Christmas Past: Christ Is the Ark

GENESIS 5:28-29   GENESIS 6:5-9 See 3 things and connect the dots to Christmas

1. THERE WAS WICKENDESS IN ALL DIRECTIONS
   - EXTERNALLY

- INTERNALLY James1:14-15 EVERY SIN IS AN INSIDE JOB.

- CONTINUALLY

- GLOBALLY

GENESIS 7:6-16

2. GOD RIGHTLY EXPRESSES HIS JUDGMENT.

- GOD TAKES NO PLEASURE IN JUDGMENT, BUT NEITHER IS HE INDIFFERENT TO OUR SIN,

- WE THINK LITTLE OF THE MERCY OF GOD WHEN WE THINK NOTHING OF THE JUDGMENT OF GOD.

GENESIS 7:17-23

3. GOD, IN HIS MERCY, PROVIDES AN ARK

- JESUS WOULD ENTER OUR WORLD, AND HIS CROSS WOULD BECOME AN ARK OF PEACE AND SAFETY.

- THE DEEPEST SIN CAN’T RISE ABOVE THE MERCY AND GRACE OF CHRIST.