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Sermon Outline - Preparing for the Flood, Genesis ch.6 vv.1-22
Date | 02/05/2004 |
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Time | 10:00 |
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Preacher | Rev. Maurice Roberts, Inverness |
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Sermon Title | Preparing for the Flood |
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Text | Genesis ch.6 vv.1-22
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Sermon ID | 832 |
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Introduction
- The Flood was a great Judgement.
- Only 8 persons were saved.
- We have lessons to learn from it.
ONE CAUSE OF THE FLOOD: MIXED MARRIAGES
- The TWO families before the Flood
- The meaning of Genesis 6:1-2
- The 'giants' of Genesis 6:4
- The principle of marriage: 2 Corinthians 6:14
OBSERVE: How this should affect our lives.
THE MAIN CAUSE: EXTREME LAWLESSNESS
- The breakdown of morals: v.5, 11-12
- God's "repentance" (Explain)
- How "it grieved God at his heart": v.7
OBSERVE: Importance of having right thoughts and imaginations.
APPLICATION: TV, books, etc. GOD'S PATIENCE MAY COME TO AN END
- See v.3: a period for repentance.
Proof that God's patience was ending: v.13
- This taught elsewhere: (i) Gen. 15:16 (ii) Sodom (Gen. 18:20-21)(iii) The nations of the past: Babylon, etc. (v) The Jews, 40 yrs after the Crucifixion: "His blood be on us..."
APPLICATION: Is this perhaps relevant to our nation?
THE EXTREME IMPORTANCE OF BEING GODLY
- v.8: "found grace" (Explain)
- v.18: God's "covenant":
- a promise of mercy
- strengthened by an oath
- guarantees eternal life
- to all who believe God's word
- for the sake of Christ - recall the words at the Last Supper re. the covenanted mercies of God.
APPLICATION: Are you in this covenant of grace?
THE SIGNS OF BEING IN GOD'S COVENANT
- That God deals in mercy with us
- That God teaches us by His word
- That we are different from the world
- That we obey God carefully - see v.22
OBSERVE: So Christ makes clear: Matthew 7:21
Noah is an example of a godly man who lives by faith: See Hebrews 11:7
CONCLUSION
- All true Christians are so.
- Be obedient to God in all things.
- We too are preparing - for a great FIRE (2 Peter 3)
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