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Genesis Lesson 7

Narrative Review  Before the Flood  Genesis 1  Genesis 2  Genesis 3  Genesis 4  Genesis 5

Narrative Review  The Flood  Genesis 6  Genesis 7  Genesis 8  Genesis 9  Genesis 10

Marriages then children  Genesis 6:4 …the sons of God came in to the daughters of men and they bore children to them.  Wickedness prevailed  Genesis 6:5 Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. Review

God cares  Sorry He made man  Grieved in His heart We are hurt when someone we care about does us wrong  Genesis 6:11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. So God looked upon the earth, and indeed it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth. Review

Noah  Just man  Perfect (blameless)  Walked with God  Build an ark  God destroy all flesh Review

Noah’s obedience  Shows why he ‘walked with God’  Genesis 6:22 Thus Noah did; according to all that God commanded him, so he did.  Complete, total obedience  Did ‘all’ God commanded him  Genesis 7:5 And Noah did according to all that the LORD commanded him. Review

Flood is over  Noah leaves the ark (8:18)  Immediately worships God  God’s promise Even though man’s heart be evil, He will never destroy every living thing as He had done  Be fruitful and multiply Review

Laws  Shall not eat blood Leviticus 17:10 …I will set My face against that person who eats blood, and will cut him off from among his people. Acts 15:20 "but that we write to them to abstain from things polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from things strangled, and from blood. Review

Laws  Life for life Genesis 9:5 "Surely for your lifeblood I will demand a reckoning; from the hand of every beast I will require it, and from the hand of man. From the hand of every man's brother I will require the life of man. 6 "Whoever sheds man's blood, By man his blood shall be shed; For in the image of God He made man. Review

Rainbow sign of covenant  Genesis 9:11 "Thus I establish My covenant with you: Never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of the flood; never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth.“  Genesis 9:17 And God said to Noah, "This is the sign of the covenant which I have established between Me and all flesh that is on the earth." Review

Genesis 10  Generations of Noah  Japheth (Gentiles)  Ham  Shem (Israelites)

Nations—Japheth  Japheth – toward Russia and northern Asia Minor  Genesis 10:2 The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. Madai – Medes Javan – Greeks

Nations—Japheth  Genesis 10:4 The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. Tarshish – southern Spain Kittim – Cyprus

Nations—Ham Canaan  Genesis 10:6 The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. Cush – Ethiopia Mizraim – Egypt Shinar  Genesis 10:10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. Babel – Babylon

Nations—Ham Philistines  Genesis 10:14 Pathrusim, and Casluhim (from whom came the Philistines and Caphtorim). Caphtorim – Crete

Nations—Canaan Sidon  Genesis 10:15 Canaan begot Sidon his firstborn, and Heth Heth – Hittites

Build a city and a tower  A tower whose top is in the heavens  Make a name for ourselves  Foolish pride …leave this monument of their pride, and ambition, and folly.

Build a city and a tower  A tower whose top is in the heavens  Make a name for ourselves  Foolish pride pride Mark 7:22 "thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness. 23 "All these evil things come from within and defile a man."

Build a city and a tower  A tower whose top is in the heavens  Make a name for ourselves  Had brick and mortar  A plain in the land of Shinar

Land of Shinar

A visitor  The L ORD came down to visit the city  People all spoke one language  Let Us go down and confuse their language  Would not understand each other  Scattered over the earth Genesis 9:1

A visitor  The L ORD came down to visit the city  People all spoke one language  Let Us go down and confuse their language  Would not understand each other  Scattered over the earth  Building on city stopped

Babel  Place is called Babel  People were scattered  “Babel” means the “Gate of God”  The city received the name “Babel” from the Hebrew word balal, meaning to jumble

Generations of Shem  ….Nahor  Terah Abram Nahor Haran  Haran died in Ur  Abram married Sarai  Nahor married Milcah, daughter of Haran

Going to Haran  Lot was son of Haran  Terah took Abram and Sarai and Lot and left Ur going to Canaan  They stopped and lived in Haran  Terah died in Haran

Abraham from Ur to Haran

Glory for ourselves??  Genesis 11:4 And they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top is in the heavens; let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth." lesson

Glory to God  2 Corinthians 3:5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God lesson

Glory to God  Genesis 41:16 "I cannot do it," Joseph replied to Pharaoh, "but God will give Pharaoh the answer he desires." lesson

Glory to God  Romans 15:18 I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obey God by what I have said and done-- lesson

Glory to God  1 Corinthians 15:10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them--yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me. lesson

Men became fools  Rom 1:20-25 (NIV)  men are without excuse  neither glorified Him as God  they claimed to be wise  they became fools and  the Creator-who is forever praised... lesson

044 - To God Be The Glory - 1.1

044 - To God Be The Glory - 1.2

044 - To God Be The Glory - 1.3

044 - To God Be The Glory - C.1

044 - To God Be The Glory - C.2

044 - To God Be The Glory - C.3 End of Verse 1

Hebrews 11:8  Hebrews 11:8 By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to the place which he would receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going.

“By Faith Abraham Obeyed”  God makes and keeps promises Songs for Wednesday night singing acted  God’s people of old acted based on their faith  God has made me a promise Based on my faith my obedient actions Achieved by my obedient actions

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