Genesis
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Series on Genesis I. God’s creation J. The Conflict of Creation, Text: 3:9-14 Title: An Environment of Hostility Introduction We’ve seen the beauty and wisdom of God reflected in His creation and we have seen the entrance of sin and death into that creation. We want to focus now on another of the negative effects…
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Series on Genesis I. God’s Creation i. The Corruption of Creation. Text: 3:6-8 Title: Death Comes Calling Introduction Death comes calling. Into God’s beautiful creation entered the last enemy. No life would ever be the same. There is a cult of avoidance in our society as there has been in every culture. We all want…
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Series on Genesis I. God’s Creation H. The Compromise of Creation, Text:3:2-5 Title: The Nature of Sin Introduction Up to Chapter 3 in Genesis this world is good. In our last message we saw the existence of evil entered the created realm through Satan’s rebellion, but here we see that it entered this planet through…
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Series on Genesis I. God’s Creation G. The Confusion of Creation, Text:3:1 Title: Enemy Territory Introduction Genesis 3:1 says, Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?”…
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Series on Genesis I. Creation F. The Commitment of Creation, Text: 2:15-25 Title: Man’s Purpose Introduction From time immemorial or at least for a very long time mankind has always pictured the ideal life as one where he doesn’t have to work. This has expressed itself in the idyllic dream of a tropical island where…
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Series on Genesis I. Creation E. The Covenant of Creation, Text: 2:4-14 Title: A Heart of Love Introduction In this section of the creation account we are dealing with the most basic and fundamental truth concerning the meaning and destiny of the man God created. He made the man to be his partner, to be…
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Series on Genesis I. Creation D. The Completion of Creation Text 1:31-2:3 Title: Sabbath Rest Introduction There are many difficult doctrines of Scripture which are tested by our modern lifestyle, and the Bible’s teaching about the sabbath is the center of much of that controversy. In questioning men for admission to our Presbytery we find…
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Series on Genesis I. Creation C. The Crown of Creation, Text: Genesis 1:26-30 Title: The Image of God Introduction All of the pseudo-scientific speculations about our origins ultimately have one motivation which is to remove any sense of responsibility or authority from our shoulders. All the theoretical conjectures of evolution ultimately terminate upon this one…
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Series on Genesis I. Creation B. The Characteristic of Creation, Text: 1:2-25 Title: Order, Glory and Goodness Introduction The characteristic of God’s creation is order. This may seem too obvious to merit our attention, but it is not. You see the ultimate issue between Christianity and unbelief, the basic question between the Bible and secular…
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Series on Genesis I. Creation A. The Centrality of Creation Text: 1:1 Old Testament Reading, Psalm 96 Title: Out of Nothing Introduction These are without a doubt, without fear of contradiction, the most important words ever written. A Jewish writer said, “The Genesis account of creation is brief, giving evidence of having been intended only…
