Content (not
sentence, direct verbiage from Scripture, fit on one line):
1.Sarai children,Egyptian slave Hagar;2A:sleep
slave bld fam,A agreed;Canaan 10y,Hagar wife(16:1-3)
2.H conceived,despised mistress;S2A:slave despises;A:do
whatever,S mistreat,H fled,aoL found H(4-7)
3.he:H ou cm from/going,running;go back,submit;incr
desc;son Ishmael;wild,v evry1;One sees me(8-13)
4.Beer Lahai Roi betw Kadesh/Bered;H son, A named
Ishmael;A 86yo(14-16)
5.A 99yo, L appeared;cov increase #s;A fell facedown;fr
many nations;Abraham;kings cm from u(17:1-6)
6.everlastg cov me-desc;land everlastg poss;u/desc keep
cov;every male circ;circ sign(7-11)
7.8do circ born/bought;uncirc cut off;Sarah;son;A facedn
laughd;Ishmael blessing;y but Isaac cov(12-19)
8.Ishmael bless fruitful great;Isaac cov;fin spk;that day
A every male circ;A 99yo circ;Ish 13yo(20-25)
9.A&Ish circ same day;every male born bought
circ(26-27)
10.L appeared near Mamre;A saw 3 men;pass svt
by;wash feet rest;eat refresh, very well(18:1-5)
11.2S:quick bread;selected calf svt
prepare;curds,milk,calf ate;where S;next year son,S listening(6-10)
12.S past age childbearing;S laughed2self;L2A:why S
laugh;anything2hard;S:not laugh(11-15)
13.men lv looked Sodom;L hide about do?A grt pwrfl
nation;chosen, will dir children(16-19)
14.Sodom Gomorrah sin grievous;I go see;A stay;sweep
rteous w/wckd;50 ppl;Judge do rt(20-25)
15.L:50 spare;A:45,destroy;40, not do it;30, will
not;20,destroy;10, destroy;L left,A home(26-33)
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Divisions (run-on
sentence OK, direct verbiage from Scripture/Principles are Aims for each
Division):
1.Sarai gives Hagar to Abram (Genesis 16)
Principle: The
Lord’s ways are not our ways.
2.The Lord reveals the covenant sign and promise (Genesis
17)
Principle: The
Lord’s people are marked by circumcision.
3.The Lord promises a son and reveals plans for Sodom and
Gomorrah (Genesis 18)
Principle: The
Lord uses conversation with Him to align our thinking with His.
Subject Sentence (10-word
sentence with proper structure showing exactly where you are in Scripture):
Hagar conceives; Abram circumcises; God promises Isaac and
Sodom destruction.
Aim (“To Cause My
Audience To…” Know, See, Desire etc.):
TCMATK the best way to do anything is God’s way.
Application (not
yes or no question. Meant to bring about
heart change):
1.In what areas are you being tempted to take matters
into your own hands rather than doing things God’s way or even seeking His
will?
2.Where has your thinking and activity become more godly
as a result of God’s circumcision of your heart?
3.How is your Bible study and prayer life transforming
your thinking to be more in alignment with God’s?
Pastor Matt – Gen 16
Chapter 15 is the chapter of faith; chapter 16 is the
chapter of unbelief.
We all have these chapters. And they’re often back-to-back.
Faith is NOT manipulating
Everyone in this story fails
The husband is supposed to be the spiritual leader. Here, the woman is manipulating and the
husband is letting her.
There are lots of people running around fragmented
because of multiple sexual partners.
Firstborn is the fruit of the flesh. Second born is of the promise.
Abram is to blame because he shouldn’t have listened to
his wife in the first place. He
should’ve taken the spiritual lead.
Abram=faith; Sarai=grace; Hagar=the law
Faith+the law=the flesh
Faith+grace=the spirit
In the last verse of chapter 16, Abram is 86 years old
and Ishmael is born. In the first verse
of chapter 17, Abram is 99 and the Lord is appearing to him. What was happening during those 13 years?
If you sow things of the spirit, you will reap the
spirit. If you sow the flesh, you will
reap the flesh.
Was Abram sowing the flesh? Was he not hearing from God?
Whatever things of the flesh are overtaking you, confess
and repent. You may still have
consequences, but you’re on your way to being free.
Gen 17
Sarah’s womb is a tomb.
It was dead.
We need to be overwhelmed by God!
New names in this chapter: El Shaddai, Abraham, Sarah
Circumcision – an outward work in an inward part
Col 2:11 – circumcision without hands
Phil 3:3 – we are the circumcision
Having no confidence in the flesh
Abraham is hanging onto the flesh
Gen 18
Abraham’s laugh was one of joy. Sarah’s was one of disbelief. Because of her barrenness, she was sure she
would never have a child.
If I base God’s capability upon my ability, I suffer from
unbelief, too.
NOTHING is too hard for the Lord!
Abraham knows Sodom is ripe for destruction.
Abraham knows Lot is righteous because he believes in
God.
Everybody can pray.
Yet, it’s the most neglected.
Prayer is not a gift, it’s a privilege.
Samuel Chadwick – “The one concern of the devil is to
keep Christians from praying. He fears
nothing from prayerless studies or prayerless work or prayerless religion. He laughs at our toil. He mocks our wisdom. But he trembles when we pray.”
The one thing that causes the devil to tremble is within
the capacity of every single believer.
And if we’d pray, Satan would flee.
Abraham is digging deeper into the heart of God.
God takes no pleasure in the death of the wicked. God wants no one to perish.
As Abraham keeps digging, he finds this to be so.
There is true judgment for the world coming.
Father, please make me the kind of person who will pray
for the lost and want to see them saved.
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