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| HOW
TO USE THIS STUDY GUIDE |
| Welcome
to 'Genesis Unplugged'. You will enjoy jogging through Genesis as we look
at the great issues of life and how they relate to God as Creator and the
fact of His creation. |
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| This
study guide goes with the 6 part video series, 'Genesis Unplugged'. Play
each part of this one and a half hour video until you reach the end of the
section (usually 12 - 15 minutes long). A verse or question will appear
on the screen followed by the instruction 'pause here when using the study
guide'. Pause your video player at this place and enjoy the challenging
questions in the study guide. |
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| Each
portion of the guide starts with the question that finishes the video segment.
There are far more questions in each section than you would do in a normal
study session. This is intentional and gives you room to choose questions
you might wish to pursue. |
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| We've
also included an interesting general section on science and the Bible with
questions on Creation/Evolution. You might like to discuss one of these
with each section of the study guide. May the Lord lead you as you seek
His mind on His creation to His glory and honour. |
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| GENESIS
UNPLUGGED |
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(Part
1 ) GOD SAYS WHAT? |
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1.
In John 5: 46-47, Jesus stated that anyone who rejects what Moses wrote
would reject Jesus Christ. Why should this happen? |
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2.
What books did Moses write? |
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3. Did Moses write anything about
evolution? |
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4. How do the 10 Commandments differ from every other portion of the Bible?
(Exodus 31:18) |
| 5.
Does the 7 day week come from: |
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9. If you rob a native parrot's nest in Australia and break the eggs, you
can be fined up to $5000. Yet an abortion costs only $500 and is refundable
on government health care. What are the beliefs of a government that would
make such a legislation? |
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Is suicide wrong? Why? |
| 11.
What is God's attitude to murder? (Exodus 20:13) |
| 12.
What is God's attitude to capital punishment? (Genesis 9:6) |
| 13.
The first instruction concerning society punishing a murderer is given to
Noah (Genesis 9:6). It was to be implemented in the world to all of his
decendants after the flood. However, the first murder was committed by Adam's
son, Cain (Genesis 4:1-15), and yet God spared him. Is there any inconsistency
here? |
| 14.
Which US presidents have been evolutionists? |
| 15.
What did they believe about abortion / suicide / euthanasia? |
| 16.
Does the Bible teach that there should be legal penalties for performing
an abortion? |
| 17.
How is the commandment about not stealing (Exodus 20:15), related to God's
instruction to Adam after sin came, that he would have to earn his living
by the sweat of his brow? (Genesis 3:17) |
| 18.Where
is the Protestant work ethic derived from? |
| 19.
Recently a sign appeared in plant nursery shops advising that laws had been
passed preventing bare rooted native plants from being sold to the public
since the public did not know how to keep them alive. What has the government
just made illegal? What value have they just given to these plants? What
do you think their rationale would be? |
| 20.
Do fisherman have the right to remove seals from their fishing grounds?
(Genesis 1:27-28) |
| 21.
Does man have the right to chop down a tree? (Genesis 1:27-28) |
| 22.
What does the Bible have to say about tattoos, body piercing, and other
body disfigurement? (Deuteronomy 14:1, 2; Joshua 7:15) What do you think
the reason for God's attitude is |
| 23.
A pilot started a new company to spread the ashes of cremated people across
the USA. He has called his company 'You fry em, we fly em'. Apart from minor
problems like having Aunt Bertha sometimes fly back through the window and
up his nose, the company is thriving. What does the Bible have to say about
the increasingly popular process of cremation or burning bodies to ash after
death? |
| 24.
Where in the Bible is the the first birth control implemented and why? |
| 25.
What's the difference between birth control and abortion to an evolutionist? |
| 26.
Because Creation is true, what's the difference between birth control and
abortion? |
| 27.
The USA was built on the belief that "All men were created with certain
inalienable rights". Can a democracy function, if evolution is taught
as a fact in the educational institutions? |
| 28.
Can a democratic system work when the bulk of a population has no knowledge
of God's revealed truth? |
| 29.
Does the Creator God accept democratic decisions about what he says is right
or wrong? |
| 30.
What is sin? (1 John 3:4; John 1:17) |
| 31.
How does evolution undermine God's definition of sin? |
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| (Part
2 ) YOUR BEST FAMILY |
| 1.
What reason does Paul give for male leadership in the church? (1 Timothy
2:12-14) Is his reason based on culture? |
| 2.
Would you accept Paul's reasoning if you believed in evolution? |
| 3.
The New Testament instructs women who are married to non-Christians to set
an example by quiet godliness and not preach to their husbands about Christ.
(1 Peter 3:1,2) Is this consistent with the Bible's teaching about the roles
of men and women? |
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According to the Theory of evolution, should man or woman be the head of
the house? |
| 5.
The apostle Peter (1 Peter 3:1-6) tells women even if they're married to
non-Christians to follow the example of Sarah who called her husband Abraham,
'Lord'. How does this apply to modern marriages? |
| 6.
Since God has appointed men to be in charge of the teaching and preaching
(1 Timothy 2:12-14) in the Church, is there anything that the women can
be in charge of teaching? Or shouldn't they teach at all? (Titus 2:3-5) |
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God's penalty for the rape of a married woman was more severe than the penalty
for the rape of a single woman. (Deuteronomy 22:13-30) Why do you think
this was so? |
| 8.
Malachi 2:14 - 16 tells us that God hates divorce. Why does He? |
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What is God's attitude to fornication (premarital sex)? (1 Corinthians 6:9-10;
Acts 15:19-20) |
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What does the Bible say is God's attitude towards polygamy? Does it differ
from His attitude to adultery? If so, why? |
| 11.
According to evolution, do children have equal rights with parents? |
| 12.
According to evolution, where do children get their rights from? |
| 13.
What does the Bible say God instructed the people of Israel to do about
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14.
Is 'falling in love' the Bible's basis for marriage (Matthew 19:4-7)? |
| 15.
A leading politician recently stated: "The family is man's best invention
for keeping society stable". True or False? |
| 16.
According to one science magazine, modern married couples divorce after
about 3 years because that's the longest time two gorillas can tolerate
each other. What assumption about the history of life are they making? |
| 17.
Many Psychologists use animal studies to decide what is natural human behaviour
- what is the philosophy behind this practice? |
| 18.
Where should counsellors from Family law courts and government departments
get their rules for family issues?. |
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| (Part
3) THE BOTTOM LINE |
| 1.
The Psalmist wrote, "If the foundations be destroyed, what can the
righteous do". (Psalm 11:3) What is the answer to his question? |
| 2.
Why has evolution had such a devastating effect on people's confidence in
the Bible over the past 100 years? |
| 3.
Do evolutionists have any reason not to indulge in cloning and genetic engineering
experiments? |
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Can evolutionists logically argue human life has no intrinsic value? |
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If an evolutionist is being consistent, does man have rights? |
| 6.
Which of the following are not discussed in Genesis 1 - 11? |
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9.
Who is Christ? (John 1:1-3, Colossians 1:16-17, Hebrews 1:1-2) |
| 10.
What is the connection between the Gospel (John 3:16), the Law (John 1:17)
and Creation (John 1:1-3)? |
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| (Part
4) BODY LANGUAGE. |
| 1.
Are nudists trying to re enter Eden without wanting to admit their sins
need to be covered? |
| 2.
Since God made Adam and Eve naked (Genesis 2:25), is the human body good
or bad? |
| 3.
Rev Turner stated in the Seattle Times: "What difference does it make
to religion whether God made man out of the earth immediately or by gradual
process? " What is the answer to his question? |
| 4.
The Apostle Peter stated we must "sanctify the Lord God in your hearts;
and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason
of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear" (1 Peter 3:15).
Should a Christian believe things by blind faith? |
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How could the Antichrist use the theory of evolution to promote lawlessness? |
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Why did God give us clothes? (Genesis 2:25 - 3:21) |
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How would a Christian decide what is good fashion? |
| 8.
Does God approve of topless swimwear? |
| 9.
How has evolution helped promote the increase in pornography? |
| 10.
What is wrong with magazines that display the naked bodies of men or women?
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| 11.
Does the Bible say we will wear clothes in Heaven? If so, why? |
| 12.
What definition would God have for sexual perversion? (Genesis 4:1-7) |
| 13.
The Bible says Abel offered a sacrifice of an animal to God (Genesis 4:1-7)
and his offering was accepted. How do you think Abel would have known that
an animal sacrifice may have been acceptable to God? The New Testament regards
Abel as a righteous man and a prophet (Hebrews 11:4). In what way was Abel's
sacrifice prophetic of what was to come both for the people of Israel, and
in the death and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ? |
| 14.
Does any government have the authority to make laws claiming something is
right when God says it is wrong? |
| 15.
Is a Christian under obligation to obey a wrong law? |
| 16.
Is the church under obligation to obey a wrong law? |
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| (Part
4) ALTERNATIVE LIFESTYLES |
| 1.
The apostle Paul wrote in Romans 1:25-28 about those "Who did not like
to retain God in their knowledge, so God gave them over to a reprobate mind,
to do those things which are not convenient." List the sins that show
up in such people. |
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How can you leave God out of your knowledge? |
| 3.
What are the social consequences of leaving God out of your knowledge? |
| 4.
How can you include God in your knowledge? |
| 5.
What instructions did God give the people of Israel for dealing with homosexuals
(and lesbians)? (Leviticus 20:13) |
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What instructions did God give the Corinthian Christians for dealing with
homosexuals? (2 Corinthians 6:9-10) |
| 7.
Does God discriminate against: |
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8.
Is the following statement one that a Christian employer should make - "we
are an equal opportunity employer, who does not discriminate on the basis
of race, religion or sexual preference"? Explain your reasoning. |
| 9.
Do gay whales have any less rights than straight whales to an evolutionist? |
| 10.
Is the order of events in Genesis the same as the order of events in the
theory of Evolution? If not, how do they differ? |
| 11.
What is wrong with the belief that God used evolution to create? |
| 12.
What right does God have to tell us we are wrong? |
| 13.
Hitler, Stalin and Mao all accepted some form of evolutionism. What result
did this have on their attitude to their fellow man? |
| 14.
During communion we commemorate the shedding of Christ's blood. In what
way might this be connected to how Adam and Eve were spared from death when
God judged their sin? (Genesis 3:1-21) |
| 15.
How does sin affect the way men view women? |
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| (Part
5) REACHING OTHERS |
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1. Paul states in 2 Corinthians 11:3 that the Gospel is, "a stumbling
block to the Jews but to the Greeks it is foolishness". Why the difference? |
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Why did Jesus have to die? Why couldn't God just forgive and forget? |
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What is the Gospel? |
| 4.
Does the New Age, with its belief in reincarnation, have a solution to the
problem of death? |
| 5.
According to the theory of evolution is there a solution to the problem
of death? |
| 6.
What is the real history of Death? (Genesis 2:16-17; 3:22-23) |
| 7.
Were Adam and Eve originally vegetarians? |
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8. When was man first allowed to eat meat? (Genesis 9:1-5) Why? |
| 9.
What is one thing man is not allowed to eat? (Genesis 9:1-5; Acts 15:19-20) |
| 10.
What modern foods have blood in them? Should you eat them? |
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Was Jesus a vegetarian |
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| (Part
6) GENERAL QUESTIONS ON CREATION/EVOLUTION |
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Is or was there any such thing as primitive man? |
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Are any cave men mentioned in the Bible? |
| 3.
Name some Prehistoric animals. |
| 4. Are Dinosaurs mentioned in the
Bible? |
| 5.
How did Australian animals get to Noah to be on the ark? |
| 6.
Who invented 'survival of the fittest'?. |
| 7.
Is survival of the fittest something that results from evolution, or did
God create creatures to be fit so they would survive? |
| 8.
Is Natural Selection the same as evolution? |
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9. Does God's statement that He made creatures "after their kind"
allow for any evolution? (Genesis 1) |
| 10.
Does the fact that the majority of cultures have flood legends similar to
Noah's story suggest: |