A Sorrowful State, Part 1

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

Genesis 6:1-4

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A Sorrowful State, Part 1 -- Lonnie Bell
Sermon Series: Genesis
Genesis 6:1-4
15 July 2018

Deep Sheet: Sermon Study Questions
1.  How should we interpret the long lifespans before the flood?
2.  How does the timeline reflected in the Genesis 5 genealogy support a recent creation of humanity?
3.  Why should Genesis 6:1-8 be characterized as a “sorrowful state”?
4.  What has been your understanding of the “sons of God” in this passage? What evidence is there for the view that these are fallen angels?
5.  What do we know about demons from the New Testament, and how might this information help us interpret this passage?
6.  Would you say that you take spiritual warfare seriously? How does this passage encourage us to be vigilant?
7.  What does it look like to fight Satan and his demons in the Lord’s strength?

References: Genesis 11:10-32; Matthew 1:8; Jude 14; 1 Chronicles 1:1-4; Luke 3:36-38; Job 1:6; 2:1; 38:7; Numbers 13:33; Jude 6; 1 Peter 3:19-20; 2 Peter 2:4-6; Revelation 12:3-9; Luke 8:31; 11:24.

The Man With His Wife

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

Genesis 2:18-25

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The Man With His Wife -- Lonnie Bell
Sermon Series: Genesis
Genesis 2:18-25
22 April 2018

Sermon Study Questions
1.  How is God presented as a loving Father in Genesis 2?
2.  Why is isolation not God’s will for human beings? In what ways do you see a tendency towards isolation in yourself?
3.  How does God prepare the man to recognize the immense value of his wife?
4.  How does this account of creation run contrary to Evolution?
5.  In what ways does this passage instruct us about the nature and dignity of marriage? What are some practical ways that we can respond in our own marriages?
6.  How does this passage ultimately point us to the gospel?

References: Genesis 1:26-28; Ecclesiastes 4:9-12; Proverbs 31:11-12, 27-28; Proverbs 18:22; 1 Timothy 2:13; 1 Corinthians 11:8-9; Ephesians 5:22-33; 1 Peter 3:7; Matthew 19:5.

The Origin of Man

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

Genesis 2:4-7

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The Origin of Man -- Lonnie Bell
Sermon Series: Genesis
Genesis 2:4-7
8 April 2018

DEEP SHEET: Sermon Study Questions
1.  Why is it so essential that we as human beings understand who we are and where we come from?
     What happens when we don’t?
2.  Why should we treat Genesis 2 as a historical account?
3.  How should the fact that we come from dust affect how we view ourselves?
4.  What makes the creation of human beings unique? How does this show God’s love and sovereignty?
5.  Why is the biblical account of human origins incompatible with evolution?

References: 1 Chronicles 1:1; Luke 3:38; Acts 17:26; 1 Corinthians 15; Romans 5; 1 Timothy 2:13-14; Matthew 19:4-5; Genesis 7:22; Isaiah 64:8.

Days 4-6: Fullness Towards Dominion, Part 3

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

Genesis 1:26-31

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Days 4-6: Fullness Towards Dominion, Part 3 -- Lonnie Bell
Sermon Series: Genesis
Genesis 1:26-31
25 February 2018

Deep Sheet:  Sermon Study Questions
1.  Whom do you tend to exclude from the category of image-bearer?
2.  Where have you witnessed negativity and ingratitude regarding reproduction and children? How have you seen these attitudes in your own heart?
3.  What does Genesis 1:26-31 tell us about human sexuality? In what ways does it confront our culture?
4.  What does it mean to say that human reproduction is not animalistic in nature?
5.  In what ways does this passage explode with implications for parenting?
6.  What does this passage communicate about God’s goodness? How does it encourage us to hope in Christ?

References: Genesis 9:6; James 3:9; Psalm 127:3-5; Romans 1:26-27; Matthew 6:25-34; Matthew 6:11; 1 Timothy 6:17; 1 Corinthians 10:31.

Days 4-6: Fullness Towards Dominion, Part 2

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

Genesis 1:26-31

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Days 4-6: Fullness Towards Dominion, Part 2 -- Lonnie Bell
Sermon Series:  Genesis
Genesis 1:26-31
18 February 2018

Deep Sheet:  Sermon Study Questions
1.  What are some textual clues that vv. 26-31 are a climax to the creation account?
2.  What role has the doctrine that man is made in God’s image played in your everyday life?  In what obvious ways do we see our culture ignoring or rejecting this truth?
3.  How are we like God in our nature, and how do we represent him in our role?  How do these truths call us to education, science and technology, and care for the environment?
4.  What do these verses tell us about the relationship between God and man?  How do they affect the way we perceive and relate to other human beings?
5.  What does it mean that human beings are both the greatest pointer and the greatest temptation?
6.  How does this passage direct us to Christ?

References: Genesis 5:3; John 4:24; Genesis 2:15, 17, 19; Psalm 24:1; 8:5-6; Genesis 5:1-2; Luke 10:27; Acts 17:26; James 3:9; Genesis 9:6; Colossians 1:15; 1 Corinthians 15:27; John 14:31; Ephesians 5:25.