As you trusted Christ, the Holy Spirit did several wonderful things for you, and one of those things was He regenerated you. He made you a child of God. He also indwells you. Then you’re baptized by the Holy Spirit, put in the body of believers, the church. You’ve been put in as a member of that body, and you’re in Christ. Paul says “in Him,” that is, in Christ, “dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily, and ye are complete in Him.” How wonderful this is. So that, when you come to Christ, you get everything.
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.