The Flood

August 5, 2018 Administration

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

Genesis 7:1-24

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The Flood -- Lonnie Bell
Sermon Series: Genesis
Genesis 7:1-24
05 August 2018

Deep Sheet: Sermon Study Questions
1. How does the New Testament guide us on how to read the flood narrative? Why should the world’s view of Noah’s flood not surprise us?
2. In what ways is the flood a “controlled” event? How should this impact our view of God and our circumstances?
3. How is the flood a “careful” event? What all does God preserve?
4. What do the words at the end of v. 16, “And the LORD shut him in,” teach us about God?
5. How does the text describe the flood as both powerful and universal?
6. What does it mean to say that this story should leave us in repentant reverence running to the ark of safety?

References: Matthew 24:37-39; 2 Peter 3:5-7; Matthew 7:21; Genesis 1:9; Hebrews 11:6; Romans 2:6; Proverbs 18:10; Exodus 14:28; Genesis 1:2

Noah and the Ark

July 29, 2018 Administration

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

Genesis 6:9-22

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Noah and the Ark -- Lonnie Bell
Sermon Series: Genesis
Genesis 6:9-22
29 July 2018

DEEP SHEET: Sermon Study Questions
1. How would you describe Noah based on the text? How does Noah’s character challenge us in the midst of our generation?
2. How would you characterize the relationship between God and Noah?
3. What does it mean to say that God destroyed what man had already destroyed?
4. How does God’s judgment in the past point us to the future? According to Peter, what practical effect should this have on the Christian?
5. In what ways does the ark serve as a picture of Christ?

References: Habakkuk 2:4; Hebrews 11:7; Genesis 15:6; Proverbs 11:5; Ecclesiastes 7:20; 2 Peter 2:5; John 5:24; Genesis 18:17-21; John 15:15; 2 Peter 2:5; 3:11-12; 1 John 2:17; Exodus 2:3, 5.

A Sorrowful State, Part 2

July 22, 2018 Administration

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

Genesis 6:4-8

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A Sorrowful State, Part 2 -- Lonnie Bell
Sermon Series: Genesis
Genesis 6:4-8
22 July 2018

Deep Sheet: Sermon Study Questions
1. What does it look like for us to feel the weight of sin and of grace in our daily lives? How can we cultivate the attitude of John Chrysostom: “I fear nothing but sin”?
2. What does it mean to say that left to ourselves, we always assess wrongly? How do we keep our assessment of reality aligned with God’s?
3. What do you find most striking about the depravity described in vv. 5-6? Discuss the breadth, depth, totality, and offense of this depravity?
4. What does v. 6 in particular teach us about God?
5. Are people less sinful today than at the time of the flood? What are some key passages of Scripture for answering this question?
6. How does the text point us to God’s grace rather than human merit?
7. How does the figure of Noah contribute to a “theology of singularity”?

References: Jeremiah 17:9-10; Genesis 8:21; Romans 3:10-12; Romans 8:19-21; Genesis 3:15.

Evil After Expulsion

June 10, 2018 Administration

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

Genesis 4:1-8

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Evil After Expulsion -- Lonnie Bell
Sermon Series: Genesis
Genesis 4:1-8
10 June 2018

DEEP SHEET: Sermon Study Questions
1. Where do we continue to see God’s grace in this passage? What do these verses invite us to do?
2. What was wrong with Cain’s offering, and what are some implications for our worship?
3. Why was Cain “very angry,” and what does that tell us about his heart?
4. What is God’s message to Cain in vv. 6-7, and how does he respond?
5. What are some of the effects of anger that you have witnessed in your life?
6. What does the story of Cain and Abel tell us about life after the Fall?

References: Isaiah 55:6-7; Genesis 1:28; 3:20; 2 Samuel 24:24; Hebrews 11:4; Proverbs 21:27; James 1:20; 4:7-10; Ecclesiastes 7:9; Ephesians 4:26; 1 John 3:12; Jude 11.

Expelled With Grace

June 3, 2018 Administration

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

Genesis 3:20-24

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Expelled With Grace -- Lonnie Bell
Sermon Series: Genesis
Genesis 3:20-24
03 June 2018

DEEP SHEET: Sermon Study Questions
1. How would you describe the relationship between Adam and Eve and the entire human race? What does it mean to say that the story of sin runs through every biography?
2. In what specific ways does the expulsion of Adam and Eve from the garden serve as punishment?
3. How does Adam’s naming of Eve demonstrate faith?|
4. How does God’s act of covering them with animal skins point to Christ? What does it mean to say that the covering of guilt and shame is God’s work?
5. How is God’s expulsion of Adam and Eve a means of protection? How does God protect us from ultimately being lost?

References: Genesis 4:8, 23; 6:5; Romans 3:23; 5:12; Ephesians 2:3; Hebrews 11:1, 4.

The Divine Judgment

May 27, 2018 Administration

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

Genesis 3:16-19

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The Divine Judgment -- Lonnie Bell
Sermon Series: Genesis
Genesis 3:16-19
27 May 2018

Deep Sheet: Sermon Study Notes
1. What comes to your mind when you think of a “fallen world”?
2. How do we see the hope of grace, relationship, victory, and reversal leading into God’s words of judgment?
3. What would it look like to be more serious about sin in your daily life?
4. In what ways does “painful toil” affect men and women? How have you seen the outworking of this in your own life?
5. How does this passage help us to understand the cause of strife in marriage? What is God’s remedy in this life?
6. What does it mean to say that Christ died so that death will die forever?

References: Proverbs 8:13; Genesis 4:7; 5:29; Ephesians 5:18, 22, 25; Colossians 3:18-19; 1 Peter 3:1, 7; Genesis 2:7; Job 14:1; Romans 8:22; 1 Corinthians 15:47-49.

The Divine Interrogation

May 13, 2018 Administration

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

Genesis 3:9-13

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The Divine Interrogation -- Lonnie Bell
Sermon Series: Genesis
Genesis 3:9-13
13 May 2018

Deep Sheet: Sermon Study Questions
1.  How does this text present God as a loving Father who seeks the lost?
2. What is God doing by addressing Adam and Eve with questions, and with these questions in particular?
3. What are some evangelistic and parental implications of God’s address to Adam and Eve?
4.  What does it mean to say that they are “missing”?
5.  How would you characterize the attitude of the first humans towards their sin? How have you seen the same attitude in your own life?
6.  In what ways do we tend to blame our sin on our circumstances? How does this subtly shift the blame to God?

References: Romans 5:12; Luke 19:10; Psalm 139:7; Jonah 1:3; Ephesians 2:1-3; Titus 3:3.