GENESIS 5

DISCIPLESHIP CONTENT

1. Thinking Generationally

"This is the book of the generations..."
Genesis 5:1a

Sermon Summary

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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Discipleship Questions

Before you begin, share with the group what stood out to you from the passage.

Discover

Who is God? What has He done?
  • Who is God the Father, and why does he think beyond one lifetime? (Read Psalm 105:8)
  • How has God revealed himself in Christ as the promised seed the generations were waiting for? (Read Luke 1:48)
  • What has God done through Jesus on the cross to bring us back into his story? (Read Philippians 2:8)
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.

Nurture

Who Am I in Light of What He Has Done?
  • How does sin shrink our lives down to the size of self and the satisfaction of the moment? (Read Luke 17:25)
  • Who am I because of Jesus and what he has done through the cross and resurrection? (Read 1 Peter 2:9)
  • Who are we now as a people joined together across time in God’s redemptive plan? (Read Acts 2:39)
Repent and Believe 
  • Where have I been living as though only I matter and only this moment matters?
  • How does belonging to a new kind of generation change the way I think about my life and the people coming after me?
  • What would genuine worship of Jesus look like if he was not just part of my life, but my life?
IDENTIFY: Repent of living for yourself, and believe that in Christ your life is bigger than your lifetime.

Act

What Should I Do in Light of This?
Name 3 people from the next generation that you can specifically be investing in and praying for.
  • Invest in the next generation with ordinary faithfulness by knowing them, loving them, and helping them see they matter. 
  • Pray beyond your lifetime and ask God to bless the next generation, even to the tenth generation.
  • Let your worship be genuine so the next generation can see that Christ is precious to you.
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.

2. The Genealogy of Adam

"This is the book of the generations of Adam..."
Genesis 5

Sermon Summary

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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Discipleship Questions

Before you begin, share with the group what stood out to you from the passage.

Discover

Who is God? What has He done?
  • Why does the author present God as generation zero? (Read Genesis 5:1–2)
  • What does Luke's genealogy tell us about Jesus and his line? (Read Luke 3:23–38)
  • What has Jesus done with our sin, sorrow, curse, and shame on the cross? (Read Colossians 1:13–14)
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.

Nurture

Who Am I in Light of What He Has Done?
  • What does it mean to belong to the domain of darkness rather than the kingdom of the beloved Son? (Read Colossians 1:13–14)
  • What does it mean that, if you are Christ’s, you are Abraham’s offspring and heirs according to promise? (Read Galatians 3:29)
  • How does the gospel show us that we are brought into the fold of God by grace and grace alone? (Read Galatians 3:29)
Repent and Believe 
  • Where are you tempted to believe your life is random, isolated, small or ordinary?
  • How does belonging to Jesus change the way you see your ordinary life and ordinary faithfulness?
  • How does the gospel lead you to tell others about his résumé instead of yours?
IDENTIFY: Repent of trusting your own résumé, and believe that Christ’s perfect life, sacrificial death, and victorious resurrection bring you in.

Act

What Should I Do in Light of This?
  • Embrace the genealogies - they are just as much the Word of God.
  • Let your ordinary faithfulness testify to the grace of God.
  • Tell others that you belong to Jesus - not just with your words but with your life.
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.

3. Enoch

"And Enoch walked with God, and he was not, for God took him..."
Genesis 5:23-24
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Christ Connection

Enoch walked with God by faith and was taken into life beyond death. Jesus does even more - he enters death for us, defeats it through his resurrection, and opens the way for us to walk with God forever by faith and by his Spirit.

BIG IDEA

Walking with Jesus is life.

Discipleship Questions

Before you begin, share with the group what stood out to you from the passage or content? What did the Spirit stir in you?
🔆 What does Enoch’s walk with God reveal about the kind of relationship God wants with his people?

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

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

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

Expanded Discipleship Questions

🔆 Discover

🔆 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.

Nurture

❤️ 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.

Act

🤍 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.

4. Review

"And Enoch walked with God, and he was not, for God took him..."
Genesis 5:1-24
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Christ Connection

Jesus walked perfectly where we wander and drift. Through His life, death, and resurrection, He brings us back into relationship with God and invites us to walk closely with Him by grace through faith.

BIG IDEA

Walking with Jesus is a lifelong journey of nearness, dependence, and transformation by faith.

Primary Passage: Colossians 2:6–7

Other Passages: Genesis 5, Galatians 5:16, Galatians 5:25, Romans 6:4, Romans 8:4, Ephesians 4:1, Ephesians 5:2, Ephesians 5:8, Colossians 1:10, 1 John 2:6, 1 Thessalonians 5:17, Psalm 119:103–105, John 15

Discipleship Questions

Before you begin, share with the group what stood out to you from the passage or content? What did the Spirit stir in you?
🔆 What does walking with Jesus reveal about the kind of relationship God desires with His people?

✝ What has Jesus done to bring us back into relationship with God and enable us to walk with Him by faith?

❤️  In what ways can my heart drift from nearness with Jesus into distance, distraction, or self-reliance?

🤍  What rhythms or habits could help me remain near to Jesus throughout ordinary life this week?

Expanded Discipleship Questions

🔆 Discover

🔆 What does walking with Jesus reveal about the kind of relationship God desires with His people? (Read Colossians 2:6–7)

Follow-Up Questions:
  • Why does Scripture describe the Christian life as a walk rather than a one-time moment? (Read 1 John 2:6)
  • What do the images of roots growing and lives being built on Jesus show us about spiritual growth? (Read Colossians 2:7)
  • How does Psalm 119 describe the role of God’s Word in walking closely with Him? (Read Psalm 119:103–105)

INSIGHT: God desires an ongoing relationship of nearness, dependence, and fellowship with His people. Walking with Jesus is not about occasional spiritual moments but learning to bring ordinary life near to Him day by day.

✝  What has Jesus done to bring us back into relationship with God and enable us to walk with Him by faith?

Follow-Up Questions:
  • Why is it important that we continue with Jesus the same way we first came to Him? (Read Colossians 2:6–7)
  • How does Jesus walking perfectly for us change the way we respond when we drift or fail?
  • What difference is there between walking with Jesus as relationship and treating the Christian life like performance?

INSIGHT: Jesus walked perfectly where we fail and wander. Through His perfect life, sacrificial death, and victorious resurrection, He secured salvation for us and now invites us to walk closely with Him by grace through faith.

Nurture

❤️ In what ways can my heart drift from nearness with Jesus into distance, distraction, or self-reliance?

Follow-Up Questions:
  • What tends to pull your attention and affection away from ongoing communion with Jesus?
  • Where are you tempted to carry burdens alone instead of bringing your real life before Him?
  • How have you seen Jesus slowly changing your desires, instincts, or responses over time?

INSIGHT: Walking with Jesus reshapes us slowly over time through nearness and dependence rather than self-reliant striving. As we remain close to Him, our hearts become softer, our trust deepens, and our lives are gradually shaped into His likeness.

REPENT & BELIEVE: Repent of trying to sustain spiritual life through self-reliance, and believe that Jesus delights to keep drawing you near by grace.

Act

🤍 What rhythms or habits could help me remain near to Jesus throughout ordinary life this week?

Follow-Up Questions:
  • How could you make space for prayer to become more like ongoing fellowship with Jesus throughout your day? 
  • What habits help you slow down long enough to hear Jesus through His Word?
  • How can other believers help strengthen and encourage your walk with Jesus?

INSIGHT: Walking with Jesus grows through ordinary rhythms of prayer, Scripture, dependence on the Spirit, and fellowship with God’s people. Over time, these habits help shape our awareness of His presence throughout everyday life.
PRAYER: Father, thank You for inviting us into nearness and fellowship with You through Jesus. Thank You that we do not have to walk perfectly because Jesus already has for us. Lord Jesus, help us draw near again where we have drifted, grown distracted, or tried to carry life in our own strength. Holy Spirit, teach us to keep in step with You and grow in awareness of Your presence throughout ordinary life. Help us remain close to Jesus through Your Word, prayer, and fellowship with Your people. Continue shaping our hearts, desires, and lives as we walk with You by faith. Amen.

3. Noah

"This one will bring us relief..."
Genesis 5:25-32
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Christ Connection

Noah points weary people to the deeper rest of God’s presence, but Jesus is the true rest-giver. He entered the curse, finished the work, rose from the dead, and rested his Spirit on us.

BIG IDEA

Stopping can quiet the noise,
but only Jesus 'noahs' the soul.

Discipleship Questions

Before you begin, share with the group what stood out to you from the passage or content? What did the Spirit stir in you?
🔆 Where do you feel tired, surrounded, or desperate for a way out, and what might it look like to believe God is with you there?


 ✝  What has God done through Jesus to make deep, soul-satisfying rest possible?


❤️ What do I want to escape from at the moment? In other words, in what areas of my life am I believing escape will settle my soul instead of trusting Jesus? (Remember, praying for an escape, seeking to escape a dangerous situation or using wisdom when it comes to sin or pain is not a bad thing to do. But where are you seeking an escape INSTEAD of Jesus for your rest?)


🤍 How can you, by resting in Jesus, be a source of comfort, grace, and refreshment to others?

Expanded Discipleship Questions

🔆 Discover

🔆 Where do you feel tired, surrounded, or desperate for a way out, and what might it look like to believe God is with you there?

Follow-Up Questions:
  • What does Genesis show us about why life feels restless?
  • When life hurts or feels overwhelming, what do you normally ask God for first?
  • What would change if your first prayer was not only “Get me out of here,” but “Give me Jesus”?

INSIGHT: The curse makes life restless, and it is not wrong to ask God to change hard circumstances. But Noah shows us that God’s deepest plan is not simply to give us an escape route, but to be with us through it.

✝  What has God done through Jesus to make deep, soul-satisfying rest possible?

Follow-Up Questions:
  • How does Jesus fulfil the longing in Lamech’s words, “This one shall bring us relief”?
  • Why is it good news that Jesus entered the curse rather than escaping it?
  • What comfort do you find in knowing Jesus finished the work of salvation and rested his Spirit on us?

INSIGHT: Jesus is God’s plan for the noah-rest our souls need. He entered the restlessness we deserved, finished the work, rose from the dead, and gives weary people rest by his Spirit.

Nurture

❤️ What do I want to escape from at the moment? In other words, in what areas of my life am I believing escape will settle my soul instead of trusting Jesus?

Follow-Up Questions:
  • What are some ways you try to escape when you feel anxious, tired, or overwhelmed?
  • Why can stopping, holidays, Netflix, social media, hobbies, gaming, or even work fail to give the rest your soul needs?
  • What would it look like this week to stop and find your rest in Jesus?

INSIGHT: Stopping can be good, and Sabbath matters, but stopping does not automatically settle the soul. Only Jesus can give the deep rest that comes from being with God.

REPENT & BELIEVE: Repent of looking for rest in anything but Jesus and believe that he is the noah-rest your soul was made for.

Act

🤍 How can you, by resting in Jesus, be a source of comfort, grace, and refreshment to others?

Follow-Up Questions:
  • What does Philemon 7 show us about the kind of people the church can be?
  • Where might you be tempted to add to the pain and curse of this world for others?
  • Who around you needs comfort, grace, refreshment, or a place where they do not have to perform?

INSIGHT: Part of God’s plan is that we would find rest in him so that through us, others would experience rest and relief. A people on whom God has rested his Spirit can refresh one another.
PRAYER: Lord Jesus, we come to you weary, restless, and often looking for rest in all the wrong places. Thank you that you did not simply give us an escape route, but came to us, entered our restless world, carried the curse for us, finished the work, rose from the dead, and rested your Spirit on us. Teach us to stop, not just to escape, but to find our rest in you. Settle our anxious hearts, refresh our weary souls, and make us people who bring comfort, grace, and refreshment to others. Amen.

6. The Sons of God

"...the sons of God saw that the daughters of man were attractive. And they took..."
Genesis 6:1-2
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Christ Connection

The sons of God came down to take what was not theirs, but Jesus, the true Son of God, came down in love to give himself for us and restore the bridge between heaven and earth.

BIG IDEA

The sons of God came down to take;
the Son of God came down to give.

Discipleship Questions

Before you begin, share with the group what stood out to you from the passage or content? What did the Spirit stir in you?
🔆 Where do you find it hardest to believe that what God has given you is actually good?

✝  What has Jesus done so that we don’t have to climb, take, or prove ourselves to be close to God?

🖤 In what areas of your life are you selfishly wanting more instead of trusting Jesus?

🤍 What are you holding on tightly to that Jesus wants you to let go of, so you can open your hands and give?

Expanded Discipleship Questions

🔆 Who is God & What Has He Done?

🔆 Where do you find it hardest to believe that what God has given you is actually good?

Follow-Up Questions:
  • What does Genesis 6 show us about what happens when God’s creatures stop trusting him?
  • Why can what God has given us sometimes feel like it is not enough?
  • Where are you tempted to look over the fence and think, “Life would be better over there”?

INSIGHT: The problem in Genesis 6 is not only strange spiritual rebellion - it is the same distrust that lives in the human heart. We start looking over the fence when we stop trusting that God’s design for our lives is good.

✝ What has Jesus done so that we don’t have to climb, take, or prove ourselves to be close to God?

Follow-Up Questions:
  • How is Jesus different from the sons of God in Genesis 6?
  • What does it mean that Jesus came down to give himself for us?
  • How does trusting Jesus free us from trying to make our own way to God?

INSIGHT: The sons of God came down to take, but Jesus came down to give. He is the true bridge between heaven and earth, and through him we are brought near to God.

Who Am I? Who are We?

❤️ In what areas of your life are you selfishly wanting more instead of trusting Jesus?

Follow-Up Questions:
  • Where do you feel like what God has given you is not enough?
  • Where might you be trying to take control, get approval, or carry a burden God never gave you to carry?
  • What would it look like to trust Jesus in that area instead of reaching for more?

INSIGHT: Repent of selfishly wanting more and believe that every blessing you need is found in Jesus.

REPENT & BELIEVE: Repent of selfishly wanting more and believe that every blessing you need is found in Jesus.

What Should I Do in Light of the Gospel?

🤍 What are you holding on tightly to that Jesus wants you to let go of, so you can open your hands and give?

Follow-Up Questions:
  • What are you afraid you might lose if you stop holding on so tightly?
  • How does knowing Christ himself is your life help you loosen your grip?
  • Where could you practise giving this week instead of taking, grasping, or proving yourself?

INSIGHT: Because Jesus gave himself for us, we do not need to live with closed fists. In Christ, we are free to let go, open our hands, love others, and worship.
PRAYER: Father, thank you that what you give is good, even when we struggle to believe it. Forgive us for looking over the fence and selfishly wanting more. Thank you that Jesus, the true Son of God, came down not to take, but to give himself for us. Help us trust that every blessing we need is found in him. Loosen our grip on the things we hold tightly, and teach us to open our hands to love, give, and worship. Amen.

7. THE NEPHILIM

"The Nephilim were on the earth in those days... These were the mighty men who were of old, the men of renown..."
Genesis 6:4

Sermon Summary

Christ Connection: Coming soon...

Main Points
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Primary Passage: Coming soon...
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Discipleship Questions

Before you begin, share with the group what stood out to you from the passage.

Discover

Who is God? What has He done?
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INSIGHT: Coming soon...

Nurture

Who Am I in Light of What He Has Done?
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Repent and Believe 
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IDENTIFY: Coming soon...

Act

What Should I Do in Light of This?
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PRAYER: Coming soon...

8. REVIEW

Genesis 5:25-6:4

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Main Points
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Discipleship Questions

Before you begin, share with the group what stood out to you from the passage.

Discover

Who is God? What has He done?
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INSIGHT: Coming soon...

Nurture

Who Am I in Light of What He Has Done?
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Repent and Believe 
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IDENTIFY: Coming soon...

Act

What Should I Do in Light of This?
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