• Genesis 6:5-12 - Noah was totally outnumbered by wickedness.
• Genesis 6:14-16 - God commands Noah to build the ark.
• Mark 8:34 - God commands us to go against some of our natural tendencies.
• Noah’s obedience was not convenient!
• Hebrews 11:7

• Genesis 6:17 - God punished mankind.
• II Peter 3:3-7 - God will punish again.
• We must pay attention to how God has punished man before and be careful to obey Him now.
• Hebrews 10:26

• Genesis 8:1
• I Peter 3:18-22 - God offers us salvation just as He offered it to the people in Noah’s day.

The Bible teaches about one church/body.

Ephesians 4:1-6

I Corinthians 1:9-13 - Christ’s church. Individuals make up the bod of Christ, not denominations.

“But denominationalism is Scriptural because Christ is the head of each division of His church.”

There are no divisions of Christ’s church.

Matthew 7:21-23 - We cannot do other than what God commanded and still be in Christ.

Practical applications

Be a member of Christ’s one church.

Study and learn Christ’s one truth. I Corinthians 12:13

• Sports team is having a tournament, game
• Bad weather
• Sick
• Don’t get anything out of the service
• Had to work