09-11-2022 Restoration of Relationship (Genesis 6:5-22; 8:6-12; 9:8-17)

Restoration of Relationship Genesis 6:5-22; 8:6-12; 9:8-17 Guided by God's Promises What is God's promise in this text? Genesis 6:5-8 5 When the Lord saw that human wickedness was widespread on the earth and that every inclination of the human mind was nothing but evil all the time, 6 the Lord regretted that he had made man on the earth, and he was deeply grieved. 7 Then the Lord said, “I will wipe mankind, whom I created, off the face of the earth, together with the animals, creatures that crawl, and birds of the sky—for I regret that I made them.” 8 Noah, however, found favor with the Lord.Genesis 6:6 God doesn't just save Noah. He uses Noah as an agent for the renewal of creation. Genesis 8:15-19 15 Then God spoke to Noah, 16 “Come out of the ark, you, your wife, your sons, and your sons’ wives with you. 17 Bring out all the living creatures that are with you—birds, livestock, those that crawl on the earth—and they will spread over the earth and be fruitful and multiply on the earth.” 18 So Noah, along with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives, came out. 19 All the animals, all the creatures that crawl, and all the flying creatures—everything that moves on the earth—came out of the ark by their families. Genesis 9:1-17 In these verses, we see God commit Himself to finding a new way to heal creation.