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
5510 West Sam Houston Park Way North
Houston, Texas 77041
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