Genesis TLDR - Part 1 - Sunday, May 15th, 2016

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The first 11 chapters of Genesis summarized! Sermon presented by Pastor Daniel Calcagno Sunday, May 15th, 2016 at Glad Tidings Church of God in Fonthill, Ontario. Please like, share, and subscribe! Listen to the audio version here: http://tinyurl.com/nwk25m2 Visit our website: http://www.gladtidingschurchofgod.com/ Facebook: http://facebook.com/gladtidingschurchofgod Email: gladtidingscog@bellnet.ca Visit us on Sundays at 10:45am at 1 Pancake Lane in Fonthill, Ontario. SERMON NOTES/OUTLINE: TLDR stands for “too long; didn't read.” This sermon series will look at a book of the Bible and will highlight the interesting parts, so that people can get a sense of what the book is about and how it informs the overall narrative of the Bible. Genesis is the first book of the Torah. Hebrew name is “B’reisheet,” meaning “in the beginning.” English name Genesis from the Greek name, found in the Septuagint (LXX). According to the medieval rabbi Rashi, the Torah begins with the story of the creation to demonstrate that God owns the earth and can give land to whomever He chooses. Outline of Genesis: 1:1-2:25 – The Creation Narratives 3:1-5:32 – The Fall of Humanity and Beyond 6:1-11:32 – The Story of the Flood and Beyond 12:1-20:18 – The Story of Abraham 21:1-25:18 – The Story of Isaac 25:19-36:43 – The Story of Jacob 37:1-50:26 – The Story of Joseph The Creation: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” (Genesis 1:1). The creation narratives teach us something very important: God is the supreme Creator God. “God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.” (Genesis 1:31). This teaches us that God is not the source of evil and sin or their effects, but, rather, we are. The Sabbath: “…God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made.” (Genesis 2:3). By resting from work just as God did, we proclaim that we believe in a Creator. Adam and Eve: “God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. God blessed them; and God said to them, ‘Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it...’” (Genesis 1:27-28). God doesn’t want us to rule over each and this was best demonstrated by Jesus. (cf. Colossians 1:16). There is equality between men and women. “This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.” (Genesis 2:23). In the Garden of Eden, God said: “From any tree of the garden you may eat freely; but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat from it you will surely die.” (Genesis 2:16-17). The serpent: There will always be outside influences around us, trying to get us to question God’s word. “The man said, ‘The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me from the tree, and I ate.’ Then the LORD God said to the woman, ‘What is this you have done?’ And the woman said, ‘The serpent deceived me, and I ate.’” (Genesis 3:12-13). Sin drives us away from God. “…I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; he shall bruise you on the head, and you shall bruise him on the heel.” (Genesis 3:15). Evil forces have the ability to wound human beings, human beings will have final victory = Jesus, the ultimate seed of the woman. Noah and the Flood: “Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.” (Genesis 6:5). "For the wages of sin is death…” (Romans 6:23) God said to Cain: “…sin is crouching at the door; and its desire is for you, but you must master it.” (Genesis 4:7). “Behold, I, even I am bringing the flood of water upon the earth, to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life, from under heaven; everything that is on the earth shall perish.” (Genesis 6:17). “…Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his time; Noah walked with God.” (Genesis 6:9) “Thus Noah did; according to all that God had commanded him, so he did.” (Genesis 7:22) (cf. Hebrews 11:7). The rescue from the flood foreshadows the great rescue from sin and death that comes through THE righteous man, Jesus. “I establish My covenant with you; and all flesh shall never again be cut off by the water of the flood, neither shall there again be a flood to destroy the earth.” (Genesis 9:11) The Tower of Babel: “They said, ‘Come, let us build for ourselves a city, and a tower whose top will reach into heaven, and let us make for ourselves a name, otherwise we will be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.’” (Genesis 11:4). (Jewish legend described by Daniel Lancaster in Torah Club, Volume 1)