Want to learn more about Galatians? Use these Bible Studies for personal devotion, group Bible studies, or teaching a church class. Below are links to the lessons in this 14-part series.
Introduction: There is an old saying that we need to put our self in the place of another person before we can truly understand that person's situation. When I was a young man, I spent my summers building homes and apartments with my brother. One morning on the...
Introduction: Last week we learned that Paul depended upon his sterling education and past legal authority to defend himself against the law-breaking charges brought against him. This week we will see that Paul is again defending himself - and making some very...
Introduction: Last week we learned that Paul made some amazing claims for the source of his message. He claimed that Jesus personally taught him, and that no person was responsible for the message that he was proclaiming. When we investigated this, we learned t...
Introduction: Let's review what we have learned so far in our study of Paul's letter to the Galatians. Paul has a special gospel message that he received directly from Jesus. The early church leaders believed this, but there was a pitched battle in the Galatian church,...
Introduction: Have you ever wrestled with the question of why God says "I the Lord do not change" ( Malachi 3:6), yet it seems that the God of the Old Testament is a lot different than the God of the New Testament? The talk of an "Old Covenant" and a "New Coven...
Introduction: Have you ever been in a situation in which your belief is challenged by someone who you think might be right? At first you feel annoyed. Than you begin to feel bad that you have been wrong. Then you look at the whole situation again to be sure tha...
Introduction: Last week we faced the legalists' challenge: "If righteousness by faith is the right approach, why did God introduce the law at Sinai 430 years after His righteousness by faith contract with Abraham?" As we tried to decipher what the legalists were...
Introduction: Last week, Paul explained that the law was just like going to school. When we discussed our days in school, we remembered that school not only taught us important lessons about how to succeed in life, it also taught us that we were not the smarte...
Introduction: Have you ever had someone say that you should be more like someone else? For example, did your parents say, "Why can't you be more like your brother [or sister]?" "Why can't you be more like the child next door?" "Why can't you be more like me?"...
Introduction: In the last several weeks we learned that God's promise to Abraham of righteousness by faith existed alongside Abraham's knowledge of God's commandments. The reason the two (grace and law) existed side by side, we found, was because they had diff...
Introduction: Freedom is such a sweet thing! We all know that we want to be free. We know when we are not free. But, what, exactly, does freedom mean? I might have the freedom to punch my neighbor in the nose. But, he would not think that he was free if he was...
Introduction: No mature Christian believes that faith is the end of the answer to "how should we live?" Thinking and acting are connected. No serious Christian claims that walking with God is easy. Most Christians I know say essentially, "I'm saved by grace alo...
Introduction: How should the church deal with sin? How successful have the efforts of your church been in the past? Mostly, I see two things happening. First, critical people criticize the sins (or supposed sins) of others. Second, sinners feel that their sin i...
Introduction: If we have just one Jesus, why do we have all of these different churches? In 1 Corinthians 3 Paul complains about divisions among believers. It seems today that each church has its own important distinctive. For example, the Baptists have baptism...
