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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.

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

Genesis 1:1

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Starting With God -- Lonnie Bell
Sermon Series: Genesis
Genesis 1:1
14 January 2018

Deep Sheet: Sermon Study Qustons
1. What has been your experience with and interest in the book of Genesis? In what ways is it foundational?
2. How does Genesis encourage us to “start with God,” and how does that play out in our everyday lives?
3. What does it mean that God is eternal, and where do we see this in Genesis 1:1? How does God’s eternality point us to the fact that the Bible is a matter of life and death?
4. How should the truth that God is the creator of everything practically impact our lives?
5. What does it mean that God is distinct, and in what ways do you lose sight of this?
6. Where do we see the Trinity in Genesis 1:1-3? How does this point us to Jesus and to God’s love?
References: Psalm 90:2; Exodus 3:14; Revelation 22:13; Colossians 1:16; Romans 1:20-25; Psalm 96:5; John 1:1-3; Hebrews 1:2; Luke 24:44; John 5:46.