And there would be a sign. Something they hadn't seen before. A rainbow. God would put a sign in the sky to remind everyone that He would never again send a world-wide flood to destroy everything.

Noah's response? Praise, worship and sacrifice. All entirely appropriate for someone who has experienced redemption.

The world was so evil, and God was so heart-broken, that He decided to start again. But not completely from scratch. He preserved a remnant. When all humanity turned against Him, God rescued a few. He kept His promise.

Once again, God shocks us with his willingness to work through an imperfect person to bring about His perfect plan. Sometimes, faith is messy. If it is real though, it can bring about incredible transformation.

Like Joshua, we need to have faith that God will bring about victory in our lives. It is unlikely that it will involve taking over a city but it will mean fighting to conquer the sin that remains..

As we go back to our Faith Lived Out series for the next three weeks, the first passage we will look at is just this kind of situation. Almost everyone in the whole nation of Israel is complaining about the Lord and doubting His power to bring them into the Promised Land safely. But a few remain faithful and we can learn much from their example.

And yet He remained faithful to His promise of redemption, and purposed to save one man and his family.

Still, God is faithful, and He gave grace to one man, who would be the means of a fresh start.

This is the result of God's plan to redeem a people for Himself. It has been His plan from the beginning, and He has ensured it's implementation, even amidst a fallen, broken world, and people who have rejected Him.

Adam and Eve had another son, to replace Abel. Like his brother, Seth was a worshipper of the one true God, and so were his descendants.