The fist plague God sent against Pharaoh was turning the Nile and all of the water in Egypt into blood. Eighty years prior to this the Pharaoh of Egypt filled the Nile with the blood of Hebrew boys in an attempt to make sure that they always served him. And one of those boys became his grandson and now…

Intro God gave us life and existence and created us in His image. We sinned against God and therefore don’t deserve the life that He gave us and so the consequence of sin is death. Death is the absence of life and God is life therefore the consequence of sin is the eternal separation from God. From the…

Intro We have made it to Moses, If you have been joining us in Sunday School, you will be familiar with what I am going to be speaking about today because it was a major theme of our Sunday School material this week. The idea that Jesus is a greater Moses. That Moses served a very important role in God’s…

Breakdown of Genesis As you can see, a very large portion of Genesis is devoted to the life of Joseph. Approximate number of words — (includes chapter and verse numbers — pretty close) Creation through tower of Babel — 3,553 Abraham — 4,602 Isaac — 842 Jacob — 4,487 Joseph — 5,850 Joseph’s trouble started…

1 After these things God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am,” he answered. 2 “Take your son,” he said, “your only son Isaac, whom you love, go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about.” 3 So Abraham got up early in…

1 After these events, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield; your reward will be very great. 2 But Abram said, “Lord God , what can you give me, since I am childless and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?” 3 Abram continued, “Look, you have…

The Tower of Babel Spread out over the Earth So let’s look at what happened. In the beginning God created everything and the first people he created was Adam and Eve. After he created Adam and Eve he told them to multiply and spread out over the earth. 28 God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful,…

4 Reasons for Suffering -- Someone else’s fault Your fault No one’s fault -- Fallen world For God’s glory -- opportunity of a lifetime Someone Else’s Fault -- Cause -- Someone sins directly against you and you suffer as a result Gn 8:21 21 When the Lord smelled the pleasing aroma, he said to himself,…

If God is all good and all powerful, why does he allow bad things to happen? I want to start off by distinguishing between suffering and difficulty. I am talking about suffering today, not difficulty. Just because something is difficult doesn’t mean that you are suffering. You may be straining, you may…

Just in case you were not with us last week, I’m very excited about this new year. In 2019 we are going to journey all the way through the Bible together. Today we will be in Genesis chapters five and six if you want to be turning there in your Bibles to Genesis 5 . We started in Genesis last week and…