God's Covenant with Noah

Bible Study Lessons from Genesis 7:1-5

In this lesson from Genesis God instructs Noah to place the animals in the ark and take his family inside to protect them from the great flood about to come. He had made a promise or covenant and was en route to keeping it.

7:1 The LORD then said to Noah, "Go into the ark, you and your whole family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.

2 Take with you seven of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate, and two of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate,

3 and also seven of every kind of bird, male and female, to keep their various kinds alive throughout the earth.

4 Seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living creature I have made."

5 And Noah did all that the LORD commanded him.

God's Covenant with Noah

What is a Covenant?

The beginning verses of this passage are about covenants. Put simply, a covenant is a promise. God makes covenants with many well-known people throughout the Bible including David, Abraham and Moses to name a few.

Our Covenant

God also makes covenants with us. He is our salvation just as He was with Noah and the others. Isn't it fantastic that God has made a promise to us that He will be with us and help with our everyday situations as long as we call on him for guidance?

Obedience

The second part of this Scripture lesson portrays something that we may hastily read over but could be the most important sentence in the story of Noah. The sentence I'm speaking of is the last one which says that Noah did "all that the LORD commanded him." You see, Noah obeyed God after hearing the covenant God had made to him.

We are also asked to do certain tasks for God with the talents He has given us. I doubt that many of us have ever, or will ever, be asked to do something as monumental as building an ark but our job is just as important to God as Noah's.

When God Asks

What do we say when God asks us to do something for Him? There are several possible answers:

1. Yes God, I will do as you ask and start on it today
2. Yes God, I will do as you ask but will have to wait for the "right" time
3. Yes God, I would do as you ask but I just don't have the talent for that
4. Yes God, I would do it but just don't have the time or money
5. God, I can't do that! It's too big a project for me

These are just a few of the answers (some are excuses) I have used before. Did you pick any of your answers to God's request within these or do you have other answers of your own?

Love in Christ

- Bob

Genesis 2:15 - 3:24 - Adam and Eve