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Genesis 8:13-22

Genesis 8:13–22 (NLT)

13 Noah was now 601 years old.

On the first day of the new year, ten and a half months after the flood began, the floodwaters had almost dried up from the earth.

Noah lifted back the covering of the boat and saw that the surface of the ground was drying.

14 Two more months went by, and at last the earth was dry!

15 Then God said to Noah,

16 “Leave the boat, all of you—you and your wife, and your sons and their wives.

17 Release all the animals—the birds, the livestock, and the small animals that scurry along the ground—so they can be fruitful and multiply throughout the earth.”

18 So Noah, his wife, and his sons and their wives left the boat.

19 And all of the large and small animals and birds came out of the boat, pair by pair.

20 Then Noah built an altar to the Lord, and there he sacrificed as burnt offerings the animals and birds that had been approved for that purpose.

21 And the Lord was pleased with the aroma of the sacrifice and said to himself, “I will never again curse the ground because of the human race, even though everything they think or imagine is bent toward evil from childhood.

I will never again destroy all living things.

22 As long as the earth remains, there will be planting and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night.”

INTRODUCTION:

A- A serious question:

The beginning of a new year presents the opportunity to make some lifestyle changes that will impact the rest of your life.

There are some decisions that you can make that will have eternal consequences.

Could you imagine having the opportunity of engaging a brand new beginning in a brand new world?

What would you do?

In Genesis 8:13-22, we find a man and his family who were faced with just such a situation.

B- The background (Genesis 6:1-8:12).

1- The wickedness of the human race :

(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.

(Genesis 6:11-12).

11 Now God saw that the earth had become corrupt and was filled with violence.

12 God observed all this corruption in the world, for everyone on earth was corrupt.

2- The Judgement of God upon the world:

(Genesis 6:7-7).

Genesis 6:7 (NLT)

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.”

(Genesis 6:12-13).

Genesis 6:12–13 (NLT)

12 God observed all this corruption in the world, for everyone on earth was corrupt.

13 So God said to Noah, “I have decided to destroy all living creatures, for they have filled the earth with violence.

Yes, I will wipe them all out along with the earth!

3- The Grace of a New Beginning:

a. Through the lives of people who experienced God’s grace.

(Genesis 6:8-9).

Genesis 6:8–9 (NLT)

8 But Noah found favor with the Lord.

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.

(1).

Noah was in a right relationship with God (righteous).

(2).

Noah lived a blameless life (unlike the other people on the earth).

(3).

Noah walked in close fellowship with God.

In order for this new beginning to come to pass, Noah and his family had to make some decisions.

If you are to experience the New beginning that God has in store for you, you must make these same decisions.

I- DECIDE TO ENTER GOD’S ARK OF SAFETY (Genesis 6:17-19).

Genesis 6:17–19 (NLT)

17 “Look!

I am about to cover the earth with a flood that will destroy every living thing that breathes.

Everything on earth will die.

18 But I will confirm my covenant with you.

So enter the boat—you and your wife and your sons and their wives.

19 Bring a pair of every kind of animal—a male and a female—into the boat with you to keep them alive during the flood.

A- Accept the fact that sin results in God’s judgment.

(Genesis 6:17).

1- Noah believed God’s declaration of coming judgment.

a.

He recorded God’s instructions for building the ark and populating it.

(Genesis 6:14-21).

Genesis 6:14–16 (NLT)

14 “Build a large boat from cypress wood and waterproof it with tar, inside and out.

Then construct decks and stalls throughout its interior.

15 Make the boat 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high.

16 Leave an 18-inch opening below the roof all the way around the boat.

Put the door on the side, and build three decks inside the boat—lower, middle, and upper.

b.

He followed God’s instructions.

He did not try to make it his own way.

(Genesis 6:22)

Genesis 6:22 (NLT)

22 So Noah did everything exactly as God had commanded him.

B- Accept God’s covenant terms to receive His promise.

(Genesis 6:18).

Genesis 6:18 (NLT)

18 But I will confirm my covenant with you.

So enter the boat—you and your wife and your sons and their wives.

1- Noah and his family entered the ark with the animals, when commanded to by God (Genesis 7:1-5).

Genesis 7:1–5 (NLT)

1 When everything was ready, the Lord said to Noah, “Go into the boat with all your family, for among all the people of the earth, I can see that you alone are righteous.

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.

4 Seven days from now I will make the rains pour down on the earth.

And it will rain for forty days and forty nights, until I have wiped from the earth all the living things I have created.”

5 So Noah did everything as the Lord commanded him.

a.

Even after building the ark, they had to get on board in order to escape God’s judgement.

2- God has provided the ark of safety to escape God’s judgment for sin.

(Hebrews 11:7)

Hebrews 11:7 (NLT)

7 It was by faith that Noah built a large boat to save his family from the flood.