Seeking a Bride

Genesis 29:1-30

Pastor Garrison Greene

BIG IDEA: God secretly & sovereignly guides all things for his aim & our advantage.

OUTLINE:
1. God’s Hidden Hand
2. God’s Perfect Plans
3. God’s Grand Goal

RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; The JPS Torah Commentary: Genesis by Nahum Sarna; Genesis Commentary by John Calvin; Providence by John Piper; Foundations of the Christian Faith: A Comprehensive and Readable Theology by James Montgomery Boice; Systematic Theology: From Canon to Concept by Stephen Wellum; Approaching the End of God’s Grand Design by Jonathan Edwards; Heidelberg Disputation by Martin Luther

God's Ladder

Genesis 28:1-22

Pastor Garrison Greene

BIG IDEA: God’s promises & presence are with his chosen, demanding our holiness & devotion.

OUTLINE:
1. God’s Distinct People
2. God’s Dwelling Place
3. God’s Devoted People

RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; A New Exposition Of The London Baptist Confession Of Faith Of 1689 ed. Rob Ventura; Preaching the Word: Genesis by Kent Hughes; ESV Church History Study Bible; God’s Rascal: The Jacob Narrative in Genesis 25-35 by Dale Ralph Davis; Welwyn Commentary Series: Genesis by Philip Eveson; Genesis Commentary by John Calvin; Reformed Expository Commentaries: Genesis by Richard Phillips; Living in the Grip of Relentless Grace: The Gospel in the Lives of Isaac and Jacob by Iain Duguid

The Father’s Blessing

Genesis 27:1-46

Pastor Brian Drake

BIG IDEA: The Free Blessing of the Heavenly Father cannot be altered or aided by sinners.

OUTLINE:
1. Beware Of Loving The Blessing More Than The Father
2. Beware Of Fearing The Father Won't Bless
3. Behold The Father Who Freely Blesses

RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible, Welwyn Commentary Series: Genesis by Philip Eveson; Genesis Commentary by John Calvin; Reformed Expository Commentaries: Genesis by Richard Phillips; God’s Rascal: The Jacob Narrative in Genesis 25-35 by Dale Ralph Davis.

Same Problems, Same Promises

Genesis 26:1-35

Pastor Garrison Greene

TEXT: Genesis 26:1-35

OUTLINE: Life with God as…
1. Saints
2. Sufferers
3. Sinners

RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Preaching the Word: Genesis by Kent Hughes; ESV Church History Study Bible; God’s Rascal: The Jacob Narrative in Genesis 25-35 by Dale Ralph Davis; Welwyn Commentary Series: Genesis by Philip Eveson; Genesis Commentary by John Calvin; Reformed Expository Commentaries: Genesis by Richard Phillips

One Potter, One Lump, Two Vessels

Genesis 25:19-34

Pastor Garrison Greene

BIG IDEA: God’s grace chooses to the unlikely and stimulates our endurance.

OUTLINE:
1. God’s Sovereign Election
2. God’s Scandalous Selection
3. God’s Stimulating Lesson

RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; ESV Church History Study Bible; God’s Rascal: The Jacob Narrative in Genesis 25-35 by Dale Ralph Davis; Welwyn Commentary Series: Genesis by Philip Eveson; Genesis Commentary by John Calvin; Reformed Expository Commentaries: Genesis by Richard Phillips

Abraham’s Sunset

Genesis 25:1-18

Pastor Garrison Greene

OUTLINE: The sunset of the Abraham story shows us….
1. The Contrast of the Two Offsprings (vs. 1-6)
2. The Comfort of God’s People in Death (vs. 7-11)
3. The Certainty of God’s Plan & Promises (vs. 12-18)

RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Welwyn Commentary Series: Genesis by Philip Eveson; Genesis Commentary by John Calvin; Reformed Expository Commentaries: Genesis by Richard Phillips; Faith of Our Father: Expositions of Genesis 12-25 by Dale Ralph Davis

The Sought-After & Set-Apart Bride

Genesis 24:1-67

Pastor Brian Drake

BIG IDEA: The Promised Son will certainly find his sought-after and Sanctified Bride.

OUTLINE:
1. Stand Fast Like The Saint (vv 1-9)
2. Seek Like The Servant (vv 10-60)
3. Embody The Bride (vv 61-67)

RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Faith of Our Father: Expositions of Genesis 12-25 by Dale Ralph Davis; The Crossway Classic Commentaries: Genesis by John Calvin; Living in the Gap Between Promise & Reality: The Gospel According to Abraham by Iain Duguid; “No Compromise” 10/7/1888 Sermon by Charles Spurgeon

Dying Pilgrims & the Land of Promise

Genesis 23:1-20

Pastor Garrison Greene

BIG IDEA: We are dying pilgrims on our way to the Land of Promise.

OUTLINE:
1. What Is Coming: Death
2. What We Are: Pilgrims
3. What Will Be: Glory

RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; The JPS Torah Commentary: Genesis by Nahum Sarna; Welwyn Commentary Series: Genesis by Philip Eveson; Reformed Expository Commentary: Genesis by Richard Phillips; Faith of Our Father: Expositions of Genesis 12-25 by Dale Ralph Davis

The Test & the Provision

Genesis 22:1-19

Pastor Garrison Greene

OUTLINE:
Why did God test Abraham in this way? To show us that…
1. Tests Will Come
2. Faith Will Work
3. God Will Provide

RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; The JPS Torah Commentary: Genesis by Nahum Sarna; Welwyn Commentary Series: Genesis by Philip Eveson; Reformed Expository Commentary: Genesis by Richard Phillips; Faith of Our Father: Expositions of Genesis 12-25 by Dale Ralph Davis

The Tent & the Altar

Genesis 21:22-34

Pastor Garrison Greene

BIG IDEA: We are a people of the tent and of the altar.

OUTLINE:
1. We Are a People of Respect & Cooperation
2. We Are a People of Truth & Reproof
3. We Are a People of Worship & Eternity

RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Reformed Expository Commentary: Genesis by Richard Phillips; Welwyn Commentary Series: Genesis by Philip Eveson; The Crossway Classic Commentaries: Genesis by John Calvin; A New Exposition of the London Baptist Confession of Faith of 1689 ed by Rob Ventura; Letter From Birmingham Jail by Martin Luther King Jr