Life Lessons from Genesis: Book of Beginnings - Softcover

Lucado, Max

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0310086744 ISBN 13: 9780310086741

Verlag: HarperChristian Resources, 2019

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A beginning. An origin. A foundation. Knowing where we came from says much about where we are going...

The book of Genesis brings us back to the beginning, where the foundation of life itself is explained. We learn how we were created, about the origins of sin and its fallout, and how to best relate to God—through obedience and trust. We are drawn into tales of deceit, jealousy, and outright failure, where we see how God still uses flawed people.

And weaving throughout these earliest stories of humankind are the golden threads of God's promises—promises we can trace from their origins, through the course of history, up through our lives today, and beyond us to the end of time when his final promises will at last be fulfilled.

The Life Lessons with Max Lucado series brings the Bible to life in twelve lessons filled with intriguing questions, inspirational stories, and poignant reflections to take you deeper into God's Word. Each lesson includes:

• An opening reflection on the Bible book you're studying.
• Background information to deepen your understanding of the cultural and historical setting.
• An excerpt of the text (from the NIV and the NKJV).
• Exploration questions with plenty of room to write your own thoughts and notes.
• Inspirational thoughts from Max as well as a closing takeaway for further reflection.

The Life Lessons series is ideal for use in both a small-group setting or for individual study.

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Since entering the ministry in 1978, Max Lucado has served churches in Miami, Florida; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and San Antonio, Texas. He currently serves as the teaching minister of Oak Hills Church in San Antonio. He is the recipient of the 2021 ECPA Pinnacle Award for his outstanding contribution to the publishing industry and society at large. He is America's bestselling inspirational author with more than 150 million products in print.

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Life Lessons from Genesis

Book of Beginnings

By Max Lucado

Thomas Nelson

Copyright © 2019 Max Lucado
All rights reserved.

ISBN: 978-0-310-08674-1

Contents

How to Study the Bible, v, 
Introduction to the Book of Genesis, ix, 
Lesson 1 Made in God's Image (Genesis 1:26–2:25), 1, 
Lesson 2 The Consequences of Sin (Genesis 3:1–23), 13, 
Lesson 3 Obedience to God (Genesis 7:1–20), 25, 
Lesson 4 Relying on God's Promises (Genesis 15:1–21), 35, 
Lesson 5 Trusting in God Alone (Genesis 16:1–12), 45, 
Lesson 6 Faith in God's Plans (Genesis 18:1–15 and 21:1–3), 55, 
Lesson 7 Giving All to God (Genesis 22:1–14), 65, 
Lesson 8 Wrestling with God (Genesis 32:9–30), 75, 
Lesson 9 Jealous Behavior (Genesis 37:3–20), 87, 
Lesson 10 Living with Integrity (Genesis 39:2–20), 97, 
Lesson 11 God's Sovereign Control (Genesis 45:1–15), 107, 
Lesson 12 Forgiving Others (Genesis 50:15–26), 117, 
Leader's Guide for Small Groups, 127, 

CHAPTER 1

LESSON ONE

MADE IN GOD'S IMAGE

So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

Genesis 1:27 NKJV

REFLECTION

Think about what it means to be "created in God's image." What does that bring to mind? What are the implications that all humans are created in the "image" or "likeness" of God?

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SITUATION

The book of Genesis begins with a clear introduction to the powerful Creator of the universe: "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth" (1:1). The first three days of creation involve giving substance to a formless earth (see 1:2–13), followed by three days of filling the empty earth (see 1:14–31). On the seventh day, God "rested from all his work" (2:2), establishing the concept of the "Sabbath" rest for his people (see Exodus 20:8–11). The culmination of God's work occurs when the Lord creates humankind in his own image (see Genesis 1:26) and sets them a garden he has prepared called Eden. The writer stresses that Adam and Eve at this point "felt no shame" (2:25) and interacted freely with their Creator.

OBSERVATION

Read Genesis 1:26–2:25 from the New International Version or the New King James Version.

New International Version

1:26 Then God said, "Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground."

27 So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.

28 God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground."

29 Then God said, "I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. 30 And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky and all the creatures that move along the ground — everything that has the breath of life in it — I give every green plant for food." And it was so.

31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning — the sixth day.

2:1 Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.

2 By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. 3 Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.

4 This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, when the Lord God made the earth and the heavens.

5 Now no shrub had yet appeared on the earth and no plant had yet sprung up, for the Lord God had not sent rain on the earth and there was no one to work the ground, 6 but streams came up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground. 7 Then the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.

8 Now the Lord God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed. 9 The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground — trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

10 A river watering the garden flowed from Eden; from there it was separated into four headwaters. 11 The name of the first is the Pishon; it winds through the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold. 12 (The gold of that land is good; aromatic resin and onyx are also there.) 13 The name of the second river is the Gihon; it winds through the entire land of Cush. 14 The name of the third river is the Tigris; it runs along the east side of Ashur. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

15 The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. 16 And the Lord God commanded the man, "You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; 17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die."

18 The Lord God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him."

19 Now the Lord God had formed out of the ground all the wild animals and all the birds in the sky. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name. 20 So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds in the sky and all the wild animals.

But for Adam no suitable helper was found. 21 So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man's ribs and then closed up the place with flesh. 22 Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.

23 The man said,

"This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called 'woman,' for she was taken out of man."

24 That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.

25 Adam and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame.

New King James Version

1:26 Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." 27 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. 28 Then God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth."

29 And God said, "See, I have given you every herb that yields seed which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit yields seed; to you it shall be for food. 30 Also, to every beast of the...

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: HarperChristian Resources
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2019
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0310086744
• ISBN 13: 9780310086741
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 144
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