Little Country Church on the edge of town

Do do do do do do

People coming every day from miles around

For meetings and for Sunday school

And it's very plain to see

It's not the way it used to be.

Welcome to the Word for today,

featuring the Bible teaching ministry of Pastor Chuck Smith,

founder of the Calvary Chapel Movement.

This radio program is a chapter-by-chapter verse-by-verse study through the entire Bible.

And on today's edition of the Word for today, Pastor Chuck continues his message, ordained by God,

as we pick up in Galatians chapter 1 verse 1.

And now with today's study, here's Pastor Chuck.

Galatia was not a city. It was a territory. It encompassed an area that is now in Turkey.

There were several churches founded by Paul in Galatia.

And following Paul's evangelistic efforts through the area and the founding of many churches,

there were men who came in and they began to pervert the gospel that Paul had taught, the gospel of grace.

And they began to preach another gospel which is not a gospel.

Because the word gospel means good news.

And if you tell me that God will forgive me all of my sins and account me righteous,

if I will simply believe in Jesus Christ, that's good news.

But if you tell me that I must then follow certain rules and regulations

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