Benjamin Murphy
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Benjamin Murphy
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Sermon Series Highlights

Genesis

Covered by the Blood

Introduction:

The Gospel in the Garden: Three Foundations of Faith (Genesis 3:20-24):

  1. Believe God's Promise . (Gen 3:20)
  2. Receive God's Provision . (Gen 3:21)
  3. Trust God's Path . (Gen 3:22-24)

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Small Group Discussion
Read Genesis 3:20-24

  1. What was your big take-away from this passage / message?

  2. What is a curse? What does it mean that disobedience to God results in a curse from God? What does this have to do with Jesus? See Galatians 3:10-13

  3. What is faith? How did Adam demonstrate faith (Gen 3:20)?

  4. Explain the significance of God clothing Adam and Eve with skins (Gen 3:21).

  5. Why did God drive Adam and Eve out of the Garden of Eden (Gen 3:22)? How was this actually a blessing for them?

Breakout
Pray for one another.

Under a Curse

Introduction:

Cursed By God: The Consequences of Sin (Genesis 3:14-19):

  1. To the serpent: Defeat . (Gen 3:14-15)
  2. To the woman: pain at Home . (Gen 3:16)

    Genesis 4:7 - And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is contrary to you, but you must rule over it.

  3. To the man: pain at Work . (Gen 3:17-19)

What does this have to do with Good Friday?

Galatians 3:10-13 - For all who rely on works of the law are under a curse; for it is written, "Cursed be everyone who does not abide by all things written in the Book of the Law, and do them." Now it is evident that no one is justified before God by the law, for "The righteous shall live by faith." But the law is not of faith, rather "The one who does them shall live by them." Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree"

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Small Group Discussion
Read Genesis 3:14-19

  1. What was your big take-away from this passage / message?

  2. What is a curse? What does it mean that disobedience to God results in a curse from God? What does this have to do with Jesus? See Galatians 3:10-13

  3. What is faith? How did Adam demonstrate faith (Gen 3:20)?

  4. Explain the significance of God clothing Adam and Eve with skins (Gen 3:21).

  5. Why did God drive Adam and Eve out of the Garden of Eden (Gen 3:22)? How was this actually a blessing for them?

Breakout
Pray for one another.

The Fall of Man

Introduction:

The Origin and the Pattern of Sin (Genesis 3:1-13):

  1. Sin starts when we Disregard God's Word. (Gen 3:1-6)
    1. You Doubt the Authenticity of God's Word. (Gen 3:1-3)
    2. You Deny the Accuracy of God's Word. (Gen 3:1)
    3. You Disobey the Authority of God's Word. (Gen 3:4-6)
  1. Sin brings shame when we try to Disguise . (Gen 3:7)
  2. Sin causes us to Disengage from God. (Gen 3:8-10)
  3. Sin makes us want to Deflect guilt. (Gen 3:11-13)

    Romans 5:12 - Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned...

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Small Group Discussion
Read Genesis 3:1-13

  1. What was your big take-away from this passage / message?

  2. Define sin, in your own words, how you would to an unbeliever.

  3. In Gen 3:5, what did the serpent tell Eve God was withholding from her? In other words, “why was God restricting them”?

  4. Why do you think we tend to blame others for our sin (Gen 3:12)?

  5. Why did Satan first cast doubt on God’s Word (Gen 3:1), instead of just flat-out denying God’s Word from the beginning (Gen 3:4)?

Breakout
Pray for one another.

God's Design for Marriage

Introduction:

Genesis 1:1 - In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

God's Design for Marriage (Genesis 2:18-25):

  1. Leave for your new priority.
  2. Cleave to your wife exclusively.
  3. Weave your lives together in unity.

    Matthew 19:6 - So they are no longer two but one flesh.

    Matthew 19:6 - What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.

3 Things to Embrace to Grow in Unity:

  1. I keep no Secrets .
  2. I do nothing that makes my spouse Uncomfortable .
  3. My money is Our money .

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Small Group Discussion
Read Genesis 2:18-25

  1. What was your big take-away from this passage / message?

  2. Why did God have Adam name the animals (Gen 2:19-20)? What was the point of that assignment?

  3. Why is “leaving father and mother” the necessary first step in marriage? What does it mean to “leave”?

  4. What does it mean that marriage is a “covenant”? For those married - how does that determine the way we conduct ourselves as a spouse?

  5. What is the best piece of marriage advice you’ve ever heard?

Breakout
Pray for one another.

In the Beginning, God Created.

Introduction:

Genesis 1:1 - In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

Why I Believe in Creation (Genesis 1:1):

  1. The alternative is clearly False .

    Hasn't science proven evolution?

    But what about the cavemen?

    Mark 10:6 - But from the beginning of creation, 'God made them male and female.'

    But what about fossils?

    What about genetic mutations?

  2. Science Confirms creation.

    Psalm 14:1 - The fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds; there is none who does good.

  3. God Said He created the heavens and the earth in six literal days. (2 Thes 3:13-15)
  4. Jesus Believed and Taught creation.

    Matthew 19:4 - He answered, "Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female..."

Why it Matters

  1. It Determines How We View God's Word .

    2 Timothy 3:16 - All Scripture is breathed out by God...

  2. It Determines How We View God .

    Psalm 100:3 - Know that the LORD, he is God! It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

  3. It Determines How We View Salvation .

    Romans 5:15 - But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if many died through one man's trespass, much more have the grace of God and the free gift by the grace of that one man Jesus Christ abounded for many.

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Small Group Discussion
Read Genesis 1:1

  1. What was your big take-away from this passage / message?

  2. How would you respond to a fellow Christian saying, “It doesn't really matter if Christians believe in creation. That's just a secondary issue.”?

  3. Why can't Christians believe God used evolution/millions of years to create? Why is that inconsistent with the Bible?

  4. How is creation tied into our salvation? Read 1 Corinthians 15:45.

Breakout
Pray for one another.