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BIBLICAL BASIS: God Calls Abram to a New Country

FOCUS TEXT: Genesis 11:31 -- 12:9

BACKGROUND SCRIPTURES: Genesis 11:31 -- 12:20; Deuteronomy 26:5; Acts 7:1-8; Romans 9:1-8

DEVOTIONAL READING: Psalm 105:4-15

KEY VERSE: I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing (Genesis 12:2).

CENTRAL TRUTH: God's divine purpose is fulfilled by man's obedience to God's will.

OBJECTIVE: By the end of this lesson my students should be able to identify blessings that result from obedience to God.

LESSON OUTLINE:
I. God's Call (Genesis 11:31--12:1)
II. God's Covenant (Genesis 12:2, 3)
III. Abram's Obedience (Genesis 12:4-9)

BIBLICAL BASIS: The Tower of Babel

FOCUS TEXT: Genesis 11:1-9

BACKGROUND SCRIPTURES: Genesis 11:1-32; Romans 1:18-32

DEVOTIONAL READING: Romans 1:18-25

KEY VERSE: Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall (Proverbs 16:18).

CENTRAL TRUTH: True success comes only when we live within God's will.

OBJECTIVE: By the end of this lesson my students should be able to identify reasons why they should yield to God's will.

LESSON OUTLINE:
I. Powerful Resources (Genesis 11:1, 2)
II. Presumptuous Resolutions (Genesis 11:3, 4)
III. Providential Restraint (Genesis 11:5-9)

BIBLICAL BASIS: God's Rainbow Covenant With Noah

FOCUS TEXT: Genesis 8:13-22; 9:12, 13

BACKGROUND SCRIPTURES: Genesis 8:1 -- 9:17; 2 Peter 2:5; 3:4-7

DEVOTIONAL READING: Isaiah 54:1-10

KEY VERSE: I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth (Genesis 9:13).

CENTRAL TRUTH: God's gracious promises are based on His faithful character.

OBJECTIVE: By the end of this lesson my students should be able to list some promises God keeps with man.

LESSON OUTLINE:
I. God Remembers (Genesis 8:1-17)
II. Noah Remembers (Genesis 8:18-22)
III. Covenant of Remembrance (Genesis 9:1-17)

BIBLICAL BASIS: Noah and the Flood

FOCUS TEXT: Genesis 6:5-11; 7:11-16

BACKGROUND SCRIPTURES: Genesis 6:1--7:24; Matthew 24:38, 39

DEVOTIONAL READING: Luke 17:20-27

KEY VERSE: The LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man (Genesis 6:3).

CENTRAL TRUTH: God's mercy will not forestall God's judgment forever.

OBJECTIVE: By the end of this lesson my students should be able to identify the characteristics of God's judgment.

LESSON OUTLINE:
I. The Purpose of Judgment (Genesis 6:1-7)
II. The Method of Judgment (Genesis 6:8-22)
III. The Preservation of Life (Genesis 7:1-24)

BIBLICAL BASIS: The Murder of Abel by Cain

FOCUS TEXT: Genesis 4:1-16

BACKGROUND SCRIPTURES: Genesis 4:1-26; Leviticus 9:1-7; Mark 7:21- 23; James 1:14, 15

DEVOTIONAL READING: 1 John 3:9-18

KEY VERSE: Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him (1 John 3:15).

CENTRAL TRUTH: Sin is conceived in the heart before it is committed.

OBJECTIVE: By the end of this lesson my students should be able to identify ways we can guard our thoughts.

LESSON OUTLINE:
I. Principals in the Murder (Genesis 4:1-5)
II. Particulars of the Murder (Genesis 4:6-8)
III. Penalties of the Murder (Genesis 4:9-16)

BIBLICAL BASIS: The Fall of Adam and Eve

FOCUS TEXT: Genesis 3:1-15

BACKGROUND SCRIPTURES: Genesis 3:1-24; John 8:34-44

DEVOTIONAL READING: Romans 5:12-21

KEY VERSE: I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel (Genesis 3:15).

CENTRAL TRUTH: Man's willful transgression of God's perfect law introduced sin into the world.

OBJECTIVE: By the end of this lesson my students should be able to list some results of disobeying God's laws.

LESSON OUTLINE:
I. The Craftiness of Sin (Genesis 3:1-5)
II. The Circumstances of Sin (Genesis 3:6-13)
III. The Consequences of Sin (Genesis 3:14-24)