SYMBOLS OF THE CHUTCH
Genesis 7:11-24
GOD'S CONTROL
V:11. " In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in
the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the
fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
1. God has the events of your life planned out to the exact
day of occurrence.
2. According to some Biblical scholars, the time of the
flood
was 2348 BCE
3. According to the text it was the 2nd month and the 17th
day of the year.
perhaps February 17th 2348 BCE
4. Every day of your life is an event on God's calendar .
5. When you woke up this morning, God had a time stamp on
all
the activities of
your day.
TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS
V:12. And the rain
was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.:
A. The way we live affects the lives of generations of
people after us.
1. Noah was six
hundred years old when the flood started
2. How old was
Noah when God told him to build the ark?
__________Genesis
6:3 and 6:12
3. The work that
God has for you may cover a long time.
B. You are never to old for God to use you.
God may use your
earlier years to prepare you for His work.
1. Those who are faithful to God will be used
by God.
2. What did the Lord say about Noah to let
you know
He approve his attitude? Genesis
6:8, 6:22 ,
C. Noah did all
that God commanded.
1. He lived a life of righteousness
2. He had track a record of following God
directions.
D. What were the
sources of the water for the flood.? Verses
11 and 12
It was____________ from the heavens and
waters from the_________
SAVATION BY RELATIONSHIP
V:13 In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham,
and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons
with them, into the ark;
A. How many couples entered the ark?__________
1. How many
men?_____. How many women?_______
2. God started
the population of the earth with one couple, Adam And Eve.
3. God restarted
the population of the earth with four couples.
B. God does not need a lot of people to accomplish His will.
1. You may find
yourself working alone doing God's work.
2. But you are
never alone, because God is with you.
3. What part of
Noah's family did not enter the ark?
The relatives of the ___________.
4. To follow God
you may have to break fellowship with family members.
5. God did not
call everyone to salvation.
6. You have the
responsibility to tell everyone about Jesus.
GOD'S PROVISIONS
V:14 They, and every beast after his kind, and all the
cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth
after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort.
A. 1. How were the animals sorted in the ark.
After their
own ______________
2. How many
animals entered the ark?
B. What animal species was not included in the ark?
1.The ________and
every______of the sea.
2. Why do you
think they were not included?
GOD'S DIRECTION AND PROTECTION
V:15-16. And they
went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is
the breath of life.
16 And they that went in, went in male and female of all
flesh, as God had commanded him: and the Lord shut him in."
A. Why do you think God made mention of two by two and male
and female?
1. You need a male
and a female animal to ________________
2. How did the
animals come to the ark male and female?
____________
commanded the animals to go into the ark
Genesis 6:9
B. When God instructs you to do something, He will not leave
you helpless.
1. If God can command
the winds to be still, He
certainly can
command animals to do as He pleases.
2. The animals
paired themselves off and came to the ark as
God commanded.
3. All Noah and his
sons had to do was to make room for the animals.
C. Who closed the door of the Ark
1. Why do you
think ___________ closed the Ark
2. Noah was able to hear the noise of his
neighbors crying to get in the ark as
the waters
rose,
3. When judgment
day comes it will be too late to accept Christ as your
personal
Savior.
GOD'S SHELTER
V:17-18 And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the
waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.
18 And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon
the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.
A, Working For God always pays off.
1. To work for
God, you have to be patience and wait on His timing.
2. Noah worked
120 years, before he saw the results of his labors.
B. The ark was water proof with pitch and floated upon the
water.
1. The ark was
built according to God's design and was strong enough
to carry the weight
of all the animals. Some estimate 35 to 40.000
animals.
3, If you ARE
obedient to God, you will be ready when trouble comes.
TRUSTING THE LORD
V:19-20 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth;
and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the
mountains were covered.
A. How high above the highest mountain peak did the Ark
GOD'S JUDGEMENT
V:21-23. And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both
of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth
upon the earth, and every man:
22 All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that
was in the dry land, died.
23 And every living substance was destroyed which was upon
the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the
fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only
remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.
A. The wages of sin is death
1. All have
sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.
2. The flood is
just an example of what will happen at the
second coming
of Christ.
a. The
unrighteous will be judged and place in the eternal hell.
B. It is by God's grace that we are saved.
1. Noah and his
family developed a relationship with God.
2. It is through
our relationship with Jesus that we have salvation
C, Why do you think the sea life was not destroyed?
FAITH AND WORKS
V:24 And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and
fifty days.
A. From what we know from this text how long was Noah in the
in the
ark?__________days
1. God does not
prevent storms from coming into our lives.
2. God allows
storms in our lives to strengthen our faith.
B. Noah had to rely on God for safety in the ark.
1. Its in the
middle of a storm that our faith is tested.
2. Noah had to rely
on God to keep the ark floating
during the
flood.
3. No structure
like the ark had ever been built
a. It is
estimated that there may have been 1500
species of
animals.
b. The number
of animals in the ark could have been 3000 to
7000 are
more.
4. Noah had to
relay on God's design to handle the weight of
all the
animals in the ark.
5. We don't know
what tomorrow holds, but we can
rely on God.
Rev M. Mitchell
Asst Pastor Of Greater Macedonia
Baptist Church
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