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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.

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Genesis 30:25-43

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Another Prosperous Patriarch — Pastor Lonnie D. Bell, Jr.
Genesis 30:25-43
Sermon Series: Genesis
July 7, 2019

DEEP SHEET: Sermon Study Questions
1. Where else in Genesis have we seen the theme of material prosperity? Why is this an important aspect of God’s dealings with the Patriarchs in particular?
2. Discuss how Jacob and Laban respond differently to God’s blessings. How does Laban’s response give us insight into the unbelieving heart?
3. How does the first part of this passage help us to see that our good is for God’s glory? In what ways do you overlook this in your life?
4. How do Jacob and Laban serve as a picture of Christ and his people? What does it mean to say that all the blessings we receive are “spillover” from Christ?
5. How does Laban mistreat Jacob? What does the final outcome teach us about God’s work in our lives?
6. How does this passage free us up to love our enemies?

References: Genesis 28:15; 12:16; 24:35; 26:12-14; 28:13, 14; Romans 1:18; Genesis 31:10-12.