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

Genesis 2:8-17

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The Man In His Home -- Lonnie Bell
Sermon Series: Genesis
Genesis 2:8-17
15 April 2018

Sermon Study Questions
1. In what ways does God provide abundantly for man in the garden?
2. What is the significance of the fact that God is the author/originator of human pleasure and delight?
3. How does the description of the garden give us hope?
4. How does v. 15 show us that rest is not to be equated with aimless idleness?
5. What do the verbs “work” and “keep” in v. 15 tell us about the nature of Adam’s work?
6. What does this passage teach us about authority? What does it mean to say that all sin is an issue of authority?
7. How does the manner in which God’s command is given demonstrate his love, goodness, and care towards human beings?

References: Acts 17:26; Genesis 12:3; Matthew 28:19; Revelation 7:9-10; 1 Timothy 6:16; Genesis 13:10; Revelation 21-22; John 14:3; Genesis 19:16; Deuteronomy 26:10; Numbers 18:5-6; Colossians 3:23.

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.