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What the Rainbow Says. Noah and his Family in the ark. Ark landed On Mount Ararat. Offered sacrifices to God. Gen. 8:21-22.
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What the Rainbow Says
Noah and his Family in the ark
Ark landed On Mount Ararat
Gen. 8:21-22 21. And the LORD smelled a soothing aroma. Then the LORD said in His heart, "I will never again curse the ground for man's sake, although the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; nor will I again destroy every living thing as I have done. 22. "While the earth remains, Seedtime and harvest, Cold and heat, Winter and summer, And day and night Shall not cease."
Gen. 9:12-15 12 ¶ And God said: "This is the sign of the covenant which I make between Me and you, and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: 13 "I set My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be for the sign of the covenant between Me and the earth. 14 "It shall be, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the rainbow shall be seen in the cloud; 15 "and I will remember My covenant which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh.
What the Rainbow Says
God has the power to Destroy the world
God has the power to Destroy the world God created all things - Genesis 1 and 2 Omnipotent All powerful Omnipresent Always present Omniscient All knowing
Promised to destroy by water Promised never to do it again He always keeps his promises…. Mark 16:16 B + B = S Heaven for faithful ---- Hell for disobedient “The Lord is not slack concerning his promise” 2 Pet. 3:9 God Keeps His Word
“The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows his handiwork”. Ps. 19:1 “By His Spirit He adorned the heavens;” Job 26:13 Ps. 90:1-2 “you had formed the earth and the world” Acts 14:15 “…the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and all things that are in them” God is Alive
God is in control Of this world
God made this world – laws of nature • He is the sustainer of all • “The days of our lives are seventy years; And if by reason of strength they are eighty years, Yet their boast is only labor and sorrow; For it is soon cut off, and we fly away.” Ps. 90:10 NKJV God is in control Of this world
Acts 17:25-26 25 "Nor is He worshiped with men's hands, as though He needed anything, since He gives to all life, breath, and all things. 26 "And He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their preappointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings,” God is in control Of this world
God Punishes Sin
God Punishes Sin Sin has consequences “Therefore consider the goodness and severity of God: on those who fell, severity;” Rom.11:22 “Oh, how they are brought to desolation, as in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.” Ps. 73:19
God Punishes Sin We reap what we sow - Gal. 6:7 “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.” 2 Cor. 5:10
God Delivers The Righteous
God Delivers The Righteous Noah and his family were saved !! 1 Pet. 3:20 ESV “because they formerly did not obey, when God's patience waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through water. ”
God Delivers The Righteous God blesses his people Matt. 6:33 “But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.” Ps. 37:25 “I have been young, and now am old; Yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, Nor his descendants begging bread.”
God will Destroy the earth
God will Destroy the earth Not with water But with fire 2 Thes. 1:6-10 “in flaming fire” 2 Pet. 3:10 “the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.”
God has power to destroy God Keeps His word God is Alive God is in Control God punishes sin God delivers the righteous God will destroy the earth What the Rainbow Says
Are you prepared ? Believe Repent Confess Baptized “Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.” 1 Cor.15:58
Sermon by Arthur Pigman Evans Church of Christ 515 Gibbs Road Evans, Ga. 30809 706-855-1249 evanscoc@bellsouth.net www.evansgachurchofchrist.org Sunday Morning June 5, 2011