Now there are a great many people are going to say that, after all, you have to be a very intelligent person, you must have a very high IQ, in order to understand the Word of God. But friends, nothing is farther from the truth than that. God does not say that that’s the thing that is essential at all. But He does make it clear now in the second chapter, as this young man starts out, that if he is to know the will and Word of God, it’s going to mean that he’ll have to study. He must “apply his heart unto wisdom.” And, therefore, he must study the 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.