January 23, 2023
Grow-Go-Sow Lesson 4
THE FLOOD
Text: Genesis 6:5–9:17
Topic(s): Holiness, Grace
Big Idea of the Message: The story of the flood reminds us of God’s holiness, judgment, and the grace he will eventually bring about through Jesus Christ.
Application Point: In the face of God’s holiness and grace, we too should take sin seriously, aiming to obey God in every area of our life.
Discussion Questions:
1. What is one thing that stood out to you from this week’s message?
2. Why does God send the flood?
3. What meaning does the Bible assign to the rainbow?
4. What does it mean for God to be holy?
5. Where do we see God’s grace at work in the flood story?
Before leaving earth, Jesus commands his followers to make disciples of all nations.
Jesus rose again, his physical body made alive again. Although Thomas had his doubts about the resurrection, Jesus presented him with the evidence he needed.
All of Scripture points to Jesus’s death, burial, and resurrection.
Though innocent, Jesus was crucified to fulfill God’s promise of redemption.
At the Passover meal, Jesus instituted the practice of Communion—a vital ritual that reminds us of the atonement.
In this passage, Jesus explains that following him involves being willing to embrace enormous sacrifices.
Jesus didn’t come to destroy God’s work in the Old Testament but to fulfill what it had been always pointing toward: a pure righteousness through Jesus Christ.
Jesus displayed his power to heal spiritually by healing physically.
As Jesus explains to Nicodemus, it is only through being recreated by the Spirit (made possible by Jesus’s ministry) that one can be made right before God.
Jesus’s baptism and temptation represent his identification with humanity’s failures and sin, as well as his anointing and preparation to preach the gospel.
