BIBLICAL BASIS: Noah and the Flood

FOCUS TEXT: Genesis 6:5-11; 7:11-16

BACKGROUND SCRIPTURES: Genesis 6:1--7:24; Matthew 24:38, 39

DEVOTIONAL READING: Luke 17:20-27

KEY VERSE: The LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man (Genesis 6:3).

CENTRAL TRUTH: God's mercy will not forestall God's judgment forever.

OBJECTIVE: By the end of this lesson my students should be able to identify the characteristics of God's judgment.

LESSON OUTLINE:
I. The Purpose of Judgment (Genesis 6:1-7)
II. The Method of Judgment (Genesis 6:8-22)
III. The Preservation of Life (Genesis 7:1-24)