Sodom's Survivors

FCC Vision Statement: Building on Exposition, Centering on Christ, Dying in Community, Serving on Mission

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.

After the Ark, Part 2

FCC Vision Statement: Building on Exposition, Centering on Christ, Dying in Community, Serving on Mission

Genesis 9:18-29

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After the Ark, Part 2 -- Lonnie Bell
Sermon Series: Genesis
Genesis 9:18-29
26 August 2018


Deep Sheet: Sermon Study Questions
1.  How do the two scenes of Genesis 9 set up a contrast between God and humanity? How does this guide us in where to direct our hope?
2.  How does this text portray the potentially destructive power of alcohol? How have you seen alcohol play a destructive role in peoples’ lives?
3.  How would you characterize Ham’s sin? Why do you think God takes dishonoring parents so seriously?
4.  How does Shem offer hope in the midst of this story?
5.  What does it mean to say that all must face a death of dust, but not all will face a death of destruction?

References: Genesis 8:21; 6:8-9; Hebrews 11:7; Psalm 104:14-15; Proverbs 20:1; 23:29-32; Ephesians 5:18; 1 Corinthians 10:12; Exodus 21:15; Leviticus 20:9; Genesis 3:15; 22:18; John 11:25-26.