January 2 - Genesis 1-11 Overview

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Sunday morning, we surveyed Genesis 1-11.  Here's the outline.

I. Light From Dark (Gen 1-2)
   A. How Did God Create The Universe?
   B. Did It Really Happen In 6 Days?
   C. How Do I Respond To My Creator? (Ps 8:3-4; Rom 1:25)

II. Eden Park (Gen 3-5)
     A. Adam’s Fall (3:1-24)
          1. Eying: The Temptation (3:1-5)
          2. Trying: The Fall (3:6-7)
          3. Dying: The Judgment (3:8-24)
     B. The Adam’s Family (4:1–5:32)
          1. Cain & Abel – The Problem Was Cain Wasn’t Abel (4:1–15)
          2. Cain’s Family – The Apple Doesn’t Fall Far From The Tree (4:16–24)
          3. Seth’s Family – The Godly Line of Seth (4:25–5:32)

III. Noah’s Ark (Gen 6-9)
      A. Fool: Mankind Rebelliously Drowned In Sin (6:1-7)
      B. Flotation: God Mercifully Threw A Giant Life-Preserver (6:8-22)
      C. Flood: God Judged Those Who Didn’t Board The Ark (7:1 – 8:19)
      D. Fellowship: God And Man Interact With Faith (8:20 – 9:17)
           1. Noah Worships God (8:20-22)
           2. God’s Covenant With Noah (9:1-17)
      E. Fail: Noah’s Family Forgets About God’s Righteousness And Justice (9:18-29)
          1. Noah Drank (9:18-21)
          2. Ham Dishonors (9:22-27)
          3. Noah Dies (9:28-29)

IV. Babel’s Bark (Gen 10-11)
      A. Fruitful Progeny (10:1-32)
           1. Japheth’s Family (10:1-5)
           2. Ham’s Family (10:6-14)
           3. Canaan’s Family (10:15-20)
           4. Shem’s Family (10:21-32)
      B. Futile Pride (11:1-9) 

          1. Tower Of Power: Pride In Human Achievement (11:1-4)
          2. Ball Of Confusion: Confusion And Dispersion (11:5-9)

Tower of Babel rendering by Pieter Brueghel, 1563, courtesy of Wikipedia

Chart from:  Boa & Lorenzen, A Visual Survey of the Bible, Thomas Nelson, 1995