“Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.” Now that simply means this. At this time, the temple was not destroyed. Persecution that was going to come from the Gentiles, the Roman Empire, had not yet broken upon believers. And He’s saying to them, “You just haven’t yet resisted unto blood, though you’re having your problems and trouble.” The only cure for your weakness and your weariness and your faltering and your failing and your stumbling and your discouragement is to consider Him. Consider Christ. “Turn your eyes upon Jesus; look full in His wonderful face, and the things of earth will grow strangely dim in the light of His glory and grace.”
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.