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We all love the idea of a fresh start—a new year, a new job, a new relationship, or a new beginning. But fresh starts can change our circumstances without changing our hearts.

That’s exactly what we see in the story of Noah. After the flood, Noah steps into a new world with a fresh start, but it quickly becomes a familiar story of human sin and brokenness. Genesis 8–9 ultimately points us beyond Noah to Jesus—the One who gives us new hearts and promises a truly new creation.

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In a generation marked by rebellion and wickedness, Noah stood apart as a man who walked with God. He was not sinless, but by God’s grace he lived by faith, with integrity and obedience. Noah listened to God’s Word, trusted His warnings and His plan of salvation, proclaimed righteousness, and responded to God’s grace with worship. Like Noah, Christians are called to resist the pressure of the crowd and walk faithfully with God—even when that path is difficult and unpopular. Noah was delivered through a wooden ark; we are saved from judgment through the wooden cross of Jesus Christ.

Genesis 6:9-8:22

See the sermon study guide here: https://myrealchurch.org/teaching/genesis-part-7-walking-with-god/

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We talk about why a holiday, a Sabbath, or even a vacation can leave you worn out when your heart still feels restless. We open Jesus’ invitation to “come to me” and show how grace lifts the yoke of legalism, shame, and performance so you can finally breathe.
• Labor Day irony and the difference between physical rest and soul rest
• How Sabbath keeping can still feel crushing when the heart is in turmoil
• Jesus’ direct invitation as personal access rather than a religious system
• Why works-based religion and extra-biblical rules create burden and shame
• The qualifier for the invitation: spiritually hungry, thirsty, burdened people
• What it means to “come to Jesus” through the yoke image
• Casting off the yoke of earning favor and putting on Christ’s easy yoke
• Modern forms of legalism and why grace leads to joyful obedience
• A closing story of long-term fear replaced by assurance and rest
Come to me, all you who are burdened and heavy laden, and I will give you rest

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