The Corruption of the Gospel: False Christs and Counterfeit Faith

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The Gospel as the Power of God for Salvation

The Christian message is not a malleable philosophy that can be reshaped to accommodate cultural desires or the latest religious fashion. Scripture declares, “For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes” (Romans 1:16). The gospel is not human wisdom, nor is it a spiritual technique for personal enrichment. It is the historical proclamation that Jesus the Messiah died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures (1 Corinthians 15:3–4). This message originates with God; therefore, its content is fixed, its saving efficacy certain, and its implications binding. When humans add to it, subtract from it, or muffle it under spiritual novelties, they exchange the truth of God for a lie and craft a different message that cannot save.

The Bible forewarns that counterfeit messages will arise alongside the true gospel. Paul speaks of “another Jesus,” “a different spirit,” and “a different gospel” (2 Corinthians 11:4). He warns that even if “we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you,” that messenger stands under God’s curse (Galatians 1:8–9). The Lord Jesus Himself predicts the rise of “false christs and false prophets” who perform signs to mislead (Matthew 24:24). These are not peripheral warnings; they stand at the heart of apostolic concern. Jehovah has given His Word to safeguard His people, and the Spirit-inspired Scriptures equip the holy ones to refute distortions and to cling to the grace of God in Christ.

Guarding the Message Through a Historical-Grammatical Reading

The only reliable path for understanding the gospel is the historical-grammatical method, which seeks the author’s intended meaning as expressed in the normal conventions of language in its historical context. This approach honors the fact that God has spoken in real history, in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek, using vocabulary, grammar, and genre to convey His saving truth. It refuses allegorizing, speculative readings, or contemporary ideological overlays that silence the text. When Paul writes that “by grace you have been saved through faith… not a result of works” (Ephesians 2:8–9), we read grace and faith as Paul used those words, not as our age would like them to be. When he insists that God justifies “the one who has faith in Jesus” apart from law-works (Romans 3:26–28), we submit to that meaning in its lexical and syntactic particulars. The gospel’s clarity depends upon this reverent submission to the text.

The Gospel of the Grace of God

The biblical gospel is God’s gracious act of reconciling sinners to Himself through the substitutionary death and bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ, received by faith alone. Humanity, created in Jehovah’s image, has sinned and fallen short of His glory (Romans 3:23). The wages of sin is death—cessation of personhood—so that apart from resurrection, no human hope remains (Romans 6:23; Ecclesiastes 9:5, 10). No immortal soul survives by nature; eternal life is not a built-in human possession but a gift of God, imparted on the basis of Christ’s atonement and granted in the resurrection. Jesus bore our sins in His body on the tree (1 Peter 2:24). He is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world (John 1:29). God presented Him as a propitiation by His blood to demonstrate His righteousness, so He is just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus (Romans 3:25–26).

Faith is not a moral achievement or a spiritual currency that purchases God’s favor. Faith is the instrument by which we receive the free gift of righteousness credited to the ungodly who trust in Christ (Romans 4:4–5). Grace is God’s unmerited favor, His saving initiative in Christ toward those who could not and would not save themselves. Works have their place as the necessary fruit of salvation, but they never form the root or the ground of acceptance before God. The gospel thus humbles pride, silences boasting, and exalts Christ alone.

The Ancient Pattern of Counterfeit Gospels

From the garden onward, the serpent’s tactic is to distort the Word: “Did God actually say…?” (Genesis 3:1). The apostolic writings show the same pattern. Some corrupted the gospel by adding law-works as a necessary condition of justification (Galatians 2:16; 5:2–4). Others reduced grace to license and denied the Lord by a message of sensual indulgence (Jude 4). Some peddled the Word of God for profit (2 Corinthians 2:17), while others trumpeted secret knowledge and mystical experience as if these were the path to fullness (Colossians 2:18–23). The enemy does not mind religious language, Jesus-words, or spiritual tone; he only fears the pure gospel of the crucified and risen Christ proclaimed with clarity and believed with a childlike faith. Wherever the message centers on man—his prosperity, his works, his feelings, or his universal acceptability—there you will find a counterfeit.

The Glittering Snare of the Prosperity Message

The prosperity message promises health, wealth, and earthly success as the right of the believer here and now, often claiming that one may “sow a seed” of money to unlock divine favor. It misreads biblical texts that describe Jehovah’s generosity and providence, tearing them from their redemptive context and absolutizing them as guarantees in this fallen age. It treats faith as a force and God as the guarantor of human dreams. It often exalts a so-called “anointed” messenger, shifting trust from Christ to the personality on stage.

Scripture teaches that Jehovah richly provides what we need, that He knows the needs of His people, and that He is no man’s debtor. Yet the New Testament repeatedly testifies that the normal path of the faithful in this present world includes suffering, deprivation, persecution, and the discipline that refines character. Jesus says, “In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world” (John 16:33). The apostles rejoice that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for the Name (Acts 5:41). Paul catalogs hunger, sleepless nights, hardships, and dangers as the marks of authentic ministry (2 Corinthians 6:4–10; 11:23–28). He learned contentment “in whatever situation,” whether in abundance or need (Philippians 4:11–13). To tell Jehovah’s people that they must expect uninterrupted health and wealth is to contradict the plain teaching of Scripture, to crush the weak, and to redirect hope from the coming Kingdom to the present age.

The prosperity distortion often abuses Old Testament covenant blessings given to national Israel under the Mosaic arrangement and applies them uncritically to believers in Christ without attending to the covenantal transition. Material abundance in Deuteronomy, for instance, functions within the land promises and the theocratic structure that anticipated the Messiah. The New Testament, by contrast, speaks of treasures in heaven, warns against storing up riches on earth, and calls believers to generosity and contentment. It bids them seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, trusting that necessary provisions will be added (Matthew 6:19–34). The prosperity distortion dethrones Christ’s cross and enthrones man’s cravings.

The Soothing Error of Universalism

Universalism asserts that God’s love guarantees the final salvation of all, regardless of repentance or faith in Christ. In its softer forms, it contends that God will eventually redeem everyone, perhaps through post-mortem purification; in its popular forms, it shrugs and says, “All religions are paths to the same God.” The effect is the same: the offense of the cross disappears, the urgency of repentance evaporates, and the authority of Scripture yields to sentiment.

Jesus speaks more about final destruction than many modern preachers. He warns of the wide gate that leads to destruction and the narrow gate that leads to life (Matthew 7:13–14). He speaks of a final separation of the righteous and the wicked (Matthew 25:31–46). Paul announces that those who do not obey the gospel “will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction” when the Lord Jesus is revealed (2 Thessalonians 1:8–9). Revelation depicts the second death, where those who persist in rebellion face irreversible judgment (Revelation 20:14–15). The biblical teaching regarding Gehenna is not of everlasting conscious torment for immortal souls; rather, it is the irrevocable, final destruction of the wicked, who do not possess immortality by nature and will not receive it as a gift because they reject the Son. Eternal life is granted to the righteous; eternal destruction awaits those who refuse Him (Matthew 10:28; John 3:36).

Universalism blunts the sharp edge of apostolic preaching. Peter preached, “there is salvation in no one else” (Acts 4:12). Jesus said, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life,” excluding any alternative path to the Father (John 14:6). Paul describes Gentiles before Christ as “without God and without hope in the world” (Ephesians 2:12). Love does not contradict truth; love proclaims the only name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved (Acts 4:12). To promise peace where there is no peace is not compassion; it is spiritual negligence.

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The Burden of Works-Based Religion

The most ancient counterfeit is also the most religious: the claim that God accepts us on the basis of our obedience, sacraments, rituals, or moral improvement. This message wears countless faces—legalism, sacramentalism, moralism—but its core is identical. It shifts the ground of confidence from Christ to the self. It may speak of grace and faith, yet it inserts human achievement as a co-condition or as the decisive factor. Often this error hides behind pious talk of holiness and church order, but its fruit is bondage, fear, and a treadmill of insecurity.

Paul’s letter to the Galatians is God’s thunder against this corruption. He asserts that a person is justified “by faith in Jesus Christ and not by works of the law” (Galatians 2:16). He grieves that believers who began by the Spirit now seek to be perfected by the flesh (Galatians 3:3). He says that to add a ritual as a requirement for justification is to sever oneself from Christ and fall away from grace (Galatians 5:4). Titus 3:5 insists that God saved us “not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy.” The legal spirit cannot coexist with grace; when human works enter as ground or co-ground of acceptance, Christ profits us nothing.

At the same time, Scripture does not loosen moral standards or minimize obedience. Grace trains us to renounce ungodliness and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives (Titus 2:11–12). Faith without works is dead in the sense that genuine faith inevitably bears fruit (James 2:14–26). Paul and James do not contradict; they address different errors. Paul contends with those who propose works as a condition for God’s forensic declaration of righteousness. James rebukes a counterfeit “faith” that produces no obedience at all. The justified live holy lives because new life has been implanted in them through the gospel, not to secure their justification but to display it.

The Mirage of Emotionalism and Experience-Centered Spirituality

Another counterfeit arises wherever feelings, visions, or ecstatic experiences are functionally enthroned above Scripture. Emotions are God-given and vital, and worship engages the heart; however, when inner impressions become the norming norm, the gospel’s doctrinal content is eclipsed. Many have been told to “follow the anointing,” to “feel the Spirit’s leading,” or to measure truth by whether a message “resonates.” This subjectivism reduces Christianity to a moving atmosphere. It can produce counterfeit conversions built on euphoria rather than repentance and faith in the crucified and risen Christ.

The Word of God—not fluctuating feelings—creates faith (Romans 10:17). The Holy Spirit does not whisper new doctrinal revelations to individuals; He illumines the once-for-all revelation He inspired. The Spirit’s sword is the written Word (Ephesians 6:17). Those who prize experiences above Scripture inevitably drift. They prize the spectacular and neglect the steady means Jehovah ordained: careful exposition of Scripture, prayer grounded in the Word, congregational praise, the memorial of the Lord’s death through the bread and the cup, mutual edification, and disciplined lives of obedience. The Spirit does not indwell believers as a mystical inner resident; He guides through the Spirit-breathed Scriptures He magnifies. When believers are taught to chase experiences, they are left defenseless against deception and begin to construct their identity on sensations rather than on the finished work of Christ.

Christ Alone, Grace Alone, Faith Alone

The gospel proclaims the exclusive sufficiency of Jesus Christ. He is the promised Messiah, the Son of God, the last Adam, the only Mediator. On Nisan 14 of 33 C.E., He offered Himself as the spotless Passover Lamb. On the third day He rose bodily, the firstfruits of those who sleep. He ascended to the Father’s right hand and will return before the 1,000-year reign, when He will establish His Kingdom and renew the earth. Salvation comes to the one who hears this message, is convicted of sin, turns to God in repentance, and trusts in Jesus alone. The thief on the cross brought no works and performed no rituals; he looked to the crucified King and was promised a future with Him in paradise.

“Faith alone” does not mean a faith that remains alone. It means that nothing besides faith is the instrument of justification. Faith looks out of self to Christ; it rests in Him, clings to Him, and confesses Him as Lord. Grace alone means God is the decisive cause of our salvation from first to last. Works alone cannot save; they confirm that salvation has taken place. Wherever the gospel is rightly proclaimed, three affirmations resound: Christ alone accomplishes; grace alone bestows; faith alone receives.

Repentance as the Gospel’s Twin

The apostles preach faith and repentance together. Repentance is a God-wrought change of mind and direction that acknowledges guilt, renounces self-rule, and turns to Jehovah in humble trust through Christ. It is not penance, nor a meritorious work in itself; it is the necessary counterpart of faith. One does not embrace a Savior from sin while clinging to sin’s dominion. Scripture therefore calls all men everywhere to repent because God has fixed a day on which He will judge the world by the Man He has appointed, giving assurance by raising Him from the dead (Acts 17:30–31). Repentance yields a lifestyle of confession, forgiveness toward others, and practical obedience that springs from a new heart.

Justification and the Gift of Righteousness

Justification is God’s legal declaration that a sinner is righteous in His sight on the basis of Christ’s obedience unto death credited to that sinner and received through faith. It is not the process of moral renewal, though moral renewal accompanies salvation. Because Jehovah is righteous, He cannot simply overlook sin. Because He is gracious, He has provided a righteous basis for pardon. On the cross, God condemned sin in the flesh; He punished our sins in Christ so He may justify the ungodly while remaining just (Romans 3:26; 8:3). The justified person now stands reconciled, at peace with God, welcomed as His child, and granted hope of the resurrection life. Assurance flows not from our performance but from God’s promise and Christ’s completed work.

Sanctification Without Legalism or License

Having been justified, believers are called to live as those who belong to Christ. They are not enslaved to sin; they present their members to God as instruments of righteousness (Romans 6). The gospel provides both motive and power for this obedience. Motive arises from gratitude and love for the One who gave Himself for us. Power arises from the new birth and the renewing work of the Word whereby the Spirit instructs and strengthens. This pathway avoids two ditches. Legalism attempts to secure acceptance with God by law-keeping or adds human regulations to the commands of God, binding consciences where Scripture is silent. License abuses grace as permission to sin, denying that those united to Christ must walk in newness of life. The gospel frees from guilt and from bondage, producing a life of costly obedience that flows from joy in God.

The Church’s Task: Discernment, Discipline, and Defense

Christ’s congregations exist to display God’s wisdom and to steward His gospel. Shepherds must be able to teach sound doctrine and to refute those who contradict (Titus 1:9). Teachers will receive a stricter judgment (James 3:1). Congregations must test every message by Scripture like the noble Bereans (Acts 17:11). If a teacher—however gifted—twists the gospel by promising worldly enrichment, smuggling works into justification, denying the necessity of repentance, or exalting feelings above the Word, the church must warn, correct, and, if necessary, separate from such error. This is not harshness; it is love for God’s truth and for endangered souls.

Church discipline serves the gospel by guarding the flock and seeking the restoration of the straying. It is an expression of Christ’s authority exercised with humility and patience, always with open arms to the repentant. The memorial of the Lord’s death in the bread and the cup should never be staged as a spectacle or used to manipulate emotions; it is a solemn confession that our life is grounded solely in His body given and His blood poured out. Baptism must be administered to believers alone and by immersion, as the sign of union with Christ in His death and resurrection. None of these actions confer saving grace; they testify to it.

Why Counterfeits Proliferate

Counterfeits spread because fallen hearts desire control, comfort, and applause. Works-based religion tells the self-reliant that they can contribute; prosperity preaching flatters greed; universalism soothes the conscience without demanding repentance; emotionalism thrills without truth’s cost. Additionally, spiritual adversaries—Satan and the demons—exploit these desires. Scripture warns of teachings of demons, false signs, and deceitful spirits (1 Timothy 4:1; 2 Thessalonians 2:9–12). The wicked world system entices with messages that align with its values. Human imperfection also yields to these distortions because discernment atrophies when Scripture is neglected.

The antidote is not cynicism but a return to the sufficiency and finality of Scripture. The Word is God-breathed and profitable, equipping the man of God for every good work (2 Timothy 3:16–17). Faith comes by hearing the Word about Christ, not by witnessing choreographed spectacles. Congregations must refuse to build on entertainment, marketing, or therapeutic platitudes. They must gather around the open Bible and proclaim the whole counsel of God, exalting Christ crucified and risen.

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Exegetical Anchors That Guard the Gospel

Galatians 1:6–10 exposes the spiritual gravity of altering the message. Paul marvels that the Galatians are so quickly deserting the One who called them in the grace of Christ to a different gospel. He repeats the anathema to drive home that this is no minor matter. The context reveals that adding a ritual requirement for justification nullifies grace. Galatians 2:15–21 then presents the heart of justification by faith. The grammar is emphatic that a person is justified not by works of law but through faith in Jesus Christ, and the argument climaxes in verse 21: if righteousness were through the law, then Christ died for no purpose.

Romans 3:21–26 is the most concentrated exposition of the righteousness of God revealed apart from the law, attested by the Law and the Prophets. The language of propitiation, redemption, and demonstration of righteousness shows that the cross is a public event where God vindicates His justice while saving sinners. Romans 4 argues from Abraham that God justifies the ungodly who believe, crediting righteousness apart from works. Ephesians 2:1–10 describes our deadness in sin, God’s rich mercy, salvation by grace through faith, and good works as God’s prepared path rather than the ground of salvation.

First Corinthians 1–2 destroys the boast of human wisdom and power by glorying in the scandal of the cross. God chose what is foolish to shame the wise so that no human being might boast in His presence. The preacher’s task is to herald Christ and Him crucified, not to market a spiritual brand. First Corinthians 15 anchors everything in the historical resurrection, without which faith is futile and we remain in our sins. The gospel is not a metaphor; it rests on events in time and space.

James 2, read in its context, does not teach justification by works before God; it confronts a dead claim to faith that is fruitless and therefore counterfeit. “You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone” is a demonstrative statement about vindication before men and before the logic of genuine faith, not an overturning of Paul’s teaching about justification’s ground and instrument. Abraham’s offering of Isaac showed the living nature of the faith that had already been counted to him as righteousness.

The Witness of the Old Testament to the Gospel of Grace

From the earliest chapters, the Old Testament anticipates a salvation that is of Jehovah from beginning to end. After the rebellion, God clothes guilty sinners with garments He provides (Genesis 3:21). In the covenant with Abraham (2091 B.C.E.), God promises blessing to the nations and credits righteousness to Abraham on the basis of faith, before circumcision and centuries before Sinai (Genesis 15:6). The exodus (1446 B.C.E.) displays salvation by the blood of the Passover lamb and God’s mighty hand, not Israel’s merit. The sacrificial system teaches substitution and atonement, while the prophets promise a Servant who bears iniquities and brings many to be accounted righteous (Isaiah 53:11). Habakkuk announces, “the righteous shall live by his faith” (Habakkuk 2:4). These strands converge in Christ, where shadow becomes substance.

The Gospel’s Shape for Everyday Life

Because the gospel saves by grace through faith, daily Christian living is neither self-confidence nor despair. When believers fall, they confess and return; they do not attempt to barter with God through vows or spiritual bargains. Because Jehovah has forgiven them on the basis of Christ’s blood, they extend forgiveness to others. Because they were purchased, they reject greed and serve with open hands, knowing that their inheritance is secure in the coming Kingdom. Because they are waiting for resurrection life on a renewed earth under Christ’s rule, they refuse to absolutize this age’s comforts. They face difficulties—arising from human imperfection, Satan’s malice, demonic hostility, and a wicked world—with the hope of the gospel, not with formulas or manipulative decrees. Their prayers are bold yet submissive: “Your will be done.” They measure spiritual vitality not by sensational experiences but by steadfast adherence to God’s Word, love for the brothers and sisters, obedience in secret, and perseverance under pressure.

Exposing Specific Counterfeits With Pastoral Clarity

When a teacher uses Jesus’ Name to promise guaranteed wealth, the church should gently but firmly respond with the New Testament’s teaching on contentment, generosity, and the reality of hardship. When universalist sentiments arise at funerals or in conversations, believers should speak with tears and truth about the necessity of repentance and faith in Christ, pointing to the exclusive claims of the Savior. When works-based language creeps into testimonies—“I hope I have done enough”—pastors must show from Scripture that our hope rests on Christ’s finished work and that good works evidence, not purchase, salvation. When worship gatherings aim to manufacture ecstasy through volume and spectacle, mature believers should call the church back to Word-saturated simplicity where the message of the cross is central.

The corruption of the gospel often attaches itself to real longings that only the gospel, rightly understood, can satisfy. People desire security; the gospel offers eternal life under Christ’s reign. They want guidance; the Scriptures provide wisdom that surpasses feelings. They want acceptance; justification gives legal acceptance before God now. They crave purpose; the Great Commission and holy living provide it. The church must answer not merely by saying “no” to distortions but by saying a better “yes” to the fullness of grace and truth in Christ.

Evangelism That Honors the Message

Evangelism must present the holy God, human sin and guilt, the necessity of repentance, the all-sufficiency of Christ’s atoning death and resurrection, and the call to trust Him alone. Invitations should be clear and urgent but free from manipulation. The goal is not to notch decisions but to make disciples who obey all that Jesus commanded. Follow-up care should ground new believers in Scripture, prayer, fellowship, and the rhythms of obedience in a local congregation. Evangelism that promises earthly ease or guarantees emotional highs betrays the message and sets hearers up for disillusionment when pressures arrive.

Assurance Without Presumption

Scripture offers real assurance to those who trust in Christ. “Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life” (John 3:36). Assurance rests on God’s promises, the finished work of Christ, and the observable fruit of new life. Believers should look primarily outside themselves to Christ, secondarily to the evidences of grace He produces. They should not turn assurance into a quest for feelings. When guilt accuses, they answer with the cross. When fear whispers, they answer with the resurrection. When weakness shows, they remember that salvation is by grace. They keep returning to the gospel itself because it is not merely the door into the Christian life; it is the path on which they walk until the day of resurrection.

The Coming Kingdom and the Final Vindication of Grace

Christ will return before the millennial reign to judge, to save, and to renew. The wicked will face eternal destruction; the righteous will inherit the earth and enjoy the gift of immortal life under the rule of the King. In that day, every counterfeit will collapse. Works-based religion will have nothing to present. Prosperity messages will be exposed as trinkets in light of the true riches of the Kingdom. Universalism will be silenced by the final separation. Emotionalism will evaporate before the brightness of the Lamb. Only those clothed in the righteousness of Christ will stand. Jehovah will be all in all, and the redeemed will ascribe salvation to Him and to the Lamb.

Until that day, the church must hold the line where God has drawn it. The gospel does not need improvement. It must be believed, proclaimed, defended, and lived. Christ crucified and risen is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes. Grace alone saves through faith alone in Christ alone. Anything more is less; anything added subtracts; anything other is nothing.

Practical Counsel for Congregations and Households

Families should center daily life around Scripture. Parents must catechize their children with the Bible’s storyline: creation, rebellion, promise, fulfillment in Christ, the call to repent and believe, and the hope of the coming Kingdom. They should expose prosperity claims by showing the apostles’ lives. They should dismantle universalist slogans by reading the solemn warnings of Jesus. They should combat legalism by memorizing Ephesians 2:8–10 and Romans 4. They should temper emotionalism by teaching that faith rests on God’s Word, not on fluctuating feelings.

Congregations should structure Lord’s Day gatherings around the public reading of Scripture, expository preaching, prayer, congregational singing that is rich with biblical truth, the memorial of the Lord’s death observed with reverence, and opportunities for mutual encouragement. They should train elders to guard doctrine and deacons to serve faithfully. They should insist that leaders meet biblical qualifications, including being men who are able to teach and who shepherd willingly and humbly. They should measure fruit by faithfulness, not by numbers. They should give generously to the spread of the gospel without turning offerings into transactional “seed” schemes. They should practice church discipline with patience and purpose, always aiming at restoration.

Christians should evaluate teachers by their doctrine and life, not by charisma. Do they preach Christ crucified and risen as the only hope? Do they preach repentance and faith? Do they insist that justification is by grace through faith apart from works? Do they handle Scripture with care, using the historical-grammatical method? Do they live with integrity, contentment, and transparency? Are they accountable within a local congregation? If a teacher uses Jesus to build a personal empire, manipulates people with promises of guaranteed wealth, or conflates feelings with revelation, wise believers will flee.

The Gospel’s Freedom

When the gospel is kept pure, Christians are free. They are free from the impossible burden of self-salvation. They are free from the despair that arises when health fails or wealth evaporates. They are free from the anxiety of trying to maintain a spiritual high. They are free to love, to serve, to endure, and to hope. They become a peculiar people whose peace confounds the world because it is not anchored in circumstances but in Christ. Their generosity confounds because they are not seeking earthly returns but the reward of their Lord. Their morality confounds because it flows from gratitude, not from an attempt to earn favor. Their hope confounds because it looks beyond the grave to resurrection and the renewed earth where righteousness dwells.

This freedom has a sound: the unashamed proclamation of the gospel. It has a shape: lives formed by Scripture. It has a center: Jesus Christ the Lord. It has a power: the grace of God. Let every distortion be exposed and every counterfeit silenced by the simple, radiant truth that God saves sinners by His grace through faith in His Son. Let every congregation and every household hold fast to that message. Let no one move us from the hope held out in the gospel.

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About the Author

EDWARD D. ANDREWS (AS in Criminal Justice, BS in Religion, MA in Biblical Studies, and MDiv in Theology) is CEO and President of Christian Publishing House. He has authored over 220+ books. In addition, Andrews is the Chief Translator of the Updated American Standard Version (UASV).

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