We are told in Luke 21:28, “And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.” Now that’s a marvelous word. It means now to set free, to pay a price and to set free. It means to liberate when the ransom is paid. It means to buy out of slavery in order to set a person free. Now man’s been sold under sin, and he’s in the bondage of sin. Man is a rotten, corrupt sinner and he can’t do anything else but sin. And he’s a slave to sin. Now Christ came to pay the price of his freedom, and that’s what the Lord Jesus meant when He said, “If the Son make you free, you’ll be free indeed.”
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.