Application Questions:

1. How do you define "legalism?" How does this differ from the description in Galatians 2:11-14?
2. What are some ways in which we act "not in step with the truth of the gospel (2:14)" today?
3. Why is it not sufficient to simply choose the conservative option whenever faced with a moral decision? (hint: the Pharisees were very conservative)
4. What does it mean to be dead to the law and alive to God?
5. Explain the phrase "I no longer live, but Christ lives in me." How does that phrase shape how you think about yourself? How does that phrase shape how you pursue holiness?