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The Beginnings As It Was In The Days Of Noah… Genesis 6-8 . “But Noah found favor (grace) in the eyes of the LORD. ” Gen . 6: 8. Theme. There is blessing & protection for anyone & everyone who keeps seeking God. Introduction. Have you noticed all the Arks being built?. Johan Huibers.
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The Beginnings As It Was In The Days Of Noah…Genesis 6-8 “But Noah found favor (grace) in the eyes of the LORD.” Gen. 6:8
Theme There is blessing & protection for anyone & everyone who keeps seeking God.
Introduction Have you noticed all the Arks being built?
1a. Mankind Has A Problem The Days of Noah &Today: Mt 24:37 As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.
1b. Mankind Has A Problem 2 Tim. 3:1 But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. 2 People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, 4 treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God-- 5a having a form of godliness but denying its power.
2. Mankind Faces Judgment Pattern of Noah’s Era 1. God fed up with perversion and violence Gen 6:1-6 2. A Patient God Gen. 6:3 …the LORD said, “My Spirit will not contend with man for ever, for he is mortal; his days will be a hundred and twenty years.” 3. Noah Seeks God’s Help and Guidance Gen. 6:8 But Noah found favor (grace) in the eyes of the LORD.
2b. Mankind Faces Judgment 4. Noah preaches 2Pe 2:5 “…He did not spare the ancient world when he brought the flood on its ungodly people, but protected Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others…” 5. Begins building of the Ark (year unknown) 6. No apparent response from lost world 7. The Gathering of animals (takes 7 days) 8. The flood (takes a year)
3a. Mankind Has An Option It is all about Jesus John 5:39 You diligently study the Scriptures because you think that by them you possess eternal life. These are the Scriptures that testify about me… John 5:46 If you believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote about me.
3b. Mankind Has An Option The Penalty Paid B. The Promise Kept C. The Offer Is Made – Again John 3:16,17 “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
Our Challenge… Seek the Lord Constantly!