The Pleasing Aroma

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In this life, your response to God is shaped by your understanding of what He has done for you.

God spoke to Noah v.15-17

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God speaks - When

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Hebrews 1 “1 Long ago God spoke to our ancestors by the prophets at different times and in different ways. 2 In these last days, he has spoken to us by his Son.

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How does God speak to you today?

God speaks thought His Word!

2 Timothy 3:16–17 “16 All Scripture is inspired by God and is profitable for teaching, for rebuking, for correcting, for training in righteousness, 17 so that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.”

It isnt clear if it was Audible voice, an inner voice, or a mental impression

In this life, your response to God is shaped by your understanding of what He has done for you.

God Accepted Noah’s Sacrifice v.20-21a

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The First Thing Noah did was give thanks to the Lord.

And a sin offering on be half of his family.

Noah is a builder.

Built the ark

Built the alter

Built the human race for him family

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Job 1:5 “5 Whenever a round of banqueting was over, Job would send for his children and purify them, rising early in the morning to offer burnt offerings for all of them. For Job thought, “Perhaps my children have sinned, having cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular practice.”

Ge 12:7

The Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your offspring, I will give this land.” So he built an altar there to the Lord who had appeared to him.Noah: (Gen 8:20)

Abraham: (Gen 12:7)(Gen 12:8)(Gen 13:18)(Gen 22:9-14) Isaac: (Gen 26:25) Jacob: (Gen 33:20)(Gen 35:1-7) Moses: (Ex 17:15)(Ex 24:4) Balaam/Balak: (Num 23:1,4,14,29) Joshua: (Josh 8:30-31) The Reubenites/Gadites/Half Tribe Manasseh: (Josh 22:10-11,16,26-27,34) Gideon: (Judg 6:26-27) Manoah: (Judg 13:19-20) The Israelites: (Judg 21:4) Samuel: (1 Sam 7:17) Saul: (1 Sam 14:35) David: (2 Sam 24:18-25)(1 Chr 21:18-26) Solomon [For The Temple]:(1 Kin 6:20-21)(1 Kin 7:48)(1 Kin 9:25) Elijah: (1 Kin 18:30-39) Jeshua/Zerubabbel, And Their Brethren: (Ezra 3:2-3)

** Kings Asa (2 Chr 15:8) and Manasseh (2 Chr 33:16) both restored a destroyed altar.

It was prominent in scriptyte that when something significant happend in an indivduals life they acknowledge the Lord for what they have don.

** There were MANY Pagan altars built. A few who built these were: Jeroboam: (1 Kin 12:32-33), Ahab (1 Kin 18:25-26), and Ahaz: (2 Kin 16:10-16).

God ordered the destruction of all Pagan altars (Ex 23:24)(Ex 34:13)(Deut 12:1-3)(Judg 6:25).

Pleasing Aroma

his is reminiscent of the sacrificial system established in Leviticus,

demonstrates how those consecrated to the Lord worship Him gratefully for their salvation.

Noah’s sacrifice brings the Father’s grace and holiness into harmony. This is what 8:21 tells us, for our Creator vows to preserve mankind only after smelling the “pleasing” aroma of an offering made to satisfy the Lord’s wrath. - RC

The daily sacrifice consisted of the offering of a lamb along with a grain offering and a drink offering, both in the morning and at twilight, as a soothing aroma to Yahweh.

J. Paul Tanner

Christ is the Pleasing Aroma

He is the aroma of salvation.

R. C. Sproul

The same gospel that is a sweet aroma to those heading for life is a stench in the nostrils for those who hate the truth. The same gospel … a sweet-smelling savor and a wretched hydrogen sulfide stench. That’s what it is.

D. A. Carson

Godliness … is devotion to God which results in a life that is pleasing to him.

Jerry Bridges

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How are you putting the Lord First in your life?

Matthew 6:33 “33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be provided for you.”

 2   God calls you and me to be fragrant aromas of Him and to entice others to “taste and see of the goodness of the Lord.”

Paul Brand

He Satisfies My Soul (2008)

Paul Brand

In this life, your response to God is shaped by your understanding of what He has done for you.

God Rewarded Noah’s faith and Obedience v18-22

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Noahs response to God was a clear indication that He believed trusted and relied upon God for everything.

God spoke and told Noah to come out of the ark. Noah did just that!

Noah brought all the animals with him.

Noah had faith that GOd was also able to provide for them once they left the arc.

Genesis 8:19 “19 All the animals, all the creatures that crawl, and all the flying creatures—everything that moves on the earth—came out of the ark by their families.”

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So often we have been rewarded by God as he brings us through difficulties and yet we become oblivious to that fact that HE can do it again.

In this life, your response to God is shaped by your understanding of what He has done for you.