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Genesis 35:1-29

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Back to Bethel — Pastor Lonnie D. Bell, Jr.
Genesis 35:1-29
Sermon Series: Genesis
August 25, 2019

DEEP SHEET: Sermon Study Questions
1.
   How does Jacob’s story show us the benefit of trials in our lives?
2.   What does this passage teach us about God’s holiness and power?
3.   How does this narrative instruct us in worship?
4.   How are God’s words to Jacob in vv. 10-12 packed with gospel anticipation?
5.   Why does this section serve as a transition within Genesis?
6.   In what ways are we left marveling at God’s faithfulness and grace?

References:Genesis 28:10-22; James 1:2; Genesis 17:1-8; 1:28.

The Seventh Day

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

Genesis 2:1-3

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The Seventh Day -- Lonnie Bell
Sermon Series: Genesis
Genesis 2:1-3
18 March 2018

Deep Sheet: Sermon Study Questions

1.   How does your own attitude towards creation compare with that of the psalmist in Psalm 104:24?
2.    How does Genesis 2:1-3 show us that God always accomplishes what he sets out to do? Why should this bring immense comfort and joy to the Christian?
3.    How does God’s completed work in creation point us forward to the age to come?
4.    Did God need to rest? How should we understand God’s rest in these verses?
5.    What does it mean that God is holy? How does this passage anticipate the sanctifying work of God throughout the Bible?
6.    As we’ve looked at the creation week, what characteristics of God have most struck you?

References: Exodus 20:8-11; Hebrews 4:8-11; Romans 14:5; Colossians 2:16-17; Psalm 104:24; Philippians 1:6; Ephesians 1:11; Romans 8:21; Psalm 104:29; Matthew 10:29-30; Hebrews 1:3; Isaiah 40:28; Psalm 121:4; Exodus 31:17; 1 Peter 1:15-16; 1 Thessalonians 4:3-5.