“It’s the glory of God to conceal a thing, but the honor of kings is to search out a matter.” Now God has given the gospel so clear to be declared from the housetops, but a great deal of the truth that’s in the Word of God is not put on the surface like diamonds that would be scattered on the ground. He’s always put the jewels and that which is valuable, He’s always hid it away for man to find—for man to look for it. The gold has to be dug out of the ground and the diamonds must be taken out of the ground. Now, friends, if you haven’t found Christ in the Bible, you just haven’t been mining for diamonds. You haven’t been digging deep enough.
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.