The Deliverance For Noah

And the Lord said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation. 2 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female. 3 Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth. 4 For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth. 5 And Noah did according unto all that the Lord commanded him. 6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth. 7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood. 8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth, 9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.

7 And the Lord said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation. 2 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female. 3 Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth. 4 For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth. 5 And Noah did according unto all that the Lord commanded him. 6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth. 7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood. 8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth, 9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.

In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah’s wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark; 14 They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort. 15 And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life. 16 And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the Lord shut him in.

10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth. 11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. 12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights. 13 In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah’s wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark; 14 They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort. 15 And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life. 16 And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the Lord shut him in. 17 And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth. 18 And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters. 19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered. 20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered. 21 And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man: 22 All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died. 23 And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark. 24 And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days.

13 In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah’s wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark; 14 They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort. 15 And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life. 16 And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the Lord shut him in.

Intro. God provided for the deliverance of Noah from the judgment of the flood. IE have looked at the duty that was given to Noah to help prepare and provide for the deliverance. In this chapter, we will look at some of the factors involved in the accomplishing of this deliverance. While the flood, from which Noah is being delivered, has not come yet, the deliverance has already begun. Of necessity, the deliverance from the flood must begins before the flood judgment comes to the earth.

In the passage we just read we saw the deliverance for Noah, it is now time for Noah to get on board the ark for his deliverance. From our text about this deliverance for Noah, we will consider the summons for deliverance (), the submission for deliverance (, ), and the security in deliverance ().

Butler, J. G. (2007). Noah: The Ark Builder (Vol. Number Twenty-Three, p. 65). Clinton, IA: LBC Publications.

The Summons For The Deliverance-Everything we have seen Noah do to this point has been at the command of God, getting on the ark is no different.

The compassion in the summons

“The Lord said unto Noah, Come … into the ark”-

The use of the word, “Come” is a compassionate term, not a harsh directive.

Butler, J. G. (2007). Noah: The Ark Builder (Vol. Number Twenty-Three, p. 66). Clinton, IA: LBC Publications.

God’s compassion has preceded His judgement for the lat 120 years. Man has a habit of seeing God has cruel, and harsh when He judges, but that is because man refuses to see the 120 years of compassion that preceded God’s action.

God beckons Noah onto the ark and out of the path of judgment.

God is beckoning you and I this morning onto the ark and out of the path of His judgment.

The companionship in the summons

“Come”-

“Come” ()

The fact that God tells Noah to “come” “into the ark” is significant because it indicates that in the ark is where God is...

tells us Noah “walked with God” and thus God would sail with Noah.

When we we walk with God we, too, can hear the voice of God summon us to “come” to Him and out of the path of judgment.

The conduct for the summons

“For thee I have seen righteous before me in this generation” ()

Grace which we see in “Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord”- precedes Noah’s righteousness.

Butler, J. G. (2007). Noah: The Ark Builder (Vol. Number Twenty-Three, p. 66). Clinton, IA: LBC Publications.

“Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord” ()

Noah’s righteousness becomes the foundation of God’s summons to avoid judgment.

We see this conduct in a few headings

Butler, J. G. (2007). Noah: The Ark Builder (Vol. Number Twenty-Three, p. 66). Clinton, IA: LBC Publications.

The purity of his conduct.

“Thee have I seen righteous”-

This is not the natural conduct of men in any generation, and certainly not in Noah’s generation. They were not righteous by any stretch of the imagination, and they were quite satisfied by their unrighteousness.

It is not popular to be righteous today, and we are solicited on every hand to unrighteous conduct. The world continually beckons us to drink, smoke, gamble, cheat, steal, lie, be immoral, abort, and do a host of other evils.-John Butler

It is not popular to be righteous today, and we are solicited on every hand to unrighteous conduct. The world continually beckons us to drink, smoke, gamble, cheat, steal, lie, be immoral, abort, and do a host of other evils.

We are seldom if ever encouraged to be righteous in our day in age and our response to be encouraged to be righteous reveals our spiritual condition.

Butler, J. G. (2007). Noah: The Ark Builder (Vol. Number Twenty-Three, p. 67). Clinton, IA: LBC Publications.

Most people do not want Noah a “preacher of righteousness”-- standing in their pulpits. Tone it down, dial it back.

“preacher of righteousness” ()

Few and far between are these preachers of righteousness.

The perceiving of his conduct

Butler, J. G. (2007). Noah: The Ark Builder (Vol. Number Twenty-Three, p. 67). Clinton, IA: LBC Publications.

Noah: The Ark Builder 3. The Conduct for the Summons

“I have seen.”

“I have seen.”-

“I have seen.”

God saw Noah’s righteous conduct.

We often become discouraged and wonder if God sees our attempts to live holy.

The majority if not all of our spiritual life is lived in private or at-least in ways that cannot be seen or acknowledged by others.

But God sees, we need to be faithful to Him and bring Him honor and glory at all times. God never misses a moment, and one day your righteous conduct will be recognized by God.

The proof of his conduct

“Before men”-

The proof that Noah was living a righteous life is not because others hated him, but because God acknowledged his righteousness.

Just because our friends, co-workers, or family members think we are righteous doesn’t count. What matters is what God knows of our righteousness.

The place of his conduct

“In this generation”-

We spoke about this previously, but just to quickly revisit, Noah lived righteously in the most unrighteous generation in history.

The concept of “I am not as bad as” or Everybody is doing it” will not hold water with God.

When we make excuses for our unrighteousness we show our weakness and lack of dedication to righteousness. We need to stand in our generation for what is right.

The priority of his conduct

“For thee have I seen righteous.”-

“For thee have I seen righteous.”

God places a high priority of righteousness. It was God’s grace, and Noah’s righteousness in response that caught God’s attention. and for lack of a better way of putting it, qualified Noah for the ark.

Butler, J. G. (2007). Noah: The Ark Builder (Vol. Number Twenty-Three, p. 68). Clinton, IA: LBC Publications.

Culture/Society doesn’t honor righteousness, they honor sports achievement, business accolades, school honor rolls, and anything and everything, but righteousness.

Our churches follow society instead of mirroring heaven. On mother’s day we hand our flowers to the mother with the most children, despite the number of fathers in or out of marriage, or the newest mother, or oldest mother, but what about the most righteous mother; students are recognized for the academic achievements, but not righteousness;.

We bring in guest speakers who are famous for sports, politics or even Miss America and ignore the fact that they dipped their standards in to an unrighteous world, while at the same time ignoring guest speakers who represent righteousness well.

Homeruns, points, touchdowns, finances, popularity, political status, or any other achievement mean nothing to God, are you living righteous that is what matters.

“He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city” -

If you can rule your temperament with righteousness you are better than a conqueror

“He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city” ().

Noah was a world class bot builder, a logistical genius, and a great public speaker, but none of these achievements got Noah on the boat. His righteousness is what God was concerned with.

Butler, J. G. (2007). Noah: The Ark Builder (Vol. Number Twenty-Three, p. 69). Clinton, IA: LBC Publications.

Righteousness is not the path to salvation in the age of grace, but it is the path from salvation in the age of grace.

The crowd for the summons

“And all thy house … of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens … of beasts that are not clean by two … Of fowls also”-

Butler, J. G. (2007). Noah: The Ark Builder (Vol. Number Twenty-Three, p. 69). Clinton, IA: LBC Publications.

The member’s of Noah’s family

Noah’s crowning achievement is that his family followed him onto the ark.

Noah took them onto the ark which means Noah led the way. He didn’t send them onto the ark.

Sending your children to church isn’t going to cut it, sending others to church isn’t going to cut it either.

If we want to see our families and our communities saved from the wrath to come we must lead them onto the ark.

The menagerie of animals

We have covered this in our previous message

The cautioning in the summons-Noah was warned that delay would be disastrous

“For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth”-

“For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth” ().

The days in the cautioning

“For yet seven days.”

Butler, J. G. (2007). Noah: The Ark Builder (Vol. Number Twenty-Three, p. 71). Clinton, IA: LBC Publications.

God tells Noah he has seven days before the flood will come.

God does not often tell us precisely how much time we have.

When God speaks we should obey immediately. No one was ever improved spiritually, or in matters of dedication or achievements by procrastination, nor will you.

The downpour in the cautioning

“I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights.”

“I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights.”

The Director of the downpour

Butler, J. G. (2007). Noah: The Ark Builder (Vol. Number Twenty-Three, p. 72). Clinton, IA: LBC Publications.

“I will cause”

God caused the flood when He wanted, and how He wanted.

The world has a problem with the flood because they remove God from the equation. When you put God in His proper place it brings into alignment all of history.

The debut of the downpour

“Rain”-

Rain was new concept. God had watered the earth via mist that rose up from the ground-

The world, of course, did not believe it would rain or be flooded. They believed in uniformitarianism and rejected any great change as an impossibility. Much of the world today is the same way. They believe in uniformitarianism, which is a geological belief that existing processes acting the same way as at the present time are sufficient to account for all geological changes. They do not believe in cataclysmic events or judgments though these things are all about us in every age. Therefore they try to explain the Grand Canyon as a wearing down of the ground by the running of the Rio Grande River over millions of years. The stupidity of this thinking is colossal. Furthermore, these uniformitarians have to invent some cataclysmic event in order to account for fossils, for fossils are not formed except by such an event. So uniformitarianism is not only an unsatisfactory way of explaining the world’s geological condition, but it also creates a lot of hypocrites among its adherents.-John Butler

Furthermore, these uniformitarians have to invent some cataclysmic event in order to account for fossils, for fossils are not formed except by such an event. So uniformitarianism is not only an unsatisfactory way of explaining the world’s geological condition, but it also creates a lot of hypocrites among its adherents.

The world, of course, did not believe it would rain or be flooded. They believed in uniformitarianism and rejected any great change as an impossibility. Much of the world today is the same way. They believe in uniformitarianism, which is a geological belief that existing processes acting the same way as at the present time are sufficient to account for all geological changes. They do not believe in cataclysmic events or judgments though these things are all about us in every age. Therefore they try to explain the Grand Canyon as a wearing down of the ground by the running of the Rio Grande River over millions of years. The stupidity of this thinking is colossal.

Butler, J. G. (2007). Noah: The Ark Builder (Vol. Number Twenty-Three, p. 73). Clinton, IA: LBC Publications. -John Butler

The days of the downpour

Butler, J. G. (2007). Noah: The Ark Builder (Vol. Number Twenty-Three, pp. 72–73). Clinton, IA: LBC Publications.

“I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights.”-

It doesn’t take many days of continuous rain to flood certain areas. Forty days of rain worldwide would no doubt cause a worldwide flood, but “the fountains of the great deep [were] broken up, and windows of heaven were opened” (), which also helped to flood the earth.

Butler, J. G. (2007). Noah: The Ark Builder (Vol. Number Twenty-Three, p. 73). Clinton, IA: LBC Publications.

The destruction in the cautioning

but “the fountains of the great deep [were] broken up, and windows of heaven were opened” (), which also helped to flood the earth.

“Every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.”-

The great destruction brought by the flood should cause us concern when we consider the great unrighteousness in our present society.

Butler, J. G. (2007). Noah: The Ark Builder (Vol. Number Twenty-Three, p. 73). Clinton, IA: LBC Publications.

Butler, J. G. (2007). Noah: The Ark Builder (Vol. Number Twenty-Three, p. 73). Clinton, IA: LBC Publications.

We make sin legal by legislation , but legislation will not be an excuse when we stand before God.

God’s judgment on people and places of great sin are not a thing of the past. God still judges today and will judges in the future.

But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. 11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,

10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. 11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,

Our world is ripe for a judgment today.