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A twisting of the truth is more difficult to spot than an outright lie. The Judaizers were twisting the truth about Christ. They claimed to follow him, but they denied that Christ’s work on the cross was sufficient for salvation. Paul strongly denounced the Judaizers’ perversion of the gospel of Christ. He said that even if an angel came preaching another message, that angel should be “eternally condemned”. Paul warns us that Satan masquerades as an angel of light. Here, he invoked a curse on any angel who spreads a false gospel- a fitting response for an emissary of hell. Paul extended that curse upon himself if he so ever try to pervert the gospel. Paul uses strong language because he was dealing with a life-and-death issue. People will always try to pervert the gospel in order to swerve people from the truth and force them to follow their laws and customs. We, as God’s people, must be strong in the Word, so that we develop a sense of discernment for any false prophet that we may encounter.

Galatians 1:7-9
7 which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ. 8 But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let them be under God’s curse! 9 As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let them be under God’s curse!