FCC Vision Statement: Building on Exposition, Centering on Christ, Dying in Community, Serving on Mission

Genesis 1:3-13

Days 1-3: Formation Towards Production -- Lonnie Bell
Sermon Series: Genesis
Genesis 1:3-13
04 February 2018

Deep Sheet: Sermon Study Guide
1.   How would you summarize God’s creative work in the first three days? Where do we see his activity of separating, dividing, and/or distinguishing, and how might this lead you to worship him?
2.   What are some implications of the fact that God gives definitions and sets boundaries? What are some areas in which our culture’s definitions and boundaries differ dramatically from God’s?
3.   How does the earth bring forth plant life? What does it mean to say that the inanimate cannot animate?
4.   How does God’s control over the waters remind us of his judgment and grace? How does Day 3 prepare the reader for the Fall?
5.   How does Genesis debunk alternative deities and origin stories, whether ancient or modern?

FCC Vision Statement: Building on Exposition, Centering on Christ, Dying in Community, Serving on Mission

Genesis 1:2

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Not Yet Ready -- Lonnie Bell
Sermon Series: Genesis
Genesis 1:2
21 January 2018

Deep Sheet: Sermon Study Questions.
1. How is the world described in Genesis 1:2? How does this verse contribute to our understanding of God as a potter?
2. How aware are you of God’s forming, filling, and illuminating that is evident all around us? Why should we never be bored?
3. What do God’s preparations in Genesis 1 tell us about the purpose, dignity, and value of human beings?
4. How does the latter part of v. 2, read in light of Deuteronomy 32:11, show us God’s intimate involvement with his creation?
5. What does it mean that God is both Creator and Sustainer?
6. How does the mention of the Spirit in v. 2 both challenge the self-sufficient and comfort those who feel desolate?
References: Genesis 1:31; 2:1; Jeremiah 4:23ff; Isaiah 45:18; Psalm 19:1; Romans 1:21; Deuteronomy 32:10-11; Hebrews 1:3; Genesis 2:7.