January 4

Welcome to Listing Your Way Through the Bible. If you are pressed for time, just complete one or two lists.

January 4, 2011: The readings for today are Genesis 9, 10, & 11 and Matthew 4. Here are some lists for the reader to contemplate while reading.

Genesis 9:

• v. 1-7: List God's instructions to Noah.

• v. 8-17: List the components of God's covenant with Noah, his descendants, and the animals.

• List the disposition of blessing or curse of each of Noah's sons.

Genesis 10:

This chapter tells us about the descendants of Noah's sons. While at first it may seem like a long list of strange names, still there are some interesting things to note.

• Write the names of Noah's three sons and leave some space after each name.

• List the description of what each of the descendants of Noah's sons ultimately became, listing briefly something of note generally about each son's descendants.

Genesis 11:

• List the reasons the people wanted to build the tower of Babel.

• List the reasons the Lord did not want the tower built.

• List and trace the names of Shem's descendants down to Terah.

• List the names of Terah's sons and their family disposition (wives, children)

Matthew 4:

• Draw a vertical line down the center of your paper. Label the left column "the Devil" and the right column "Jesus."

• In the left column, briefly list the Devil's three temptations to Jesus. In the right column, briefly list the counter statements Jesus made in response to each temptation and the source of these counterstatements.

• In the passage following verse 17, Jesus makes two statements. List the substance of his two statements.

• From verse 23, list the things that Jesus did.