Big Idea: Our God got messy to clean us up.

Bible Passage: Genesis 6-9

Our Bible passage this week teaches us about God's hatred for sin, and His love for His people. Our God was so mad and sad at the sin and evil in all the world that He decided to wipe everything out and start again. But God chose one man, Noah – and his family, to save and to start again with. After the flood, when the whole world was empty except for Noah and his family, God sent a rainbow and made a covenant with Noah. God said that never again would He wipe out the whole world because of our sin, but instead make a way for us to be rescued and have perfect togetherness with Him. This is the grace of our good God.

We know that the way God saved us from our sin is through Jesus. God himself came to earth, and got messy with us -and died to save us- so that we wouldn't have to be wiped out because of our sin. When we see the rainbow, we can thank Jesus for His love for us and for saving us and making a way for us to have perfect togetherness with Him forever.

When we see the rainbow, we think Jesus!

Family Activity

This week, look out for rainbows after the rain. If you see one, have a member of the family call out "When we see the rainbow, we think," and have everyone else respond, "Jesus!". Give children the opportunity to wipe down the bench or table after a meal this week, or as your children bath, talk about 'wiping all the mess away.' When God destroyed the world with a flood, he was wiping all the mess of sin away. But it made God sad to destroy all that he had made. Talk about how our sin makes God sad, and how even though we hurt others and disappoint God because of our sin, he has made a way for us to be 'wiped clean' of it forever through Jesus.