If It Keeps Raining . . .

Learning from a Good Flood

▸ People tend to ignore the _____________________ of judgement

Genesis 6:5-6 – 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. (New Living Translation)

2 Peter 2:5 – 5 And God did not spare the ancient world – except for Noah and the seven others in his family. Noah warned the world of God’s righteous judgment. So God protected Noah when he destroyed the world of ungodly people with a vast flood. (New Living Translation)

Revelation 20:15 – And anyone whose name was not found recorded in the Book of Life was thrown into the lake of fire. (New Living Translation)

▸ One person can make an _________________________ ________________________

Genesis 6:7-8 – 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. (New Living Translation)

Genesis 6:9 – This is the account of Noah and his family. Noah was a righteous man, the only blameless person living on earth at the time, and he walked in close fellowship with God. (New Living Translation)

▸ The necessity of ___________________ has a single door

Genesis 7:2-3 – 2 Take with you seven pairs – male and female – of each animal I have approved for eating and for sacrifice, and take one pair of each of the others. 3 Also take seven pairs of every kind of bird. There must be a male and a female in each pair to ensure that all life will survive on the earth after the flood. (New Living Translation)

2 Peter 3:5-7 – 5 They deliberately forget that God made the heavens long ago by the word of his command, and he brought the earth out from the water and surrounded it with water. 6 Then he used the water to destroy the ancient world with a mighty flood. 7 And by the same word, the present heavens and earth have been stored up for fire. They are being kept for the day of judgment, when ungodly people will be destroyed. (New Living Translation)

Genesis 7:13-16 – 13 That very day [when the flood began] Noah had gone into the boat with his wife and his sons . . . and their wives. 14 With them in the boat were pairs of every kind of animal – domestic and wild, large and small – along with birds of every kind. 15 Two by two they came into the boat, representing every living thing that breathes. 16 A male and female of each kind entered, just as God had commanded Noah. Then the Lord closed the door behind them. (New Living Translation)

John 14:1-3 – 1 “Don’t let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and trust also in me. 2 There is more than enough room in my Father’s home. If this were not so, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you? 3 When everything is ready, I will come and get you, so that you will always be with me where I am. . . . 6 . . . I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.” (New Living Translation)