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2. In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth
was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the
deep, and the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters.
3 Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. 4 God saw
that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness.
5 God called the light day, and the darkness He called night. And there
was evening and there was morning, one day.
- Genesis 1:1-5 NASB
IN THE BEGINNING...

4. 26 Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our
likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of
the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every
creeping thing that creeps on the earth." 27 God created man in His
own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He
created them.
- Genesis 1:26-27 NASB
IN THE BEGINNING... - Man Created in the Image of God

5. God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and
truth.
- John 4:24 NASB
IN THE BEGINNING... - Man Created in the Image of God

6. "See My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself; touch Me and see, for a
spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have."
- Luke 24:39 NASB
IN THE BEGINNING... - Man Created in the Image of God

7. 15 Then the Lord God took the man and put him into the garden of
Eden to cultivate it and keep it. 16 The Lord God commanded the man,
saying, “From any tree of the garden you may eat freely; 17 but from
the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the
day that you eat from it you will surely die.”
- Genesis 2:15-17 NASB
IN THE BEGINNING... - God's Commandment and Warning to Man

8. 1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field which
the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, “Indeed, has God
said, ‘You shall not eat from any tree of the garden’?” 2 The woman
said to the serpent, “From the fruit of the trees of the garden we may
eat; 3 but from the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden,
God has said, ‘You shall not eat from it or touch it, or you will die.’” 4
The serpent said to the woman, “You surely will not die! 5 For God
knows that in the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you
will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
- Genesis 3:1-5 NASB
IN THE BEGINNING... - The Fall of Man

9. 6 When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it
was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make one
wise, she took from its fruit and ate; and she gave also to her husband
with her, and he ate. 7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened,
and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves
together and made themselves loin coverings.
- Genesis 3:6-7 NASB
IN THE BEGINNING... - The Fall of Man

10. They heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the
cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the
presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.
- Genesis 3:8 NASB
IN THE BEGINNING... - The Result of Sin

11. 11 And He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten
from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?” 12 The man said,
“The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me from the
tree, and I ate.” 13 Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this
you have done?” And the woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and
I ate.”
- Genesis 3:11-13 NASB
IN THE BEGINNING... - The Result of Sin

12. 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 NASB
IN THE BEGINNING... - Prophecy of a Messiah

13. 14 Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, He Himself
likewise also partook of the same, that through death He might render
powerless him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, 15 and
might free those who through fear of death were subject to slavery all
their lives.
- Hebrews 2:14-15 NASB
IN THE BEGINNING... - Prophecy of a Messiah

14. 3 So it came about in the course of time that Cain brought an offering
to the Lord of the fruit of the ground. 4 Abel, on his part also brought of
the firstlings of his flock and of their fat portions. And the Lord had
regard for Abel and for his offering; 5 but for Cain and for his offering
He had no regard. So Cain became very angry and his countenance
fell. 6 Then the Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry? And why has
your countenance fallen? 7 If you do well, will not your countenance be
lifted up? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door; and its
desire is for you, but you must master it.” 8 Cain told Abel his brother.
And it came about when they were in the field, that Cain rose up
against Abel his brother and killed him.
- Genesis 4:16 NASB
IN THE BEGINNING... - The First Murder

15. Then Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and settled in the
land of Nod, east of Eden.
- Genesis 4:16 NASB
IN THE BEGINNING... - The Result of Sin

16. Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.
- Genesis 5:24 NASB
IN THE BEGINNING... - The Result of Righteousness

17. 14 It was also about these men that Enoch, in the seventh generation
from Adam, prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord came with many
thousands of His holy ones, 15 to execute judgment upon all, and to
convict all the ungodly of all their ungodly deeds which they have done
in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners
have spoken against Him.”
- Jude 1:14-15 NASB
IN THE BEGINNING... - Enoch was a Prophet of God

18. What is the meaning of the name
Methuselah?
Parent(s) Enoch. Methuselah (Hebrew: ‫ח‬ַ‫ל‬ ֶׁ‫תּוש‬ ְ‫)מ‬ -
"his death shall bring judgment" lived the longest
of any man, dying at the age of 969, the year of
the flood.

19. 5 Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great on the
earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil
continually.
8 But Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD...
9 Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his time; Noah walked with
God.
- Genesis 6:5,8-9 NASB
IN THE BEGINNING... - Noah Walked With God

20. Thus Noah did; according to all that God had commanded him, so he
did.
- Genesis 6:22 NASB
IN THE BEGINNING... - Noah Walked With God

21. By faith Noah, being warned by God about things not yet seen, in
reverence prepared an ark for the salvation of his household, by which
he condemned the world, and became an heir of the righteousness
which is according to faith.
- Hebrews 11:7 NASB
IN THE BEGINNING... - Noah Walked by Faith

22. 18 For Christ also died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, so
that He might bring us to God, having been put to death in the flesh,
but made alive in the spirit; 19 in which also He went and made
proclamation to the spirits now in prison, 20 who once were
disobedient, when the patience of God kept waiting in the days of
Noah, during the construction of the ark, in which a few, that is, eight
persons, were brought safely through the water. 21 Corresponding to
that, baptism now saves you—not the removal of dirt from the flesh,
but an appeal to God for a good conscience—through the resurrection
of Jesus Christ, 22 who is at the right hand of God, having gone into
heaven, after angels and authorities and powers had been subjected to
Him.
- 1 Peter 3:18-21 NASB
IN THE BEGINNING... - Baptism Cleanses Us From Our Sin

23. But the dove found no resting place for the sole of her foot, so she
returned to him into the ark, for the water was on the surface of all the
earth. Then he put out his hand and took her, and brought her into the
ark to himself.
- Genesis 8:9 NASB
IN THE BEGINNING... - Water was on the Surface of the Earth

24. The earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface
of the deep, and the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the
waters.
- Genesis 1:2 NASB
IN THE BEGINNING... - Water was on the Surface of the Earth

25. 14 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal
Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience
from dead works to serve the living God?
- Hebrews 9:14 NASB
IN THE BEGINNING... - Cleansed by the Blood of Christ

26. 1 Now the LORD said to Abram, “Go forth from your country,
And from your relatives and from your father’s house, to the land which
I will show you; 2 And I will make you a great nation, and I will bless
you, and make your name great; and so you shall be a blessing; 3 And
I will bless those who bless you, and the one who curses you I will
curse. And in you all the families of the earth will be blessed.”
7 The LORD appeared to Abram and said, “To your descendants I will
give this land.” So he built an altar there to the LORD who had
appeared to him.
- Genesis 12:1-3,7 NASB
IN THE BEGINNING... - The Promises to Abraham

27. 10 Now there was a famine in the land; so Abram went down to Egypt
to sojourn there, for the famine was severe in the land.
- Genesis 12:10 NASB
IN THE BEGINNING... - The Promises to Abraham

28. 17 But the LORD struck Pharaoh and his house with great plagues
because of Sarai, Abram’s wife.
- Genesis 12:17 NASB
IN THE BEGINNING... - The Promises to Abraham

29. 8 So Abram said to Lot, “Please let there be no strife between you and
me, nor between my herdsmen and your herdsmen, for we are
brothers. 9 “Is not the whole land before you? Please separate from
me; if to the left, then I will go to the right; or if to the right, then I will go
to the left.” 10 Lot lifted up his eyes and saw all the valley of the
Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere—this was before the
LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah—like the garden of the LORD,
like the land of Egypt as you go to Zoar.
- Genesis 13:8-10 NASB
IN THE BEGINNING... - The Destructiveness of Sin

30. 1 After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a
vision, saying, “Do not fear, Abram, I am a shield to you; Your reward
shall be very great.” 2 Abram said, “O Lord GOD, what will You give
me, since I am childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of
Damascus?” 3 And Abram said, “Since You have given no offspring to
me, one born in my house is my heir.” 4 Then behold, the word of the
LORD came to him, saying, “This man will not be your heir; but one
who will come forth from your own body, he shall be your heir.” 5 And
He took him outside and said, “Now look toward the heavens, and
count the stars, if you are able to count them.” And He said to him, “So
shall your descendants be.” 6 Then he believed in the LORD; and He
reckoned it to him as righteousness
- Genesis 15:1-6 NASB
IN THE BEGINNING... - The Righteousness of Abraham

31. 6 Even so Abraham BELIEVED GOD, AND IT WAS RECKONED TO
HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS. 7 Therefore, be sure that it is those who
are of faith who are sons of Abraham. 8 The Scripture, foreseeing that
God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel
beforehand to Abraham, saying, “ALL THE NATIONS WILL BE
BLESSED IN YOU.” 9 So then those who are of faith are blessed with
Abraham, the believer.
- Galatians 3:6-9 NASB
IN THE BEGINNING... - The Promises to Abraham

32. 1 Now I make known to you, brethren, the gospel which I preached to
you, which also you received, in which also you stand, 2 by which also
you are saved, if you hold fast the word which I preached to you,
unless you believed in vain. 3 For I delivered to you as of first
importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according
to the Scriptures, 4 and that He was buried, and that He was raised on
the third day according to the Scriptures
- 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 NASB
IN THE BEGINNING... - The Promises to Abraham

33. “Christ
died
for
our
sins”