PUTTING UP READILY WITH A DIFFERENT GOSPEL (PART VI)
“Blinded by the Love Bombing & Generosity of False Teachers” By Akin Ojumu Apostle Paul was a man who wore his heart on his sleeve. This Father of faith was a deeply emotional and passionate person who felt constant anguish and great sorrow for his followers. Far from being a detached missionary and aloof theologian, his Epistles reveal intense love, frustration, tears, and anxiety for the various congregations he founded. In his Epistles, Paul often utilized intense emotional rhetoric to persuade readers. This is especially true when it came to false doctrines and the ease with which some of the congregations he spent years teaching sound doctrines and nurturing in the faith fell for false teachers and embraced doctrines of demons as true Gospel. For instance, Paul was so exasperated with the Galatians, he blurted out, “O foolish Galatians!” for the way they rolled the red carpet for the Judaizers, i.e., early Jewish-Christian believers who demanded that Gentile converts adhere to...