Written Sermons
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Series on Genesis II. God’s Family J. The Purging of the Family, Text:39:1-44:34 Title: Humiliation and Exaltation Introduction In this section of Genesis we have the story of Joseph in Egypt. we see his resisting the temptation to commit adultery with Potiphar’s wife, his imprisonment, his interpretation of dreams leading to his release from prison…
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Series on Genesis II. God’s Family I. The Punishment of the Family, Text:33:18-38:30 Title: God’s Honor Introduction At this point in the narrative of Genesis we see the remainder of Jacob’s life and the rise of Joseph to pre-eminence. Even though many have characterized this latter part of Genesis as the narrative of Joseph, it…
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Series on Genesis II. God’s Family H. The Proving of the Family, Text: 28:1-33:17 Title: The Handicapped Prince Introduction In our last study we were looking primarily at the life of Isaac but we learned of God’s gracious choice of Jacob as heir of the promise. This study concerns the life of Jacob. Jacob was…
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Series on Genesis II. God’s Family G. The Perpetuation of the Family, Text:22:20-27:46 Title: Promise and Purpose Introduction In this section of Genesis we follow the development of God’s family through the life of Isaac, the death of Sarah and Abraham, the birth and growth to maturity of Jacob and Esau and the death of…
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Series on Genesis II. God’s Family F. The Probation of the Family, Text:18:16-22:19 Title: Tested and True Introduction In the New Testament Abraham is called the father of all believers. This is true not only because of Abraham’s historical significance, but also because of his example of faith. As Abraham believed so all God’s children…
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Series on Genesis II God’s Family E. The Promise of the Family. Text:16:1-18:15 Title: The Heart of the Covenant Introduction We come in this study to the heart of God’s covenant with Abraham. This is a covenant of promise. The apostle Paul emphasizes this in the New Testament in Galatians 3:13-18, Christ redeemed us from…
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Series on Genesis II. God’s Family D. The Purpose of the Family, Text: 11:10-15:21 Title: Forming a Family of Faith Introduction In our last study we saw the genealogy of the sons of Noah. As we read on in Genesis we see the continued genealogy of Shem and in accordance with the prophecies uttered by…
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Series on Genesis II. God’s Family C. The Promotion of the Family, Text: 9:1-11:9 Title: A New Start and an Old Problem Introduction We now enter the post-diluvian period. As we looked last time at the final hundred years before the flood, during which Noah was building the ark, we now look at the first…
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Series on Genesis II. God’s family B. The Purification of the Family, Text: 6:9-8:22 Title: The First Baptism Introduction In our last study we looked at conditions in the pre-flood world. Our text tonight covers the last hundred years before the flood and the flood itself. I have called this the first baptism because baptism…
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Series on Genesis II. God’s Family A. The Preservation of the Family, Text: 4:1-6:8 Title: A Family Formed Introduction The first three chapters of Genesis which we have now completed are among the most important in the Bible. They provide the foundation for everything else in the doctrine of creation and the fall of man.…
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Series on Genesis I. God’s Creation L. The Curse of Creation, Text:3:16-24 Title: The Final Dilemma Answered Introduction Is God good? Or is He great? The world says take your choice, but you cannot have both. It is a philosophical enigma that has filtered down into the conversation of average people. You will hear people…
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Series on Genesis I. God’s Creation K. The Consummation of Creation, Text: 3:15 Title: The Seed Promised, and the Promised Seed Introduction We come today to the key verse in this chapter; indeed this verse is essential to our understanding the whole Bible, Genesis 3:15. Ephesians 1:4 says that God chose us in Christ before…
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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…
