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  • BS205 Genesis

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    Dear Students! Welcome to the Course "Genesis".  We hope and pray you will have a wonderful experience studying with us and complete this course successfully!

    The very first thing we expect you to do is to follow our weekly schedule. We strongly encourage you to complete your lessons within the suggested time frame, which will require maintaining the pace outlined in your course materials. It is recommended that you take a genuine effort in regular forum participation. This allows an opportunity to learn from other students and enrich their learning experience by your views, ideas and discoveries, as you navigate through the course together.

    Before you get started, please, review the Course Description and the Course Schedule.

    Updates on your group activities, further instructions and other relevant information will be available at “Announcements” forum page.

    If you have any questions or messages to the course tutor, please, do this on  “Ask a question” forum page. While the tutor will provide you with support during the course, you should be aware of the self-discipline required for the successful study.

    You are welcome to submit your prayer requests to «Prayer Room» forum page.

    • GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE COURSE 

      Before you get to the lessons, it is paramount that you review the course description and the timetable. They provide important information about the topics and readings, the required assignments and their purpose, etc.

    • FORUMS

    • The Eternal Existence of God

      It is impossible for us to conceptualize anyone who has no beginning. God is a noun that cannot be modified by the word "before". There was nothing and noone before God. Christians and atheists cross swords as they have problem explaining the eternal existence of God. But these problems are not equal, because the whole point of God is that He is not created and everything exists because of Him.

      This week Ronnie Stevens explores Genesis 1:1 and:

      • outlines the structure of the Book of Genesis;

      • talks about the idea of atheism;

      • focuses on the arguments of two Englishmen, who deny the existence of God;

      • talks about the being of God.

    • God’s Perfect Creation

      How often do you think about beginnings - the beginning of life, the beginning of the world, the beginning of civilizations? The Bible opens with a book of beginnings. Our lack of information leads to many controversies related to creation. Many Christians get caught up in debates about the “day-age theory”, the “gap theory,” or the question of evolution.  

      This week Ronnie Stevens explores Genesis 1:1-31 and:

      • talks about the deeds of God;

      • explains the first principle of theology;

      • looks at different points of views concerning the age of the universe;

      • shows how the book of Genesis can help us understand the spiritual reality we live in.

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    • Paradise Lost

      The narrative of Genesis 3 makes no attempt to explain the origin of evil, but it illustrates the universal human problem of sin. This chapter is full of spiritual lessons about sin and temptation.

      This week Ronnie Stevens explores Genesis 3 and:

      • tries to answer difficult questions about God who created the world with the possibility of sin entering it;

      • talks about three important features of legalism;

      • compares popular creation accounts with biblical accounts;

      • argues that mind is more fallen than other aspects of human being.
      Restricted Not available unless:
      • You get a particular score in Weekly Quiz 02
      • The activity Answer if you watched and read all for the week 2 is marked complete

    • Life in Exile

      What is life like when you have rejected God’s garden? Genesis 4-11 show the tragic path of Adam’s descendants and what God did when their degeneration reached a climax. One godly line, the family of Seth remained a spark of hope in the darkness.

      This week Ronnie Stevens explores several chapters from the Book of Genesis and:

      • explains the difference between the true and false way of worshipping God;

      • talks about the difficulty of accepting God’s judgment;

      • shares the principle that helps to respond to pain;

      • compares the supernatural judgment of confusion in the Old Testament to the supernatural blessing of understanding in the New Testament.
      Restricted Not available unless:
      • You get a particular score in Weekly Quiz 03
      • The activity Answer if you watched and read all for the week 3 is marked complete

    • Abraham: God’s Faithful Servant 

      Chapter 12 marks a turning point in Genesis. The story focuses on a single man, Abram, and a single line of his descendants.

      This week Ronnie Stevens explores three chapters from the Book of Genesis and:

      • talks about being obedient to God’s will without knowing where He leads us;

      • expains how God leads only one step at a time;

      • talks about the reasons people should cry out to God;

      • emphasizes that Abram wasn’t a perfect man, but he was a faithful man.
      Restricted Not available unless:
      • You get a particular score in Weekly Quiz 04
      • The activity Answer if you watched and read all for the week 4 is marked complete

    • Abraham: Special Relationship with God

      Christians have always had to face the problem of delays in the fulfillment of divine promises. All of us underatand what it is like to feel insecure. Abraham wrestled with this problem too. He abandoned everything in order to follow God to an unknown land, with only a set of intangible promises. Abram learns gradually to trust God more and more.

      This week Ronnie Stevens explores several chapters from the Book of Genesis and:

      • describes what the faith is like;

      • explains the significance of God’s covenant;

      • opens the book of Romans to demonstrate how righteous God can forgive us and how we can participate in His righteousness;

      • shares the doctrine about the Angel of the Lord;

      • talks about Lot and God’s answer to Abraham’s prayer.
      Restricted Not available unless:
      • You achieve a required score in Weekly Quiz 05
      • The activity Answer if you watched and read all for the week 5 is marked complete

    • Abraham: Standing on the Promises of God

      Up to this point in his  life Abraham had followed a zigzag course of belief and unbelief. But now the old Patriarch was about to confront his supreme moment of testing. And we can learn a magnificent lesson from this wandering Patriarch - when put to the test, choose God!

      This week Ronnie Stevens explores several chapters from the Book of Genesis and:

      • talks about walking in flesh and how it can happen;

      • emphasizes that the love of the father is the key to everything;

      • explains how worship is defined in Genesis 22;

      • shows the difference between a testing and a temptation.

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      • You achieve a required score in Weekly Quiz 06
      • The activity Answer if you watched and read all for the week 6 is marked complete

    • Jacob  Struggles with His Family (Part 1) 

      After the Mount Moriah, the Bible does not let Isaac to speak again until he is on his deathbed. Abraham entrusted the steward to choose a wife for Isaac, who later took drastic action to make sure that Jacob would receive the blessing. There could be no peace for Jacob or his family until he had finally confronted his past and achieved a reconciliation with Esau.

      This week Ronnie Stevens explores four chapters from the Book of Genesis and:

      • talks about Isaac’s marriage and the supernatural birth of Esau and Jacob;

      • illustrates how Isaac follows his father’s steps;

      • compares David who was ready to wait for the blessing of God and Jacob who took the advantage of Esau to get the blessing;

      • discusses the consequences of deceit.
      Restricted Not available unless:
      • You achieve a required score in Weekly Quiz 07
      • The activity Answer if you watched and read all for the week 7 is marked complete

    • Jacob Struggles with His Family (Part 2) 

      Jacob with his newfound faith couldn’t remove the necessity of facing up to the decisions he had made earlier in his life. There was no choice but to go to Mesopatamia. For twenty years, Jacob lived in the household of his uncle Laban. He proved to be a blessing to Laban, but it was impossible for Jacob to achieve a harmonious family life. There was strife between Rachel and Leah.

      This week Ronnie Stevens explores several chapters from the Book of Genesis and:

      • looks at what God is doing in history;

      • talks about the problem of polygamy;

      • explains two popular superstitions of those days;

      • dwells on the topic of God’s sovereignity;

      • shares the reason why Leah was more blessed than Rachel.
      Restricted Not available unless:
      • You get a particular score in Weekly Quiz 09
      • The activity Answer if you watched and read all for the week 8 is marked complete

    • Jacob Struggles with God

      God has done many things for Jacob. He has granted Jacob his family’s birthright and his father’s blessing. He has protected Jacob and blessed him with wealth. He has given him many children. But Jacob has been struggling with God all his life.

      This week Ronnie Stevens explores several chapters from the Book of Genesis that recount Jacob’s experiences during his return to the Promised Land and:

      • talks about the reasons for Jacob’s fear, his strategy, his prayer and actions;

      • explains who was big enough to bless Jacob and change his name;

      • reminds of our dependence on God;

      • speaks about idols in our lives;

      • talks about forgiveness and heaven.
      Restricted Not available unless:
      • You get a particular score in Weekly Quiz 10
      • The activity Answer if you watched and read all for the week 9 is marked complete

    • Joseph in Egypt

      In some ways the Joseph narrative is a continuation of the Jacob’s cycle. The leading figures are the sons, Judah and Joseph, who will eventually become the leading tribes of the future nation of Israel. The Joseph narrative is a masterfully told story of betrayal, sispense, and intrigue. But more than that, it illustrates how God is at work in the lives of those who trust Him.

      This week Ronnie Stevens explores several chapters from the Book of Genesis and:

      • talks about Joseph's dreams and the way his family responded;

      • explains why Joseph boasted about his dreams;

      • shows how Joseph is a picture of the Saviour and compares Joseph with Jesus.
      Restricted Not available unless:
      • You get a particular score in Weekly Quiz 11
      • The activity Answer if you watched and read all for the week 10 is marked complete

    • Joseph over Egypt

      The Bible often uses history to illustrate a truth explained more abstractly elsewhere. This final section of Genesis illustrates the truth that God is always behind the scenes, working through and in the circumstances of life to accomplish His purposes for His people.

      This week Ronnie Stevens explores several chapters from the Book of Genesis and:

      • retells the best story in the world;

      • talks about God’s sovereignity;

      • explains why Judah is greater than Joseph;

      • helps us to learn spiritual lessons from the life of Joseph.
      Restricted Not available unless:
      • You get a particular score in Weekly Quiz 11
      • The activity Answer if you watched and read all for the week 11 is marked complete

    • заключительная неделя

      This week is the deadline for submitting your literature review and the written assignment. These are the prerequisites to obtain the permission to take the FINAL TEST.

      Keep up the good work: "The one who is victorious I will make a pillar in the temple of my God. Never again will they leave it. I will write on them the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which is coming down out of heaven from my God; and I will also write on them my new name."

      • Step 1. Final Paper

        Please, submit your final paper. 

      • Step 2. Final Exam

        Please, take the final exam for this course. 

      • Step 3. Reading Report

        Please, submit your reading report. 

      • Step 4. Course Evaluation

        It is very important to know your opinion about this course . Please fill in the feedback form Evaluation of Online Course, which you will find below.

        If you have something to say about how this course helped you in your ministry, in your spiritual development, we will be glad to hear it. If you want to say something to the teacher, you can send any comments and suggestions to our email address : tvs.student@gmail.com 

        THANK YOU!