The Blessing

  Sermon Outline for “The Blessing”

I will who bless you and curse those who treat you with contempt. All the families on earth will be blessed through you.” Genesis 12:1-3

And even when he reached the land God promised him, he lived there by faith—for he was like a foreigner, . Hebrews 11:8-10

Lot, who was traveling with Abram, had also become . Genesis 13:5-9

Lot took a long look at the fertile plains of the Jordan Valley in the direction . Genesis 13:10-13

I am giving all this land, as far as you can see, to you and your descendants as . Genesis 13:14-18

“For Abraham will certainly become a great and mighty nation, and of the earth will be blessed through him. Genesis 18:16-21, Genesis 12:3

When Lot still hesitated, the angels seized his hand and the hands of his wife and two daughters and rushed them to safety outside the city, for the LORD was . Genesis 19:15-20

“All right,” the angel said, “I will grant your request. I will not destroy the . Genesis 19:21-22

He utterly destroyed them, along with and villages of the plain, wiping out all the people and every bit of vegetation. Genesis 19:23-26

Yes, Lot was a righteous man who was tormented in his soul by he saw and heard day after day. 2 Peter 2:7-10

But God had listened to Abraham’s request and , removing him from the disaster that engulfed the cities on the plain. Genesis 19:27-29, 12:3

And why should we ourselves hour by hour? 1 Corinthians 15:30-34

The of Abraham, then, are those who put their faith in God. Galatians 3:6-9

What’s more, God in his goodness has to everyone sailing with you. Acts 27:18-26

Rescue others by from the flames of judgment. Show mercy to still others, but do so with great caution, hating the sins that contaminate their lives. Jude 1:20-23