The Noahic Covenant

Genesis 8:20-9:17

Pastor Garrison Greene

BIG IDEA: The Lord establishes the Noahic covenant so that the cultural mandate might continue and his promises of grace might come to pass.

OUTLINE:
1. The Parameters of the Noahic Covenant
2. The Purpose of the Noahic Covenant
3. The Placard of the Noahic Covenant

RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Reformed Expository Commentary: Genesis by Richard Phillips; Divine Covenants and Moral Order: A Biblical Theology of Natural Law by David VanDrunen; Reforming Criminal Justice: A Christian Proposal by Matthew T. Martens; Political Church: The Local Assembly as Embassy of Christ’s Rule by Jonathan Leeman

Noah’s Family Story

Genesis 6:9-8:19

Pastor Brian Drake

BIG IDEA: God makes new beginnings with His people through judgment, to faithfully fill the earth with His image.

OUTLINE:
1. Saved FROM What? (6:9-22)
2. Saved BY What? (7:1-8:1)
3. Saved FOR What? (8:2-19)

RESOURCES: From Paradise to the Promised Land, an Introduction to the Pentateuch by T. Desmond Alexander; Exploring the Old Testament: A Guide to the Pentateuch by Gordon J. Wenham; The Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture: Genesis 1-11 ed. Andrew Louth; The Reformation Commentary on Scripture: Genesis 1-11 ed. John Thompson; Kidner Classic Commentaries: Genesis by Derek Kidner; Preaching Christ from Genesis by Sidney Greidanus; The Bible Speaks Today: The Message of Genesis 1-11 by David Atkinson

God’s People & the Growing Perversion

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Genesis 5:1-6:8

Pastor Garrison Greene

BIG IDEA: God’s grace and judgment are revealed in God’s people and the growing perversion.

OUTLINE:
1. God’s People (5:1-31)
2. Growing Perversion (6:1-8)

RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Preaching the Word: Genesis by Kent Hughes; Reformed Expository Commentary: Genesis by Richard Phillips; Christian Standard Commentary: Genesis 1-11 by Kenneth Matthews; Biblical Critical Theory: How the Bible’s Unfolding Story Makes Sense of Modern Life and Culture by Christopher Watkins; Welwyn Commentary Series: Genesis - The Book of Origins by Philip Eveson; The Bible Speaks Today: The Message of Genesis 1-11 by David Atkinson; The Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture: Genesis 1-11 ed. Andrew Louth; The Reformation Commentary on Scripture: Genesis 1-11 ed. John Thompson

The City of God & the City of Man

Genesis 4:17-26

Pastor Garrison Greene

BIG IDEA: Live in the city of man as citizens of the city of God.

OUTLINE:
1. The Rise of Humanity (vs. 17-24)
2. The Regress of Humanity (vs. 17-24)
3. The Return of Humanity (vs. 25-26)

RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Preaching the Word: Genesis by Kent Hughes; Reformed Expository Commentary: Genesis by Richard Phillips; Christian Standard Commentary: Genesis 1-11 by Kenneth Matthews; Center Church: Doing Balanced, Gospel-Centered Ministry in Your City by Timothy Keller; Biblical Critical Theory: How the Bible’s Unfolding Story Makes Sense of Modern Life and Culture by Christopher Watkins

Brother Against Brother

Genesis 4:1-16

Pastor Garrison Greene

TEXT: Genesis 4:1-16

OUTLINE:

1. Follow the Faith of Abel

2. Watch Out for the Way of Cain

3. Marvel at the Mercy of God

RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Reformation Commentary: Genesis 1-11 ed. John Thompson; Reformed Expository Commentary: Genesis by Richard Phillips; The First Chapters of Everything: How Genesis 1-4 Explains Our World by Alasdair Paine; Commentary on Genesis by John Calvin

The Exile

Genesis 3:20-24

Pastor Garrison Greene

BIG IDEA: As the consequences of the fall unfold, so does the promise of grace foretold.

OUTLINE:
1) The Gracious Prolonging (v. 20)
2) The Generous Provision (v. 21)
3) The Greatest Privation (vs. 22-24)

RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Reformation Commentary: Genesis 1-11 ed. John Thompson; Reformed Expository Commentary: Genesis by Richard Phillips; Whole Bible Commentary by Matthew Henry; Redemption Accomplished and Applied by John Murray; The Cross of Christ by John Stott; The First Chapters of Everything: How Genesis 1-4 Explains Our World by Alasdair Paine

The Curse

Genesis 3:8-19

Pastor Garrison Greene

BIG IDEA: God lovingly comes to seek us out and deliver our sentence.

OUTLINE:
1) The Seeking (vs. 8-13)
2) The Sentence (vs. 14-19)

RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Reformed Expository Commentary: Genesis by Richard Phillips; Kidner’s Classic Commentaries: Genesis by Derek Kidner; Reformation Commentary on Scripture: Genesis 1-11 ed. John Thompson; Life at the Bottom: The Worldview That Makes the Underclass by Theodore Dalrymple; The First Chapters of Everything: How Genesis 1-4 Explains Our World by Alasdair Paine;

The Fall

Genesis 3:1-7

Pastor Garrison Greene

BIG IDEA: Receiving the serpent’s lies leads to our demise.

OUTLINE:

1. Our Ancient Foe (v. 1a)

2. His Age-Old Fibs (vs. 1b-5)

3. The Awful Fall (vs. 6-7)

RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Genesis: A Commentary (TGC) by T. Desmond Alexander; Reformed Expository Commentary: Genesis by Richard Phillips; Kidner Classic Commentaries: Genesis by Derek Kidner; The Fall (Lecture) by D.A. Carson; The Fall (Lecture) by Ligon Duncan; Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis; What Went Wrong by J.D. Greear

Humanity in the Covenant of Marriage

Genesis 2:18-25

Pastor Garrison Greene

BIG IDEA: The LORD God ordained marriage in the beginning for his purposes and our pleasure.

OUTLINE:

1. Marriage Is For Partnership in Calling (vs. 18-20)

2. Marriage Is For Intimate Companionship (vs. 21-25)

3. Marriage Is An Enduring Covenant (vs. 24)

RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; The First Chapters of Everything: How Genesis 1-4 Explains Our World by Alasdair Paine; Reformation Commentary on Scripture: Genesis 1-11 ed. John Thompson; Genesis: The Book of Origins by Philip Eveson; Kidner Classic Commentaries: Genesis by Derek Kidner; Reformed Expository Commentary: Genesis by Richard Phillips; A New Exposition of the London Baptist Confession of Faith of 1689 ed. Rob Ventura

Humanity In Covenant With God

Genesis 2:4-17

Pastor Garrison Greene

BIG IDEA: Humanity’s initial generation reveals that we were created and commissioned to live in covenant with God leading to eternal life.

OUTLINE:

1. Adam & His Relationship with God

2. Adam & His Representation of Us

3. Adam & Our Redemption in Christ

RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Genesis: A New Commentary by Meredith Kline; Genesis 1-4: A Linguistic, Literary, and Theological Commentary by C. John Collins; Christian Standard Commentary: Genesis 1-11 by Kenneth A. Matthews; Reformed Expository Commentary: Genesis by Richard Phillips; Reformation Commentary on Scripture: Genesis 1-11 ed. John Thompson, Timothy George, and Scott Manetsch; Getting the Garden Right: Adam’s Work and God’s Rest in Light of Christ by Richard Barcellos; The Distinctiveness of Baptist Covenant Theology: A Comparison Between Seventeenth Century Particular Baptist Covenant and Paedobaptist Federalism by Pascal Denault; The Kingdom of God: A Baptist Expression of Covenant & Biblical Theology by Jeffrey D. Johnson; A New Exposition of the London Baptist Confession of Faith of 1689, ed. Rob Ventura; Dictionary of Biblical Imagery ed. Leland Ryken, James Wilhoit, and Tremper Longman; Reformed Dogmatics by Herman Bavinck