He speaks of “the tradition of men.” That’s quite interesting. This is the thing, you remember, that the Lord Jesus condemned the religious rulers for in His day—that they taught the tradition of men rather than the Word of God. And that, very frankly, is one of the things that has turned us to teach the total Word of God, because it’s so easy for all of us to lift out some peculiar interpretation that we have of a particular passage. Now I believe in prophecy, but there’s more in the Word of God than prophecy. And that’s one reason, I think, today that we ought to study the total Word of God; not just part of it, but the total Word of 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.