God picks a nobody to bless everybody (Genesis 12)
Group Guides | Sharing the gospel, sharing our lives (1 Thessalonians 2:8)
By way of introduction: How do people try and change the world?
Read Genesis 11:27 - 12:9
God speaks to people, which is an act of special grace. It’s extraordinary. What are the particular promises that the LORD gives and discuss how they shape the whole history and storyline of the Scriptures.
We see that Abram trusted in God’s word, and so went as he was told even though the worldly odds seem stacked against them such as…
(hint verses: 11:30, 12:1, 12:3, 12:4, 12:6)
The world that Abram and Sarai live in, swims in the same problems of sin and death as writ large in Genesis 1-11. Discuss what happens in this episode for there to be any hope of a difference being made in such a world.
“God’s plan is to pick low-profile people in a world of towering Babels - God picks a nobody to bless everybody”…
how do we see that happen in this episode?
how does God do that, through the gospel of Christ, for us today?
How can we pray through this episode in Genesis for our world today?