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| I was saved by faith when I trusted Christ, and now I should live by faith. |
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| What is a real life example of God's offer of salvation by faith? |
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| It's like someone giving you a car that is exactly what you wanted and needed and not allowing you to do or pay anything in return. |
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| Why do so many people have trouble with God's offer of salvation by faith? |
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| It seems too good to be true. They feel that there must be something they have to do in return. |
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| What was Abraham's problem? |
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| He did not see how he was going to have an heir, since Abraham and Sarah were not getting any younger. Even though Abraham had accepted God's promises by faith, nothing was happening. |
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| What did Abraham and Sarah decide to do since they were tired of waiting? |
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| They decided to help God along. Sarah suggested that Abraham take Hagar, her slave girl, to have his child. Abraham agreed, and Hagar gave birth to a son- Ishmael |
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| How many years after the birth of Ishmael, was Isaac born? |
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| God worked a miracle in Sarah and she gave birth to Isaac who was born... of the freewoman through promise (Galatians 4:23) as Abraham's true heir. |
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| What did Sarah do when she saw Ishmael mocking Isaac? |
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| She complained to Abraham |
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| What did God tell Abraham to do? |
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| To send Hagar away from his home and family. |
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| Why did Hagar and Ishmael need to be sent away? |
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| It was crucial that Ishmael should not be an heir with Isaac. |
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| What were God's plans for Ishmael? |
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| That he would be the father of the Arab nation, not the Jewish nation. |
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| What would be fulfilled through Isaac's family line? |
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| The promise of a Messiah, Jesus Christ. |
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| How does Paul retell the story of Abraham and Sarah in Galatians? |
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| What does the word picture show? |
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| The continuing strife between grace and the law. Instead of trusting God, Abraham and Sarah tried to supply an heir on their own. |
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| Because Abraham and Sarah did not trust God and turned to their own means for an heir, Hagar is a picture of what? |
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| How did Hagar give birth to Ishmael? |
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| According to the flesh... (Galatians 4:23) |
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| When God worked a miracle in Sarah, she bore Isaac after God's promise, representing what? |
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| What does Isaac represent? |
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| What does Ishmael represent? |
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| Law, works of the flesh, legalism. |
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| What kind of son was Isaac? |
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| What kind of son was Ishmael? |
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| What is this allegory a picture of? |
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| What offer has God made us? |
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| ...Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved... (Acts 16:31) |
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| Why is it so hard to simply believe? |
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| Probably because we know that things don't work like that on earth. |
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| Why is this so different? |
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| Because we are not dealing with earth-bound people- we're talking about God. |
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| Why is there nothing we can do for our salvation? |
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| According to the book, nothing that we have to offer is of any value to God. |
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| When did Jesus Christ accomplish our salvation? |
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| When He lived a perfect life, died on the cross, and rose again. We can't add to that. |
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| What should you do when you see the word "therefore"? |
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| you should look to see what it is there for |
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| What is the "therefore" in Galatians 5:1 talking about? |
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| The verses at the end of Chapter 4 are referring to salvation by faith. |
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| What does God want us to get rid of in our lives? |
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| What will the Holy Spirit do as our lives are yielded to Him? |
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| He will produce His fruit in our lives. |
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| What is Christian freedom? |
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| Christian freedom is freely living each day by the power of the Holy Spirit, responding to the Word of God because we are new creatures in Christ. |
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| What is the Christian's motivation to live each day? |
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| Love, not legalistic guilt or self-effort |
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| If you are a Christian will you still have problems in your Christian life? |
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| What is the problem with living our freedom to its fullest potential? |
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| Our old nature is constantly warring against the Spirit (our new nature) |
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| What does the Bible tell us to do to win the battle over the flesh? |
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| ... Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh (Galatians 5:16) |
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| How can we know when we are winning the battle over the flesh? |
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| Our lives will demonstrate the fruit of the Spirit. |
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| Where does the fruit of the Spirit come from? |
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| It does not come from our fleshly hearts, but only from the Holy Spirit. |
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| Basing one's walk with God on rules. |
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| To give up completely or agree to forgo in favor of another. To give oneself up into the power of another. |
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| To relinquish to the control of another. To submit oneself to another. |
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| Why didn't God arrange salvation so that we have to do a little somthing, just to make us feel good about ourselves? |
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- There is nothing that we can do. According to the book, there's nothing that we have to offer that is of any value to God. ... all our righteousnesses are like filthy rags... (Isaiah 64:6) and dead in trespasses and sins (Ephesians 2:1).
- Everything that needs to be done has already been done. Jesus Christ accomplished our salvation when He lived a perfect life, died on the cross, and rose again. We can't add to that. It's finished. We have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all (Hebrews 10:10)
- We could boast that we didn't need God For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast (Ephesians 2:8-9)
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| How can our attitude of surrendering to God be summed up? |
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- ...It is no longer I who live, but Christ... (Galatians 2:20)
- The Holy Spirit living within us produces the fruit of the new life
- ... The love of Christ compels us...(2 Corinthians 5:14)
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| What are some examples of your life being least yielded to the Holy Spirit? |
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- Your language
- The TV shows you watch
- Your thoughts when your with a certain person
- An attitude problem?
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| God promised Abraham that he all the earth would be blessed through his heir |
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| Sarah suggested that Abraham take Hagar, her slave girl, to have his child. Abraham agreed, and Hagar gave birth to a son – Ishmael. |
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| Sarah saw Ishmael mocking Isaac |
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| The law cannot produce the fruits of the Spirit in us |
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| God works in us to produce the fruits of the Spirit |
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| The fruit of the Spirit cannot be regulated by legal principles |
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