Sermon Tone Analysis

Genesis is the book of beginnings.

The seed of every Bible Doctrine can be found in this book, and indded this book should be referred to in any doctrinal study.

The foundation for the total depravity of man, and the universal salvation in Christ is established in the first three chapters of this book.

Title: Genesis is a Greek word meaning “origin, source, generation, or beginning.”

The original Hebrew title bere’shiyth means “In the Beginning.”

Author: Moses is unquestionably the author of Genesis (and all the Penteteuch).

Only in modern times have the antiChristian Bible-haters made “scholarly” attempts to discredit Mosaic authorship as a part of their overall attempt to deny Divine authorship of the Bible.

Thoughts & Notes on Chapter One 1.

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth ().

The first statement of Scripture is a direct assertion of Divine Creation.

No Bible-believing Christian can

accept any form of evolution.

Darwinism, and every other manifestation of Secular Humanism, will be repeatedly rejected throughout this Bible survey in accordance with .

2. The creation of angellic beings is not dealt with in Genesis.

Angels were on-hand to observe the creation of the Earth (), and it is therefore a natural conclusion to place their creation between the creation of the heavens (2nd & 3rd) and the creation of the earth.

3. The earth was formless and void ().

It was not created this way (), but came about because of the angelic rebellion and war (; ).

It is therefore a natural conclusion to place a gap between & .

Bible Texts for the Week Sunday: Monday: Tuesday: &2 Wednesday: Thursday: Friday: , Saturday:

Four Events Four People Foc us 1:1 11:9 11:10 50:26

Creation

Fall

Flood

Nations

Abraham

Isaac

Jacob

Joseph

Divisions

1:1 22:25

3:1 5:32

6:1 9:29

10:1 11:9 11:10 25:825:19 26:35 27:1 36:4337:1 50:26 Beginning of the Human Race Beginning of the Hebrew Race

Topics

Historical Biographical

Place

Fertile Crescent (Eden—Haran)

Canaan (Haran—Canaan) Egypt

Time

c.2000+ Years (c.4004-2090B.C.)

193 Years (2090-1897B.C.) 93 Years

Chapter Titles

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Creation & Recreation 3. The Fall of Man 4. Cain Murders Abel 5. Genealogies 6.

The Flood 7. The Flood 8.

The Flood 9.

The Rainbow & Capital Punishment 10.

Genealogies 11.

The Tower of Babel 12.

The Call of Abraham 13.

The Cowboy Conflict 14.

The Kidnapping of Lot 15.

Abraham Believed God

Austin Bible Church Pastor Bob Bolender - 1 -

One Year Through the Bible Week 1: December 30th through January 5th 4. א ָ רָ בּ bara’ #1254: to create is used in vv.1&21, and 3 times in v.27.

This is creation ex nihilo (out of nothing).

5. ה ָשָׂ ע ‘asah #6213: to make, fashion is used in vv.7,25,26,&31.

6.

The work of God in . is the restoration of the Earth to habitable conditions, and the creation of man to occupy and have dominion within the physical realm.

7. Adam & Eve were literal people (), and the human race is descended from them () st .

This is a fundamental issue, and cannot be treated lightly.

Thoughts & Notes on Chapter Two 1. is not a contradictory account of creation, but a supplementary account.

It goes back to the specific details of the creation of man. 2. The seventh day as a (sabbath) day of rest was established as a principle for the human race, long before the codification of the Sabbath day.

The Law of the Sabbath, as incorporated into the Law of Moses does not apply to Church Age believers, but the principle of Sabbath rest certainly does, as it comes from the creation itself (,). 3. Man’s body is a physical part of this physical creation (). 4. Man’s soul and spirit is a spiritual part of God’s spiritual creation ().

a.

The breath of “lives” is plural.

God imparted physical life to the body, soul life to the soul, and spiritual life to the human spirit of Adam.

b.

Eve was taken out of Adam and fashioned with physical, soul, & spiritual life.

There is no mention of a second “breathing” by God into Eve.

c.

There is also no Scripture which indicates a newborn baby receives God’s direct “breathing” of the breath of lives.

d.

Human babies receive bodies, souls, & (dead) human spirits from their parents.

At salvation the spirit is made alive (; ) st . 5. The Lord planted a garden in Eden and assigned work responsibilities to the man (). 6.

The Lord also established standards of righteous obedience, and tested the faith of man (,).

a.

The One Commandment was to not eat from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good & Evil.

b.

The penalty for sin was death ( cp. ). 7. The Lord made provision for man’s helpmate, to assist man in carrying out his work-assignment (.).

breath of lives; bodies will perish biological life soul life spirit life Hebrew plural three or more.

Breath of lives three or more.

Bios physical life, soul life psuche life, and there is the pneuma life.

the spiritual man is the pneuma teka body fallen body when god put the breath of lives he became a living soul nephesh kieem

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Thoughts & Notes on Chapter Three 1.

The Adversary, Satan, took the form of a serpent, and worked to deceive the woman, and bring about the volitional fall of man (; ).

a.

He cast doubt upon the content of God’s revealed word ().

b.

He observed Eve’s lack of understanding of God’s revealed word (,).

c.

He put forth a lie in contradiction of God’s revealed word (,). 2. Adam & Eve attempted to cover for their sin through human effort (fig leaves) (). 3. The Lord taught them that only through the shedding of blood, and the offering of a blood sacrifice could sin be covered (). 4. The first promise of a Redeemer is given in the promise within the curse ().

The Seed of the Woman will crush the serpent’s head. 5.

The curse upon the earth is man’s judgment for his volitional rebellion against the Lord (). 6.

The Lord drove Adam & Eve out of the garden so that they might not achieve everlasting physical life apart from everlasting spiritual life ().

Thoughts & Notes on Chapter Four 1.

The first human birth recognizes God’s Sovereignty in the gift of grace to parents ().

a. Cain.

ןִי ַ ק qayin #7014: possession.

fr.

הָנ ָ ק qanah #7069: to get, acquire, buy, possess.

b.

Abel.

לֶב ֶ ה hebel #1893: breath.