Oh, my friend, the Spirit of God wants to teach us. And one of the reasons that God’s people are not in the Word of God today is because they’re not willing for the Spirit of God to teach them. Why don’t you let the Spirit of God teach you, Christian friend? When you read a passage of Scripture and you say, “I don’t understand that. I read that.” I have people say that—“I read that many times, and I never saw that in it.” Well, when you didn’t get anything out of it, you get to a barren place in Scripture—and I get there many times even today—just get down on your knees or just turn to the Lord and say, “Lord, I missed the point, and You’ll have to teach me.” And He’ll teach you.
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.