In the churches of Galatia there were Jewish Christians who were trying to force members to include and keep parts of the old covenant, including circumcision. Paul in his letter to those saints strongly condemns this calling it a perversion to the gospel of Christ. He further adds that when you add anything to the pure gospel of Christ you will bring a terrible curse upon yourself. Paul declared “But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be [b]accursed” (v.8). The pure gospel message that Paul preached did not come from man, but it came through the revelation of Jesus Christ (vs.11-12).
Unfortunately, still today men have perverted the pure, true gospel of Jesus Christ in such smooth ways, that millions of people now believe outright lies with such veracity (uncountable truthfulness) which is to say they believe and defend the lie. “Faith only Salvation”, “Once Saved Always Saved”, are false doctrines that accompany almost every denominational church that exists today.
How does this happen? Simply put, people don’t have a love for the truth and as a result they believe the, “. . . deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, 12 that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness” (2 Thess. 2:9-12).
The truth is God’s word, (John 17:17), and like the saints in Galatia if you believe things that are not found in the word of God, you will also perish in your iniquity. The truth is in there, you only need to read it for yourself.