Sermon Questions
ENGAGE
- Describe a time you were really lost?
READ
- Read or summarize the passage.
- Share any observations or questions from the passage or the sermon.
REFLECT
- Why is such detail given about the battle between the kings? What is the importance of both world history and redemptive history? How is God at work in both?
- What was Abram’s response to the battle and the capture of Lot?
- Who comes to meet with Abram after the battle has ended?
- Who is Melchizedek and how does he get his title “Priest of God Most High”? What does Abram give to him and why?
- Why does Abram refuse the spoils from the King of Sodom?
- How does Abram balance faith and prudence?
RESPOND
- Abram trusted God, but also had trained fighting men at the ready. Discuss the balance of faith and prudence in the life of a believer.
- How was Melchizedek a type of Christ? Why did the writer of Hebrews make such a big deal out of the idea that Christ was a priest in the order of Melchizedek and not Aaron? (see Psalm 110; Hebrews 5-7)
- How was Abram’s conquest of the four kings a picture of what Christ would accomplish? How does this parallel our salvation story? How should our rescue from sin and death change us?
PRAY
Adoration
Confession
Thanksgiving
Supplication
