Christ Formed in You
Galatians 4: 12-20
1. Paul’s deepest desire was to see Christ formed in the
Galatian believers.
A. He reminded them of their past fellowship (12-14).
i. He was willing to live like the Galatians live (12).
ii. He is not currently upset with them (12).
iii. It was an illness that first brought them together
(13).
iv. They looked past Paul’s illness and treated him as
one sent by God.
B. Paul now wants to know what happened to that
fellowship (15).
C. Paul is concerned that the Judiazers are trying to
spiritual harm to the Galatians.
2. The issue of “Christ being formed in them” is one that
Paul is zealous about (17-20).
A. Paul wants to dismantle the arguments of the
Judiaziers.
B. He wants the Galatians to come back to their pursuit
of Christ.
C. He shares with them how greatly it pains him to see
them fall for these lies.
3. Contemporary Application:
A. You are to have “Christ formed in you.”
B. This is such a serious thing that Paul related his desire
to see this in the Galatians lives to “pains of
childbirth.”
C. How do we do this:
i. Galatians 2:20
ii. Romans 12:2
D. The image here is one of a child developing and
forming in a mother’s womb.
