Pure Gospel

For am I now trying to win the favor of people, or God? Or am I striving to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a slave of Christ.
Galatians 1:10 HCSB

Are we people pleasers or God pleasers? When insecure in ourselves we bow to pleasing people but when we are secure in God we choose to please Him first.

Is a person on the throne in our lives or is God? Are we guilty of idolatry, as in placing a person before God in all things or are we submitting to God first?

Paul definitely was not preaching a man centered gospel but rather one that lifted up Christ. He would not bow to human tradition or ways if they were against Christ. We particularly see this in His opposition to the demand by judaists that Christians be circumcised.

The gospel needs no human taint or tradition. It is powerful and mighty on its own. Let noone try and bind it in human boxes and ways. Stand firm for the pure gospel and so not demand that it bows to humanism. Humanism comes from a man centered religion and is corrupt. Stay strong! Amen!