Welcome
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Thanks for tuning into Redeemer Al Ain’s online service. Our church is currently meeting in person with restrictions on Thursdays from 6:30–7:30pm at the Al Ain Evangelical Church Centre. (For more information about the restrictions click here). As pastors, we also understand that different people have different circumstances and comfort levels for in-person gatherings. We do not want to pressure anyone to attend who would not feel comfortable. We will continue to post the service online so that people can participate digitally.
In this service Pastor John Norris is preaching on Genesis 9:18–11:32, Division, Dispersion, and Hope. We’d love to connect with you if you have any questions. Email us at info@redeemeralain.com or fill out a connect form by clicking the link below.
October 30 Online Service
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Worship Through Singing
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Holy is the Lord — Toronto Mass Choir
O Great God – Sovereign Grace
Bible Reading
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1 Now the whole earth had one language and the same words. 2 And as people migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there. 3 And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” And they had brick for stone, and bitumen for mortar. 4 Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be dispersed over the face of the whole earth.” 5 And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of man had built. 6 And the Lord said, “Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language, and this is only the beginning of what they will do. And nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them. 7 Come, let us go down and there confuse their language, so that they may not understand one another’s speech.” 8 So the Lord dispersed them from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city. 9 Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth. And from there the Lord dispersed them over the face of all the earth.
Genesis 11:1–9
Sermon
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Division, Dispersion, and Hope
John Norris
Study Questions
What happens in Genesis 9:18–27?
How does Genesis 9:18–27 (Noah’s drunkenness, the curse of Canaan, the blessing of Shem) fit into the larger storyline of the Bible?
What is wrong with wanting to make a name for yourself like the people of Babel in 11:4?
What is God concerned about in Genesis 11:6?
Read Acts 2:1–11. How is it related to the story of Babel?
What is the point of the genealogy starting in 11:10?
Song Credits
Holy is the Lord
Performed by Toronto Mass Choir
Songwriters: Chris Tomlin / Louie Giglio
Holy Is the Lord lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
O Great God
Music and words by Bob Kauflin. Based on The Valley of Vision prayer "Regeneration."
© 2006 Sovereign Grace Praise (BMI).