Daily Readings (Page 297)

How would you use this passage with someone who thinks that keeping the Golden Rule or the Ten Commandments is enough to get by with God?

Paul’s logic may seem obscure or irreverent today. How would you clarify Paul’s argument for someone who could care less about such fine distinctions?       

How does Christ change all this legalism?  Why then would anyone go back to the law?

How is relating to God by the law like being kept in prison or scolded by a harsh disciplinarian (vv22-25)?

Since the law was not to take the place of the promise, how do vv19 and 23 explain what the law’s purpose actually is (see also Rom 3:20)?

What is the distinction here between seeds and seed?  What is the parallel point Paul emphasizes regarding the types of covenants (wills) people make and the covenant-promise (3:8) God made to Abraham?    

How would you explain the promised “righteousness” (3:6), “blessing” (3:8-9, 14), “curse” (3:10) and “Spirit” (v14) to an enquirer?

How does Jesus solve this problem for us in Gal 3:13-14?           

How does each Old Testament quote in Gal 3:10-13 expose the problem of trying to be right with God by trusting in one’s ability to keep the law?

How does the example of Abraham in Gal 3:6-9 support Paul’s argument?  How is our faith in Christ a fulfillment of God’s promise to Abraham?