Easter Sunday | Adopted by God (Galatians 4:1-11)

Adopted by God / Easter 2024

March 31, 2024

Study Questions

Galatians 4:1-11

1.    Read Galatians 4:1-2. In what way(s) are the slave and the master’s child the same? Before the Galatians believed in Jesus, how were they like slaves? (4:3)

2.    Why was it necessary for God the Son to be born under the Law? (4:4-5)

3.    How did the believers benefit by becoming part of God’s family? (4:5) Describe what this promise means to you.

4.    How does the Holy Spirit allow believers to address God now? (4:6)

5.    Identify some of the benefits of being an heir in God’s family. (4:7) 

6.    To what were the Galatians enslaved before becoming Christians? (4:8) After they became believers, how did the Galatians turn back to their paganism? What were the ‘weak and worthless elementary things’ Paul was referencing (4:9-10)? What lesson(s) can you apply from this text?