Series Summary:

#Galatians #2026

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Starter

What is something that you do or that is done to you that makes you feel like a child?

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.

In chapter one Paul writes, ”I am amazed that you are so quickly turning away from Him who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel.”(1:6) In Chapter two He writes, “But we did not give up and submit to these people for even an hour, so that the truth of the gospel  would be preserved for you.”(2:5). Chapter three tells the church to place their faith in the gospel. “The Scripture saw in advance that God would justify the Gentiles by faith and told the good news ahead of time to Abraham.” (3:8) Now he reminds them of their identity. “And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, heirs according to the promise.” (3:29) **

READ: Galatians 4:8-5:1

  1. We had this question last week, but let’s answer it again. You will hear the term thrown around in our culture that “we are all God’s children.” How is that not the case according to the scriptures?
  2. If you are redeemed by Christ, you are no longer a slave to the law and sin. Who are you?
  3. What are the childlike false gods of our culture and in particular our churches?
    1. How does Paul describe the effects of false gods? (Galatians 4:8)
  4. What does listening to and following the false gods do to our relationship with God specifically our ability to submit to Him as a child and submit to one another as brothers and sisters?
  5. The Galatians were doing religious practices that gravely concerned Paul. What were these practices? (Gal 4:10)
    1. How can doing old religious practices to earn some kind of approval or status undermine our childlike relationship status with God?
    2. How can trusting and obeying God from the heart encourage our childlike relationship status?
  6. Paul says that he is fearful his labor was in vain. How is that a common feeling in relationships? (Gal 4:11)
  7. Paul said that he wished that the Galatians would become like him. He had a health problem that kept him humble and weak. It was probably being used against him by the false teachers and prophets. How do the false teachers and prophets still use that tactic today?
  8. His health issue was likely an eye condition, but we are not sure. How can Paul’s condition encourage us to know that our Heavenly Father does not always fix our problems, but He uses them for His glory and our dependence on Him and one another?
    1. How does our focus on our problems often lead to the question, “What happened to this sense of being blessed you had?” (Gal 4:15)
    2. What would the Galatians have done for Paul’s health problem? (Galatians 4:15).
    3. What does that say about where their relationship used to be?
  9. Have you ever become someone’s enemy by telling them the truth? explain (Gal 4:16)
  10. How is Paul’s description of the false teachers and their tactics exactly the same tactics child predators use? (Gal 4:17)
    1. Why do people fall for these tactics?
  11. Paul uses the pain of childbirth and child raising as a metaphor in 4:19­-20. How can this be helpful for us as we mature and help others mature?