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Homiletics Genesis 12-15

 

Content (not sentence, direct verbiage from Scripture, fit on one line):

1.L2A:Go;grt nation,u b blessing;all ppls blessd through u;A left,Lot,A75yo;Sarai,Lot,poss2Canaan(12:1-5)

2.A trvl thru land grt tree Moreh,Shechem;L appeard:2offspr gv land,altar;hills Bethel w,Ai e,altar(6-8)

3.toward Negev;famine2Egypt;2S:say u sister;Egyptians S beautiful;tkn Phar palace;treat A well(9-16)

4.L afflicted Phar;Phar2A:what u done;u say sister,tk wife;Phar sent him,wife,everything(17-20)

 

5.to Negev;A wealthy livestock, silver,gold;2place between Bethel and Ai ou tent before,called L(13:1-4)

6.Lot had flocks herds tents;land could not support together;quarreling between herders(5-7)

7.A2Lot:quarreling;let’s part;Lot plain lk garden;chose,parted;A live Canaan,Lot nr Sodom;wckd(8-13)

8.L2A:lk nsew;all u see I gv offspring;lk dust of earth;go walk through land;A went Hebron,altar(14-18)

 

9.kings of Shinar,Ellasar,Elam,Goyim war v Sodom,Gomorrah,Admah,Zeboyim,Bela(Zoar)(14:1-2)

10.latter joined forces Siddim;12y subject Kedorlaomer,13th y rebelled;14th y king K/allies def ites(3-7)

11.kings Sodom…2 Siddim battle lines;4 kings v 5;kings Sodom&Gom fled hills,men fall tar pits(8-10)

12.4 kings seized Sodom&Gom goods/food;carried off Lot;man rptd2A;A 318 trained men pursuit(11-14)

13.A divided men attack;recovered goods,Lot,others;after A retd,king Sodom meet Shaveh(15-17)

14.Melchizedek Salem bread wine;blessed A by God Most High;praise GMH,A gave 1/10th(18-20)

15.K Sodom2A:gv me ppl,u kp goods;A:accept nothg,u nvr say:I md A rich;let men w/me hv share(21-24)

 

16.L2A:ur shield;A:childless;svt heir;L:son heir;count stars,so offsprg be:A believed,cred rtness(15:1-6)

17.I L,gv u land;A:how I know;brink heifer,goat,ram,dove,pigeon;A brought,cut,arr,birds cut half(7-10)

18.birds of prey A drove away;sun setting,A sleep;L:400y desc enslaved;cm out w/grt poss(11-14)

19.You go 2ancest peace,old age;4th gen desc cm bk;smokg firepot passed between pieces(15-17)

20.L md cov w. A;to desc gv land of ites(18-21)

 

Divisions (run-on sentence OK, direct verbiage from Scripture/Principles are Aims for each Division):

1.God calls Abram from Harran to Canaan (Genesis 12)

Principle:  God calls His people out of familiar places.

2.God promises land to Abram’s offspring forever (Genesis 13)

Principle:  God promises territory to His people.

3.Abram rescues Lot and worships the Most High God with Melchizedek (Genesis 14)

Principle:  God is worthy of our worship.

4.God makes a covenant with Abram to give his descendants the land (Genesis 15)

Principle:  God’s covenant promises are absolute.

 

Subject Sentence (10-word sentence with proper structure showing exactly where you are in Scripture):

God calls Abram, promises land, is worshiped and makes covenant.

 

Aim (“To Cause My Audience To…” Know, See, Desire etc.):

TCMATK God will call His people out of comfort zones and into new territory.

 

Application (not yes or no question.  Meant to bring about heart change):

1.Where is God calling you out of that you’re resistant to leave?  What needs to change for you to obey that calling?

2.What does the gap between the promises God has made to you versus the promises you want Him to make to you say about the condition of your heart?

3.What is God teaching you about how to worship Him through other people?  How are these lessons changing your view of the world?

4.Where are you struggling to glorify God with the territory He covenanted to give you?

 

 

Pastor Matt - Gen 12-13:4

Our faith is revealed by tests

Called out of Ur – a metropolis according to archaeologists

Faith is obedience in spite of what may happen

Wherever we recognize the Lord is, we should build an altar.  Abram built altars at Shechem (Gen 12:6-7), between Bethel and Ai (Gen 12:8), Hebron (Gen 13:18), mountain in region of Moriah (Gen 22:9)

 

Do people know where I’ve been because they see an altar where I’ve worshiped God?

Faith that can’t be tested, can’t be trusted.

True faith is tested.

 

Egypt represents the world.

Abram ran from a trial and right into a new set of problems.  God wanted to take Abram through the trial in Canaan.

How many times do I not counsel with God because I already know the answer?

If you can’t build an altar where you are, you don’t belong there!

Abram was self-consumed, not concerned with Sarai

Pharaoh knew the plagues came upon his house because of Sarai

Abram lost his testimony and witness.  Abram lied and the king of Egypt rebuked him for being a phony.

Is material gain a confirmation of blessing?  No.  Abram has wealth, but it came from the world and confirms his compromise.

1 Peter 3 – Peter calls Sarai out.  An example of a godly woman.  When you’re married to a man who won’t lead spiritually, treat them as if they were a great spiritual leader.  Let God convict him.  Do you think a husband knows when he’s not leading properly?  Every time.  Sarai did what Abram asked.

Guys, you want to destroy your wives, just make them feel unloved.  Gals, you want to kill your husbands, just don’t respect them.

Lot was with Abram.  The trip to Egypt affected him.  In the next chapter, Lot chooses the land that reminded him of Egypt.

How many kids wind up in Egypt because their parents have taken trips to Egypt?

Abram came back to his first love.  He wound up at that altar he built at first.  But Abram will do the same thing again…  How many times do I digress?  The answer is to come back!

We don’t sing “Great is my faithfulness…”

God will never say, “Don’t come back.”

Confession brings cleansing.  Concealment brings discipline.

 

Pastor Matt - Gen 13:5-14

The effect on Lot was substantial.  Trips to Egypt leaves us with consequences.

Abram and Lot had so much stuff between them, they couldn’t dwell contentedly with each other.

1 Cor 2:14 – the natural man has no spiritual life.  Spiritual things go right over his head.  The spiritual man has a spiritual awareness.  1 Cor 3 – the carnal man, the fleshly man.  If you’re too carnal, you can’t feed on the meat of the Word.  You can’t hear meaty teachings.  Where there is strife, there is carnality.

 

Lot is being the carnal man, here.  He’s saved, but he’s walking in the flesh.

Lot chose the land that looked like Egypt.

 

If you’re living near Sodom, you need to move.

 

We are to storm the gates of hell and rescue those who have been taken captive.  Gal 6:1.

 

You will always have two visitors when you return from a victory.  The king of Sodom (burning), covered in slime.  The king of Salem (peace) and he brings bread and wine.

 

 

Pastor Matt – Gen 15

 

Sets up some things.

 

Spiritual warfare is exhausting.

 

You can’t take a break as a Christian.  Satan will try to convince you to reward yourself for spiritual victory with something fleshly.

 

The enemy is often seen as a bird.

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