Sin / Seeking:Genesis
Salvation:
Exodus
Sanctification:
Leviticus
Basic outline
I. The world in general 1-11
A. Creation and Adam 1-5
B. Noah and the flood 6-9
II. God’s people in particular 12-50
A. Abraham 12-24
B. Isaac 25,26
C. Jacob 27-36
D. Joseph 37-50
Practical outline
I. What God is like
A. He rules His creation
1. He made it; He owns it; it is His.
2. He maintains it. – What in life does not require maintenance?
B. He knows His creation – Who understands like the inventor?
1. He invented this thing. He has to understand everything.
2. He knows how it is supposed to work.
C. He cares for His creation
1. Creator – personal pride He saw that everything was good. 1:10,12,18,21,25
2. Image – expression of self
3. Garden of Eden }ed"( Eden luxury, dainty, delight.
D. He is like man. 1:26
II. What humans are like 3-11
A. Limited in understanding 3:3
B. Lacking in trust – thought they knew better or cared more than God 3:6
C. Knows good and evil 2:17, 3:7
D. Shame – unloved 3:7
E. Fearful of God 3:8-10
F. Stubborn – refused to admit wrong
G. Rebellious of thought – wanted to do wrong 6
H. Exalter of self – name-seeking 11
III. What humans need to be like 12-50
A. Tested – What is important to you? / Believing 12-24
Seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you. Matthew 6:33
1. What is a test? A situation forcing one to make a moral choice
2. Why a test?
a. Shows priorities: the tyranny of time
b. Shows sincerity
3. What kinds of tests?
a. Family 12
b. Possessions 13,14
c. Faith 15 – 21 Romans 4:13-22
d. Self 22 (v 12)
4. What is the answer?
a. Seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you. Matthew 6:33
b. "Which commandment is the first of all?" You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength. Mark 12:28-30
c. One thing have I asked of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in his temple. Psalm 27:4
d. One thing I do, forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, Philippians 3:13
e. And Jesus looking upon him loved him, and said to him, "You lack one thing; go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me." Mark 10:21
B. Broken – How will you get it? / Insisting 25-36
Luke 11:5-11
C. Proven – Why do you want it? / Enduring 37-40
I Peter 5:6 Tapeinw¯qhte ouÅn u(po\ th\n krataia\n xeiÍra tou= qeou=, iàna u(ma=j u(yw¯sv e)n kair%½, Be humbled therefore under the mighty hand of God, that you He may exalt in due time.
1. The belief 37
a. He believed God had spoken to him. Cf. 41:16
b. He believed that God had promised to him a future. 37:5-11
2. The barrenness 37-41
3. The blessing 41-50
Exodus:
Salvation
Basic outline
I. Egypt 1-12
II. Wilderness 13-18
III. Sinai 19-40
I. Moses’ God is God. 1-11
II. Moses’ God is their God 12-18
III. Moses’ God is a holy God. 19-40
Practical outline
I. Knowing (believing) 1-11
A. your case 1,2 Matthew 9:12f, Mark 2:17, Luke 5:31f
1. Bondage – trapped, no control over life 1:1-14
2. Fear - future, no certainty 1:15-2:10
3. Emptiness – nothing to look forward to 2:11-14
B. God’s care 3
C. God can – bigger than any problem 4-10
II. Accepting (receiving) 12-14
A. Faith 12
B. Repentance 13,14
III. Learning (growing) 15-40
A. Trust 15-18
B. Responsibility 18 (“heads over tens)
C. Respect 19-24
1. for God 19,20
2. for others 21-23
D. Servanthood 25-40
1. Giving 25,35
2. God’s instructions 25-31
3. God’s nature 32,33
a. Human weakness 32:1
b. Divine character
4. God’s covenant 34
5. Obedience 35-40
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