It’s wonderful, my friend, to know the grace of God that reaches down and by His mercy—not by effort, not by trying, but by trusting. Not by doing something, but by believing something have the power of God transform our hearts and lives. And that’s what Paul meant when he says that He died for our sins, that we might be delivered from this present evil world. And if there’s any group of people that ought to be different today, it’s believers, my beloved. We ought not to be conformed to this world that we’re living in today, and we ought not to be as weak-kneed as so many are today.
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.