God Makes Promises

The Book of Genesis  •  Sermon  •  Submitted   •  Presented   •  24:22
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God makes promises to us. We can trust that he will fulfill His promises because He made them and He is true and just and righteous. We need to trust in His promises and live assured that He will do what He has promised.

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1 2 GOD MAKES PROMISES • FOR THOSE WHO GREW UP WITH THE BIBLE • SUCH A STATEMENT DOES NOT SEEM STRANGE • BUT THINK ABOUT IT FOR A MOMENT 3 4 • GOD, THE SUPREME BEING IN THE UNIVERSE, • THE CREATOR, SUSTAINER OF THE UNIVERSE • STEPPING INTO HUMAN HISTORY AND MAKES AGREEMENTS WITH PEOPLE • IF YOU REALLY THINK ABOUT IT THAT IS A SOMEWHAT UNUSUAL CONCEPT 5 • JUST IMAGINE IF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT • SENT A TRADE DELEGATION • TO A CHILD RUNNING A LEMONADE STAND IN MULLIN • THEY MAKE A TRADE AGREEMENT, A COVENANT WITH THIS CHILD • THE UNITED STATES COULD NOT POSSIBLY BENEFIT FROM THIS AGREEMENT • IT IS ABSURD TO THINK THEY NEED ANYTHING • FROM THE CHILD AND HIS LEMONADE STAND (PAUSE) • WHEN GOD MAKES A COVENANT WITH US 6 7 • HE CAN GAIN NOTHING BY MAKING IT. • WHEN GOD MAKES A COVENANT WITH US • HE ACCEPTS RESTRICTIONS ON HIS FUTURE ACTIONS • HE DOES THIS BECAUSE OF HIS VAST LOVE FOR US. 8 • TODAY WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT GOD MAKING A COVENANT WITH NOAH • NOAH HAS NOTHING TO OFFER GOD • GOD GAINS NOTHING BY THIS COVENANT • BUT NOAH, HIS SONS AND ALL LIFE ON EARTH ARE BLESSED BY THIS COVENANT • TURN TO GENESIS 9:8 • GOD HAD JUST BLESSED NOAH AND HIS SONS • AND INSTRUCTED THEM TO BE MULTIPLY AND FILL THE EARTH • HE HAD GIVEN THEM THE ANIMALS AS FOOD 9 10 • AND HAD TOLD THEM THAT HE WOULD REQUIRE A LIFE • WHEN THE LIFE OF A HUMAN WAS TAKEN • HE WILL NOW MAKE A PROMISE AND ESTABLISH A COVENANT WITH MANKIND 11 GENESIS 9:8–10 THEN GOD SPOKE TO NOAH AND TO HIS SONS WITH HIM, SAYING, “NOW BEHOLD, I MYSELF DO ESTABLISH MY COVENANT WITH YOU, AND WITH YOUR DESCENDANTS AFTER YOU; 12 AND WITH EVERY LIVING CREATURE THAT IS WITH YOU, THE BIRDS, THE CATTLE, AND EVERY BEAST OF THE EARTH WITH YOU; OF ALL THAT COMES OUT OF THE ARK, EVEN EVERY BEAST OF THE EARTH. GOD SPEAKS TO US 13 • NOTICE HOW GOD MAKES THIS COVENANT WITH NOAH AND HIS SON • “THEN GOD SPOKE TO NOAH AND TO HIS SONS WITH HIM, SAYING,” • IF YOU GREW UP WITH THE BIBLE THIS SEEMS NORMAL TO YOU 14 • GOD SPOKE WITH ABRAHAM WHEN HE MADE A COVENANT WITH HIM • GOD SPOKE WITH MOSES, GOD SPOKE WITH DAVID. • WE SHOULD BE SO THANKFUL WE HAVE A GOD THAT COMMUNICATES WITH US 15 • WHEN HE DOES COMMUNICATE WITH US WE NEED TO PAY ATTENTION • GOD COMMUNICATED HIS COVENANT WITH THESE PEOPLE VERBALLY • GOD CHOOSES OTHER METHODS TO COMMUNICATE • THE NEW COVENANT WITH US HEBREWS 1:1–2 16 GOD, AFTER HE SPOKE LONG AGO TO THE FATHERS IN THE PROPHETS IN MANY PORTIONS AND IN MANY WAYS, IN THESE LAST DAYS HAS SPOKEN TO US IN HIS SON, WHOM HE APPOINTED HEIR OF ALL THINGS, THROUGH WHOM ALSO HE MADE THE WORLD. 17 • GOD STILL SPEAKS TO US, HE DOES SO NOW • THROUGH HIS WORD, THE BIBLE • IF YOU GREW UP AROUND THE BIBLE THIS MAY SEEMS OBVIOUS TO YOU • BUT FOR THOSE OF US WHO WERE NOT RAISED AROUND THE BIBLE 18 • THE CONCEPT THAT GOD TALKS TO US THROUGH SCRIPTURE • IS JUST AS AMAZING AS THE IDEA OF HIM TALKING TO US VERBALLY • “YOU MEAN WE HAVE A BOOK THAT HAS THE WORDS • OF THE CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE IN IT • AND HE TELLS US HOW HE WANTS US TO LIVE?” • I WANT YOU TO TRY TO THINK ABOUT THAT A FRESH MIND • IF YOU DID NOT KNOW THERE WAS A BIBLE JUST HOW • AMAZING IT WOULD BE TO FIND OUT THAT THERE IS A 19 20 • BOOK IN WHICH THE ONE WHO CREATED UNIVERSE • MAKES PROMISES, INSTRUCTS US ON HOW TO LIVE • AND MAKES AN OFFER TO PAY FOR OUR SINS BY HIS DEATH ON THE CROSS • I REALLY THINK IF WE UNDERSTOOD WHAT THE BIBLE IS 21 • WE WOULD BE SO MUCH MORE EXCITED ABOUT IT • ABOUT STUDYING IT, ABOUT READING IT, ABOUT LIVING IT • ABOUT THE PROMISES, THE COVENANTS GOD MAKES IN IT. GOD MAKES COVENANTS • DID YOU NOTICE WHO MAKES THIS COVENANT • “NOW BEHOLD, I MYSELF DO ESTABLISH MY COVENANT” • GOD DID NOT SAY “WE ESTABLISH OUR COVENANT” 22 23 • HE SAID I, MYSELF… AND CALLED IT “MY COVENANT” • THERE ARE TWO BASIC KINDS OF COVENANTS • IN AN CONDITIONAL COVENANT BOTH PARTIES AGREE TO DO THINGS • BOTH HAVE RESPONSIBILITIES, BOTH HAVE REQUIREMENTS 24 • IN AN UNCONDITIONAL COVENANT ONLY ONE PARTY HAS • RESPONSIBILITIES, ONLY ONE HAS REQUIREMENTS TO FULFILL • I AM NOT SURE YOU COULD BE MORE CLEAR ABOUT 25 • THIS BEING AN UNCONDITIONAL COVENANT • DEFINES IT AS “MY COVENANT” HE SAYS “I MYSELF ESTABLISH” • THERE IS NO LIST OF CONDITIONS THAT MUST BE FOLLOWED BY MAN 26 • SOME FOLKS WANT TO SAY THINGS BEFORE THIS ARE COVENANT REQUIREMENTS • THE INSTRUCTIONS TO MULTIPLY AND FILL THE EARTH • THE NOT EATING MEAT WITH THE BLOOD STILL IN IT • AND THE REQUIREMENT OF A LIFE FOR A LIFE • ARE THE CONDITIONS FOR THE COVENANT • BUT THAT CAN’T BE CAUSE SEE WE BROKE • ALL THOSE AND GOD HAS KEPT HIS PART 27 28 • THEY DID NOT FILL THE EARTH THEY BUILT THE TOWER OF BABEL • PEOPLE DID AND STILL DO EAT MEAT WITH THE BLOOD IN IT • AND PEOPLE HAVE GOTTEN AWAY WITH MURDER FOR 1000S OF YEARS • SO THOSE CAN’T BE THE CONDITIONS FOR THIS COVENANT • THIS COVENANT IS UNCONDITIONAL • GOD MAKES THIS PROMISE NOT BASED 29 30 • ON ANYTHING ANYONE IN THE WORLD DOES (PAUSE) • NOT ONLY IS THIS COVENANT UNCONDITIONAL IT IS UNIVERSAL GOD CHOOSES WHO • GOD DETERMINES WHO IS INCLUDED IN HIS COVENANTS • GOD MAKES THIS COVENANT; • “WITH YOU, AND WITH YOUR DESCENDANTS AFTER YOU;” 31 32 • IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, THIS MEANS EVERYONE • BECAUSE THERE IS NO ONE ALIVE ON EARTH • WHO IS NOT A DESCENDANT OF NOAH • THAT MEANS THIS COVENANT APPLIES TO EVERYONE ON EARTH 33 • THIS IS NOT THE CASE IN OTHER COVENANTS GOD HAS MADE • THE ABRAHAMIC COVENANT ONLY APPLIES TO THE DESCENDANTS OF ABRAHAM • BOTH HIS PHYSICAL DESCENDANTS AND HIS DESCENDANTS IN THE FAITH 34 • THE MOSAIC COVENANT ONLY APPLIED TO THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL • AND THE NEW COVENANT ONLY APPLIES TO THOSE WHO TRUST • IN JESUS CHRIST AS THEIR SAVOIR (PAUSE) 35 • SINCE GOD IS THE ONE INITIATING THESE COVENANTS • HE IS THE ONE WHO DECIDES WHO THEY APPLY TO • WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL WHEN WE START APPLYING THE PROMISES • IN THESE COVENANTS TO PEOPLE WHO GOD DID NOT INCLUDE IN THAT SPECIFIC COVENANT 36 • WE CAN END UP WITH SOME VERY BAD THEOLOGY • THE PROSPERITY GOSPEL APPLIES STATEMENTS IN THE MOSAIC COVENANT • TO PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT IN THAT COVENANT • THE UNIVERSALIST THEOLOGY APPLIES THE NEW COVENANT 37 • TO PEOPLE ARE NOT IN THE NEW COVENANT (PAUSE) • GOD IS THE ONE MAKING THE PROMISES IN THESE COVENANTS • HE IS UTTERLY IN CHARGE OF WHAT IS IN THEM AND WHO THEY APPLY TO • IT DOES NOT GO WELL WHEN WE IGNORE • GOD WISHES AND PILE WHATEVER WE WANT ON THE COVENANTS 38 A WOMAN LIKED HER HAMBURGERS WITH JUST THE BUN & THE MEAT. • NOTHING ELSE. BUN, MEAT, BUN. NO KETCHUP, NO MUSTARD, • NO RELISH, NO PICKLES, NO 39 • ONIONS, NO NOTHING!! JUST BUN, MEAT, BUN. • ONE EVENING SHE SENT HER HUSBAND OUT TO A LOCAL RESTAURANT TO GET • HER A BURGER. NOT MUCH LATER, HE RETURNED WITH A BURGER. SHE • OPENED IT UP, FINDING WHAT MOST WOULD LABEL THE PERFECT 40 • HAMBURGER. LETTUCE, TOMATO, PICKLES, MUSTARD, KETCHUP, ONION, • RELISH, BACON, ETC, ETC, ETC. IT WAS A MASTERPIECE! IT SMELLED • GOOD, IT LOOKED GOOD, IT WOULD LIKELY TASTE GOOD. • SHE PUT THE BURGER BACK IN THE PACKAGING, GAVE IT BACK TO HER 41 • HUSBAND, AND SENT HIM BACK TO THE RESTAURANT. HE WAS NOT TO • RETURN UNTIL HE BROUGHT HER A HAMBURGER CONSISTING OF: BUN, MEAT, BUN. • AND ONLY, BUN, MEAT, BUN. • THAT'S ALL SHE ASKED FOR. 42 • SHE WANTED NOTHING MORE, SHE WANTED NOTHING LESS. • JUST AS A HUSBAND SHOULD NOT TRY TO TELL HIS WIFE • WHAT SHE SHOULD HAVE ON HER HAMBURGER 43 • WE NEED TO NOT TRY TO TELL GOD WHO SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN HIS COVENANTS • WHEN GOD MAKES A COVENANT WE MAY THINK EVERYONE SHOULD BE INCLUDED • LIKE GOD DID WITH THE COVENANT WITH NOAH 44 • BUT GOD MAY WANT TO INCLUDE ONLY SOME FOLKS • WHEN GOD MAKES A COVENANT WITH MAN HE DECIDES WHO WILL BE INCLUDED (PAUSE) • IN THE COVENANT WITH NOAH HE INCLUDED ALL LIVING THINGS 45 • IN THE COVENANT WITH MOSES HE INCLUDED ONLY THE NATION OF ISRAEL • IN THE NEW COVENANT HE INCLUDED ONLY THOSE WHO • PLACE THEIR FAITH AND TRUST IN JESUS AS SAVOIR 46 • WE DON’T GET TO TELL GOD WHO TO INCLUDE IN A COVENANT • WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND HE WAS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO INCLUDE ANYONE • WE NEED TO BE GRATEFUL AND THANKFUL THAT HE MAKES COVENANT PROMISES GENESIS 9:11 47 “I ESTABLISH MY COVENANT WITH YOU; AND ALL FLESH SHALL NEVER AGAIN BE CUT OFF BY THE WATER OF THE FLOOD, NEITHER SHALL THERE AGAIN BE A FLOOD TO DESTROY THE EARTH.” TRUST GOD’S PROMISES • WE CAN TRUST GOD’S COVENANT PROMISES • BECAUSE GOD MADE THE COVENANT • IF JUST ANYONE MAKES YOU A COVENANT 48 49 • YOU REALLY NEED TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT TRUSTING • THAT THEY WILL DO WHAT THEY SAY THEY WILL DO • BUT IN THIS CASE GOD IS THE ONE MAKING THE COVENANT • “I ESTABLISH MY COVENANT WITH YOU;” 50 • SINCE GOD IS THE ONE MAKING THE COVENANT • WE CAN BE CERTAIN THAT HE WILL FULFILL • WHAT HE PROMISES IN THE COVENANT • SEE A COVENANT IS REALLY A SET OF PROMISES 51 • IT IS SOMEWHAT LIKE A LEGAL CONTRACT • WHERE PEOPLE PROMISE TO DO WHAT THE CONTRACT SAYS THEY WILL DO • THERE IS ONE IMPORTANT DIFFERENCE 52 • BETWEEN A CONTRACT AND A COVENANT • IN A LEGAL CONTRACT IF BOTH PARTIES AGREE • THEY CAN END THE CONTRACT 53 • BUT A COVENANT IS PERMANENT • WHEN A COVENANT IS MADE, BOTH PARTIES ARE AGREEING • THAT THEY WILL ABIDE BY THE COVENANT FOREVER TRUST THE RESULTS • BECAUSE GOD MADE THE COVENANT • WE CAN TRUST THAT THE RESULT OF THE COVENANT • WILL BE THE RESULT GOD CLAIMS IT WILL BE 54 55 • IN THIS CASE THE RESULT GOD IS CLAIMING IS • ALL FLESH SHALL NEVER AGAIN BE CUT OFF BY THE WATER OF THE FLOOD, • I THINK IF WE HAD JUST BEEN THROUGH THE FLOOD • THIS PROMISE WOULD MEAN MORE TO US • IF EVERYONE WE EVER KNEW HAD BEEN CUT OFF BY THE WATER • WE MIGHT UNDERSTAND THE KIND OF COMFORT NOAH AND HIS SONS • FELT WHEN THEY HEARD THIS PROMISE • JUST IMAGINE HOW THEY WOULD FEEL EVERY TIME 56 57 • IT STARTED TO RAIN IF GOD HAD NOT MADE THIS COVENANT (PAUSE) • WE CAN TRUST THIS PROMISE BECAUSE IT IS FROM GOD • WE CAN TRUST THE RESULT HE PROMISES REJOICE IN THE PROMISES • IF YOU ARE EVER LOOKING FOR A REASON TO REJOICE • THIS IS A PRETTY GOOD ONE • “NEITHER SHALL THERE AGAIN BE A FLOOD TO DESTROY THE EARTH.” 58 • I DON’T KNOW HOW MUCH TIME YOU HAVE SPENT AROUND FLOODS • BUT GROWING UP IN HOUSTON I HAVE SEEN MY SHARE OF FLOODS • EVEN ON A SMALL SCALE THEY ARE DEVASTATING • I AM SURE THIS WAS A RELIEF FOR NOAH AND HIS SONS TO HEAR 59 60 • WE SHOULD REJOICE THAT GOD IS NOT GOING • TO DESTROY THE EARTH IN A FLOOD • WE SHOULD ALSO REJOICE AS CHRISTIANS • BECAUSE GOD HAS MADE A PROMISE TO US IN THE NEW COVENANT 61 • THAT IF WE HAVE TRUSTED IN CHRIST’S WORK ON THE CROSS • WE WILL NOT FACE ETERNAL CONDEMNATION FOR OUR SINS 62 ROMANS 8:1 THEREFORE THERE IS NOW NO CONDEMNATION FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN CHRIST JESUS. • AND THE REASON WE CAN REJOICE IN GOD’S PROMISES • IS BECAUSE THE ALL POWERFUL CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE • IS THE IN ONE MAKING THE PROMISE 63 64 • WE CAN TRUST GOD’S COVENANTAL PROMISES • BECAUSE HE IS THE ONE THAT MADE THEM (PAUSE) • OUR TRUST IS BASED ON WHO HE IS • TRUSTING A PROMISE SHOULD ALWAYS BE BASED ON KNOWING • WHO IT IS WE ARE TRUSTING A PHOTOGRAPHER FOR A NATIONAL MAGAZINE 65 • WAS ASSIGNED TO "SHOOT" ONE OF THOSE BIG FOREST FIRES • HE WAS TOLD THAT A SMALL PLANE • WOULD BE WAITING TO FLY HIM OVER THE FIRE 66 • WHEN HE GOT TO THE AIRPORT, • SURE ENOUGH, HE FOUND A LITTLE CESSNA WAITING • HE JUMPED IN WITH HIS EQUIPMENT AND YELLED, "LET'S GO!" • THE PILOT, THE PLANE, AND THE PHOTOGRAPHER WERE SOON IN THE AIR. 67 • "FLY OVER THE NORTH SIDE OF THE FIRE AND MAKE SEVERAL LOW PASSES," • THE PHOTOGRAPHER SHOUTED. • "WHY?" THE NERVOUS PILOT ASKED. • "BECAUSE I'M GOING TO TAKE PICTURES! • I'M A PHOTOGRAPHER, AND PHOTOGRAPHERS TAKE PICTURES," WAS THE REPLY. • AFTER A LONG PAUSE, THE PILOT TENSELY ASKED, • "YOU MEAN, YOU'RE NOT THE INSTRUCTOR?" 68 69 • THE STUDENT PILOT AND THE PHOTOGRAPHER BOTH TRUSTED SOMEONE • THEY TRUSTED THEM TO DO SOMETHING THEY COULD NOT DO • THE PHOTOGRAPHER TRUSTED THE STUDENT TO FLY THE PLANE 70 • THE STUDENT TRUSTED THE PHOTOGRAPHER TO TEACH HIM TO FLY A PLANE (PAUSE) • IN LIFE, TRUST IS OFTEN PUT IN PLACES, PEOPLE, • AND THINGS THAT ARE NOT WORTHY OF SUCH TRUST. • PEOPLE HAVE ENTRUSTED FRIENDS, 71 • ADVISE COLUMNISTS, TALK SHOWS, SPOUSES, ORGANIZATIONS, • AND A HOST OF OTHER PEOPLE AND THINGS – • EVEN THEIR OWN FEELINGS –TO DIRECT THEM • UNFORTUNATELY, MANY PEOPLE DO NOT LEARN UNTIL IT IS TOO LATE 72 • THAT THEIR TRUST HAS BEEN MISGUIDED AND MISPLACED • MANY DECISIONS LEAD NOT TO SAFETY BUT TO DESTRUCTION! • OUR TRUST SHOULD BE IN GOD AND HIS WORD 73 • AND NOT IN PREACHERS, FRIENDS, RELATIVES OR OUR FEELINGS. • PEOPLE CAN KNOWINGLY OR UNKNOWINGLY • YOUR FEELINGS CAN DECEIVE YOU • GOD'S WORD IS THE ONLY SAFE GUIDE. 74 GENESIS 9:12–17 GOD SAID, “THIS IS THE SIGN OF THE COVENANT WHICH I AM MAKING BETWEEN ME AND YOU AND EVERY LIVING CREATURE THAT IS WITH YOU, FOR ALL SUCCESSIVE GENERATIONS; I SET MY BOW IN THE CLOUD, 75 AND IT SHALL BE FOR A SIGN OF A COVENANT BETWEEN ME AND THE EARTH. “IT SHALL COME ABOUT, WHEN I BRING A CLOUD OVER THE EARTH, THAT THE BOW WILL BE SEEN IN THE CLOUD, AND I WILL REMEMBER MY COVENANT, 76 WHICH IS BETWEEN ME AND YOU AND EVERY LIVING CREATURE OF ALL FLESH; AND NEVER AGAIN SHALL THE WATER BECOME A FLOOD TO DESTROY ALL FLESH. “WHEN THE BOW IS IN THE CLOUD, THEN I WILL LOOK UPON IT, 77 TO REMEMBER THE EVERLASTING COVENANT BETWEEN GOD AND EVERY LIVING CREATURE OF ALL FLESH THAT IS ON THE EARTH.” AND GOD SAID TO NOAH, “THIS IS THE SIGN OF THE COVENANT WHICH I HAVE ESTABLISHED BETWEEN ME AND ALL FLESH THAT IS ON THE EARTH.” GOD WANTS US TO REMEMBER • GOD WANTS US TO REMEMBER HIS PROMISES, HIS COVENANTS • NOTICE WHO THE COVENANT IS WITH • ME AND YOU AND EVERY LIVING CREATURE THAT IS WITH YOU, FOR ALL SUCCESSIVE GENERATIONS; 78 79 • SEE THAT PART ABOUT “ALL SUCCESSIVE GENERATIONS” • THIS IS WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT THAT GOD PROVIDES A SIGN • THIS IS WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT THAT WE REMEMBER GOD’S PROMISES 80 • BECAUSE THIS COVENANT IS WITH ALL SUCCESSIVE GENERATIONS (PAUSE) • IF WE FAIL TO REMEMBER.. IF WE FORGET ABOUT THE COVENANT • HOW WILL “ALL SUCCESSIVE GENERATIONS” KNOW ABOUT IT 1 CHRONICLES 16:15 81 REMEMBER HIS COVENANT FOREVER, THE WORD WHICH HE COMMANDED TO A THOUSAND GENERATIONS, 82 • WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENS IF ONE GENERATION FAILS TO REMEMBER • IT IS NOT JUST THAT GENERATION THAT LOSES THE INFORMATION • IF ONE GENERATION FAILS TO REMEMBER WHAT GOD HAS DONE • WHAT HE HAS PROMISED • THEN EVERY GENERATION AFTER IT WILL NEVER KNOW • GOD’S PROMISES, GOD’S COVENANTS 83 • WE ARE ALWAYS ONE GENERATION AWAY • FROM THE WORLD NOT KNOWING GOD (PAUSE) • THIS IS WHY GOD WANTS TO MAKE SURE • WE REMEMBER HIS COVENANTS, HIS PROMISES 84 GOD HELPS US REMEMBER 85 • GOD PROVIDES THINGS TO REMIND US OF HIS COVENANTS. • AS WE GO THROUGHOUT THE BIBLE WE FIND THINGS • THAT GOD PROVIDES TO HELP US REMEMBER • CIRCUMCISION WAS A SIGN OF HIS COVENANT WITH ABRAHAM • BAPTISM IS AN OUTWARD SIGN OF THE INWARD CHANGE IN CHRIST • IT HELPS US REMEMBER WHAT CHRIST DID FOR US • HERE GOD IS VERY CLEAR ABOUT WHAT THE SIGN IS • “I SET MY BOW IN THE CLOUD, AND IT SHALL BE FOR A SIGN OF A COVENANT BETWEEN ME AND THE EARTH.” 86 87 • WHAT AN AMAZING SIGN THIS IS • I AM SURE NOAH AND HIS FAMILY WOULD HAVE BEEN PRETTY NERVOUS • EVERY TIME IT STARTED RAINING • BUT WITH THE RAINBOW AS A SIGN THEY WOULD 88 • KNOW THE WORLD WAS NOT GOING TO FLOOD AGAIN • NOW THERE IS SOME DEBATE ABOUT WHETHER • GOD CREATED THE RAINBOW AS A SIGN • OR THE RAINBOW ALREADY EXISTED AND GOD DESIGNATED IT AS A SIGN 89 • SOME FOLKS BELIEVE THAT IT HAD NEVER RAINED BEFORE THE FLOOD • OTHERS ARGUE THAT IT DID RAIN BEFORE THE FLOOD • BOTH UNDERSTANDINGS ARE POSSIBLE FROM THE TEXT OF THE BIBLE 90 • NEITHER REALLY MAKES ANY DIFFERENCE • MAYBE IT RAINED BEFORE MAYBE IT DID NOT • MAYBE THERE WERE RAINBOWS BEFORE THE FLOOD • MAYBE THERE WERE NOT 91 • IT IS NOT SOMETHING WE NEED TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT • THE POINT IS GOD SETS THE RAINBOW IN THE SKY • TO REMIND US OF HIS COVENANT TO NEVER AGAIN • DESTROY ALL LIFE ON EARTH WITH A FLOOD • THIS SIGN HELPS US REMEMBER GOD ALWAYS REMEMBERS 92 • AS WE GET OLDER WE SOMETIMES HAVE TROUBLE REMEMBERING THINGS • THAT IS NOT THE CASE WITH GOD • I KNOW OUR TEXT SAYS • THE BOW WILL BE SEEN IN THE CLOUD, AND I WILL REMEMBER MY COVENANT, 93 • THIS IS NOT ABOUT GOD RECALLING TO HIS MEMORY • THE FACT THAT HE MADE A COVENANT • IN HEBREW THIS WORD REMEMBER HAS AN IMPLICATION • OF ACTING ON WHAT IS REMEMBERED • IT IS NOT JUST TO MENTALLY RECALL • IT MEANS TO TAKE ACTIONS BASED ON WHAT YOU RECALL • GOD IS NOT SAYING HE WILL MENTALLY RECALL THAT • HE HAS MADE A COVENANT 94 95 • HE IS SAYING HE WILL ACT BY KEEPING THE COVENANT • WHEN HE SEES THE SIGN HE WILL REFRAIN • FROM DESTROYING ALL THE EARTH IN A FLOOD OF WATERS • DID YOU NOTICE HOW MANY TIMES GOD SAID 96 • EVERY LIVING CREATURE OF ALL FLESH • 4 TIMES IN 5 VERSES HE MENTIONS THIS CONCEPT • EVERY LIVING CREATURE, ALL FLESH • I HAVE TALKED ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT 97 • REPETITION IS IN UNDERSTANDING THE BIBLE • GOD SAYING SOMETHING THIS MANY TIMES IN THIS FEW VERSES • IS UNUSUAL WE NEED TO NOTICE IT • I THINK GOD IS STRESSING THIS SO STRONGLY 98 • BECAUSE OF THE TRAUMA NOAH AND HIS FAMILY HAD JUST BEEN THROUGH • HE WANTS TO ASSURE THEM IT WILL NOT HAPPEN AGAIN • HE WANTS ALL SUCCESSIVE GENERATION • TO BE ASSURED IT WILL NOT HAPPEN AGAIN 99 • HE WANTS US TO REMEMBER HE HAS PROMISED IT WILL NOT HAPPEN AGAIN MAN WITH NOTORIOUSLY POOR MEMORY LEFT FOR WORK ONE DAY. • WIFE: "DON'T FORGET TODAY IS THE DAY WE MOVE. 10 0 • DON'T COME HERE TONIGHT, GO TO THE NEW HOUSE." • THE MAN FORGOT. • WANDERED THROUGH VACANT HOUSE FOR A FEW MINUTES • IT FINALLY DAWNS ON HIM THEY'VE MOVED— 10 1 • BUT HE CAN'T REMEMBER WHERE. • RUNS OUTSIDE, STOPS LITTLE BOY ON BICYCLE: • "LITTLE BOY, CAN YOU TELL ME WHERE THIS FAMILY MOVED?" • BOY: "AW DAD, MOM SAID YOU'D FORGET!" • NO MATTER WHO WE ARE THERE ARE GOING TO BE THINGS WE FORGET • GOD HELPS US REMEMBER WHAT HE HAS DONE FOR US • WHAT HE HAS PROMISED TO US WITH SIGNS 10 2 10 3 • LIKE THE RAINBOW.. LIKE BAPTISM.. LIKE THE LORD’S SUPPER • WE CAN TRUST HE WILL NOT ONLY REMEMBER WHAT HE HAS PROMISED • HE WILL ACT ON HIS PROMISES IT REALLY IS AMAZING THAT GOD MAKES PROMISES • IF YOU GREW UP IN CHURCH THIS MAY SEEM NORMAL TO YOU • BUT FOR THOSE OF US THAT DID NOT GROW UP IN CHURCH • IT IS UTTERLY AMAZING THAT THE CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE 10 4 • CAME DOWN IN THE FORM OF A MAN • LIVED A SINLESS LIFE AND DIED ON THE CROSS • HE MADE A PROMISES TO ALL THE WORLD • THAT ANYONE WHO PLACED THEIR FAITH IN HIM 10 5 • WOULD BE CERTAIN TO RECEIVE ETERNAL LIFE • IF THERE IS ANYONE HERE TODAY WHO HAS NOT • TRUSTED IN CHRIST… 10 6 107
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