Route 66 Understanding Genesis Dr. Stephen Rummage, Senior Pastor Bell Shoals Baptist Church January 20, 2016 Genesis 1:1 (ESV) In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. Structure of Genesis I. The beginnings of the human race (1:1-11:9) a. Creation b. The Fall c. The Flood d. The Tower of Babel II. The beginnings of the Hebrew race (11:50-50:26) a. Abraham b. Isaac c. Jacob d. Joseph Genesis 1:26 (ESV) Then God said, Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth. Genesis 1:27 (ESV) So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. Genesis 3:15 (ESV) I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her Offspring; He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel. The Faith of Abraham Genesis 12:1-3 Genesis 12:1 (ESV) Now the Lord said to Abram, Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you. Genesis 12:2 (ESV) And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
Genesis 12:3 (ESV) I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed. 1. A Calling Genesis 12:1 (ESV) Now the Lord said to Abram Acts 7:2 (ESV) Brothers and fathers, hear me. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran Joshua 24:2 (ESV) And Joshua said to all the people, Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, Long ago, your fathers lived beyond the Euphrates, Terah, the father of Abraham and of Nahor; and they served other gods. 1 Corinthians 1:26 (ESV) For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. 1 Corinthians 1:27 (ESV) But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; 1 Corinthians 1:28 (ESV) God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, 1 Corinthians 1:29 (ESV) so that no human being might boast in the presence of God. 1 Corinthians 1:30 (ESV) And because of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification and redemption, 1 Corinthians 1:31 (ESV) so that, as it is written, Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord. 2. A Commitment Genesis 12:1 (ESV) Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you.
Genesis 12:4 (ESV) So Abram went, as the Lord had told him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran. Genesis 12:5 (ESV) And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people that they had acquired in Haran, and they set out to go to the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan, 3. A Covenant Genesis 12:2 (ESV) And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. Genesis 12:3 (ESV) I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed. Genesis 12:6 (ESV) Abram passed through the land to the place at Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. At that time the Canaanites were in the land. Genesis 12:7 (ESV) Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, To your offspring I will give this land. So he built there an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him. 4. A Constancy Genesis 15:6 (ESV) And he believed the Lord, and He counted it to him as righteousness. Galatians 3:6 (ESV) just as Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness? Galatians 3:7 (ESV) Know then that it is those of faith who are the sons of Abraham. Galatians 3:8 (ESV) And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, In you shall all the nations be blessed. Galatians 3:9 (ESV) So then, those who are of faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith. Genesis 42:36 (ESV) And Jacob their father said to them, You have bereaved me of my children: Joseph is no more, and Simeon is no more, and now you would take Benjamin. All this has come against me.
Romans 8:28 (ESV) And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to His purpose.
Understanding Genesis Meaning: Genesis means beginning, generations or birth. Author: Moses Audience: The People of Israel Date of Writing: 1450-1410 BC Theme: To explain the beginning of mankind, our sinful nature, and God's plan for redemption. One of the main themes seen in Genesis is God's divine election. Key Verses: Genesis 12:1-3 Structure of Genesis I. The beginnings of the human race (1:1-11:9) a. Creation b. The Fall c. The Flood d. The Tower of Babel II. The beginnings of the Hebrew race (11:50-50:26) a. Abraham b. Isaac c. Jacob d. Joseph In Genesis we see... 1. The beginning of the world (1:1-25) 2. The beginning of the human race (1:26-2:25) 3. The beginning of sin in the world (3:1-7) 4. The beginning of the promise of redemption (3:8-24) 5. The beginning of family life (4:1-15) 6. The beginning of writing (4:15) 7. The beginning of civilization (4:16-9:29) 8. The beginning of government (9:1-6) 9. The beginning of the nations of the world (10, 11) 10. The beginning of the Hebrew people (12-50) 11. The beginning of tithing (14:20) The beginnings we see in Genesis are completed in Revelation. 1. God created the heavens and the earth (Genesis 1:1) A new heaven and a new earth (Rev. 21:1) 2. Satan's first attack on man (Genesis 3) Satan's last attack on man (Rev. 20:7-10) 3. God made day and night (Genesis 1:5) No more night (Rev. 22:5)
4. The curse on creation (Genesis 3:14-17) The curse removed (Rev. 22:3) 5. The tree of life forbidden (Genesis 3:24) The tree of life restored (Rev. 22:14)