Genesis 7:17 NIV
For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and as the waters increased they lifted the ark high above the earth.
Really? A worldwide flood? Is it possible? There are those who claim that all life on earth spontaneously came about out of nothing. A worldwide flood seems a whole lot more likely than that.
So God uses water to destroy the sin and evil that existed on Earth in Noah’s day. Noah and his family were spared. The water caused death and the water saved lives. What do we learn from this?
1) God takes sin very seriously. Genesis 6 tells us that God was ‘grieved’ and in ‘pain’ because of the wickedness on Earth.
2) God destroyed the evildoers on Earth with the waters of the Flood.
3) God still takes sin seriously, but destroyed the effects of sin by the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross.
4) The waters of baptism now destroys the sin in our lives and saves us from eternal death. Death and life through water.
If you’re baptized then rejoice in the destruction of Satan’s power in your life. Rejoice in the new life that is yours in Jesus Christ.
If you’re not baptized, reply to this email and let me know. God’s victory is waiting for you!
I hope your day is going swimmingly.
Pastor Prigge
This Sunday at Victory
Sunday: 8 and 10:45 a.m. Worship- Key Bible Events: The Flood
9:30 a.m. Education for all ages
Adult Bible Study: The Basics of the Lutheran Christian Faith
This week- The 4th-6th Commandments, Topics include:
Divorce, Abortion, Gay ‘marriage’- (This oughta be interesting)
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