“Be strong in the grace that’s in Christ Jesus.” My friend, if you think today that you can grit your teeth and go out and do it on your own, you are in for grave disappointment. If you feel that somehow or another, you can follow a few little rules—“If you do this—first one, this one, then the next one—everything's going to work out alright.” Well don't you detect that that's just another legal system that's being given to you today? Paul has no rules, and the Word of God has no rules today for the child of God, actually, to live the Christian life. We are saved by grace. We're to live by the grace of God and be strong in that grace of God.
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.