INTRO QUESTION: What application, conviction, or encouragement did you find in this passage of Scripture as you heard the sermon today?

Living by Flesh vs. Living by Faith (Gal. 4:21–23)

Ishmael was born according to the flesh through human schemes, whereas […]

• Rituals instead of your Father (vv. 8-11) Legalism is simply another form of pagan idolatry that seeks to appease […]

  “Those who lapse from the Gospel to the Law are no better off than those who lapse from grace into idolatry.” Martin Luther 

  • Rituals instead of your Father (vv. 8-11) Legalism is simply another form of pagan idolatry that seeks to appease […]

Study Guide: Galatians 4:1–7

Gospel Defined 

The gospel is the announcement that Jesus has sufficiently fulfilled all God’s demands through His perfect life and sacrificial death under God’s just wrath for our sin so that through faith in Him we might be […]

Practical Application Questions

1. Where are you trying to earn God’s favor by following rules instead of trusting in what Jesus has already done? What daily or weekly habits help you keep your focus on what Jesus has done?
• The Math TEST of Galatians: Jesus + Nothing = Pass | Jesus + Anything = Fail.
• The Standard of the Law: Galatians 3:10, “Cursed be everyone who does not abide by all things written in the Book of the Law, and do […]