“The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints.” Now “the eyes of your heart being enlightened,” and you’ll notice here that this is quite remarkable. The eyes of your heart—not the eyes of your mind—that your heart might understand. You see that, you may be very brilliant intellectually, but that does not guarantee that you can understand spiritual truth. Because “eye hath not seen, neither ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things that God hath prepared for them that love him.” And only the Spirit of God can teach them to 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.