All Mankind Will be Judged by Paul’s Gospel

📖 “I marvel that you are turning away so soon from Him who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel, which is not another; but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ.” — Galatians 1:6–7 

The apostle Paul doesn’t waste any time with pleasantries in his letter to the Galatians. He’s astonished—outraged—that these Gentile believers, who had been gloriously saved by grace through faith alone, were now being pulled away by smooth-talking false teachers. Men had crept in and added conditions to Paul’s gospel—works, rituals, law-keeping—turning the good news into a powerless counterfeit.

Paul calls it exactly what it is: a perverted gospel. Not “good news” at all, but a distortion that strips the cross of its saving power. No wonder he writes with urgency, warning them that those who preach another gospel are under God’s curse (Gal. 1:8–9).

⚠️ And here’s the sobering truth: nothing has changed in 1,900+ years. The names and faces are different, but the false teachers are still here—masquerading as pastors, priests, and teachers of truth. They package their lies in religious language, but the substance is the same: “Jesus is necessary, but not enough.” Add sacraments. Add works. Add law. Add your effort. Live a holy life and persevere to the end. Horrors!

That is not the gospel. That is bondage. That is deception. That is a one-way ticket in the wrong direction—down.

There is only one gospel that saves: the gospel of the grace of God (Acts 20:24).
There is only one gospel by which all mankind will be judged (Romans 2:16).
There is only one gospel defined with crystal clarity in 1 Corinthians 15:1–4:

✝️ Christ died for our sins.
🪦 He was buried.
🌅 He rose again the third day.

That’s it. Nothing to add. Nothing to subtract. The finished work of Christ stands alone.

Anything else is not the gospel—it is a perversion. And Paul’s words still thunder across the centuries: “If anyone preaches any other gospel to you than what you have received, let him be accursed” (Gal. 1:9).

Friend, don’t be deceived. Don’t be moved away from the simplicity of the gospel. Don’t exchange the freedom of Christ for the chains of religion. Stand firm in the truth of God’s grace.

Because in the end, when you stand before the Judge of all the earth, it won’t matter what church you attended, what rituals you performed, or what traditions you clung to. It will come down to one thing: Did you believe the gospel of Christ revealed to Paul, the gospel of grace?

There is only one gospel. Believe it. Stand in it. Proclaim it.