Genesis: Week 42

Sunday, May 18, 2025

 If you are not accustomed to reading the Bible to each other, today might be a surprised gift for you.  Consider starting your GG off with a 12 minute public reading of Genesis 27:1-46. Take turns reading; maybe a paragraph each. Then pray together. 

Genesis 27:1- 46 

LAUNCHING QUESTION

After gathering together on Sunday morning (through prayers, worship in song, interacting with others, ordinances, listening to the sermon, etc.), in what ways were we helped to wholeheartedly follow Jesus Christ by knowing Him and making Him known? How can the main idea of the message help equip us to help others?

Main Idea: Sinfully living our way can break a lot of things, but it can never break the covenant promises of God. 

Three Questions - From Genesis 27:1-46  

  1. What does this passage teach us historically?

    1. Isaac in vv.1-4 believes he is dying and aims to bless his older son Esau. How did he carry this act out?  The “Frank Sinatra” way? Or God’s way?  What leads you to your conclusion?  Remember 25:23.  

    2. Rebekah in vv. 5-17; 41-46, believes she can help her son get what he wants. What were some ways she chose to “help” her son? There is a repeated command she gives her son in vv. 8, 13, 43.  What is it? What does this tell us about who she trusts and how she views God? 

    3. Jacob in vv. 18-25, relies on whom to get the blessing? What sinful strategy did he employ to get what he wanted? Pastor Jason talked about “using the Name of the Lord God in vain.” What reminders or new insights did we get from his teaching on using God’s name in vain?


2. What does this passage teach us theologically?

    1. What is God like (talk about His characteristics)?

    2. What does God like (talk about His heart and will)?

    3. What are you thinking and wanting as you hear the theological conclusion, “Despite our sin, He faithfully keeps His covenant promises?” In what ways does this truth impact sinful tendencies we saw in Isaac, Rebekah, and Jacob? What specific sinful tendencies does it touch upon in your heart?  


3. What does this passage teach us practically?

    1. Living your own way will always break your life apart.  What are some ways you can share personally the validity of this truth to each other? What ways will you comfort each other after listening to these stories (things like, stop and pray for each other, embrace someone whose heart is broken or numbed by the sin of their past, send a card handwritten to a member of your GG, etc.)? What will you pray for as you hear your brother or sister painfully share a story (a starter: Eph. 3:14-21)?  

    2. Trusting God’s voice (found in His covenant promises) above any other will hold your life together. Pastor Jason left us with blood-bought promises of the New Covenant for use in times of need. Below are some of these promises you can read in GG as a way to steer hearts to Christ, rebuke false narratives looping in your minds, or simply remind each other of where to go when life feels like it is breaking apart. 



“He breaks the power of canceled sin. He sets the prisoner free.” 

~ Charles Wesley