Noah’s Faith (Genesis #21)

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Noah’s faith

Text: Hebrews 11:7

Abel was confirmed to be righteous and then was killed by his brother because of his faith
Enoch was taken away and never saw death because of his faith.
Noah will survive judgment as a result of his faith.

Faith cometh by hearing the word of God

Being warned of things not seen as yet…
Noah believed God about something he’d never seen before.
It’s a possibility that it had never rained before on the earth according to Genesis 2:5, but the earth had certainly never flooded like this before.
You believe in Hell? You’ve never seen it. You believe in Jesus Christ? You’ve never seen Him. You believe in an incorruptible body? You’ve never seen it.

Faith is substance of things hoped for and evidence of things not seen

Moved with fear because of God’s weather forecast.
So Noah put to practice (practical) his faith. The evidence that Noah trusts God is the ark he builds.
Let me illustrate something about us: Does the government lie to you? Does the weatherman get it wrong sometimes? But you know if the government says bored up and leave town because a hurricane is coming you’ll board up and either leave town or start storing water. I’m not saying that’s bad, but I’m illustrating the point. We are more in tuned with the warnings from people we know lie or at least get it wrong than we are with a God we say CANNOT lie.
People want the effects of God’s work – survive the flood – but they don’t want God telling them what to do with their lives – build an ark.
- And they didn’t want to be told to build an ark because they didn’t want to believe that God was going to judge them for their sin.
- Noah’s abnormal lifestyle was based on what God said – REMEMBER THAT. It would be ridiculed, mocked, and ignored.
- People don’t see godliness as practical.
- 1 Timothy 4:8 … godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
I can hear them trying to talk Noah out of things.
- Noah, if you keep working on that boat, your kids are going to miss out on so much. Noah, if you keep working on that boat you’ll never have any fun. You’ll never enjoy life.
- It’s not like Noah didn’t want to enjoy life, or didn’t want his kids to live normal lives, or didn’t want to enjoy family life. He knew whatever happened is only temporary and ultimately condemned if he didn’t make his life different for a period of time.
People want to survive the flood but they don’t want a God telling them to build an ark.

Faith that justifies

…by which he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.
Noah gets messed up after the ark in Genesis 9, but he’s already become the heir of righteousness which is by faith.
Romans 1:17, 3:22, 4:5, 4:9, 4:11, 4:13, 9:30.

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Covenant in Noah (Genesis #20)

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Covenant in Noah

Text: Genesis 6:17-19

Days of Noah

His spirit will no longer strive with man’s vile flesh. Genesis 6:3, 5-7
...he also is flesh… Also? Who else is flesh?
Carnal angels
- Genesis 6:1-4
- Genesis 18:2, 16-22 then 19:1-5, Joshua 5:13-15, Luke 24:4, Acts 1:10
- Jude 6-7, 2 Peters 2:4
Everything about their culture was carnal.
- Celebrity of fallen angels 6:4
- Immersion into evil – …EVERY imagination of the thoughts of his heart was ONLY evil CONTINUALLY… In 10 generations man has gone from paradise, to a knowledge of good and evil, to ONLY EVIL CONTINUALLY.
- 6:11,13 describes the world culture as violent. People loving death, sex, drunkenness, partying, fornicating, and corruption. All flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth (vs 12).
How many people on the earth in Noah’s day? Just taking current growth rate there would’ve been just under a billion people on the earth. But considering people were living much longer and having children for much longer time frame there were many more than this. If you just add 1/1000th of a percent to the current growth rate you end up with 4 billion people on the earth. Realistically though we’re looking at 19 or 20 billion people.

Covenant in Noah

Purpose of the covenant is to save life!
- …to keep them alive… (vs 19)
- …to keep them alive… (vs 20)
- …to keep seed alive… (7:3)
Preacher of righteousness
2 Peter 2:5 And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
Noah saved by grace through faith. (Genesis 6:8, Hebrews 11:7)
Noah is perfect in his generations and a just man.
Noah walks with God. Enoch walked with God.
- God will establish his covenant with Noah after Noah has put the grace of God to use by faith (6:17-18).
- Grace of God is the ark which Noah will build by faith. So Noah is saved by works? No, Hebrews 11:7 is clear that Noah builds the ark by faith, it is not a work of the law, God defines it as faith. There is a difference between trying to establish your own righteousness by works of the law and listening to God’s instruction about how to avoid His coming wrath. Noah is NOT trying to establish his own righteousness using a law, Noah is simply obeying God.
Grace of God will be found in the ark of salvation (Genesis 6:14-16)

Righteous inheriting the world

Only those who are included in the covenant by grace through faith are saved alive.
1 Peter 3:18-22 – baptised into his death and resurrection is what gives life
Inheritance of the earth because of the man God made a covenant with
- The covenant (Genesis 9:9-17) is that God would never destroy all flesh again by a flood (Genesis 9:11). It is an everlasting covenant (Genesis 9:16). The token of the covenant is a rainbow (Genesis 9:12).
- 2 Peter 2:1-9 – the Lord knows how to deliver the righteous while judging the wicked
- 2 Peter 3:1-12

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Days of Noah (Genesis #19)

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Days of Noah

Text: Genesis 6:1-22

The sons of God (vss 1-4)

These sons of God are angels in the Old Testament Job 38:7. (Note: There are 4 options for who these sons of God are, but only one fits. Israel is God’s son, but Israel won’t exist for another 1000 years. Jesus Christ is God’s only begotten son, but Jesus Christ isn’t a man yet, he won’t be born for another 2500 years. Saved people are sons of God, but only if they believe on the Lord Jesus Christ who hasn’t come yet. Adam was a son of God, but Adam is dead. Lastly, angels are sons of God, and they are the only ones that fit this description.)
Genesis 18:2, 16-22 then 19:1-5, Sodom and Gomorrha’s two angels are men.
Joshua 5:13-15 Joshua draws his sword, but finds out this is the angel of the Lord, the captain of Lord’s army.
Luke 24:4, two men who were angels at the tomb
Acts 1:10, the disciples talked to two men after the ascension of the Lord Jesus Christ who were angels.
His spirit will no longer strive with man’s vile flesh. Genesis 6:3, 5-7
...he also is flesh… Also? Who else is flesh?
Jude 6-7
When these angels with superior genetics produced children, they were larger than life, known for their physical attributes, celebrities, renown. They are sexual predators, deviants, polygamists, and fornicators.
2 Peters 2:4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
Celebrity of fallen angels 6:4

The superiority of gods in their morals and beliefs (vss 5-8)

Moral superiority based on physical characteristics
Immersion into evil – …EVERY imagination of the thoughts of his heart was ONLY evil CONTINUALLY… In 10 generations man has gone from paradise, to a knowledge of good and evil, to ONLY EVIL CONTINUALLY.
First case of repentance in the Bible is God repenting that He made man.The angels that left their own habitation because of carnality. Mankind was consumed with carnality. The culture was eat up with strongest, fastest, prettiest.
Los Angeles (city of angels) where the renown, celebrities, pretty people, and where our culture learns how to live, what to wear, what to listen to, what to watch – Los Angeles.
6:11,13 describes the world culture as violent. People loving death, sex, drunkenness, partying, fornicating, and corruption. All flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth (vs 12).

The soul that found grace (vss 9-13)

Noah saved by grace through faith. (Genesis 6:8, Hebrews 11:7)
How many people on the earth in Noah’s day? Just taking current growth rate there would’ve been just under a billion people on the earth. But considering people were living much longer and having children for much longer time frame there were many more than this. If you just add 1/1000th of a percent to the current growth rate you end up with 4 billion people on the earth. Realistically though we’re looking at 19 or 20 billion people.
God’s grace (Genesis 6:8) in light of God’s judgment; God’s desire to save mankind in light of his His unwanted judgment of the world with a flood.
Noah finds the grace of God.
Noah is perfect in his generations and a just man.
Noah walks with God.

The sudden wrath of God (vss 14-22)

Believer is prepared for God’s wrath
- Grace of God will be found in the ark of salvation (Genesis 6:14-16)
- By grace through faith is the recipe.
- The ark was built in the open, was not hidden, just like Jesus Christ. We’re not told how long it took to build the ark; 20 years? 40 years? 80 years? But God allowed 120 years from his warning to Noah. Imagine Noah finishes the ark after 80 years. For the next 40 years he is a preacher of righteousness as Peter said.
Unbeliever is unprepared for God’s wrath
- 7:17-20. So in 40 days the water went 15 cubits (26 ft) above the tallest mountain (29,029). That is a torrential flood of 726 ft over the whole earth every 24 hours. Or 30 ¼ ft every hour over the entire earth. Or 6 ft of water over the whole earth every minute. This happens so fast there is no time to respond if you’re not ready. Fossils are formed in this massive flood of water pressure.
- And while the believer, Noah, is prepared for the wrath of God, the unbeliever is obviously not. This is why the days of Noah are like the coming of the Son of Man. Matthew 24:37-41 – The sudden destruction of the flood is a type of the coming of the Son of man (Luke 17:26-27).

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Enoch’s Faith (Genesis #18)

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Enoch’s faith

Text: Genesis 5:21-24, Hebrews 11:5-6, Jude 14-15

Enoch’s faith is the subject of today’s sermon. He was contemporary with Adam for 308 years. Enoch’s faith led to his victory over death, his rapture out of this world, and his legacy in his son Methuselah. Hebrews 11:5-6, Jude 14-15

Walk of faith

Genesis 5:24 And Enoch walked with God….
While these other folks built an ark and survived a global flood, were tortured and martyred, saw children raised from the dead, lived through attempts to be burned alive, Enoch’s claim to fame in God’s record is that he walked with God and that made God happy.
- Walk implies progress
- Walk implies fellowship. Walk implies agreement: Same pace. Same direction
- Walk to a destination.
In step with the Lord
- Hear Him talk.
- I need to talk to Him.
- I need to work when and where He wants to work.
- I need to be with others who are working with Him.
His life ended early in comparison to his peers, but only because he pleased God.

Victory of faith

By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death…
Victorious over death
- Translation is the victorious transition of power
- It is more than a “change” according to God. It is to be free from bondage.
- O death where is thy sting?
- 2 Samuel 3:1-10 House of Saul warred against house of David
- Colossians 1:13 glorious power of the father…who hath delivered us from the power of darkness… translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son
Victorious over the world
- Enoch was accomplishing what he’s here to do.
- Without faith it is impossible to please God (11:6). If something is of no value to God, what could it be good for?
- Faith yields reward…he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. (11:6)
- … for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
The testimony meant he could tell others how to please God if they’d listen.
Must have this testimony else how will you be a witness to others to tell them how to please God?

Preaching of faith

The only specific thing that is recorded about Enoch is his preaching. Jude 14-15 Preaching against ungodly, warning of coming judgment.
He preaches Jesus Christ without knowing the name Jesus Christ.

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First Adam/Last Adam (Genesis #17)

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First Adam/Last Adam

Text: Genesis 5

7 days of creation are 7 literal days because Adam’s age is given in verse 3

Likeness of first Adam vs likeness of last Adam (5:1)

Likeness of Adam is not an exact duplicate, but has the image, characteristics, and same substance as Adam.
Likeness of Christ works the same way. People who will one day be like Christ doesn’t mean they are going to be exact copies of Jesus Christ. Because eye color, hair color, size of a nose or size of ears doesn’t make any difference when it comes to righteousness.
1 John 3:2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
Philippians 3:21

Named by first Adam and named by the last Adam (5:2)

Basis for taking the name of the man in 5:2
Christian takes the name of Christ

Cursing in first Adam, Blessings in last Adam

1 Corinthians 15:22, 45-49
Romans 5:12-21
- Judgment vs Justification
- Death reigns vs Life eternal
- Disobedience made offspring sinners vs Obedience made offspring righteous
- Death vs Resurrection from death
- Earthly vs Heavenly

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Calling on the Lord (Genesis #16)

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Calling on the Lord

Text: Genesis 4:19-26

Success by any worldly standard, but without salvation

At the beginning here in Genesis you’re covering a lot of ground, thousands of years in just a few chapters. This means that whatever is included is VERY important to note. The last phrase in Genesis 4:26 – call upon the name of the Lord – will show up a few more times in the Bible. Each time it is the means of salvation of souls.
Lamech is the one the Lord picks out to define the state of things for a thousand years.
- Lamech dishonors marriage
- Lamech kills a man and boasts about it
- Lamech says his sin is more noble than his great great great great grandfather Cain’s sin
- Cultural advancements in the line of Cain and progress without God
The contrast will be that everything Cain’s lineage produces, all the culture and technology without God, will be wiped out in the flood. Noah will come from Seth’s line.
And that also means that everyone in Seth’s lineage dies too except Noah and his family.

God’s requirement for salvation of a soul

By the time of Seth’s birth Adam and Eve are probably broken but have come to accept sin having witnessed human history without sin and then living in sin.
David on his deathbed says in Psalms 116:1-4, 13, 17 that he’s called on the Lord and the Lord has heard him.
Zephaniah 3:8-13 and applied by Paul in Romans 10:13

A preacher of salvation

Enos apparently means weak, incurable, frail, and sickly. It certainly describes how a soul must see itself before it calls on the name of the Lord.
Peter preaches it in Acts 2:21 applying Joel 2:28-32
Jesus said in John 5:38-40
The point is there is a man associated with people calling on the name of the Lord!

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The Way of Cain (Genesis #15)

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The Way of Cain

Text: Genesis 4:1-18

Cain is the firstborn. Adam and Eve will find the chickens have come home to roost so to speak. The sin they brought into the world reaches its peak in Cain. He murders his brother because he’s envious that God has accepted Abel’s offering. Jude 1:11 Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain…

Way of Cain is persecution of the faithful (vss 1-8)

Process of time means he must have been doing right for a while, but for one reason or another decided he’d do his own thing.
1 John 3:12 Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.

Way of Cain is eternally lost (vss 9-15)

There will be no place found for Cain. Notice verses 11-14. At judgment there is no place for the wicked. They are cast out forever.
The way the Lord words things is great. Voice of the blood sounds like a crime scene investigation. These experts trying to “hear the message” of the crime scene and determine what happened and why.
This is the man’s blood that the earth drinks up. The earth will get tired of bloodshed and will sometimes vomit the inhabitants out (Numbers 35:33).

Way of Cain is the appearance of success without God (vss 16-18)

Cain leaves the presence of God, but he’s not lost in the world. He becomes successful and builds an entire city.

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Abel’s Faith (Genesis #14)

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Abel’s Faith

Text: Genesis 4:1-8, Hebrews 11:4

Let’s look at Hebrews 11:4 and discuss Abel’s faith.

An active faith

By faith Abel OFFERED…
By faith describes the performance of faith
Genesis 4:3 …process of time…
- The process of time suggests that Cain did the right thing for a while, but over time something changed and he decided to offer something else.
- Perhaps Cain’s fruit trees were in season and he decided to offer something from the garden.
- Time is the trial afforded by God to test the metal of faith.

An superior faith

offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain…
Both of them offered something to God.
Excellent because Abel’s was a SACRIFICE.
- Abel’s offering more excellent because the COST was greater.
Excellent because of obedience.
- Offerings are a response to God’s revelation of Himself.
- Offerings are about God, not about you. Excellent because Abel regarded what God wanted, not what he wanted.

A justifying faith

by which he obtained witness that he was righteous…
The offering wasn’t what made him righteous, his offering was the result of his righteousness.
And God testified of his righteousness when the sacrifice was made just as God testified of Cain’s wickedness when his sacrifice was made.
…God testifying of his gifts…
Genesis 4:4-5 …respect unto Abel…Cain and to his offering he had not respect….
You could bring your service to God and He might not accept it.
- You can’t even approach God without a sacrifice.

An enduring faith

…he being dead yet speaketh.
The first record of the human family are not cave pictures. (No such thing as cavemen.) It is a story of religion, faith, obedience, persecution, hatred, and murder.
Revealed from faith to faith as faith is passed on, enduring the test of time. Romans 1:17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
Persecuted for his faith. Abel left a testimony.
Now, what’s your testimony in this life?

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Cherubim (Genesis #13)

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Cherubim

Text: Genesis 3:22-24

God says man has become like God knowing good and evil, but it’s corrupted man. Now, man has the ability to physically eat all the medicinal properties of the tree of life and live forever in a sinful state. The tree of life is a real physical tree also found in Revelation 22:2, 14.

Exodus 25:19 – the cherubim surround the place of fellowship with God

Psalm 80:1, 99:1 – the Shepherd of Israel dwells between the cherubim

Ezekiel 1:1 – 28 …10:1 -22 – cherubim surround the glory of God (10:20 the living creatures are the cherubim)

Devil a cherub according to Ezekiel 28:11-19

The devil was found near a tree in Genesis 3.

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The Foundation of the World (Genesis #12)

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Foundation of the world

Text: Genesis 3:1-21

The earth has already been created, but as we’ve seen the earth and the world are different things. 1 Samuel 2:8.

God of this world (vss 1-5)

2 Corinthians 4:3-4
Ephesians 2:2-3

All that is in the world (vss 6-7)

1 John 2:15-17
James 1:27

Friendship with the world is enmity with God (vss 8-13)

James 4:4

Sin and death entered the world (vss 14-19)

Romans 5:12

Lamb slain from the foundation of the world (vs 21)

We have tried to figure out why Adam and Eve didn’t die when God said they’d die if they ate the fruit. We’ve spiritualized it into something that really doesn’t mean anything. We’ve said they died spiritually. That’s not true and really, in the Bible, has no meaning. Spiritual is life, Carnal is death. But the bigger problem I think is that we lose sight of the Lord Jesus Christ trying to figure out what’s happening.
Revelation 13:8 – So the Lord Jesus Christ offered Himself from the foundation of the world to save Adam’s race. The Lord takes the life of a lamb, gives clothes to Adam and Eve and atones for their sin. And from that day forward the scriptures and records that God will keep will point to the Lord Jesus Christ.
- Matthew 13:35
- Luke 11:50
- Ephesians 1:4
Hebrews 9:26
Matthew 25:34

A book written from the foundation of the world

Revelation 17:8

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Marriage Done Right (Genesis #11)

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God created marriage. It’s not a creation of the state, but an institution of God.

Text: Genesis 2:18-25

Marriage truths:

Out of it comes the sociological truth that men and women are distinct and complementary – not good that man should be alone.
Out of it comes the biological truth that reproduction requires a man and a woman – heirs together of the grace of life. Science says we can do it without a man and a woman. No, you can’t.
Out of it comes the spiritual reality that love is learned in commitment.
Out of it comes the generational truth that children need a mother and a father. Or generally said a father figure and a mother figure where mom and dad are not present for whatever reason.

Priority – Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother

It is changing relational priorities
- The most important relationship is with mom and dad until marriage
- A marriage loses priority for one of two reasons; neglect or retreat.
- You communicate priority with:
  - Sacrifice
  - Time – Time is the commodity of relationships. Sometimes we put so much time into other people we neglect our own family.
  - Energy – devote energy to the relationship – actively participate.
  - Attitude – positive and affirming. Spouse should be best friend. Esteeming one another
- You keep marriage a priority by:
  - Date nights
  - traditions
  - make much of your mutual interests
  - take an interest in the other’s interests
- The Lord Jesus Christ left glory to pursue and make his relationship with sinners as his priority.

Pursuit – and shall cleave unto his wife

Secondly, it is a PURSUIT, meaning it is accomplished on purpose; it requires you to move in the direction of forgiveness, charity, compassion, wisdom, selflessness.
Wife: What are you doing?. Husband: Nothing. Wife: You did nothing yesterday. Husband: I’m not finished.
- Desire to spend time
- Time spent
- Empathy and understanding
Marriages don’t work by accident, they require attention and commitment. It is the basis for love, not that love is the basis for marriage.

Possession – and they two shall be one flesh

The third part of Genesis 2:24 where God defines marriage is the POSSESSION; it is a joining together.
- The Lord Jesus Christ concluded his answer to the Pharisees in Matthew 19:6 with, What therefore God hath joined together (man & woman), let not man put asunder.
- Marriage is joining together; lives are shared physically, emotionally, financially, and spiritually.
What is God’s design in joining a man and woman together? Two things:
- Fellowship – intimacy and companionship with your spouse.
- Fruitfulness – Though God can create without two parties involved He has designed people to be fruitful, heirs together of the grace of life – John 15:5

Purity – and they were both naked… and were not ashamed

Another word for purity would be holiness.
Marriage is supposed to have a purifying effect.

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Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil (Genesis #10)

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Text: Genesis 2:16-18

This is the first and only commandment God gives Adam.

God’s good commandment

Poisonous tree in the garden, at least if you eat it. God created a lot of things, but not everything is to eat. Some things have other purposes and uses.
Proverbs 6:23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
This is not a test for Adam. This is a commandment. The Lord doesn’t warn Adam of the poisonous tree in order to see what Adam would do, He told Adam not to eat it because it would kill him if he ate it. It’s like a parent telling their children not to eat rat poison. Parents wouldn’t say that to test their children, it would be to prevent them from being poisoned.
Mushroom story.
Romans 16:19 there is little benefit to knowing evil although Satan presented it as something desirable.

What’s this tree?

You’ve heard Adam and Eve ate an apple. I don’t know where that came from, but the world believes that’s the fairy tale of Genesis 3. One of the most popular and influential companies in the world today is a company called Apple whose logo is an apple with a bite out of it.
There are two trees described for what they do in Genesis 2. One tree physically gives life and it’s found in Revelation 2:7, 22:2, and 14. It probably works like medicine in that it would cure whatever o9you have. I don’t really picture Adam and Eve taking one bite of the tree of life and just living forever. At least not based on the descriptions given in Revelation.
The second tree physically introduces a knowledge of evil. It’s like eating something that looks good, but when you bite into it your senses are disturbed; something tastes off. So physically, through their sense of taste, the knowledge of evil is introduced. We’ll talk more about that in Genesis 3.
What is the knowledge of good and evil?
- Hebrews 5:14 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
- 2 Samuel 19:35 I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?
- Jeremiah 24:3 Then said the LORD unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the evil, very evil, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.
- Deuteronomy 1:39 Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.

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Eden and the Holy Land (Genesis #9)

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Text: Genesis 2:8-15

Genesis 2:8-15 – Eden

There is a serpent in this garden. Man’s job is to stay away from the serpent’s tree. And keep the serpent’s influence away from the generations of man. That didn’t last very long.
Notice Ezekiel all the precious stones and valuable metals that are mentioned in Genesis 2 and Ezekiel 28:13 where Satan first shows up.
10 horns – Revelation 12:9

Abram – 12:1, 13:14-18, 15:18-21 (10 Gentile nations in the land)

Deuteronomy 11:8-11

Exodus – Deuteronomy God is preparing His people to inherit the land.

Joshua – God’s people go forth to conquer and inherit what God has promised.

Judges – Cycle of Rebellion and God’s deliverance, Judges 1:16-21, 27…

1-2 Samuel

1-2 Kings – all these deal with Israeli kings ruling on the throne in God’s Holy Land.

Babylonians capturing the land so the land could enjoy her Sabbaths (2 Chronicles 36:15-21, Daniel 1:1-2 timing is exactly 490 years, 70 x 7, meaning 70 sabbaths since Israel’s first king began his reign.
Then Persia coming into the land and taking it

1-2 Chronicles – Details only the kings of Judah and their spiral downward, particularly the throne associated with the Holy Land.

Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther – all deal with the throne under Persian rule

Isaiah – Dealings with Israel’s relationship to the Assyrian beast. Notice Isaiah 10:10-11 & 14:25, 23:13, 30:31, 31:8, 36-39, 52:4 (the Iron legs in Daniel 2, North and South – Egypt in the south, Diverse beast of Daniel 7, the North in Daniel 11, Revelation 13, 17)

Jeremiah – Dealings with Israel’s relationship to the Babylonian Woman (Revelation 17:5-7) Shows up 149 times in Jeremiah. The head of gold in Daniel 2, and the winged lion of Daniel 7.

Lamentations – Jerusalem’s destruction due to her relationship with the beast (Lamentations 5:6)

Ezekiel – Deals specifically with Jerusalem and the throne of God’s holy land and how she has sold herself to these other nations

Daniel – He is going to sum up what’s happening and project the future of this time of the Gentiles until the end. Daniel gives the timing, how long the Gentiles will rule the land.

Luke 21:24 times of the Gentiles be fulfilled. Specific time Gentiles will rule the land to punish Israel.
Daniel 9:24-27 – 70 weeks are determined upon thy people
69 weeks pass when Jesus Christ is crucified – Daniel 9:26-27
Matthew 4:15, 25 (Decapolis – 10)
History of Jerusalem’s captivity by Gentile beasts (nations)
Daniel 7:4 – Babylon (606 BC – 536 BC)
Daniel 7:5 – Media-Persia (536 BC – 333 BC)
Daniel 7:6 – Greece – Romans 11:25

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A Living Soul (Genesis #8)

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Text: Genesis 2:1-7

Man is a living soul that has a body. So the you that is you is not visible. 1 Corinthians 15:45 And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.

Genesis 35:18 the death of the body is the departure of the soul

Leviticus 5:1-6 the soul, or that person, will carry this guilt until it is remedied.

Job 33:14-29 Rescuing of a soul

Matthew 10:28 fear him that can kill both body and soul

Mark 8:36-37 Nothing more important than your soul, whether you know it or not

Luke 12:20 the soul is what God requires of man

1 Peter 2:11 fleshly lusts that war against the soul

2 Peter 2:8 vexed his righteous soul

Second death is the death of the soul

Genesis, Preaching

Mankind (Genesis #7)

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Text: Genesis 1:24-31

Day 6 God creates cattle and man.

Man’s Image

God creates the animals and says you will reproduce after your own kind. In other words reproduce in your own image.
Then the Lord says to the angelic host, let’s make man in our image. Let’s make a physical representation of the heavenly host and put them on earth to have dominion over creation.
Genesis 18:1-3 angels are called men, not because angels look like men, but because human beings look like angels.
Difference would be that man would multiply himself.

Man’s Dominion

Psalm 8:4-9
Hebrews 2:6-7 But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou visitest him? 7 Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands:

Everything at this point is very good.

Genesis, Preaching

Fish and Birds (Genesis #6)

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Text: Genesis 1:20-23

All this before sin entered the world

Fish are birthed in the water
Birds came from the water
This is probably why they’re movements and habits are similar.
You don’t need wings or fins to walk on land, but to travel in the sky or in the water you do.
Air currents and water currents are very similar in the way they move.

Multiply after their kind

Since he told them to multiply the Lord probably made a few types of fish and birds just like He made two people. The seas and the airway were not teeming with life, but had a couple of all the kinds of creatures and God told them to multiply.

Evening and morning were the fifth day

Genesis, Preaching

Astronomy (Genesis #5)

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Text: Genesis 1:14-19

We’re talking about astronomy tonight. Heaven and earth are already created. Vegetation has already been created. Now the Sun, Moon, and stars will be created as signs and ornaments in God’s creation. All of these things are created for the heaven and the earth.

Astronomy magnifies the Creator

You know what a sign is. It is a message that is highly visible. STOP signs, HWY signs, etc.
Moses was given a couple of signs to show Israel to prove God was with him.
Job 9:9-10 Orion
Amos 5:8 Seek the Creator, not the stars or the planets
Constellations in Isaiah 13:10. Can you imagine a day coming when astronomers and scientists look out in the sky and see nothing. They may say now, who is God? But on that day there will be no way to avoid their fear.

Astronomy marks the passing of time

Job 38:31 Orion and seasons

Astronomy in relation to the earth

Here are some interesting things to consider in the Bible. We wouldn’t make this a point of contention, but it is noteworthy that these references talk about the earth being in a fixed place in God’s universe while the lights in the sky follow a circuit around the earth.
Joshua 10:12-13
Job 26:7 …he hangeth the earth upon nothing…
Psalm 19:2-6
Psalm 104:19-24

Genesis, Preaching

The Earth (Genesis #4)

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Text: Genesis 1:9-13

On day three the Lord will do three things. He will gather the waters under the firmament together and call them Seas. He will bring dry land out and call it Earth. Then He will seed the earth and the earth will bring forth grass and herbs and trees and fruit.

Designs in rocks

Dry ground and types of soil
- Sandy
- Silty
- Clay
- Chalk
- Pete
Rock
Metals
Precious stones.
Granite and polonium rings evidence of nearly instant creation.

Designs genetics, everything after its kind.

30-40 plants just in our yard
Plants are food.
Plants are building materials.
Plants are medicines.
Plants are perfumes.
Plants are filters to process C02 into oxygen.
Plants are “solar power panels”
Seed in itself

Genesis, Preaching

The Heavens (Genesis #3)

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Text: Genesis 1:6-8

This is the scientific account by an eyewitness of how the space was created between earth and God’s throne. The waters below the firmament are going to be gathered together where the earth is in verse 9. Then there are waters above the firmament. Now this is the part we know the least about: these waters above the emptiness that we call space.

Most High God

You learn a little more about this firmament in verses 1:14-16. It is the emptiness – SPACE – where the Sun, Moon, and stars are. It is also immediately above the earth where birds fly in 1:20. But you know birds don’t fly in outer space. They fly in space that is directly above the earth. So this heaven has levels or steps. They’ll be called the heavens from here on. Then in 2 Corinthians 12:2-4 Paul describes a third tier where a paradise is located. Deuteronomy 10:14 Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the LORD’S thy God… What’s unique about this third heaven is that it is not underneath any body of water, but seems to rest on top of a massive body of water. Revelation 4:6 And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal…
Psalm 148:4 Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens.
Hierarchy of creation
Remember the Spirit of God moved on the face of the waters in verse 2? Psalm 11:4 The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD’S throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
- The throne means there’s a king. So creation rests under a kingdom.
- Psalm 103:19 The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all. The King of heaven’s kingdom interacts with men on the earth.
- God is called the HEAVENLY Father.
With that understanding, let’s return to the firmament, the space, God created between the waters.

God’s empty canvas

Psalm 19:1 Communicate the glory and handiwork of God.
In the first heaven…
- God pours water from heaven in the form of rain.
- God sends fire from heaven on Sodom and Gomorrah.
- Moses raises staff toward heaven and plagues covered Egypt.
- God sends bread from heaven on Israel in the form of Manna.
- Make heaven as iron
Romans 1:17-18 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith. 18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
Moving out further into the second heaven
- The Creator would hang signs in this SPACE according to Genesis 1:14-18
- Planets, galaxies, all in a canvas bigger than can be comprehended – Jeremiah 31:37.
- And that shows you that the incomprehensible vastness of the universe is still within and under the kingdom of heaven. 2 Chronicles 2:6 But who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should build him an house, save only to burn sacrifice before him?
- No such thing as the “Big Bang” where an explosion happened from nothing. This ignorant superstition about a ball of nothing that came from nowhere and miraculously exploded, even though there was nothing to explode. In a fairy tale for grown ups, the nothing exploded for no reason and turned into intelligence.
Isaiah 55:9 heaven higher than earth God’s ways higher than mans

Heaven and earth

Heaven and earth will be the two focal points of all of creation. Not outer space. Not other planets. The Sun is not the center of the universe. It’s not even the focal point of the solar system. In fact, at this point, it’s not even created and it won’t be until day 4.
Heaven his throne and the earth is his footstool.
On earth as it is in heaven.
Psalm 115:16 The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD’S: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.
Until one day when the most important representative from the kingdom of Heaven appears – the Lord Jesus Christ.
- Matthew 3:1-2 In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, 2 And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
- Matthew 4:17 From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
- Matthew 5:3, 10, 20 3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. … 10 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. … 20 For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.
- Matthew 7:21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
- Matthew 11:12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force. Jesus Christ is talking about himself. He represents and is the kingdom of heaven. However he is treated is how those souls respond to God’s kingdom.
- Matthew 18:23 Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which would take account of his servants. Remember the Psalm? Psalm 115:16 The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD’S: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.
- Matthew 25:14 For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. Remember the Psalm? Psalm 115:16 The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD’S: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.

Heavens like a tent

Isaiah 40:22 – stretched out
Revelation 6:14 – rolled up

Genesis, Preaching

Light (Genesis #2)

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Text: Genesis 1:2-5

God’s desire is illumination (vs 3)

1 John 1:5 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
Romans 1:21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
1 John 1:5-7 – walk in light is allowing his word (vs 10) to find sin in these verses.
- Jesus said men love darkness because their deeds are evil.
His scriptures are light – Psalm 119:105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
The Savior is light
- John 8:12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world…
- Revelation 21:23 And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
His Saints are light
- Man in his natural state is darkness, but transformed by the Lord Jesus Christ who is Light, that man becomes light.
- Matthew 5:14 Ye are the light of the world…
- 1 Peter 2:9 …that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light

Separation of light and darkness (vs 4)

God calls the light good, but does not call the darkness good. And thus is introduced one of the great themes of the Bible – light in contrast to darkness.
- Light has a way of dissolving fear. (My dream as a kid of the monster in the room and woke up to shadows on the wall. Found out it was a tree.)
- Light makes the path plain, darkness there is stumbling at the unknown. Wicked love darkness and know not at what they stumble.
Light is good
- Physical sight and vision are the most obvious..
- Light is also understanding and knowledge. (Have you ever understood something and said, “Oh, I see.” Your parents probably used the phrase “it dawned on me.” Dawn means light is springing up.)
Walk in the light
- 2 Corinthians 4:4-6 – light of the glorious gospel
- Ephesians 5:8, 10-14 – children of light, reprove works done in darkness

Day vs Night

From here on, every creature and every human being will understand that Day is defined as a time when light rules and Night is defined as a time when darkness rules.
1 Thessalonians 5:5-9

Category: Genesis

Faith cometh by hearing the word of God

Faith is substance of things hoped for and evidence of things not seen

Faith that justifies

Days of Noah

Covenant in Noah

Righteous inheriting the world

The sons of God (vss 1-4)

The superiority of gods in their morals and beliefs (vss 5-8)

The soul that found grace (vss 9-13)

The sudden wrath of God (vss 14-22)

Walk of faith

Victory of faith

Preaching of faith

Likeness of first Adam vs likeness of last Adam (5:1)

Named by first Adam and named by the last Adam (5:2)

Cursing in first Adam, Blessings in last Adam

Success by any worldly standard, but without salvation

God’s requirement for salvation of a soul

A preacher of salvation

Way of Cain is persecution of the faithful (vss 1-8)

Way of Cain is eternally lost (vss 9-15)

Way of Cain is the appearance of success without God (vss 16-18)

An active faith

An superior faith

A justifying faith

An enduring faith

God of this world (vss 1-5)

All that is in the world (vss 6-7)

Friendship with the world is enmity with God (vss 8-13)

Sin and death entered the world (vss 14-19)

Lamb slain from the foundation of the world (vs 21)

A book written from the foundation of the world

Priority – Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother

Pursuit – and shall cleave unto his wife

Possession – and they two shall be one flesh

Purity – and they were both naked… and were not ashamed

Astronomy magnifies the Creator

Astronomy marks the passing of time

Astronomy in relation to the earth

Most High God

God’s empty canvas

Heaven and earth

Heavens like a tent

God’s desire is illumination (vs 3)

Separation of light and darkness (vs 4)

Day vs Night

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