Youth Sunday School Lesson Plan
Morningside Baptist Church
Lesson Date: April
19, 2009
Scripture Passage:
Genesis 9-11
Objective: Students will learn about the condition of
the world following the flood and the origins of languages and ethnic groups
throughout the world.
Introduction:
Application:
The narrative of the world wide
flood is one that is contested by many scholars, yet the evidence for a flood
is strong and God’s world clearly presents the flood as a factual event. The flood was the execution of God’s judgment
against mankind. He grew weary of the
evil in man’s heart to the point that God proclaimed, “I am sorry that I made
mankind.” It is a profound declaration
when God is grieved by His own creation.
But the scripture declares that Noah
found grace in the eyes of the Lord. In
the midst of wickedness and sin, Noah was chosen by God to spare the human race
of complete extinction. God instructed
Noah to build an ark for his family.
Another crucial element to the flood narrative is found at the end of
chapter 6. Noah did all God
commanded. Partial obedience would have
been disastrous for Noah and his family.
Noah and his sons spent a century
building an ark in a place with no rain and no logical threat of flood. It made no sense for Noah to build such a
mammoth edifice to the human mind.
Undoubtedly, Noah was the brunt of mockery and ridicule as he obeyed
God’s command. However, his obedience was
rewarded on the day the floodwaters came.
It was too late for those who were not prepared for the wrath of God.
Application: No preparation for God’s judgment will result in eternal
consequences for those who chose to ignore God’s salvation offer.
Purpose of Genesis
The book of Genesis is
the seedbed for every system of doctrine in the scripture. God’s sovereignty, eternality, omniscience,
omnipotence, and omnipresence are expressed in some way through the story of
the book of beginnings. The communicable
traits of God are also evident in the narrative of Genesis. He demonstrates His love, grace, mercy,
goodness, and purposeful intentions.
After creating the earth, the cosmos, and mankind God choose to work
through Abraham and make of him a great nation.
Israel became the corridor through which God would usher in his Son, as
the eternal plan of redemption. The book
of Genesis lays the foundation for the nation of Israel and God’s plan to bring
reconciliation of the relationship He established with man in the Garden of
Eden.
The word Genesis comes from the Greek translation of the
Old Testament called the Septuagint. It
means “origins.” The essence of the book
is in providing explanation of the origins of all that is. The first day, the first marriage, the first
sin, and the first day of rain are all recorded in the manuscript. Even the story of redemption begins with
God’s interaction with Adam following Adam’s rebellion in Genesis 3. Moses is the author of the book along with
the other four books known as the Pentateuch.
The book of Genesis stands in parallel with Revelation as bookends for
God’s story of man. Where Revelation is
the culmination of God’s judgment and man’s rebellion, Genesis describes the
groundwork for God’s plan and the root of man’s sin.
3rd lesson – Gen 8-11
1. After the flood, Noah was directed by God to leave the
ark. All the animals left the ark with
Noah and his family.
2. The first thing Noah did was build an altar and offer
sacrifices to God. The Lord smelled a
soothing aroma and accepted the offering of Noah. The Lord then declared He would never again
curse the ground for man’s sake nor destroy every living thing.
3. Once again, man was commanded to be fruitful,
multiply, and replenish the earth. In the same narrative, God recognized the
worth of a man by stating “whoever sheds man’s (an innocent man) blood, by man
(governing office) his blood shall be shed. . . “
4. God made a covenant with Noah and the rainbow in the
clouds was a reminder of that covenant.
5. The tower of Babel expressed valuable information
about God and man. God declared that,
left to himself, mankind would be able to do anything he set his mind to. When the people were unified, they could
accomplish great things. But God wanted men to scatter over the face of the
earth and so he confused their language.
The word Babel comes from the concept of confused conversation.
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