New Testament | Galatians (Part 2) & Ephesians (Part 1)
In Dr. Michael McKay’s New Testament lecture on Galatians, he explains how Paul’s gospel confronts legalism, reorients believers to life by the Spirit, and shows that freedom in Christ means crucifixion to sin and dependence on the Holy Spirit for genuine love and holiness.
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Dr. McKay unpacks Galatians as an urgent pastoral correction: some churches had been seduced by a mixed gospel that attached law-works—circumcision, food rules, and festival observance—to salvation and growth. Paul insists salvation, adoption, and ongoing sanctification come by the Spirit, not by law-keeping. The lecture traces Paul’s argument that the law functioned as a guardian until Christ, but that Christ’s death and resurrection inaugurate freedom — freedom from sin’s authority and freedom for loving service. Practical teaching centers on how believers grow: identify sin, reckon yourself dead to it, and rely on the indwelling Holy Spirit to produce the fruit of Christlike character. Dr. McKay models application with classroom exercises (the Xavier and Salazar scenario) and closes by previewing Ephesians—its context, spiritual powers, and Paul’s model prayers. This lecture ties theology to daily discipleship so listeners can move from ethical performance to Spirit-empowered transformation.
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