{"id":15721,"date":"2021-05-10T22:00:32","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T05:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/genesis_13_1-18-copy\/"},"modified":"2021-05-09T17:50:31","modified_gmt":"2021-05-10T00:50:31","slug":"genesis_14_1-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/genesis_14_1-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t Be Undone By Greed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Genesis 14:1-12\u00a0\u00a0Click here for Bible Verses<\/a><\/p>\n

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Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is Genesis 14:1-12.\u00a0\u00a0Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n

Genesis 14:1-12 (NIV)<\/em><\/strong>
\n1\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0At this time Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Kedorlaomer king of Elam and Tidal king of Goiim
\n2\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0went to war against Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar).
\n3\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0All these latter kings joined forces in the Valley of Siddim (the Salt Sea).
\n4\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0For twelve years they had been subject to Kedorlaomer, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
\n5\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0In the fourteenth year, Kedorlaomer and the kings allied with him went out and defeated the Rephaites in Ashteroth Karnaim, the Zuzites in Ham, the Emites in Shaveh Kiriathaim
\n6\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0and the Horites in the hill country of Seir, as far as El Paran near the desert.
\n7\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Then they turned back and went to En Mishpat (that is, Kadesh), and they conquered the whole territory of the Amalekites, as well as the Amorites who were living in Hazazon Tamar.
\n8\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Then the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) marched out and drew up their battle lines in the Valley of Siddim
\n9\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0against Kedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of Goiim, Amraphel king of Shinar and Arioch king of Ellasar–four kings against five.
\n10\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits, and when the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some of the men fell into them and the rest fled to the hills.
\n11\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0The four kings seized all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food; then they went away.
\n12\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0They also carried off Abram’s nephew Lot and his possessions, since he was living in Sodom.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses 1-12:\u00a0\u00a0These verses describe a war between two alliances of kings.\u00a0\u00a0On one side we have Kedorlaomer king of Elam, the strongest king in the region plus three other kingdoms allied with him (Shinar, Ellasar, and Goyim).\u00a0\u00a0On the other side, we have an alliance of five kingdoms consisting of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Zebooi, and Bela\/Zoar.\u00a0\u00a0At the Valley of Siddim, these two alliances battle, resulting in Kedorlaomer\u2019s alliance defeating Sodom and Gomorrah.\u00a0\u00a0As part of their victory over Sodom and Gomorrah, Kedorlaomer\u2019s alliance kidnaps Abram\u2019s nephew Lot, since Lot was a resident of Sodom (v12).<\/p>\n

What can we learn from this?\u00a0\u00a0These verses are setting the stage for Abram to come to Lot\u2019s rescue and defeat Kedorlaomer, which we will read about in the next verses.\u00a0\u00a0For now it is worth noting that if Kedorlaomer had just taken the goods and food of Sodom and Gomorrah as plunder and had left Lot untouched, Abram would never have gone to fight Kedorlaomer and defeat him.\u00a0 Apparently\u00a0Kedorlaomer’s greed may have been his undoing.<\/p>\n

What can we learn from this?<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0If we are not careful, greed can be our undoing.\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0In Kedorlaomer\u2019s case, if Kedorlaomer had been content to take the food and goods of Sodom and Gomorrah and left Lot alone, Kedorlaomer would have never felt Abram\u2019s wrath.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0As 1 Timothy 6:9 says, \u201cPeople who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0Just as the people of Sodom and Gomorrah fell into the pits that littered the Valley of Siddim, so\u00a0when we live in greed we risk falling into the pits of greed\u2019s temptations<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The struggle between two alliances and the resulting capture of Lot reminds me that we too are caught in a middle of a war between God and Satan.\u00a0\u00a0Satan took us captive when we fell into the pit of his temptations.\u00a0\u00a0But\u00a0just as Abram would come to rescue Lot, so Jesus Christ is the one who rescues us from Satan\u2019s grasp<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Thank You Jesus that when sin and Satan had taken me captive, You came to rescue me.\u00a0\u00a0May I not be greedy and fall into the pits that greed creates.\u00a0\u00a0In Jesus\u2019 name, AMEN!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is Genesis 14:1-12.\u00a0\u00a0Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n

Genesis 14:1-12 (NIV)
\n1\u00a0\u00a0At this time Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Kedorlaomer king of Elam and Tidal king of Goiim
\n2\u00a0\u00a0went to war against Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar).
\n3\u00a0\u00a0All these latter kings joined forces in the Valley of Siddim (the Salt Sea).
\n4\u00a0\u00a0For twelve years they had been subject to Kedorlaomer, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled…….<\/p>\n

On verses 1-12:\u00a0\u00a0These verses describe a war between two alliances of kings.\u00a0\u00a0On one side we have Kedorlaomer king of Elam, the strongest king in the region plus three other kingdoms allied with him (Shinar, Ellasar, and Goyim).\u00a0\u00a0On the other side, we have an alliance of five kingdoms consisting of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Zebooi, and Bela\/Zoar.\u00a0\u00a0At the Valley of Siddim, these two alliances battle, resulting in Kedorlaomer\u2019s alliance defeating Sodom and Gomorrah.\u00a0\u00a0As part of their victory over Sodom and Gomorrah, Kedorlaomer\u2019s alliance kidnaps Abram\u2019s nephew Lot, since Lot was a resident of Sodom (v12).<\/p>\n

What can we learn from this?\u00a0\u00a0These verses are setting the stage for Abram to come to Lot\u2019s rescue and defeat Kedorlaomer, which we will read about in the next verses.\u00a0\u00a0For now it is worth noting that if Kedorlaomer had just taken the goods and food of Sodom and Gomorrah as plunder and had left Lot untouched, Abram would never have gone to fight Kedorlaomer and defeat him.\u00a0 Apparently\u00a0Kedorlaomer’s greed may have been his undoing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15723,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gametime-sharing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15721"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15721\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15722,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15721\/revisions\/15722"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}