Noah's Building Project

Intro:

Turn to Genesis 6

The wow factor did you ever see something that you were like wow!

Maybe it was an event Monster trucks

Maybe it was fireworks show or blowing something up - (Gary Locke camp fridge)

Maybe it was a car accident - I watch what seemed like slow motion a car flipping

Maybe if you are like me getting to see a doctor pump a person heart by hand

There is even greater WOW’s and that is the Bible and as I read it there are times I go wow , God’s word never gets old.

I have read Genesis several times over the years but focusing on Noah for this sermon I found somethings that were interesting.

Even diving back into the genealogy of Noah and realizing that Noah’s dad was 182 years old when he had Noah

Our mind just can’t comprehend that because we usually see over 50 and you’re like okay you’re done with having kids.

And then Noah’s dad was 777 years old when he died.

Noah was 500 years old before he had Sham, Ham and Japheth

That wow factor when you hear that information

As I was studying, reading Noah probably has ran across or met Adam’s grandkids which again you don’t even think about

Stand was we read Genesis 6: 1-12

The Problem - Genesis 6:1-12

The taking of wives

Many have believed the sons of God were those from the line of Seth

The daughters of men were from the line of Cain

This describes an intermarriage between the godly and the ungodly, something God specifically prohibits 

So if Satan could succeed in infecting the entire race, the deliverer could not come

Thus the reason on who you like and want to date is very important.

The wickedness of man

Genesis 6:3 So the LORD said, "My spirit will not remain in humankind indefinitely, since they are mortal. They will remain for 120 more years."

God put a time limit of the corruption

 Every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually:

This says a lot. It means there was no aspect of man’s nature not corrupted by sin.

Jesus said, as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be (Matthew 24:37).

In other words, the conditions of the world before the coming of Jesus will be like the conditions of the world before the flood:

God’s sorrow at man, and the grief in His heart are striking.

This does not mean that creation was out of control, nor does it mean that God hoped for something better but was unable to achieve it.

God knew all along that this was how things would turn out, but our text clearly tells us that as God sees His plan for the ages unfold, it affects Him.

God is not unfeeling in the face of human sin and rebellion.

God hates sin, because He is a Holy God

With every problem is a solution

Genesis 6:9 NET

This is the account of Noah. Noah was a godly man; he was blameless among his contemporaries. He walked with God.

Out of all the people Noah was the only one that followed God

It may seem that you are the only one following God, at school, on your team

Because of His faithfulness, God used Noah to complete a great engineering feat, which brings us to “The Project”

The Project - Genesis 6:13-22

The reason for the project:

Genesis 6:13 NET

So God said to Noah, “I have decided that all living creatures must die, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. Now I am about to destroy them and the earth.

God told Noah that He would judge the wicked along with the earth.

God judges by his standard of holiness

Since the fall in Genesis 3, every human being has a death sentence. The timing and method of that death are completely in the hands of God.

God could have wiped out everything - but decided to keep Noah and his family

The plan

It is not like God handed to Noah a blueprint of the Ark, but gave directions

Genesis 6:14–17 Make for yourself an ark of cypress (gopher wood) wood.

Make rooms in the ark, and cover it with pitch inside and out.

The Hebrew word is often understood as bitumen, tar, asphalt

Because of this mention of pitch (a petroleum product) in what most people think is the Middle East, it is said that John D. Rockefeller looked for (and found) oil in that region based on this verse.

This is how you should make it: The ark is to be 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high. ‘’

Make a roof for the ark and finish it, leaving 18 inches from the top.

Put a door in the side of the ark,

Make lower, middle, and upper decks.

The Animals

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.

Of the birds after their kind,

Animals after their kind

Every creeping thing of the earth after its kind, two of every kind will come to you to keep them alive.

And you shall take for yourself of all food that is eaten, and you shall gather it to yourself; and it shall be food for you and for them

Noah’s obedience

He probably at first could not comprehend all the God was telling him to do

But he was obedient

We many not understand everything going on around us - but we need to be obedient to what God commands

The Punishment - Genesis 7:1-24

The punishment for sin is death, separation from God

Think about all the people that helped Noah

Think about the conversations no would have with people as he started with plans for building the boat the ark.

People would be asking why are you doing this what’s going

We’re not near the water

This boat is huge so why.

They have never seen a flood

And I’m guessing that Noah would tell them tell them of God’s judgment coming

Tell them of the destruction of sin and this was to save him and his family from dying in the flood

He would probably tell them about turning against their ways

The conversations he had was ongoing

Sometimes our conversations can fall in deaf ears.

Never stop sharing the gospel I’m telling a people about God’s love and his mercy and his grace.

That’s why we never stop talking about

We are all sinners that need a saviour

Christ died on a cross for us

Put in the tomb

3rd day He rose again

This is the message should never get old and even when it falls upon deaf ears

God’s Invite

(Genesis 7:1) God invites Noah into the ark.

Then the LORD said to Noah, “Come into the ark, you and all your household, because I have seen that you are righteous before Me in this generation.

Come into the ark: The idea is that God was in the ark and would be with Noah in the ark, so He called Noah to come into the ark with Him.

Notice that the Lord did not say to Noah, ‘Go into the ark,’ but ‘Come,’ plainly implying that God was himself in the ark, waiting to receive Noah and his family into the big ship that was to be their place of refuge while all the other people on the face of the earth were drowned.” (Spurgeon)

Noah spent the years before the flood in active obedience. He not only believed God would send the flood; he obeyed what God told him to do in preparation for it.

And the LORD shut him in: Noah did not have to shut the door on anyone’s salvation; God did it. After the same pattern, it is never our job to disqualify people from salvation. If the door is to be shut, let God shut the door.

God kept the door open until the last possible minute, but there came a time when the door had to shut.

Revelation 3:7–8 NKJV

“And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write, ‘These things says He who is holy, He who is true, “He who has the key of David, He who opens and no one shuts, and shuts and no one opens”: “I know your works. See, I have set before you an open door, and no one can shut it;

The ark was salvation for Noah, but condemnation for the world. There were no second chances for those left out.

The cross was salvation for us.

John 3:16–17 NKJV

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.

The Promise - Genesis 9:1–11

“And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth. “

Then God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying,

“Now behold, I Myself do establish My covenant with you, and with your descendants after you; and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you; of all that comes out of the ark, even every beast of the earth. “I establish My covenant with you; and all flesh shall never again be cut off by the water of the flood, neither shall there again be a flood to destroy the earth.”

God promised He would never again destroy all with a flood or cover the earth with a flood. This was a repetition and clarification of the promise God made in Genesis 8:21-22.

Because the blanket of water vapors was released in the flood and the water cycle of the earth changed after the flood, this may be the first occurrence of a rainbow. God used the rainbow as a sign to Noah and all generations that He would be faithful to His covenant.

It shall be for the sign of the covenant between Me and the earth: Every time we see a rainbow, we should remember the faithfulness of God and every one of His promises. He even says His covenant of peace with us is just as sure as His covenant with Noah and all generations.

For this is like the waters of Noah to Me; for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah would no longer cover the earth, so have I sworn that I would not be angry with you, nor rebuke you. For the mountains shall depart and the hills be removed, but My kindness shall not depart from you, nor shall My covenant of peace be removed, says the LORD, who has mercy on you (Isaiah 54:9-10).

I will look on it to remember the everlasting covenant: The other mentions of a rainbow in the Bible are set in the context of God’s enthroned glory (Ezekiel 1:28; Revelation 4:3). If God set a rainbow around his throne, it is impressive that He set so close to Himself a reminder of His promise to man.

God keeps His promises.

God’s word show us that throughout the Bible

Have you seen God’s promises in your life

He would never flood the whole earth again.

He would give Abraham descendants and bless all nations through him.

He would rescue Israel from slavery in Egypt.

He would bring Israel into the Promised Land.

He would send a Messiah/Savior.

He would forgive those who repent.

He would be with His people and not leave them.

He would give peace, help, and strength to those who trust Him.

He would send the Holy Spirit.

He would raise Jesus from the dead.

He would give eternal life to believers.

He would return for His people.

Response time:

As we have seen through this message tonight....

God expects obedience

God has given us a way to have a relationship with Him

God invites us to in, we have to be willing to accept

God keeps His promises

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