How soon we forget

Paul was amazed that the Galatians turned away from the gospel so quickly (Gal 1:6). No sooner had he returned home than they had already been lead astray. If that was the case within months of hearing the gospel, how far off are we two thousand years later? Salvation, regeneration by the Holy Spirit, is apparently no guarantee of persistent orthodoxy. We must continually return to the simplicity and purity of the gospel (2Co 11:3). The early church had problems almost immediately (Act 6:1). Paul warned about false teachers (Act 20:29). People are rascals and ministry is messy. All we can do is to keep working against our tendency to disintegrate.