“Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.” Now salvation here, you’ll notice, is not a thing. It’s a person. Salvation is not a program, it is not a religion, it’s not a system, it’s not a ritual, it’s not a liturgy. Salvation is a person. And that person is the Lord Jehovah—the Lord Jesus Christ. That’s the picture that we have here, and they’re praising Him for that.
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.