1. WELCOME

2. Remember the Rainbow

3. Noah
Genesis 6-9

4. Gen. 9: NKJV
13. "I set My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be for the sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.
14 "It shall be, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the rainbow shall be seen in the cloud;
15. "and I will remember My covenant which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh.”

5. What Does
The
Rainbow
Say ?

6. God has the Power to Destroy the World
Genesis 1 & 2 - Created world
Amos 4:13 “For behold, He who forms mountains, And creates the wind,...”
Ps. 33:9 “For He spoke, and it was done;”
Isa. 40: “and behold who hath created these things”
Genesis 6-9 – Destroyed world

8. God has the Power to Destroy the World
What Does
The
Rainbow
Say ?

9. God Keeps His Word Gen. 6:7 “I will destroy man”
Gen. 6:13 “The end of all flesh is come before me”
Gen. 6:17 “to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life”
Gen. 9:11 “neither shall there any
more be a flood to destroy the earth”

10. God destroyed the world
by a flood
He promised
never to do it again

11. God has promised to save
those who come to Him
in faith and obedience
Mark 16:16
John 14:1-4
Rev. 22:14

12. God will keep His Promises
2 Pet. 3:9 NKJV “The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.”
“The Lord is not slow in keeping his word, as he seems to some,” BBE

13. God Keeps His Word
What Does
The
Rainbow
Say ?

14. God Is Alive
“The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament shows His handiwork.” Ps.19:1
Ps. 90:1-2 “Lord, You have been our dwelling place in all generations. 2 Before the mountains were brought forth, Or ever You had formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.”
Acts 14:8-18 “The living God”

15. God Is Alive

16. God is in Control of This World
God declared that the world would be destroyed by water.
And it Happened !
God declared that it would not happen again.
And it hasn’t !

17. God is in absolute control !
Ps. 90:10 “The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years,…”
Acts 17: “he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;”

18. What Does
The
Rainbow
Say ?

19. God Punishes Sin God will punish the wicked
Rom. 11:22 “Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God”
David understood that the end of the wicked was destruction
Psalms 73

20. We reap what we sow !
Gal.6:7-8 “for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap”
II Cor. 5:10
God will punish the sinner !
Gen. 6: wickedness of man
Flood destroyed all of these
Noah found grace – Gen.6:9

21. God Punishes Sin

22. Remember the Rainbow
What Does
The
Rainbow
Say ?

23. God Delivers the Righteous
Noah and his family were saved
1 Pet. 3:20 “...eight souls were saved by water.”
God will take care of His righteous people !

24. “But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.” Matt. 6:33
“I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.” Ps. 37:25
Christ Promised a mansion for his people - John 14:1-4
“to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you,” 1 Pet. 1:4

25. God Delivers the Righteous
What Does
The
Rainbow
Say ?

26. God Will Destroy The Earth
Not with a flood !!
2 Thes. 1:6-10 “in flaming fire”
2 Pet. 3:10-12
“melt with fervent heat”
“burned up”
“dissolved”

27. Prepared ?
Hear
Believe
Repent
Confess
Baptized

28. Remember the Rainbow

30. Nelson Chapel Church of Christ
5039 Six Mile Road
Maryville, Tn
March 19, 2017
Sermon by Arthur Pigman
2705 Druid Hill Dr.
Maryville, Tn