Session 9

Reviewed (Genesis 11:5-7)

how God responded to the people.

5 Then the Lord came down to look over the city
and the tower that the humans were building.
6 The Lord said,
“If they have begun to do this as one people all having the same language,
then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them.
7 Come, let’s go down there and confuse their language
so that they will not understand one another’s speech.”

Ask:

• What do you find significant about verse 5?
• (God came down to them.
• Their tower was not quite as impressive as they hoped.)

Reflect:

Omnipotence,
Omniscience,
Sovereignty.

share how each term is revealed through today’s Bible passage.
Discuss what each term has to do with the narrative in Genesis 11.

Explain:

God was not worried about
humanity’s innovation or potential.

God was concerned about the trouble and suffering that disobedience could cause.
Confusing their language was an act of grace-though it didn’t seem like it at the time.

the unity of believers should be rooted in their obedience to God’s plans.

Ask:

• How can unity of purpose get in the way of fulfilling God’s purposes? (p. 79)

Transition:

After God confused the people’s languages,
He dispersed them-which is what was supposed to happen in the first place.