A New-ish Creation (Genesis 9)
Group Guides | Sharing the gospel, sharing our lives (1 Thessalonians 2:8)
By way of introduction:
Where do people try and find a new start in Life?
Why do we seek new-starts in life?
Read Genesis 9:1-7
What stands out in this scene as showing signs of hope of a new start?
Throughout this new-start, what do you notice about how the world will be same-but-differernt?
Read Genesis 9:8-17
What does this covenant reveal about God, humanity and the world?
Look carefully at verses 14-16, what does the sign of this covenant do? (How does the sign function?)
Read Genesis 9:18-29
As Noah and family start life in this “newish creation”, what happens that is similar to Genesis 1-3?
Noah’s prophetic words about his sons and granchildren look at the future of all families of the earth, so this is a unique situation. Yet what can we learn about how we ought to treat people from this scene?
As we look at this “newish creation”, and our world today - how can we apply Genesis 9 through the interpretive lens of Christ (Luke 24) to us today?
* ‘Covenant Theology - Biblical, Theological and Historical Perspectives’, Edited by Guy Prentiss Waters, J. Nichola Reid and John R. Muether
This coming Australia Day, we’ll enjoy a church lunch BBQ with lamb, it’s going to be sweet. So come along for our church service at 10am, to hear Christ preached from Psalm 7, share communion in the Lord’s Supper celebrate by BBQ and singing “happy birthday” to our dear friends.