7.7.24 - The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah (Kenny Camacho)

Revolution Church Annapolis

SCRIPTURE: Genesis 19

YOU CAN READ KENNY’S MANUSCRIPT FOR THIS MESSAGE HERE!

REFLECTION/DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:

1. What are some stories from Scripture that you would rather not read? Are there some specific ones that seem troubling to you?

2. Get some of your own thoughts about the passage in Genesis 19 on the table: what do you see here? What do you think is going on? Why might it be important?

3. The first “tool” this morning is remembering that Biblical stories come from a specific cultural context. When you think about Genesis 19 as a “campfire story,” what can you discover about it?

4. The second “tool” is connecting stories to each other. What echoes from other Biblical stories do we see here in Genesis 19?

5. The third “tool” is reflecting on difficult passages without rushing to an answer. Take a moment to think about this story in Genesis 19: what troubles you? Share these concerns with God! What does He show you?

6. What does this story teach us about hospitality in particular?

7. Compare the story of Lot’s wife in Genesis 19 with the conversion of Saul in Acts 13: what has changed about the consequences of looking at God? Why did this change?