Back to Buy, Guided by Grace

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Genesis 43:1-34

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Back to Buy, Guided by Grace — Lonnie D. Bell, Jr.
Genesis 43:1-34
Sermon Series: Genesis
November 10, 2019

DEEP SHEET: Sermon Study Questions
1.   What are some of God’s attributes or characteristics that continue to be repeated in the Joseph story?   Which have most impacted you?
2.   How would you describe Jacob’s prayerful words to his sons?  What does it mean to say that we must remember in order to rely?
3.   In light of Calvin’s quote concerning Jacob’s actions, what does it look like to rely on God without being lazy?
4.   How does Judah anticipate Christ in this chapter?
5.   How have you seen God use negative circumstances in people’s lives to bring about repentance?
6.   What does Joseph intend to accomplish with his blatant favoritism towards Benjamin?

References: Genesis 17:1; 28:3; 35:11; Hebrews 2:9; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Ephesians 4:3.

Facing Danger

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Genesis 32:1-21

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Facing Danger — Pastor Lonnie D. Bell, Jr.
Genesis 32:1-21
Sermon Series: Genesis
July 21, 2019

DEEP SHEET: Sermon Study Questions
1.   How do the opening verses of this passage give a hopeful impression? What does the presence of the angels communicate?
2.   How have you seen God prepare you for danger?
3.   How do we avoid letting fearful situations overshadow or push out God’s revelation in our minds?
4.   What do the content, structure, and attitude of Jacob’s prayer teach us about how we should pray?
5.   How does v. 12 show that Jacob has God’s greater redemptive purposes in mind?
6.   Why does Jacob make such an extravagant offer to Esau at the end of this narrative? How do we see this propensity in our own lives?

References: Genesis 25:23; 27:36; 28:15; 31:43; 27:41; 28:12; Psalm 34:7; Hebrews 1:14; 1 Peter 5:7; Genesis 14:14

The Great Escape

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Genesis 31:1-55

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The Great Escape — Pastor Lonnie D. Bell, Jr.
Genesis 31:1-55
Sermon Series: Genesis
July 14, 2019

DEEP SHEET: Sermon Study Questions
1.  How should we responsibly appropriate a verse like Genesis 28:15 for our own lives?
2.  Why does God take twenty years to call Jacob out of his difficult situation?
      How does this encourage us to wait on the Lord?
3.  How does Jacob’s obedient response to God’s call mirror what we’ve seen elsewhere in Genesis?
      What does this teach us about the nature of the Christian life?
4.  Where do we see both grace and protection in Jacob’s exit and his confrontation with Laban?
5.  What do Jacob’s words say about the role of gratitude in the life of the believer?
      In what ways do we fail to give God thanks in our daily lives?
6.  What does this passage communicate about idols?
7.  Discuss the theme of deliverance. How does this story of Jacob’s deliverance from Laban point forward to the Exodus and the Atonement?

References: Genesis 28:15; 30:43; 15:1; 26:24; Proverbs 19:11; Romans 1:21; Joshua 24:2; Colossians 1:13.

Sodom's Survivors

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Genesis 19:30-38

30 Now Lot went up out of Zoar and lived in the hills with his two daughters, for he was afraid to live in Zoar. So he lived in a cave with his two daughters. 31 And the firstborn said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is not a man on earth to come in to us after the manner of all the earth. 32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve offspring from our father.” 33 So they made their father drink wine that night. And the firstborn went in and lay with her father. He did not know when she lay down or when she arose.
34 The next day, the firstborn said to the younger, “Behold, I lay last night with my father. Let us make him drink wine tonight also. Then you go in and lie with him, that we may preserve offspring from our father.” 35 So they made their father drink wine that night also. And the younger arose and lay with him, and he did not know when she lay down or when she arose. 36 Thus both the daughters of Lot became pregnant by their father. 37 The firstborn bore a son and called his name Moab. He is the father of the Moabites to this day. 38 The younger also bore a son and called his name Ben-ammi. He is the father of the Ammonites to this day.

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Sodom’s Survivors — Lonnie D. Bell, Jr.
Genesis 19:30-38
3 February 2019

DEEP SHEET: Sermon Study Questions

1.  How does Genesis 13 represent a defining moment in Lot’s life? How might your present choices be setting you on a trajectory to the cave?

2.  What does it mean to have a Lot-like Christian life?

3.  Discuss the sin of Lot’s daughters. How does it involve both cultural and familial dynamics?

4.  How should this story affect the way we view and use alcohol?

5.  What does this passage teach us about the impact of our sin on future generations?

6.  How does this story connect to Ruth? What does her place in redemptive history communicate about God’s grace?

References: Matthew 11:23-24; Genesis 13:10-13; Leviticus 18:6-7; Ephesians 5:18; Numbers 25:1-3; Zephaniah 2:8; Ruth 4:13-22.

Seed and Land Confirmed

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Genesis 15:1-21

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Seed and Land Confirmed — Lonnie Bell
Sermon Series: Genesis
Genesis 15:1-21
4 November 2018
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DEEP SHEET: Sermon Study Questions
1.  What can we do to constantly remind ourselves of God’s character? Why is this the only answer to a fearful heart?
2.  How would you summarize v. 6? How does Paul in particular highlight this verse in his description of the gospel?
3.  What are the clarifications given to Abram in this passage? Why does God make Abram wait for this information?
4.  Describe some of your experiences waiting on God. How have these times deepened your faith?
5.  How would you describe what is going on at the end of this chapter with the making of a covenant? What is God communicating to Abram?

References: Psalm 18:2; 28:7; Galatians 3:6-14; Romans 4; James 2:18-26; 2 Corinthians 5:21; 1 Corinthians 11:25; Matthew 8:11.

The City of Man, Part 1

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Genesis 11:1-9

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The City of Man, Part 1 -- Lonnie Bell
Sermon Series: Genesis
Genesis 11:1-9
9 September 2018

Deep Sheet: Sermon Study Questions
1.  What support does Jesus give for the historicity of the events described in Genesis 1-11?
2.  How does the Tower of Babel story help us to identify worldliness and flee from it?
3.  Where do we see independence and misuse in this passage? How are independence and disobedience related?
4.  What does it mean to say that Babel is the mother of all pagan worship and false religion?
5.  What does it look like to live for our own “name”?

References: Daniel 4:30; 1 Peter 5:13; Revelation 17:5; 18:1-2; Mark 10:6; Matthew 23:35; 24:39; Revelation 18:5; 1 John 2:15; Genesis 13:11; 9:1; 3:24; 4:16; Isaiah 63:14; James 4:6; Matthew 23:12.