A Sorrowful State, Part 2

FCC Vision Statement: Building on Exposition, Centering on Christ, Dying in Community, Serving on Mission

Genesis 6:4-8

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A Sorrowful State, Part 2 -- Lonnie Bell
Sermon Series: Genesis
Genesis 6:4-8
22 July 2018

Deep Sheet:  Sermon Study Questions
1.  What does it look like for us to feel the weight of sin and of grace in our daily lives? How can we cultivate the attitude of John Chrysostom: “I fear nothing but sin”?
2.  What does it mean to say that left to ourselves, we always assess wrongly? How do we keep our assessment of reality aligned with God’s?
3.  What do you find most striking about the depravity described in vv. 5-6? Discuss the breadth, depth, totality, and offense of this depravity?
4.  What does v. 6 in particular teach us about God?
5.  Are people less sinful today than at the time of the flood? What are some key passages of Scripture for answering this question?
6.  How does the text point us to God’s grace rather than human merit?
7.  How does the figure of Noah contribute to a “theology of singularity”?

References: Jeremiah 17:9-10; Genesis 8:21; Romans 3:10-12; Romans 8:19-21; Genesis 3:15. 

A Sorrowful State, Part 1

FCC Vision Statement: Building on Exposition, Centering on Christ, Dying in Community, Serving on Mission

Genesis 6:1-4

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A Sorrowful State, Part 1 -- Lonnie Bell
Sermon Series: Genesis
Genesis 6:1-4
15 July 2018

Deep Sheet: Sermon Study Questions
1.  How should we interpret the long lifespans before the flood?
2.  How does the timeline reflected in the Genesis 5 genealogy support a recent creation of humanity?
3.  Why should Genesis 6:1-8 be characterized as a “sorrowful state”?
4.  What has been your understanding of the “sons of God” in this passage? What evidence is there for the view that these are fallen angels?
5.  What do we know about demons from the New Testament, and how might this information help us interpret this passage?
6.  Would you say that you take spiritual warfare seriously? How does this passage encourage us to be vigilant?
7.  What does it look like to fight Satan and his demons in the Lord’s strength?

References: Genesis 11:10-32; Matthew 1:8; Jude 14; 1 Chronicles 1:1-4; Luke 3:36-38; Job 1:6; 2:1; 38:7; Numbers 13:33; Jude 6; 1 Peter 3:19-20; 2 Peter 2:4-6; Revelation 12:3-9; Luke 8:31; 11:24.

The Divine Interrogation

FCC Vision Statement: Building on Exposition, Centering on Christ, Dying in Community, Serving on Mission

Genesis 3:9-13

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The Divine Interrogation -- Lonnie Bell
Sermon Series: Genesis
Genesis 3:9-13
13 May 2018

Deep Sheet: Sermon Study Questions
1.  How does this text present God as a loving Father who seeks the lost?
2. What is God doing by addressing Adam and Eve with questions, and with these questions in particular?
3. What are some evangelistic and parental implications of God’s address to Adam and Eve?
4.  What does it mean to say that they are “missing”?
5.  How would you characterize the attitude of the first humans towards their sin? How have you seen the same attitude in your own life?
6.  In what ways do we tend to blame our sin on our circumstances? How does this subtly shift the blame to God?

References: Romans 5:12; Luke 19:10; Psalm 139:7; Jonah 1:3; Ephesians 2:1-3; Titus 3:3.