Lot's Wife

This is an actual sign that points you in the direction of a 200 foot rock formation dubbed "Lot's wife".

The pillar can be reached by driving southbound on Road 90, few kilometers before Dead Sea industrial area so-called Dead Sea Factories. There's a brown road sign "Lot's Wife" showing the direction on the way. Also, many tourist maps point this place as "Lot's Cave", that can be found just beneath the pillar.

Sunday School Questions for December 4

Hey Everyone.

Here are the questions for this Sunday.

I will have a paper copy for you this Sunday unless you would like we to continue posting them this way. Email me and tell me what you think!

Read Genesis 14:1-12.

Note: These events preceded Lot’s capture. They cover fourteen years and describe four separate events:

Genesis 14:1-3 – Fourteen years before Lot’s capture, Eastern Kings conquered the Siddim Valley.

Genesis 14:4 – The conquered peoples rebelled.

Genesis 14:5-7 – The Eastern kings came back to punish the people.

Genesis 14:8-12 – There was a battle, and Lot was captured.

1. a. List the names of the four conquerors from the East in 14:1.

b. List the names of the five Siddim Valley kings in Genesis 14:2.

c. From what great plain did the four come? (See also Genesis 11.)

d. Where is the Valley of Siddim (home of the five kings)?

2. How did Lot’s choices (Genesis 13) contribute to his being a prisoner (Genesis 14:11-12)?

Read Genesis 14:13-16.

3. What do you learn about Abraham that helps you understand why he won the victory?

4. Give several ways that Abraham illustrates a Christian engaged in a battle with unseen and “spiritual” enemies. (See 2 Corinthians 2:14-15 and Ephesians 6:10-18.)

5. In 2 Corinthians 10:3-5, Paul speaks of fighting with spiritual weapons. What are two spiritual weapons we can use? (See Ephesians 6:17-18.)

Read Genesis 14:17-24 and 15:1.

6. a. Which two kings officially honored Abraham at the victory celebration?

b. Describe Abraham’s meeting with each of them and his attitude toward each one.

7. What did he give to the king of Salem? (This is mentioned in Scripture for the first time.)

8. a. What two things did God promise Abraham in Genesis 15:1?

b. Why did Abraham need those special promises? (See Genesis 14:21-24.)

Read Psalm 110 and Hebrews 4:14-16 and 7.

9. a. By comparing Psalm 110:1 with Matthew 22:44-45, we learn that “Messiah” or “The Lord’s Anointed” is the subject of this Psalm. In what way does this Psalm prophesy that Messiah will be like Melchizedek (Genesis 14)?

b. List five ways that Melchizedek was a picture of Christ’s person and work. (See Hebrews 7.)

10. Give verses in the Hebrews passages that describe Christ as the personal Priest who continues His unceasing priestly work for every true believer in Him.

Read Hebrews 2:18; 4:14-16; 5; and 6:18-20.

11. What lessons concerning Christ as Priest would you choose to give to:

a. A discouraged Christian?

b. A tempted Christian?

c. A lonely Christian?

Sunday School Questions

Happy Thanksgiving everyone.

Melissa and I will be in Beautancus (yes it is a real place!) visiting my family and will not be in Sunday School. We will be back the following week and look forward to being with you all again.

I have listed the questions for this week's Sunday School time below. I know it will be a great discussion.

UPDATE: Here are the questions in a printable format.

Read Genesis 13:5-13.

1. How are Abraham's attitudes and actions an example for Christians who disagree with each other?

a. Genesis 13:5-13

b. 1 Corinthians 6:1-8

c. Ephesians 4:1-3

d. Ephesins 4:31-5:2

2. Why did Abraham have the right to choose first?

3. a. What was the basis for Lot's choice? Give the verse.

b. In what ways do people choose to live in a certain area for the same reasons today?

c. Exactly what was wrong with Lot's choice? Give verse.

d. What effect did his coice eventually have on his wife, his family, and his own spiritual well-being? Skim Genesis 14 and 19.

4. If we love the world and choose its viewpoint, how does this affect us?

a. John 14:27

b. John 17:15-16

c. Ephesians 4:17-20

d. James 4:4

e. 1 John 2:15-17

Read Genesis 13:5-18.

5. a. How did Lot temporarily seem to gain by his choice?

b. How did Abraham temporarily seem to lose by his choice?

6. How did God's promise to Abraham after Lot left him include more than he seemed to have given up?

7. a. What are some promises to the Christian who seems to give up so much for Christ's sake?

b. How are Christian blessings worth what Christ requires us to give up for Him?

8. a. What did God require Abraham to do in order to teach him that he must know God's inheritance and appropriate each promise in practical ways?

b. In what way does Joshua 1:3-9 illustrate these parts of true faith?

9. What words and phrases in Genesis 13; 15:18-21; and Jeremiah 31 make it clear that when God meant the land of Canaan was to be given to Abraham's descendants, this was to be taken literally?

Read Genesis 18:16-19:38.

10. What position must Lot have held in Sodomite society if he "sat in the gate"?

11. a. Lot may have thought that by going to live in Sodom he could influence the people of that city. Was he successful?

b. How did they react to his warnings?

12. What did Lot's family lose or gain by Lot's becoming an important man in Sodom?

13. What proof can you find in Genesis 18-19 that Lot had genuine faith in God's Word that resulted in moral righteousness? See also 2 Peter 2:7-8.

Read Luke 12:13-21 and 1 Corinthians 3:9-15.

14. How does 1 Corinthians 3:12-15 describe the eternal loss of a Christian who makes Lot's choice?

15. From the following verses, why are our choices after we become Christians so important?

a. Romans 14:10-12

b. 2 Corinthians 5:9-10

c. 1 John 2:28

16. How was Lot like the man in Luke's parable?