A Different Gospel

 Psalms 124; 2 Corinthians 11-13 

“…if someone comes to you and preaches a Jesus other than the Jesus we preached, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it easily enough.”

2 Corinthians 11:4

In ‘high cost’ Gospel contexts, where new followers of Christ are rejected by their families and lose employment because of their faith in Christ, they are often more willing to share the Gospel than in ‘low cost’ contexts.

Why is that?

Is there more than one Gospel?

Paul warns the Corinthians there are other ‘Jesus’’ and other spirits and other gospels that can deceive us. 

Are our ‘western Jesus’ and ‘western gospel’ true to the biblical truths we see in Scripture?

For marketing purposes, are we putting up with a reduction of the Gospel that ignores Christ’s call to those who would call themselves his disciples and deny themselves, take up their cross, and follow him?

Have we formulated a self-serving gospel that forgives sin and ensures heaven, but avoids the death-to-self, repentance, and deep conviction of the Holy Spirit?

What would Paul’s word to us be?

“Lord Jesus, I repent for embracing a self-centered faith and gospel that doesn’t transform. Open my eyes and heart to you, for your glory.”