I always use the Bible sort of as a means of testing. When I was a pastor of a church, I taught the Word of God, and when a person really is a child of God, he’s going to hold to the Word of God. He’s going to love the Word of God. He wants to hear his Father talking to him. And I used it as a Geiger counter; you know, I just put it down on a fellow. If you don’t get any reaction, you’re almost sure he’s not a child of God. Oh, he may be a church member—we’ve got a lot of those around today. But my friend, it’s your relationship to the Word of God. Are you faithful? That is the evidence you are a child 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.