Genesis 6:9-22 (HCSB)God Warns Noah9 These are the family records of Noah. Noah was a righteous man,blameless among his contemporaries; Noah walked with God. 10 And Noah fathered three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 11 Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight, and the earth was filled with wickedness. 12 God saw how corrupt the earth was, for every creature had corrupted its way on the earth. 13 Th...  Read More

Genesis 6:1-8 (HCSB)Sons of God and Daughters of Men6 When mankind began to multiply on the earth and daughters were born to them, 2 the sons of God saw that the daughters of mankind were beautiful, and they took any they chose as wives for themselves. 3 And the Lord said, “My Spirit will not remain with mankind forever,because they are corrupt. Their days will be 120 years.” 4 The Nephilim were o...  Read More

The Fatal ChoiceStudy The Word: Recognize the damage sin causes and turn from all sin to follow Christ.Key Truth: Satan seeks to draw us into sin (Genesis 3:1-6).Key Truth: Giving in to temptation brings consequences (Genesis 3:7-24).Family Connection: Continue the discussion after church!What did you learn about the devil and his temptations? What were the consequences for Adam and Eve's choice? ...  Read More

1.     The first question in the Bible actually comes from Satan and is meant to instill doubt about God’s providence.   Wisdom is knowing the right thing AND doing it. Why is it important to see that Satan is “cunning,” not wise? Up to this point, there is no “bad” in creation, only “good.” When Adam & Eve’s eyes were opened, what new thing did they see? Why was that bad?2.     God’s first questi...  Read More

Romans 6:17-23 (HCSB)17 But thank God that, although you used to be slaves of sin, you obeyed from the heart that pattern of teaching you were transferred to, 18 and having been liberated from sin, you became enslaved to righteousness. 19 I am using a human analogy because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you offered the parts of yourselves as slaves to moral impurity, and to greater and...  Read More

Genesis 5:1-32 (HCSB)The Line of Seth5 These are the family records of the descendants of Adam. On the day that God created man, He made him in the likeness of God; 2 He created them male and female. When they were created, He blessed them and called them man. 3 Adam was 130 years old when he fathered a son in his likeness, according to his image, and named him Seth. 4 Adam lived 800 years after t...  Read More

Genesis 4:1-26 (HCSB)Cain Murders Abel4 Adam was intimate with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain. She said, “I have had a male child with the Lord’s help.” 2 Then she also gave birth to his brother Abel. Now Abel became a shepherd of flocks, but Cain worked the ground. 3 In the course of time Cain presented some of the land’s produce as an offering to the Lord.4 And Abel also ...  Read More

Genesis 3:8-24 (HCSB)Sin’s Consequences8 Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden at the time of the evening breeze, and they hid themselves from the Lord God among the trees of the garden. 9 So the Lord God called out to the man and said to him, “Where are you?” 10 And he said, “I heard You in the garden and I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid.” 11 Th...  Read More

Genesis 3:1-7 (HCSB)The Temptation and the Fall 3 Now the serpent was the most cunning of all the wild animals that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You can’t eat from any tree in the garden’?” 2 The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat the fruit from the trees in the garden. 3 But about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God said, ‘You must not ...  Read More

IN THE BEGINNINGStudy The Word: Worship and live for Almighty God who created the universe and everything in it.Key Truth: God designed and created everything (Genesis1:1-25).Key Truth: God gave humans a special place in creation (Genesis 1:26-2:3).Family Connection: Continue the discussion after church!What are some of your favorite things God created? Why did God rest on the seventh day? Is it i...  Read More

1.  Genesis 1:1-2 clearly states that “God” created the heavens and the earth and that the “Spirit of God” was over the waters. In John 1:1-5, it clearly says that Jesus created. How does that demonstrate that Jesus is co-eternal and co-equal with God the Father and God the Spirit? How does God existing before creation demonstrate His power over it? How does creation demonstrate that God is All-Kn...  Read More

Genesis 2:1-3 (HCSB)So the heavens and the earth and everything in them were completed. 2 By the seventh day God completed His work that He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work that He had done. 3 God blessed the seventh day and declared it holy, for on it He rested from His work of creation.Sherry Dorris Creation of the heavens, earth and all that is in it was completed. S...  Read More