6.11.22 - In the Tradition of Abraham (Kenny Camacho)

SCRIPTURE: Galatians 3.1-4.7

“The big story God has been telling remains the same: He wants to be known in the world. He wants to set a people apart for himself for that very purpose! But what makes those people set apart cannot be their purity, it must be His generosity. He sets prisoners free: that’s what God’s love looks like. That’s what His love does. We embody that Good News when we live in freedom.”

REFLECTION/DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:

  1. Take a moment to try and summarize some of the things we’ve learned about the letter to the Galatians so far: what would you say is the “big idea” here? What has stood out to you? What might God be trying to say to us?

  2. Why do you think God is committed to creating a “people set apart”? What’s the purpose?

  3. Kenny used the analogy of our church softball team to talk about two ways of thinking about being set apart: we can be ‘set apart’ as an example of the values of our church… or we can be ‘set apart’ as a way of judging or condemning the values of others. What’s the difference between the two? Which is closer to the heart of what you believe about God?

  4. What does the Law reveal to us about ourselves? 

  5. Why is it so important to Paul for the Galatians to see the Good News as freedom? 

  6. Paul describes the Holy Spirit as the Answer to the dilemma of the Law: how can we make listening to the Holy Spirit a more consistent practice in our lives? How can we do this in a way that is rooted in love and joy rather than legalism?

Kenny Camacho