What does it mean to believe in God? (Gen 6:5-8:22)

Introduction

In Genesis 1-3, we have see the creation narrative where God creates the universe and introduces Himself as the Sovereign Lord.

The narrative highlights that mankind's decision to define 'good' for themselves causes their separation from God; but God still offers grace to mankind: giving them clothing, and granting them physical death for rest from eternal toil. 

Then, we saw the sin of mankind continue to propagate through the line of Adam, that Adam’s own child, Cain, could not resist the temptation of jealousy and bitterness, and angrily killed his own brother in Genesis 4. But yet, God continued to show grace to Cain, placing a mark of protection on Cain against further bloodshed.

Last time we spoke on Genesis 5, Pastor Graham took us through the genealogy of Adam and his descendants. Adam, Seth, Enosh, Cainan, Mahalaleel, Jared, Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech and Noah. We shall now continue the journey of “Noah”, who was named ‘rest’, by his father Lamech, saying: “Out of the ground that the Lord has cursed, this one shall bring us relief from our work and from the painful toil of our hands.” Noah was 500 years old. 

In light of this context...

What would you do if God had told you that the world was about to end sometime within your lifetime and that all mankind will be eradicated?

Most of us may have an overwhelming sense of despair, knowing that our lives, the good lives that we are able to experience today will come to an end; our loved ones will perish with us.

It would seem then, that living life as pleasurably as you can right now, would be the only sensible thing to do.

Or would you perhaps doubt? Perhaps you think it’s not truly from God? Would you even believe in God?

Now, what would you do if God had told you that there was a way to live through the apocalpyse?

I’m assuming that most of us will be willing to give up everything in pursuit for that ‘way’ which leads to life.

Perhaps some of us may still doubt, may still question, whether this is truly the way. Or maybe we will try and find another way?

Let’s see how a particular man, Noah, who was given this exact revelation from God. Let’s learn from this revelation what God is trying to teach us today about what it really means to believe in Him?

1. It means Knowing God’s Grace (Gen 6:8-10, 6:18, 7:1, 8:1)

- Knowing God’s grace is dependant upon knowing God’s judgment (Gen 6:6-7, 6:11-13, Lk 17:22–27, Mt 24:36–39, 2 Pe 3:3-7)

Genesis 6:5–7 ESV

5 The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 6 And the Lord regretted that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart. 7 So the Lord said, “I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land, man and animals and creeping things and birds of the heavens, for I am sorry that I have made them.”

Just like we’ve seen so far in Genesis. Gen 6:5-7 reveals that God has made his evaluation of the earth. His evaluation is that mankind is truly evil, all the time. His thoughts were evil only continually.

It seemed that mankind will never again submit to the will of the Father, on the path which leads to life.

Thus, God, in his grievance or in Hebrew נָחַם (nāḥam), a word which represents deep sorrow and the feeling of regret, decides to rid mankind entirely. God has been patient with mankind, his spirit no longer will strive to invite them into repentance, the time for repentance is over. 

It also seems that this ‘seed’ promised by the Lord God had not come yet to crush the serpent’s head; mankind is ever under the deception of the Evil One, unless one can come to know the one who truly defines Good.

Genesis 6:13–17 ESV

13 And God said to Noah, “I have determined to make an end of all flesh, for the earth is filled with violence through them. Behold, I will destroy them with the earth… 17 For behold, I will bring a flood of waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life under heaven. Everything that is on the earth shall die.

God is just, and does not need to justify Himself in all that He, for He is the sole definer of good. The wiping away of obscenity and immorality must be recognised as one of God’s pillars, it’s been promised in the beginning as God separates the light from the darkness, as God puts enmity between the Woman and the Serpent, the Woman’s offspring and the Serpent’s offspring, the Woman’s offspring and the Serpent.

God does not tolerate sinfulness; this is who God has shown himself as already. Therefore, it is only in grace that mankind could have continued in their sinfulness, God could have wiped the earth clean and start again, but He chose to be patient with mankind since the beginning.

Genesis 7:1–5 ESV

1 Then the Lord said to Noah, “… 4 For in seven days I will send rain on the earth forty days and forty nights, and every living thing that I have made I will blot out from the face of the ground.” 5 And Noah did all that the Lord had commanded him.

Once again, we see that the Lord speaks to Noah about the impending judgment, the judgment is a promised one to Noah; and it is only in light of this judgment, can we understand why the sparing of Noah is such a special occassion. God repeats this promise as an encouragement to Noah, an encouragement to keep building the Ark and of the hope of life that lies beyond the flood.

And what God has said, God will never fail to do. Genesis 7:6–12. The world is flooded, the waters burst forth, and the whole world sunk into a great deluge.

Often, in the modern day, we often forget the impending judgment that God will execute upon all creation. Every knee shall bow, every tongue will confess, that Jesus Christ is Lord.

Philippians 2:10 ESV

10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,

Whether that is with the weeping and gnashing of teeth, or whether that is with the joyful sounds of praise.

Death is the common denominator of all mankind, and in addition to this is the coming judgment of Jesus Christ.

But, the concept of judgment is nothing new. Jesus even speaks about this in the New Testament concerning His second coming and the day of Judgment (Lk 17:22–27, Mt 24:36–39, 2 Pe 3:3-7)

Luke 17:22–27 ESV

26 Just as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the days of the Son of Man. 27 They were eating and drinking and marrying and being given in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.

And even Peter as well in 2 Peter 3:3-7.

2 Peter 3:3–7 ESV

3 … scoffers will come in the last days with scoffing, following their own sinful desires. 4 They will say, “Where is the promise of his coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things are continuing as they were from the beginning of creation.” 5 For they deliberately overlook this fact, that the heavens existed long ago, and the earth was formed out of water and through water by the word of God, 6 and that by means of these the world that then existed was deluged with water and perished. 7 But by the same word the heavens and earth that now exist are stored up for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.

The truth of judgment is such: it will come, it will not discriminate whether you are a believer or not a believer, and the result will be eternal. You either perish, or you live. The instructions are as clear as day since the days of Noah; you are either a believer in God’s word in building an ark in preparation for the flood that will come, or you are a non-believer that gets blotted out. In the final days, God will no longer flood the earth, but the final judgment will be of fire.

So now that we’ve understood our situation, that as sinful, corrupt and wicked human beings; we rightfully deserve punishment by God’s standard of good and evil. Now let’s see what God does in light of this judgment that will come, let’s see what miracle occurred back in Noah’s days, and can still occur for us today.

- But, God showed grace to Noah; Noah did not earn this grace (Gen 6:8, 7:1, Eph 2:8-9)

Genesis 6:8–10 ESV

8 But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord. 9 These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation. Noah walked with God. 10 And Noah had three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

But it is in light of this, a special person found ”favour” in the eyes of the Lord, Noah (verse 8). In the same way Genesis 3:9 spoke, “But God called out” to Adam and Eve -

The word for favour is הן which is often used culturally in the hebrew phrase “if I have found favour/grace in your sight”. Furthermore, there is no causal link between this verse and the next, where it declares the attributes of Noah, as a “righteous man” a “blameless man in his generation”; but solely upon the fact that Noah has found grace in the eyes of the Lord.

Verse 8 serves as the preamble to the flood but is the central theme throughout the flood, that God favoured Noah, and made him a vessel of mercy and useful unto His sovereign will for the salvation of mankind.

Moses, in Exodus 34:6–7 similarly reveals that God is patient, merciful and gracious, but God will not leave the guilty unpunished.

Genesis 6:13–20 ESV

13 And God said to Noah, “I have determined to make an end of all flesh, for the earth is filled with violence through them. Behold, I will destroy them with the earth. 14 Make yourself an ark of gopher wood. Make rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and out with pitch. 15 This is how you are to make it…

God here makes a special revelation to Noah, not to the entire world. God tells the instructions, life-saving instructions, for Moses and his family, so that they can be spared from the flood, if they should choose to obey God. God’s voice had spoken to Noah the way that leads to salvation, not that Noah had the way to salvation before God had spoken.

Genesis 6:18 ESV

18 But I will establish my covenant with you, and you shall come into the ark, you, your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives with you.

This special revelation is marked by a very important phrase “But I will establish my covenant with you”

The word ‘covenant’ throughout the bible means an agreement, formal or non-formal, between two parties that has specific conditions and sanctions. I’ll speak more about this covenant next week, as the same phrase is repeated with more detail in Chapter 9:1-17. But for now, the important thing to note within this context is that Noah has been promised by God, that God will establish His covenant with Noah. 

Genesis 7:1 ESV

1 Then the Lord said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your household, for I have seen that you are righteous before me in this generation.

It’s seems obvious in the statement in 7:1, when read in the context of the whole precursory story in Chapter 6, that “for I have seen that you are righteous before me in this generation” is a proclamation that God makes unto Noah, not that Noah in and of himself was righteous.

Literally translated in Hebrew: “I have seen you, a righteous person”; this was the same expression used in 1 Sam 16:1 to speak of how God had ‘chosen’ (or ‘seen’) a king among his sons (namely David).

Genesis 7:6–24 ESV

15 They went into the ark with Noah, two and two of all flesh in which there was the breath of life. 16 And those that entered, male and female of all flesh, went in as God had commanded him. And the Lord shut him in… 24 And the waters prevailed on the earth 150 days.

The flood commences, Noah and his family is saved, along with clean and unclean animals; while the rest of the earth faces the wrath of God’s judgment. 

“The Lord shut him in” (v.16) is a key call out once again about how the Lord is the protector of Noah’s ark, the storms and waves they may come, but the ark is kept secure because of the Lord; not because of how strong Noah had built the ark.

Therefore, God made it clear, that in one person, He might condemn the unrighteousness of all mankind and cultivate righteousness for this one man’s family. This was the message that Moses wanted to also convey to his listeners, that God is the one who endures them, who leads them out of slavery because the Lord is the Lord and decided upon the Israelites as His people; and it is the same grace shown to Noah that is being shown on the Israelites then!

Genesis 8:1 ESV

1 But God remembered Noah and all the beasts and all the livestock that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind blow over the earth, and the waters subsided.

The whole story of Noah’s ark can be seen as coming to a peak in chapter 8:1. Wherein lies the resolution of God’s judgment, and we see immediately why God caused the waters to subside: because “God remembered Noah”. 

It’s easy to think therefore, that somehow God had “forgotten” Noah; as the verb “remembered” suggests the lack thereof the attention God has given to Noah. Of course, we know God was always mindful of Noah, for truly it would have been a miracle that Noah did not perish inside the ark. God’s closing of the ark, miraculously keeping it secure throughout the flood waters, is enough to show that God is keeping Noah alive.  

In the same manner, God used the wind to dry up the Red Sea in Moses’ time, God ‘made a wind blow over the earth’, causing the waters to subside. (Gen 8:1)

Moses was trying to teach his audience, that God is always providing for His people, even while God seems to be the most forgetful of us. At length, God is giving us help, Moses testifies that God has been mindful of us.

- In the same way God showed grace to Noah, God shows us grace even now through Christ, the ultimate Ark of God (1 Pe 3:20–22, 2 Pe 3:8-9, Jn 3:16-17)

God’s rememberance of Noah is critical to highlighting the grace that God has shown Noah to begin with. That although Noah, a mere mortal man, even he was cared for by the Lord, remembered by the Lord, selected out of the world by the Lord to live through the flood

Even so, today, God remembers us and cares for us, to call out to us to join His ark of salvation that is now available in Jesus Christ.

How safe and secure our salvation is when we trust in it; for if the Lord is with us, who can be against us.

In the same way God called out to Noah in grace; God is calling out to us today to trust in His Son Jesus Christ. The suffering and unrighteousness in this world is a megaphone to the depraved and corrput world which we now live in; that this world in and of itself is not the place where we are called to be eternally, but another path has opened unto us.

The Apostle Peter wrote in his epistle the following truth:

1 Peter 3:18–22 ESV

18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit, 19 in which he went and proclaimed to the spirits in prison, 20 because they formerly did not obey, when God’s patience waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through water. 21 Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, 22 who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers having been subjected to him.

The path created by Jesus Christ, our ultimate ark of salvation. Who lived a righteous life better than Noah did, who was Himself the being of Righteousness and Blamelessnes, and in His death on the cross became the atonement and sacrifice which pleased the Lord, and made us right in God’s sight. That although we were once sinners deserving of the great flood, our sin is now washed away by the Grace of God.

Therefore brothers and sisters, and those who may not believe today, hear the call of our Lord God, who invites all to be onboard His ark of salvation. God wants to save you from condemnation, He wants to give you life and life abudnantly, in ways you may not even begin to imagine. Trust in this promise of God, that not only will there be judgment, there is also a way to be freed from judgment and the fear of death - for we have a gracious God who has assigned us to be part of His salvation.

2. It means Obeying God’s Commandments (Gen 6:22, 7:5, 8:2-19)

Obedience is oftentimes something we frown upon as believers, but when we understand God’s grace, the concept of obedience all of a sudden no longer is a moralistic, legalistic and work-based approach to being saved; for we are saved by grace through faith, not by works!

Therefore, what’s the role in obedience? How can we even obey? Let’s find out.

- Noah obeyed all of God’s Commandments; but how? (Heb 11:7)

In today’s passage, we see that several times Noah has obeyed God’s commandments.

Genesis 6:22–7:5 ESV

22 Noah did this; he did all that God commanded him.… 5 And Noah did all that the Lord had commanded him.

The resounding obedience of Noah is repeated throughout the story of Noah’s ark. But have you ever considered the weight of what God had commanded Noah? Let’s look in more detail.

Genesis 6:14–21 ESV

14 Make yourself an ark of gopher wood. Make rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and out with pitch. 15 This is how you are to make it: the length of the ark 300 cubits, its breadth 50 cubits, and its height 30 cubits. 16 Make a roof for the ark, and finish it to a cubit above, and set the door of the ark in its side. Make it with lower, second, and third decks… 19 And of every living thing of all flesh, you shall bring two of every sort into the ark to keep them alive with you. They shall be male and female. 20 Of the birds according to their kinds, and of the animals according to their kinds, of every creeping thing of the ground, according to its kind, two of every sort shall come in to you to keep them alive. 21 Also take with you every sort of food that is eaten, and store it up. It shall serve as food for you and for them.”

It’s important to not gloss over the details of such a feat, it was no easy job for Noah, the obedience required from Noah was no less than an extraordinary feat!

We should really consider the tremendous effort that Noah would have had to take up; the number of tree to chop up, the amount of assembly and joining together of wood, the herding up of animals in preparation to board them unto the ark. This was no ordinary Ikea furniture to assemble!  

It would come as no surprise that all the while Noah was building such an ark, while Noah chopped down the trees; there stood wicked men around him, scoffing at him, mocking him and enraged by his actions. For Noah proclaimed salvation by the means of the ark in his every deed and thought, but mankind would have hated him for it; for they would have thought that Noah was robbing them of their advantages and gains when Noah gathered up all the wood required for his ark.

Also, by each tree Noah takes down and builds up the ark, he is explicitly showing the world the condemnation which will ensue in due time for not believing the flood will come; for which mankind would have hated Noah for. 

Noah then should take all the animals in the world into the ark that he had made (no instructions on how to do that, but do it!) (v.19-20), and store for himself food (v.21) for the judgment that will come! 

Noah would have been tempted to think, how on earth am I going to get all the animals together? How might I not only store up food for me and my family, and also to store up food for all the animals? How might I store all this up for the lengthy duration of almost a year? Perhaps Noah was even tempted to think of the dreadful smell on the ark, the fact that all the animal dung would be pent up within the ark. These would have been the conflicts of Noah, the chosen man to embark on such a journey. 

So how on earth did Noah manage to obey God? There was no real flood coming, no real sign of danger, except for God’s own revelation to Him; nothing except God’s word has been spoken to Noah!

Genesis 6:13–21 ESV

13 And God said to Noah, “… 14 Make yourself an ark of gopher wood. Make rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and out with pitch.… 18 But I will establish my covenant with you, and you shall come into the ark, you, your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives with you. 19 And of every living thing of all flesh, you shall bring two of every sort into the ark…

This is the key to unlocking how Noah actually obeyed all of God’s commandments, herein lies the secret to obedience: believing in the grace of God through the promises of God.

Notice, God did not need to speak this to Noah now; but for Noah’s sake, God had proclaimed that He will establish His covenant with him. God had already guaranteed Noah’s salvation, had this not been the case, Noah's labour in building the immensely large ship could have been seen in vain. But it is with this promise in mind, Noah did all that God had commanded him to do. 

Hebrews 11:7 ESV

By faith Noah, being warned by God concerning events as yet unseen, in reverent fear constructed an ark for the saving of his household. By this he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

It is only now, that it should not come as a surprise, that even the author of the book of Hebrews (likely Paul), even wrote concerning Noah (Hebrew 11:7) that, “By faith Noah, being warned by God concerning events as yet unseen, in reverent fear constructed an ark for the saving of his household. By this he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.” 

- In the same way Noah obeyed, we can also obey God’s commandments now by trusting in God’s grace (Rom 5:1-5)

Romans 5:1–5 ESV

1 Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. 3 Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, 4 and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, 5 and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

Thus, the true proof and evidence of faith is this, that we are content with any of God’s commandments, that we, like Noah, put ourselves to work, that we do not swerve or give up in the course, whatever obstacles that Satan might place in our way. For we are now given the wings of faith, to soar, to be set apart from the world; and we are sealed with the promise of the Spirit, the promise of God’s grace.  

It’s also in this faith that we can have the power to obey Him, not just one commandment, but all commandments. While we often blend and confuse God’s commandments with our own feelings, Noah’s obedience is celebrated on this account: that it was entire, not partial. He refrained from omitting any of God’s commands. 

Believing in God requires radical change of worldview; God gives us His grace, tells us that we’ll be going to a new land into a new and better world, not this one, and asks that we be a part of this salvation. It’s in light of the new and true hope that the question comes: are we willing to go through hell, suffer rejection, mockery on this earth just like Noah did, just like Jesus did, to see Him on the other side? The cost of following Christ is great, but the reward is greater. This is how we can overcome, this is how we can obey; because hope does not put us to shame and we know this because of God’s love that is made known in our hearts.

3. It means Giving God the Glory due His name (Gen 8:20-22)

- Noah’s response to surviving the flood is to worship God according to God’s own terms which pleased God (Gen 8:20-21)

Genesis 8:20–22 ESV

20 Then Noah built an altar to the Lord and took some of every clean animal and some of every clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar. 21 And when the Lord smelled the pleasing aroma, the Lord said in his heart, “I will never again curse the ground because of man, for the intention of man’s heart is evil from his youth. Neither will I ever again strike down every living creature as I have done. 22 While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease.”

Immediately as they disembarked, Noah made a gratuitous offering unto the Lord. Noah built an altar to the Lord, and took some of every clean animal and bird, and burnt them on the alter to the Lord. 

This is not the first time that we see ‘sacrifices’ being at a central theme to celebrate the goodness of God, to give him thanks. Cain and Abel were giving sacrifices unto the Lord, and God had to sacrifice an animal to produce animal skin coverings for Adam and Eve. Sacrifices were used as sacraments for the people, a means of signs to the people, like Noah, to profess faith and submission towards God. This was by no means vanity and empty.  

One might even ask, how did Noah know to build an altar? Let alone taking ‘clean animals’ for sacrifices? It’s only evident that Noah relied upon the word of the Lord by faith to do so.

It was not because Noah had pronounced some animals clean/unclean, it was because God told Noah which animals were clean/unclean.  

Then, the Lord then pronounces that the offering made by Noah as ‘pleasing’, and says in his heart (a phrase used to reveal the inward decree of what is about to be revealed, that it is no way dependent on the creatures and creation, but solely on God alone) that God will not again curse (not the same Hebrew word ‘curse’ as in Genesis 3:17) the earth like He did.

- In the same way Noah worshipped God, we can also worship God in a manner which is pleasing to Him (Rom 12:1-3)

Thus, it is important that we recognise, Noah, like David, in his actions have said, (Psalm 116:12,) “What shall I render unto the Lord for all his benefits? I will take the cup of salvation and will call upon the name of the Lord.”

Such was the attitude of Noah, and the attitude we shall all have now as believers.

While we live on this earth, we live in the covenant of God’s grace, that we all have been spared from the impending judgment because of our wicked and corrupt nature and have been given a new life in the name of Jesus Christ. That we can take upon His righteousness and be kept secure because of His merit and not our own. 

Just as it is said in Romans 12:1-3

Romans 12:1–2 ESV

1 I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. 2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

To be grateful and to please God is to believe in Him with all that we have. As it is written in Deuteronomy 6:4–6 “4 “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 5 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. 6 And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart.”

Heart, soul, might. These sum up the entirety of our being; not one separate from another, the whole being is called into love. Therefore live wholesome lives for God, live wholesomely for Him knowing that all you are is being rescued by Him.

Do we guard our hearts from the things of the world? Or are we still attached to the world in our fleshly desires and passions for it?

Do we long for our soul to be with God and are constantly replenished by Him? Do we long for the salvation that is to come, or are we clinging unto this world as we know now?

Do we spend our strength and might pursuing every good and perfect commandment of God? Are we investing in the kingdom of God by storing up food and treasures like Noah did in the ark? Or are we storing up treasures on this earth?

4. Call to Action

Too often I hear the example of the thief on the cross being used as a reference of why Christians do not need to ‘do anything’ and that ‘faith is the necessary element of salvation’.

While I agree, faith in the grace of God is the most important element that leads to salvation, too often we forget what the thief on the cross has said while he was on that cross, dying for his sentence:

Luke 23:33–43 ESV

39 One of the criminals who were hanged railed at him, saying, “Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us!” 40 But the other rebuked him, saying, “Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? 41 And we indeed justly, for we are receiving the due reward of our deeds; but this man has done nothing wrong.” 42 And he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.” 43 And he said to him, “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise.”

The thief, like Noah:

Believed in God (“Jesus, remember me”,)

Obeyed and Submitted to Christ (“Do you not fear God?” Implying He fears God and submits to Christ in that instant, even rebuking the unbelieving thief)

Worshipped Him (When you come into your kingdom… implying He looked to him as King)

Therefore, especially for us today:

- Believe in Jesus Christ who is our ultimate Ark of Salvation

Trust in Him with everything you got, don’t leave half a foot outside the ark or you will be swept away!

Jesus is both your Judge and your Defender; do not fret at the thought of death, He is with you since the Ancient of Days. If you believe today, your sins will be washed away! Christ rescues you in your wrongdoing, He invites you to walk with Him in this grace-led life.

Today, if you hear His calling, do not leave faith until the last minute, for we do not know when He will return; we cannot assume that we will live another day tomorrow.

- Obey Jesus as the Lord of your life

Today, if you hear His calling, if God calls you to repent and believe in Him; obey His every word that leads to life! If you don’t understand it, ask for help! Ask God to help you see His truth, see His grand plan to keep you in His kingdom and make you His son and daughter.

- Worship God with your entire being

Today, if you hear His calling, be like Noah; give unto the Lord as the Lord requests. Give to Him your faith and belief, by the grace of God, that you might please God who has rescued you from sure judgment.