“The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; He is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.” Now, He’s longsuffering, and He’s not rushing things. After all, He’s got eternity ahead of Him. He’s had eternity back of Him. He doesn’t need to worry about time. A thousand years, one day; one day is a thousand years. But the thing is, it’s inevitable. It is coming. It will descend upon the earth someday. And now God is giving men everywhere an opportunity. And that’s the reason we want to get the Word out. It’s the only thing that can change hearts and lives.
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.