Today’s article was
written by Connie Adams as an editorial to a paper he helped to publish
more than 20 years ago (1982). It is long but I think you’ll find it to
be an informative defense of scripture as God’s word…
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The Certified Gospel
by Connie Adams
"But
I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is
not after man" (Gal. 1:11). In this statement, Paul placed the gospel he
preached in contrast to the perverted gospel which some had brought to
the churches of Galatia (Verse 7). He further showed that perverted
gospels were appeals to men rather than to God and that those who
preached such perversions negated their claim to bathe servants of
Christ (verse 10). In these declarations, Paul gave his assurance that
his gospel was genuine. He had received it by divine revelations. The
further context of Galatians 1 shows that he did not confer with those
chosen to be apostles before him in order to determine what he ought to
believe and preach. After his conversion he went away into Arabia. Even
when he did meet with the apostles later in his service to Christ, they
"added nothing" to him. He received his gospel by divine revelation even
as the others.
