Never Again

Genesis 8:15–22 NIV84

15 Then God said to Noah, 16 “Come out of the ark, you and your wife and your sons and their wives. 17 Bring out every kind of living creature that is with you—the birds, the animals, and all the creatures that move along the ground—so they can multiply on the earth and be fruitful and increase in number upon it.” 18 So Noah came out, together with his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives. 19 All the animals and all the creatures that move along the ground and all the birds—everything that moves on the earth—came out of the ark, one kind after another. 20 Then Noah built an altar to the Lord and, taking some of all the clean animals and clean birds, he sacrificed burnt offerings on it. 21 The Lord smelled the pleasing aroma and said in his heart: “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from childhood. And never again will I destroy all living creatures, as I have done. 22 “As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease.”

1. As you walk out of quarantine, be purposeful

Don’t walk return to the place God delivered you from

Remember the lessons learned

God will never leave you

God is greater

Viruses don’t scare God

Remember the reason God is bringing you out

Don’t waste the opportunity

2. As you walk out of quarantine, be perceptive

Noah had the foresight because God directed him

Noah had insight because God revealed it to him

Noah had sight (perceptive) and realized that without God he would be doomed

Noah understood that a sacrifice (offering) was the best way to begin again

You are walking out of the worst trial the world has faced in quite some time, what will you do?

Build an altar for sacrifice

Offer God the best you have

3. As you walk out of quarantine, be productive

The first thing Noah did was to build an altar

God wants you to build

Don’t waste time crying about yesterday

You are called to be productive

Become the witness God wants you to be

He has give you power to be His witness

Go and reproduce yourself

Multiply, we have to fill the Kingdom of God while keeping hell empty

4. What you produce creates an aroma, be positive

Every action has a consequence

Not everything we do has good consequences

But when we obey God’s Word we will produce good consequences

When we follow God’s direction, we will get good consequences

Obedience creates a pleasing aroma

5. A pleasing aroma closes the previous chapter, Never Again

God deserves our sacrifices

When we give God the best, He blesses us

Never again sacrifice

If what you have does not meet your need, then it’s your seed

God proclaimed that as long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest

This is a Never Again seed

To start their new life, the new beginning, God blessed Noah and his sons and purpose was given to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth”

Genesis 9:1–3 NIV84

1 Then God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth. 2 The fear and dread of you will fall upon all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air, upon every creature that moves along the ground, and upon all the fish of the sea; they are given into your hands. 3 Everything that lives and moves will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything.

Never Again seed produces an increase decree

Time to fill this house

Never Again…you will not repeat this chapter of your life

Never Again!