DID GOD CURSE THE APOSTLE PETER? Pastor Art Watkins of Coden Bible Church (Coden, Alabama) August 27, 2015 Did God Curse Peter? That sounds ridiculous and it is, but if you believe what some hyper dispensationalists teach about the gospel preached by Peter, God did indeed curse him! In Galatians 1: 8-9 Paul wrote; But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed. Notice the warning label Paul put on the gospel he preached. He said, if any man or an angel from heaven preaches a gospel different from his, let God curse him. And when Paul said any man, that’s all men, including the other apostles like Peter. Therefore, if Peter and Paul preached two different and opposing gospels like the hyper dispensationalists teach, then their doctrine forces God to curse the apostle Peter which of course is heresy. The fact is, Peter and Paul preached the same gospel. When Paul preached the gospel here is what he preached: In 1 Corinthians 15:3-4 he wrote: For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures. When Peter preached the gospel here is what he preached: In 1 Peter 3:18 he wrote: For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit. They both preached the sacrificial death and resurrection of Christ for sins. And any man who preaches the cross for salvation as Peter and Paul did, cannot and did not preach works, for according to Galatians 2:21 works make the cross of Christ of none effect.