THE FLOOD
The Jesus Story
Chapter 1: The Garden
[Genesis 6]
7 You will be accepted if you do what is right. But if you refuse to do what is right, then watch out! Sin is crouching at the door, eager to control you. But you must subdue it and be its master.” —Genesis 4:7 (NLT)
5 The LORD observed the extent of human wickedness on the earth, and he saw that everything they thought or imagined was consistently and totally evil. 6 So the LORD was sorry he had ever made them and put them on the earth. It broke his heart. 7 And the LORD said, “I will wipe this human race I have created from the face of the earth. Yes, and I will destroy every living thing—all the people, the large animals, the small animals that scurry along the ground, and even the birds of the sky. I am sorry I ever made them.” 8 But Noah found favor with the LORD. —Genesis 6:5–8 (NLT)
FINDING FAVOR WITH GOD
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22 So Noah did everything exactly as God had commanded him. —Genesis 6:22 (NLT)
5 So Noah did everything as the LORD commanded him. —Genesis 7:5 (NLT)
GOD’S FAVOR TODAY
1.) God knows man will return to a
37 “When the Son of Man returns, it will be like it was in Noah’s day. 38 In those days before the flood, the people were enjoying banquets and parties and weddings right up to the time Noah entered his boat. 39 People didn’t realize what was going to happen until the flood came and swept them all away. That is the way it will be when the Son of Man comes. —Matthew 24:37–39 (NLT)
2.) God is
13 I have placed my rainbow in the clouds. It is the sign of my covenant with you and with all the earth. —Genesis 9:13 (NLT)