Free Indeed - Galatians 3:1-14

1 You foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified. 2 I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by observing the law, or by believing what you heard? 3 Are you so foolish? After beginning with the Spirit, are you now trying to attain your goal by human effort? 4 Have you suffered so much for nothing--if it really was for nothing? 5 Does God give you his Spirit and work miracles among you because you observe the law, or because you believe what you heard? 6 Consider Abraham: "He believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness." 7 Understand, then, that those who believe are children of Abraham. 8 The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and announced the gospel in advance to Abraham: "All nations will be blessed through you."9 So those who have faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith. 10 All who rely on observing the law are under a curse, for it is written: "Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law." 11 Clearly no one is justified before God by the law,because, "The righteous will live by faith." 12 The law is not based on faith; on the contrary, "The man who does these things will live by them." 13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: "Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree." 14 He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit. - Galatians 3:1-14

OBSERVATION QUESTIONS:
1) How was Christ portrayed to the Galatians? (v.1)
2) How did the Galatians receive the Holy Spirit? (v.2)

3) What were the Galatians attempting to do after receiving the Holy Spirit? (v.3)

4) What was the evidence that the Holy Spirit was working among the Galatians? (v.4-5)
5) What three facts distinguish Abraham as a man of faith? (v.6-9)
6) What are the consequences of relying on the law to be justified before God? (v.10-12)
7) How did Christ redeem us from the law and why? (v.13-14)

APPLICATION QUESTIONS:
1) How did you receive Jesus Christ as your Savior and His Precious Holy Spirit?
2) Are you led by the doctrines of men or by the Holy Spirit? How do you know?
3) Do you ever rely on anything, or anyone, other than the Holy Spirit to live your life of faith?
4) What distinguishes you as a man (or woman) of faith?

LIFE LESSONS:
1) We are only made righteous by our faith in Jesus Christ.
2) If you belong to Christ, the blessings of Abraham are yours, as well.
3) A true child of God is led by the Holy Spirit of God.


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