TODAY:

Galatians - Christ Alone Part 9: Self-reliance or Jesus reliance

BIG IDEA:

Most of us have faith; is our faith in ourselves or in Jesus?

SCRIPTURES:

Galatians 4:21-31

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:

Q: Do you have a familiar story, book, movie that you often come back to personally, or as a family; one that is a reminder, that you draw lessons from, that makes you laugh, that connects you together?

Q: How do the Scriptures/concepts from this week help you grow as a disciple who loves God, loves people & serves the world (lives on incarnational mission) in everyday life?

Q: Based on these Scriptures, how can you move from unbelief to belief, from just knowing to actually doing in your life?

Connect with God (UP)...

Q: Think back over your past and your present, and trace your spiritual life in terms of the four categories on the back of this card

Connect with Others(IN)...

Q: Can you identify with Sarah in any way? How does her experience comfort and excite you?

Q: Why do you think we try to “help God out” in keeping His promises?

Q: In what ways could you treat children (either those you have, or those you don’t) as your savior?

Connect with the World (OUT)...

Q: When have you seen God do what seems impossible in your own life, or in the lives of those around you?

Q: How does our own perspective on law reliance and law obedience affect others who are in relationship with Jesus? How does it affect those who are not yet followers of Jesus?

NOTES & QUOTES:

“Grace is not just for the fruitful Hagars, but for barren Sarahs. If Sarah can have a future, anyone can.” Tim Keller (Galatians For You)

Four Perspectives:

• Law Obeying and Law Relying

• Law Disobeying and Law Relying

• Law Disobeying and Not Law Relying

• Law Obeying and Not Law Relying

ACTION STEPS

1) Think about the four ways of approaching life listed above. Where am I at when it comes to relying on the law, doing right, not doing wrong to make me feel okay with God? Where am I at when it comes to obeying God in the things He sets before me?