Series Summary:

#Galatians #2026

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Starter

What is something that you used to think was the truth that you no longer believe is the whole truth?

Pray

Study Questions

"Gospel" in Greek is εὐαγγέλιον (transliterated as euangelion), which translates literally to "good news" or "glad tidings". Derived from eu ("good") and angelia ("message" or "tidings"), it was used in the New Testament to describe the announcement of salvation through Jesus Christ (Yahweh is Salvation the Messiah). The word gospel is used 76 times in the New Testament. Galatians uses the word gospel more than any other new testament book.

READ: Galatians 2

  1. According to Galatians 1:6, what is Paul’s major concern in his letter to the Galatian churches?
    1. How is this still an issue we have to contend with today?
  2. After 14 years of preaching and planting churches to the Gentiles, why does Paul go back to Jerusalem? (Gal 2:1-5)
    1. Who does He go with? (Gal 2:1)
    2. What do we know about Barnabas and Titus? see: Acts 4:36. 9:27, 11:22-24, 13:2, 2 Corinthians 8:6, 16, 23, 12:18, Titus 1:4-5
  3. Many people were very interested to go to Jerusalem in Paul’s day just as people are in our day. Why was Paul seemingly not interested (14 years) and seemingly even bothered that he had to go back?
    1. How might this be a good lesson for us?
  4. Why was this issue such an important issue that it had to pull Paul, Barnabas, and Titus off the mission of preaching, discipling, and serving?
    1. What are some of the issues that we may have to contend for the truth of the gospel in our day that may necessarily pull us off our primary mission of preaching, discipling, and serving?

READ: Deuteronomy 19:15, Matthew 7:3-5, Matthew 18:15-17, Galatians 6:1, 1 Timothy 5:19-21

  1. How was Paul’s approach to confronting the controversy of circumcision and the Old Testament Mosaic law for Gentiles in Galatians 2 in obedience to the Scriptures we just read?
    1. How can these verses and Paul’s example help us as we contend for the truth of the gospel?
  2. God had Paul write, “to watch out for those who cause divisions and create obstacles contrary to the doctrine that you have been taught; avoid them.” (Romans 16:17) God also had Paul write that the church should turn men “over to Satan” if it is found that they will not repent of sin and not believe the truth of the gospel in the church. (1 Corinthians 5:5, 1 Timothy 1:20) Why is all of that important to remember as we fight in grace for the truth of the gospel in relationships like Paul modeled?
  3. For the sake of the truth of the gospel, why didn’t Paul just go along to get along with those calling themselves Christians when they showed up in the Galatian churches? (Gal 2:3-5)

**Acts 15 gives us the details of how the meeting in Jerusalem played out.**

  1. What was the final decision of the church apostles? (Gal 2:6-10)
  2. In Acts 15:15-21, James settles the dispute with all the opinions, experiences, and testimonies of all those involved by quoting the scriptures. How is this an important model for us as we fight for the truth of the gospel?
  3. What are “religious traditions”, that may seem biblical, that leaders say people must do to prove they and their family really believe in Jesus today?
    1. Why throughout history have men who called themselves believers come up with those types of ways of adding to the gospel?