Sermon Tone Analysis

INTRO

Friday was Veterans Day...

American Revolutionary War [1775-1783]

War of 1812 [1812-1815]

Mexican American War [1846-1848]

American Civil War [1861-1865]

WWI [1917-1918]

WWII [1941-1945]

Korean War [1950-53]

Vietnam [1965-73]

Current Wars

At first glance the ties between chapters 13 and 14 seem meager.

With respect to both the time and the place, the two narratives seem only distantly related.There are several indications within the narrative, however, that suggest the author intended chapter 14 to be read closely with what has preceded.

In 14:12 the focus of the account of the war between nations is quickly reduced to the scope of chapter 13 by recounting that Lot had been captured along with the sack of Sodom.

Immediately following the report of Lot’s capture, the narrative returns to the scene of 13:18, with Abraham dwelling at the “great trees of Mamre” in Hebron (14:13b).

At that point Abraham is brought into the center of the account of the battle with the four kings.

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TITLE

Abram Rescues Lot

TEXT - Genesis 14:1-24

ISRAEL

Waring over the promised land

Wars that never ended

HOW ABOUT YOU?

What are you at war with right now?

What should you be at war with?

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THEME

God's people can CONQUER any FOE because the LORD their God HAS BLESSED them.

LET'S PRAY

Boldness

Strength

Faith

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TEXT

XXX

THE KINGS AND THEIR LANDS

AM-RAPH-EL KING OF SHINAR

Shinar = Babylon - First Mentioned

Reminder of the scattering

Out for themselves

KING OF BELA = ZOAR

Insignificance Of Zoar

THE VALLEY OF THE SEA

BIG PICTURE

REDEMPTION STORY

Adam / Noah / Abram

Isaiah 11:11

In that day the Lord will extend his hand yet a second time to recover the remnant that remains of his people, from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the coastlands of the sea.

Acts 2:5-12

Pentacost = Elamites And Others

King of kings / lord of lords

The end / the beginning

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REBELLION HAS ITS CONSEQUENCES

GIANTS

Rephaim / Zuzim / Emim

this was the warm up!

CHEDORLAOMER = Ked-or-lay-o-mer

The Boss

12 years served him then rebelled

He is seeking to take his kingdom!

Are I seeking to take the KINGDOM of God by FORCE?

Luke 16:16

16 “The Law and the Prophets were until John; since then the good news of the kingdom of God is preached, and everyone forces his way into it.

Ephesians 2:8

8 For by grace you have been saved through faith.

And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,

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FOUR AGAINST FIVE

GREAT ODDS

Out Numbered

Exhausted

"WE THREE KINGS"

THESE FOUR PLAN ON WINNING

Luke 14:31–32

31 Or what king, going out to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and deliberate whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?

32 And if not, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks for terms of peace.

Proverbs 20:18

18 Plans are established by counsel; by wise guidance wage war.

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NEVER UNDERESTIMATE YOUR ADVERSARY

Am I UNDERESTIMATING my ENEMY?

1 Peter 5:8

8 Be sober-minded; be watchful.

Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

Ephesians 6:12

12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.

BITUMEN PITS

Pits / Snares / Darts

armor of God!!

WHEN WE SOW TO THE WORLD WE REAP THE THINGS OF THE WORLD.

LOOK AT THE FATE OF LOT

First He Leaves Abram

Then He Camps

Then He Dwells

his continued correspondence condemns him!

Psalm 1:1–6

1 Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; 2but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night.

3He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither.

In all that he does, he prospers.

4The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away.

5Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous; 6for the Lord knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.

1 Corinthians 15:33

33 Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals.”

Like Lot, will I too receive consequence by correspondence?