Covenant Renewal
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MESSAGE – Rev. Dr. Dale Thiele
Genesis: Foundations for Life
Covenant Renewal
- God Invites
- Jacob Repents
- God Assures
- Jacob Believes
- God Promises
- Jacob Remembers
Questions for Further Study or Group Discussion:
- Read Genesis 35:1-15. What catches your attention from this passage? Why?
- Considering the events of chapter 34, why is it so striking that God initiates the events in chapter 35? Why does God want Jacob to go to Bethel?
- How does Jacob respond to God’s invitation in verse 1? From where did these false gods come? What do their presence reveal about Jacob and his family?
- What is the significance of the “terror from God” in verse 5? Of what does this assure Jacob?
- Compare verses 10-12 with Genesis 17:1-8. What is similar? What is difference?
- Jacob sets up a pillar again in v. 14 (cf. 28:18). What is the purpose of the pillar? What do you find helpful in remembering God’s promises?
Memory Verse of the Week:
1 Corinthians 11:24-25 When he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, “This is my body, which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.” (ESV)
