Crossroads Cadiz Podcast

Same Song, Different Verse

(Genesis 20:1-18)

 

"Chiasm" in the Life of Abraham...

• 11:27–32, Genealogy of Terah
• 12:1–9, Promises Given
• 12:10–20, Sister Fib 1
• 13–14 Lot
• 15 Covenant Promises
• 16 Hagar and Ishmael

     E. 17, Covenant Promises

     D. 18–19, Lot

     C. 20:1–18, Sister Fib 2      

     B. 21–22, Promises Realized

• 22:20–24, Genealogy of Nahor

 

Central Point: Fear God Not ________

 

Two Kinds of "Fear"...

 

• Servile Fear: God as ____________ (Matthew 25:24-25)
• Filial Fear: God as _____________ (Hebrews 12:9-10, 28-29)

 

Abraham's Fear of ______________

 

A Familiar __________ (Genesis 20:1)

A Familiar __________ (Genesis 20:2, 12-13)

A Familiar __________ (Genesis 20:11)

 

Three Reasons to Fear God...

 

His ________________ of the Heart (Genesis 20:3-7, Jeremiah 17:9, Luke 12:4-5)

His ________________ to Intervene (Genesis 20:6, 9-10, 17-18)

His _______________ to Bless (Genesis 20:14-16 Genesis 12:3, Romans 4:1-5)

 

Memory Verse: I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” - Genesis 12:3 ESV

Lot and His Daughters

(Genesis 19:30-38)

 

The Fall of ________ (Genesis 19:30)

 

Sin Will Always Take You Further Than You ________________

 

The Plot of His ______________ (Genesis 19:31-36, Jeremiah 17:9)

 

And the result was that though God judged all of Sodom except Lot and his daughters, Sodom was reborn in their very lives. - R. Kent Hughes, Genesis: Beginning and Blessing, 284

 

The Birth of Two ____________ (Genesis 19:37-38)

 

There is a Seed of Light…

 

Moab > Ruth > King David (Ruth 4:18-22)

 

Ben-Ammi > Naamah > King Rehoboam (1 Kings 14:21)

 

The Savior of the world came through Moabite and Ammonite women (Matthew 1:1-7, Genesis 50:20)

 

What Are We To Think About Lot? (2 Peter 2:7-9, 2 Corinthians 5:21)

 

Although my memory's fading, I remember two things very clearly: I am a great sinner and Christ is a great Savior. - John Newton

 

Memory Verse: The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it? - Jeremiah 17:9 ESV

Sodom and Gomorrah

(Genesis 19:1-29)

 

REAP: Read, Examine, Apply, Pray

 

READ: Genesis 19:1-29

 

EXAMINE:

 

Lot's Holy _____________ (19:1-3)

 

Sodoms Wicked _________ (19:4-11)

"Know" (Genesis 4:1, 19:5, 8)

 

Lot's Rescue and Sodom's ______________ (19:12-29)

APPLY:

 

Sodom is a Call to Flee _____________

 

Sodom in the _____________ (Isaiah 1:10, Jeremiah 23:14, Ezekiel 16:49-50)

 

Sodom in the ________ (Leviticus 18:22, 20:13)

 

Sodom in the _____________________ (2 Peter 2:6-10, Jude 7)

 

Objection: "But Jesus Never Said a Word about Homosexuality!"

 

Jesus Defined _____________ (Matthew 19:4-6)

 

Jesus Defined _____________ (Matthew 15:18-19)

 

Jesus Defined His ________________ (John 1:1)

 

Sodom is a Warning to our ___________ (Psalm 1:1, 1 Corinthians 15:33)

 

Sodom is a Warning of _____________________ (Luke 17:28-30)

 

Sodom is a Warning to ______________ (Luke 17:31-33, 9:62)

 

Sodom is a Promise of ______________ (2 Peter 2:6-10, 1 Corinthians 6:9-11)

PRAY

 

Memory Verse: So it was that, when God destroyed the cities of the valley, God remembered Abraham and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow when he overthrew the cities in which Lot had lived.

Genesis 19:29 ESV

Abraham Intercedes for Sodom (Genesis 18:22-33)

 

Five Questions To Take A Deep Dive….

 

• What Is The Context?

• God Made a Promise to Abraham and a Prophecy about
  __________________ (Genesis 18:20-21)

 

• What Does This Passage Teach Us About God?

• God is ______________ (Genesis 11:5, 18:22-26)
• God is ______________ (Genesis 18:22, 27-33, Matthew
  11:28-30)

 

• What Does This Passage Teach Us About Humanity?

• Humanity is ________________ (Genesis 18:20, Romans 3:10-18, Jude 7)

 

• How Does This Passage Point Us To Jesus?

• Consider Abraham’s _____________________ With God (Romans 3:25-26)
• Consider Abraham’s _____________________ Before God (John 17:20, 24)

• What Response Should This Passage Prompt In Me?

• Passionate, Persistent ___________________ (Matthew 7:7-11, Genesis 19:29)

 

I Will Stand In the Gap For ________________________________

 

Memory Verse: “Far be it from you to do such a thing, to put the righteous to death with the wicked, so that the righteous fare as the wicked! Far be that from you! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?”

Genesis 18:25 ESV

Human Wisdom Vs. God’s Word
(Genesis 16)

Central Point: Human ___________ Often Fails, but God’s _______ Never Will

Scenes 1: __________________ (Genesis 16:1-6)

Sarah Tries to Take Matters Into Her Own ____________ (Genesis 3:17)

Scenes 2: ___________________ (Genesis 16:7-16)

God Took Hagar’s Situation To _________________ (Exodus 3:7-8)

Application

Human Wisdom Says: “Save Yourself!”
God’s Word Says: __________________________
(Galatians 4:21-31)

Human Wisdom Says: “I’ve Messed Up His Plan” 
God’s Word Says: ______________________________________
(Acts 2:23)

Human Wisdom Says, “You Are What You’ve Done”
God’s Word Says: ________________________________________ (Hebrews 11:11, 1 Peter 3:5-6)

Memory Verse: So she called the name of the Lord who spoke to her, “You are a God of seeing,” for she said, “Truly here I have seen him who looks after me.”
Genesis 16:13 ESV

 

The Covenant With Abraham (Genesis 15)

What is a Covenant?

An ________________ Between Two Parties What Are Two Other Covenants in Genesis?

The Conditional Covenant In the __________________ (Hosea 6:7)

The Unconditional Covenant With ___________ (Genesis 6:18)

Through Covenant, God Secures His _____________ (15:1)

Through Covenant, God Secures His _____________ (15:2-11, Romans 4:3-5)

Through Covenant, God Secures His _____________ (15:12-16, Exodus 20:2)

Through Covenant, God Secures His _____________ (15:17-21, Hebrews 6:13-17, Luke 1:54-55, 2 Corinthians 1:20)

Memory Verse: And Abram believed the Lord, and he counted it to him as righteousness. Genesis 15:6 ESV

A Whole Lot of Trouble

(Genesis 14)

 

God ___________________ Over All (Genesis 14:18-20, 22, 8-11,)

 

The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the LORD.

- Proverbs 16:33

 

God ___________________ Everything (14:19, 22)

 

We are simply _______________________ of everything we have.

 

Abraham Gave Thanks to God Through __________________

Abraham Gave Thanks to his Household Through __________________

 

God ___________________ His People (14:20, 12:2-3, )

 

Melchizedek Is A ________________ of Christ (Psalm 110:4, Hebrews 7:1-3)

TYPE: A Model, Pattern, or Picture that Points Toward Jesus

 

We are secure in the nail scarred _____________ and in the high priestly ______________________ of the Son of God!

 

Memory Verse: We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner place behind the curtain, where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf, having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.

Hebrews 6:19-20 ESV

A Whole Lot of Trouble

(Genesis 13:1-18)

 

Central Point: We Live By _______________ and Not By ______________

 

The Bible Teaches Us That Believing is __________________ (Matthew 6:22-24)

 

Abraham Set His Sights On _________________ (Genesis 13:1-4)

• Repentance Is Only For  ___________________________
• Repentance Isn't Only For __________________________

 

“When our Lord and Master Jesus Christ said, ``Repent'' (Mt 4:17), He willed the entire life of believers to be one of repentance.” - Martin Luther, 95 Thesis

 

Abraham Set His Sights On _________________ (Genesis 13:5-9)

 

What Attitude Do You Take During Conflict? (Matthew 5:9)

 

Lot Set His Sights On _________________ (Genesis 13:10-13)

 

Have you Made Your Faith Your Own? (Matthew 7:21-23)

 

Abraham Set His Sights On _________________ (Genesis 13:14-18)

 

Who Are The Offspring of Abraham?

• ________________________
• ________________________ (Matthew 1:1)
• ________________________ (Galatians 3:7-9, Romans 9:6-8)

 

What Role Can I Play in the Great Commission? (Matthew 28:18-20, Revelation 7:9, Genesis 13:16)

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

Memory Verse: I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if one can count the dust of the earth, your offspring also can be counted.

Genesis 13:16 ESV

 

Unbelievable Faithfulness to a Faithless Man
(Genesis 12:10-20)

Central Point: God Is Unbelievably _____________ to His ______________ People.

The Faithlessness of Abraham...

Abraham’s Unbelief about the __________ (Genesis 12:10)

Abraham's Unbelief About His __________ (Genesis 12:11-13)

Abraham's Unbelief About the ______________ (Genesis 3:14-16, 12:3, 14-16)

The Faithfulness of God…

God Saves Abraham Through An ___________ From Egypt (Genesis 12:17-20)

Three Ways Abraham's Exodus Instructs Us… (1 Corinthians 10:11)

Abraham’s Exodus Instructs Us About Our __________________ (Colossians 1:13-14)

Abraham's Exodus Instructs Us About Our __________________ (Romans 4:5)

Abraham's Exodus Instructs Us About Our ______________________ (1 Corinthians 10:12-13, Mark 9:43)

Memory Verse: Now these things happened to them as an example, but they were written down for our instruction, on whom the end of the ages has come.
1 Corinthians 10:11 ESV

Abraham: Man of Faith
(Genesis 11:27-12:9)

The ______________ of Abraham (Genesis 11:27-32)

Why is this genealogy (teledot תּוֹלְדֹת‎) here?
 • Introduce a Solution to the Big _____________ (Genesis 3:15, 11:26)
 • Introduce Us to the Big _____________ (11:27-32)
 • Introduces Abraham's Big ________________ (11:30)

The ___________ of Abraham (Joshua 24:2, Genesis 12:1)

______________ Always Precedes _________ (Ephesians 2:1-7)

The _______ of Abraham (Genesis 12:1-3)

God Promises Abraham ______________
God Promises Abraham ______________
God Promises to Bless the ____________________

The ______________ of Abraham (Genesis 12:4-9)

His Three Responses….
Abraham ___________________ (Romans 4:20-21, Hebrews 11:9-10, Galatians 3:9)
Abraham ___________________ (Hebrews 11:8)
Abraham ___________________ (Genesis 12:7-9)

Memory Verse: Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you.- Genesis 12:1 ESV