Noah - 7/20/08pm

How wicked was the world?
Genesis 6:1-8
Sometimes we look around us and marvel at how wicked the world is. Yet, God has not become so fed up with it that He has destroyed it. Sometimes we think of how every year it gets worse. Imagine, however, how wicked it must have been in that time!
Ecclesiastes 1:1-11 -There is nothing new under the sun

Who Saved Noah?
Genesis 6:9-21
We see that God saved Noah. He gave Noah instructions to follow. He gave Noah the opportunity. God saved Noah.
Hebrews 5:7-9 -Jesus: the author of salvation to the obedient

Why was Noah Saved?
Genesis 6:22-7:12
Noah was saved because he was a righteous man who followed God. He obeyed the Lord. He trusted in the Lord, when everyone else probably thought he was crazy. He was willing to be saved, and so God saved him.
II Peter 2:5 -Noah, a preacher of righteousness

The Action that Saved also Condemned
Genesis 7:13-24
The flood, God’s pronouncement on the world, condemned a great many people to death. It was also the same action that saved Noah. It drew a line, dividing those who followed God and those who didn’t. Is this not also how it works in the New Testament? That Christ’s blood divides? That our obedience serves not only in our salvation, but in condemnation of sin?
Hebrews 11:7 -By faith he condemned the world

God cares for His own
Genesis 8:1-14
God cared enough for His few followers that He saved them. Make no mistake. God has the same care and concern for His followers today. And just as He provided for Noah, He’ll provide for us. Maybe not with the wealth and riches that we may want in this life, but in the life to come.
I Peter 5:6-7 -He cares for you

How can we be saved like Noah?
Just as Noah was saved by water, so it is with us today. Just as Noah was saved through believing obedience, so we to must follow the Lord
I Peter 3:20-21 -Baptism, which now saves you

God has Promised
Genesis 9:8-17
God made a promise. He promised that the world would not be destroyed by water again. He did not promise that He would not destroy the earth, but only stated the how. The end will come. Christ will return. Will you be ready on that day?
II Peter 3:3-11 -Destroyed not by water, but by fire