Review: Write down the three memorization texts from lesson 1 from memory:
1. Write 2 Timothy 3:16-17 from memory.
2. Write Psalm 119:105 from memory.
3. Write Psalm 119:9 from memory.
⏱ Estimated study time: 1 - 3 hours
Look up the texts below and answer the questions.
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Reading: Read Genesis 1, 2 and 3 in their entirety. Write down what touches you the most.
A. The creation (Genesis 1)
Imagine: a world without death, without sickness, without sorrow. Animals live in peace with each other. God walks through the garden He has made. He has thought of the colors, the laughter, the tears of joy, the relief, the wonder. He has designed children — their first smile, their innocence, their trust. Everything was very good.
Question 1: What did God create on the first day? (Genesis 1:3-5)
Question 2: In whose image was man created? (Genesis 1:26-27)
Question 3: What was God's verdict over all that He had made? (Genesis 1:31)
B. Man (Genesis 2)
Question 4: From what did God form man and what did He breathe into him? (Genesis 2:7)
Question 5: What commandment did God give to man and what would be the consequence of disobedience? (Genesis 2:16-17)
Question 6: Why did God make the woman? (Genesis 2:18, 21-22)
C. The Fall (Genesis 3)
Question 7: What was the lie of the serpent? (Genesis 3:4-5)
Question 8: What happened after Adam and Eve ate of the fruit? (Genesis 3:7-8)
Question 9: What did God promise in Genesis 3:15 and about Whom is this prophecy? (Genesis 3:15)
Question 10: What consequences did the Fall have for mankind? Name three. (Genesis 3:16-19)
Question 11: What does Romans 5:12 say about the consequences of Adam's sin for all people? (Romans 5:12)
D. Who is God?
Question 12: The Hebrew word for God in Genesis 1:1 is Elohim. This is a plural form. What could this mean for the being of God? (Genesis 1:26 — note: ‘Let Us...’)
Question 13: In Genesis 2:4 God is for the first time called LORD God. In Hebrew this is YaHWeH Elohim. What does the name YaHWeH (YHWH) mean? (Exodus 3:14)
Question 14: What does God say about Himself? (Isaiah 45:5-6)
Question 15: How does Moses describe God in the ‘Shema’? (Deuteronomy 6:4)
Question 16: Does God have a beginning? (Psalm 90:2)
Question 17: What IS God? (1 John 4:8)
Question 18: What must we believe about God? (Hebrews 11:6)
Question 19: How is the Spirit of God called and what did He do at creation? (Genesis 1:2)
Question 20: How did God create? (Genesis 1:3, Psalm 33:6, Hebrews 11:3)
Memorize
Learn these three texts by heart:
- Genesis 1:1 — In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
- Genesis 1:27 — God created man in his own image. In God's image he created him; male and female he created them.
- Romans 5:12 — Therefore as sin entered into the world through one man, and death through sin, so death passed to all men because all sinned.