Scripture: Genesis 6:9 – 8:19

Lesson: Sinking in Sin

Noah spent 120 years building the ark. 120 years of ridicule and persecution. Noah wasn’t considered to be socially acceptable, because he didn’t believe in a God he could see; he believed in a God he could hear.

Noah turned down the volume of his mockers, so he could hear the voice of his God. A voice that gave him careful instructions and provision – a voice that gave him hope and a future.

When all of creation turned their backs on God, Noah turned his face toward Him.
Noah stood firm on his pillars of faithfulness and obedience; and when all others forgot about God – God remembered Noah (Gen 6:8, Gen 8:1), and protected him from His vengeance.

For 40 days and 40 nights, the world sank in its sin, but Noah and his family stayed afloat on their faith. There was only one door into the ark, by which Noah and his family were saved; and on His day of reckoning, God shut the door.

Application: From the Flood to the Blood

It’s interesting how the names of the scornful weren’t recorded in the pages of history, but the story of Noah’s obedience hangs as artwork today, on the walls of countless nurseries, and in the hearts of faithful people.

Look around; we too, live in a society that has forgotten about God. The question is, do you persevere in obedience to God’s word in spite of the mocking voices; knowing that God remembers faithfulness?

If we entertain the scornful voices of a sinful world, we won’t hear the gentle voice of a loving Father, who has already made a way for us. There was only one door into the ark by which Noah and his family were saved from destruction; and there is only one door by which you and I are saved through forgiveness in Christ Jesus (John 14:6).

After the flood, the sin that tarnished the earth had been washed away and everything had been made new – and so it is the same with our life in Christ, every sin is washed away, and we’re given the grace to start again (2 Corinthians 5:17).

On the Lord’s final day of judgment, when his son will return, God will shut the door of eternity. Will you be safe under the ark of salvation – or will you be sinking in sin…

It was by faith that Noah was saved from the flood.

It is by faith that we are saved by Christ’s blood.

~ Vanessa

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