Who is forming you into the person you're becoming? Paul pleads with the Galatians not merely to believe the right things, but to resist voices that would shape them into something less than Christ. At the center of his anguish is one great desire: that Christ would be formed in them.
For reflection & discussion:
Who is someone (real or fictional) that you wanted to be like when you were young? What was it about them?
Paul's opponents had real theological reasons and were trying to protect people from political persecution. What makes someone a false/dangerous teacher that needs to be called out?
Who are the loudest voices in your life or social networks that promise “if you do A, you’ll get B,” whether in Christianity or outside of it? What specifically do they do that is convincing?
Who in your life or in this room knows you well enough to tell you a difficult truth? What would it look like to be a safe place to tell or receive difficult truths?
If someone became exactly like you, what would you hope they'd catch? What would you hope they wouldn't?
The Galatian church welcomed a sick stranger and treated him like an angel of God. What does that kind of hospitality actually cost? What stops us from offering it?
Bonus reflection for your time of prayer:
“Knowing God” as a spiritual practice is somewhat easy to conceive: study, read scripture, contemplate on Christ. “Being known by God,” Paul’s corrective in Galatians 4:9, is quite a different angle. What if intercessory prayer was less about making our requests known to God and changing his mind and seeing miracles happen, and more about being known by God? How would that change your posture and small group time of prayer for one another
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