For I Have Learned by Experience

Sunday, September 12, 2021 Morning Service

Genesis 30:25-27

These lessons in Genesis can be learned by your own experience or by observing the experiences of others.

Truths you find in Genesis follow all the way through the Bible. These are irrefutable truths, undeniable, given by God to man and they stand the test of time.

Note: 2 Timothy 3:1, 7 cross reference Romans 3:4

Lessons I Have Learned by Experience

  1. There is a personal, all-powerful Creator

    • Genesis 1:1-31
    • Isaiah 45:18
    • 2 Peter 3:13
    • Romans 1:25
    • 1 Peter 4:19
  2. Man in his present condition is a fallen creature

    • Genesis 3:1-24 (Adam, Eve, and Cain)
    • Romans 3:23
    • Romans 3:9-12, 18-23
    • Romans 5:12-21
    • 1 Corinthians 4:6
    • Romans 1:20
  3. Man’s Creator can redeem him

    • Genesis 3:7, 21
    • Galatians 3:13
    • 1 Peter 1:18, 19
    • Genesis 6-9 (Noah and the Ark)
    • Genesis 11 (Abraham)
      • Genesis 15:1-6
      • Genesis 22:6-8
      • John 1:29
      • Revelation 5:6-9
      • Exodus 12:4-7, 13
    • Genesis 48:16
  4. Man cannot redeem himself

    • Genesis 3:7
    • Romans 4:2
    • Galatians 2:16
    • Titus 3:5
    • Ephesians 2:8-9
  5. Degeneration, not evolution, is the standard teaching of history

    • Genesis 3:17-19
    • Genesis 6:5-8, 11, 12 (Noah)
      • Genesis 11:5-9
    • Genesis 19 (Abraham, Sodom and Gommorah)

    All dispensations end in failure.

  6. God is able to (and does) reveal Himself in history

    • Romans 1:16-18
    • Exodus 3:14
    • Exodus 6:3
    • John 18:5-8
    • John 8:58-59
    • John 14:6
    • Genesis 2 & 3 (Adam)
    • Genesis 5:21-24 (Enoch)
    • Genesis 6:8, 13, 14, 22 (Noah)
    • Genesis 12:1-5; Genesis 15:7 (Abraham)
    • Isaac - Abrahamic covenant confirmed to Isaac
    • Genesis 32:24-28; Genesis 35:1-3 (Jacob)
    • Genesis 37; Genesis 39:21; Genesis 50:20 (Joseph)
  7. Even the saints have sins

    • 1 Corinthians 11:31-32
    • Romans 6:13, 16, 19
    • Genesis 3 (Adam)
    • Lot - lost his testimony, incest 2 daughters
    • Genesis 9:20-27 (Noah)
    • Genesis 20 (Abraham - lied)
    • Isaac - not a good dad, lied
    • Jacob - a crook, liar, and coward