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

Genesis 29:31 - 30:24

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Jacob’s Offspring — Pastor Lonnie D. Bell, Jr.
Genesis 29:31-30:24
Sermon Series: Genesis
June 30, 2019

DEEP SHEET: Sermon Study Questions
1. What is your initial reaction to this story? How would it have encouraged the Israelites to be humble?
2. How would you describe the motives of Leah and Rachel? How does this story help us to see the effects of idolatry on our lives?
3. Where do we see the evidence of faith in this family? How does this encourage us as believers?
4. Which attributes of God are highlighted in this text? How does understanding these attributes help us better relate to God?
5. What purposes of God are being worked out through this narrative? In what ways does it point to Christ?

References: Genesis 28:12-15; Philippians 2:3; Genesis 2:24; Psalm 127:3; 103:11-14; Romans 2:4; Revelation 5:5-6.

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

Genesis 4:17-26

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The Birth of Civilization -- Lonnie Bell
Sermon Series: Genesis
Genesis 4:17-26
01 July 2018

Deep Sheet: Sermon Study Questions
1. In what ways does God extend grace to Cain and his descendants? How should this impact our view of God and culture?
2. What is common grace, and how does it point us to saving grace?
3. How would you characterize Lamech? Why do you think Moses included this brief account of him?
4. What does Eve’s response to the birth of Seth tell us about his significance? How does his birth anticipate Christ?
5. What does it mean in v. 26 that at the time of Enosh “people began to call upon the name of the LORD”? What does it look like for us to call upon his name?

References: Matthew 5:45; Genesis 2:24; 3:16; Romans 1:29-32; Genesis 3:15.