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Walking Thru The Bible
GENESIS
INTRODUCTION
1. The book of Genesis is the book of origins.
2. The scope of the book is "From Bereshith
(Hebrew word beginning) to Shiloh
(Genesis 1;1; 49:10)."
3. The book revolves around three significant ideas:
a. Generation - Genesis 1 - 2. The beginnings of things.
b. Degeneration - Genesis 3 - 11. The
story of how evil entered the human
history and its early movements.
c. Regeneration - Genesis 12 - 50. The
story of God calling a man, the
beginning of a nation and preparation
for the coming of Christ.
4. The book can also be remembered around
the lives of six men.
a. Adam - Genesis 1-5
b. Noah - Genesis 6-11
c. Abraham - Genesis 12-25
d. Isaac - Genesis 26-27
e. Jacob - Genesis 27-36
f. Joseph - Genesis 37-50
DISCUSSION
I. ADAM Ch. 1-5
First: The Beginning (Genesis 1:1)
A. This verse carries us back to the
beginning of everything.
B. It states the five fundamental facts
of science.
1. Time - "In the beginning.."
2. Force - "...God..."
3. Actions - "...created..."
4. Space - "...the heavens..."
5. Matter - "...and the earth."
C. It assumes the existence of God.
D. This simple sentence denies atheism,
polytheism, and it confesses the one
Eternal Creator.
E. This verse affirms that something has
always existed. Something never comes
from nothing.
F. God Created
1. There are three words used in the
first two chapters regarding the
beginning of things.
a. Bara - (created)
(1) To create something from
nothing.
(2) It is used only three times in
the first chapter. 1:1, 21, 27.
b. Asah - (to make) Form out of
pre-existing material, as a man
takes lumber to make a desk.
Genesis 1:7, 16, 26, 31; 2:18.
c. Yatsar - (form) Form out of pre-existing
material. Genesis 2:7, 19.
G. The days were 24 hour periods of time,
not long geological ages, 1:31; cf.
Exodus 20:11. Objections to long
periods of time:
1. It is unnecessary;
2. Every time the term day has a
definite number before it, it
refers to a 24 hour period of
time;
3. The "Botany" argument;
4. Adam's extreme age if every day
millions of years.
Second: The Beginning of Man and Woman
(Gen 1:26-27; 2:18-25
A. Man was created in the image of God
(1:26).
B. Man given dominion over all of God's
creation (1:28).
C. Man placed in the garden of Eden with
one prohibition (2:15-17).
D. Man given a mate - the beginning of
marriage (2:18-25).
Third: The Beginning of Sin
(Genesis 3:1-6).
A. The tempter was the devil (3:1).
B. The avenue of temptation were (Genesis
3:6):
1. Lust of eyes
2. Lust of the flesh
3. Pride of life
C. The consequence: (Genesis 3:11-24)
1. Driven from the garden.
2. Serpent to crawl upon his belly.
3. Woman to have pain in child bearing.
4. Ground cursed.
5. Man to earn his living by sweat of
his face (Genesis 3:19).
Fourth: The First Prophecy of Redemption
(Gen 3:15).
A. The seed of woman was to bruise the
head of the serpent.
B. Christ was born of a virgin - the seed
of woman (Matthew 1:23).
C. Christ was made of woman when the
fulness of time came (Galatians 4:4).
II. NOAH Ch. 6-11
A. Man became exceeding wicked on the
earth (Genesis 6:5).
B. God determined to destroy the whole
human race on the earth, but Noah
found grace in God's eyes (Gen. 6:8-14).
C. Noah did all that God commanded him to
do (Gen. 6:22).
III. ABRAHAM Ch. 12-25
(Gen 12:1-3; 13:15-16; 15:5, 18; 17:5-8;
17:19; 22:17-18.
Four elements in God's marvelous promise
to Abraham
A. A nation for carrying out the promise
- "I will make of thee a great
nation."
B. A land for habitation - "Unto thy seed
have I given this land" (Genesis
15:18).
C. A God to bless - "I will bless thee"
(Genesis 22:17).
D. A coming Savior for all nations - "And
in thy seed shall the nations of the
earth be blessed" (Gen. 22:18; Cf.
Gal. 3:16)
IV. ISAAC Ch. 26-27
A. Genesis 26:3-5 God Repeated The
Promise to Isaac, That was beginning
to be fulfilled in him (Gen 26:3-5).
V. JACOB Genesis 28-36
A. When Jacob was ready to leave home,
Isaac repeated God's promise to
Abraham (Gen. 28:3-4; 13-15).
B. God appeared to Jacob at Bethel and
repeated the promise (Gen. 35:10-12).
VI. JOSEPH Genesis 37 - 50
A. Joseph is sold into Egypt and rises to
power (Gen 37-40).
B. After interpreting Pharaoh's dreams,
Joseph is placed in a position to help
his people (Genesis 41).
C. After Joseph reveals himself to his
brothers he assures them that God has
used their evil deed for good (Genesis
45:5-7; 50:15-20).
D. Jacob in blessing his sons mentions
the coming of Shiloh (Genesis 49:10).
CONCLUSION:
1. So the book of beginnings ends with the
great faith that God would bring them
into the land he had promised (Genesis
50:24-25).
2. How does Genesis connect with "the glory
of God and the salvation of man through
Jesus Christ" ?
a. God's revelation makes known the
origin of the universe, of man and of
sin.
b. It unfolds the development of the
Messianic nation.
c. It looks into the future and foretells
the coming of the "promised seed," the
Savior--Shiloh.
SERMON - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
BABEL: Confusion of Tongues -
Dispersion of Nations
Genesis 11:1-9
Introduction:
1. In Gen 10 we read of the dispersion of
Noah's descendants.
2. In Gen 11 the building of the city and
tower of Babel.
a. This incident prompted the dispersion
of Gen. 10:31,32.
I. REBELLION AGAINST GOD
1. They built to keep united. Didn't
want to scatter. Their's was a
rebellious society "No, we don't want
to!" They built to establish a
rallying point that might serve to
maintain their unity.
2. But God had told them to replenish the
earth (9:1).
3. God won't tolerate rebellion. Sounds
like today! God gives us the standard
to regulate morals and ethics but men
and women say, "No, we don't want
them! We want to set our own
standards." (Which is NO standard.)
II. FORGETTING GOD'S PURPOSE
1. God's purpose was that men should
scatter and replenish the entire
earth. His purpose was not prevented
though man tried.
2. Often we forget God's purposes and
decide upon our own course of action.
3. Consider God's purpose for the church
and how men have tried to thwart that
purpose.
a. Social Gospel; Humanism; A Divided
Christendom
4. Consider God's plan for marriage and
the home and how our society today is
perverting and failing God's plan.
5. God's plan for man is happiness. And
He shows the way of life in which it
can be achieved.
a. Why are so many unhappy?
b. "Getters Vs Givers" "To give is
happier than to get" (Acts 20:35,
Moffatt Translation).
III. EVIL ECUMENICAL MOVEMENTS
1. Forget what God says...let's build one
big city!
2. "Doing things the same way won't mean
a thing unless we are doing it right."
Illustration: A new supervisor
IV. AN INSPECTION OF OUR WORK (vs. 5)
1. No work can hope to escape the eye of
God. Prov.15:3
2. Every work will be judged by God
(Eccl. 12:14).
3. Rebellion will not go un-noticed.
CONCLUSION:
1. Dispersion of nations at Babel.
2. Nations of the world united at the
cross.