Dreaming of Jesus

MESSAGE – Rev. Dr. Dale Thiele

Genesis: Foundations for Life

Dreaming of Jesus 

  • Grace Surprises
  • Grace Promises
  • Grace Transforms  

Questions for Further Study or Group Discussion:

  1. Read Genesis 28:10-22. What catches your attention from this passage? Why?
  2. What has Jacob done to deserve this dream? Why is this so important to highlight?
  3. What does Jacob see in his dream? Why does God show him these things?
  4. Read John 1:51, 10:7, 9, & 14:6. In what ways is Jesus the fulfillment of Jacob’s dream?
  5. Compare the promises of verses 13-15 with those of 12:1-3 and 26:3-5. What is similar? What is different?
  6. How does this encounter change Jacob (v. 18-22)? How does encounters with God’s grace change us? What hinders the transformation in our lives? 

Memory Verse of the Week:

1 Corinthians 15:10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me. (ESV)