WE BELIEVE IN JESUS
STUDY GUIDE 1.2
Lesson 1: The Redeemer
Section 2: Creation

OUTLINE FOR TAKING NOTES

II. Creation

A. Creation Week

B. Fall of Humanity

  1. Personal Consequences

  2. Universal Consequences

  3. Hope for Humanity


REVIEW QUESTIONS

1. What person or persons of the Trinity were involved in the creation of the universe?

2. What does Colossians 1:16 teach about Christ?

3. Besides the material things, what else did God create?

4. What was God's purpose in creating all things?

5. What are the "personal" consequences of the Fall, according to the lesson?

6. What did Reinhold Niebuhr say about the doctrine of sin?

7. What are the "universal" consequences of the Fall, according to the lesson?

8. How was the hope for redemption expressed shortly after the Fall, according to the Genesis account?


APPLICATION QUESTIONS

1. How does knowing that Jesus created all things affect your relationship with Him?

2. In what concrete ways do you observe the personal consequences of the Fall?

3. It what concrete ways do you observe the universal consequences of the Fall?

4. Why is it important to you to know that God expressed the message of salvation to Adam and Eve immediately after the Fall? How does this affect your view of other religions?