Problem 24 - That the OTHER gospel in Gal. 1:6 is either a false gospel or a mix

PROBLEM NO. 24 --THAT THE OTHER GOSPEL IN GALATIANS 1:6 IS EITHER A FALSE GOSPEL OR A MIXTURE OF LAW AND GRACE

Acts 2 theologians are undecided as to what to call the 'other' gospel in the Galatians passage. Their doctrinal allegiance with Covenant theology on the 'one gospel' theory forces the Acts 2 teacher to invent the phrase 'false gospel,' which Kenneth S. Wuest teaches in his 'Galatians in the Greek New Testament,' page 37. But the majority of Acts 2 teachers believe that the 'other' gospel is a mixture of Law and Grace, which is the viewpoint of the Old and New Scofield Bibles in their notes on Gal. 1:6 and on Rev. 14:6. To them the 'different' gospel is a perversion of the Gospel of the grace of God, something that law can do when it is mixed with the Grace of God.

THE TRUTH

This was briefly mentioned on page 3, under Problem no. 1. More needs to be said because this is a major belief in Acts 2 Dispensationalism.

The portion of Scripture under consideration is Galatians 1:6-7: "1 marvel that you are being changed so quickly from the One having called you by (the) grace of Christ, to another gospel of a different kind, [7] which is not another of the same kind, except there are some making you restless, and desiring to corrupt the gospel of Christ" (literal translation by author).

Now it is strange that ALL will admit that it was the JUDAIZERS who tried to get the Galatian believers away from the Gospel of Christ. Where did the Judaizers come from? What did they believe in? Did they preach Gnosticism or Greek mythology
or Roman mythology to the Galatians?

The Judaizers were from Israel; they were not Gentiles. Everybody is agreed on this, too. They tried to get Gentile believers to adopt Jewish customs and beliefs. whether saved or unsaved, they knew about the Gospel of the Kingdom that was preached around Palestine by the 12 Apostles of Israel. This Gospel was a valid gospel message at the time of the book of Acts and the Apostle Paul. Jesus preached THAT Gospel for over 3 years, and the Apostles preached it much longer than that. The Gospel of the Kingdom did not cease with the death and resurrection of Christ, but was preached in all of its power by Peter on the Day of Pentecost.

Paul definitely teaches in Gal. 1:6-7 that there are 2 different 'gospels' [the NKJV has 'different' in verse 6 but then explains it away with a bad note]. The 2 Gospels are:

1. The Gospel of the Kingdom of the Judaizers (Acts 15:1); the gospel of a different kind
2. The Gospel of the grace of God revealed to Paul - the Gospel of Christ (v. 7); the gospel of the same kind

These two Gospels are DIFFERENT, which is why the Greek word HETEROS is used in verse 6 (different kind).

But Acts 2 brethren cannot accept the fact that there are two valid Gospels in this passage (and some Grace people can't accept it either). Their system forces them to teach that there is only one Gospel, so this 'different' gospel is not really a 'gospel' at all, but just a mixture of Law and Grace, an 'homogenized gospel,' as some have called it.

This view is just a 'cover-up' of the truth, and even though the mixture of Law with the Gospel of Christ is bad enough, that is not what Paul had in mind when he wrote Galatians.

Let us now look at verse 19 of Galatians 1, "But I did not see the other Apostles of a different kind, but only James, the brother of the Lord" (Gal. 1:19 - literal translation by author). The words 'different kind' is translated from HETEROS, 'other of a different kind,' the same Greek word used in verse 6. The use of HETEROS in verses 6 and 19 make it easy to understand what Paul was teaching in Galatians one. The Apostles of a different kind are the 12 Apostles of Israel. The gospel of a different kind is the Gospel of the Kingdom. The Apostles of a 'different kind' preached the Gospel of a 'different kind.' It doesn't take much intelligence to figure that out. And it becomes easy to see that the 'different gospel' is NOT a gospel of Law and Grace as taught by Acts 2 brethren. That human interpretation does away with the Gospel of the Kingdom, as if it didn't even exist.

The phrase 'false gospel' is a human idea also, as the Bible does not teach this concept. All 'gospels' in the Bible are valid gospels at the time they were proclaimed.

By Robert C. Brock