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

Genesis 1:14-25

Days 4-6: Fullness Towards Dominion, Part 1 -- Lonnie Bell
Sermon Series: Genesis
Genesis 1:14-25
11 February 2018

Deep Sheet Questions - 2/11/2018 - Days 4-6: Fullness Towards Dominion, Pt 1 - Genesis 1:14-25

1. What are the various ways in which Genesis 1 points us to Christ? How does the New Testament describe his role in creation?

2. Why do you think God waited until Day 4 to make the sun, moon, and stars?

3. What amazes you most about creation? Why is it tempting to replace the Creator with the created, and what are some ways we do this today?

4. How does Psalm 8 direct us towards a proper response to what we observe in the heavens?

5. Why is God’s account of the creation of animals incompatible with Darwinian evolution?

References: 2 Corinthians 3:18; Colossians 1:16; Deuteronomy 4:19; Psalm 19:1; Psalm 8; Job 41:1; Psalm 104:24-25.

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

Genesis 1:3-13

Days 1-3: Formation Towards Production -- Lonnie Bell
Sermon Series: Genesis
Genesis 1:3-13
04 February 2018

Deep Sheet: Sermon Study Guide
1.   How would you summarize God’s creative work in the first three days? Where do we see his activity of separating, dividing, and/or distinguishing, and how might this lead you to worship him?
2.   What are some implications of the fact that God gives definitions and sets boundaries? What are some areas in which our culture’s definitions and boundaries differ dramatically from God’s?
3.   How does the earth bring forth plant life? What does it mean to say that the inanimate cannot animate?
4.   How does God’s control over the waters remind us of his judgment and grace? How does Day 3 prepare the reader for the Fall?
5.   How does Genesis debunk alternative deities and origin stories, whether ancient or modern?