Living in Chaos - 8.2.20

Sermon Manuscript: Genesis 6-9

Series: Known in the Unknown

Title: Living in Chaos

Date: 8/2/20

Location: Rock of Generations / Perris.Online.Church

 

 

Genesis 6:8-16 (NLT)

8 But Noah found favor with the Lord.

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

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

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.

 

 

 

God has all the answers.

 

 

Genesis 6:17-22 (NLT)

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

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.

21 And be sure to take on board enough food for your family and for all the animals.”

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

 

 

Sometimes we have to move forward into the unknown.

 

Genesis 7:5 (NLT)

5 So Noah did everything as the Lord commanded him.

 

Genesis 7:7-22 New Living Translation (NLT)

7 He went on board the boat to escape the flood—he and his wife and his sons and their wives. 8 With them were all the various kinds of animals.

 

9 They entered the boat in pairs, male and female, just as God had commanded. 10 After seven days, the waters of the flood came and covered the earth.

 

11 When Noah was 600 years old, all the underground waters erupted from the earth, and the rain fell in mighty torrents from the sky. 12 The rain continued to fall for forty days and forty nights.

 

13 That very day Noah had gone into the boat with his wife and his sons.

14 With them in the boat were pairs of every kind of animal—domestic and wild, large and small—along with birds of every kind. Then the Lord closed the door behind them.

 

17 For forty days the floodwaters grew deeper, covering the ground and lifting the boat high above the earth. 18 As the waters rose higher and higher above the ground, the boat floated safely on the surface. 19 Finally, the water covered even the highest mountains on the earth.

21 All the living things on earth died.

22 Everything that breathed and lived on dry land died.

 

 

 

The Lord provides for those who follow his instructions.

 

 

 

Deuteronomy 28:1-6 (NLT)

28 “If you fully obey the Lord your God and carefully keep all his commands that I am giving you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations of the world. 2 You will experience all these blessings if you obey the Lord your God.

 

 

Genesis 8  (NLT)

8 But God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and livestock with him in the boat. He sent a wind to blow across the earth, and the floodwaters began to recede. 3 So the floodwaters gradually receded from the earth. After 150 days, the boat came to rest. 

6 After another forty days, Noah opened the window he had made in the boat 7 and released a raven. The bird flew back and forth until the floodwaters on the earth had dried up. 8 He also released a dove to see if the water had receded and it could find dry ground. 9 But the dove could find no place to land because the water still covered the ground. So it returned to the boat, and Noah held out his hand and drew the dove back inside. 10 After waiting another seven days, Noah released the dove again. 11 This time the dove returned to him in the evening with a fresh olive leaf in its beak. Then Noah knew that the floodwaters were almost gone. 12 He waited another seven days and then released the dove again. This time it did not come back.

13 Noah was now 601 years old.

15 Then God said to Noah, 16 “Leave the boat, all of you.

17 Release all the animals—so they can be fruitful and multiply throughout the earth.”

20 Then Noah built an altar to the Lord

 

Genesis 9:12-17 (NLT)

12 Then God said, “I am giving you a sign of my covenant with you and with all living creatures, for all generations to come. 13 I have placed my rainbow in the clouds. It is the sign of my covenant with you and with all the earth. 14 When I send clouds over the earth, the rainbow will appear in the clouds, 15 and I will remember my covenant with you and with all living creatures. Never again will the floodwaters destroy all life.

 

God always keeps his promises.

 

 

John 16:33  (NLT)

33 I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.”