Foundations 1 (GNC)

(PG 1.1) Intro: A Story You Are In

(Q) HOW MANY of YOU GUYS LIKE STORIES?

TELLING a STORY?

HEARING a STORY?

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Transition: TODAY—I’M GOING to SHARE the “BEST” STORY — ONE THAT is TRUE— AND ONE YOU CAN BE A PART OF!!

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Focus: IT’S FOUND in the BIBLE— A SPECIAL BOOK ABOUT GOD—THAT TEACHES US ABOUT HIM… 📷

BIBLE TEACHES US:

GOD LOVES US & MADE US

HE WANTS a RELATIONSHIP WITH US

🗝️the ONLY WAY to BE TRULY HAPPY is by KNOWING & LOVING GOD. 🗝️

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Transition: WE’RE GOING to BEGIN @ the VERY BEGINNING of the STORY— BIBLE BOOK of GENESIS

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Teaching:

(PG 1.2) Background: Creation

Genesis 1:1 New Living Translation (Chapter 1)

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth

GOD MADE HEAVEN & EARTH—& EVERYTHING in THEM

COOL EXAMPLES…

Participation: COUNT to 3—EVERYONE SAY YOUR FAVORITE ANIMAL

🗝️=> ALL THESE WERE GOD’S IDEA & MAKING 🗝️

BIBLE TEACHES: GOD MADE EVERYTHING in 6 DAYS!

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(Q) DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT GOD THOUGHT AFTER HE MADE EVERYTHING? VERY GOOD

Goodness of Creation (PG: 1.3)

Genesis 1:31… New Living Translation (Chapter 1)

Then God looked over all he had made, and he saw that it was very good

GOD MADE THINGS GOOD

BIBLE TEACHES: GOD MADE a SPECIAL GARDEN—A PLACE for ADAM & EVE to LIVE & SPEND TIME W/ GOD!📷

COOL of the DAY!

🗝️Emphasis: We were CREATED to KNOW & LOVE GOD 🗝️

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EDEN WAS PERFECT

Adam Had Two Jobs:

NAMING ANIMALS

TAKE CARE of GOD’S GARDEN

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Foreshadowing: HE COULD ENJOY the FRUITS on EVERY TREE… EVERY TREE BUT ONE

(Q) DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT the NAME of THAT TREE WAS? TREE of KNOWLEDGE of GOOD & EVIL

Genesis 2:15-17 New Living Translation (Chapter 2)

15 The LORD God placed the man in the Garden of Eden to tend and watch over it. 16 But the LORD God warned him, “You may freely eat the fruit of every tree in the garden—17 except the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. If you eat its fruit, you are sure to die.”

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Fall (PG: 1.4)

ADAM & EVE LIVED in a PERFECT PLACE...

WITH VERY LITTLE RULES… JUST ONE RULE!

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Transition: I WONDER IF THEY WOULD LISTEN…

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Gen. 3:1-3 New Living Translation (Chapter 3)

The serpent was the shrewdest of all the wild animals the LORD God had made. One day he asked the woman, “Did God really say you must not eat the fruit from any of the trees in the garden?”

2 “Of course we may eat fruit from the trees in the garden,” the woman replied. 3 “It’s only the fruit from the tree in the middle of the garden that we are not allowed to eat. God said, ‘You must not eat it or even touch it; if you do, you will die.’ ”

IN the GARDEN—THERE WAS a SNEAKY SNAKE— GOD’S ENEMY

HE MADE EVE DOUBT GOD’S GOODNESS

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Transition: THEN HE LIED to HER:

Gen. 3:4-5 New Living Translation (Chapter 3)

4 “You won’t die!” the serpent replied to the woman. 5 “God knows that your eyes will be opened as soon as you eat it, and you will be like God, knowing both good and evil.”

NOW, EVE HAD a CHOICE:

WOULD SHE LISTEN to GOD?

WOULD SHE LISTEN to the SNEAKY SNAKE?

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(Q) DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED? EVE DISOBEYED—AND GAVE to ADAM & HE DISOBEYED

THE BIBLE CALLS THIS SIN: 📷

Romans 5:12 New Living Translation (Chapter 5)

12 When Adam sinned, sin entered the world. Adam’s sin brought death, so death spread to everyone, for everyone sinned

Defining Sin:

(Q) DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT SIN IS?

SIN is ANYTHING WE DO, SAY or THINK THAT is AGAINST GOD’S WILL…

ILLUSTRATE: MISSING the MARK/BULLSEYE

WHEN ADAM SINNED—NOW SIN ENTERED the WORLD…

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Problem: Hiding from God (PG 1.5)

Gen. 3:8-9 New Living Translation (Chapter 3)

8 When the cool evening breezes were blowing, the man and his wife heard the LORD God walking about in the garden. So they hid from the LORD God among the trees. 9 Then the LORD God called to the man, “Where are you?”

(Q) DO YOU THINK GOD KNEW WHERE THEY WERE? GOD KNOWS EVERYTHING!

SIN CAUSED ADAM & EVE to HIDE FROM GOD!

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Consequence: Separated from God (Eden)… PG. 1.6)

GOD’S PUNISHMENT: THEY WERE SEPARATED FROM HIM.

Gen. 3:23-24 New Living Translation (Chapter 3)

23 So the LORD God banished them from the Garden of Eden, and he sent Adam out to cultivate the ground from which he had been made. 24 After sending them out, the LORD God stationed mighty cherubim to the east of the Garden of Eden. And he placed a flaming sword that flashed back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.

ADAM & EVE DIDN’T DIE IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE of SIN—BUT THEIR DISOBEDIENCE BROUGHT SIN INTO the WORLD…

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Romans 3:23 New Living Translation (Chapter 3)

23 For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard.

BECAUSE of OUR SINS— OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD is HURT, WE’RE SEPARATED from HIM

Problem: WE, LIKE ADAM, HAVE ALL MISSED GOD’S TARGET.

DISOBEYING PARENTS

LYING

HURTING OTHER PEOPLE

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Transition: BUT GOD HAS GOOD NEWS for US

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Hope: A Rescuer Would Come…

Genesis 3:15 New Living Translation (Chapter 3)

15 And I will cause hostility between you and the woman,

and between your offspring and her offspring.

He will strike your head,

and you will strike his heel.”

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Transition: GOD SAID ONE DAY the SNAKE-CRUSHER WOULD COME & DEFEAT the SNAKE

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Solution: Jesus came to pay for our sins, reconciling us to God (PG: 1.7)

MANY YEARS LATER—JESUS CAME INTO the WORLD as the SNAKE-CRUSHER.

Emphasis: JESUS WAS SPECIAL:

GOD’S SON

WITHOUT SIN

HE HIT the TARGET—EVERY TIME, A PERFECT LIFE!

(Q) DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED to JESUS? HE DIED on a CROSS…

(Q) DOES THAT SEEM FAIR? NO, BECAUSE JESUS NEVER SINNED

Romans 5:8 New Living Translation (Chapter 5)

But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.

Solution: GOD DID THIS SO WE COULD HAVE a RELATIONSHIP W/ HIM AGAIN AFTER SIN ENTERED the WORLD:

🗝️Emphasis: We were CREATED to KNOW & LOVE GOD 🗝️

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2 Cor. 5:21 New Living Translation (Chapter 5)

For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ.

BAD NEWS: OUR SIN SEPARATES US from GOD

✝️GOOD NEWS: JESUS PAID the PRICE for OUR SINS,, ALTHOUGH INNOCENT, SO WE CAN BE FORGIVEN

THEN HE WAS RAISED to LIFE AGAIN!✝️

Invitation: IF WE TRUST in JESUS—WE WILL LIVE FOREVER in HEAVEN WITH GOD💡

& IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS YOU CAN ASK ME AFTER OUR LESSON TODAY…

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HEAVEN = SPECIAL PLACE WHERE GOD LIVES NOW & WHERE WE’LL BE SOMEDAY.

REMEMBER:

God made us to know and love Him.

HEAVEN WILL BE SPECIAL BECAUSE WE’LL BE WITH GOD FOREVER…

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Response:

👣👣IF YOU BELIEVE in JESUS YOU SHOULD SPEND TIME WITH GOD EVERY DAY—THAT is WHY WE WERE MADE…

START YOUR DAY WITH a SMALL “QUIET TIME”… WHERE YOU PRAY to GOD (TALK to HIM) & THANK HIM for HIS BLESSINGS & FOR JESUS. 👣👣

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Review Questions:

Who made everything? God

What is the only way you can be truly happy/made for? Knowing and loving God

What is the Bible? God’s special book—tells us about Him

What is sin? Anything we think, say or do that isn’t right with God—missing the target

What were the names of the first two people God created? Adam & Eve

Were Adam and Eve allowed to eat from any tree in the garden? No— One was forbidden

How did sin enter the world? Adam & Eve disobeyed, eating the fruit

What happened because of Adam and Eve’s sin? Sin entered the world— they had to leave God’s garden. People = separated from God.

What did God promise to Adam & Eve? A rescuer would come

Who was the Rescuer? Jesus

Closing Questions??