Bible Study Course

Book of Genesis

Part 1

Welcome to Book 1 in the Through the Bible Series of the Liberty Bible Course. This booklet will being taking you on a verse-by-verse journey through the Book of Genesis. This study is written to be used with the King James Version of the Bible. Please begin another exciting study in God's Word!

 

Chapter 1

 

Genesis 1:1

A. Genesis 1:1 says, “In the beginning ______   ______________ the heaven and the earth.”

 

Note:  You need to memorize the above verse for the Final Test.

        How many words are in that verse? ____

        Do you like to read?      Yes     No

        How many books do you think you have read in your life?

               o - 0 to 20       o - 21 to 100       o - 101 or more

How many words would you guess that you have read in your whole life?     o - Hundreds     o - Thousands     o - Millions

A paperback book was randomly selected, and found to be about 200 pages long.  Then, a random sampling of those pages found an average of 420 words per page.  About how many words does that small paperback book contain? __________ 

How many words would you guess are in the whole Bible? _______________

Have you ever read through the entire Bible?    o Yes    o No

It is said that there are 791,328 words in the entire King James Version of the Bible (D. A. Waite, The Defined King James Bible).

 

Many professing Christians have never read through

the entire Bible.  Many would say that the reason they

have never done so, is because the Bible is so long,

yet they have read many other books in their lives which

add up to many more words than the Bible contains.

 

What does that mean?  It means that we read what we really have a desire to read—no matter how long it is.  Will you determine to read through the entire Bible in the next year?

Do we normally read just a portion of a letter that we receive, or the whole thing?  Of course we read the whole letter, otherwise, we may miss something very important.  Then, why do so many people treat the Bible that way, reading only a  few  verses  in  the  middle somewhere?  Surely they are missing many important things.

 

        1. Reading through the entire Bible is very important.  Joshua 1:8 says, “This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein ______ and __________, that thou mayest observe to do according to ______ that is ______________ therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good ______________.”

 

Have you learned the truth of the first ten words of the Bible, how that God created this earth and life upon it?

If you have read millions of words, but still do not know and believe the first ten words of the Bible,

 then you do not yet know the real purpose and reason for your life.

 

In the process of earning their high school diplomas, students read dozens of books, and hundreds of thousands of words—but many graduate, not knowing how the earth and life began.

To obtain a Bachelors degree, the average college student will probably read over 150 assigned books.  That will normally mean reading well over 12 million words.  Multiply that, for those going on to earn Masters and/or Doctors degrees—but many of them will also graduate, not knowing how the earth and life began.

Scientists spend years of their lives in research, and sometimes thousands of dollars in grants—but many of them retire, still not knowing how the earth and life began.

 

All of these people could have had the answer by simply reading the first ten words of the Bible.

 

What about you?  Will much of your life also be wasted?

 

2. Psalms 25:4-5 says, “________ me thy ways, O LORD; __________ me thy paths.  ________ me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.”

 

Note:  Today, come to the Lord with the heart attitude, Show me..., Teach me..., Lead me… 

 

God’s answer will come through reading the Bible.

 

3. Romans 10:17 says, “So then __________ cometh by hearing, and hearing by the ________ of God.”

 

Note:  There are many religious sign-seekers who have had mystical experiences that do not agree with what the Bible teaches.  When you question them with Scripture, some of them will say, “You need to think outside of the box!” or they may say, “God is not bound to a book!”  Beware of people that make such statements.

 

        4.  God warns us about those people in Isaiah 8:20, “To the ______ and to the __________________: if they speak not according to this ________, it is because there is no __________ in them.”

 

The first warning is in regard to the “law.”

 

Note:  If people come up with laws or rules that contradict what is taught in the Bible, then there is no light in them—what they are saying is not from God.

 

The second warning is in regard to the “testimony.”

 

A testimony is what someone has seen, heard, or experienced.  If people try to tell you that they have seen, heard, or experienced anything that contradicts what is taught in the Bible, then there is no light in them—their experience is not from God.

 

5.  2 Corinthians 11:13-15 says, “For such are __________ apostles, __________________ workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.  And no marvel; for __________ himself is transformed into an angel of __________.  Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.”

 

The Bible warns us that Satan will appear as an “angel of light,” if necessary, to deceive people;

and that his “ministers” (demons), will also appear as “ministers of righteousness,” to deceive others.

This means that you must carefully test every law or rule that people teach, and every testimony

 or experience that they claim to have had, to see if it agrees with what the Bible teaches.

 

6.  1 Thessalonians 5:21 says, “__________ all things; hold fast that which is good.”

 

Note:  Do you believe everything that you are told, or do you first read the Bible to see if those things are true?

 

        7. Acts 17:11 says, “These were more __________ than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and ________________ the ____________________ daily, whether those things were ____.”

        8. Proverbs 14:15 says, “The ____________ believeth every word: but the ______________ man looketh well to his going.”

 

Note:  The word prudent means, “skill and good judgment in the use of resources” (Merriam-Webster’s 11th Collegiate Dictionary). 

Do not waste your life, it a precious resource that cannot be replaced.  Read the Bible and live according to it.

 

The fact of the matter is that Jesus was “bound to the Book,” the Bible.

 The Scriptures governed His life, His ministry, and His death.

 

9. Jesus said in Matthew 26:53-54, “Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?  But how then shall the ____________________ be __________________, that thus it must be?”

 

Note:  It is said that a legion was the largest unit in the Roman army, being about 6,000 men (Way of Life Encyclopedia, David Cloud).   Based upon that figure (12 legions times 6,000), Jesus was saying that He could have called for more than ____________ angels to come and fight for Him against the Roman soldiers.  Why did Jesus not do that?

 

Jesus, Himself, was “bound to the Book,” the Bible. He never did anything contrary to it.  Do not seek mystical

or charismatic  experiences.  Bind your faith and practice to the written Word of God.  That is what Jesus did.

 

10. Psalms 27:11 says, “__________ me thy way, O LORD, and ________ me in a plain path, because of mine enemies.”

 

The founding fathers of the United States of America believed the first ten words of the Bible.  They wrote:

“We hold these TRUTHS to be self-evident—that all men are CREATED equal;

 that they are endowed by their CREATOR with certain unalienable rights…”

The Declaration of Independence

 

Note:  The founders of our nation believed in creation—not evolution. Sadly, the Theory of Evolution has now been taught exclusively in schools for several generations, and its impact has been devastating.

 

        11. Psalms 11:3 says, “If the ______________________ be destroyed, what can the __________________ do?”

 

CREATION is the FOUNDATION of dealing with people about their souls.  The reason that we have to answer

to God one day is because He is the Creator of this earth and mankind; thus, He is the Owner.

 

Note:  Do you own a cell phone, computer, car, or house, etc.?  Who sets the rules for the things that you own?  You do.

Why are so many people unwilling to even listen to the facts of creation?  Because if they admit that there is a Creator, then they know that they have to answer to Him one day.

 

12. Romans 1:21-22 says, “Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became ________ in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.  Professing themselves to be ________, they became __________.”

 

Note:  It truly is vain and foolish to think that all of the beauty and complexity in nature came about by accident (from a big bang).

 

Will a car or computer ever evolve out of the dirt in your backyard?  Not a chance.

 

Giving it 10 years, or 100 years, or 100 billion years makes no difference to the equation.  Those things only exist when there is intelligent design and skillful construction.

 

The end result of teaching EVOLUTION is ATHEISM—the belief that “there is no God.”

 

13. Psalms 14:1 says, “The ________ hath said in his heart, There is ____ God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.”

 

Note:  Many people know that there is a problem with education today, but they just cannot seem to discern the real cause.  They have tried spending more money; raising teacher’s requirements; requiring more testing for the students, etc., but nothing seems to really help.  The College Board that administers the SAT test has acknowledged that the scores started dropping off severely in 1963.  They have researched the problem, and this was their conclusion:

 

“Low SAT scores ‘are a symptom that something has disturbed and continues to affect

an important segment of our learning system.  And yet we seem in recent years to have

come to a DEAD END in our exploration of the etiology [the cause or origin] of the malady [the disease].’”

(Why the SAT Scores Kept Falling, William W. Turnbull, College Board Report No. 85-28, page 12)

 

They continue on writing, “It would seem important that we continue to pursue the search for a better understanding of what ails us as a guide to what to do about it” (IBID).

 

What information did the College Board miss in their research?  They missed two important Supreme Court

cases involving Madalyn Murray O’Hair, the infamous atheist.  The first case was in 1962,

 when school-sponsored prayer was thrown out of the public schools.  The second

case was in 1963, when Bible-reading was thrown out of the public schools.

Why did these decisions affect the SAT scores?  The answer is given below in just ten words.

 

14. Proverbs 1:7 says, “The ________ of the LORD is the beginning of __________________: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.”

 

Note:  By denying school officials the right to call upon God for help in teaching and learning for that school day, the Supreme Court was limiting teachers to human strength, which is faulty and frail.  By also refusing to let teachers read from the Bible, the Supreme Court left the teachers with nothing to teach, except fables, in regard to the origin of the universe and mankind.  The justices threw out the only authoritative text for creation—the Bible.

 

15. Proverbs 9:10 says, “The ________ of the LORD is the beginning of ____________: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.”

 

Note:  The word wisdom means, “good sense, judgment” (Merriam-Webster’s 11th Collegiate Dictionary).  This brings up something very interesting about the SAT test. 

 

Back to the College Board’s study, they stated, “The SAT measures a student’s proficiency

in solving word and number problems.”  They continue, “The test stresses

HIGHER ORDER REASONING than the 'basics' of reading and calculating."

(Why the SAT Scores Kept Falling, William W. Turnbull, College Board Report No. 85-28,  page 4).

 

Is it any wonder, then, that the SAT scores have dropped

since Prayer and Bible-reading have been thrown out of the public schools?

The SAT was designed, not just to test for KNOWLEDGE; but even further,

to test for WISDOM (how to consider the facts with a higher order of reasoning).

 

Thanks to the atheists, the Supreme Court has taken away the key to both knowledge and wisdom from the realm of public education.  That KEY is the holy respect or FEAR OF GOD.  The College Board missed this point, and arrived at a dead end.

 

Is that also how your life will end, because you have failed to read the Bible and to have the fear of God?

 

16.  1 Samuel 12:24 says, “Only ________ the LORD, and __________ him in __________ with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you.”

 

People will never fear God, until they acknowledge that He is the Creator; and, thus, the Owner of all things.

 

17. Psalms 24:1 says, “The __________ is the ____________, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.”

18. Isaiah 45:12 says, “I have ________ the __________, and ______________   ______ upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.”

 

Question:  Do you realize that God is the Owner of this earth, and that you will answer to Him one day?  What if you died today?  Read the inside of the back cover for help.

 

19. Romans 14:12 says, “So then __________ one of ____ shall give account of himself to ______.”

 

Question:  Why is it that man can survive naturally upon the earth, but that no other planet or moon seems to have the right conditions?

 

        20. Isaiah 45:18 says, “For thus saith the LORD that ______________ the heavens; God himself that formed the __________ and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be __________________: I am the LORD; and there is none else.”

 

It was not by chance or by accident that there is air

to breathe, water to drink, and livable temperatures

here upon planet earth—it was by God’s divine design.

 

Review:

1. What are the first ten words of the Bible?  ____________________

_____________________________________________________________

2. Reading through the Bible is very important.  Joshua 1:8 says, “This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein ______ and __________, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is ______________ therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good ______________.”

3. Romans 10:17 says, “So then __________ cometh by hearing, and hearing by the ________ of God.”

4. Beware of people who say, “You need to think outside of the ______!” or, “God is not bound to a ________!” 

5. God warns us about those people in Isaiah 8:20, “To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this ________, it is because there is no __________ in them.”

6.  2 Corinthians 11:13-15 says, “For such are __________ apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.  And no marvel; for __________ himself is transformed into an angel of __________.  Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.”

7. Do you believe everything that you are told, or do you first read the Bible to see if those things are true?  Acts 17:11 says, “These were more __________ than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and ________________ the ____________________ daily, whether those things were ____.”

8. Jesus said in Matthew 26:53-54, “Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?  But how then shall the ____________________ be

__________________, that thus it must be?”

        9. The Theory of Evolution has now been taught exclusively in schools for several generations, and its impact has been devastating. Psalms 11:3 says, “If the ______________________ be destroyed, what can the __________________ do?”

        10. Creation is the ____________________ of dealing with people about their souls.  The reason that we have to answer to God one day is because He is the Creator of this earth and mankind; thus, He is the __________.

11. The end result of teaching evolution is ______________, the belief that “there is no God.”  Psalms 14:1 says, “The ________ hath said in his heart, There is ____ God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.”

12. What information did the College Board miss in their research as to why the SAT scores began dropping?  They missed two important Supreme Court cases involving Madalyn Murray O’Hair, the infamous atheist.  The first case was in 1962, when school-sponsored _____________ was thrown out of the public schools.  The second case was in 1963, when __________-reading was thrown out of the public schools. 

13. Proverbs 1:7 says, “The ________ of the LORD is the beginning of __________________: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.”

14. Proverbs 9:10 says, “The ________ of the LORD is the beginning of ____________: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.”

15. Why is it that man can survive naturally upon the earth, but that no other planet or moon seems to have the right conditions to do that?  Isaiah 45:18 says, “For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the __________ and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be __________________: I am the LORD; and there is none else.”

 

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