2026.07.12 Sunday Morning Sermon "SHADOW 'In CHRIST' The Shadow of the Ark" Genesis 6:5 to 8

Many times, today we use the phrase “into” something or someone as an indicator of someone’s interest or obsessions. “He’s into sports, or football, or music or painting” is often used. In parts of the country of United States are tornado prone, they have built storm shelters. One would be foolish to stand outside of their Storm Shelter while a tornado roared past. There is no safety in being close to the shelter, but safety is being IN the shelter. If someone was in the ocean, their boat sank and a life raft was available and they said, “I’ll be safe because I am close to the boat” we would think them crazy because there would be safety only IN the boat. You may have wondered why the title was “In CHRIST- The Shadow of the Ark.” We will get to this truth now. There was safety only on the INSIDE of the ARK. All on the outside perished as we read in Genesis 7:21-23. This gives us a marvelous shadow of CHRIST. “In CHRIST” was one of the Apostle Paul’s favorite terms. It is found 77 times in the New Testament of which 74 were used by Paul. Notice a few verses with me about being IN CHRIST. Romans 8:39 “Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of GOD, which is IN CHRIST JESUS our LORD.” 2 Corinthians 5:17 “Therefore IF any man be IN CHRIST, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” 1 Thessalonians 4:16 “For the LORD HIMSELF shall descend from Heaven with a shout, with the Voice of the Archangel, and with the Trump of GOD: and the dead IN CHRIST shall rise first.”