Galatians 5, Tues., 7/7

1-4
•Why does Paul make a comparison between receiving circumcision and submitting to a “yoke of slavery”?
-CCC 1741
•For those who seek to be justified by the law, what will become of their relationship with Christ?
•There are some who say that a person cannot fall from grace, that “once saved, always saved.”. How would you use this section of Paul’s letter to refute that idea?

5-6
•Why did Paul mean by “wait for the hope of righteousness”?
•What are important to Christ?
-CCC162, 1814

7-10
•In Vs7, Why do you suppose he uses the word “following” rather than the word “believing”?
•What hope does Paul express for his friends in vss. 8-10?

11-12
•Paul has used strong language to describe the problem the Galatians are experiencing. Does all this provoke any questions in you?

13-15
•How is Christian freedom different from the world’s idea of freedom?
•What impact has this controversy over circumcision had on the love the Galatians have for one another? Why would this worry Paul?

16-18
•What tension will everyone who seeks to “walk by the Spirit” face in this life?
-CCC 2515
•Why they are against each other?
•What did Paul mean by “not under the law”?

19-21
•Look carefully at each word in the list of works of the flesh. Does anything surprise you about this list?

22-23
•Any surprise here?

24-26
•Paul says that “those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.” Does this mean that we are no longer troubled by them?
•In vs. 26, why do you suppose Paul is concerned about these particular problems?

Advance Questions
•Did Paul teach “Faith alone”?
•Did Paul promote Gnostic thoughts?
-CCC 41, 285
•How can we successfully walk by the Spirit and not cave into the works of the flesh?