“In the world, ye shall have trouble … but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.” Be of good cheer in trouble? Yes. My friend, many of God’s children are learning and knowing what trouble is. He didn’t say that we would miss the storms. Fact of the matter is He said we would go through the storms, all the storms of life. The thing He did say very definitely and dogmatically, He said we were going to make the harbor. Because any little boat that He’s onboard isn’t going to the bottom of the Sea of Galilee, it’s going to the other side. And we’re in the process of going to the other side.
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.