God sent His Son because He loves you, and because He’s holy He had to pay the penalty for your sins and mine. And He died on the cross. He is the mercy seat for our sins, but not for ours only but for the sins of the whole world as a mercy seat. And you can come to Him. But now, if you reject it, then the judgment of God must come upon you—because Christ bore your judgment. That’s the only way God forgives you. It’s not because you’re a sweet little boy or you’re a nice little girl. You’re a lost sinner; you’re in rebellion against Him. I don’t know why we feel like we’re superior people today. The best that we can say is we’re saved sinners.
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.