Genesis Generations

Faith of the Ancients: Genesis Generations

Hebrews 11:1–2 NASB95

Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. For by it the men of old gained approval.

Abel

Enoch

Abraham

There’s a shift between Genesis and Exodus

Genesis follows a single family (second half of Genesis)

Exodus follows a people/ a nation

Casserole message

covering 4 generations

Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph

Intro:

What did you get from your father?

Physical attribute, personality trait, particular perspective

Work Ethic

My dad taught me how to cook

My father’s eyes (not color)

Read: Deuteronomy 1:31-32

Deuteronomy 1:31–32 NASB95

and in the wilderness where you saw how the Lord your God carried you, just as a man carries his son, in all the way which you have walked until you came to this place.’ “But for all this, you did not trust the Lord your God,

cue the footsteps poem

Sometimes we have a hard time reconciling our circumstances with the promises of God

Main idea: Follow the Father and be a father worth following

-be a person worth following

when you follow the Father, you become someone worth following

1. Trust and Obey

2. Say and Display

3. Lay the Way

Trust and obey

Abraham and Isaac

Hebrews 11:17–19 NASB95

By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises was offering up his only begotten son; it was he to whom it was said, “In Isaac your descendants shall be called.” He considered that God is able to raise people even from the dead, from which he also received him back as a type.

Things need to be tested to show their true value: my schooling, parachute, Blob,

A good cook tastes their own food

If you didn’t know what a gun was, would you believe it was dangerous?

often in our lives, the true value of things comes through the testing

there are seasons and times in our lives where we are going through a testing

Trust and Obey

The test of trust

Genesis 22:1–3 NASB95

Now it came about after these things, that God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” He said, “Take now your son, your only son, whom you love, Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I will tell you.” So Abraham rose early in the morning and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him and Isaac his son; and he split wood for the burnt offering, and arose and went to the place of which God had told him.

Jehovah Jirah-My God Provides (introduced in this story)

that name came out of a place of sacrifice

Isaac’s Background

Abraham was 100 years old when Isaac was born

Embrace the promise

Hold on (Bear Hug)

Abraham Embraced the promises of God

difference between a side hug and a bear hug

Hebrews 11:17 NASB95

By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises was offering up his only begotten son;

*Recieved-embraced

All-In

moved, had a kid, lived in a tent

When God doesn’t make sense

Contradiction

Our circumstances vs God’s promises

We can’t figure out God

The wisdom of God is foolishness compared to the wisdom of Man

You won’t be the first person to question God’s plans, but the question is will you trust Him?

Reason

Father knows best and has a plan

mother knows best, take it from your mumsy

resurrecting God

Isaiah 55:8–9 NASB95

“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,” declares the Lord. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways And My thoughts than your thoughts.

Trust and Obey (repeat)

Say and Display

Isaac and Jacob

Hebrews 11:20–21 NASB95

By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, even regarding things to come. By faith Jacob, as he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and worshiped, leaning on the top of his staff.

There’s power in what we say (Isaac Blessed…)

Speak life over the next generation

not complain

The Father’s blessing

Jacob blesses Joseph’s sons

Redeeming God

Genesis 41:51–52 NASB95

Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, “For,” he said, “God has made me forget all my trouble and all my father’s household.” He named the second Ephraim, “For,” he said, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”

Joseph’s story

Genesis 48:1–6 NASB95

Now it came about after these things that Joseph was told, “Behold, your father is sick.” So he took his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim with him. When it was told to Jacob, “Behold, your son Joseph has come to you,” Israel collected his strength and sat up in the bed. Then Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me, and He said to me, ‘Behold, I will make you fruitful and numerous, and I will make you a company of peoples, and will give this land to your descendants after you for an everlasting possession.’ “Now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, as Reuben and Simeon are. “But your offspring that have been born after them shall be yours; they shall be called by the names of their brothers in their inheritance.

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Genesis 48:14–16 NASB95

But Israel stretched out his right hand and laid it on the head of Ephraim, who was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh’s head, crossing his hands, although Manasseh was the firstborn. He blessed Joseph, and said, “The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, The God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day, The angel who has redeemed me from all evil, Bless the lads; And may my name live on in them, And the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; And may they grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.”

Monkey See, Monkey Do

Worship is visible

Hebrews 11:21 NASB95

By faith Jacob, as he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and worshiped, leaning on the top of his staff.

my dad worshiping in the car

righteousness, peace, joy in the holy ghost

Jacob demonstrated worship

What a picture

Lay the Way

Joseph

He could have abandoned all faith and become all Egyptian (divination cup)

Hebrews 11:22 NASB95

By faith Joseph, when he was dying, made mention of the exodus of the sons of Israel, and gave orders concerning his bones.

Genesis 50:24–25 NASB95

Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will surely take care of you and bring you up from this land to the land which He promised on oath to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob.” Then Joseph made the sons of Israel swear, saying, “God will surely take care of you, and you shall carry my bones up from here.”

Joseph is dying. Basically ruled much of the known world. He makes his brother’s swear: He reminds them:

God’s got a plan, and this (Egypt) isn’t it.

Don’t get too attached to Egypt

Promised land of heaven

Leave them longing and wanting more

Give instruction

Conclusion:

There’s a difference between A good story and A God Story

Will you allow yourself to become a part of God’s story

Would your life be entertaining enough for reality tv?

Hebrews 12:1–2 NASB95

Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Main idea: Follow the Father and be a father worth following

1. Trust and Obey

2. Say and Display

3. Lay the Way

Altar Call: The Blessing (song?)