Message in a Bottle

WSC #10: How did God create Man? God created man male and female, after his own image, in knowledge, righteousness, and holiness, with dominion over the creatures.

Aim: To believe and respond to God's message in a bottle.

Doctrine: God communicates His message to the world, by imprinting it on our lives and preserving its content from the elements of the world.

Exposition: God's message bottled in Noah's Ark: God is all knowing and reveals His knowledge (v. 17); God is all righteous and demonstrated in faithfulness to His Word (v. 18); God is all holy and distinguishes the objects of His mercy (v. 19); God is all sovereign and delegates dominion (v. 20).

Application: How we carry God's message to the world today: take up the message (v. 21), anticipate its fulfillment (v. 22a), and live it out (v. 22b).

Key phrase: v. 18a ''But I will establish my covenant with you, and you shall come into the ark...''