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GOD’S LOVE OVERCOMES SIN

Noah and his family were free from the smelly ark, but were they free from the stench of sin? Unfortunately the answer is no, as Noah seems to understand (8:20).

God knows the reality of sin, but that’s what makes his promise to Noah all the more poignant (9:8-17).

“Even though” God knows human beings are hopeless sinners (8:21), “never again” will he consider completely destroying them (8:21; 9:11, 15).

At this point, a rainbow would be the symbol of his love.

Later he would say it in Person.

1.

The Bad News: Sin is Real

WE HAVE HEARD ALL ABOUT FAKE NEWS, MADE UP NEWS, AND PERHAPS MADE UP NEWS - BUT THIS IS REAL NEWS.

SIN IS REAL! AND EVEN MORE - YOU | NO MATTER HOW GOOD YOU THINK YOU ARE - YOU HAVE A SIN PROBLEM.

a. Noah recognized it and sacrificed ()

AFTER BEING IN THE ARK WITH HIS FAMILY AND ANIMALS - NOAH, AT THE END OF 40 DAYS SENT OUT A RAVEN AND A DOVE.

WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE TWO BIRDS?

THE RAVEN:

SYMBOL OF UNCLEAN, AND CONSIDERED A SIGN OF EVIL.

WENT OUT GOING TO AND FRO -

A SYMBOL OF SATAN HIMSELF.

THE RAVEN FEEDS ON DEAD FLESH - A SINNER! THOSE NOT KNOWING THE LORD GO THROUGH LIFE AIMLESSLY, DERIVING FUTILE PLEASURES FROM THINGS THAT HAVE NO LIFE.

(WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH) SINNERS ARE DEAD.

THE DOVE:

A CLEAN BIRD, AND SYMBOL OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.

FOUND NO RESTING PLACE - RETURNED TO THE ARK.

(SALVATION - PICTURE OF CHRIST)

THE DOVE IS VERY SELECTIVE ON WHAT IT WILL EAT, IT FOUND NO FOOD, IT FOUND NO REST, IT CAME BACK.

YOU WILL FIND NO REST IF YOU ARE RUNNING FOR THE PROMISE OF SALVATION IN CHRIST.

YOU WILL BE LIVING THE LIFE OF A RAVEN.

POINTLESS.

FOR SIN AND SELF.

LOOK WHAT HAPPENED - THE DOVE WENT OUT, (AWAY FROM THE ARK) FOUND NOTHING, NO REST, AND CAME BACK TO THE ARK - SALVATION, AND WHAT DID NOAH DO? HE REACHED OUT HIS HAND AND “DREW HER INTO THE ARK” (RICH SYMBOLISM)

WE ARE HERE ON THIS EARTH AND WE MAY BE STRUGGLING

GOD IS REACHING OUT TO YOU - TAKE HIS HAND.

THIS IS ALSO A SYMBOL OF REVIVAL, REPENTANCE, SALVATION

LAST ONE: A SYMBOL OF THE COMING END.

THE DOVE REPRESENTING THE CHURCH OF GOD.

WE ARE IN THE WORLD, NOT OF THE WORLD - AND ONE DAY THE WE WILL BE CALLED TO THE SAFETY OF THE SHIP (HEAVEN)

AND JUST LIKE IN THIS DAY OF NOAH - THOSE FOUND WITHOUT CHRIST, SALVATION - WILL FACE ETERNAL HELL.

FIRST ON EARTH, THEN IN HELL ( A PLACE FOR THOSE REJECTING GOD)

BUT GOD OFFERS TO YOU - PEACE.

THE NEXT DOVE RETURNED WITH A FRESH OLIVE BRANCH (PEACE) SYMBOL - THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL MINISTER PEACE TO YOU.

LET HIM!

b.

God recognized it ( )

A SIGN OF WORSHIP - NOT ONLY SACRIFICE.

OUR OFFERINGS ARE SIGNS OF WORSHIP.

For worship is the submission of all our nature to God.

It is the quickening of conscience by His holiness; the nourishment of mind with His truth; the purifying of imagination by His beauty; the opening of the heart to His love; the surrender of will to His purpose – and all of this gathered up in adoration, the most selfless emotion of which our nature is capable and therefore the chief remedy for that self-centeredness which is our original sin and the source of all actual sin.

THE SOONER WE LEARN THAT CHURCH, WORSHIP, PRAISE, OFFERING, AND LIFE ITSELF ID NOT ABOUT US - THE BETTER OFF THE KINGDOM OF GOD WILL BE.

IT’S NOT ABOUT YOU AND IT’S NOT ABOUT ME.

IT’S ALL ABOUT GOD! IT’S ALL ABOUT JESUS.

OUR SACRIFICE OF WORSHIP MOVES THE HEART OF GOD.

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IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE SACRIFICE OF NOAH, THAT GOD PROMISED TO NEVER DESTROY THE EARTH WITH A FLOOD AGAIN.

ARE YOU FAITHFUL AND SINCERE IN YOUR WORSHIP?

OR ARE YOU JUST PASSING TIME IN HERE TODAY?

GOD IS REACHING DOWN TO US - AND HE IS LOOKING FOR A PEOPLE THAT WILL REACH BACK.

REVIVAL COMES TO THOSE WILLING TO LAY DOWN PRIDE AND REACH OUT TO GOD.

2. The Good News: God’s Love Overcomes Sin

a.

The rainbow; a covenant with Noah ( )

ALL GOD’S PROMISES ARE TRUE! THERE’S NO NEED DOUBT.

WE NEED TO REMEMBER THIS AT ALL TIMES.

NOAH - THE FIRST TO SEE A RAINBOW.

A PROMISE FROM GOD

BUT THIS IS A STRONG PROMISE FROM GOD - I AM WITH YOU.

IN EGYPT - THE RAINBOW WAS THE RELEASE FROM BONDAGE

WITH DANIEL IN THE LIONS DEN - THE RAINBOW WAS THE SHUT MOUTHS OF THE LIONS, AND TO PROVE THE WORD OF GOD TRUE

THE SAME IS TRUE FOR YOU -

WHATEVER IS WEIGHING ON YOU, WHAT EVER YOU ARE STRUGGLING WITH, THE PROBLEM, THE HEALTH ISSUE, THE FINANCE ISSUE, THE EMOTIONAL HURT -

WHEN YOU THINK THE SUN WILL NEVER SHINE AGAIN -

DON’T YOU FORGET - GOD PUT A RAINBOW IN THE CLOUDS JUST FOR YOU!

3. The Greatest News: The New Covenant in Jesus Christ

a. Jesus’ sacrifice: our new covenant ()

WHAT GOD PROMISED - JESUS FULFILLS.

JESUS IS THE ONLY WAY OF SALVATION, AND NO ONE COMES TO THE FATHER BUT THROUGH HIM.

b.

Jesus is mediator of the new covenant (

JESUS IS THE ONE THAT BROUGHT TO US THE NEW COVENANT BRINGING US INTO FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD THE FATHER.

THIS IS SPEAKING OF JESUS - HE HAS MADE ALL THINGS NEW.

I’M SORRY TO ALL OF THE RULES BASED PEOPLE AND LEGALISTIC PEOPLE HERE TODAY - JESUS CAME TO BREAK ME AND YOU FREE FROM THE LAW.

I’M SORRY FOLKS BUT ITS NOT EVEN ABOUT CHURCH BYLAWS, CHURCH POSITIONS, NOT ABOUT WHAT YOU THINK, IF ITS NOT ABOUT JESUS - THEN IT DOESN’T MATTER.

THE LAW, AND YOUR RULES DO NOT EQUAL SALVATION, NOR TO THEY KEEP YOUR SALVATION.

DOING GOOD DOES YOU NO GOOD, UNLESS YOU ARE IN TUNE WITH THE ONLY ONE THAT GIVES YOU A NEW LIFE - JESUS!

Free from the law—oh, happy condition!

Jesus hath bled, and there is remission;

Cursed by the law and bruised by the fall,

Christ hath redeemed us once for all.

Once for all—oh, sinner, receive it;

Once for all—oh, doubter, believe it;

Cling to the cross, the burden will fall,

  Christ hath redeemed us once for all.

All the promises of God in the Old Testament are fulfilled in Jesus Christ.

That is, when you have Christ, sooner or later you will have both Christ himself and all else that God promised through Christ.

5.

The law was kept perfectly by Christ.

And all its penalties against God’s sinful people were poured out on Christ.

Therefore, the law is now manifestly not the path to righteousness; Christ is.

The ultimate goal of the law is that we would look to Christ, not law-keeping, for our righteousness.

“When you have Christ, you also have everything God promised through him.”

THIS DOES NOT MERELY RELEASE YOU OF ANY RESPONSIBILITY.

Therefore, with the coming of Christ, vir

IF YOU REJECT CHRIST AND HIS GIFT OF SALVATION AND ETERNAL LIFE - THERE WILL BE JUDGMENT.

listen to me - god loves you deeply.

He is calling your name this morning.