Galatians 4:21-31

Read

Galatians 4:21-31

EXPLORE

  1. What stands out to you in the text?

  2. What is Paul’s overarching message to the Galatians that he illustrates using the story of Abraham’s sons from Genesis 16 & 17? Look back at Galatians 4:1-7

  3. Why does Paul relate Hagar to the covenant made on Mount Sinai?

  4. What is the covenant represented by Sarah? How are followers of Christ “children of promise” like Isaac?

APPLY

  1. Living by the law of God, others, or ourselves for our salvation only leaves us in pride or despair. What are ways we can grow in silencing the temptation to live as slaves to the law and instead live in the freedom that Christ offers by His grace?

  2. Like Isaac, the salvation of our souls is an inheritance by our new birth in Christ and not by anything we have done. When you intentionally focus on this reality in your day, how does it change the way you view yourself and others?

PRAY

Take some time to pray that we might live more deeply in the grace that Jesus offers us

Pray for the needs of each other and for our city

John Campbell