ORIGINS: The Book of Genesis

CREATION

• Genesis 1:1-2:3 | The Seven Days of Creation
• Genesis 2:4-25 | Man and Woman in the Garden

CORRUPTION

• Genesis 3:1-24 | The Fall of Man
• Genesis 4:1-5:32 | The Progress of Sin
• Genesis 6:1-7:24 | The Judgment of God

6:1-8 Backdrop to the Flood

6:9-22 Preparations for the Flood

7:1-24 Fulfillment of the Flood

Corruption—The Judgment of God, pt. 1 - Backdrop to the Flood (Gen. 6:1-8)

Approaching Genesis 6:1-8

Gen. 6:1-4

1 Peter 3:18-20; 2 Peter 2:4-10; Jude 1:5-7

Gen. 6:5-8

Conclusions from Genesis 6:1-8

1. Man, in his sin away from God, goes from bad to worse.
2. God, in His righteous justice, does not put up with sin forever.

Matthew 24:37-39; Acts 17:30-31