“I will put my spirit within you, cause you to walk in my statutes ….” Now that’s what Joel meant in his prophecy. There’s a day coming when God would pour out His Spirit on all flesh—not some. Very few on the Day of Pentecost. All Peter said that day was, he says, “Don’t ridicule this, brethren and say they’re drunk.” This is like what Joel says is going to come in the last days. “And the Spirit is come upon a few.” And today God’s calling out a people to His name. The minute that you turn to Christ, you’re regenerated by the Holy Spirit, you’re indwelt by the Holy Spirit, and baptized by the Holy Spirit, put in the body of believers.
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.