For this week’s class we will break from our regular presentation and watch a movie by Genesis Apologetics:
Introduction to “Genesis Impact” from Genesis Apologetics
“Secular museum docent (Reggie McGuire) presents his best case for evolution at the natural history museum, but little does he know that Christina (Hannah Bradley) has a few questions at the end of his talk that turn the tables… Christina’s questions dismantle evolution and her meek yet powerful presentation of the Bible’s account of origins awaken many to the truth. The Genesis Impact film is ideal for Christians who want to learn how to dismantle the leading “evidences” for evolution that are displayed in natural history museums and understand how to view secular museums through a Biblical perspective.”
“Millions of people visit natural history museums every year. These museums present origins and history through a single viewpoint: evolution over millions of years. But the Bible tells a different story: An Almighty Creator who recently spoke creation into existence, created animals after their kinds and Adam and Eve to rule over them. Do these museums really make better sense of the fossils from the past? Or, does the Bible’s account of Creation, the Fall, and the Flood fit the evidence better? This video evaluates the leading evidences that are presented in these museums from both a biblical and scientific perspective: the Human-Chimp 99% Myth, key ape-to-human icons like Ardipithecus ramidus, “Lucy” the Australopithecus, Homo habilis, Neanderthals, the Human Family “Tree,” Darwin’s Finches, the fossil record and transitional forms, Continental drift and Pangea, Dinosaurs, and deep time based on radiometric dating.”
Defending our faith and developing a Biblical worldview based on our understanding of God’s Word takes time and practice, and must be part of a lifetime commitment we make to the LORD. It should form our purpose and identity in everyday life as we grow closer to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, modeling Him to our family, friends and neighbors. As Christians, it is more important than ever to know what we believe, and why we believe it, and then apply that to who we are on a consistent basis, and this can only be done if we know Jesus and what His Word teaches.
All class sessions include a time for prayer and reflection, a presentation, and a Bible study section. You will find the presentation overview and Bible study questions below, with basic answers for your review and, or to use as a leader’s guide.
Presentation
Foundations Bible Study: Genesis Impact
Review and Reflection
At your table groups, do the following:
- Prayer cards: Take a minute and write your name on the index card provided, and add any special prayer request you might have. Exchange cards at the end of the class.
- Review from last class: What are some important things to remember about chapter nine, the aftermath of the flood and Noah’s family?
- Focus verse: Genesis 3:15 – How can you share the Gospel using this verse and connecting it to Jesus’ fulfillment of it in the New Testament?
FOCUS VERSE
Genesis 3:15 Promise
(begins the Scarlet Thread)
“And I will put enmity
Between you and the woman,
And between your seed and her seed;
He shall [d]bruise you on the head,
And you shall bruise him on the heel.” (NASB)
From Genesis through Revelation, the Bible is all about Jesus!
SHARING THE GOSPEL:
THE SEED IS HE
– HE IS THE SEED!
“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.” John 3:16
“And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her seed; He shall bruise you on the head, And you shall bruise him on the heel.”” Genesis 3:15
“So Jesus said, “When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and I do nothing on My own initiative, but I speak these things as the Father taught Me.” John 8:28
“From now on I am telling you before it comes to pass, so that when it does occur, you may believe that I am He.” John 13:19
Discuss the video presentation with your group, and go over any questions you might have on the topic. Use searchcreation.org to help answer other questions you might have. This website has thousands of articles referencing many experts in these various fields of science who will help show that the truth is out there when it comes to the facts of God’s creation, and the importance of humans being made in the image of God (versus the deception of evolutionary theory for the origin of life).
See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, according to the tradition of men, according to the elementary principles of the world, rather than according to Christ. Colossians 2:8
A Bible that’s falling apart, usually belongs to someone who isn’t!”
BIBLE STUDY AND HOMEWORK
Continue working on Genesis Chapters 10 through 11:9 with specific questions below…
Hermeneutics Step 3: Context – What does it say?
Read Genesis Chapter 10 through 11:9
Hermeneutics Step 4: Interpretation – What does it mean?
To go deeper, answer the following questions…
- In chapter 10 we find the generations of Noah’s sons: Japheth, Ham and Shem. Are there any familiar names in any of their descendants, if so, what do you know about them?
- What do we know about where each of these people groups settled (Japheth, Ham and Shem), and are any of these places familiar to you (if so, why)?
- Whose line will lead to Jesus and how do we know? (Reference Luke 3 genealogy list)
- Chapter 11 goes back into chapter 10 and tells the story of what happened after the flood. What did the people gather to do in the “Plain of Shinar,” and why (11:1-4)?
- What did the people build (what was this structure and what do we know about it)?
- What was God’s response to what the people were doing in the “Plain of Shinar”, and why (11:5-8)? Cross-reference by reading Luke 1:46-55 (from Mary’s song to God), focus on verse 51 in this Luke passage to help with the question of both why they did it, and why God responded the way He did.
- What was the city called and why (11:9)? Do you know anything about a place called Babylon later on in the Old Testament, and where its modern-day location is?
- Going Deeper: What Biblical significance is there to the meaning of the word “Babylon,” especially as it is used in the book of Revelation?
Write down some application notes when you finish, to complete the hermeneutical method step 5.
Jot down any questions you have for the shelf…
Please continue to join us each week for Foundations Bible Study – the book of Genesis!
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You will not find this material in the public school curriculum even though it is based on solid evidence and grounded in research. It is ironic that following the evidence to where it leads stops at the door of our public schools as they will not let a “Divine footprint” in! Join us as we examine evidence for Christianity and learn how to become a thoughtful defender and ambassador of your faith.
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Teri Dugan
TeriDugan@truthfaithandreason.com
1 Peter 3:15