Text: Genesis 7-8

God’s Global Judgment (Genesis 7)

• Noah believed God’s Word and obeyed His command.
• God uncreated what He created through a worldwide flood due to man’s sin

God’s Gracious Deliverance (Genesis 8)

• God mercifully protected and delivered Noah and his family from judgment.
• God covenants with Noah to never destroy the world in the same way again.

Text: Genesis 6:1-22

Man’s Continual Wickedness (Gen. 6:1-5)

• Marriage has become demonized by fallen angels.
• God shortens man’s life span due his wickedness.
• The restless evil of man’s heart has been revealed in his pursuit of violence.

God’s Comprehensive Judgment (Gen. 6:6-7)

• God was grieved to His heart over the wickedness of man.
• God resolved to judge man for his wickedness under penalty of death.

God’s Compassionate Grace (Gen. 6:8-22)

• In His grace, God shows His favor to Noah and his family
• In his life, Noah walked with God, proving that he had a close relationship to Him.
• In His grace, God makes a covenant with Noah and prepares him to be delivered from the coming flood.

Text: 1 Peter 4:7-11

The Apostolic Assertion Concerning the End (v. 7a)

The Urgent Duties in Light of the End (vv. 7b-11a)

• The duties concerning their personal life (v. 7b)
• The activities in their community relations (vv. 8-11a)

The duty of mutual love (vv. 8-9)

The duty of mutual service (vv. 10-11a)

The Goal in Christian Living (v. 11b)

Text: Genesis 4:1-26

The Righteous Attitude of Worshipping God (Genesis 4:1-4)

• God graciously provides Adam and Eve with two sons: Cain and Abel.
• Abel is portrayed as the one who brought an acceptable offering to the Lord with the right heart attitude.
• In the New Testament, Abel’s offering and his actions toward God are declared as righteous (Hebrews 11:4; 1 John 3:12b).

The Ruinous Outcome of Worshipping Self (Genesis 4:3, 5-24)

• Cain worshipped God on his terms with a selfish attitude of pride.
• Cain’s angry response to God’s correction and murder revealed his worship of self.
• God’s warning and condemnation was also mingled with grace.
• In the New Testament, “the way of Cain” is portrayed as a pursuit of personal gain marked by evil (Jude 11; 1 John 3:12a).

The Redemptive Plan of Our Sovereign God (Genesis 4:25-26)

• Even in the midst of murder and revenge, God’s plan to save His people cannot be thwarted.
• God appoints the line of Seth for the Messiah to come and call true worshippers to Himself.
• Consider Christ, “the mediator of the new covenant,” who atoned for our sin with His own blood (Hebrews 12:24).

Text: 1 Corinthians 15:1-28

The Trustworthy Testimony of Christ’s Resurrection (1 Cor. 15:1-11)

• The reliability of the Scriptures
• The credibility of the eyewitnesses
• The experience of the Apostle Paul

The Devastating Consequences of No Resurrection (1 Cor. 15:12-19)

• If Christ has not been raised from the dead, then our faith is meaningless.
• If Christ has not been raised from the dead, then we remain sinners without redemption.

The Glorious Outcome of Christ’s Resurrection (1 Cor. 15:20-28)

• Since Christ has been raised from the dead, we have an unshakable hope and future.
• Since Christ has been raised from the dead, death has been conquered and Christ reigns over all things.