The City of Man, Part 1

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

Genesis 11:1-9

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The City of Man, Part 1 -- Lonnie Bell
Sermon Series: Genesis
Genesis 11:1-9
9 September 2018

Deep Sheet: Sermon Study Questions
1.  What support does Jesus give for the historicity of the events described in Genesis 1-11?
2.  How does the Tower of Babel story help us to identify worldliness and flee from it?
3.  Where do we see independence and misuse in this passage? How are independence and disobedience related?
4.  What does it mean to say that Babel is the mother of all pagan worship and false religion?
5.  What does it look like to live for our own “name”?

References: Daniel 4:30; 1 Peter 5:13; Revelation 17:5; 18:1-2; Mark 10:6; Matthew 23:35; 24:39; Revelation 18:5; 1 John 2:15; Genesis 13:11; 9:1; 3:24; 4:16; Isaiah 63:14; James 4:6; Matthew 23:12.

Evil After Expulsion

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Genesis 4:1-8

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Evil After Expulsion -- Lonnie Bell
Sermon Series: Genesis
Genesis 4:1-8
10 June 2018

DEEP SHEET: Sermon Study Questions
1.  Where do we continue to see God’s grace in this passage? What do these verses invite us to do?
2.  What was wrong with Cain’s offering, and what are some implications for our worship?
3.  Why was Cain “very angry,” and what does that tell us about his heart?
4.  What is God’s message to Cain in vv. 6-7, and how does he respond?
5.  What are some of the effects of anger that you have witnessed in your life?
6.  What does the story of Cain and Abel tell us about life after the Fall?

References: Isaiah 55:6-7; Genesis 1:28; 3:20; 2 Samuel 24:24; Hebrews 11:4; Proverbs 21:27; James 1:20; 4:7-10; Ecclesiastes 7:9; Ephesians 4:26; 1 John 3:12; Jude 11.

The Divine Judgment

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

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 Deadly Deed

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Genesis 3:6-8

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The Deadly Deed -- Lonnie Bell
Sermon Series: Genesis
Genesis 3:6-8
6 May 2018

Sermon Study Questions
1.  How does the Fall begin with doubting God’s Word and goodness?
2.  Does the Devil make us sin? How would you describe what is going on in Eve’s heart according to v. 6?
3.  How have you seen the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life at work in your own life?
4.  What does it mean in Proverbs 9:10 that “the fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom”?
5.  Where do we see unbelief, pride, and idolatry in the Fall?
6.  In what ways do we have the breakdown of both horizontal and vertical relationships in this passage?
7.  How does Christ restore the peace lost in Eden?

References: 1 Corinthians 15:22; 2 Corinthians 11:3; James 1:14-15; Deuteronomy 5:21; Genesis 2:9; 1 John 2:16; Proverbs 9:10; Genesis 2:16-17; 1 John 3:4; Genesis 2:25; 3:17; John 14:27.

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.