January 30, 2023
Grow-Go-Sow Lesson 5
THE COVENANT WITH ABRAM
Text: Genesis 12:1–9; 15:1–20
Topic(s): Faith, Redemption
Big Idea of the Sermon: It was part of God’s redemptive plan to use Abram and his ancestors to bring salvation to the world.
Application Point: As we see from Abram’s story— the leaving of his father’s house, childlessness, and other difficulties—sometimes following God’s plan is filled with uncertainty, suffering, and pain.
Discussion Questions:
1. What is one thing that stood out to you from this week’s message?
2. Why does Abram respond to God’s voice?
3. What does God promise to Abram?
4. How do you respond to God’s Word in your life?
5. Abram’s faith journey had many ups and downs. Are there ways
your faith journey relates to his?
Before leaving earth, Jesus commands his followers to make disciples of all nations.
Jesus rose again, his physical body made alive again. Although Thomas had his doubts about the resurrection, Jesus presented him with the evidence he needed.
All of Scripture points to Jesus’s death, burial, and resurrection.
Though innocent, Jesus was crucified to fulfill God’s promise of redemption.
At the Passover meal, Jesus instituted the practice of Communion—a vital ritual that reminds us of the atonement.
In this passage, Jesus explains that following him involves being willing to embrace enormous sacrifices.
Jesus didn’t come to destroy God’s work in the Old Testament but to fulfill what it had been always pointing toward: a pure righteousness through Jesus Christ.
Jesus displayed his power to heal spiritually by healing physically.
As Jesus explains to Nicodemus, it is only through being recreated by the Spirit (made possible by Jesus’s ministry) that one can be made right before God.
Jesus’s baptism and temptation represent his identification with humanity’s failures and sin, as well as his anointing and preparation to preach the gospel.
