Abraham & Lot & MelchizedekGenesis 13-14

Study this and use it to make some notes in your own scriptures.

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5 MINUTE PERSONAL STUDY

Question from the learning assessmentThe Abrahamic Covenant teaches that Abraham’s descendants have a responsibility to ___________.

A. Make their individual names known throughout the world

B. Only associate with members of the Church so they can avoid the wickedness of the world

C. Bless all the families of the earth with the blessings of the gospel

Read Abraham 2:9, 11 to check your answer

Review Abraham’s Journey• Abraham lived 11 generations after Noah and

Earth's cleansing

• Human sacrifice; ‘inactive’ home

• Born in Ur then moved to Haran at age 50– Gen 12:1-3

• Moved to Canaan, then moved to Egypt during famine and then returned to Canaan– Great story: Genesis 13:1-13

–LOOK FOR & MARK DETAILS (Details contain principles of application)

“Let there be No Strife”“A meek man is like water, which when it meets an obstacle, rises slowly and patiently and ultimately runs over the obstruction and wears it away.

“The meek man is submissive only in the sense that he accepts the inevitable. Because he submits to the will of God, he gains new strength, a new power." Leland S. Monson, Look to the

Mount.

“Let there be No Strife”Scenarios:

• TV remote control

• Asked to do the dishes

• Friend spreads untruths about you

• Come for family scripture study

• Last bite of Ice Cream

• Two pieces of cake left– which one do you take?

1 Nephi 19:9 And the world, because of their iniquity, shall judge him to be a thing of naught; wherefore they scourge him, and he suffereth it; and they smite him, and he suffereth it. Yea, they spit upon him, and he suffereth it--- because of his loving kindness and his long-suffering towards the children of men.

• When people hurt you over and over, think of them like sand paper. They may scratch and hurt you a bit, but in the end, you end up polished and they end up useless

• Be who God wants you to BE, not what others want to SEE.

• It’s better to have God’s approval than the World’s applause

• Trials are like fertilizer: stinky, dirty, and dark.  But they help us grow strong and produce a great harvest.

• New Beginnings are often Disguised as Painful Endings

“Let there be No Strife”

Which way do we face?“We do not go many hours in our lives without having to decide again “which way do we face” and whether we will pitch our tents facing Sodom or the holy temple.”Neal A. Maxwell

October 2003 Gen. Conf.

Journal Time• Things I am doing to make sure my tent

faces the temple.

• Things I can do to make sure there’s less strife in my life

Genesis 14• Lot is captured in the battles of the kings,

and then rescued by Abram. And then this happens… Genesis 14:18-23

Who was Melchizedek?

Genesis 14:18-20JST Genesis 14:25-40Hebrews 5:6Hebrews 7:1-3

Alma 13:14-19D&C 84:14D&C 107:1-4

Find out everything you can about Melchizedek from these references

Abraham

Why would Abraham not accept even a “thread” from the king of Sodom?

President Thomas S. Monson: “It has been said by one, years ago, that history turns on small hinges, and so do people’s lives. Our lives will depend upon the decisions which we make—for decisions determine destiny” (“Decisions Determine Destiny,” New Era, Nov. 1979, 4).

“Stay within the Lines”

http://www.lds.org/media-library/video/2012-07-007-stay-within-the-lines?category=mormon-messages/mormon-messages-2012

“Stay within the Lines”

http://www.lds.org/media-library/video/2012-07-007-stay-within-the-lines?category=mormon-messages/mormon-messages-2012

Abraham & Lot & MelchizedekGenesis 13-14