Noah Found Grace

of the scripture and we began with creation and we went to the fall and tonight we're going to talk about the flood but before we do that we get to do something else a little fun okay and so through the summers here we have sword drills on wednesday nights and and so we're going to have opportunity here before as we go into the lesson and so we're going to uh let's see where should we divide it tonight should it be uh 25 and up or 25 below Tim below

you know what direction you're heading all right so if you're 25 or older or 24 and younger so if you're 24 and 364 days you're still in the 24 zone okay i know how kids work you know it's like you always got to count that in there but uh we're going to have a few bible drills here and see who comes out on top and so if you got your bibles ready what do we do we make sure we have our bibles up grab them home by the spine and get them up in the air and i'm going to tell you the verse

i'm going to give you the address of it and then we'll repeat it together and i will say go okay and when you get it you stand up all right and then i will call upon you to read all right that's the way we're going to do it so let's go ahead and do this together here we go let's see who's me really fast tonight genesis 6 5 go darren over here

amen all right everybody ready all right bibles up get your bible up where you go here's another one we got second peter

two five we're at second peter two five go there's jared

all right so the 25 and above got two man we gotta get some speedier kids in here

must have the speedy ones at camp yet all right everybody get your bibles up and we'll go ahead and go for the next one here this one should be a little more challenging here let's go to isaiah 54 9 we're at go april

this is as the waters of noah to me for as i asked for art that the waters of noah should know more

but over the earth so i like for art that i would not be for god to be for me

all right good job all right here we go bibles up everybody ready here we go

hebrews 11 7 we're at our villa's over here trying to get a head start

okay go cindy

all right

next one everybody darren's over here anxious man he's all right here we go next one's all ready to go

here genesis 6 8 are you ready cindy

go darren

all right noah found grace in the eyes of the lord all right next one here baby bibles up

here we go all right first peter 320 we're at we're at

go and

amen

amen all right bibles up

we'll go ahead and go to another one here matthew the book of matthew 24 37

matthew 24 37 we're at

go

ron

you didn't have your glasses on do you

all right

yeah you didn't grab the spanish bible from the back this time

all right bibles up here we go we got a few more to go

all right john 10 9 we're at

go joe

got the under 25s getting represented

i am the door

i am the door

by me if any man enter in

shall be saved

shall go in and out

all right amen

all right two more

what got another one let's see if the 25 and under can keep cruising here on their thing

all right let's go ahead and

go here psalm 29 10 we're at

go cindy

all right last one here we go

what's up with that back row is that you guys gonna get this

all right here's your one

all right you gotta pull off the back row's gotta pull one off here okay

all right here we go

luke 17 27

we're at

trying to get a false start there or what

all right luke 17 27

go darren

amen

all right you guys gonna take teens on up tonight or hang out here

all right we'll go and dismiss the

teens on up to class here tonight and rest you can take your bibles go over to genesis

genesis chapter 6 you should have a pretty good idea where we're heading tonight

Genesis 6 · chapter mention

as we're going to be talking about the flood

when we're going to be talking about

uh noah and uh some of the things of it you know sometimes i think it's good

and one reason we're doing this is it's good to go

over these lessons because the foundational truths

of scripture are not just for little kids

you know we need to understand the foundations as adults

and understand the priority and the importance

of what's happening here and so we know

as we talked about last time we talked about creation

and we talk about how man corrupted himself

in the fall and we understand that sin

came into the world

and death by sin and we see

that taking place

and we know that as the world population grew

that sin

began to spread

faster

and faster

you know by the days of noah the world was so corrupt

that the bible tells us that it grieved god's heart

you know

have you ever had something that you put a lot of effort into

and then it be and then it got distorted or twisted or taken

away differently than what you intended

you know when you think about the world that's exactly the world in which we live in

god created the world and it said it was very good

and he created this earth for us

he created it and made it for us but it grieved god's heart

and so god decides he's going to judge the earth

and the method of judgment is going to be a flood

but we're going to learn tonight there was one man

that the bible talks specifically of that finds grace in the eyes of the lord

we're going to see here that grace

that god gives leads to salvation

and we're going to see how god works through this tonight

and the importance of it because i think sometimes we can get so caught up in the idea of the flood

you know a lot of times we can spend a lot of time arguing with people about the flood

you know did it happen what's the signal you know what's this and what does the earth layer mean here and all that's good stuff

but i want you to understand the flood itself the water itself wasn't the important dynamic that took place

the important dynamic is that god provided a way of salvation

just as he does for us today

and we're going to see here that god's going to save noah and his family

and the animals

through commanding him to build an ark

something that had never been built before

you know

how many build like to build things

you know when you build things

is it easier if you have detailed instructions

or you just have to think about the top of your head

yeah detailed instructions help a lot

but what if it's something you've never seen before

and all you have is the instructions

that gets to be when there's no actual picture of it

that's a little more challenging isn't it

that's where we're going to find noah tonight

when god commands him

to build an ark

an ark hadn't been needed

you know when you think about there had not been rain upon the face of the earth

and they didn't understand what a flood was

they didn't understand any of these things

and here god's going to tell

noah to build an ark

for the saving of his family

and because you know

when we understand something very important tonight

because the two elements we're going to look at here with noah

are this

one we're going to learn one thing

that god is holy

in order to be holy

he must hold people to account

there has to be judgment

there has to be accountability

you know today you'll hear a lot of people talk about god

as holy

but as a god who doesn't hold to account

and i'm like those two aren't equal

you cannot be holy and pure and just

if you don't hold evil to account

if you don't take judgment upon sin

but we learn also

not only is god holy

but god's also gracious

and god provides a way of salvation

we're going to see this tonight

as we walk through

here a little bit

on some of the things here quickly

about noah

and so if you found

genesis chapter 6 here tonight

Genesis 6 · chapter mention

i want you to

see or look down at verse 8

this is where we're going to pick up here tonight

and we're going to see this

as we find

as the bible tells this

it says that

noah found grace

in the eyes

of the lord

noah found grace

in the eyes

of the lord

you know i wanted to let you know

that tonight

we can say the same thing

if you're here tonight

and you're saved

you found grace

in god's eyes

god's grace

extends to everybody

there's people outside

there may be lost people

here tonight

i don't know

all the details

of somebody's heart

but you know what

god's grace

extends to everybody

the opportunity

of salvation

but the question is

what do you do with it

i want you to see

we find that god

that noah found grace

in the eyes of the lord

as we're going to walk through tonight

i want you to see

something important

that god still

bestowed mercy

and grace

upon all the people

that died in the flood

because we're going to look here

how god

how that works through

but let's

take a look up here

a couple of verses

here

and it tells us

in verse 3

and it says

and the lord said

my spirit

shall not always

strive with man

for that he

is also

also his flesh

yet his days

shall be a hundred

and twenty years

and verse 5

says

and god saw

the wickedness

as man was great

in the earth

and that every imagination

of the thoughts

of his heart

was only evil

continually

you know

now i think you can look

around the world today

do we have a problem

with evil

i mean people

and are prevalent

of evil

it's just like

i tell people

all the time

you don't have to

teach somebody

to do evil

we just find ways

to do evil

i mean evil

flows naturally

you don't have to

teach a kid

to be a sinner

they're a sinner

by birth

you know

they understand

how to be selfish

you don't have to

teach them to be selfish

you know

there's things

that by nature

we are

when we conceive

all forms

of evil

and god

sees the wickedness

and now

notice this

it wasn't just

the outward

but also

in verse 5

there

that the very

imagination

of the thoughts

of his heart

was only evil

continually

you know

that's a description

of even the world

today

but i want you

to understand

god recorded this

for our learning

and for our understanding

because a lot of people

today say

god's not going to

hold people to account

you know

i just listened

to a little

youtube clip

here earlier

this week

and some

lady

young lady

was on there

and she said

i don't believe

god's going to

send anybody

to hell

and then she's like

if there is a hell

i'll go there

with my friends

and it's just like

that's a sad

state of affairs

but you know

what there's evil

in their heart

continually

that's very clear

as we look

through this

but i want you

to see

that's the cause

of the judgment

because god

takes sin

very seriously

you know

one of the things

i think we lose

sight of

is god

takes sin

seriously

the account

here with noah

reminds us

that god

even though

he might be

merciful

he might be

gracious

he's loving

there comes a time

when god

has to hold

to account

god will always

hold to account

and we find

here the reason

for the flood

you know

look down

in verse 11

here

as god

speaking here

to us

and he says

this in verse 11

and the earth

was also

was corrupt

before god

and the earth

was filled

with violence

and the lord

looked upon the earth

and beheld

it was corrupt

all flesh

had corrupted

his way

upon

the earth

now think about

how he's describing

he says what

it's corrupt

and filled

with what

violence

you know

sin

always

corrupts

and sin

always

leads

to violence

because it's

violating

somebody else

it's violating

god

when we

understand

what's taking

place here

in this

and we find

here that god

announces

look at verse 13

and god

said unto

noah

the end

of all

flesh

has come

before me

for the earth

is filled

with violence

through them

and behold

i will destroy

them with

the earth

now i want

you to see

here that

and we need

to understand

that often times

we read this

and we fail

to look at

timelines

you know

one of the

things i always

encourage you

when you study

your bible

ask about

time

because time

is important

because we

found up

in verse

three

that god

said he's

going to

give them

120 more

years

now

most of

the time

we don't

equate this

but you know

take a look

over into the

book of

jude for a

moment

jude chapter

jude chapter

one

if you get

to jude

chapter two

you got the

wrong book

look down

at verse

14

somebody stand

up and read

that quick

tonight

there

yeah here

we have

enoch

you know

when we

read genesis

chapter five

sometimes we

don't always

put things

together

do you realize

that enoch

was alive

when noah

was alive

i want you

to understand

the picture

that's crossed

over here

is the fact

that noah

wasn't the

only preacher

of righteousness

he wasn't

the only

one declaring

that there

was going

to be

judgment

god had

been for

generations

before this

declaring the

reality of

accountability

and when we

look and see

what god is

doing

you know

when we

understand

that the

lord is

not without

mercy

god

this is

120 years

but there

was 300

years plus

before this

and we know

that before

that there

was others

all the way

from adam

that declared

what god

who god

is and

what god

is going

to do

so it

wasn't a

matter of

ignorance

it was a

matter of

ignoring

you know

when we

understand

the picture

here that

god gives

god is

being merciful

by still

giving them

more opportunity

to repent

and to turn

to him

you know

we read

verse earlier

in our sword drill

matthew

Matthew 24 · chapter mention

chapter 24

and verse 37

you know

where the bible

says this

but as the

days of noah

were so shall

also the

coming of

the son

of man

be

you know

what

what we

see in

noah's

day

evil

continually

the earth

filled with

violence

people promoting

violence

you know

i'm not sure

how much longer

god's going to

hold his

judgment

when we

see what's

happening

what's happening

in the world

around us

you know

when we

understand

the picture

that god

is working

in and

through

these things

you know

look over

to luke

Luke 17 · chapter mention

chapter 17

there

luke 17

because this

is what

jesus is

describing

this here

also recorded

in luke 17

if you look

down in verse

27

and notice

what it is

i mean

because it's

just like today

there's evil

and violence

and people are

saying well

who's god

and why

should i care

notice what

it says

in verse 27

they did eat

they drank

they married

wives

they were

given in

marriage

until the

day that

noah entered

into the ark

and the flood

came and

destroyed them

all

you know

sometimes we

get the idea

that well

god's never

going to hold

people to

account

the flood

account reminds

us of

god is a

holy god

he might be

merciful

and gracious

and loving

but when we

over emphasize

his love

over his

holiness

we got to

remember both

those are

equally true

by allowing

us to have

an opportunity

to come to

him you know

what god's

saying i'm

being loving

i'm doing

all i can

to make

give you an

opportunity

but we find

that grace

finds even

those who

are undeserving

you know

if you know

the lord

is savior

you know

that you're

not deserving

of his

salvation

he didn't

come and

pick you

because well

look at them

they're so

good

you know

the lord

didn't pick

me out of

the crowd

says i got

that raymond

guy he's

all right i'm

gonna pick him

exactly the

opposite i was

not worthy

i did not

deserve but

god is

gracious you

know we

find that

noah found

grace in

the eyes of

the lord you

know that's

really the

hinge of the

whole account

when it comes

to the flood

is the fact

that even

though god is

going to hold

to account god

also gives

man an

opportunity and

a responsibility

to walk

before him

now let's

take a look

here for a

moment as we

look at

noah because

we see here

that noah

had god's

righteousness the

same thing we

have today

given to us it

was not because

of who noah

was that made

him righteous

but because of

his faith as

we find mentioned

here in the new

testament a little

later that we'll

look at and we

find here in

verse 9 it

says and these

are the generations

of noah noah

was a just man

and perfect in his

generations and

noah walked

with god

now i want you

to understand

that noah this

word perfect here

doesn't mean

sinless

that's another

confusing thing

because perfect

here means that

he was complete

that he was

upright that he

was trying to

do and

understanding who

god is you

know it doesn't

mean that he

was without sin

but it means he

tried to walk in

integrity and

was upright in

other words he

recognized who

god is and he

recognized what

sin is because

that's the essential

elements that we

have today that if

you don't understand

what sin is you

can't be saved

sin and the

understanding of it

is important we

find that noah

walked with god in

other words he

walked with the

fear and reverence

of god he

understood that god

was going to hold

to account you

know when we

see here that

noah does this

and we notice as

god tells him

let's go ahead and

look over here to

in a chapter 9

verse 14 here

god tells him

here he says and

make thee an ark

of gopher wood

rooms within thou

shall make in the

ark and shall pitch

it within without

with pitch and

and this is the

fashion which shall

make it of the

length of the ark

shall be 300

cubits and the

breadth of it 50

cubits and the

height of it 30

cubits and a

window thou shall

make to the ark

in the cubits

shall thou finish

it above and the

door of the ark

thou shall set in

the side thereof

with the lower

second and third

stories shall thou

make it you know

all the guys who've

had wives it says

amen there's only

one window to

decorate you know

but we find here he

gives them the

dimensions he gives

them those things

you know and he

says this behold

even I do bring a

flood of water upon

the earth to

destroy all flesh

wherein is the

breath of life from

under heaven and

everything that is in

the earth shall die

and with thee will

I establish my

covenant and it

shall come into the

ark thou and thy

sons and thy wife

and thy sons wives

with thee and of

every living thing

of the flesh two of

every sort shall

be bring into the

ark to keep them

alive with thee and

that shall be male

and female and

these biology lesson

for today right

that's how that

works of the

fowls after their

kind of the cattle

after their kind

every creeping thing

of the earth

after its kind

two of every

sort shall come

in to keep them

alive and now

unto thee of all

food that is eaten

thou shalt be

gathered into thee

and it shall be

for food for thee

and for them

and thus did

Noah according to

all that God

commanded him

so did he

you know I want

you to see here

God comes to

Noah he found

grace in the

eyes of the

Lord you know

the Bible says

he was a

righteous man

in other words

in the midst

of a perverse

generation

Noah's trying

to live right

you know

if you're a

believer today

it's a challenge

to live right

in a generation

that's perpetually

evil

but I want to

help you understand

it's nothing new

you know we're

not special

we're not facing

something harder

than any other

generation

but it's a

question of

whom are you

going to serve

and to grab

a hold of

that is an

expression of

faith

you know look

over to

Hebrews chapter

Hebrews 11 · chapter mention

11

Hebrews chapter

Hebrews 11 · chapter mention

11 we read

this during the

sword drill here

but I want to

get your attention

to this because

this is important

in this aspect

you know look

down at verse

7

notice chapter

Hebrews chapter

Hebrews 11 · chapter mention

11 is known

for what it's a

chapter about

what about

faith

about faith

how do you

trust God

it says

by faith

Noah

being warned

of God

of things

not seen

as yet

you know

that's an

important statement

we just read

all the directions

that God gave

to Noah

and God

told Noah

what was going

to happen

and Noah's

got to build

something that

there's nothing

else like it

he didn't have

an example

or an idea

he couldn't

google it

you know he

couldn't ask

AI to generate

something for him

he had to take

the description

that God gave

and I believe

God gave him

insight

into how to

understand

how to build

and to put

that all

together

to put those

things in the

right way

but notice what

it says

being warned

of God

of things

not seen

as yet

moved with

fear

and what

was he

moved

what was

his actions

God told

him to do

something

and he

did it

he took

action upon

what he

knew

you know

that's important

to understand

because he

prepared an ark

to the saving

of his house

by which he

condemned the

world and

became heirs

of righteousness

which is by

faith

now that

verse is

important because

I want you

to understand

faith saves

us

faith is

what but

when you

have faith

faith will

always lead

you in a

direction

it will

guide you

and direct

the choices

that you

make

you know

that's what

most of the

book of

James is

about

James is

a very

practical

book and

he says

if you

have faith

it ought

to be

seen

by the

choices

and decisions

that you're

making

you know

often times

today we

hear a lot

about faith

don't we

I have

faith

I have

great faith

you need

more faith

you know

sometimes I

think it's

more important

when we

realize that

we need to

have faith

but faith

that moves

us

not faith

that's

intellectual

faith that

motivates you

to take a

course of

action

directed by

God

according to

his word

you know

when we

have what

God has

given to

us

and we

find here

that Noah

walked in

this perverse

among

perverse

people

yet he

had faith

in the

Lord

living in

light of

eternity

in other

words

Noah had

to live

the same

way we

had to

live today

we have

to live

in light

of what's

coming

and what

God has

commanded

what God

has told

us

to live

in light

of eternity

you know

and we

find here

that as

Noah builds

the ark

and all

this

look down

to verse

16 of

chapter 7

because Noah

gathers all

this in

the seven

of the clean

animals

and there's

a reason

for that

too

because we'll

find a little

later that

some of them

are sacrificed

when they got

off the ark

so God

told them

to bring

some extras

God

commands

him to

do all

this

he gets

everybody

ready

and it

still hasn't

rained

now sometimes

I think

that Noah

was that

crazy neighbor

on the block

you know the

one that's just

a little strange

and you're

going what is

wrong with

them

now you think

about this

you know I

don't think

the HOA

was probably

happy that he's

building an ark

this size in the

backyard

he probably had

some complaints

you ruined

my view

you know we

don't know

all that

for sure

but we

understand

that's

people are

people

and here

Noah

God tells

him to

get in

the ark

he does

all that

God tells

him to

do

and look

at verse

16

and they

went in

went in

male and

female of

all flesh

as God

had commanded

him

and then

notice that

next word

and the

Lord

shut

him

in

you know

this picture

of the door

we're going to

talk about

in just a

minute

because you

ever thought

about something

who sealed

the door

God

sealed

the door

the rest

of the ark

was covered

with pitch

but there's

still a crack

and God

sealed them

in

you know

what it's a

great picture

of even what

the Holy Spirit

does to us

today

the Bible

tells us

that we are

sealed

by the Holy

Spirit

we're

secure

you know

what made

Noah

and his

family

secure

the

sealing

of God

upon the

ark

you know

what

he could

have done

a great

job

on the

rest

of the

ark

but if

God

didn't

shut

him

in

and

seal

the

door

the

boat

was

going

down

God

makes

the

difference

they

went

in

they

trusted

the

Lord

you know

the

ark

is

the

only

way

that

was

provided

through

judgment

and

God

had

to

shut

them

seal

them

in

to

that

you know

today

at

salvation

we are

sealed

with the

Holy

Spirit

of

promise

when

we

call

upon

Jesus

by

faith

in

his

finished

work

Jesus

is

the

only

way

through

judgment

he

is

the

only

way

that

we

get

to

the

other

side

you

know

think

about

go

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we

find

here

it

says

but

God

who

is

rich

in

mercy

for

his

great

love

wherewith

he

loved

us

even

when

we

were

dead

in

sins

hath

quickened

us

together

with

Christ

by

grace

you

are

saved

and

hath

raised

us

up

together

and

made

us

sit

together

in

heavenly

places

in

Christ

Jesus

then

the

ages

to

come

might

show

the

exceeding

riches

of his

grace

and his

kindness

toward us

through

Christ

Jesus

for

by

grace

are

ye

saved

through

faith

how

was

Noah

saved

by

faith

he had

to

trust

what

God

had

told

him

trusting

God's

instruction

you know

what God

instructs

us

today

to

call

upon

the

name

of

the

Lord

to

be

saved

to

recognize

who

he

is

and

to

call

upon

him

now

notice

as it

goes

on

that

in

the

ages

!

You know

we see

this

picture

throughout

that the

ark

was the

place

of

God's

redemption

and

God's

salvation

that is

the picture

of the

flood

like I said

there's a lot

of things

with the

flood

but you

know

the main

core

of this

isn't

about

what took

place

in judgment

it was

about

God's

grace

and his

mercy

and his

salvation

today

we know

God's

judgment's

coming

but we

need to

keep

sight

on

God's

salvation

God's

provision

what he's

given to

us

God's

salvation

because

we're

going to

see here

that the

ark

brought

them

through

a new

beginning

in the

start of

the

noetic

covenant

you know

look what

happens

they go

into the

ark

they are

in there

for almost

a year

all

together

by the

time they

actually

finally get

out

you know

when he

finally sends

the dove

out

and the

dove

doesn't

return

you know

if you

read

through

there's

many

days

and

different

things

there

with

that

and we

find

that

they

finally

the dove

doesn't

return

and

Noah

and his

family

get out

of the

ark

God

tells

them

it's

okay

verse

15

of

chapter

8

and

God

spake

unto

Noah

saying

go

forth

of

the

ark

thou

and thy

wife

and thy

sons

and thy

sons

wives

with thee

bring

forth

with thee

every

living

thing

that

is

with

thee

of

all

flesh

both

of

fowls

and of

cattle

and of

every

creeping

thing

that

creepeth

upon

the

earth

that

they

may

breed

abundantly

!

Now notice

verse 21

And the

Lord

smelled

a sweet

savor

and the

Lord

said in

his

heart

I

will

not

again

curse

the

ground

anymore

for

man

sake

for

the

imagination

of

man's

heart

is

evil

from

his

youth

neither

will

I

again

smite

any

more

anything

living

as

I

have

done

while

the

earth

remain

as

seed

time

and

harvest

and

cold

and

heat

and

summer

and

winter

and

day

and

night

shall

not

cease

you know

I want

you to

see

here

that

Noah

what

was

his

first

thing

he

did

when

he

!

out

of

the

ark

he

worshiped

the

Lord

he

went

and

he

made

a

sacrifice

unto

the

Lord

and

we

find

that

God

makes

a

promise

he

says

hey

I'm

never

again

going

to

hold

judgment

upon

the

earth

by a

flood

he

says

while

the

earth

remain

as

seed

time

and

harm

us

he

says

it's

not