BS205 Eng 4. Genesis 1:1-31. The Deeds of God. God Created the Heavens and the Earth.
In this lecture you move to Genesis 1:3-5 and will find answers to two big questions: "What is the day without the Sun?" and "In what sense can the day and night be divided?" Pastor Ronnie Stevens talks about the creation of the heavens and the earth and emphasizes that the universe is not the source of life and time. He thinks that time is not the inevitable product of the universe, but it is the product of God's design.
BS205 Eng 28. Genesis 12. Calling with a Promise. God's Grace and Abram's Lie.
God promises Abram a blessing and then leads him to a place where there is a famine. Abram had everything he wanted but God brings him to a place of dependence on Him. How can this be a blessing? Was it right for Abram to go to Egypt? In this section of the lecture Pastor Ronnie Stevens answers these questions and talks about the reasons people should cry out to God.
BS205 Eng 30. Spiritual Implications of Abram's Victory...
In Genesis 14 war is mentioned for the first time in the Bible. Lot made his choice and took the best of the land. But when he gets in trouble and the righteous Abram has to go to war and risk his life to rescue him and bring back everything and everybody. In this lecture Pastor Ronnie Stevens points out that the second Adam retrieves more than the first Adam has lost. The teacher also talks about knowing God and worshipping God. He goes to the book of Hebrews to shed more light on the importance of meeting Melchizedek.
BS205 Eng 15. Genesis 3. Fall and Its Consequences. The Consequences of the Fall for the Serpent.
There are some people who mistakenly believe that the man is cursed because of the fall. In this section of the lecture Pastor Ronnie Stevens talks about the serpent suffering the consequences of the Fall and argues that the mind is more fallen than other aspects of human being.
BS205 Eng 14. Genesis 3. Fall and Its Consequences. Alienation and Shame. First False Religion.
Before Adam and Eve's sin of disobedience there had been peace and harmony in the garden of Eden. After their disobedience the garden became a place of disharmony and contention. Sin and death, shame and alienation entered the world through the action of Adam. In this section of the lecture Pastor Ronnie Stevens talks about the inevitable consequence of sin and disobedience and shares his thoughts on false religions.
BS205 Eng 13. Genesis 3. Fall and Its Consequences. First Adam vs Second Adam. Spiritual Lessons.
In this section of the lecture Pastor Ronnie Stevens shares the arguments of Thomas Aquinas who was famous for providing four arguments with the evidence of God's existence. The teacher compares the temptation of the first Adam and the last Adam (Jesus Christ) and helps us to learn spiritual applications.
BS205 Eng 11. Genesis 3. Popular Accounts of Creation vs Biblical Account.
In this section of the lecture Pastor Ronnie Stevens compares other popular creation accounts with the biblical account. You are going to discover some spiritual lessons and one of them is a lesson in legalism. The teacher talks about three important features of legalism.
BS205 Eng 9. God Created Eve and Gave Birth to the First Family.
In Genesis 2:18 we see that it is not good for the man to be alone, even though God was his constant companion, supplying his spiritual needs. In this section of the lecture Pastor Ronnie Stevens talks about the first case of surgery and anesthetics in history, when Eve was created out of the rib of Adam as a suitable helper to him. You will also learn why Genesis 2:24 is so important.
BS205 Eng 6. Genesis 1:1-31. The Deeds of God. God Created Man in His Image.
What does it mean to be created in God's image? What distinguishes a man from animals? What is the main reality which shows that we are created in the image of God? How can you understand the creature if you deny the Creator? One of the great difficulties in non-Christian ideologies is the difficulty of defining what it means to be human. In this section of the lecture about the deeds of God Pastor Ronnie Stevens explores what the Bible teaches about a man and God's image.
BS205 Eng 3. Atheistic and Biblical Theories about Creation and the Age of the Universe.
There are four events which happen in the book of Genesis which mean that we can't take accurate measurements: Creation, the Fall, the Flood and the Judgment at theTower of Babel. They changed things and could corrupt the measurements. Pastor Ronnie Stevens interprets Genesis literally and believes that the Earth is young. In this section of the lecture he talks about Christians who believe in Genesis "gap" theory because of the pressure from science. The teacher explains why this argument appealed to many Christians in the past, even though they had no scientific motivation to believe in that theory and shares some comments on Genesis 1:2.