“Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.” Now that doesn’t mean that we become a doormat, but it does mean that when we have a complaint we’re to go to the individual and try to work the matter out. And there are a great many that you can’t, of course. Our Lord denounced the Pharisees, and there was no thought there—any thought at all of forgiveness. And there are people that you and I just can’t get along with. But we are to forgive one another, even as Christ forgave us.
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.