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All right, day three, we're going to cover chapter one,

verses six through nine in Paul's letter to the churches of Galatia. Paul says this,

after he introduces himself, he says this in verse six, I am astonished that you are so quickly

discerting him who called you in the grace of Christ and are now turning to a

different gospel. Not that there is another one, but there are some who trouble you and want to

distort the gospel of Christ. But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preach to you,

let him be a cursed. That means damned to hell. Verse nine, as we have said before, so now I say again,

if anyone is preaching you a gospel contrary to the one you received let him be a cursed okay so what is

this gospel that paul preached well the the gospel that paul preached is the one and only gospel

that you and i have been created by god and we were created by god for god that out of an overflow of

god's love for God's self,

he created image bearers, you and I.

And our very first parents, Adam and Eve, they were in a perfect face-to-face relationship

with God.

That was God's intent for his own glory and our joy.

And then the federal head, Adam and his wife Eve, they sinned.

And when they sin, it broke everything. And you and I have inherited

by birth a sin nature. And the Bible says, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.

And the problem with sin is not just that it is wrong, but it is destructive. And God is a holy and just God. And because God is just, all sin must be

paid for. And sin separates us from God. The wages of sin is death. But the gift of God is

eternal life in Christ Jesus. And because God is just, all sin must be paid for. And since we cannot

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