On Sunday Jan. 10, 2016 we begin Seven Truths of Experiencing God Sunday Bible Study Series
From January 10th through February 21st every class will be studying the 7 Truths from Experiencing God, and every department (Preschool-Adult) will work through material written by our ministerial staff.
Being left out or included by friends, family or co-workers impacts our emotional, social and even spiritual well-being. Our lives can be scarred for a long time when we are hurt or disappointed by not being included. On the other hand, we are strengthened and encouraged when we are invited or selected to participate with others.
What if I told you God wants to include you in his work?
Today we are going to look at how God invited Noah to be a part of his redeeming work on the earth. The moment we see God’s work around us is our invitation to join him!
Read Genesis 6;5-8
5 The Lord saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth,and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time.6 The Lord regretted that he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was deeply troubled. 7 So the Lord said, “I will wipe from the face of the earth the human race I have created—and with them the animals, the birds and the creatures that move along the ground—for I regret that I have made them.” 8 But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord.
Read Genesis 6:9-12
9 This is the account of Noah and his family.
Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked faithfully with God. 10 Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham and Japheth.
11 Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight and was full of violence. 12 God saw how corrupt the earth had become, for all the people on earth had corrupted their ways.
Read Genesis 6:13-21
13 So God said to Noah, “I am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. I am surely going to destroy both them and the earth. 14 So make yourself an ark of cypress[a] wood; make rooms in it and coat it with pitch inside and out. 15 This is how you are to build it: The ark is to be three hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide and thirty cubits high.[b] 16 Make a roof for it, leaving below the roof an opening one cubit[c] high all around.[d] Put a door in the side of the ark and make lower, middle and upper decks. 17 I am going to bring floodwaters on the earth to destroy all life under the heavens, every creature that has the breath of life in it. Everything on earth will perish. 18 But I will establish my covenant with you, and you will enter the ark—you and your sons and your wife and your sons’ wives with you. 19 You are to bring into the ark two of all living creatures, male and female, to keep them alive with you. 20 Two of every kind of bird, of every kind of animal and of every kind of creature that moves along the ground will come to you to be kept alive. 21 You are to take every kind of food that is to be eaten and store it away as food for you and for them.”
Read Genesis 6:22
22 Noah did everything just as God commanded him.
Review questions based on the Experiencing God truths studied thus far:
- Within the verses we read, had God been at work? (Truth #1 – God is at work around us).
- What was God doing?
- How did Experiencing God Truth #2 (God pursues a love relationship with us that is real and personal) apply to the scriptures we read this morning?
- Based on God’s work and Noah’s relationship with God, what did God invite Noah to do?
- What was Noah’s response to God’s invitation?
- Did Noah pursue God with hs own plan for saving his family and two of every living animal or did God pursue Noah?
- Why was it always better for God to do the pursuing and inviting when it comes to fulfilling his plan?
- How big was the task God gave Noah? God-sized.
- In your opinion, how deep was Noah’s dependence on God in the Ark Project?
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