8-29-10: Lesson 4 - Choose to obey God's word

Sermon Theme: The Holy Spirit is here for you

Bible Verse: “We must obey God rather than men.” –Acts 5:29

Bible Story: Genesis 6 (Noah’s Ark)

Everyone was sinning (full of violence)and God regret making man on earth and his heart has filled with pain. God was so angry that he decided to get rid of all the human race once and for all. But there was one man name Noah who was righteous in God’s eyes so he told him to build an ark. God told Noah to build an ark to put two animals of each kind in it. ”. An ark is a huge boat that can hold a lot of people. No boat of this size had ever been built. It had never rained on the earth while Noah lived. It made no sense to build a boat. Now, imagine what people were thinking about Noah. They were in the middle of the desert. There was no water ANYWHERE and it had NEVER rained before. What do you think people said to Noah? They probably laughed at him. They probably told him how stupid he was. They probably told Noah to stop buildingthe ark. A lot of you guys can relate to the situation Noah was probably in. Other kids laugh at you because you go to PIF Kids. You can obey them and stop or you can obey God and continue to come.
Noah made a good decision. He chose to obey God’s Word. He built the ark. After it was complete, he let all of the animals in. (Add sound effect of rain.) The rain came and the entire world was flooded. The only survivors were Noah, his family and the animals. If Noah had disobeyed God’s Word, the whole world would have died.