Genesis 14:17-24
A Meeting With Melchizedek
V. 17-24
1. Bera king of Sodom
2. Melchizedek, king of Salem
A subtle ______________________
V.21
The freedom to say, “__________”
V.22 He had made a vow
1 Cor 6:12 Everything is permissible for me - but not everything is beneficial. Everything is permissible for me - but I will not be mastered by anything.
Permissible may not equal ______________________
Pastor Ray Stedman, “The gift was an insidious threat to the independence of the man who took orders from no one but God. If Abram yielded, he would never be wholly God's man again.”
Abram would not put his _______________________ on his friends
V.18 Melchezidek
The only other king to take on this duel role was __________________
2 Chron 26:18 They confronted him and said, It is not right for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to the LORD. That is for the priests, the descendants of Aaron, who have been consecrated to burn incense. Leave the sanctuary, for you have been unfaithful; and you will not be honored by the LORD God. 19 Uzziah, who had a censer in his hand ready to burn incense, became angry. While he was raging at the priests in their presence before the incense altar in the LORD's temple, leprosy broke out on his forehead...
21 King Uzziah had leprosy until the day he died.
He reminds Abram of where his _________________________came from
Gal 6:14 May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Abram acknowledges Melchizedek’s role as priest by:
1. Accepting his priestly offer of bread and wine
2. Paying him a tithe
What was the purpose of the tithe?
Leviticus 27:30, A tenth of the produce of the land, whether grain or fruit, is the Lord's, and is holy.
•Tithing was a way to teach that God must be our ___________________________
Deut 14:22 Be sure to set aside a tenth of all that your fields produce each year. 23 Eat the tithe of your grain, new wine and oil, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks in the presence of the LORD your God at the place he will choose as a dwelling for his Name, so that you may learn to revere the LORD your God always.
• Tithing provided for ______________________ ministers
Numbers 18:21 You priests may own no property, nor have any other income, for I am all that you need. As for the tribe of Levi, your relatives, they shall be paid for their service with the tithes from the entire land of Israel.
Abram’s giving was in the spirit of the ______________________
2 Cor 9:7 Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
Melchizedek; a type and shadow of _______________
Melchizedek:
melek- a king
tsedeq (tseh'-dek); righteousness
Jesus is the Prince of ________________
See Hebrews 7:1-7
Jesus as King
Rev 17:14 They will make war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will overcome them because he is Lord of lords and King of kings-and with him will be his called, chosen and faithful followers.
Is He your King?
1. Do you submit to His __________________?
2. Do you follow His _______________________?
3. Do you live to _________________ Him or yourself?
Jesus as _______________________
Heb 7:23 Now there have been many of those priests, since death prevented them from continuing in office; 24 but because Jesus lives forever, he has a permanent priesthood. 25 Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them. 26 Such a high priest meets our need-one who is holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners, exalted above the heavens. 27 Unlike the other high priests, he does not need to offer sacrifices day after day, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people. He sacrificed for their sins once for all when he offered himself.