God’s Design and Image
Part 14: Reaffirmation and Covenant

Scripture: Genesis 8:1 – 9:17.
Genesis 1:2b (ESV)
2b And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
In the Flood, We See Both the Abhorrence of Sin and the Grace of God
1. God Reaffirms His Plan for and the Value of His Creation
Genesis 1:28-29 (ESV)
28 And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” 29 And God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. You shall have them for food.
2. God Reaffirms the Value of Human Life
3. God Reaffirms His Covenant with Mankind
Lamentations 3:21-24 (ESV)
21 But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: 22 The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; 23 they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. 24 “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in him.”
Psalm 130:3-4 (ESV)
3 If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand? 4 But with you there is forgiveness, that you may be feared.
Psalm 130:7 (ESV)
7 O Israel, hope in the Lord! For with the Lord there is steadfast love, and with him is plentiful redemption.
Hebrews 10:23 (ESV)
23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful.