“But I keep under my body … that I might not be rejected or cast out, but that I might be disapproved.” Paul says, “When I come into His presence, I don’t want to be disapproved. I don’t want the Lord Jesus to say to me, ‘You failed Me. Your life should have been a testimony; it’s not!’” And friends, you’re going to hear it if you don’t live for Him. Now somebody needs to say that, and I know that’s not popular. But, my friend, you’re going to stand before Him someday. And thank God, Paul could say when he came to the end of his life: “I finished my course. I have kept the faith. I know there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness.” Oh, to live for God today.
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.