Reference

Galatians 2:1-10
  1. If Paul did not need human authorization to preach the gospel, why did he present his gospel to the leaders in Jerusalem in 2:1-2?
  2. Why was it very significant that Titus ( a non-Jew) was not required by the Jerusalem leaders to take on the Jewish mark of circumcision in 2:3-5? What are the implications of this?
  3. What, then, was at stake in this meeting in Jerusalem? How might “the truth of the gospel” been lost (2:5)? Imagine the bad things that could have happened so you can appreciate what God did for us all that day.
  4. Paul says that the false teachers were threatening the “freedom we have in Christ Jesus” (2:4). In what ways does the gospel give us freedom that normal “earn your salvation: religions do not?
  5. What are some common ways that people today lose the freedom of the gospel and try to add to the gospel (2:6).
  6. In 2:7-10 we see not only that there should be unity among gospel believers, but also unity among gospel proclaimers. How is this unity expressed?
  7. Why do you think the Jerusalem apostles stressed that Paul “remember the poor” (2:10)? Does your personal life reflect the importance of this?