Providence: “God’s timely, unforeseen preparation for future events.”
3 qualities to see and experience God’s providence:
Patience
Purpose
Presumption
Scatter
As God scatters the people, there exists an important tension:
Divine Sovereignty
Human Freedom
Multiply
As creation begins to be fruitful and multiply, there exists…
Evidences of Obedience
Foreshadowings of Rebellion
Hints of God’s Providence
Sign
The sign of the covenant reveals…
What God declared in the past
What God Promised for the future
What God understands about human nature
Salvation
Salvation Provided (v.1-5)
Salvation Realized (v.6-19)
Salvation Acknowledged (v.20-22)
Judgment
The Judgment of God
The Mercy of God
Covenant
The Realities that Brought God’s Covenant
The Promise of God’s Covenant
Our Suffering, God's Compassion
Death
The Reality of Death
The Signs of life in the Face of Death
Corruption
Evidence of Corruption
Glimmers of Hope
Curse
2 main consequences to the fall of mankind:
Curses
Separation
Fall
3 Questions that highlight the progression of the fall:
Did God Really Say That?
Where Are You?
What Have You Done?
The Rise and Fall of Solomon's Kingdom
Chapter 10: Rise of the kingdom
Chapter 11: Fall of the kingdom
Marriage
God’s intended, pre-fall design for marriage has 3 purposes:
Creation
Companionship
Closeness
Life
The Creator creates life…
Through water
Through the breath of life
Through the word of life
Creation
Every Christian must understand the Bible’s account of Creation:
The Creator
The Creation
The Cause
Consider Jesus…Next Year
All followers of Jesus should consider Jesus…
As King
As Victor
As High Priest
A Merciful and Faithful High Priest
Destroyer of Death
Jesus' destruction of death highlights:
The purpose of His incarnation
The fit-ness of His incarnation