Genesis Sermons

EVERY ASPECT OF GOD’S CREATION WAS JUDGED TO BE GOOD BY GOD HIMSELF

GOD CREATED BOTH MAN AND WOMAN AND PLACED THEM IN THE IDYLLIC ENVIRONMENT OF THE GARDEN OF EDEN

FALLING TO THE TEMPTATION TO QUESTION THE AUTHORITY OF GOD’S WORD AND THE GOODNESS OF GOD OPENS THE DOOR TO THE DEVASTATING CONSEQUENCES OF SIN

SIN LEADS TO GUILT . . . AND GUILT CHANGES EVERYTHING – PART 1

SIN LEADS TO GUILT . . . AND GUILT CHANGES EVERYTHING – PART 2

CULTURE MAY DEVELOP IN WAYS THAT SEEM IMPRESSIVE, BUT THE ONLY HOPE FOR DEPRAVED MANKIND LIES IN CALLING ON THE NAME OF THE LORD

DEATH DOES NOT DOMINATE LIFE FOR THOSE WHO WALK WITH GOD

PERVERSE DEMONIC ACTIVITY INTENSIFIES AS SOCIETY DEGENERATES TO THE POINT WHERE GOD MUST POUR OUT HIS WRATH IN JUDGMENT

ONLY GOD CAN MAKE PROVISION FOR YOU TO ESCAPE HIS COMING WRATH

GOD’S PROMISE OF JUDGMENT IS REAL, CATASTROPHIC AND INESCAPABLE APART FROM DIVINE DELIVERANCE

IN THE MIDST OF DIVINE JUDGMENT GOD REMEMBERS HIS COVENANT PEOPLE BY ACTIVLELY CARING FOR ALL THEIR NEEDS

THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD LIFTS US ABOVE THE HARSH REALITY OF HUMAN FAILURE

THE GOD WHO CHOSE ISRAEL IS THE SOVEREIGN GOD OVER ALL THE NATIONS

GOD WILL FRUSTRATE MAN’S PRIDEFUL AND SELFISH ATTEMPTS TO SUBSTITUTE A HUMAN AGENDA (EVEN IMPRESSIVE ATTEMPTS AT UNITY) FOR GOD’S AGENDA

IN FAITHFULNESS TO HIS PROMISES, GOD SETS THE STAGE FOR HIS GRACIOUS DEALINGS WITH ABRAM AND HIS DESCENDANTS

INTRODUCTION: Key transition as we move from chap. 11 to chap. 12. God has been dealing with all the nations – cf. the Table of Nations in chap. 10; but now God will...

GOD’S SOVEREIGN PURPOSES CANNOT BE DERAILED BY MAN’S SINFUL BLUNDERS

WALKING BY FAITH FREES YOU UP TO RELINQUISH YOUR RIGHTS BECAUSE OF YOUR CONFIDENCE IN GOD’S PROMISES

WHEN GOD GIVES THE VICTORY, WE MUST GIVE GOD THE GLORY

3 CORE PROMISES COMPRISING THE ABRAHAMIC COVENANT THAT DEMAND FAITH AS THE ANTIDOTE TO FEAR, DOUBT AND QUITTING

WHENEVER WE TRY TO PLAY GOD WE MAKE A MESS OF THINGS — BUT GOD CAN SHOW MERCY

OUR FAILURES DON’T NEGATE EL SHADDAI’S COVENANT PROMISES –

ORTHODOX THEOLOGY ONLY HELPS YOU IF YOU APPLY IT —

ANSWERING 2 KEY THEOLOGICAL QUESTIONS THAT MUST BE APPLIED

BOTH COMPROMISE WITH MORAL DEPRAVITY AND DIVINE JUDGMENT PUT WORLDLY BELIEVERS AT RISK

A LIFE OF WORLDLINESS WON’T END WELL

GOD OVERRULES EVEN OUR BESETTING SINS TO ACCOMPLISH HIS KINGDOM PURPOSES

GOD DETERMINES THE DESTINY OF BOTH THE ELECT AND THE NON-ELECT

THE EVERLASTING GOD GUARANTEES THE POSSESSION OF THE PROMISED LAND USING THE COVENANT MOTIF

YOUR DEGREE OF SPIRITUAL COMMITMENT WILL DETERMINE YOUR DEGREE OF DIVINE BLESSING – BUT . . .

THE SAME GOD WHO TESTS OUR COMMITMENT, ENABLES OUR OBEDIENCE BY FAITH AND BLESSES US ABUNDANTLY

OUR DECISIONS AND INVESTMENTS MUST REFLECT FAITH IN GOD’S PROMISES – ESPECIALLY WHEN DEALING WITH DEATH

GOD’S PROVIDENCE GRANTS US SUCCESS AS WE TRUST HIM FOR HIS PROVISION TO ACCOMPLISH HIS DIVINE PLAN

THE LEGACY OF A GODLY LIFE REFLECTS THE BLESSING OF GOD

SHORT-SIGHTED CARNAL VALUE SYSTEM DESPISES GOD’S BLESSING –

[JACOB SUPPLANTS ESAU AS THE PRIMARY LINE THRU ISAAC]

GOD REAFFIRMS HIS COVENANT PROMISES TO ENCOURAGE PERSEVERANCE IN TIMES OF TRIAL SINCE HE IS WITH US TO BLESS AND PROTECT

GOD CAN ADVANCE HIS KINGDOM PROGRAM DESPITE SELFISH AGENDAS

THE SPECTACULAR PROMISES OF SOVEREIGN GRACE CONSTITUTE A DIVINE BLESSING THAT CANNOT BE DUPLICATED BY FLESHLY EFFORTS AND EVOKE A RESPONSE OF CONSECRATED DEVOTION

SOMETIMES GOD’S PROVIDENCE TEACHES US PAINFUL LESSONS THROUGH THE SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS

DESPITE OUR FAITH FAILURES AND SINFUL MANIPULATIONS, GOD BRINGS GUARANTEED PROSPERITY TO HIS CHOSEN PEOPLE

GOD CALLS HIS REDEEMED PEOPLE TO RETURN TO THEIR PROMISED HOME

FEARS GIVE WAY TO FAITH IN GOD’S PROMISES WHEN WE ARE BROKEN OF OUR SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND CLING TO GOD ALONE

HOW CAN THE BELIEVING COMMUNITY PEACEFULLY CO-EXIST WITH RELATIVES FROM A WORLDLY VALUE SYSTEM?

THERE IS A REASON GOD FORBIDS HUMANS TO EXERCISE VENGEANCE — VENGEANCE CAN ONLY BE FAIRLY ADMINISTERED BY A HOLY AND JUST GOD

PILLARS OF REMEMBRANCE MARK SIGNIFICANT MILESTONES ALONG LIFE’S JOURNEY FOR JACOB

THE STONE WHICH THE BUILDERS REJECTED HAS BECOME THE CHIEF CORNERSTONE

SINFUL SCENARIOS CAN FULFIL COVENANT COMMITMENTS

GOD USES EVEN INJUSTICE AND CAPTIVITY TO ACCOMPLISH HIS PURPOSES OF PROSPERING HIS CHOSEN PEOPLE TO ACCOMPLISH HIS KINGDOM OBJECTIVES

DISAPPOINTMENT AND DELAY PRESENT OPPORTUNITIES TO GLORIFY GOD

GOD ELEVATES JOSEPH TO PROMINENCE IN EGYPT TO ORCHESTRATE HIS ULTIMATE PROMISES OF DIVINE RESCUE AND REDEMPTION

PROVIDENTIAL PRESSURE SETS THE STAGE FOR FAMILY RECONCILIATION AND MESSIANIC BLESSING

GOD’S MERCIFUL LOVE AND PROVISION FAR SURPASS OUR FEARS AND ANXIOUS EXPECTATIONS – PREPARATION FOR CONVICTION AND REPENTANCE

FAMILY RECONCILIATION REQUIRES TRANSFORMING REPENTANCE

PROVIDENTIAL RECONCILIATION BLESSED BY GOD WITH ABUNDANT PROVISION AND INWARD TRANSFORMATION

DRASTIC CHANGES NEED SUPPORT:

– FROM CONFIDENCE IN GOD’S WILL,

– FROM COMMITMENT FROM ONE’S EXTENDED FAMILY

– AND FROM COUNSEL FROM WISE LEADERSHIP

GOD PROSPERS THOSE WHO SEEK FIRST HIS KINGDOM AGENDA

JACOB’S DEATHBED BLESSING REVEALS HIS FAITH IN GOD’S SOVEREIGN ELECTION

FINAL PROPHETIC BLESSINGS AND FINAL BURIAL CHARGE ISSUED BY JACOB UPON HIS DEATHBED

KEY LESSON OF GENESIS:

“GOD MEANT IT FOR GOOD” –

APPRECIATE THE PROVIDENCE OF GOD IN ACCOMPLISHING HIS REDEMPTIVE AGENDA