Bible Study Course

Book of Genesis

Part 2

 

 

Chapter 3

 

Genesis 1:11 (continued)

 

When God was creating everything, what did He create first—the seed, or the plant?

 

1. Genesis 1:11 says, “And God said, Let the earth bring forth __________, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit ________ yielding fruit after his kind, whose ________ is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.”

 

Note:  God created the grass first, which would then yield seed.  God created the fruit tree first, which would then yield fruit, and the seed would be in it.

A similar question is asked about the animals, “Which came first, the chicken, or the egg?”  As we will see, God created the animals first, with the ability to reproduce (so the chicken came first, and then, later, the egg). 

 

2. Genesis 2:4-5 says, “These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,  And every __________ of the field ____________ it was in the earth, and every ________ of the field ____________ it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.”

3. Genesis 2:8 says, “And the LORD God ______________ a ____________ eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.”

 

God created plants and trees, and then planted them in the ground.

Each was created with the ability to reproduce itself through

the seeds that it would bear.

 

Note:  God uses different means to cause those seeds to spread.  Sometimes God uses the wind to carry those seeds out a little distance, and bring forth a new plant or tree.  Such is the case with the seeds from a maple tree.  When the wind blows, the seeds look like little helicopters floating and twirling down to the ground. 

Dandelion seeds float through the air attached to white, fluffy tops, which the wind carries far and wide.

God has designed all kinds of means for seeds to be scattered.  Those seeds then grow and bring forth another plant or tree, and the process then repeats itself.  By this means, the ground is continually replenished with vegetation.

 

Question:  As Christians, are we taking our seed-bearing responsibility seriously?

 

Just as God has entrusted the plants and the trees with seeds to be scattered, even so,

God has entrusted each of us to sow the seed of His Word throughout our daily lives.

 

4. John 15:16 says, “Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen ______, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth __________, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.”

5. John 15:8 says, “Herein is my Father __________________, that ye bear much __________; so shall ye be my disciples.”

 

Note:  Some Christians have tried sowing the seed of God’s Word, but they have gotten discouraged and have given up, because they  did not seem to see any results.  Do not give up, because God promises to bless His Word.

 

6. Ecclesiastes 11:4 says, “He that observeth the ________ shall not ______; and he that regardeth the ____________ shall not ________.”

7. Ecclesiastes 11:6 says, “In the ______________ sow thy ________, and in the ______________ withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they ________ shall be alike ________.”

8. Isaiah 55:10-11 says, “For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give ________ to the __________, and bread to the eater:  So shall my ________ be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall ____________________ that which I please, and it shall ______________ in the thing whereto I sent it.”

 

Sowing the seed of God’s Word requires faith.

God promised that He would bless His Word as it is sown,

and that it would not return unto Him void (empty).

 

9. Hebrews 11:6 says, “But without __________ it is impossible to ____________ him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a ________________ of them that diligently seek him.”

 

Note:  Do not get discouraged when other people seem to reap the harvest from that which you have sown.  You will be rewarded for your labor in the harvest.

Would you like to see the great harvest of souls that Jesus’ disciples saw?  Sure!  Who would not?  Well, listen to what Jesus told His disciples.

 

10. Jesus said in John 4:36-38, “And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that ________ he that ____________ and he that ______________ may rejoice together.  And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.  I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed ____ labour: __________ men laboured, and ye are entered into __________ labours.”

 

The disciples would have never seen such a great harvest, were it not for the faithful laboring of many other people.

 

Note:  There is often so much pride in the matter of soul-winning.  Pastors and evangelists sometimes preach to the congregation and try to shame them by making statements like, “How many souls have you won this week?”

Pastors, and especially evangelists, are often preaching to crowds that other people have invited.  In other words, “other people labored” to get those people there.  Are they then going to take all the credit for any of those people that get saved?  That is arrogance.

Jesus said that both the sowers and the reapers should rejoice together when there is a harvest.  Those people in the congregation should be encouraged and blessed by the preacher for all their hard work laboring to get people there—not shamed.

 

11. Hebrews 10:35-36 says, “Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath __________ recompence of ____________.  For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the ________ of God, ye might receive the promise.”

12. Jesus said in Luke 8:11, “Now the parable is this: The ________ is the ________ of God.”

13. Jesus continued in Luke 8:15, “But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth __________ with ________________.”

14. James 5:7 says, “Be ______________ therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman ______________ for the precious __________ of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.”

 

Review:

1. What did God create first, the seeds, or the plants/trees? ________________________

2. Who planted the Garden of Eden?    a. God     b. Adam

3. God has designed that plants, herbs, and trees multiply by means of the seeds spreading.  When the wind blows, the seeds from maple trees look like little helicopters floating and twirling down to the ground.  When the wind blows, dandelion seeds float through the air attached to white, fluffy tops, which the wind carries far and wide.  Just as God has entrusted the plants and the trees with seeds to be scattered, even so, God has entrusted each of us to sow the seed of His ________ throughout our daily lives.

4. Isaiah 55:10-11 says, “For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:  So shall my ________ be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall ______________ in the thing whereto I sent it.”

5. Sowing the seed of God’s Word requires faith.  God promised that He would bless His Word as it is sown, and that it would not return unto Him ________ (empty).

 

 

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