Sermon Tone Analysis

Genesis 6:11-14

Introduction

The flood is an historical fact

Archeological evidence

Ø      Found in the writings of almost every ancient civilization.

Geological evidence

Biblical evidence

Ø      Jesus said the flood had taken place.

*Matthew 24:37-39 (ESV) *37 As were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

38 For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, 39 and they were unaware until the flood came and swept them all away, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

The Ark is a wonderful object lesson.

The Ark pictures the work of Christ Jesus (1 Peter 3:18-22)

Today we are going to examine how the Ark portrays salvation.

We will examine…

The symbolism of the ship

The salvation through the ship

The security in the ship

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The Symbolism of the Ship

1B.

The substance of the ship – “gopher wood” (cypress) (6:14)

This was indestructible wood.

The wood represents Christ’s humanity

*Isaiah 53:2 (ESV) *2 For he grew up before him like a young plant, and like a root out of dry ground; he had no form or majesty that we should look at him, and no beauty that we should desire him.

2B.

The safety of the ship – “pitch” (6:14)

Noah was to cover it inside and out to make it water tight

“pitch” = /kaphar/, to cover - make (an) atonement (70x)

The pitch reminds us of the blood atonement of Christ.

*Leviticus 17:11 (ESV) *11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it for you on the altar to make atonement for your souls, for it is the blood that makes atonement by the life.

*Romans 5:9 (ESV) *9 Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God.

*1 John 2:2 (ESV) *2 He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.

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The size of the ship – 450 x 75 x 45, 674,000 cubit feet (>56,000 cubic meters) (6:15);

Ample room for all it was intended to carry.

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There is room at the cross for you.

“If every one of you should come to Christ, with real penitence in your hearts, and true belief in him, you would find that there was room enough for you.

That saying is still true, “And yet there is room.”

There is not room enough for a Pharisee, for a man who does not feel himself a sinner, for a hypocrite; no, nor for a formalist; but there is room enough for every convinced sinner under God’s heaven.

Our Redeemer is able to save to the uttermost all that come unto God by him.

He is able to save all of you.

If the Father, who hath sent him, draw you, and you come unto him, doubt not that there is room for you.”

(Spurgeon, /The Parable of the Ark/)

4B.

The shape of the ship – coffin (6:15)

Coffins were made of cypress

Pictures the death of Christ

5B.

The structure of the ship (6:16)

Only one ship (John 14:6)

Only one door

*John 10:7 (ESV) *7 So Jesus again said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.

Only one window

*Colossians 3:2 (ESV) *2 Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.

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The supply for the ship (6:21)

Jesus is all we need.

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The schedule of the ship (8:4)

The Ark landed on the seventeenth day of the seventh month

Ø      Jewish calendar begins in October

Ø      Seventh month is April

Ø      When Jesus died, Passover was the fourteenth day of the seventh month.

Ø      Resurrection was the seventeenth day of the seventh month.

Mount Ararat = Mount of holiness

Jesus stood the storm of God’s wrath and “landed” safely on the 17th day!

Ø      He is our rest!

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The Salvation through the Ship

*The Ark saved Noah – Jesus saves us.

(**Ephesians 2:8-10)*

1B.

We are saved by grace alone.

(6:8)

Salvation is not a reward for the righteous; it is a gift for the guilty.

*Romans 11:6 (ESV) *6 But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace.

2B.

We are saved by grace alone through faith alone.

Noah acted in faith (7:1)

Ø      Not mere intellectual assent

Ø      Not mere temporal faith

3B.

We are saved by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone

*Acts 4:12 (ESV) *12 And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved."

4B.

We are saved to do good works (Ephesians 2:10)

Noah went to work AFTER he got “on board.”

He worked because God had saved him.

I will not work my soul to save; \\ That work my Lord has done.

\\ But, I will work like any slave; \\ For the love of God’s dear Son.

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The Security in the Ship

1B.

It was secure because God purposed it.

God planned the design and the motive for the ship, it was His ship.

The Father purposed our salvation.

*Revelation 13:8 (ESV) *8 and all who dwell on earth will worship it, everyone whose name has not been written before the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb that was slain.

*Acts 2:23-24 (ESV) *23 this Jesus, delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men.

24 God raised him up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it.

2B.

It was secure because by God performed it.