Christ Connection: Jesus is the promised seed the generations were waiting for. Through his cross and resurrection, we are brought back into God’s story, welcomed into his family, and freed to live for generations to come.

Main Points

• We keep living for the moment because sin shrinks life down to self and now.
• God has always worked through generations in his redemptive plan.
• Jesus frees us from thinking small and brings us into a new generation with a bigger purpose.

Primary Passage: Genesis 5:1a
Other Passages: Genesis 3:15, Psalm 90:1, Psalm 145:13, Psalm 105:8, Deuteronomy 23:2, Numbers 6:24, Deuteronomy 30:19, Psalm 112:2, Deuteronomy 5:2, Deuteronomy 5:4, Luke 1:48, Colossians 1:25–26, Luke 17:25, Philippians 2:8, 1 Peter 2:9, Acts 2:39, Mark 10:14, Psalm 78:4–7, Psalm 145:4, Ephesians 3:20–21

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INSIGHT: God is the God of all generations. He remembers his covenant forever, and in Jesus he has brought us back into his family and his generational plan of redemption.

IDENTIFY: Repent of living for yourself, and believe that in Christ your life is bigger than your lifetime.

PRAYER: Father, thank you that you are the God of all generations and that your covenant stands forever. Thank you for sending Jesus, the promised seed, who humbled himself to the point of death on the cross and rose again to bring us back into your story. Holy Spirit, help us to stop living small, immediate, self-contained lives. Make our worship genuine, our prayers bold, and our lives faithful. Help us invest in the next generation and proclaim the excellencies of Christ to those who come after us. Amen.

Christ Connection: Genesis 5 traces the line of promise through ordinary generations until it reaches Jesus, the true Son of God, the true King, and the beginning of a new line.

Main Points

• Genealogies do theology through repetition, comparison, and omission.
• The patterns of Scripture lead to Jesus, the true Son and true King.
• In Christ, ordinary lives testify to the grace of God.

Primary Passage: Genesis 5
Other Passages: Ecclesiastes 1:4, 1 Corinthians 1:27, Genesis 10, Genesis 11:10–26, Ruth 4:18–22, Galatians 4:4, Luke 3:23–38, 1 Corinthians 15:45, Matthew 1:1, Colossians 1:13–14, Galatians 3:29, Revelation 22:13

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INSIGHT: God is the true beginning, the true Father, and the one who has been building his family across generations. In Jesus, the true Son and true King, shame has no power, because he brings us in by grace.

IDENTIFY: Repent of trusting your own résumé, and believe that Christ’s perfect life, sacrificial death, and victorious resurrection bring you in.

PRAYER: Father, thank you that every word of Scripture is your word, even the names we often rush past and the genealogies we struggle to understand. Lord Jesus, thank you that you are the true Son, the true King, and the beginning of a new line that we get to be part of by grace. Holy Spirit, help us see Jesus as glorious, trust him rather than our own résumé, and live ordinary lives that point people to him. Amen.

🔆 What does Enoch’s walk with God reveal about the kind of relationship God wants with his people?

Follow-Up Questions:

• Why do you think Genesis highlights Enoch’s relationship with God inside a genealogy full of death?
• What stood out to you about the picture of “walking with God”?
• How is walking with God different from simply knowing about God?

INSIGHT: From Eden to Enoch to Jesus, God’s desire has always been life-giving fellowship with his people. Enoch’s life shows that walking with God is relational, close, and full of trust.

✝  What has God done through Jesus to make walking with God forever possible?

Follow-Up Questions:

• Why was it important that Jesus entered into death instead of avoiding it like Enoch?
• What encouragement do you find in Jesus promising paradise to the thief on the cross?
• How does Jesus becoming the “way” to eternal life shape the way we think about faith?

INSIGHT: Jesus entered the repeating pattern of “and he died” so that those who trust him could receive life beyond death. Through his death and resurrection, he opened the way back to fellowship with God.

❤️ In what areas of my life am I believing I can walk through life without staying close to Jesus?

Follow-Up Questions:

• What are some ways we can slowly drift into following Jesus from a distance?
• When are you most likely to stop drawing near to Jesus?
• What does it practically look like to trust Jesus like a friend?

INSIGHT: Jesus invites us to walk closely with him, not simply agree with ideas about him. We often try to carry life in our own strength, but life and peace are found by staying close to Christ.

REPENT & BELIEVE: Repent of trying to walk through life independently from Jesus, and believe that walking closely with him is where life, peace, and joy are found.

🤍 What would it look like this week to genuinely enjoy walking with Jesus?

Follow-Up Questions:

• What helps you enjoy being with Jesus rather than treating faith like a duty?
• How can prayer, Scripture, or time alone with Jesus become more relational this week?
• Where do you need to trust Jesus by faith instead of relying on sight?

INSIGHT: Walking with Jesus is not gritting your teeth and trying harder. By his Spirit, Jesus teaches us to keep in step with him and enjoy the relationship we were created for.

PRAYER: Father, thank you that through Jesus, the way back to life with you has been opened again. Thank you that we do not have to walk in darkness, but can walk with Jesus by faith and by your Spirit. Help us stay close to him and trust him like a friend. When we feel tired, anxious, tempted, or distant, draw us near again. Teach us to enjoy walking with Jesus now as we wait for the day when faith becomes sight and we walk with you forever. Amen.

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