ, though described by some people as being the very easiest thing in all the world, is in our text declared to be a thing utterly and entirely impossible to any man, unless the Father shall draw him to Christ."