Noah: A Man of God
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Genesis 6:5-22
I. Introduction
I. Introduction
What does it take, and what is NOT required, to be a man/woman of God?
II. Humans have a tendency to mess things up.
II. Humans have a tendency to mess things up.
A. Within the first seven chapters of the Bible God’s creation went from perfection to perversion:
A. Within the first seven chapters of the Bible God’s creation went from perfection to perversion:
1. The first sin was committed…disobedience.
1. The first sin was committed…disobedience.
a) Adam and Eve were expelled from the garden.
b) The entire human race is plunged into sin and death.
2. The first lie was told…”Am I my brother’s keeper?”
2. The first lie was told…”Am I my brother’s keeper?”
3. The first murder was committed…over jealousy.
3. The first murder was committed…over jealousy.
B. The idea of stewardship applies to the creation as well as our lives.
B. The idea of stewardship applies to the creation as well as our lives.
1. Man (Adam) was given the duty of cultivating and keeping the Garden of Eden (Gen. 2:15).
1. Man (Adam) was given the duty of cultivating and keeping the Garden of Eden (Gen. 2:15).
a) All the things involved in the care of the garden, Adam was responsible for.
2. Likewise, we have been given the duty of “cultivating” our own lives.
2. Likewise, we have been given the duty of “cultivating” our own lives.
a) I Corinthians 6:19,20
b) This means that we must fill our lives with things that promote physical, but most importantly, spiritual growth.
c) I Corinthians 5:6,7
d) It also means that occasionally we might have to pull some weeds and poison oak.
3. What if your Bible was your cell phone?
3. What if your Bible was your cell phone?
C. How much different was the Earth in Noah’s day from what it is now?
C. How much different was the Earth in Noah’s day from what it is now?
1. Not all that much.
1. Not all that much.
2. Jails and prisons are overflowing, and churches are dying…God’s creation has once again forgotten him.
2. Jails and prisons are overflowing, and churches are dying…God’s creation has once again forgotten him.
a) Sadly, many Christians have forgotten God as well.
b) Who are we to think that judgement will not come?
III. There has to be a monumental change in the way we think as Christians.
III. There has to be a monumental change in the way we think as Christians.
A. We cannot continue to sit in our “comfort zone.”
A. We cannot continue to sit in our “comfort zone.”
1. There are literally billions of people in the world that do not know Christ.
1. There are literally billions of people in the world that do not know Christ.
2. Romans 10:14,15—“How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?”
2. Romans 10:14,15—“How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?”
B. Myths Christians live by:
B. Myths Christians live by:
1. You do NOT have to be “CALLED” to preach!
1. You do NOT have to be “CALLED” to preach!
2. “Judgement won’t come on me.”
2. “Judgement won’t come on me.”
3. “You have to get your life ‘straightened out’ before you can be used by God.”
3. “You have to get your life ‘straightened out’ before you can be used by God.”
a) You will spend your entire life getting it “straightened out,” just let God use you!
b) Then your life will be fixed.
4. “Men/women of God are Super-Christians.”
4. “Men/women of God are Super-Christians.”
a) Romans 4:1—5:2
(1) Abraham was not counted righteous based upon his works (vs. 1-5, 13)
(2) This joy Abraham experienced (that of being righteous in God’s eyes) is available for us as well (vs. 23, 24).
(3) Faith leads to obedience, which leads to joy in Christ, which allows us to endure persecution (vs. 1-2, 3-4)
III. Conclusion
III. Conclusion
You CAN have the same relationship that Noah, Abraham, David, and the other “men of God” had in the Bible. However, it requires a daily devotion to God and a decision to follow God’s will with all your heart, soul, and mind. This is what it means to “walk with God”: to follow closer to his footsteps than you ever could as a human, by trusting and leaning on him.