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Genesis 6:1-4 - "Sons of God Took As Wives the Daughters of Men"

Genesis 6:1-4  The consensus among Bible commentators is that this passage is the most difficult to interpret (with certainty) in all of Genesis.  There are three main viewpoints (with some variations within each viewpoint).  We begin by looking at the advancing context in Genesis, we briefly identify the three views, and I advance the particular understanding that the "sons of God" are (types of?) fallen angels.

Genesis 5:21-32: Adam's Descendants to Noah Part II

We continued to consider the genealogies in the early part of Genesis. For this week, we looked at the descendants of Adam from Enoch to Noah. The sermon emphasized the importance of living by faith according to the example of Enoch in a world of death and suffering.  

Genesis 4:25 -- 5:20 / "People Began to Call Upon the Name of the LORD"

Genesis 4:25-5:20

By grace, the LORD's Promise (see 3:15) will be developed in the line of Seth (who is the appointed substitute for Abel).  Also interesting: What does it mean (or not mean) that Adam "fathered a son in his own likeness, after his image" ??

Genesis 4:17-24 - The Line of Cain (and where exactly did Cain get his wife?)

Genesis 4:17-24

To make good sense of the information recorded in Genesis chapters 4-5 it is important to understand that Biblical authors often are not driven by chronology (what happened first, second, and third), but by an important theme.  The theme you don't want to miss from Genesis 4-5 is that there are two traceable lines: Cain's line (ungodly) and Seth's line (godly, by grace through faith).  Today's message takes a closer look at the line of Cain.  Oh, it also provides the answer to, "Where in the world did Cain get his wife?"

Genesis 4:6-16 - Abel's Blood; Cain's Curse

Genesis 4:6-16 
Today's sermon completes the narrative concerning Adam & Eve's first two sons, Cain & Abel.  Having been killed by his older brother, Abel's blood cries out to the LORD.  Cries out for what?  Justice?  Is Cain justly punished for murdering his brother?  If not, why not?

Psalm 13: An Individual Lament

God created lament, and therefore, to lament is Christian. Lament is a way of bringing our anguish and frustrations to God in order to find comfort. We considered Psalm 13 today (which is an individual lament) using the four-part formula of turn to prayer, complain, ask boldly, and trust God. I pray it blesses you.  

Psalm 12: A Community Lament

Fellowship Church is currently spending two weeks in the psalms of lament. God created lament as a means of expressing and processing our sorrows in his presence. Thus, to lament is Christian. On August 31, we considered the community lament of Psalm 12 which celebrates the enduring word of God in a fallen world characterized by deceit. 

Genesis 3:20-24 - God's Grace, Adam's Faith, Sin's Consequences

Genesis 3:20-24

Given that the man (particularly) is guilty of treason against the LORD Most High (to whom he owes his entire life & being), how is it that the full weight of God's wrath & justice does not immediately fall upon Adam?  Today's message explores the doctrines of "original sin" and "Christ's propitiatory life & death".

Genesis 3:16-19 / Judgment Upon the Woman and the Man

Genesis 3:16-19

After cursing the serpent and promising Satan's ultimate demise, the LORD God pronounces consequences upon the woman, and then upon the man, for their sin — but note, the "image of God" is not cursed.  They will still have the capacity to reflect God's image, though imperfectly -- something like a broken mirror.

Mark 4:21-34 / Three Kingdom Parables!

Mark 4:21-34

Pastor Will concludes his three part series on Jesus's parables found in Mark chapter 4.  (Note the second message was not successfully recorded.)  In today's parables Jesus teaches the listener's responsibility to "pay attention" to the parables, the supernatural growth of the kingdom, and the eventual success of the kingdom.