Sarah's Burial

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Genesis 23:1-20

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Sarah’s Burial — Lonnie D. Bell, Jr.
Genesis 23:1-20
Sermon Series: Genesis
March 31, 2019

DEEP SHEET: Sermon Study Questions
1.     Why would we say that the land promise reaches a climax in chapter 23?
2.     How does this passage show that there is no going back for Abraham? What does that tell us about his mindset and relationship to God?
3.     What does Abraham’s response to Sarah’s death teach us about the relationship between grief and hope in the face of death?
4.     What does it mean to say that the people of the land are bowing to Abraham? How does this ultimately direct our attention to Christ?
5.     How does Matthew 5:5 help us understand the significance of these land promises for all believers?

References: Genesis 12:1-7; Hebrews 11:11; 1 Peter 3:5; Genesis 17:7; Mark 12:26-27; Hebrews 11:13; Genesis 21:22-23; Matthew 5:5.

After the Ark, Part 2

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Genesis 9:18-29

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After the Ark, Part 2 -- Lonnie Bell
Sermon Series: Genesis
Genesis 9:18-29
26 August 2018

Deep Sheet: Sermon Study Questions
1.  How do the two scenes of Genesis 9 set up a contrast between God and humanity? How does this guide us in where to direct our hope?
2.  How does this text portray the potentially destructive power of alcohol? How have you seen alcohol play a destructive role in peoples’ lives?
3.  How would you characterize Ham’s sin? Why do you think God takes dishonoring parents so seriously?
4.  How does Shem offer hope in the midst of this story?
5.  What does it mean to say that all must face a death of dust, but not all will face a death of destruction?

References: Genesis 8:21; 6:8-9; Hebrews 11:7; Psalm 104:14-15; Proverbs 20:1; 23:29-32; Ephesians 5:18; 1 Corinthians 10:12; Exodus 21:15; Leviticus 20:9; Genesis 3:15; 22:18; John 11:25-26.

The Hopeful Line

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Genesis 5

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The Hopeful Line -- Lonnie Bell
Sermon Series: Genesis
Genesis 5
08 July 2018

DEEP SHEET: Sermon Study Questions
1.  What has been your attitude towards biblical genealogies? What are some ways in which they can be profitable for us?
2.  How do the verses leading up to chapter 5 prepare us for the hopeful nature of the genealogy itself?
3.  What does the creation language in the opening verses communicate about this line, and what effect should this have on the reader?
4.  What is the significance of Enoch in this genealogy? What does it mean to say that chapter 5 gives us the “line of life”?
5.  What does it look like to walk with God? How would you describe your own experience of walking with him?
6.  In what ways does the glory of Christ shine through this genealogy? 

References: Luke 3:23-38; 2 Kings 2:11; 2 Timothy 1:10; Hebrews 11:5; Jude 14-15; Genesis 3:17-19; 6:9.

Expelled With Grace

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Genesis 3:20-24

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Expelled With Grace -- Lonnie Bell
Sermon Series: Genesis
Genesis 3:20-24
03 June 2018

DEEP SHEET: Sermon Study Questions
1.  How would you describe the relationship between Adam and Eve and the entire human race?  What does it mean to say that the story of sin runs through every biography?
2.  In what specific ways does the expulsion of Adam and Eve from the garden serve as punishment?
3.  How does Adam’s naming of Eve demonstrate faith?|
4.  How does God’s act of covering them with animal skins point to Christ?  What does it mean to say that the covering of guilt and shame is God’s work?
5.  How is God’s expulsion of Adam and Eve a means of protection?  How does God protect us from ultimately being lost?

References: Genesis 4:8, 23; 6:5; Romans 3:23; 5:12; Ephesians 2:3; Hebrews 11:1, 4.

The Divine Judgment

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Genesis 3:16-19

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The Divine Judgment -- Lonnie Bell
Sermon Series: Genesis
Genesis 3:16-19
27 May 2018

Deep Sheet:  Sermon Study Notes
1.  What comes to your mind when you think of a “fallen world”?
2.  How do we see the hope of grace, relationship, victory, and reversal leading into God’s words of judgment?
3.  What would it look like to be more serious about sin in your daily life?
4.  In what ways does “painful toil” affect men and women? How have you seen the outworking of this in your own life?
5.  How does this passage help us to understand the cause of strife in marriage? What is God’s remedy in this life?
6.  What does it mean to say that Christ died so that death will die forever?

References: Proverbs 8:13; Genesis 4:7; 5:29; Ephesians 5:18, 22, 25; Colossians 3:18-19; 1 Peter 3:1, 7; Genesis 2:7; Job 14:1; Romans 8:22; 1 Corinthians 15:47-49.

The Divine Interrogation

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Genesis 3:9-13

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The Divine Interrogation -- Lonnie Bell
Sermon Series: Genesis
Genesis 3:9-13
13 May 2018

Deep Sheet: Sermon Study Questions
1.  How does this text present God as a loving Father who seeks the lost?
2. What is God doing by addressing Adam and Eve with questions, and with these questions in particular?
3. What are some evangelistic and parental implications of God’s address to Adam and Eve?
4.  What does it mean to say that they are “missing”?
5.  How would you characterize the attitude of the first humans towards their sin? How have you seen the same attitude in your own life?
6.  In what ways do we tend to blame our sin on our circumstances? How does this subtly shift the blame to God?

References: Romans 5:12; Luke 19:10; Psalm 139:7; Jonah 1:3; Ephesians 2:1-3; Titus 3:3.

The Deadly Dialogue

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Genesis 3:1-5

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The Deadly Dialogue -- Lonnie Bell
Sermon Series: Genesis
Genesis 3:1-5
29 April 2018

Sermon Study Questions
1.  Why must we keep Christ’s righteousness and obedience in view as we consider the Fall?
2.  Who is Satan, and why should we take him seriously?
3.  How does Satan subtly undermine God’s Word and character with his initial question, and what are the implications for us?
4.  In what ways does Eve alter God’s Word? What does this suggest about what is going on in her heart?
5.  How does Satan tempt people into thinking there are no consequences for disobedience?
6.   By the time we reach v. 5, how would you describe Satan’s portrayal of himself and of God?

References: Romans 5:18-19; Genesis 2:16-17; Revelation 12:9; John 8:44; Ezekiel 28:11-19; Isaiah 14:12-15; Matthew 4:4, 10.