THE FLOOD. A FRESH START
Genesis 6:11-22
Genesis 6:9 says Noah walked with God.
What does it mean to walk with God?
1. He loved like
God.
2. He was forgiving
like God.
3. He was tolerant
like God.
4. He spoke the
Word Of God.
5. He had faith in
the Word of God.
6. He followed the
commands of God.
7. He treated
everyone with respect like God.
Because Noah walked with God, he and his family were set
apart from
the sins of the world.
GOD'S ASSESTMENT OF OUR CONDITION
V:11-12. " Now the earth was corrupt in God's sight and
was full of violence.
12 God saw how corrupt the earth had become, for all the
people on earth had corrupted their ways. "
A. Man without rules and regulations will do anything,
because every evil seem right
to him.
1. From the Tree Of
Knowledge And of Good And Evil man gained a conscience
knowing good
from evil.
2. According to the
Lord. The man He made man in His own image had become
violent and
full of evil thoughts and actions.
3. There is no
excuse for doing wrong, because man born with a knowledge of good.
4. The entire human
race made a choice to do evil and to rebel against God.
B. Today, with God's commands and rules and regulations we make
a choice between
good and evil
each day.
1. When we chose
evil, God is not pleased.
2. The majority of
the people of the world are corrupt.
3. The Church is
the role model for good.
4. We are the
voice of the Lord, but mostly silent out side the Church and home.
GOD'S JUDGMENT
V:13. " So God said to Noah, "I am going to put an
end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. I am
surely going to destroy both them and the earth."
A. Since Noah walked with God, He revealed His plan to him.
1. When we study God's Word, through the power
of the Holy Spirit, God's revealed
plan for
mankind is made known to us.
2. The Bible is
complete with the blessings and God's curses
for disobedience.
B. The one thing we must not do is to take God's Word for
granted.
1. God is tolerant
enough to allow us time to repent.
2. If we do not repent, we will face His wrath.
SALVATION IS AT HAND
V:14-15. " So make yourself an ark of cypress wood;
make rooms in it and coat it with pitch inside and out.
15 This is how you are to build it: The ark is to be 450
feet long, 75 feet wide and 45 feet high.
A. To follow God's commands takes faith and obedience.
1. According to
scripture there is no mention of rain on
earth until the
time of the flood.
2. Noah had never
experienced the effect of rain so he had to build the
ark on faith
in God's word.
3. Not only that,
he had to convince his family to follow him as
he followed
God.
B. Imagine a vessel 90 feet longer than a football field and
half as wide.
1. The vessel was
3 stories high, 15 feet between each floor.
2. The ark was not
designed to sail, but to float in the water.
a. The ark
was not equipped with any sail to catch wind.
b. The ark was not equipped with oars or a
rudder to navigate
the
water.
c. The ark
was designed to stand.
d. What do
you do when you don't know what to do? You just stand.
e. You stand
to see the glory of God in your life.
3. The ark was a
resting place in the middle of a the flood.
4. The church is
resting place in the middle of a storm.
C. The ark was made water proof to with stand the flood.
1. The word pitch
is the Hebrew word "kapar" which means to
cover,
forgive or reconcile.
2. Believers are
covered inside and outside by the blood of Jesus.
We are
reconciled to the Lord.
3. The flood
represents the eternal hell for none believers.
4. The flood
represents the cleaning of sin for believers.
5. The flood
represents God judgment for man.
6. The ark
represents salvation for believers.
JESUS THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD
V:16. " A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a
cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the
side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it. KJV
A. God designed a safe house for the righteous.
1. Noah and his
family were the only righteous folk on the planet.
2. The destruction
of all the inhabitants of the world was about to take place.
3. Noah and his
family would be safe in the bosom of the Lord'
B. The Church today is the safe house for all believers in
Jesus Christ.
1. The world to
day is corrupt and rebellious against God.
2. As believers
we are in the world but covered from its destruction.
3. We are the
redeemed of the Lord.
C. The word window is the Hebrew word tsohar which is used
in a dual
form; double light, noon
day or broad daylight.
1. A cubic is 18 inches.
2. I would assume
that a vessel the size of the ark would need more
than one window for light in the day time.
a. Perhaps
this is the size of many windows in the ark
b. To light
each floor, there would need to be windows on
each
floor.
3. Jesus is the
light of the world.
a. He is the
single light for the believer.
b. The
window may represent the Glory of God shining
on our
lives.
c. John
1:8-9
He
himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light. 9 The
true
light
that gives light to every man was coming into the world.
JESUS, THE DOOR TO SALVATION
4. The ark had one
door.
a. Jesus is
the only door to heaven,
b. Luke
13:23-25
He said
to them, 24 "Make every effort to enter through the narrow door,
because
many, I
tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to. 25 Once the owner of
the house gets up and closes the
door, you will stand outside knocking and
pleading,
'Sir, open the door for us.
c. If you
don't accept Christ before you die, the door is closed forever.
JUDGMENT OF THE WORLD
V:17. " I am going to bring floodwaters on the earth to
destroy all life under the heavens, every creature that has the breath of life
in it. Everything on earth will perish."
A. The choices we make now, may effect generations after us.
1. The choice
Adam made in the Garden of Eden affects every human being
that is born.
2. Sin may start
out small but it grows monumental.
3. Sin is
destructive.
4. Our sins
causes us to lose blessing that God has in store for us.
B. God not only destroyed man but also the animals He put in
man's care.
1. God destroyed
all the trees and plants that were man's provisions.
2. God destroyed
everything that had breath.
a. The word
breath is the Hebrew word ruwach which refers to
the Holy Spirit and also just wind depending
on how it is used.
b. In the
case of man it would be God's spirit.
c. In the
case of animals it would be wind or air.
A COVENANT FOR LIFE
V:18. " But I will establish my covenant with you, and
you will enter the ark — you and your sons and your wife and your sons' wives
with you."
A. Those who walk with God are sheltered from natural
disasters.
1. Good people die
in disasters, but they immediately go to be with
Lord.
2. Good people are
harmed by the evilness of man, but God makes
evil work out
for their good.
B. God made a covenant with Noah and his family that their
lives would be
spared.
1. While the world
perished, Noah and his family continues to be prosperous
in the Lord.
2. Under the
guidance and direction of the Lord, they built a new home that
survived the
flood.
3. God will get
those who walk with Him ready for future trouble.
4. God promise us
that He would never leave us or forsake us.
GOD'S PROVISIONS FOR A FRESH START
V:19: You are to bring into the ark two of all living
creatures, male and female, to keep them alive with you. 20 Two of every kind
of bird, of every kind of animal and of every kind of creature that moves along
the ground will come to you to be kept alive. 21 You are to take every kind of
food that is to be eaten and store it away as food for you and for them."
A. It takes work to be bless by God.
1. Like Adam and
Eve, God gave Noah and his family a job.
2. After Noah and
his family finished building the ark, they had
to round up
two of every kind of animal, male and female.
3. Can you imagine
the work of determining which animal was male
and which was
female.
B. Gods work is never done.
1. Noah and his
family had to gather and store food in the ark for each
animal, and
also for themselves.
2. Since they
didn't know how long their time on the water would be, how
did they know
how much food to store?
C. God puts our blessing before us.
1. We have to be
good servants and go and get what we need.
2. Through out
their time in the ark there was continuous work
feeding the
animals.
3. It is
estimated that Noah and his family was on the ark 378 days.
WALKING WITH GOD.
V:22. " Noah did everything just as God commanded him."
A. Noah walked with
God.
1. He was obedient
to all of God's commands.
2. Noah walked by
faith and not by sight.
B. He could not know how
long he and his family would
be in the ark,
but he trusted God to take care of him.
1. Storms of life
come and go.
2. Those who trust
God find peace in the storms.
3. Those who trust
God will have victory over the storms of life.
4. The storms of
life don't define you, they designed to grow your
faith in the
Lord.
THANK GOD'S FOR OUR
SALVATION
Rev M. Mitchell
Asst Pastor Of Greater Macedonia
Baptist Church
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