Message Notes

YOUTH WORSHIP SERVICE 6 March 2021

Call to Worship Pastor Charles Tan

Opening Prayer

Scripture Reading:

1. Genesis 9:1-7

2. Genesis 9:8-11

3. Genesis 9:12-17

Scripture Readers: Bethany Toong, Asia Tan and Tessa Kang

Pastoral Prayer: Pastor Benjamin Quah

Message: “Behold, I establish My covenant with you” Genesis 9

Speaker: Pastor Charles Tan

Closing Prayer

YOUTH WORSHIP SERVICE 6 March 2021

Text: Genesis 8:20-22; 9:1-17

INTRODUCTION

1. Pre-Worship

a) Preparation

b) Anticipation

2. Worship

a) Praying to God

b) Presentation to God our Worship

i) Acknowledgment

ii) Appreciation

3. Post-Worship

a) God’s Part

i) Instruction

ii) Inspiration

b) Our Part

i) Learning deeply

ii) Learning to relate to God

iii) Love for the Lord

iv) Live for the Lord

THE PROMISE OF BLESSING
Genesis 9:1-3

1. Fruitfulness is a blessing from God Genesis 9:1, 7

a) Be fruitful and multiply

b) Fill the earth

2. A special sense of fear

a) It will be imbued in all animals Genesis 9:2

i) Every beast

ii) Every bird

iii) All the fish of the sea

b) All will be for food Genesis 9:3

i) Animal

ii) Herb

SPECIAL INSTRUCTION

1. Not to eat flesh with the blood
Man will be accountable Genesis 9:4-5

2. Not to murder Man
Because Man is made in the image of God Genesis 9:6

THE CONCEPT OF A DIVINE COVENANT

1. General Understanding of a “covenant”

a) Parity covenant

i) Between two equals

ii) It is a treaty/ an agreement/ a contract

b) Divine- Suzerainty covenant

i) Between two unequal partners

ii) Between God and Man

iii) A perpetual covenant

2. The Covenant given and explained

a) To Noah

b) His sons Genesis 9:8

3. The Covenant established

a) “I will establish My covenant with you” Genesis 9:9a

b) “And with your descendants” Genesis 9:9b

c) “And with every living creature that is with you” Genesis 9:10

d) “Never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth” Genesis 9:11

4. The sign of the Covenant

a) “And God said” Genesis 9:12a

b) “This is the sign of the covenant” Genesis 9:12b

c) “Which I make” Genesis 9:12c

i) “Between Me and you” Genesis 9:12d

ii) “And every living creature with you” Genesis 9:12e

d) “For perpetual generations” Genesis 9:12f

5. The sign of the Rainbow

a) “I set My rainbow in the cloud” Genesis 9:13a

b) “And it shall be for the sign of the covenant
between Me and the earth” Genesis 9:13b

c) “When I bring a cloud over the earth,
that the rainbow shall be seen in the cloud” Genesis 9:14

6. God remembering the Everlasting Covenant

a) “And I will remember My covenant
which is between Me and you” Genesis 9:15a

b) “And every living creature of all flesh” Genesis 9:15b

c) “The waters shall never again become a flood
to destroy all flesh” Genesis 9:15c

d) “The rainbow shall be in the cloud,
and I will look on it to remember
the everlasting covenant between God
and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth” Genesis 9:16

7. The Final Word from God

a) “This is the sign of the covenant
which I have established” Genesis 9:17a

b) “Between Me
and all flesh that is on the earth” Genesis 9:17b

RECAPITULATION OF THE DIVINE COVENANT WITH NOAH

1. The word “Covenant” was used repeatedly Genesis 9:9, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17

a) For emphasis

b) For encouragement

c) For enlightenment

2. The word “established” was also used repeatedly Genesis 9:9, 11,17

a) For confirmation

b) To express certainty

3. The nature of this Divine Covenant

a) For perpetual generations Genesis 9:12

b) Everlasting covenant Genesis 9:16

CHALLENGING LESSONS

1. To comprehend the awesome Covenant God has given

a) To Noah

b) To Mankind

2. To consider the significance of the God who gave such an awesome Covenant

a) He is to be revered

b) He is to be worshipped

i) With praise

ii) With thanksgiving

iii) With deep and heartfelt gratitude