Discussion Questions
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What does the book of Genesis reveal about God’s Nature?
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God is Omniscient. He is just and loves us. If he didn’t we would not be here and he would have destroyed Adam and Eve.
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God is sovereign, ruler of the heavens and earth. Through him everything was created.
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It reveals that God is a generous and thoughtful God. Who created everything with a purpose. Even when mankind disobeyed him and fell. He still stayed by us. He was with each generation and they were faithful to him. He never forgot his people and he blessed those even in the worst of situations.
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God is sovereign over all that exists, and often exercises his unlimited freedom to overturn hum customs, traditions and plans.
It introduces us the way in which God initiates and makes covenants with his chosen people, pledging his love and faithfulness to them and calling them to promise theirs to him.
It gives us the first hint of God’s provision of redemption from the forces of evil. God is a God of hope and is faithful. -
God is the creator of all things. God loves His people dearly and provides a way for us to fellowship with him. He is also a God of judgement. We get to decide what type of relationship we want with Him. He will continue to seek us and wrestle with us because He wants to have a relationship with us. He allows us to decide if we want to commune with Him.
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What does the book of Genesis tell us about creation?
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The Creation was done by God. It did not come out by itself. Every created thing was good with purpose. Everything was made by God’s word, except for the human – He “formed” Adam the first man from dust of the ground. The Creation was done for the human. Everything was perfect. The Creation was done in 6 periods which was called “yom”.
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Genesis is scientific in the way God creates each day with the necessary things which are needed for the next. Light before the the plants, then animals . You have to have one thing before the other. Genesis tells us how sin came into the world and why we need a savior.
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The world and everything that is in it and the heavens was created within 6 days.
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Genesis tells us how God created our world in stages. Everything he created had a purpose. He was pleased with his creation. He created humans last and rested on the last day so that we would know that resting was part of his plan for us.
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Genesis tells us how and why the world was created. It highlights the different elements of creation and also tells us the importance of observing the sabbath as God rested after he created the world.