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MESSAGE NOTES
Key Scripture Genesis 9:8-17
1. God Regretted That He Created Man Genesis.6:5-7
Genesis 6:8 “But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord"
"Favor" is the Old Testament's word for "grace,"
- God loves His creation. He offered His "favor" to everyone, but they rejected it
- Noah positioned himself to receive God’s grace.
- His righteousness didn’t earn God's favor, but positioned Noah to receive it
- He responded to God's grace, for himself & his family
- Noah built his Ark for a hundred years in the face of ridicule & rejection
- For a hundred years Noah did all he could to warn others
2. Did the Flood really happen?
- There are fossil deposits around the world.
- Two hundred & thirteen different flood traditions have been found in cultures from all over the world record a universal flood of cataclysmic proportions.
- Noah’s Ark was exactly the right proportions to surviving such an event.
- And the Flood was clearly divine in origin & end
- If God created & ended the Flood, He could have superintended all that transpired in connection with it.
3. Why a Flood?
Consider these Five Facts:
- Humanity was given an opportunity to accept his grace. Noah was a "preacher of righteousness" to the world for the century he spent building the Ark.
- Death is inevitable for sinners, whether it comes "naturally" or by divine intervention.
- The Flood isn’t the only time God was forced to send his judgment against sinners.
- Those who refuse to accept such judgment must obviously reject the doctrine of Hell.
Conclusion: What can we learn from this tragedy?
- The Flood warns us against sin & its consequences.
- God will never end humanity in this way again.
- While the earth will not be destroyed by flood, it will come to its end one day.
- We must be ready today.