The believer needs to be established in His work down here. You see, today, it’s rather deceitful, and you deceive yourself and others when you talk about how much you love the coming of the Lord and you don’t study His Word. And it doesn’t manifest itself in your life, and it doesn’t make you work. You see, if you really believe Christ is coming, you’re really going to be busy. You’re going to work for Him, because you’re going to give an account to Him. And if He’s going to be here tomorrow, I want to be busy today. And you won’t have your nose pressed against the window looking for Him to come or always looking up into heaven. You’re going to be looking around you, doing the work of the Lord down here. That’s the greatest proof that you believe in His coming.
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.