Even in the Old Testament, man did not have access to God. The tabernacle shut man out. There were three entrances, but there was also three closed gates. No Israelite, except the high priest, ever went there, and he but once a year. A careful study of the tabernacle will reveal the fact that the wonderful person who came to this earth over 1900 years ago actually shut man out from God until He went to the cross and died for the sins of the world. And one of the glorious things of this day in which we live is the fact that we have access, direct and immediate, to God through the Lord Jesus Christ.
Get ready to fight the good fight against legalism in Galatians. When this letter was written, it defended the gospel of Christ from people who wanted to reduce it to rules. Not surprising, Galatians has provided the backbone for several great spiritual revivals around the world. Freedom, we learn, is a serious fight. Allow grace to revolutionize your own life through these seven lessons from Dr. J. Vernon McGee.