INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER
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Bible Study Week 8 Galatians Chapter 4
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BIBLE STUDY ON THE EPISTLE TO THE GALATIANS
Pray - Ask the Lord to give you understanding of His word.
Read and Meditate: Read this passage several times.
Take notes- Utilize the templates below (if you have time)
Application- Ask the Lord to reveal to you how you can utilize His word.
Galatians 4 (NKJV)
4 Now I say that the heir, as long as he is a child, does not differ at all from a slave, though he is master of all, 2 but is under guardians and stewards until the time appointed by the father. 3 Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world. 4 But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born[a] of a woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons. 6 And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!” 7 Therefore you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
Fears for the Church
8 But then, indeed, when you did not know God, you served those which by nature are not gods. 9 But now after you have known God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you turn again to the weak and beggarly elements, to which you desire again to be in bondage? 10 You observe days and months and seasons and years. 11 I am afraid for you, lest I have labored for you in vain.12 Brethren, I urge you to become like me, for I became like you. You have not injured me at all. 13 You know that because of physical infirmity I preached the gospel to you at the first. 14 And my trial which was in my flesh you did not despise or reject, but you received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus. 15 What[c] then was the blessing you enjoyed? For I bear you witness that, if possible, you would have plucked out your own eyes and given them to me. 16 Have I therefore become your enemy because I tell you the truth? 17 They zealously court you, but for no good; yes, they want to exclude you, that you may be zealous for them. 18 But it is good to be zealous in a good thing always, and not only when I am present with you. 19 My little children, for whom I labor in birth again until Christ is formed in you, 20 I would like to be present with you now and to change my tone; for I have doubts about you.
Two Covenants
21 Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, do you not hear the law? 22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons: the one by a bondwoman, the other by a freewoman. 23 But he who was of the bondwoman was born according to the flesh, and he of the freewoman through promise, 24 which things are symbolic. For these are the[d] two covenants: the one from Mount Sinai which gives birth to bondage, which is Hagar— 25 for this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children— 26 but the Jerusalem above is free, which is the mother of us all. 27 For it is written:
“Rejoice, O barren,
You who do not bear!
Break forth and shout,
You who are not in labor!
For the desolate has many more children
Than she who has a husband.”[e]
28 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are children of promise. 29 But, as he who was born according to the flesh then persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, even so it is now. 30 Nevertheless what does the Scripture say? “Cast out the bondwoman and her son, for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.”[f] 31 So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman but of the free.
REVIEW QUESTIONS FOR GALATIANS CHAPTER 3
1) What are the main points of this chapter?
- Justification by faith: The personal argument (1-5)
- Justification by faith: The scriptural argument (6-25)
- Justification by faith: The practical argument (26-29)
2) What was Paul afraid had happened to the Galatians? (1)
- Someone had "bewitched" them, so that they should not obey the truth
3) To demonstrate that they were justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the Law, what did Paul ask them? (2)
- How did they receive the Spirit? By the works of the Law, or by the hearing of faith?
4) What did Paul consider foolish on their part? (3)
- Having begun in the Spirit, trying to be made perfect by the flesh(i.e., the Law)
5) To further show that they were justified by faith, what did Paul ask them? (5)
- How did the One who supplied the Spirit, and worked miracles among them, do it? By the works of the Law, or by the hearing of faith?
6) What was accounted to Abraham for righteousness? (6)
- That he believed God
7) Who are the true sons of Abraham? (7)
- Those who are of faith
8) What did the Scripture foresee that God would do? (8)
- Justify the nations by faith
9) What is the condition of those who are of the works of the Law? (10)
- They are under the curse
10) What did the Old Testament say that makes it evident no one is justified by the Law? (11)
- "The just shall live by faith"
11) What did Christ do by becoming a curse for us? (13)
- He has redeemed us from the curse of the Law
12) What else did Christ make possible by becoming a curse? (14)- That the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus
- That we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith
13) To whom were the promises made? Who is the "Seed"? (16)
- Abraham and his "Seed"
- Christ
14) How long after the promise or covenant that God made with Abraham
did the Law come in? Did the Law annul the promise? (17)- 430 years
- No
15) What purpose did the Law serve? How long was it to last? (19)
- It was added because of transgressions
- Till the Seed should come to whom the promise was made
16) What function therefore did the Law serve? Are we still under the
Law? (24-25)
- As a tutor, to bring them to Christ so that they could be justified by faith
- No
17) How does one become a son of God? (26-27)
- Through faith in Christ Jesus
- By putting Christ on in baptism
18) What happens to the racial, social, and sexual differences in
Christ as they relate to salvation? (28)
- They are no more, for we are one in Christ
19) If we are Christ's, who are we? (29)
- Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER
JOIN OPENDOOR WEBCAST
NOV. 1ST AND NOV. 2ND
http://live.opendoorsusa.org
Bible Study Week 8 Galatians Chapter 4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6Eiv1r5UnE Twila Paris
JOIN OPENDOOR WEBCAST
NOV. 1ST AND NOV. 2ND
http://live.opendoorsusa.org
Bible Study Week 8 Galatians Chapter 4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6Eiv1r5UnE Twila Paris
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKr0dvbfxZE Wayne Watson
No copyright infringement intended.
All Prayer Requests found Below
BIBLE STUDY ON THE EPISTLE TO THE GALATIANS
Pray - Ask the Lord to give you understanding of His word.
Read and Meditate: Read this passage several times.
Take notes- Utilize the templates below (if you have time)
Application- Ask the Lord to reveal to you how you can utilize His word.
Galatians 4 (NKJV)
4 Now I say that the heir, as long as he is a child, does not differ at all from a slave, though he is master of all, 2 but is under guardians and stewards until the time appointed by the father. 3 Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world. 4 But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born[a] of a woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons. 6 And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!” 7 Therefore you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
Fears for the Church
8 But then, indeed, when you did not know God, you served those which by nature are not gods. 9 But now after you have known God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you turn again to the weak and beggarly elements, to which you desire again to be in bondage? 10 You observe days and months and seasons and years. 11 I am afraid for you, lest I have labored for you in vain.12 Brethren, I urge you to become like me, for I became like you. You have not injured me at all. 13 You know that because of physical infirmity I preached the gospel to you at the first. 14 And my trial which was in my flesh you did not despise or reject, but you received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus. 15 What[c] then was the blessing you enjoyed? For I bear you witness that, if possible, you would have plucked out your own eyes and given them to me. 16 Have I therefore become your enemy because I tell you the truth? 17 They zealously court you, but for no good; yes, they want to exclude you, that you may be zealous for them. 18 But it is good to be zealous in a good thing always, and not only when I am present with you. 19 My little children, for whom I labor in birth again until Christ is formed in you, 20 I would like to be present with you now and to change my tone; for I have doubts about you.
Two Covenants
21 Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, do you not hear the law? 22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons: the one by a bondwoman, the other by a freewoman. 23 But he who was of the bondwoman was born according to the flesh, and he of the freewoman through promise, 24 which things are symbolic. For these are the[d] two covenants: the one from Mount Sinai which gives birth to bondage, which is Hagar— 25 for this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children— 26 but the Jerusalem above is free, which is the mother of us all. 27 For it is written:
“Rejoice, O barren,
You who do not bear!
Break forth and shout,
You who are not in labor!
For the desolate has many more children
Than she who has a husband.”[e]
You who do not bear!
Break forth and shout,
You who are not in labor!
For the desolate has many more children
Than she who has a husband.”[e]
28 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are children of promise. 29 But, as he who was born according to the flesh then persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, even so it is now. 30 Nevertheless what does the Scripture say? “Cast out the bondwoman and her son, for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.”[f] 31 So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman but of the free.
REVIEW QUESTIONS FOR GALATIANS CHAPTER 3
1) What are the main points of this chapter?
- Justification by faith: The personal argument (1-5)
- Justification by faith: The scriptural argument (6-25)
- Justification by faith: The practical argument (26-29)
2) What was Paul afraid had happened to the Galatians? (1)
- Someone had "bewitched" them, so that they should not obey the truth
3) To demonstrate that they were justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the Law, what did Paul ask them? (2)
- How did they receive the Spirit? By the works of the Law, or by the hearing of faith?
4) What did Paul consider foolish on their part? (3)
- Having begun in the Spirit, trying to be made perfect by the flesh(i.e., the Law)
5) To further show that they were justified by faith, what did Paul ask them? (5)
- How did the One who supplied the Spirit, and worked miracles among them, do it? By the works of the Law, or by the hearing of faith?
6) What was accounted to Abraham for righteousness? (6)
- That he believed God
7) Who are the true sons of Abraham? (7)
- Those who are of faith
8) What did the Scripture foresee that God would do? (8)
- Justify the nations by faith
9) What is the condition of those who are of the works of the Law? (10)
- They are under the curse
10) What did the Old Testament say that makes it evident no one is justified by the Law? (11)
- "The just shall live by faith"
11) What did Christ do by becoming a curse for us? (13)
- He has redeemed us from the curse of the Law
12) What else did Christ make possible by becoming a curse? (14)- That the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus
- That we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith
13) To whom were the promises made? Who is the "Seed"? (16)
- Abraham and his "Seed"
- Christ
14) How long after the promise or covenant that God made with Abraham
did the Law come in? Did the Law annul the promise? (17)- 430 years
- No
15) What purpose did the Law serve? How long was it to last? (19)
- It was added because of transgressions
- Till the Seed should come to whom the promise was made
16) What function therefore did the Law serve? Are we still under the
Law? (24-25)
- As a tutor, to bring them to Christ so that they could be justified by faith
- No
17) How does one become a son of God? (26-27)
- Through faith in Christ Jesus
- By putting Christ on in baptism
18) What happens to the racial, social, and sexual differences in
Christ as they relate to salvation? (28)
- They are no more, for we are one in Christ
19) If we are Christ's, who are we? (29)
- Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise
Week 6 Galatians 3
Galatians Chapter 3 Audio https://www.biblegateway.com/audio/dramatized/niv/Gal.3
Galatians 3 New King James Version (NKJV)
Justification by Faith
3 O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you that you should not obey the truth,[a] before whose eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed among you[b] as crucified? 2 This only I want to learn from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? 3 Are you so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are you now being made perfect by the flesh? 4 Have you suffered so many things in vain—if indeed it was in vain? 5 Therefore He who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you, does He do it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?— 6 just as Abraham “believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.”[c] 7 Therefore know that only those who are of faith are sons of Abraham. 8 And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel to Abraham beforehand, saying, “In you all the nations shall be blessed.”[d] 9 So then those who are of faith are blessed with believing Abraham.
The Law Brings a Curse
10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse; for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all things which are written in the book of the law, to do them.”[e] 11 But that no one is justified by the law in the sight of God is evident, for “the just shall live by faith.”[f] 12 Yet the law is not of faith, but “the man who does them shall live by them.”13 Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”[h]), 14 that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
The Changeless Promise
15 Brethren, I speak in the manner of men: Though it is only a man’s covenant, yet if it is confirmed, no one annuls or adds to it. 16 Now to Abraham and his Seed were the promises made. He does not say, “And to seeds,” as of many, but as of one, “And to your Seed,”[i] who is Christ. 17 And this I say, that the law, which was four hundred and thirty years later, cannot annul the covenant that was confirmed before by God in Christ,[j] that it should make the promise of no effect. 18 For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no longer of promise; but God gave it to Abraham by promise.
Purpose of the Law
19 What purpose then does the law serve? It was added because of transgressions, till the Seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was appointed through angels by the hand of a mediator. 20 Now a mediator does not mediate for one only, but God is one.21 Is the law then against the promises of God? Certainly not! For if there had been a law given which could have given life, truly righteousness would have been by the law. 22 But the Scripture has confined all under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe. 23 But before faith came, we were kept under guard by the law, kept for the faith which would afterward be revealed. 24 Therefore the law was our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith. 25 But after faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor.
Sons and Heirs
26 For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. 27 For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.
SAINTS, PRAY FOR THE PERSECUTED CHRISTIANS!
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Pray Until Something Happens (PUSH)
A cure for the Ebola virus and the D-68 virus, Areyda, Cameron-God's plan for her life, Charlie, Cookie, Daina, Cy, Debbie- Pray the Lord will give her wisdom and an outpouring of grace and blessings for her outstanding intercessory prayer ministry, Derithia, Marquis, Monig-get her voice back, Nicole and family, Pastor Ford who had open heart surgery, his family and his church family, Pray for restoration of people who have lost their jobs, by God providing healing, finance, peace, and love. Pray for leadership everywhere, especially those who are in power whether they are using it for the right reasons and for those who are using it for the wrong reasons. We must still pray for those who spitefully uses his people
Health and Healing
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Praise Alert
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Missing plane and passengers.
Missing Nigerian Christian girls.
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Missing Nigerian Christian girls.
Song(s) of the Day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6mEQS2fsWE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YJ4vddbJJo&index=6&list=PLZmIgturxcerX78MUpIbagPAMUdsx9uTx
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