Lesson 21 Rescued to Become Adopted Into God’s Family
Question 3
In the story (Genesis 14: 11-16), Abram’s nephew Lot had been captured and was being held prisoner by some invading kings. Abram heard about it and assembled his men together to go out and rescue his people. Abram and his army attacked in darkness of night and rescued his nephew. Abram recovered everything: all the goods that had been taken, his nephew, Lot, all of Lot’s possessions, all the women, as well as all of the other captives. Everything! Abram’s rescue of Lot was thorough and complete!
Like Lot, we had been taken captive to sin, to unbelief, to rebellion and addiction. But Jesus came to our rescue. Lot was rescued in the darkness of night, and Jesus went to the cross where He entered the darkness (literal and spiritual) to rescue us.
And Jesus’ rescue was thorough and complete. He rescued every single one of God’s chosen family, each and every person who would believe on Him. He left none behind but rescued us all!
OK let’s read one more short story:
1 Samuel 30:1-10; 16-20 NLT Three days later, when David and his men arrived home at their town of Ziklag, they found that the Amalekites had made a raid into the Negev and Ziklag; they had crushed Ziklag and burned it to the ground. (2) They had carried off the women and children and everyone else but without killing anyone. (3) When David and his men saw the ruins and realized what had happened to their families, (4) they wept until they could weep no more. (5) David’s two wives, Ahinoam from Jezreel and Abigail, the widow of Nabal from Carmel, were among those captured. (6) David was now in great danger because all his men were very bitter about losing their sons and daughters, and they began to talk of stoning him. But David found strength in the LORD his God. (7) Then he said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring me the ephod!” So Abiathar brought it. (8) Then David asked the LORD, “Should I chase after this band of raiders? Will I catch them?” And the LORD told him, “Yes, go after them. You will surely recover everything that was taken from you!” (9) So David and his 600 men set out, and they came to the brook Besor. (10) But 200 of the men were too exhausted to cross the brook, so David continued the pursuit with 400 men. (16) So he led David to them, and they found the Amalekites spread out across the fields, eating and drinking and dancing with joy because of the vast amount of plunder they had taken from the Philistines and the land of Judah. (17) David and his men rushed in among them and slaughtered them throughout that night and the entire next day until evening. None of the Amalekites escaped except 400 young men who fled on camels. (18) David got back everything the Amalekites had taken, and he rescued his two wives. (19) Nothing was missing: small or great, son or daughter, nor anything else that had been taken. David brought everything back. (20) He also recovered all the flocks and herds, and his men drove them ahead of the other livestock. “This plunder belongs to David!” they said.
Question 3. Thinking about the above story in 1 Samuel 30, what similarities can you find between David’s rescue of his family and Jesus’ rescue of us? List as many as you can find:
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