Monday, October 17, 2011

Where Your Story Begins - Galatians 3:6-14

Sermon discussion questions:


Reflect on “your story,” as you typically tell it—does it begin with yourself? What are the benefits and drawbacks of this as a beginning?

Where did Paul and the Judaizers agree that the Galatian Christians’ story began? How do they differ on that point?

How is our faith the same as Abraham’s? Revisit his account in Genesis to review together. How would you describe “the gospel according to Abraham”? What makes the gospel hard to believe in the modern world? Abraham’s world?

Why do our children sing “Father Abraham had many sons/and many sons had father Abraham”?

How did the Judaizers believe the Gentiles were to be included in God’s covenant people? What was Paul’s critique of their anwer?

Fill in the blank: According to Luther, when Christ took on the curse of the law, it was as if Christ had said, “Judge me as if I am _________.”

Extra credit, on the sermon that Ryan didn’t preach: Why do I need to be connected to Abraham? (Hint: It would be better to ask, Why do we need to be connected to Abraham?)

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