7 You were running the race so well. Who has held you back from following the truth? 8 It certainly isn't God, for he is the one who called you to freedom. 9 This false teaching is like a little yeast that spreads through the whole batch of dough! 10 I am trusting the Lord to keep you from believing false teachings. God will judge that person, whoever he is, who has been confusing you. 11 Dear brothers and sisters, if I were still preaching that you must be circumcised--as some say I do--why am I still being persecuted? If I were no longer preaching salvation through the cross of Christ, no one would be offended. 12 I just wish that those troublemakers who want to mutilate you by circumcision would mutilate themselves. 13 For you have been called to live in freedom, my brothers and sisters. But don't use your freedom to satisfy your sinful nature. Instead, use your freedom to serve one another in love. 14 For the whole law can be summed up in this one command: "Love your neighbor as yourself." 15 But if you are always biting and devouring one another, watch out! Beware of destroying one another.
OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) How did the Apostle Paul commend the Galatians and what question did he ask them? (v.7)
2) How did the apostle answer his own question? (v.8)
3) What did Paul say that the false teaching was like? (v.9)
4) What was the apostle trusting the Lord to do? (v.10)
5) What else did Paul ask the Galatians and what was his response to his question? (v.11)
6) What was the apostle's wish concerning the false teachers? Why? (v.12-13a)
7) How were the Galatians to use their freedom? Why? (v.13b-15)
APPLICATION QUESTIONS
8) How do you use your freedom in Christ?
LIFE LESSONS
9) We are to use our freedom in Christ to serve our spiritual brothers and sisters in the love of Christ.
10) Strife in our relationships with other believers is one sign that we are satisfying our sinful nature rather than living a Holy Spirit led life.
No comments:
Post a Comment