This Bible study class covers Genesis 6-9, focusing on the story of Noah and the ark. God warns Noah about his plan to flood the earth due to humanity's sinfulness, and instructs Noah to build an ark to save his family and two of every kind of animal. After the floodwaters recede, God establishes a covenant with Noah and promises never again to destroy all life with a flood, symbolized by the rainbow. The lesson aims to teach that God offers grace and salvation through obedience to his order, and that Jesus is the ultimate means of salvation and new beginning for humanity.

1. Welcome to our
Faithbuilders
Bible Study class!
Sunday, January 18th, 2020
Today’s Lesson:
Genesis 6-9
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2. GENESIS 6:13-15
GOD OFFERS GRACE BEFORE JUDGEMENT
13 AND GOD SAID TO NOAH, “I HAVE DETERMINED TO MAKE
AN END OF ALL FLESH, FOR THE EARTH IS FILLED WITH
VIOLENCE THROUGH THEM. BEHOLD, I WILL DESTROY THEM
WITH THE EARTH. 14 MAKE YOURSELF AN ARK OF GOPHER
WOOD. MAKE ROOMS IN THE ARK, AND COVER IT INSIDE
AND OUT WITH PITCH. 15 THIS IS HOW YOU ARE TO MAKE
IT: THE LENGTH OF THE ARK 300 CUBITS, ITS BREADTH 50
CUBITS, AND ITS HEIGHT 30 CUBITS.

3. GENESIS 6:16-17
GOD OFFERS GRACE BEFORE JUDGEMENT
16 MAKE A ROOF FOR THE ARK, AND FINISH IT TO A
CUBIT ABOVE, AND SET THE DOOR OF THE ARK IN
ITS SIDE. MAKE IT WITH LOWER, SECOND, AND THIRD
DECKS. 17 FOR BEHOLD, I WILL BRING A FLOOD OF
WATERS UPON THE EARTH TO DESTROY ALL FLESH
IN WHICH IS THE BREATH OF LIFE UNDER HEAVEN.
EVERYTHING THAT IS ON THE EARTH SHALL DIE.

4. GENESIS 6:18-19
GOD OFFERS GRACE BEFORE JUDGEMENT
18 BUT I WILL ESTABLISH MY COVENANT WITH YOU,
AND YOU SHALL COME INTO THE ARK, YOU, YOUR
SONS, YOUR WIFE, AND YOUR SONS' WIVES WITH
YOU. 19 AND OF EVERY LIVING THING OF ALL FLESH,
YOU SHALL BRING TWO OF EVERY SORT INTO THE
ARK TO KEEP THEM ALIVE WITH YOU. THEY SHALL BE
MALE AND FEMALE.

5. GENESIS
7:11-12
GRACE
HAS A
TIME
LIMIT
11 IN THE SIX HUNDREDTH YEAR OF
NOAH'S LIFE, IN THE SECOND MONTH,
ON THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF THE
MONTH, ON THAT DAY ALL THE
FOUNTAINS OF THE GREAT DEEP BURST
FORTH, AND THE WINDOWS OF THE
HEAVENS WERE OPENED. 12 AND RAIN
FELL UPON THE EARTH FORTY DAYS
AND FORTY NIGHTS. 13 ON THE VERY
SAME DAY NOAH AND HIS SONS, SHEM
AND HAM AND JAPHETH, AND NOAH'S
WIFE AND THE THREE WIVES OF HIS
SONS WITH THEM ENTERED THE ARK,

6. GENESIS
7:13-14
GRACE
HAS A
TIME
LIMIT
13 ON THE VERY SAME DAY NOAH
AND HIS SONS, SHEM AND HAM
AND JAPHETH, AND NOAH'S WIFE
AND THE THREE WIVES OF HIS SONS
WITH THEM ENTERED THE ARK, 14
THEY AND EVERY BEAST,
ACCORDING TO ITS KIND, AND ALL
THE LIVESTOCK ACCORDING TO
THEIR KINDS, AND EVERY CREEPING
THING THAT CREEPS ON THE
EARTH, ACCORDING TO ITS KIND,
AND EVERY BIRD, ACCORDING TO
ITS KIND, EVERY WINGED
CREATURE.

7. GENESIS
7:15-16
GRACE
HAS A
TIME
LIMIT
15 THEY WENT INTO THE
ARK WITH NOAH, TWO AND
TWO OF ALL FLESH IN
WHICH THERE WAS THE
BREATH OF LIFE. 16 AND
THOSE THAT ENTERED,
MALE AND FEMALE OF ALL
FLESH, WENT IN AS GOD
HAD COMMANDED HIM.
AND THE LORD SHUT HIM

8. 8 THEN GOD SAID TO NOAH AND TO HIS
SONS WITH HIM, 9 “BEHOLD, I ESTABLISH
MY COVENANT WITH YOU AND YOUR
OFFSPRING AFTER YOU, 10 AND WITH
EVERY LIVING CREATURE THAT IS WITH
YOU, THE BIRDS, THE LIVESTOCK, AND
EVERY BEAST OF THE EARTH WITH YOU, AS
MANY AS CAME OUT OF THE ARK; IT IS FOR
EVERY BEAST OF THE EARTH.
GENESIS 9:8-10
GOD’S GRACE GIVES US A NEW
BEGINNING

9. 13 I HAVE SET MY BOW IN THE CLOUD, AND IT
SHALL BE A SIGN OF THE COVENANT BETWEEN
ME AND THE EARTH. 14 WHEN I BRING CLOUDS
OVER THE EARTH AND THE BOW IS SEEN IN THE
CLOUDS, 15 I WILL REMEMBER MY COVENANT
THAT IS BETWEEN ME AND YOU AND EVERY
LIVING CREATURE OF ALL FLESH. AND THE
WATERS SHALL NEVER AGAIN BECOME A FLOOD
TO DESTROY ALL FLESH.
GENESIS 9:13-15
GOD’S GRACE GIVES US A NEW
BEGINNING

10. 16 WHEN THE BOW IS IN THE CLOUDS, I
WILL SEE IT AND REMEMBER THE
EVERLASTING COVENANT BETWEEN GOD
AND EVERY LIVING CREATURE OF ALL FLESH
THAT IS ON THE EARTH.” 17 GOD SAID TO
NOAH, “THIS IS THE SIGN OF THE
COVENANT THAT I HAVE ESTABLISHED
BETWEEN ME AND ALL FLESH THAT IS ON
THE EARTH.”
GENESIS 9:16-17
GOD’S GRACE GIVES US A NEW
BEGINNING

11. LESSON OBJECTIVE
AT THE END OF THIS LESSON, STUDENTS WILL
UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS ORDER OF GRACE
THAT GOD HAS LAID OUT AND AS WE FOLLOW THAT
ORDER WE WILL COME TO THE TRUTH THAT WE ALL
NEED THE GREATER ARK, JESUS CHRIST, TO SAVE US
FROM THE FLOOD OF GOD’S WRATH AND DELIVER
US TO A NEW BEGINNING.

12. The Chief End of Man:
Glorify God and enjoy Him
forever.
~Westminster Catechism
Joshua 1:8
This Book of the Law shall not
depart from your mouth, but
you shall meditate on it day
and night, so that you may be
careful to do according to all
that is written in it. For then
you will make your way
prosperous, and then you will
have good success.

13. “Thou hast made us for thyself,
O Lord, and our heart is
restless until it finds its rest in
thee.”
― Augustine of
Hippo, Confessions ~ 397 AM

14. Captivity and
Return Eras
586–430 BC
Divided Kingdom
931–586 BC
Exodus and the Law
1526–1406 BC
Patriarch Era
2200–1526 BC
Conquest and Sin
Cycle
1406–1051 BC
Kingdom Era
1051–931 BC
Church /
Missions Eras
AD 30 – Today
Silent Era
430 BC–4 BC
Gospel Era
4 BC–AD 30
Creation
Era
The Earnest Bible Time Line
New
Beginnings
The Bible is not a
string of pearls
but a chain of
linked thoughts…
~John Piper

15. PERSPECTIVE
WHO WROTE IT: MOSES
WHEN WAS IT WRITTEN: SOMETIME AROUND 1400
BC, DURING THE 40 YEAR PERIOD OF WANDERING
IN THE DESERT.
TO WHOM WAS IT WRITTEN: TO THE ISRAELITES
WHO WERE LED OUT OF EGYPT DURING THEIR
TIME IN THE DESERT.
WHAT STYLE: HISTORICAL WITH SOME POETRY
AND PROPHECY.
WHY WAS IT WRITTEN: TO GIVE THE NATION OF
ISRAEL A HISTORY AND A RULE OF LIFE AS THEY
ENTERED CANAAN. TO REMIND THEM OF THEIR
PAST AND PREPARE THEM FOR THEIR FUTURE.

16. PERSPECTIVE: NOAH
GENESIS 5:28-29 28 WHEN LAMECH HAD LIVED 182 YEARS, HE FATHERED A
SON 29 AND CALLED HIS NAME NOAH, SAYING, “OUT OF THE GROUND THAT
THE LORD HAS CURSED, THIS ONE SHALL BRING US RELIEF FROM OUR WORK
AND FROM THE PAINFUL TOIL OF OUR HANDS.”
RIGHTEOUS MAN:
GENESIS 6:9: RIGHTEOUS MAN, BLAMELESS, WALKED WITH GOD
2 PETER 2:5 (ESV STRONG’S) 5 IF HE DID NOT SPARE THE ANCIENT WORLD,
BUT PRESERVED NOAH, A HERALD OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, WITH SEVEN OTHERS,
WHEN HE BROUGHT A FLOOD UPON THE WORLD OF THE UNGODLY...
RIGHTEOUS AND PERFECT ARE NOT THE SAME THING: ROMANS 3:23

17. PERSPECTIVE: ARK
THE BOAT ITSELF IS NOT THE FOCUS OF THE STORY
HERE EVEN THOUGH IT IS EASY TO GET CAUGHT UP
BECAUSE IT IS AWESOME .
BOAT OR BASKET (TEBA)
 THE BIRTH OF MOSES EXODUS 2:1-3 NOW A MAN
FROM THE HOUSE OF LEVI WENT AND TOOK AS HIS
WIFE A LEVITE WOMAN. 2 THE WOMAN CONCEIVED AND
BORE A SON, AND WHEN SHE SAW THAT HE WAS A FINE
CHILD, SHE HID HIM THREE MONTHS. 3 WHEN SHE
COULD HIDE HIM NO LONGER, SHE TOOK FOR HIM A
BASKET MADE OF BULRUSHES AND DAUBED IT WITH
BITUMEN AND PITCH. SHE PUT THE CHILD IN IT AND
PLACED IT AMONG THE REEDS BY THE RIVER BANK.
 1 PETER 3:20 BECAUSE THEY FORMERLY DID NOT
OBEY, WHEN GOD'S PATIENCE WAITED IN THE DAYS OF
NOAH, WHILE THE ARK WAS BEING PREPARED, IN
WHICH A FEW, THAT IS, EIGHT PERSONS, WERE
BROUGHT SAFELY THROUGH WATER.

19. GENESIS 6:13-15
GOD OFFERS GRACE BEFORE JUDGEMENT
13 AND GOD SAID TO NOAH, “I HAVE DETERMINED TO MAKE
AN END OF ALL FLESH, FOR THE EARTH IS FILLED WITH
VIOLENCE THROUGH THEM. BEHOLD, I WILL DESTROY THEM
WITH THE EARTH. 14 MAKE YOURSELF AN ARK OF GOPHER
WOOD. MAKE ROOMS IN THE ARK, AND COVER IT INSIDE
AND OUT WITH PITCH. 15 THIS IS HOW YOU ARE TO MAKE
IT: THE LENGTH OF THE ARK 300 CUBITS, ITS BREADTH 50
CUBITS, AND ITS HEIGHT 30 CUBITS.

20. GENESIS 6:16-17
GOD OFFERS GRACE BEFORE JUDGEMENT
16 MAKE A ROOF FOR THE ARK, AND FINISH IT TO A
CUBIT ABOVE, AND SET THE DOOR OF THE ARK IN
ITS SIDE. MAKE IT WITH LOWER, SECOND, AND THIRD
DECKS. 17 FOR BEHOLD, I WILL BRING A FLOOD OF
WATERS UPON THE EARTH TO DESTROY ALL FLESH
IN WHICH IS THE BREATH OF LIFE UNDER HEAVEN.
EVERYTHING THAT IS ON THE EARTH SHALL DIE.

21. GENESIS 6:18-19
GOD OFFERS GRACE BEFORE JUDGEMENT
18 BUT I WILL ESTABLISH MY COVENANT WITH YOU,
AND YOU SHALL COME INTO THE ARK, YOU, YOUR
SONS, YOUR WIFE, AND YOUR SONS' WIVES WITH
YOU. 19 AND OF EVERY LIVING THING OF ALL FLESH,
YOU SHALL BRING TWO OF EVERY SORT INTO THE
ARK TO KEEP THEM ALIVE WITH YOU. THEY SHALL BE
MALE AND FEMALE.

22. 2 Peter 2:5
5 if he did not
spare the ancient
world, but
preserved Noah,
a herald of
righteousness,
with seven
others, when he
brought a flood
upon the world of
the ungodly…

23. If you don’t get this, you cannot
give it in a way that points people
to Jesus…

24. GENESIS
7:11-12
GRACE
HAS A
TIME
LIMIT
11 IN THE SIX HUNDREDTH YEAR OF
NOAH'S LIFE, IN THE SECOND MONTH,
ON THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF THE
MONTH, ON THAT DAY ALL THE
FOUNTAINS OF THE GREAT DEEP BURST
FORTH, AND THE WINDOWS OF THE
HEAVENS WERE OPENED. 12 AND RAIN
FELL UPON THE EARTH FORTY DAYS
AND FORTY NIGHTS. 13 ON THE VERY
SAME DAY NOAH AND HIS SONS, SHEM
AND HAM AND JAPHETH, AND NOAH'S
WIFE AND THE THREE WIVES OF HIS
SONS WITH THEM ENTERED THE ARK,

25. GENESIS
7:13-14
GRACE
HAS A
TIME
LIMIT
13 ON THE VERY SAME DAY NOAH
AND HIS SONS, SHEM AND HAM
AND JAPHETH, AND NOAH'S WIFE
AND THE THREE WIVES OF HIS SONS
WITH THEM ENTERED THE ARK, 14
THEY AND EVERY BEAST,
ACCORDING TO ITS KIND, AND ALL
THE LIVESTOCK ACCORDING TO
THEIR KINDS, AND EVERY CREEPING
THING THAT CREEPS ON THE
EARTH, ACCORDING TO ITS KIND,
AND EVERY BIRD, ACCORDING TO
ITS KIND, EVERY WINGED
CREATURE.

26. GENESIS
7:15-16
GRACE
HAS A
TIME
LIMIT
15 THEY WENT INTO THE
ARK WITH NOAH, TWO AND
TWO OF ALL FLESH IN
WHICH THERE WAS THE
BREATH OF LIFE. 16 AND
THOSE THAT ENTERED,
MALE AND FEMALE OF ALL
FLESH, WENT IN AS GOD
HAD COMMANDED HIM.
AND THE LORD SHUT HIM

27. Noah’s neighbors had the
“herald of righteousness”…how
are you being a witness to your
neighbors?

28. 8 THEN GOD SAID TO NOAH AND TO HIS
SONS WITH HIM, 9 “BEHOLD, I ESTABLISH
MY COVENANT WITH YOU AND YOUR
OFFSPRING AFTER YOU, 10 AND WITH
EVERY LIVING CREATURE THAT IS WITH
YOU, THE BIRDS, THE LIVESTOCK, AND
EVERY BEAST OF THE EARTH WITH YOU, AS
MANY AS CAME OUT OF THE ARK; IT IS FOR
EVERY BEAST OF THE EARTH.
GENESIS 9:8-10
GOD’S GRACE GIVES US A NEW
BEGINNING

29. 13 I HAVE SET MY BOW IN THE CLOUD, AND IT
SHALL BE A SIGN OF THE COVENANT BETWEEN
ME AND THE EARTH. 14 WHEN I BRING CLOUDS
OVER THE EARTH AND THE BOW IS SEEN IN THE
CLOUDS, 15 I WILL REMEMBER MY COVENANT
THAT IS BETWEEN ME AND YOU AND EVERY
LIVING CREATURE OF ALL FLESH. AND THE
WATERS SHALL NEVER AGAIN BECOME A FLOOD
TO DESTROY ALL FLESH.
GENESIS 9:13-15
GOD’S GRACE GIVES US A NEW
BEGINNING

30. 16 WHEN THE BOW IS IN THE CLOUDS, I
WILL SEE IT AND REMEMBER THE
EVERLASTING COVENANT BETWEEN GOD
AND EVERY LIVING CREATURE OF ALL FLESH
THAT IS ON THE EARTH.” 17 GOD SAID TO
NOAH, “THIS IS THE SIGN OF THE
COVENANT THAT I HAVE ESTABLISHED
BETWEEN ME AND ALL FLESH THAT IS ON
THE EARTH.”
GENESIS 9:16-17
GOD’S GRACE GIVES US A NEW
BEGINNING

31. What is something that you can
point to that is a witness to
grace God has given you?

32. “Thou hast made us for thyself,
O Lord, and our heart is
restless until it finds its rest in
thee.”
― Augustine of
Hippo, Confessions ~ 397 AM

33. LESSON OBJECTIVE
AT THE END OF THIS LESSON, STUDENTS WILL
UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS ORDER OF GRACE
THAT GOD HAS LAID OUT AND AS WE FOLLOW THAT
ORDER WE WILL COME TO THE TRUTH THAT WE ALL
NEED THE GREATER ARK, JESUS CHRIST, TO SAVE US
FROM THE FLOOD OF GOD’S WRATH AND DELIVER
US TO A NEW BEGINNING.