Redemption in Genesis

• Review: Where did we leave off?

• What was the condition of man when we left off?

• What hope was there for man?

• Who was responsible for the condition man found himself in?

• Which of these statements is true?

• Satan created evil.
• Eve created evil.
• Satan distorted the good already created.
• Man fulfilled his purpose in…
• Spontaneous worship to the Creator.
• Working the garden and adding his character (creativity) to it.
• His relationship to his wife.
• Imaging God to the world in which he lived.
• All the above.
• All of these are because all of these are
• of to the .
• Seven Effects of the Fall:

2DESTROYED:REPLACED WITH:

• Loss of legal/moral
• was distorted
• with God was broken
• Man’s was cursed
• with God crumbled
• Humankind lost
• Destroyed of God upon man
• Replaced with
• Replaced with
• Replaced with
• Replaced with and
• Replaced with
• Replaced with imputed
• Replaced with need for divine grace
• Hope For Man Through a Redeemer:
  • The fate of man sealed by sin: complete
  • The Fall of Man into sin is all consuming.
• The effects of the Fall affect his entire . Genesis 6:5-6
• The effects of the Fall affect his entire . Genesis 8:21
• The effects of the Fall affect the entire . Psalm 14:1-3
  • The Fall of Man into sin is unalterable.
• All people are condemned to sin. Ecclesiastes 7:20
• All people choose sin rather than choose God. Romans 1:29-32
• All people are destined to never find God. Romans 3:23
  • God’s promise of hope: the protevangelium
  • “Protevangelium” = “The first ”
  • Genesis 3:15 – Traditional scholars typically understood as protevangelium.
  • “I will put enmity between you and the woman,
  • And between your offspring and hers;
  • He will strike your head,
  • And you will strike his heel.”
  • Enmity is the word used to describe the constant battle for humankind.
  • The blow to the heel is .
  • Jesus Christ took the blow to the heel on the .
  • Satan bruised Jesus’ heel.
  • The blow to the head is .
  • Satan took the blow to the head through the .
  • Jesus Christ crushed Satan’s head.
  • The only hope for man: .
  • The sovereign plan of God included redemption
  • Redemption is not simply “ ”
  • Redemption is the method by which Salvation is
  • Redemption is “the payment of a ” or “ ”.
  • Redemption is pictured in God rescuing His people.
  • God rescued His people from Egypt. (Exodus 6:6; 15:13)
• God is the Redeemer of Israel. Psalms 78:35
• God is the strong Redeemer who rescues. Jeremiah 31:11
• God is the Redeemer of the oppressed. Job 19:25
  • Redemption through divine intervention:
  • Sin plagued of humankind.
  • The Redeemer of man had to be of inherited sin.
  • The Holy Spirit intervened to provide the only perfect sacrifice.
  • Jesus Christ was fully .
  • Jesus Christ was fully .
  • No other being could fit the requirements. (Romans 5:12; 15-17)
• Conclusion:
  • Man is utterly because of the Fall.
  • Redemption had to be supplied by who was not affected by the sin tragedy.
  • There is Redemption in none other than .
  • Our response should be complete and for His unmerited grace.