God's Concern for Life Genesis 7: 1-18

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v.1 1. God’s desire is not to destroy life, but to save it.

(And the Lord said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark;)

v.1 2. God’s standard is designed to protect life.

(for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.)

v.l 3. God's desire is to extend life's fruitfulness. 

(all thy house) (in this generation.) 

(v.19- they shall be male and female.) 

6:19-21 7:2,3 

4. God has established the animal kingdom life for man's benefit.

  (to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth) 

keeping balance in life 

7: 7-9

5. God is the protector of life. 

(and Noah went in, ... ) (of clean beasts,… ) 

7: 17,18 

6. God is the progenitor (originator) of life. 

(Be fruitful and multiply upon the earth.) ••. 

9:1 7. God gives purpose to life. 

(and God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be 

fruitful, and multiply and fill the earth.)