Text Box:   Salvation is From the Lord    Text:     Genesis 6:9-22; 7:24; 8:14-19 Thesis:  God has always provided a way of salvation for those who were                willing to follow Him.    I.  God will always seek to _____________the perishing.              A.  God’s salvation history began immediately after the ________of                    mankind in Genesis chapter 3.                           1.  The deception (Genesis 3:1-7)                           2.  God engages mankind in dialogue (Genesis 3: 8-13)                           3.  God promises spiritual salvation (Genesis 3:14-15)              B.  In the account of Noah humanity had become morally and spiritually                   corrupt, in need of _________________(Genesis 6:11-13)                           1.  God had given them over to their “reprobate* mind.”                                                                                       (Romans 1:28 KJV)                                 *Definition of reprobate – having lost all sense of duty;                                  depraved.  Abandoned to punishment; condemned.  A                                depraved or profligate person.  To disapprove of heartily.                           2.  Sodom & Gomorrah, later in history, had reached this same                                state of _____________________ prior to their destruction as                                recorded in Genesis 19 and 2 Peter 2:4-9                           3.  The Apostle Paul in his description of Greece and Rome                                states, “The ____________ of God is being revealed from                                heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men.”                                (Romans 1:18)    II.  In God’s salvation ____________________ of mankind, He has always set in motion a way to rescue the willing. A.  God has the _______________ to rescue the repentant of heart while allowing the unrepentant to receive the penalty of “following the corrupt desires of the sinful nature.”  (Read 2 Peter 2: 4-10) B.  God in His method of rescuing Noah commanded him to build an Ark which required great _____________ on Noah’s part.                     1.  Noah was ____________________ to God. (vs. 22)        C.  __________________ God’s method of salvation is through Jesus Christ.  (Read Romans 1:1-6 & 16-17)                     1.  Jesus is our ______ and we must put our faith totally in Him.    III.  Destruction did come to the whole earth ____________ Noah, his family and all the living creatures that were under God’s care. A.  Salvation is from the ____________. 1.  He rescues us from the disasters of ________.(See Psalms 46) 2.  He rescues us from the ________ one. B.  There will be a day, possibly soon, that life on earth as we know it now will ___________ to exist.                     1.  All those in Christ Jesus will be ____________ as Noah was.

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Text Box: Things You Should Know! Text Box:   OPENING MUSIC....................................................”I’ll Fly Away”                                                                                              INVOCATION   WELCOME                                                                                        GREETING..................................................................”Bless His Holy Name”   WORSHIP IN SONG.................................................”He Ransomed Me”                                                                                   “I Know Who Holds Tomorrow”                                                                                                                        FAMILY ALTAR...................................................”How Great is Our God”        Special prayer for Teen Mission Trip                                 “Revive Us, O Lord”                                                                                  “Cares Chorus”                                                                                                                                                                     CHILDREN’S CHURCH..........................................Children Dismissed                                                                                             (ages 4 thru  4th grade)                                                                                                TITHES & OFFERINGS   SPECIAL MUSIC……………………………………………………Donna Willard   TODAY’S MESSAGE................................................Pastor Chuck Ryan    CLOSING.....................................................................”I Feel Like Traveling On”            BENEDICTION ef Fair & Round-up Formation Meeting 4:30 pm. ef Benefit Piano Concert Featuring Meg Dawson 6:00 pm. A free-will offering will be taken with all proceeds put in a medical trust for her daughter Sara

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Text Box: Our Staff:         Senior Pastor..................  Chuck Ryan                    NMI President........  Eula Dunn         Assoc/Youth Pastor.......   Jeff Edmiston                 Youth Intern............ Jayson Martindale          Visitation Pastor.............  Bill Watson                    Secretary..................  Sherry Sheets                                                      Receptionist............       Audrey Morten office: 208-337-3151  *  fax: 208-337-6176  *  www.mvcnaz.org  

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