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BIBLE WOMEN

LESSON 5

Of the Old Testament

Patriarchal Age

Abraham to Exodus

430 years; Gen 12 to Ex 14

PERIOD OF PREPARATION

 

LOT 'S WIFE

1.      Why did she and her husband choose to live in the plain of Jordan (13:10-11)?

A.     After this where did they live (13:12b)?

B.     Did they consider that they could be corrupted (1 Cor 15:33)?

C.    Finally where did they move (13:12)?

D.    What were the cities of the plain like (13:13)?

E.     How did this environment affect their children (19:13-14)?

F.     What is said of Lot ’s distressed feeling (2 Pet 2:7-8)?

2.      Who was taken captive when the five kings came to make war (14:1-2, 12)?

A.     Who was so unselfish in his rescue of this family (14:14, 16)?

B.     Who was recruited to be in his “army” (14:14)?

C.    Think of the faith of these who would stand against five ungodly kings.

D.    Though it seems incredible, where did she and her husband and family resettle (19:1b)?

3.      She and her husband showed hospitality to whom (19:1-3; Heb 13:2)?

A.     What do the men of the city try to do to the guests (19:5-11)?

B.     Who are these guests (18:20-21; 19:1)?

C.    What message of doom did the angels deliver (19:12-13)?

D.    Was her husband’s warning accepted (19:14)?

4.      To escape, she and her family were urged to do what (19:16)?

A.     Too many physical attachments caused them to do what (19:16a)?

B.     Finally, how were they forced out of the city (19:16b)?

C.    What were they told to do after they were out of the city (19:17)?

5.      What happened to Lot ’s wife because she disobeyed the angel (19:26)?

A.     How were the wicked cities destroyed (19:24-25)?

B.     Speaking of Lot ’s wife, what warning did Jesus give (Luke 17:32)?

 

THINGS TO CONSIDER:

1.            What two major lessons can we learn from the statement concerning Lot ’s wife in Luke 17:28-32?

A.        [watchfulness for the Day of Judgment]

B.        [not loving the world nor the things of the world (1 John 2:15)]

2.      To teach unflinching loyalty, what warning did he give (Luke 17:32)?

A.        God does not tolerate deliberate disobedience in anyone (Num 20:8a, 10-12).

B.        What caused Lot ’s wife to look back?

C.       Was it possible that it was the same quality of heart, which caused her to be unable to leave the city without being forced?

3.            Name the dangers of evil associations (1 Cor 15:33).

4.            Name the dangers of getting involved with worldly people (Luke 16:15).

5.            What price did Lot pay for his fleshly choices (13:11-13; 19:26)?

6.            What lessons on hospitality may be imitated (Heb 13:2)?

7.            Should we encourage our husbands to choose a career in a wicked city where Christianity will be smothered?

 

LOT 'S DAUGHTERS

1.      When Sodom was destroyed, who were the ones saved (19:15)?

2.      How did the angel get them out of Sodom (19:16)?

3.      Where did these girls go after the destruction of their city? Why (19:30)?

A.        Did their father displease God in making this move (19:17-22; Num 22:9-12; 15-22)?

B.        Even though God allowed men not to obey his original command, is he necessarily pleased (Num 22:32-33)?

C.       How displeased was God (Gen 19:30)?

D.       Why did Lot fear to live in the city God planned to destroy?

4.            Read without comment, the incestuous conduct of Lot ’s daughters (19:31-38). Was Lot aware of what happened?

A.        Is it ever right to do evil that good may come (Rom 3:8)? Any thought or procedure toward such is always sinful; the end will never justify the means.

B.        What was wrong with their thinking to cause them to believe this act was necessary?

C.       Name the children born out of this illicit action (19:37-38).

i.     What nations descended from these sons (19:37-38)?

ii.   What do we know of these nations (Num 21:29; 22:1, 6; Judges 11:4; Deut 23:3)?

iii. They became inveterate enemies of God’s chosen people (Num 21:29; 22:1. 6; Judges 11:4; Deut.23:3).

D.       Will God in any way tolerate evil?