1. Churches and Their Preachers
Galatians 4.12–20

2. Paul and the Galatians Paul’s Appeal (v 12a)
The Galatians’ Attitude toward Paul (vv 12b–16)
Paul’s Attitude toward the Galatians (vv 17–20)

3. Churches and Their Preachers
The People’s Attitude toward the Preacher
Not based on personal appearance/outward skill
Not based on private theological whims
Willingness to “give the shirt off their back”
Determined by his loyalty to the apostolic message
The Preacher’s Attitude toward the People
Not his personal prestige, but their spiritual progress
Not use them for his advantage, but serve them for theirs
Not use them for his own ends, but labor in pain for them
Christ to be formed in them, ready to agonize over them

4. Churches and Their Preachers
Both: It’s all about Jesus
People: Is Christ speaking through him?
Preacher: Is Christ being formed in them?