Todays reading Gen 19:30- 21:19

Todays reading Gen 19:30- 21:19

 

This was fun because it jumped from one story to the next. So today instead of my insight or thoughts. I will just ask a few questions.

 

Part 1 Lot's Daughters:

Ok they seemed a little extreme in they're actions.

 

Gen 19:30-35: Why do you think Lot retreated from the town of Zoar to a

cave in the mountains, evidently isolated and secluded from anyone else?

 

Why do you think Lot's daughters decided to resort to incest with their father? What does that tell us about the spiritual condition of their hearts, and the long-term effects that living in Sodom may have had on them?

 

One option for Lot and his daughters was to return to the tents of good ole Uncle Abraham, yet that doesn't even seem to have been an option in their thinking. What do you think would have prevented them from returning to Abraham and Sarah at this point?

 

It is very easy for us today to critique the gross and I mean gross sinfulness of Lot and his daughters, but we can very easily be squeezed and pushed into the mold of our culture as well (Rom 12:2). What are some worldly things or practices that you might be more susceptible give into?

 

Part 2 Abraham and Abimelech:

Abraham just keeps putting his foot into his mouth, He has a deceptive side that just keeps showing up in his life. Just 20 years prior he was trying to convince Pharaoh the his wife was his sister. Now look at him again.

 

Have you ever encountered a time where a non-believer seemed to act

more ethically or Godly than a Christian? What do you think was the effect of that on others who were watching?

 

 What exactly was Abraham afraid of that caused him to resort to

deception again? Why do you think he still struggled with that same issue after

years of walking with God?

 

What fears or issues do you struggle with, even though you may have been a

bonified Christian for many years? What do you think prevents us from getting beyondsome of those tough issues in our lives?

 

It appears that when the going gets tough Abraham gets going. Abraham had a tendency to resort to deception, a trait he would soon pass down through the generations to his son, grandson and even great-grandsons. What particular sins or temptations do you have a

recurring battle with and how does it effect your family?

Part 3 Get rid of the BOY!

Gen 21:8-21. Why do you think the Lord plays along with Sarah's insistence

that Ishmael and Hagar be sent away? How does that fit with the biblical idea that God is  a God of love? 

 

Earlier in Gen 16 when Ishmael was conceived, Hagar saw the Lord and learned that God is the God who sees and hears us in times of difficulty (Gen 16:11-14). How do their experiences in this chapter reinforce those same lessons again?

 

Part 4 Abrahams test. To be continued!

 

 

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