“Be ye doers of the word ….” Now God is talking to His children, and He is saying that if you’re just a hearer of the Word, you’re only deceiving your own selves. And we need to recognize that He is making it very clear that hearing leads to doing—not to ritual and that which is habitual. Not that which is drab or monotonous, not that which is routine. And the word for “doers” here, actually, it has to do with exciting living, thrilling experience, creative action, doing something for God, motivated by an inner desire.
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.