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Study Questions - Life Study of Galatians


  1. What is the relationship between anxiety and forbearance in the context of a "proper Christian life"?

  2. How does the assurance that all circumstances are "God's assignment" help a believer live without anxiety and magnify Christ?


  1. According to the Greek origin of the word, what does it mean to have forbearance, and why is this virtue vital for the building up of married, family, and church life?

  2. How do rejoicing in the Lord and prayer provide the necessary "rich supply" and wisdom to exercise forbearance toward others?


  1. Why is forbearance described as an all-inclusive virtue, and how do maturity and contentment in Christ relate to it?

  2. How do the examples of God, Christ, and the apostle Paul demonstrate the practical exercise of forbearance toward others?


  1. How is making our forbearance known equivalent to making the Christ we experience known to others?

  2. Why is Christ Himself, rather than our natural life, required to exercise forbearance while serving in the church?


  1. What is the spiritual definition of forbearance, and why is it considered an all-inclusive Christian virtue?

  2. How does making our forbearance known to all men practically work to eliminate anxiety and maintain a life of rejoicing?

  3. Why is it necessary to "learn the secret" of standing firm in the Lord and living in the out-resurrection to express true forbearance?


  1. What does it mean to have “this mind” and how is it related to the out-ressurection?

  2. Why is divine revelation necessary for believers who are “otherwise minded”?

  3. How does the unique mind govern the unique walk, and what is the rule of the new creation that all believers must follow?


  1. How does a believer practically live the out-resurrection in their daily life, and what is the greatest hindrance to reaching this goal?

  2. What is the distinction between the goal and the prize, and when should a believer expect to reach and enjoy each?


  1. What is the "out-resurrection" mentioned in Philippians 3:11, and how does it differ from a common restoration to life like that of Lazarus?

  2. What are the four essential experiences Paul identifies as necessary to reach the goal of attaining the out-resurrection?


  1. What are the three stages of securing Christ?

  2. How does sharing in Christ's sufferings for the sake of His Body relate to knowing the power of His resurrection?

  3. What is the reality of Christ’s resurrection power, and why is it described as an inward, intrinsic life power rather than an outward creative power?


  1. How does "one’s own righteousness" differ from the "righteousness of God"?

  2. What is the difference between having the "excellency of the knowledge of Christ" and the experience of "gaining and being found in Him"?

  3. How do the Word, the Spirit, and the "faith of Christ" produce the righteousness of God?


  1. How do the Word, the Spirit, and faith function together to infuse a believer with the divine element?

  2. Why are the books of Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, and Colossians considered essential for the "full enjoyment of Christ"?

  3. What is the relationship between the believers’ faith as a sacrifice and the apostle being poured out as a drink offering?


  1. What are the five aspecdts of the divine and rich provision for our constant salvation?


  1. What are the two means of our daily salvation?

  2. What are the contents of the bountiful supply of the Spirit?


  1. What is the difference between the constant salvation mentioned in Philippians 1:19 and the constant salvation in Philippians 2:12?

  2. What does it mean to live Christ?


  1. What does the expression "children of God" imply?

  2. As luminaries, how do we shine forth Christ?


  1. Where is the proper place to "strike" the "match" of the Word?

  2. What is the result of taking the Word as the tree of knowledge? What is the result of taking the Word as the tree of life?


  1. What does it mean to say that God has been processed?

  2. What does it mean to hold forth the word of life?


  1. How is Christ being our pattern related to Him being the operating God in us?

  2. What is the result of enjoying salvation daily through God operating in the word of life?


  1. What does it mean to be in the Lord's name?

  2. How does the matter of being in the Lord's name relate to coinherence?


  1. How can we live Christ?

  2. How can we be spiritually healthy and live Christ?


  1. What is the difference between knowledge and wisdom?

  2. What is the result of our singing and psalming the Word of God?


  1. How can Christ be subjective to us?

  2. What does it mean to hold forth the word of life? What is the word of life?

  3. What is the result of our being saturdated with the word of life?


  1. What is the standard of the Christian life?

  2. What is the relationship between the Word and the Spirit?

  3. What is the way to live Christ?


  1. What does it mean to let the word of Christ dwell in us richly?

  2. How can the word become the Spirit with the bountiful suppy?

  3. What is the result of the Wor becoming the Spirit with the bountiful supply?


  1. How should we come to the Word of God and receive nourishment?

  2. How can we properly magnify Christ?


  1. What is the relation between the Spirit and the Word?

  2. What is the result of our receiving the Word of God by means of all prayer?


  1. How can our prayer become our spiritual breathing? How can we turn prayer into breathing?

  2. How do we apply and enjoy the Lord?


  1. How can we have the kind of salvation mentioned in Philippians 1:19?

  2. What is the result of our applying the Spirit as the annointing?

  3. How is the compound Spirit related to the Body and God's service?


  1. What were the two aspects of salvation needed by Paul in Philippians 1:19-21?

  2. What is the result of our enjoying the Spirit and partaking of Him?


  1. How did Paul greet the saints in Philippi?

  2. How do we enjoy the grace which is with our spirit?


  1. What does the word "blossom" in Philippians 4:10 imply?

  2. What does Philippians 4 show us in the matter of giving and receiving material gifts?


  1. How did Paul's circumstances cause him to learn how to be filled and to hunger, how to abound and to be abased?

  2. What is the secret that Paul learned in Philippians 4?

  3. What is the difference between “everything” and “all things” in Philippians 4:12?


  1. In Philippians 4:8, what are the six aspects of a life that lives Christ?

  2. What happens to our human virtues when Christ enters into us?

  3. What is God's economy as it related our human virtues?


  1. How is forbearance related to living Christ?

  2. How do we find the antidote to anxiety?


  1. What does it mean to think the same thing?

  2. What is the result of our rejoicing in the Lord?


  1. What is the cause of the lack of growth in life and shortage of revelation in reading the Word?

  2. As we are waiting for the transfiguration of our body, what should we be doing?


  1. What is God's unique goal? What is the result of having this goal be our ultimate goal?

  2. What should be the basic and elementary principle of our Christian life?


  1. What is the purpose of Christ gaining us at the time of our conversion?

  2. What lesson can we learn from Paul in Philippians 3:13 as regards to our pursuing after Christ?

  3. What does it mean to "persecute" Christ in a postive way?


  1. What does it mean to be conformed to the death of Christ?

  2. What can hinder the release of the power of Christ's resurrection within us?


  1. How does our participation in Christ's suffering differ from Christ's suffering?

  2. Why do we need to know all the expressions used by Paul in the book of Philippians?


  1. What does it mean to be found in Christ?

  2. What does it mean for Christ to be our unique expression?


  1. In Philippians 3:8, 3:8 Paul does not speak of the excellency of Christ, but of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ. What is excellency of the knowledge of Christ and how does this differ from excellency of Christ?

  2. Why is there an urgent need for us to have the excellent knowledge of Christ?


  1. What are the things that Paul counted as loss in Philippians 3:8? What do these things frustrate us from doing?

  2. Along with religion, philosophy, and culture, what else do we hold on to?


  1. What contrast do we see between the believers and the Judaizers in Philippians 3:2-3?

  2. Although we are not Judaizers, how could we be in principle the same as the Judaizers?


  1. How do we experience Christ to the full extent? What hinders us from doing so?

  2. How can we be martyrs for the church life, willing to sacrifice our physical lives?


  1. Where does the real concern for the church come from?

  2. How can we be one in soul with other saints?


  1. How do we become a drink offering?

  2. How was Paul's pouring himself as a drink offering related to the believers' faith?


  1. What does it mean to hold forth Christ?

  2. What does the expression "children of God" imply? What does this implication mean for our Christian life?


  1. What does it mean to work out our own salvation?

  2. How can we prove that God in Philippians 2:13 is the Triune God?


  1. What does it mean to life a crucified life? What is the result of living a crucified life?

  2. What is the highest standard of salvation?


  1. What is the difference between the salvation we receive and the salvation we work out?

  2. How can we work out our salvation?

  3. How can we live a crucified life?


  1. What does the "one thing" in Philippians 2:2 refer to?

  2. Why was the Philippian believers' experience of Christ abnormal?


  1. How can we stand firm and strive together in the faith of the gospel?

  2. How is standing firm in one spirit and striving together with one soul related to each other?


  1. What is the difference between enjoyment of Christ's presence and living Christ?

  2. What do the words "progress" and "joy" refer to in Philippians 1:25?

  3. What does it mean to be a channel of supply? Why is there is need of such channels?


  1. What does it mean to magnify Christ?

  2. What does it mean to live Christ?


  1. What does it mean to have a "bountiful supply" in verse Philippians 1:19?

  2. In his experience, why did Paul mention the Spirit of Jesus Christ?


  1. What are the different terms Paul uses in Philippians concerning the gospel?

  2. What does salvation mean in Philippians 1:19?


  1. What does it mean to suffer for the gospel?

  2. How do experience the inward parts of Christ?


  1. Although the Church in Phillippi was established in good order, why was there dissention among them? How can we be one in soul and avoid dissention?

  2. What does it mean to think the same thing and to think the one thing?


  1. What is the gospel that the Philippian believers particapted in?

  2. Concerning the experience of Christ, what are the four major points covered in the book of Philippians?

  3. How can we overcome the oppostion we face today from today's religionists?

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