The Free Woman and the Slave (Galatians 4:21-26 NLT)

21 Tell me, you who want to live under the law, do you know what the law actually says? 22 The Scriptures say that Abraham had two sons, one from his slave wife and one from his freeborn wife. 23 The son of the slave wife was born in a human attempt to bring about the fulfillment of God's promise. But the son of the freeborn wife was born as God's own fulfillment of his promise. 24 These two women serve as an illustration of God's two covenants. The first woman, Hagar, represents Mount Sinai where people received the law that enslaved them. 25 And now Jerusalem is just like Mount Sinai in Arabia, because she and her children live in slavery to the law. 26 But the other woman, Sarah, represents the heavenly Jerusalem. She is the free woman, and she is our mother. 

OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) What does the Apostle Paul ask the Galatians? (v.21)
2) What does the Scripture say about Abraham and his two wives? (v.22-23)
3) What are these two women an illustration of? (v.24-26)

APPLICATION QUESTIONS
4) Are you a child of promise or of bondage to the law?

LIFE LESSONS
5) The children of promise are those who receive the blessing and favor of God.

Children of God (Galatians 3:26-29)

26 For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. 27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 And if ye [be] Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.

OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) What makes us children of God? (v.26)
2) What have those who have been baptized into Christ done? (v.27)
3) Who is one in Christ Jesus, Abraham's seed, and heirs of God's promise? (v.28-29)

APPLICATION QUESTIONS
4) Are you a child of God? If so, how do you know? If not, what will you do to become God's child?

LIFE LESSONS
5) All who have faith in Jesus Christ belong to Him and are children of God.

God's Promise to Abraham (Galatians 3:15-20 NLT)

15 Dear brothers and sisters, here's an example from everyday life. Just as no one can set aside or amend an irrevocable agreement, so it is in this case. 16 God gave the promises to Abraham and his child. And notice that the Scripture doesn't say "to his children," as if it meant many descendants. Rather, it says "to his child"--and that, of course, means Christ. 17 This is what I am trying to say: The agreement God made with Abraham could not be canceled 430 years later when God gave the law to Moses. God would be breaking his promise. 18 For if the inheritance could be received by keeping the law, then it would not be the result of accepting God's promise. But God graciously gave it to Abraham as a promise. 19 Why, then, was the law given? It was given alongside the promise to show people their sins. But the law was designed to last only until the coming of the child who was promised. God gave his law through angels to Moses, who was the mediator between God and the people. 20 Now a mediator is helpful if more than one party must reach an agreement. But God, who is one, did not use a mediator when he gave his promise to Abraham.

OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) Who can revoke or amend an irrevocable agreement? (v.15)
2) Who did God make promises to? (v.16)
3) Did the law cancel the promises of God to Abraham? If not, why not? (v.17)
4) How was God's promise received? By keeping the law or by believing God's promise? (v.18)
5) Why was the law given and for how long were the people of God obligated to obey it? (v.19a-b)
6) Who was the mediator between God and His people under the law, or until Christ first advent? (v.19c-20a)
7) Who was the mediator when God made His promise to Abraham? Why?

APPLICATION QUESTIONS
8) How does God's promise to Abraham impact you, personally?

LIFE LESSONS
9) The Lord's promise to Abraham was to Jesus and to all who would believe on Him.

Another Gospel (Galatians 3:1-9 KJV)

1 O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you? 2 This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? 3 Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh? 4 Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if [it be] yet in vain. 5 He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, [doeth he it] by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? 6 Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. 7 Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham. 8 And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, [saying], In thee shall all nations be blessed. 9 So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.

OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) What five (5) questions does the Apostle Paul ask the church at Galatia? (v.1-5)
2) Who are the children of Abraham? Why? (v.6-7)
3) Who receives the same blessing that was promised to Abraham and what was that blessing? (v.8-9)

APPLICATION QUESTIONS
4) With whom have you shared your faith in the Lord Jesus Christ?

LIFE LESSONS
5) God's children have been blessed to bless others to know the God of Abraham through the Lord Jesus Christ.