The Battle for Worship Begins

Bible Readings to accompany Bible Overview series - week 2:

Day 1: Genesis 2 (Recap)
1. How is Adam and Eve's worship described?

2. Why is marriage given? How should that affect our marriages and thoughts about marriage?

3. Worship is not an activity in our life but the activity of our lives. How will that change your thinking, actions and living this week?

Day 2: Genesis 3
1. How does Satan subvert worship?

2. What are the consequences of wrong worship for Adam and Eve?

3. What would it have looked like for Adam and Eve to have worshipped God rightly in Genesis 3?

Day 3: Genesis 4
1. Why does God reject Cain's offering? (1 John 3:10-15, Heb 11:4, Jude 11)

2. What does Genesis 4 teach us about worship and God?

Day 4: Genesis 5
1. Why do you think the genealogy is included?

2. What does the character of Enoch teach us about right worship?

3. What does it mean to walk faithfully with the Lord?

Day 5: Genesis 6-9 (part 1)
1. What is emphasised about Noah in contrast to the rest of humanity?

2. What is the context of Noah's relationship with God (6:8)?

3. Is sin serious? How is it seen?

Day 6: Genesis 11 (part 2)

1. What is emphasized about the building materials(v3)?

2. What does the incident at Babel tell us about man and his worship?

3. Sin is failure to worship God, how does this failure keep repeating itself?

Day 7: Review
1. What does Genesis 3-11 teach us about sin? How does that apply to us today?

2. God has shown tremendous grace to mankind despite its failure to worship and ruin of creation. List all the instances of grace.

3. "The God of the Old Testament is vengeful and judgemental, whereas in the New Testament we see a loving and gracious God." How would you use Genesis 3-11 to counter such a wrong view?