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The Gospel According to Genesis Today, we will deal with a few passages from the book of Genesis that teach us about the prophetic text concerning our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. As we approach the days to celebrate the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ, we must learn about the prophetic texts that teach…

We spoke last week on the corruption of the world after the fall. How the world was becoming increasingly sinful. How there was a war between righteousness, and evil. Great judgement was going to fall on the earth. This brings us to the point of the flood. A time when God would de-create, and re-create…

Review When I began this series last week, my first objective was to ensure that we have a biblical worldview concerning the nature of man. Man has a sin nature. This reality is what makes government necessary today. Briefly, we considered what the world was like before human government. We saw that…

Emerging from the Ark And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth. The fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth and upon every bird of the heavens, upon everything that creeps on the ground and all the fish of the sea.…

Faithful God Gen 8:1-3 “But God remembered Noah and all the beasts and all the livestock that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind blow over the earth, and the waters subsided. The fountains of the deep and the windows of the heavens were closed, the rain from the heavens was restrained, and…

This Week’s Theme: A Spiritual Contract Word for the Week is Covenant: It is God’s commitment to, and requirement of, his people expressed in promise, law, judgment, faithfulness and mercy. Also used of commitment within human relationships based upon agreements. Memory verse: Psalm 62:11 God has spoken…

Connecting the Dots When things are not easy to reconcile in our minds. Read 1 “You are the sons of the Lord your God. You shall not cut yourselves or make any baldness on your foreheads for the dead. 2 For you are a people holy to the Lord your God, and the Lord has chosen you to be a people for his…

The Predictions About The Messiah in Pentateuch Both Jewish and Christian traditions from the early centuries found references to the Messiah in the Law, also known as Pentateuch. Some of the most controversial passages among the scholarly world are Gen. 3:15 , Gen. 49:8-12 , Num. 24:17-19 , Deut. 18:18-19…

5 And Noah did all that the Lord had commanded him. What is faith? Complete trust or confidence in someone or something. Belief and trust in and loyalty to God. Faith is stepping out where one cannot see safety, yet trusting God’s promises. Noah was a prime example of this definition, faithfully stepping…

Genesis 9:1-17 1 And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth. 2 “The fear of you and the terror of you will be on every beast of the earth and on every bird of the sky; with everything that creeps on the ground, and all the fish of the sea, into your…

Last week we saw the end of the global flood, which destroyed all life on the earth except for Noah and his family. God released them and all the animals with them on the ark onto dry land, and God promised that He would never again curse the ground because of mankind’s sin. God’s discourse continues…

In my preparation for this series on the Ten Commandments I have come to the sad realization that it is not sufficient for me to preach upon how we obey each of the Ten Commandments, but why we should obey them. Increasingly, people who claim fidelity to God and His Word derive their morality from society…

God sets boundaries on Man's relationship with animals, other humans and Himself.

Intro: Binding on your bible is like the Covenants we find in the bible. Progressive revelation: God’s process of revelation whereby He, by his spirit and through the revealed word, exposes a deeper and richer understanding of himself as time progresses so that what we know at the conclusion of his revelation…

Wrath and Grace Today we are going to talk about one of the most beloved stories in the OT. This story has inspired flannel graphs, art work, and cute toys. In fact, our nursery has a big mural of this story on one of its walls. As do many nurseries across the country. If you haven’t guessed yet we are…

How Precious is Life Rev. Thomas A West, Sr October 3, 2021 Exodus 20:13 Introduction September 27, 2021 Headlines 1. Eight year old killed, shot while playing on his front porch 2. Sixty-two year old grandmother killed by jealous boyfriend 3. 16 year old hits 6 cyclist while trying to make them eat…

Session Outline 1. Sin grieves God and brings His judgment (Gen. 6:5-7). 2. Sin brings judgment, but God provides grace (Gen. 6:8-9,17-22). 3. Sin will not halt God’s creative purpose ( Gen. 9:1 , 12-15 ). Summarize: In this session, we will see that what began in Eden with Adam and Eve’s choice not…

Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. Introduction The book of Genesis is the book of beginnings, it describes where we came from, it declares what is wrong with us, it discloses where we are going It lays the foundations of human institutions Now unlike any other time…

Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. Introduction The book of Genesis is the book of beginnings, it describes where we came from, it declares what is wrong with us, it discloses where we are going It lays the foundations of human institutions Now unlike any other time…

The question posed “does life matter” is a very important one for each of us to consider. Before we started Genesis I was asked by some… Is an old book like that really nessesary to teach from? Is it even pertinent to today? Why not preach something practical for our day and the issues we are seeing…

ME: There’s a cultural phenomenon going on in our world today called “cancel culture”. What it says is that if you express views that are contrary to those acceptable by a particular group - whether that be a group of friends, a business, a media channel, a government official, you can be locked out…

We are back in our study of the book of Genesis today. In our series THE PROMISE, we come to Genesis chapter 19 today. If you have read the text or are familiar with the story, you can probably understand why I’m always tempted to focus on the sin of the outsiders in texts like this. They are so obvious…

That may Some things to notice: The Lord appeared to Abraham near the great trees of Mamre while he was sitting at the entrance to his tent in the heat of the day. Most of us read this verse and we probably don’t think much about what we read. But if you were a Jew, the word LORD would spark all sorts…

The waiting game What about me? There is a danger in reading a text like we have today. Abram and Sarai were pagan’s. Spent years going against God’s will. Yet God blesses them The temptation when we look at someone like Abram is “What about me? ” I come to church, I try to do the right things… i”m not…

Pentateuch The story of how God restored mankind, lovingly and graciously redeeming them out of sin’s slavery and raising up a people though whom He would touch the whole world. Pentateuch is crucial to the rest of the Old Testament and the whole Bible Pentateuch means “5 Books”. It is the Book of the…