• Objection 1 (3:1-2)
    • What question does Paul anticipate that his reader might be thinking in 3:1?  What do you think that they might mean by that question?
    • Why might someone have asked Paul about whether there were any advantages to being Jewish?  What has Paul taught thus far that might prompt that question?
    • What advantage does Paul say that there is to being Jewish?
    • How does this objection (and Paul’s answer to it) apply to our lives today?
  • Objection 2 (3:3-4)
    • What question does Paul anticipate that his reader might be thinking in 3:3?  What might they mean by that question?
    • Why do you think that the idea of divine judgment against the nation of Israel would have caused Paul’s readers to have doubts about the faithfulness of God?
    • How does Paul respond to this question?  What Old Testament passage does he quote?  Why does he say that God can (and will) judge sin?  And what does God’s judgment of sin say about God’s character?
    • How does this objection (and Paul’s answer to it) apply to our lives today?
  • Objection 3 (3:5-8)
    • What question does Paul anticipate that his reader might be thinking in 3:5?  What might they mean by that question?
    • Why might someone have accused Paul’s gospel of being a license to sin?  What has Paul taught thus far that might prompt that accusation?
    • How does Paul respond to this accusation?  What 3 questions does he pose (in 3:6, 3:7, 3:8, respectively)?  How does Paul defend his gospel, and argue that it does not give people license to sin?
    • How does this objection (and Paul’s answer to it) apply to our lives today?
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