Sermons on Genesis 3:1-51:

Wrestling With God (Genesis 32)

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Jul 12, 2024

Do we wrestle with God in prayer or do we give up? Let's look at Genesis 32.

Jacob’s name meant a heel catcher, someone who gets ahead by slowing someone else down. God had prophesied to Rebekah that the older would serve the younger, but Jacob took the inheritance and the blessing by tricking his brother. Was his suffering under a wage-cheating father-in-law a good lesson ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Revenge Or Justice? (Genesis 34)

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Jul 15, 2024

Do we seek justice or revenge? Let's look at a case study in Genesis 34.

Do we want true justice or is our motive really revenge for wrongful acts? Should we fight every wrong in the world or sometimes wait on God for justice? Let’s look at justice and revenge in Genesis 34. What did Shechem do to Dinah? Did he want to marry her afterwards? Dinah, the daughter of ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Repenting Of Idols (Genesis 35)

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Jul 16, 2024

What kind of idols do we need to repent of? Let's look at Genesis 35.

God is merciful. Families do not repent of past sins all at once. It often takes time. What sins of our families do we still need to grow past? Let’s look at an example in Genesis 35. Did God tell Jacob to leave the area? Did the family finally repent of having idols? Were even their earrings ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Sold Into Slavery (Genesis 37)

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Jul 18, 2024

What must it have been like for Joseph, sold into slavery by his own brothers? Do we trust God that He has a plan for those who love Him? Let's look at Genesis 37.

What was it like for Joseph being sold by his brothers into Egyptian slavery? How do we handle terrible loss? Do we have the faith to wait on God, who has wonderful plans, for those who love Him? Let’s look at Genesis 37. Does Joseph get along with his older brothers? Have we ever experienced ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Joseph In Trouble (Genesis 39)

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Jul 21, 2024

When faithful believers are in deep trouble will God intervene to help? Let's look at Genesis 39.

Sometimes in life people sell us out because they hate us, we are falsely accused and land in trouble. Do we trust in God, who even in the worst of times, can make our lives prosper, help us and be good to us? In the midst of slavery, did God look after Joseph? Now Joseph had been taken down to ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Difficult Reunion (Genesis 42)

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Jul 24, 2024

The Bible does not require that we trust those who once abused us, but can we forgive? Let's look at Genesis 42.

Can past abuse make a family reunion difficult? God does not require that we trust those who once hurt us, but can we forgive? Let’s look at Genesis 42. What were Joseph’s brothers forced to do because of the famine? When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why are ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

The Brothers Return (Genesis 43)

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Jul 26, 2024

Can youthful egos be turned to humility? Can God finally bless us when they do? Let's look at Genesis 43.

Does the reality of life often turn youthful bragging and lack of wisdom into humility? Does God sometimes bring wonderful surprise blessings after many years of trial and testing? Let’s look at Genesis 43. Why did Joseph’s brothers eventually need to return to Egypt? Now the famine was severe in ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Settling In Goshen (Genesis 47)

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Jul 31, 2024

Are believers perfect? Let's look at Genesis 47.

The patriarchs were not perfect. Clearly Israel was given much better laws as they inherited the land of promise. Yet, we live in an imperfect world too. Is our hope here or in a better world coming? Let’s look at Genesis 47. What did Joseph tell Pharaoh? What was their request? So Joseph went ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Prophesied Legacy (Genesis 49)

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Aug 2, 2024

We all leave a legacy. What kind is partly up to us. Let's look at Genesis 49.

Can we escape the legacy of our family history? What legacy are we leaving behind for our descendants? Let’s discuss the legacy of Israel’s descendants in Genesis 49. Did Israel prophesy what would happen to the twelve tribes? And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Last Words (Genesis 50)

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Aug 2, 2024

Will our last words be ones of reconciliation and forgiveness? Let's look at Genesis 50.

Was Joseph forgiving and gracious towards his brothers’ past crimes? Did he see that God’s plan was greater than their sins? Do we also see God working things out even during great personal suffering? Let’s look at Genesis 50. Did Joseph mourn his father? Did the Egyptians also mourn Israel? And ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Questions In Genesis (Answers In The Gospels)

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on May 31, 2024

Genesis does not give us the final answers. Rather it poses a lot of questions and mysteries which are only answered later in the Gospels. Let's look at some of those questions.

Excellent resources are the ministry of Answers in Genesis and the Creation Research Institute. However, there are questions in Genesis not answered until the Gospels. Let’s look at some of those questions. At creation, God described humanity as “very good.” Are we now totally depraved or ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Genesis Chapter Forty-Three Series

Contributed by Tom Shepard on Jun 3, 2024

These are thoughts on Genesis Chapter Forty-Three. In his work, "What does every Bible chapter say..." John Hunt gives an overview of each chapter of the Bible. It is my intention to do the same thing here.

GENESIS CHAPTER FORTY-THREE OVERVIEW Overall what is happening in this chapter is that the brothers of Joseph, after using up the grain which they had purchased, returned to Egypt again. Thomas Coke (1801) – Genesis 43 Jacob, overcome by the entreaty of his sons, delivers Benjamin to them, and ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 43:1-34

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Greater Blessing - Genesis 15 Series

Contributed by Brian Williams on Jun 4, 2024

Life is filled with choices and opportunities. How do we know which choices to make and what opportunities are from God or not?

Last week we studied the passage in Genesis 13:3-18 where we saw that Abram and Lot were prospering, so much so that they needed to expand their territory and go their separate ways. Throughout this transition, Abram stayed close to God and learned to settle things God’s way. Lot on other hand ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 14:17-24

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Eyewitness Genealogy (Genesis 5)

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Jun 10, 2024

Do we believe the eyewitness testimony of patriarchal history or the unreliable data from chronometric dating? Let's take a look at Genesis 5.

Which is more reliable, eyewitness testimony including genealogies or wildly unreliable chronometric dating methods? If ancient patriarchs walked with God, can we walk and talk with God too? Was it Enoch’s faith that pleased God? Can we also have such faith? Let’s find out in a document possibly ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Preparing A Ship (Genesis 6)

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Jun 10, 2024

As the giver of life, did God have the right to take it back? Let's explore the reasons for the great flood in Genesis 6.

Was God grieved by the human evils of Noah’s day? Is our world getting just as bad? As the giver of life, does God have the right to take it away? Let’s discuss this in Genesis 6. Who were the sons of God? Does this possibly describe intermarriage between faithful and unfaithful families? Is such ...read more

Denomination: Baptist