October16 2016 The Life God Blesses
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THE LIFE GOD BLESSES
FOUR PITFALLS ON YOUR JOURNEY
- Cultural distractions
- The voices of doubt
- Tempting short cuts
- Discouraging delays
LESSONS FROM NOAH: GENESIS 6-9
1. I must dare to be different than my culture.
Genesis 6:12 – God observed all the corruption in the world, and He saw violence and depravity everywhere.
Genesis 6:5-6 – When God saw the extent of human wickedness, and that the trend and direction of men’s lives were only towards evil, he was sorry He had made them. It broke His heart.
Genesis 6:8 – But Noah was different. God liked what He saw in Noah. Noah was a pleasure to the Lord.
Genesis 6:9a – Noah was the only truly righteous man living on the earth at that time.
2. I must listen to the voice of God, not the voices of doubt.
Hebrews 11:7a – It was by faith that Noah heard God’s warnings about things he could not yet see.
Hebrews 11:7b – Noah’s belief in God was in direct contrast to the disbelief of the rest of the world.
Genesis 6:9c – Noah walked with God.
3. I must do exactly as God tells me to do.
Genesis 6:9b – Noah always tried to conduct his affairs according to God’s will.
Genesis 6:22 & 7:5 – Noah did everything exactly as God had commanded him.
Hebrews 11:7b – Noah obeyed God and built a large boat to save his family.
4. Refusing to give up my God given dreams that God gives me.
Hebrews 11:7a – Noah trusted God. When he heard God’s warning about the future, Noah believed Him even though there was no sign of a flood.
Hebrews 11:7b – By his faith, Noah showed that the world was wrong, and he became one of those who are made right with God through faith.
Genesis 6:8 – Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.
