Genesis

Question 1

Bible - The book on leadership

Answer 1

If you want to learn leadership, go to the greatest Book on leadership ever written—the Bible. You are holding in your hands a tool that has the potential to change your life and the course of your development as a spiritual leader. It is a Bible that draws out the leadership principles that have been woven into it by the One who invented leadership. Who could possibly teach us more about leadership than God Himself?

Question 2

Success or failure

Answer 2

I wholeheartedly believe that everything rises and falls on leadership. By that I mean that, more than anything else, the leadership of any group or organization will determine its success or failure.

Question 3

Person’s level of effectiveness

Answer 3

“Leadership ability determines a person’s level of effectiveness.” That is key when working with others. Greater than resources, talent, money, or intelligence, leadership makes the difference when it comes to making an impact.

Question 4

Thomas Jefferson

Answer 4

As Thomas Jefferson proclaimed, “In matters of fashion, swim with the current. In matters of conscience, stand like a rock.”

Question 5

“You are the salt of the earth. . . . You are the light of the world. . . .

Answer 5

If you are a follower of Christ, then you recognize that you are called to influence others. Jesus said it this way: “You are the salt of the earth. . . . You are the light of the world. . . . Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven” (Matt. 5:13–16).

Question 6

Vision & Leadership

Answer 6

Leaders must learn to adjust their plans while holding tenaciously to the vision.

Question 7

Character and competence

Answer 7

No one can lead well without following well. * Individuals must see the benefits of the vision before they will commit to it. * To win trust, leaders must exhibit both character and competence.

Question 8

The LORD God formed man

Answer 8

7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.

Question 9

The Law of Influence: Eve the Negative Influencer

Answer 9

4 Then the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. The Law of Influence: Eve the Negative Influencer 5 “For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

Question 10

Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD

Answer 10

7 So the LORD said, “I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth, both man and beast, creeping thing and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them.” 8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD. Profile in Leadership: Noah: A Man of Righteousness

Question 11

Noah Pleases God

Answer 11

Noah Pleases God 9 This is the genealogy of Noah. Noah was a just man, perfect in his generations. Noah walked with God.

Question 12

Then God remembered Noah

Answer 12

Noah’s Deliverance 1 Then God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the animals that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subsided.

Question 13

Olive leaf

Answer 13

11 Then the dove came to him in the evening, and behold, a freshly plucked olive leaf was in her mouth; and Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth.

Question 14

My covenant with you

Answer 14

11 “Thus I establish My covenant with you: Never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of the flood; never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth.”

13 “I set My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be for the sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.

Question 15

God’s blessing

Answer 15

3 I will bless those who bless you, And I will curse him who curses you; And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”

Question 16

God’s vision to Abram

Answer 16

14 And the LORD said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him: “Lift your eyes now and look from the place where you are—northward, southward, eastward, and westward; 15“ for all the land which you see I give to you and your descendantsb forever. 16“ And I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth; so that if a man could number the dust of the earth, then your descendants also could be numbered. 17“ Arise, walk in the land through its length and its width, for I give it to you.”

Question 17

Abram said to the king of Sodom

Answer 17

21 Now the king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the persons, and take the goods for yourself.” 22 But Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have raised my hand to the LORD, God Most High, the Possessor of heaven and earth, 23 “that I will take nothing, from a thread to a sandal strap, and that I will not take anything that is yours, lest you should say, ‘I have made Abram rich’—24 “except only what the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men who went with me: Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.”

Question 18

God’s promise to Abram

Answer 18

1 After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.”

Question 19

Beautiful comparison made by the Lord

Answer 19

5 Then He brought him outside and said, “Look now toward heaven, and count the stars if you are able to number them.” And He said to him, “So shall your descendants be.”

Question 20

Vision to the future to Abram

Answer 20

13 Then He said to Abram: “Know certainly that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them, and they will afflict them four hundred years.

Question 21

Every male among the men of Abraham’s house was circumcised

Answer 21

23 So Abraham took Ishmael his son, all who were born in his house and all who were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham’s house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskins that very same day, as God had said to him. 24 Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. 25 And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

Question 22

Sarah laughed

Answer 22

12 Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, “After I have grown old, shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?” 13 And the LORD said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Shall I surely bear a child, since I am old?’ 14 “Is anything too hard for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.”

Question 23

The LORD shared with Abraham what he was about to do

Answer 23

17 And the LORD said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am doing,

Question 24

Abraham asked God

Answer 24

27 Then Abraham answered and said, “Indeed now, I who am but dust and ashes have taken it upon myself to speak to the Lord:

32 Then he said, “Let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak but once more: Suppose ten should be found there?” And He said, “I will not destroy it for the sake of ten.” 33 So the LORD went His way as soon as He had finished speaking with Abraham; and Abraham returned to his place.

Question 25

Sarah was taken

Answer 25

3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, “Indeed you are a dead man because of the woman whom you have taken, for she is a man’s wife.”

7 “Now therefore, restore the man’s wife; for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you and you shall live. But if you do not restore her, know that you shall surely die, you and all who are yours.”

17 So Abraham prayed to God; and God healed Abimelech, his wife, and his female servants. Then they bore children;

Question 26

Abraham cast out his son and Hagar

Answer 26

10 Therefore she said to Abraham, “Cast out this bondwoman and her son; for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, namely with Isaac.”

11 And the matter was very displeasing in Abraham’s sight because of his son. 12 But God said to Abraham, “Do not let it be displeasing in your sight because of the lad or because of your bondwoman. Whatever Sarah has said to you, listen to her voice; for in Isaac your seed shall be called. 13 “Yet I will also make a nation of the son of the bondwoman, because he is your seed.”

Question 27

Hagar asked God

Answer 27

17 And God heard the voice of the lad. Then the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said to her, “What ails you, Hagar? Fear not, for God has heard the voice of the lad where he is. 18 “Arise, lift up the lad and hold him with your hand, for I will make him a great nation.”

Question 28

Abraham test

Answer 28

2 Then He said, “Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.”

12 And He said, “Do not lay your hand on the lad, or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me.”

17 “blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies. 18 “In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”

Question 29

Abraham died

Answer 29

8 Then Abraham breathed his last and died in a good old age, an old man and full of years, and was gathered to his people.