sf766 - The Good Ship Grace (Genesis 6 11-22) - Manuscript
Genesis 6:11-22
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 food had taken place.
Matthew 24:37-39 But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. 38For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, 39 and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.
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
1A. The Symbolism of the Ship
1B. The substance of the ship – “gofer (cypress) wood” (6:14)
This was indestructible wood.
The wood represents Christ’s humanity
Isaiah 53:2 For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant, And as a root out of dry ground. He has no form or comeliness; And when we see Him, There is 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 'For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul.
Romans 5:9 Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him.
1 John 2:2 And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world.
3B. The size of the ship – 674,000 cubit feet (>56,000 cubic meters) (6:15)
Ample room for all it was intended to carry.
There is room at the cross for you.
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)
John 14:6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.
Only one door
John 10:7 “So Jesus said to them again, ‘Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.’”
Only one window
Colossians 3:2 “Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth.”
6B. The supply for the ship (6:21)
Jesus is all we need.
7B. The schedule of the ship (8:4)
The Ark landed on the seventeenth day of the seventh month
Jewish calendar begins in October; Seventh month is April; Passover is the fourteenth day of the seventh month. Resurrection was the seventeenth day of the seventh month.
Mount Ararat = Mount of holiness
Jesus stood the storm of God’s judgement and “landed” safely on the 17th day!
Ø He is our rest!
2A. The Salvation through the Ship
The Ark saved Noah – Jesus saves us.
Ephesians 2:8-10 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; 9 not as a result of works, so that no one may boast. 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.
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 And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.
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 "Nor is there salvation in any other, 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.
3A. 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 … the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
Acts 2:23-24 "Him, being delivered by the determined purpose and foreknowledge of God, you have taken by lawless hands, have crucified, and put to death; 24 whom God raised up, having loosed the pains of death, because it was not possible that He should be held by it.
2B. It was secure because by God performed it. (7:16-24)
The Son purchased our salvation.
1 Corinthians 15:3 For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
2B. It was secure because God was presiding over it. (8:1-12)
The Holy Spirit possesses us in salvation.
Ephesians 1:13 In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,
Application
You do not have to hold out or hold on!
Jesus is the Ark of our salvation!
I bid you with the words of Spurgeon.
“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)
THE GOOD SHIP GRACE
May 10, 1998 - Genesis 6:11-22
1A. The _____________________ of the Ship
1B. The __________ of the ship – “cypress wood” (14)
(Isaiah 53:2 NIV) "He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him."
2B. The _______________ of the ship – “pitch” (14)
(Leviticus 17:11 NIV) "For the life of a creature is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for yourselves on the altar; it is the blood that makes atonement for one's life."
3B. The _______ of the ship – 3 million cubic feet (15)
4B. The ___________ of the ship – coffin (15)
5B. The _______________ of the ship (16)
God controlled the __________.
(John 10:7 NCV) "So Jesus said again, "I tell you the truth, I am the door for the sheep."
Noah controlled the ___________.
(Colossians 3:2 NIV) "Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things."
The _________ ___________ remind us that Christ meets every need of man; body, soul, and spirit.
6B. The ______________ of the ship (21)
7B. The _____________ of the ship (8:4)
It landed on the seventeenth day of the seventh month
Mount Ararat = Mount of holiness
2A. The ____________________ through the Ship
(Ephesians 2:8-10 NIV) "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God-- {9} not by works, so that no one can boast. {10} For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do."
1B. We are saved ________________ grace. (6:8)
(Romans 11:6 NIV) "And if by grace, then it is no longer by works; if it were, grace would no longer be grace."
2B. _________________ faith
(Romans 11:6 NIV) "And if by grace, then it is no longer by works; if it were, grace would no longer be grace."
3B. _______ _______________ good works
3A. The ________________ in the Ship
1B. It was secure because of who _____________ it.
(Revelation 13:8 NIV) "All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast--all whose names have not been written in the book of life belonging to the Lamb that was slain from the creation of the world."
2B. It was secure because of who was _____________ in it. (7:1)
(Genesis 7:1 KJV) "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."
(Matthew 11:28 NIV) ""Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest."
3B. It was secure because of who was ___________ over it. (7:16)
(2 Corinthians 5:17 NIV) "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!"