Through The Water

One of the most verses in the Bible

The payoff of sin is death – Rom 6:23a

And the Lord said, “My Spirit shall not strive with man forever” – Gen 6:3a

The Ark is a picture of the

And God did not spare the ancient world when He brought a flood upon the ungodly. But God saved Noah, who preached about being right with God, and seven other people with him – 2Pe 2:5

God gave Noah instructions

I am the Way and the Truth and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. – John 14:6b

God shut the door

And the Lord closed the door – Gen 7:16b

They came out of the boat into a

But Moses said to the people, “Do not fear! Stand by and see the salvation of the Lord, which He will perform for you today; for the Egyptians whom you have seen today, you will never see them again, ever. The Lord will fight for you, while you keep silent.” – Ex 14:13-14

Or have you forgotten that when we were joined with Christ Jesus in baptism, we joined him in his death? For we died and were buried with Christ by baptism. And just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glorious power of the Father, now we also may live new lives. – Rom 6:3-4

When you came to Christ, you were “circumcised,” but not by a physical procedure. Christ performed a spiritual circumcision – the cutting away of your sinful nature. For you were buried with Christ when you were baptized. And with Him you were raised to new life because you trusted the mighty power of God, who raised Christ from the dead. – Col 2:11-12

I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your idols. I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put My Spirit in you and move you to follow My decrees and be careful to keep My laws. – Eze 36:25-27

The they got off the boat

Every animal, every crawling thing, and every bird, everything that moves on the earth, went out by their families from the ark. – Gen 8:19

Then Noah built an altar to the Lord, and took some of every kind of clean animal and some of every clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar. – Gen 8:20

All scripture is from the New Living Translation unless otherwise noted