“Victory & Defeat” Genesis 13-14 September 14th, 2025
1. Where would you fall on the competitive scale? More competitive or less so? What circumstances bring out your competitive side?
2. “We make our decisions. Then our decisions make us.” How did this quote factor in the Abraham story? In general terms, how have you seen this played out in real life?
3. Turn to Genesis 13:5-7. What observations do you make about the conflict between Abraham and Lot? What is at stake in this conflict?
4. To what might someone appeal in their efforts to make peace? With general terms, in what way have you tried to find common ground with someone?
5. Look next at verses 10-13. In what way did this episode present a fork in the road for Lot? Thinking ahead in the story, how do we know Lot made a bad decision?
6. Were there any warning signs for Lot where he could have made a left-of-bang decision and avoided these difficulties? What might they have been?
7. Where did Lot go to live after being rescued by Abraham? (14:16 and 19:1). What does it mean that Lot was sitting at the gate of the city? Why would a person go back to that way of life?
8. Turn to Romans 8:37. In what way can it be said that Christ-followers are overcomers? How have you experienced victory as a Christian?
9. How can it be said that our faith overcomes the world? (1 John 5:4). What does this look like, practically, in a Christian’s life? How can you prepare your faith for any tests that might come from the world?
