7 Rules for Life – Week 5

Icebreaker:

On a scale of 1-10, rate how you feel about your life.
- Why do you rate it at this level?
- Do your reasons for rating it this way reflect justification through faith or trying to do it yourself?
What are your most compulsive habits?
- How do you try to break them?
Trying to do it ourselves results in being highly influenced by what happens to us, justification thru faith is about what Jesus has done for us.
- Based on this, does it change how you rated your life?

Rule #1: Never forget your purpose

Rule #2: Don’t be conformed by the world

Rule #3: Seek out people who will tell you the truth

Rule #4: Your life can only be justified by Jesus Christ

Rule# 5: Live for the Right Thing

Going deeper:

In light of this week’s sermon, what is new information, challenged, or stood out to you?

Read aloud Galatians 4: 1-31

Prior to their conversion to Christ, the Galations followed the customs of honoring the Greek gods (Acts 14:11-13)
- How are they now doing the same with Jewish festivals (v.10)?
What is the difference between celebrating religious holidays (Christmas or Easter) and what the Galations were doing?
In 4:12-20 what are the difference in attitudes and goals between Paul (v. 9) and the other teachers (v.17)?
- Why is Paul so perplexed?

Reflect:

Where has the “fizz” in your Christian life gone?
- Are you as joyful and zealous for Christ now as you were when you first came to him?
- Why or why not?
Have you slipped back into any bad habits, from which Christ once delivered you?
- Which ones?
- What difference does knowing God – or rather being known by him – make?