session 1 alive 2014grace in the rubble
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The Book of Genesis•Foundations of the whole story
GRACE UNPACKED
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What is GRACE?
Grace is God’s love for us • - even though we don’t deserve it •- even though we could never earn it
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Genesis 1-11•The Beginnings
grace in the rubble
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THE BIG PLAN (1-2)
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Genesis 1:3 And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.
THE BIG PLAN (1-2)
The panoramic view of the universe
– every vision of the world points to God
Psalm 19:1 The heavens declare the
glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his
hands.
THE BIG PLAN (1-2)
The panoramic view of the universe
– every vision of the world points to God
Genesis 1:25 And God saw that it was
good.
THE BIG PLAN (1-2)
The panoramic view of the universe
– every vision of the world points to God
Genesis 1:26-27 Then God said, "Let us make
man in our image, in our likeness, and let them
rule ... So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male
and female he created them.
THE BIG PLAN (1-2)
The pace slows right down
– We are the crowning glory of God’s creation
Genesis 2:7 The Lord God formed the man from the dust of the
ground …
THE BIG PLAN (1-2)
Chapter 2: all about us!
– Personally made by God’s own hand
Genesis 2:7 The Lord God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of
life, and the man became a living being.
THE BIG PLAN (1-2)
Chapter 2: all about us!
– Personally made by God’s own hand
– Made to breathe God’s breath (God’s life)
Genesis 2:22 Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and
he brought her to the man.
THE BIG PLAN (1-2)
Chapter 2: all about us!
– Personally made by God’s own hand
– Made to breath God’s breath (God’s life)
– Eve was made in the same way
Genesis 3:9 But the Lord God called to the man, "Where are you?"
THE BIG FALL (3-5)
All together LOST
– lost from God
Genesis 3:22-23 And the Lord God said, "The
man has now become like one of us .. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take
also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever." So the Lord God banished him from
the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been
taken.
THE BIG FALL (3-5)
All together LOST
– lost from God
– lost from life
Genesis 4:8 Now Cain said to his
brother Abel, "Let's go out to the field." And while they were in the field,
Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.
THE BIG FALL (3-5)
All together LOST
– lost from God
– lost from life
– lost from each other
Genesis 6:5-6 The Lord saw how great man's wickedness on the
earth had become, and that every inclination of the
thoughts of his heart was only evil all the time.
6 The Lord was grieved that he had made man on the earth, and his heart was
filled with pain.
THE BIG FALL (3-5)
All together LOST
– lost from God
– lost from life
– lost from each other
Genesis 7:12 And rain fell on the earth
forty days and forty nights.
THE BIG FLOOD (6-10)
– God judges sin
Genesis 6:18 But I will establish my
covenant with you, and you will enter the ark--you and
your sons and your wife and your sons' wives with you.
THE BIG FLOOD (6-10)
– God will not let sin destroy the world
– God judges sin
Hebrews 11:7 By faith Noah, when
warned about things not yet seen, in holy fear built an ark to save his family. By
his faith he condemned the world and became heir of
the righteousness that comes by faith.
THE BIG FLOOD (6-10)
– God will not let sin destroy the world
– God’s desire is to save
– God judges sin
Hebrews 11:7 By faith Noah, when
warned about things not yet seen, in holy fear built an ark to save his family. By
his faith he condemned the world and became heir of
the righteousness that comes by faith.
THE BIG FLOOD (6-10)
– God will not let sin destroy the world
– God’s desire is to save
– Noah was sin-ridden like us all
– God judges sin
Geness 11:4 Then they said, "Come, let
us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches
to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves and not be
scattered over the face of the whole earth.”
THE BIG TOWER (11)
We can’t rescue ourselves
Geness 11:8 So the Lord scattered them
from there over all the earth, and they stopped
building the city.
THE BIG TOWER (11)
If earth cannot rise to heaven … the only hope is for heaven to stoop
down to earth
We can’t rescue ourselves
Ephesians 1:4-5 For he chose us in him
before the creation of the world to be holy and
blameless in his sight. In love he predestined us to
be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in
accordance with his pleasure and will--
Grace notes …
Genesis 2:7 The Lord God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of
life, and the man became a living being.
Grace notes …
– The God who stoops down
Genesis 3:15 And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between
your offspring and hers; he will crush your head,
and you will strike his heel."
Grace notes …
– The man who crushes Satan’s head
– The God who stoops down
Genesis 3:21 The Lord God made
garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed
them.
Grace notes …
– The man who crushes Satan’s head
– The sacrifice that covered their shame
– The God who stoops down
Genesis 7:16 The animals going in were male and female of every
living thing, as God had commanded Noah. Then
the Lord shut him in.
Grace notes …
– The man who crushes Satan’s head
– The sacrifice that covered their shame
– The Lord who shut the door tight
– The God who stoops down
