"FalseGospel" Tagged Sermons
Preachers who corrupt the Word for effect act like salesmen, trading on Moses’ earthly, practical ministry while rejecting the faith Paul’s ministry requires. The real question is which ministry a corrupted church finds easier to sell. 2 Corinthians 2-4 sets the terms for telling the difference.
Even within the OPC, the church can quietly subordinate Paul’s eternal gospel to something more marketable, the earthly practicality that makes a peddler successful. Christ’s clearing of the temple in Matthew 21 gives a verdict on that kind of selling. The true gospel refuses to master the art of the pitch.
Two central theses anchor 2:19 against the false teaching of 2:18. Christ himself is the foundation of God that ‘standeth firm,’ a person and more than a doctrinal claim. Holding to him keeps the church from being shaken by the world.