It is “another gospel”. Paul had it right when he told the jailor “believe on the Lord Jesus and you will be saved – and your house”. He didn’t then run through a litany of rules regulations and legalisms.
Reminds me of this reading about a different Gospel:
I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who 'called you by the Grace of Christ'.... and are turning to a 'different Gospel' - which is really no Gospel at all.
Who has bewitched you?...( Intersting choice of verbage )..... ...Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified. - Did you receive the Spirit by observing the law or by believing what you heard?
- After beginning with the Spirit are you trying to attain your goal by human effort?
- Does God give you His Spirit and work miracles among you because you observe the law or because you believed what you heard? Clearly no one is justified before God by observing the Law,... because The righteous shall live by Faith,.....the Law is not based on faith.
On the contrary....Christ redeemd us from the curse of the Law by becoming a curse for us.......so that we by faith might receive the promise of the Spirit.
If a law could have been given that could impart 'life'...then righteousness would certainly have come by by the law.......BUT......The Scripture declares the whole world is a prisoner of sin...so that what was promised ..being given through faith in Jeus Christ.. might be given to those WHO BELIEVE.
(Galations 1,2,3)