Galatians 4:12-20

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:

1. Why is the doctrine of grace so important to the health of the church?

2. How is the fact that God used Paul’s bodily ailment as an instrument to advance the gospel both encouraging and convicting?

3. Paul reminds the church that his “condition was a trial to them.” Yet, we see that the church did not “scorn of despise him.” How should that shape the way we view service?

4. In looking at these verses, how is the way Paul acted toward the church different from the way the false teachers acted toward the church? What can we practically learn from looking at these differences?