The only way you can have salvation is through faith, because it’s a gift. I’ve just come through another birthday, and it was quite wonderful. The office here, they presented me with a gift. And do you know what I did? I believed that when they offered it to me they really intended to give it to me, and I just reached out and took it. I didn’t do a thing to merit it, to win it, or work for it, or anything. It was a gift. Now the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus. And it’s Christ Himself. You either will accept Him or you won’t accept Him. That’s salvation. And you can only, by faith—it means to believe God.
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.