The Advent of Our Reconciliation

Colossians 1:19-23

Pastor Garrison Greene

BIG IDEA: The Creator put on creation to bring reconciliation.

OUTLINE:
1. God & Man In One (v. 19)
2. Heaven & Earth At One (v. 20)
3. God & Us At One (vs. 21-23)

RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; The Expositor’s Bible Commentary: Colossians by Curtis Vaughn, ed. Frank Gaebelein; Calvin’s New Testament Commentaries: Colossians by John Calvin; ESV Expository Commentary: Colossians by Alistair Wilson; Preaching the Word: Colossians by Kent Hughes; The Most Shocking Story We've Ever Heard (Crossway Blog) by John Piper; Rejoicing in Christ by Michael Reeves; The Drama of Scripture: Finding Our Place in the Biblical Story by Craig Bartholomew and Michael Goheen

The Advent of Our Propitiation

1 John 4:7-12

Pastor Garrison Greene

BIG IDEA: God sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

OUTLINE:
1. The Root of Why God Sent His Son: His Love (vs. 7-8)
2. The Reason That God Sent His Son: Propitiation (vs. 9-10)
3. The Result From God Sending His Son: Our Love (vs. 11-12)

RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Preach the Word: 1, 2, 3, John by David L. Allen; The New American Commentary: 1, 2, 3, John by Daniel L. Akin; No Trinity, No Love (blog) by Jared Wilson; The Gospel Commission: Recovering God’s Strategy for Making Disciples by Michael Horton; Gentle & Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers by Dane Ortlund

The Exile

Genesis 3:20-24

Pastor Garrison Greene

BIG IDEA: As the consequences of the fall unfold, so does the promise of grace foretold.

OUTLINE:
1) The Gracious Prolonging (v. 20)
2) The Generous Provision (v. 21)
3) The Greatest Privation (vs. 22-24)

RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Reformation Commentary: Genesis 1-11 ed. John Thompson; Reformed Expository Commentary: Genesis by Richard Phillips; Whole Bible Commentary by Matthew Henry; Redemption Accomplished and Applied by John Murray; The Cross of Christ by John Stott; The First Chapters of Everything: How Genesis 1-4 Explains Our World by Alasdair Paine

The Curse

Genesis 3:8-19

Pastor Garrison Greene

BIG IDEA: God lovingly comes to seek us out and deliver our sentence.

OUTLINE:
1) The Seeking (vs. 8-13)
2) The Sentence (vs. 14-19)

RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Reformed Expository Commentary: Genesis by Richard Phillips; Kidner’s Classic Commentaries: Genesis by Derek Kidner; Reformation Commentary on Scripture: Genesis 1-11 ed. John Thompson; Life at the Bottom: The Worldview That Makes the Underclass by Theodore Dalrymple; The First Chapters of Everything: How Genesis 1-4 Explains Our World by Alasdair Paine;

The Fall

Genesis 3:1-7

Pastor Garrison Greene

BIG IDEA: Receiving the serpent’s lies leads to our demise.

OUTLINE:

  1. Our Ancient Foe (v. 1a)

  2. His Age-Old Fibs (vs. 1b-5)

  3. The Awful Fall (vs. 6-7)

RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Genesis: A Commentary (TGC) by T. Desmond Alexander; Reformed Expository Commentary: Genesis by Richard Phillips; Kidner Classic Commentaries: Genesis by Derek Kidner; The Fall (Lecture) by D.A. Carson; The Fall (Lecture) by Ligon Duncan; Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis; What Went Wrong by J.D. Greear

Humanity in the Covenant of Marriage

Genesis 2:18-25

Pastor Garrison Greene

BIG IDEA: The LORD God ordained marriage in the beginning for his purposes and our pleasure.

OUTLINE:

  1. Marriage Is For Partnership in Calling (vs. 18-20)

  2. Marriage Is For Intimate Companionship (vs. 21-25)

  3. Marriage Is An Enduring Covenant (vs. 24)

RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; The First Chapters of Everything: How Genesis 1-4 Explains Our World by Alasdair Paine; Reformation Commentary on Scripture: Genesis 1-11 ed. John Thompson; Genesis: The Book of Origins by Philip Eveson; Kidner Classic Commentaries: Genesis by Derek Kidner; Reformed Expository Commentary: Genesis by Richard Phillips; A New Exposition of the London Baptist Confession of Faith of 1689 ed. Rob Ventura

Humanity In Covenant With God

Genesis 2:4-17

Pastor Garrison Greene

BIG IDEA: Humanity’s initial generation reveals that we were created and commissioned to live in covenant with God leading to eternal life.

OUTLINE:

  1. Adam & His Relationship with God

  2. Adam & His Representation of Us

  3. Adam & Our Redemption in Christ

RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Genesis: A New Commentary by Meredith Kline; Genesis 1-4: A Linguistic, Literary, and Theological Commentary by C. John Collins; Christian Standard Commentary: Genesis 1-11 by Kenneth A. Matthews; Reformed Expository Commentary: Genesis by Richard Phillips; Reformation Commentary on Scripture: Genesis 1-11 ed. John Thompson, Timothy George, and Scott Manetsch; Getting the Garden Right: Adam’s Work and God’s Rest in Light of Christ by Richard Barcellos; The Distinctiveness of Baptist Covenant Theology: A Comparison Between Seventeenth Century Particular Baptist Covenant and Paedobaptist Federalism by Pascal Denault; The Kingdom of God: A Baptist Expression of Covenant & Biblical Theology by Jeffrey D. Johnson; A New Exposition of the London Baptist Confession of Faith of 1689, ed. Rob Ventura; Dictionary of Biblical Imagery ed. Leland Ryken, James Wilhoit, and Tremper Longman; Reformed Dogmatics by Herman Bavinck

Humanity In Communion With God

Genesis 2:4-17

Pastor Garrison Greene

BIG IDEA: Humanity’s generation & dwelling in the Garden reveals that we belong in…

OUTLINE:
1) Reference To God
2) Relationship With God
3) Residence Near God

RESOURCES: EESV Study Bible; Reformed Expository Commentary: Genesis by Richard Phillips; Preaching the Word: Genesis by Kent Hughes; You Are Not Your Own: Belonging To God in an Inhuman World by Alan Noble; The Presence of God: Its Place In the Storyline of Scripture and the Story of Our Lives by J. Ryan Lister; A Quest For Godliness: The Puritan Vision of the Christian Life by J.I. Packer; The Temple and the Church’s Mission: A Biblical Theology of the Dwelling Place of God by G.K. Beale; God’s Relational Presence: The Cohesive Center of Biblical Theology by J. Scott Duvall & J. Daniel Hays; A Breathing After God by Richard Sibbes; Where Do We Find True Belonging by Jeremy Linneman

The Endless Rest of the Lord

Genesis 2:1-3

Pastor Brian Drake

BIG IDEA: The endless rest of the Lord is open to all who can stop working on what is finished.

OUTLINE:
1) The Endless Rest of the Lord
2) Stop Working on What is Finished
      a) Stop Working on Creation
      b) Stop Working on Redemption
3) Keep Working on What Will Be Finished
      a) Keep Working on Holding Fast
      b) Keep Working on Building The Temple

RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; The Message of Genesis 1-11 by David J. Atkinson; Genesis by John Calvin; Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture edited by Andrew Louth; The Story of God Bible Commentary: Genesis by Tremper Longman III

Imago Dei

Genesis 1:26-28

Pastor Garrison Greene

TEXT: Genesis 1:26-28

BIG IDEA: God created humanity to reflect him, represent him, and resemble him.

OUTLINE:
1) We Were Made to Reflect God
2) We Were Made to Represent God
3) We Were Made to Resemble God

RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Institutes of the Christian Religion by John Calvin