Sermon Questions
Paul uses an allegory drawn from Hagar and Sarah (Gal. 4:21-31) to emphasize that we are children of God, heirs of the promise, and thus have all the rights and freedoms that this affords us.
- How does your position as a child of God grant you freedom?
- How can “free” Christians guard against their own kind of self-righteousness, feeling superior to legalists? In Galatians 4:23, Paul refers to the time Abraham decided to rely on himself to make God’s promises come to pass. Have you ever done something similar? What were the results?
- How does Galatians 4:21-31 speak to the assertion that, “The Christian message is exclusive.”
- This passage speaks of heaven (that is, “the Jerusalem above”). How does the hope of heaven change the way you live now?
- What are the contrasts between the two women? What are the contrasts between the two sons? How does Paul use the history of Abraham’s two sons to illustrate the supremacy of promise over law?
- Why do both non-religious and religious people need the gospel?
- What does it mean to you that Christ has made you “free?” What implications does that have for your life?
