CPC Discussions: "Our Inheritance Revisited" - Genesis 25:29-34 (July 5, 2015)

Monday, July 6, 2015

"Our Inheritance Revisited" - Genesis 25:29-34 (July 5, 2015)

1. Have someone read the passage aloud.
2. Why was Esau so willing to give up his inheritance?
3. Esau's desires were off kilter, what are those things that you desire inordinately? How do your actions reflect this?
4. Take some time and compare Jacob's actions as a brother to Esau vs. Jesus' actions as a brother to us. How do they differ?
5. Since Jesus secures for us an inheritance, how do we practically grow in our desires for that inheritance?

Sermon Outline:
1. Our Inheritance Assessed

2. Our Inheritance Squandered
a. Over value
b. Under value the things of God

3. Our Inheritance Secured

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Seven Tips For Staying On Track

1. Read through the Bible together with other people.

2. There will be some passages that you may not find interesting and / or difficult to read. Remember 2 Timothy 3:16-17 as you read these passages: "All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be equipped for every good work." Ask yourself why God spoke this particular passage, and how it is profitable to you.

3. Do the whole reading for each day, but look for a "best thought" for each day - something you can ponder the rest of the day, a verse to memorize, something memorable.

4. As you come the Word each morning, ask God to open your eyes to the wonders found in his word.

5. Let your prayers for others flow out of what you read. Pray and read Scripture. After you read a passage, pray that passage for yourself and for others.

6. Some readings will be long and some short. Take advantage of shorter passages by reading them carefully, reflecting, asking questions, praying for answers, engage.

7. Look for ways you can practically live out what you're reading. James 1:22, "But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves."

*The above is taken from Stephen Witmer, http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/2010/12/29/two-year-bible-reading-plan/