Is anybody around you causing you to suffer in any way for your religion?
Is your religion causing anybody around you to suffer?
Covenant Basics
1. If Abel was so much more meticulous than Cain about his offering to God, why do we not consider him legalistic and “under the old covenant?”
2. Is something wrong with our relationship to God if it does not inspire us to give him our very best?”
The Abrahamic Covenant
1. How does Abraham’s experience with Sarah and Hagar illustrate “faith” and “works?”
2. Could Paul have picked another Bible character as an example of both faith and works? Why was Abraham picked?
Abraham, Sarah, and Hagar
1. Had Hagar done anything wrong? Is it necessary to examine her side of the story to understand “faith and works?”
2. Was Sarah an example of faith? Was it necessary for her to have had faith or was Abraham’s faith enough for them to have a son?”
Hagar and Mt Sinai
1. Why was Abraham compelled to reject Ishmael?
2. Why did God give the law on Mt Sinai, if the Israelites were not expected to keep it?
Ishmael and Isaac Today
1. In what way are judaizers, those who emphasize the keeping of the law, not true Jews?
2. Is it easier to prove that we are still under the law rather than free from it?
