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Talk 2: Rain And Rescue

(Part 1)
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Powerful God-Encounters happened on mountaintops.
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“God will encounter you today!”
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The mountain was the Divine Dream.
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(Drawing of Cain killing Abel)
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“Every time you hurt someone, you’re hurting a brother.”
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(Photo of CNN)
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Progress without God.
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If you remove God, gardens become graveyards.
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The LORD observed the extent of human wickedness on the earth, and he
saw that everything they thought or imagined was consistently and totally
evil. (Genesis 6:5 NLT, emphasis mine)
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Now God saw that the earth had become corrupt and was filled with
violence.  12  God observed all this corruption in the world, for everyone on
earth was corrupt.  13  So God said to Noah, “I have decided to destroy all
living creatures, for they have filled the earth with violence. Yes, I will wipe
them all out along with the earth! (Genesis 6:11-13 NLT)
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Did these storms happen because of our sins?
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So the LORD was sorry he had ever made them and put them on the earth.
It broke his heart. (6:6 NLT, emphasis mine)
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“God was full of sorrow”.
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God was heartbroken.
(Part 2)
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“Restart your life.”
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“You want to go there? Go ahead.”
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Man kept choosing chaos over creation.
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“all the underground waters erupted from the earth, and the rain fell in
mighty torrents from the sky.” (7:11)
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The flood was a de-creation.
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Through sin, you welcome chaos back into your life.
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Sin is de-creation.
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That God lets us have what we want.
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Sin is its own worst punishment.
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God’s goal was not to destroy you but to rescue you.
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Restart your life!
(Part 3)
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Noah represents the good that is still in us.
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What else is the ark but an Eden 2.0?
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God will never give up on you.
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“The boat came to rest on the mountains of Ararat” (8:4)
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Ararat = “reversed curse”
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“Restart your life!”
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“be fruitful and multiply” (8:17).
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“I have placed my rainbow in the clouds. It is the sign of my covenant with
you and with all the earth… Never again will the floodwaters destroy all life.”
(9:13, 15)
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God is a warrior who lays down his bow.
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Jesus is the New Ark
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“Restart your life.”