Content (not
sentence, direct verbiage from Scripture, fit on one line):
1.angels Sodom eve,Lot gateway,bowed;L:house,wash,spend
nt,spend night square;insisted(19:1-3)
2.men surr house;men bring sex;Lot outside;no
friends,wicked;daughters;pressure Lot mv fwd(4-9)
3.pulled Lot in house;struck men at door blindness;anyone
else, get out;L sent us destroy(10-13)
4.Lot spoke sons-in-law;dawn, angels:hurry;he,wife,2dtrs,
L merciful;flee;pls no;I can’t flee mts(14-19)
5.town;very well;quickly Zoar;sun risen;L rained burning
sulphur Sod/Gom;overthrew;wife salt(20-26)
6.early next am Abe b4L;lookd Sod/Gom smoke;G destroyed,
brought Lot out;Lot dtrs settled mts(27-30)
7.older dtr2younger:no men;sleep with fr;fr drink older
dtr,tonight you go;fr drink younger sleep(31-35)
8.daughters pregnant;older son Moab;younger son Ben-Ammi
Ammonites(36-38)
9.Abe2Gerar;Sarah sis Abimelech took;Abim dream married
wm;Abim:L destroy innoct nation(20:1-4)
10.I clr conscience/hands;G:I know;retn man’s wife;next
morn Abim told;Abim2Abe:what reason(5-10)
11.Abe they kill b/c wife;she dtr my fr;say he
bro;Abim2Abe sheep,cattle,Sarah;live wherever(11-15)
12.giving bro 1000 silver4offense;Abe prayed,Abim
healed,have children again(16-18)
13.L gracious Sarah;pregnant;Isaac;8d circ;Abe 100;Sarah
laughter;son old age;day weaned feast(21:1-8)
14.Sarah saw son Hagar mocking;get rid
slave/son;distressed Abe;G:don’t be distressed(9-12)
15.nation also;early next am Abe food/water Hagar;water
gone boy bushes;can’t watch boy die(13-16)
16.G heard boy,what matter Hagar;take boy grt
nation;opened eyes saw well;G with boy archer(17-20)
17.mom got wife Egypt(21)
18.Abim&Phicol2Abe:G w/u;swear deal falsely;I
swear;A complaind abt well(22-25)
19.I don’t know;treaty;Abe 7 ewe lambs;Abim:what
meaning;accept as witness I dug(26-30)
20.Beersheba oath;Abim&Phicol ret’d land
Philistines;Abe plantd tamarisk;stayd land Phil long(31-34)
Divisions (run-on
sentence OK, direct verbiage from Scripture/Principles are Aims for each
Division):
1.The Lord sends angels to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah
(19:1-26)
Principle: The
Lord delays judgment to the last moment.
2.Lot’s daughters become pregnant and Abraham fears being
killed because of Sarah (19:27-20:18)
Principle: Fearful
reactions are not part of God’s plans.
3.Sarah weans Isaac and Hagar and Ishmael are sent away
(21:1-21)
Principle:
4.Abraham’s well (21:22-34)
Principle:
Subject Sentence (10-word
sentence with proper structure showing exactly where you are in Scripture):
God destroys Sodom, Gomorrah, saves Lot; Isaac comes,
Ishmael goes.
Aim (“To Cause My
Audience To…” Know, See, Desire etc.):
TCMATK God is trustworthy and His people need not fear.
Application (not
yes or no question. Meant to bring about
heart change):
1.Where are you relying on God’s mercy to delay
judgment? How will you give that are
over to His Lordship today?
2.How will you give God control over your responses
rather than allowing fear to control you?
3.What needs to change in your thinking to help you live
at peace with others (in this time of protest)?
4.How will you invite God into your dealings (treaties)
with others?
Pastor Matt – Gen 19
In the last days, there will be a rise in
immorality. Pastor Matt thought so when
he spoke this sermon. And it’s even
moreso today.
Sodom – city by Dead Sea; not about geographical
location, but about a heart condition; condition = rebellion
The angels didn’t want to enter Lot’s house because he
wasn’t in fellowship with God. “Feast”
of unleavened bread. This is a far cry
from what Abraham offered. Lot doesn’t
have much to offer. He’s lived in Sodom
in compromise. It’s ruined his children,
his life. What is my offering for the
Lord? It’s going to depend on my
fellowship with the Lord. Many
Christians are saved but not separated.
You need to leave worldliness behind.
Lot calls the townsmen “brothers” and offers his
daughters to be gang-raped. Sometimes we
choose the lesser of two evils when we should choose neither.
Compromise is a way of life for Lot! I see this attitude in myself – I’ve said this
about how I’ve voted in political elections.
When you try to make friends with the world, it will turn
on you. We should have an effect on this
world for Christ.
We can’t pick and choose what sins we condemn.
Four daughters?
Lot lingered…procrastinated…because he’s used to
lingering.
Oh, my! I’m a
lingerer, a procrastinator, a compromiser!
The angels grab Lot in God’s mercy and drag him out of
there. If God didn’t grab me, I would
linger to my ruin!
“Going up to the mountain” is a picture of Calvary.
The removal of Lot before the destruction of Sodom is a
beautiful picture of the rapture.
Gen 20
Our intimate fellowship with God gets left behind when we
go to visit Egypt.
Here we go again: “she’s my sister”
Who’s the saint here?
Abraham who is moving out into the world and doing as the world does –
or – Abimelech who is worldly but behaving better than Abraham?
A half-truth = a whole lie
Children follow in their parent’s footsteps. Mentees follow in their mentor’s footsteps.
God uses us in spite of our failings and weakness.
Gen 21
Gal 4:22 - Paul teaches the OT shows spiritual truth in
pictures (allegory)
Allegory pictures Abraham as Faith, Hagar as the Law,
Sarah as Grace. Ishmael is the Flesh
(human effort to accomplish godly power), Isaac is the Spirit. Natural comes before the Spirit. Ishmael mocking Isaac – the nature of the
flesh is revealed when the Spirit is birthed.
Grace steps in when the flesh wars with the Spirit. Grace says to Faith:
cast out the Law and the Flesh. The Law
and Faith are diametrically opposed to each other.
Isn’t it unfair of Abraham to send Hagar and Ishmael away
with very little provision? Rom 13:14 –
make no provision for the flesh.
The Flesh doesn’t go anywhere unless we send it by
Faith. The Flesh lives in the wilderness
(barren, hot, dry). The wife of the
Flesh is Egypt. God will allow it to
live, but He will not allow it to be fruitful.
The Arab nations have a lot of oil, but if you go to the middle east,
you’ll see the fruit they produce: hatred, oppression.
Gal 5 – how to apply this reality. You are free in Christ. How do I apply? Stand fast in the liberty. Don’t wander off to Egypt or Gerar. Stay in Hebron, Mamre.
2 Cor 10:3 – How you walk in the Spirit – Take thoughts
captive for Christ. You imagine
something and that’s where you go…
You need water for fruit to grow.
After fruit-bearing comes the test…next week – Chapter
22.
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