Genesis
God Remembers Noah
Genesis 7:17-8:5
Phil Bischoff, 07/13/25
How do I know God hasn’t forgotten about me in disastrous times?
17 For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and as the waters increased they lifted the ark high above the earth. 18 The waters rose and increased greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the water. 19 They rose greatly on the earth, and all the high mountains under the entire heavens were covered. 20 The waters rose and covered the mountains to a depth of more than fifteen cubits.
21 Every living thing that moved on land perished—birds, livestock, wild animals, all the creatures that swarm over the earth, and all mankind. 22 Everything on dry land that had the breath of life in its nostrils died.
23 Every living thing on the face of the earth was wiped out; people and animals and the creatures that move along the ground and the birds were wiped from the earth. Only Noah was left, and those with him in the ark. 24 The waters flooded the earth for a hundred and fifty days. Genesis 7:17-24, NIV
The most amazing rescues come during the worst disasters.
1 But God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and the livestock that were with him in the ark, and he sent a wind over the earth, and the waters receded. 2 Now the springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens had been closed, and the rain had stopped falling from the sky. 3 The water receded steadily from the earth. At the end of the hundred and fifty days the water had gone down, 4 and on the seventeenth day of the seventh month the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat. 5 The waters continued to recede until the tenth month, and on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains became visible. Genesis 8:1-5, NIV
God remembered Noah by showing him kindness through his actions.
Do I see God’s kind actions to me during disastrous times?
5 if he did not spare the ancient world when he brought the flood on its ungodly people, but protected Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others;
9 if this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment. 2 Peter 2:5,9, NIV
18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit. 19 After being made alive, he went and made proclamation to the imprisoned spirits— 20 to those who were disobedient long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In it only a few people, eight in all, were saved through water…1 Peter 3:18-20, NIV
God sent Christ to rescue me from the greatest disaster ever.
Christ’s suffering in my place and giving me his righteousness brought me to God forever.
MEMORY VERSE
But God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and the livestock that were with him in the ark, and he sent a wind over the earth, and the waters receded. Genesis 8:1, NIV
NEXT STEPS
My next step: God remembers me in difficult times by showing me kindness. He rescued me from the worst disaster of all time by sending Christ to bring me to God forever. I will praise him, trust him and follow him for that!
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LIFE GROUP QUESTIONS
Describe a time in your life when you questioned if God had forgotten about you. What caused you to question this?
The Bible is full of accounts when God rescued people during great disasters (Noah, Moses, Joshua, Jonah, Daniel, Ester, Ruth, etc.) Why are rescues during the worst disasters so amazing?
Often we are blind to acts of kindness God shows to us during difficult times. What can you do to not miss these acts of kindness God shows to you?
If God really forgot about you, he wouldn’t have sent Christ to bring you to him for all of eternity. Read 1 Peter 3:18-22. Describe the amazing rescue of how Christ brought you to God.