"Be Fruitful and Multiply"

Sermon Application Questions

1. What should we learn from the fact that the instruction to 'be fruitful and multiply' is repeated so many times throughout the book of Genesis?

2. What should we make of the fact that the instruction to 'be fruitful and multiply' grows out of God’s design for human sexuality (1:27) and God’s design for marriage (2:24)? How important is that? How would you respond to someone who challenged that connection?

3. Read Psalm 68:5-6. What does this verse tell you about what God is like and what does it tell you about his design for families from Genesis 1?

4. During the times when the hard work of raising children seems overwhelming what truth from God’s word will help sustain you and keep you going?