1 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:03,040 Welcome to the Illuminate Church podcast. 2 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:05,640 We hope today's message is encouraging to you. 3 00:00:08,119 --> 00:00:10,880 Everyone's favorite subject in the scriptures. 4 00:00:11,480 --> 00:00:13,200 Is the flood and what has happened so if you have. 5 00:00:13,200 --> 00:00:15,040 Your Bibles, we're going to be in Genesis chapter 6. 6 00:00:15,040 --> 00:00:17,240 If you need a Bible, just raise your hand and 1:00 will be 7 00:00:17,240 --> 00:00:18,880 brought to you. If you're watching online, we 8 00:00:18,880 --> 00:00:21,120 say good morning to you and welcome if you're brand new. 9 00:00:21,120 --> 00:00:23,520 Here today your first time then. Welcome to you. 10 00:00:23,520 --> 00:00:26,000 I want to say hi to my new friends Toby and Pam. 11 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:27,680 Good to see you, Toby and Pam back there. 12 00:00:27,880 --> 00:00:32,840 Hello, I met them before service. 2 lovely ladies, great 13 00:00:32,840 --> 00:00:35,760 people, a mother and a daughter coming to church together. 14 00:00:36,720 --> 00:00:37,200 Amen. I'm. 15 00:00:39,880 --> 00:00:41,560 Going to say that again so you can respond even. 16 00:00:41,560 --> 00:00:43,520 Better a mother and a daughter coming to. 17 00:00:43,520 --> 00:00:49,040 Church together. Hallelujah. 18 00:00:49,040 --> 00:00:50,720 Well, I have. A question that kind of frames 19 00:00:50,720 --> 00:00:54,000 today that I want you to start considering as we enter into the 20 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:57,320 story of Noah in our journey through Genesis. 21 00:00:58,840 --> 00:01:04,640 When is something too far gone to be considered useful anymore? 22 00:01:06,960 --> 00:01:11,640 Or. When is someone too far gone? 23 00:01:12,560 --> 00:01:14,080 To be considered useful anymore when? 24 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:19,320 Is a dream too far gone? When is a relationship too far 25 00:01:19,320 --> 00:01:23,960 gone that it's not? Considered useful any longer? 26 00:01:23,960 --> 00:01:25,960 You know, in America, this is what we do. 27 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:27,760 We toss. Out what other people? 28 00:01:28,440 --> 00:01:31,920 Repurpose other. People in other countries. 29 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:34,280 They. Repurpose things that we toss 30 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:35,760 out. They make them useful Again. 31 00:01:35,760 --> 00:01:37,680 I've been to many countries. Maybe you have to have been to 32 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:38,920 Kenya. Uganda. 33 00:01:39,640 --> 00:01:41,520 I've been a bunch of countries, but I'm talking about the ones 34 00:01:41,520 --> 00:01:43,280 where I've seen what we throw out. 35 00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:47,400 Other people use Peru, Nicaragua, the Bahamas. 36 00:01:48,480 --> 00:01:51,640 And what you find in our trash dumps, you find in the building 37 00:01:51,640 --> 00:01:54,640 blocks of their homes, their churches, and their. 38 00:01:54,640 --> 00:01:58,440 Schools. And we just take it to the dump. 39 00:02:02,680 --> 00:02:04,640 We toss out the trash, other people repurpose it. 40 00:02:04,960 --> 00:02:07,840 I think today's. Message I could boil down to 41 00:02:07,840 --> 00:02:10,240 this God is not like the Americans. 42 00:02:11,520 --> 00:02:14,840 He is like the. Other people, for he does not 43 00:02:15,040 --> 00:02:18,240 give up one. Amen. 44 00:02:19,320 --> 00:02:23,000 Out of the entire room, God does not give up. 45 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:27,360 He doesn't trash it when the dream looks shattered, He 46 00:02:27,360 --> 00:02:30,400 repurposes it when things look awry. 47 00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:33,000 God doesn't just move on and forget it. 48 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:36,160 He sticks to the plan and he completes it. 49 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:40,600 Anybody know Philippians 16 and he who is faithful, He who began 50 00:02:40,600 --> 00:02:44,520 a good? Work and you will see it to 51 00:02:44,760 --> 00:02:48,200 completion. This is good news. 52 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:50,360 Perhaps you feel like God should have. 53 00:02:50,600 --> 00:02:54,160 Given up on you. Genesis teaches us otherwise. 54 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:58,400 Perhaps you feel like God has. Given up on you. 55 00:02:59,080 --> 00:03:02,520 And I want you to know that Genesis teaches us otherwise. 56 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:06,320 You will see that God and God alone has caused his great love, 57 00:03:06,320 --> 00:03:09,400 which is called has said it's a Hebrew word. 58 00:03:09,560 --> 00:03:14,960 You got to put the in the has said it's the covenant love of 59 00:03:14,960 --> 00:03:17,960 God. It's a it's a love that will not 60 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:20,360 fail. It's a love that never sleeps, 61 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:22,760 never slumbers, never off the job. 62 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:27,320 This great love and his plan for humanity God will cause to 63 00:03:27,320 --> 00:03:29,680 persevere. So when the story should have 64 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:37,520 ended, God says I'm not even close to being done if it was 65 00:03:37,520 --> 00:03:39,560 true. For them, as we will see today 66 00:03:39,720 --> 00:03:42,560 in the book of Genesis, then it is true for us today. 67 00:03:43,480 --> 00:03:46,840 He's not close to giving up. Neither should you. 68 00:03:47,880 --> 00:03:52,440 Let's pray, Lord, as we open your word, you speak Holy 69 00:03:52,440 --> 00:03:55,160 Spirit, You teach. Lead us into all truth and 70 00:03:55,160 --> 00:03:56,400 righteousness, for will you have. 71 00:03:56,400 --> 00:03:58,400 Brought us under the counsel of your word by. 72 00:03:58,680 --> 00:04:01,360 You Holy Spirit, bringing us to church today. 73 00:04:02,320 --> 00:04:03,680 We're not here out of obligation or. 74 00:04:03,680 --> 00:04:06,840 Because we got to be we're because we're here, because your 75 00:04:06,840 --> 00:04:10,000 Holy Spirit wooed us and say today you're going to. 76 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:13,040 Church because I have. Something I need to deliver into 77 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:14,960 your. Spirit so Lord. 78 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:17,680 Open up our hearts so that we might receive from your good and 79 00:04:17,680 --> 00:04:21,320 mighty word in Jesus name, Amen. Well, let's catch up on the 80 00:04:21,320 --> 00:04:25,040 story of Genesis. The the book of Genesis, if you 81 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:28,000 missed week 1, is where all the answers are found. 82 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:32,680 If you got any question about anything under creation, its 83 00:04:32,680 --> 00:04:36,440 purpose or its origin, its design is all found in the book 84 00:04:36,440 --> 00:04:41,360 of Genesis. First facts, faith, all found in 85 00:04:41,360 --> 00:04:42,520 Genesis. At the beginning. 86 00:04:42,520 --> 00:04:45,920 God creates the perfect place and then he creates the people 87 00:04:46,040 --> 00:04:49,600 to dwell within this place in a loving relationship. 88 00:04:49,880 --> 00:04:52,400 This is the this is the intent of God from the beginning. 89 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:53,680 I want to create a beautiful place. 90 00:04:53,680 --> 00:04:54,640 With these beautiful. People. 91 00:04:54,760 --> 00:04:56,040 And we're going. To be together forever. 92 00:04:56,040 --> 00:04:59,000 I'm going to abide with them and then with me it's going to be 93 00:04:59,000 --> 00:04:59,520 great. And he? 94 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:01,600 Gave us the instructions and said take care of it. 95 00:05:01,800 --> 00:05:04,880 And then as you know, last week, Debbie Downer Sunday, Genesis 96 00:05:04,880 --> 00:05:09,200 chapter 3, humanity ignored the instructions and we suffered the 97 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:12,720 consequences of our own hands. And the plan at this point 98 00:05:12,720 --> 00:05:15,800 appears to be ruined. God's dream. 99 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:19,000 God wanted to be with us, but we thought we had a better plan 100 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:22,000 than God's plan and therefore the chaos. 101 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:24,360 Of sin and brokenness. Enters the world. 102 00:05:24,560 --> 00:05:27,320 The proof is in the pudding. It doesn't take long. 103 00:05:29,160 --> 00:05:33,720 Adam and Eve are born as adults. They're not children. 104 00:05:34,520 --> 00:05:37,160 So the very first two children that are born on the earth, this 105 00:05:37,160 --> 00:05:40,680 is how quickly that humanity goes to entropy. 106 00:05:40,680 --> 00:05:43,480 Entropy means just like going on into chaos. 107 00:05:44,520 --> 00:05:47,280 The very first two kids born on the earth, if you go reading 108 00:05:47,280 --> 00:05:52,240 Genesis, one of them, Cain, kills the other, Abel out of a 109 00:05:52,240 --> 00:05:56,440 fit of bitter jealousy. Like we're not that far from the 110 00:05:56,440 --> 00:06:01,440 garden and here we already. Are and on it goes, and it gets 111 00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:07,800 worse and it gets worse until we get to Genesis chapter 6. 1000 112 00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:10,720 years have passed and the descendants of Cain have been 113 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:15,360 living lawlessly on the earth. The only laws that God had given 114 00:06:15,360 --> 00:06:16,960 man had already discarded in the garden. 115 00:06:17,840 --> 00:06:19,560 Like we out God, we're doing this on our own. 116 00:06:21,200 --> 00:06:22,120 So. How bad had it? 117 00:06:22,120 --> 00:06:24,640 Gotten look with me at Genesis 6. 118 00:06:24,640 --> 00:06:27,600 Are you ready to say yes, verse one? 119 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:30,680 When human beings began. To increase the number on the 120 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:32,760 earth, and daughters were born to them, the sons of. 121 00:06:32,760 --> 00:06:35,560 God. Saw that the daughters of humans 122 00:06:35,560 --> 00:06:37,800 were beautiful, and they married any of them. 123 00:06:38,120 --> 00:06:42,600 They chose what? Then the Lord said my spirit 124 00:06:42,600 --> 00:06:45,320 will not contend with humans forever, for they are mortal. 125 00:06:45,760 --> 00:06:50,080 Their days will be 120 years. Up to this point humans had 126 00:06:50,080 --> 00:06:54,720 lived for centuries and God says I'm putting the limit on the 127 00:06:54,720 --> 00:06:57,200 length of their life at 120 years. 128 00:06:57,200 --> 00:06:59,400 Verse 4 The Nephilim were. On the earth in those days, 129 00:06:59,640 --> 00:07:01,480 these are. Giant human beings. 130 00:07:01,960 --> 00:07:04,720 Giant, giant human beings. And also afterward, when the 131 00:07:04,720 --> 00:07:06,800 sons of God went to the daughters of humans and had 132 00:07:06,800 --> 00:07:10,720 children by them, they were the heroes of old men of renown. 133 00:07:14,760 --> 00:07:20,040 The people were supposed to be. Creating an increasing. 134 00:07:20,440 --> 00:07:21,920 God's image. On the Earth. 135 00:07:22,200 --> 00:07:25,080 In the garden, the Lord. God said to Adam and Eve, be 136 00:07:25,080 --> 00:07:28,360 fruitful and multiply. Create more image bearers. 137 00:07:28,520 --> 00:07:31,400 On the earth go. Populate the earth with people 138 00:07:31,400 --> 00:07:34,440 who have my character, my convictions, my calling, my 139 00:07:34,440 --> 00:07:37,520 community, my culture. Go put more and more of them on 140 00:07:37,520 --> 00:07:38,360 the earth. That's your job. 141 00:07:38,360 --> 00:07:40,880 And not only is that your job, but you're also to take care of 142 00:07:40,880 --> 00:07:43,600 this Very beautiful. Place that is my temple, the 143 00:07:43,600 --> 00:07:47,680 earth, and instead here we have the descendants of Cain not 144 00:07:47,680 --> 00:07:50,920 adhering to any loss, not adhering to any boundaries. 145 00:07:51,240 --> 00:07:52,680 And instead of propagating. The image of. 146 00:07:52,680 --> 00:07:55,640 God, they're propagating. Chaos and destruction and 147 00:07:55,720 --> 00:07:59,000 violence on the Earth, It's all gone downhill. 148 00:07:59,600 --> 00:08:01,960 Now these opening verses of chapter 6 that we just read, I 149 00:08:01,960 --> 00:08:05,160 guarantee you will be studied by scholars much wiser than all of 150 00:08:05,160 --> 00:08:08,680 us for the rest of all time trying to figure out exactly who 151 00:08:08,680 --> 00:08:11,200 are the sons of God and what did the Nephilim have to do with 152 00:08:11,200 --> 00:08:13,480 them. Even as I look at them like 153 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:16,360 Lord, I'm not sure that have complete revelation on what this 154 00:08:16,360 --> 00:08:19,560 means except this that we can draw from it. 155 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:24,400 These verses are here mainly to emphasize how terrible it has 156 00:08:24,400 --> 00:08:28,400 become on the earth. Women, humans are sleeping. 157 00:08:28,400 --> 00:08:31,160 With non humans. That's happening. 158 00:08:31,480 --> 00:08:32,679 And then you have these Nephilim. 159 00:08:32,679 --> 00:08:35,200 They are worshipped. They are the men of renown, not 160 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:38,120 the Lord God. But now we're worshipping these 161 00:08:38,120 --> 00:08:41,039 giant humans on the earth. The people have completely lost 162 00:08:41,039 --> 00:08:43,080 the plot. It's all summed up in one 163 00:08:43,080 --> 00:08:46,280 condemning summarizing statement in verse 5. 164 00:08:47,760 --> 00:08:49,520 The Lord saw how. Great, the wickedness. 165 00:08:49,520 --> 00:08:51,840 Of the human race had become on the earth. 166 00:08:52,280 --> 00:08:53,640 And that. Watch this. 167 00:08:53,960 --> 00:08:56,520 Every. Inclination of the thoughts. 168 00:08:57,080 --> 00:09:04,680 Of the human heart was only evil all the time, only evil all the 169 00:09:04,680 --> 00:09:08,360 time, every inclination. This is a lot of absolutes. 170 00:09:09,760 --> 00:09:15,400 Nothing but evil 100%. Of the time. 171 00:09:15,400 --> 00:09:19,520 And it's at this point, a lesser God, a God who does. 172 00:09:19,520 --> 00:09:21,480 Not have the. Has said love the covenant. 173 00:09:21,480 --> 00:09:25,480 Love of our God would just throw it all the way. 174 00:09:26,200 --> 00:09:29,520 Completely walk away. I'm throwing the world and its 175 00:09:29,520 --> 00:09:33,240 inhabitants onto the trash heap. As your Mama might have said to 176 00:09:33,240 --> 00:09:34,640 you once I brought you into this world. 177 00:09:39,360 --> 00:09:40,400 I could take you out of this world. 178 00:09:40,400 --> 00:09:42,160 Sayonara, Idios, whatever you want to say. 179 00:09:42,280 --> 00:09:45,000 Just stay humans. You're going to stay in your 180 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:48,400 world of violence and your world of destruction and your world of 181 00:09:48,400 --> 00:09:50,040 chaos. Good luck with that. 182 00:09:50,040 --> 00:09:51,520 I tried. I'm out. 183 00:09:53,400 --> 00:09:55,520 That could. Have been the word but. 184 00:09:55,520 --> 00:09:58,400 That's not how the. Story goes somebody believe with 185 00:09:58,400 --> 00:10:00,680 me this for the. Author of the story. 186 00:10:00,880 --> 00:10:04,920 Has made a promise. One day this will. 187 00:10:04,920 --> 00:10:08,640 All be made right. One day, the dream. 188 00:10:08,720 --> 00:10:11,400 Will be fulfilled. One day, God says, because I 189 00:10:11,400 --> 00:10:15,800 love them, I will dwell with my. People and my creation together 190 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:23,680 we will be. That didn't sound like Jacob 191 00:10:23,680 --> 00:10:29,280 that time in a story of Noah that we look at today, we will 192 00:10:29,280 --> 00:10:31,080 see that God is making a new start. 193 00:10:32,440 --> 00:10:36,120 It's a reset button. God is not giving up because he 194 00:10:36,120 --> 00:10:38,760 loves us. He's giving humanity another 195 00:10:38,760 --> 00:10:40,880 chance. And listen to me because he 196 00:10:40,880 --> 00:10:44,160 loves you. He's giving you another chance. 197 00:10:44,880 --> 00:10:47,600 It's a day of a new. Start last week. 198 00:10:47,600 --> 00:10:52,920 We introduced the sin cycle. Everyone loved it So much fun. 199 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:59,400 Doubt, deception, disobedience, disgust, destruction. 200 00:11:00,240 --> 00:11:02,360 No fun. Well, that. 201 00:11:02,680 --> 00:11:06,560 Sin cycle is actually the first part of another four part cycle 202 00:11:06,840 --> 00:11:11,200 that we have seen since the book of Genesis to our time in our 203 00:11:11,200 --> 00:11:13,040 life. You see it repeatedly in the Old 204 00:11:13,040 --> 00:11:17,040 Testament over and over again, where you have wickedness that's 205 00:11:17,040 --> 00:11:20,120 then followed by judgment. Nobody loves that, but it's a 206 00:11:20,120 --> 00:11:22,840 real thing. But then it's followed by Grace. 207 00:11:23,680 --> 00:11:28,840 And deliverance, wickedness. Judgment, grace, deliverance. 208 00:11:28,840 --> 00:11:30,920 Let's read them together. Wickedness. 209 00:11:33,680 --> 00:11:35,920 I said together that I left you all alone. 210 00:11:37,040 --> 00:11:38,760 We talked a lot about wickedness last week. 211 00:11:38,760 --> 00:11:41,120 It's the condition of the human heart to rebel against God, 212 00:11:41,120 --> 00:11:43,200 trying to become God. It's what? 213 00:11:43,200 --> 00:11:45,640 Satan. Did and he felt like lightning 214 00:11:45,960 --> 00:11:48,640 from heaven. It's what Satan got us to do by 215 00:11:48,640 --> 00:11:50,640 eating of the knowledge of the tree of good and evil. 216 00:11:50,640 --> 00:11:53,720 Reserved for God. We're not good gods. 217 00:11:53,720 --> 00:11:55,280 He is God. We have wickedness. 218 00:11:55,440 --> 00:11:57,880 And because of it. Judgment came, and I. 219 00:11:57,880 --> 00:11:59,560 Want you to know that God's judgment. 220 00:11:59,560 --> 00:12:02,360 Is a very real thing. There's an. 221 00:12:02,360 --> 00:12:06,200 Attempt on the earth today in the church to erase God's 222 00:12:06,200 --> 00:12:10,040 judgment and say it's just love, just love, just love, just love. 223 00:12:10,440 --> 00:12:12,640 Well, if you read the entirety of scripture, you realize that 224 00:12:12,640 --> 00:12:14,600 you have the opinion of man. And not the opinion of the word 225 00:12:14,600 --> 00:12:17,280 of God, because? Judgment is a real thing from 226 00:12:17,280 --> 00:12:20,320 Genesis all the way to Revelation, and it's a good 227 00:12:20,320 --> 00:12:23,120 thing that judgment exists. It's because it's judgment that 228 00:12:23,120 --> 00:12:25,560 will cast the Evil 1 into the lake forever. 229 00:12:27,960 --> 00:12:31,880 Hallelujah, Genesis. Chapter 6 verse 6 says the Lord 230 00:12:32,360 --> 00:12:38,920 regretted. That he made Tim Ingram and all 231 00:12:38,920 --> 00:12:40,160 the. Rest of us thank. 232 00:12:40,160 --> 00:12:44,880 You for not leaving me alone, that he made human beings on the 233 00:12:44,880 --> 00:12:47,280 earth and his heart. Was deeply troubled, so the Lord 234 00:12:47,280 --> 00:12:48,520 said I will wipe. From the. 235 00:12:48,520 --> 00:12:52,960 Face of the Earth, the human. Race I have created and with 236 00:12:52,960 --> 00:12:55,840 them the animals, the birds and the creatures that move along 237 00:12:55,840 --> 00:12:58,400 the ground for I. Regret that I have. 238 00:12:58,400 --> 00:13:05,680 Made them God regrets making humans, for humans have ruined 239 00:13:05,680 --> 00:13:07,600 the earthly temple. And not only that. 240 00:13:07,600 --> 00:13:11,720 More importantly, we've ruined the relationship with God. 241 00:13:11,720 --> 00:13:17,160 All evil all the time. God's regret here is not nose 242 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:20,080 turned up disgust like I, how dare you. 243 00:13:22,040 --> 00:13:25,760 It's more grief. His heart is grieved. 244 00:13:27,040 --> 00:13:29,880 He's in pain because of what we've done. 245 00:13:30,440 --> 00:13:33,680 He is in pain because he loves humanity. 246 00:13:33,680 --> 00:13:39,000 Here we see God's heart is broken, but what we see next is 247 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:42,600 that God's heart is steadfast. He's going to see the plan 248 00:13:42,600 --> 00:13:45,720 through. A new start is needed. 249 00:13:45,720 --> 00:13:48,160 Here is the beginning of a cycle that we. 250 00:13:48,160 --> 00:13:51,480 See in Noah a pattern of. Decree destruction in the. 251 00:13:51,480 --> 00:13:53,840 Wake of wickedness. We see it in the flood. 252 00:13:53,840 --> 00:13:54,920 We'll see it in the Old Testament. 253 00:13:54,920 --> 00:13:56,320 In the holy wars, we'll see it also. 254 00:13:56,480 --> 00:13:59,720 In the Old Testament. In the exile, though, God is 255 00:13:59,720 --> 00:14:02,560 patient. Judgment will come and it will 256 00:14:02,560 --> 00:14:07,240 be total of. Course, we see this culminating 257 00:14:07,240 --> 00:14:13,400 at the cross where the judgment of God is not withheld, but it 258 00:14:13,400 --> 00:14:18,560 is poured out on his own Son in a loving sacrifice, an 259 00:14:18,560 --> 00:14:21,960 incredible act of love. And just put a little note here. 260 00:14:22,280 --> 00:14:26,560 Anyone who believes in Jesus is spared from judgement because 261 00:14:26,560 --> 00:14:28,920 the judgement has been poured on Jesus. 262 00:14:29,640 --> 00:14:32,640 And so when we believe on Jesus, God removes from us the 263 00:14:32,640 --> 00:14:36,760 punishment, the judgement do us, and we find new life in him. 264 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:41,640 This is the Gospel. So we begin with God's judgment, 265 00:14:41,640 --> 00:14:43,720 and it is real. But let's get to the good news. 266 00:14:43,720 --> 00:14:46,840 God gives grace to the righteous and the repentant. 267 00:14:46,840 --> 00:14:52,480 Everybody clap your hands. Yeah, Genesis chapter 6 says, 268 00:14:52,480 --> 00:14:58,200 but Noah verse 8. But Noah found favor in the eyes 269 00:14:58,320 --> 00:14:59,280 of the Lord. Why? 270 00:14:59,280 --> 00:15:01,640 How? What do you do verse 9? 271 00:15:02,280 --> 00:15:03,840 This is the account of Noah and his family. 272 00:15:03,840 --> 00:15:05,880 Noah. Was a righteous man. 273 00:15:06,640 --> 00:15:09,520 Blameless among the people. Of his time and he walked 274 00:15:09,520 --> 00:15:19,520 faithfully with God. Where's Noah in this room? 275 00:15:23,520 --> 00:15:26,360 Where is the man or the woman of distinction? 276 00:15:27,840 --> 00:15:31,000 Who looks so? Differently than the Earth. 277 00:15:31,240 --> 00:15:33,520 That it causes the favor. Of God to pour out on that 278 00:15:33,520 --> 00:15:37,600 person so. Different than culture, so 279 00:15:37,600 --> 00:15:39,760 different than what we see on our social media feed. 280 00:15:39,760 --> 00:15:43,320 So different than what we see driving around Orlando, FL, the 281 00:15:43,320 --> 00:15:46,520 land of a million options. You're already different by 282 00:15:46,520 --> 00:15:49,760 being here at church today. You could have been at any 283 00:15:49,760 --> 00:15:53,800 world. It's a beautiful day to go to 284 00:15:53,800 --> 00:15:57,320 the beach. But you chose here. 285 00:15:59,920 --> 00:16:02,120 That's different. I commend you. 286 00:16:03,480 --> 00:16:05,440 And here's Noah. I mean, how is he different than 287 00:16:05,440 --> 00:16:09,040 anyone else? It turns out Noah is different 288 00:16:09,040 --> 00:16:12,800 because of the heritage of his family, which should inform us 289 00:16:13,160 --> 00:16:16,560 because we're a family and we have a job to instill into the 290 00:16:16,560 --> 00:16:18,280 next generation that's coming behind us. 291 00:16:18,280 --> 00:16:20,240 For certainly this is what happened to Noah. 292 00:16:20,240 --> 00:16:21,320 Noah's. Grandfather. 293 00:16:21,440 --> 00:16:22,680 Is a man named. Methuselah. 294 00:16:22,680 --> 00:16:25,080 Everyone say Methuselah. God bless you. 295 00:16:26,880 --> 00:16:31,160 Methuselah is famous because of how old he lived to be. 296 00:16:31,800 --> 00:16:37,840 He's the oldest living human ever 969 years. 297 00:16:37,840 --> 00:16:43,800 This is before God limited our ages to. 120. 960. 9 Talk about 298 00:16:43,800 --> 00:16:48,040 wrinkles. That's Noah's grandfather. 299 00:16:48,040 --> 00:16:50,480 Noah's great. Grandfather Methuselah's father. 300 00:16:50,480 --> 00:16:51,840 Is a man named. Enoch. 301 00:16:51,840 --> 00:16:54,760 Everyone say Enoch. Enoch is a man. 302 00:16:54,760 --> 00:16:57,800 Who was driving his? Car one day with the sunroof 303 00:16:57,800 --> 00:16:59,440 open and guys said I. Love you so much. 304 00:16:59,600 --> 00:17:00,920 Whoop. He went right up to the sunroof, 305 00:17:01,880 --> 00:17:03,520 just went straight up with God, the Lord. 306 00:17:04,200 --> 00:17:07,480 In Genesis it says that Edoch walks so closely with God that 307 00:17:07,480 --> 00:17:10,400 God took him to himself. He never died. 308 00:17:10,520 --> 00:17:12,280 He just went shoot up and vanished. 309 00:17:13,280 --> 00:17:15,880 How about that I? Just want that I'm going to 310 00:17:15,880 --> 00:17:16,800 leave my sunroof. Open on the way. 311 00:17:16,800 --> 00:17:20,760 Home just in case. I don't even have a sunroof. 312 00:17:21,599 --> 00:17:23,839 I just realized I'm driving my daughter's car. 313 00:17:24,720 --> 00:17:29,720 I barely got an. Engine Hallelujah. 314 00:17:32,400 --> 00:17:35,320 And what I'm trying to say is that Noah's heritage raised him 315 00:17:35,320 --> 00:17:40,280 to be faithful to the Lord, which is a great thing because 316 00:17:40,280 --> 00:17:44,760 God gives grace to the entire human race, to the loyalty, 317 00:17:44,760 --> 00:17:50,280 obedience and faith of one man. Does that sound like another man 318 00:17:50,280 --> 00:17:53,520 you might know? Is that a type? 319 00:17:53,520 --> 00:17:56,120 It's what the? Scholars call a foreshadowing. 320 00:17:57,120 --> 00:18:02,520 Of another man that would come years later, who by one man his 321 00:18:02,520 --> 00:18:05,880 loyalty, faith and obedience saves the entire human race. 322 00:18:07,320 --> 00:18:11,320 Yeah, God could have extinguished humanity completely 323 00:18:12,200 --> 00:18:16,760 and we would not be here today. But God spared Noah because of 324 00:18:16,760 --> 00:18:21,000 the condition of his heart. God's patience therefore 325 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:24,440 supersedes his judgement. God's grace supersedes His 326 00:18:24,440 --> 00:18:27,000 judgement. He is willing to relent in the 327 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:30,000 hopes that someone, anyone. Would turn to Him. 328 00:18:32,520 --> 00:18:36,520 I just want to overwhelm you with biblical evidence of this 329 00:18:36,520 --> 00:18:38,600 truth. God is willing to relent from 330 00:18:38,600 --> 00:18:42,720 His judgement to anyone that would turn to Him. 331 00:18:42,720 --> 00:18:45,600 Ezekiel 18 But if a wicked person turns away from all the 332 00:18:45,600 --> 00:18:48,400 sins they have committed, and keeps all my decrees, and does 333 00:18:48,400 --> 00:18:51,280 what is just and right, that person will surely live. 334 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:54,560 They will not die. None of the offenses they have 335 00:18:54,560 --> 00:18:56,320 committed. Will be remembered against them. 336 00:18:56,320 --> 00:18:57,560 Because of the righteous things they. 337 00:18:57,560 --> 00:19:00,160 Have done they will live verse 20. 338 00:19:00,160 --> 00:19:03,120 Three do I take? Pleasure in the death of the 339 00:19:03,120 --> 00:19:07,960 wicked it's a rhetorical question rather, am I not 340 00:19:07,960 --> 00:19:13,920 pleased when they turn from their ways and live God's heart 341 00:19:13,920 --> 00:19:16,160 is that humanity would turn to him even in the. 342 00:19:16,160 --> 00:19:19,400 Days of Noah God's heart was that humanity returned him 343 00:19:19,400 --> 00:19:23,160 Isaiah 55 seven let the wicked man forsake his way, and the 344 00:19:23,160 --> 00:19:26,160 unrighteous man his thoughts let him return to the Lord that he. 345 00:19:26,160 --> 00:19:29,840 May have compassion. And to our God, for He will 346 00:19:29,840 --> 00:19:33,400 freely. Pardon just a turning to the 347 00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:36,880 Lord and God freely pardons second chronicles 714 may be the 348 00:19:36,880 --> 00:19:39,440 most famous of. These verses if my people, who 349 00:19:39,440 --> 00:19:42,040 are called by my name, humble themselves and pray. 350 00:19:42,040 --> 00:19:44,320 And seek my face. And turn from their wicked ways. 351 00:19:44,320 --> 00:19:46,520 Then I will hear. From heaven forgive their. 352 00:19:46,520 --> 00:19:51,760 Sin and heal their land. Jeremiah 18 verses 7 and 8. 353 00:19:51,760 --> 00:19:54,520 At any time I might announce that a nation or Kingdom will be 354 00:19:54,520 --> 00:19:56,000 uprooted, torn down, and destroyed. 355 00:19:56,000 --> 00:19:57,440 Babylon gone. Rome gone. 356 00:20:00,800 --> 00:20:06,120 But if that nation I warned turns from its evil, then I will 357 00:20:06,120 --> 00:20:07,720 relent of the. Disaster I had. 358 00:20:07,720 --> 00:20:13,560 Planned to bring them. It moves the heart of God. 359 00:20:14,440 --> 00:20:18,120 To see a faithful. Person in a wicked generation. 360 00:20:19,040 --> 00:20:23,640 It also moves the heart of God to see a wicked person repentant 361 00:20:24,880 --> 00:20:26,640 and turning to him and Noah's case. 362 00:20:27,360 --> 00:20:30,680 God actually gave the people. Of Noah's time. 363 00:20:31,320 --> 00:20:35,200 Multiple chances to repent. And to turn to. 364 00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:38,880 Him to alter their. Course they were on. 365 00:20:38,880 --> 00:20:40,800 Before the judgement. Came. 366 00:20:41,800 --> 00:20:43,240 Let me just give you some examples. 367 00:20:43,360 --> 00:20:49,520 Methuselah, that guy, his name actually means when he died, it 368 00:20:49,520 --> 00:20:52,960 shall come. That's what the name Methuselah 369 00:20:52,960 --> 00:20:56,520 means. Methuselah dies at age 969, 370 00:20:56,520 --> 00:20:58,760 which is when Noah is 600 years old. 371 00:20:58,920 --> 00:21:01,520 And if you read Genesis, you'll find out that the flood came 372 00:21:01,680 --> 00:21:05,720 when Noah was 600 years old. In other words, the year that 373 00:21:05,720 --> 00:21:08,640 Methuselah died. And his name means when he dies 374 00:21:08,640 --> 00:21:10,840 it shall come is the year the flood came. 375 00:21:12,520 --> 00:21:14,800 His name was a prophetic warning that nobody heeded. 376 00:21:18,600 --> 00:21:20,760 And if that wasn't enough, like I didn't even know the guy 377 00:21:20,760 --> 00:21:22,800 Methuselah, so how was I? Supposed to know Lord? 378 00:21:24,480 --> 00:21:27,800 What about? This giant boat that was being 379 00:21:27,800 --> 00:21:33,840 built 170 yards long 20. 8 yards wide. 380 00:21:34,240 --> 00:21:37,400 You set the arc up on its end. It's a 50 story building. 381 00:21:38,240 --> 00:21:45,240 It looks like this. You can go to this. 382 00:21:45,640 --> 00:21:47,040 This is what I talked about in week 1. 383 00:21:47,040 --> 00:21:51,600 This is the Arc encounter in Kentucky because the Ark is in 384 00:21:51,600 --> 00:21:52,920 Kentucky. That's what we said. 385 00:21:54,680 --> 00:21:57,720 One door and one door. Only, which is very, very 386 00:21:57,720 --> 00:22:00,640 symbolic. There's only one way into 387 00:22:00,640 --> 00:22:03,760 salvation, one door. And by the way, if you read 388 00:22:03,760 --> 00:22:05,200 Genesis, you'll find out that Noah. 389 00:22:05,200 --> 00:22:07,320 Didn't shut the door. God shuts the door. 390 00:22:10,120 --> 00:22:13,320 Has all sorts of. Implications that God does the 391 00:22:13,320 --> 00:22:14,920 work. That there is a time when the 392 00:22:14,920 --> 00:22:18,840 door will be shut, and God. Will shut it and here we have 393 00:22:18,840 --> 00:22:20,000 the Ark. It's being built. 394 00:22:20,440 --> 00:22:24,520 You know how long it took Noah to build the Ark 4? 395 00:22:24,520 --> 00:22:33,720 Days. I'm kidding. 65 years, he was 396 00:22:33,720 --> 00:22:41,880 supernaturally, yeah. 65 years, I'm 52, I have. 13. 397 00:22:41,880 --> 00:22:45,320 More years to go, to live to the extent of time that I would have 398 00:22:45,320 --> 00:22:50,960 been building the ark my entire life, Noah builds it for. 65 399 00:22:50,960 --> 00:22:53,680 years, it is a. Signpost you think? 400 00:22:53,880 --> 00:22:56,360 Anybody living in that day, walk by and be like. 401 00:22:58,840 --> 00:23:03,960 Hey guys, y'all see this boat? This boat? 402 00:23:05,120 --> 00:23:06,840 What does it mean? Why is he building it? 403 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:09,440 Maybe we should find out what's. Going on with Noah. 404 00:23:10,120 --> 00:23:12,280 God's. Giving them opportunity for 65 405 00:23:12,280 --> 00:23:14,360 years to watch this thing come up from the ground. 406 00:23:14,440 --> 00:23:18,320 And then at the appropriate time, the Lord God calls all the 407 00:23:18,320 --> 00:23:22,160 animals and they beat a path to Disney's new boat called the 408 00:23:22,160 --> 00:23:23,640 Disney Zoo. I don't know. 409 00:23:26,200 --> 00:23:28,040 And so all the animals are going, don't you think that 410 00:23:28,040 --> 00:23:30,120 people might notice? Like, where are they going? 411 00:23:31,800 --> 00:23:36,520 And then Noah and his family go in and in Genesis chapter 8, 412 00:23:36,520 --> 00:23:39,160 verse 17, we have this grace period. 413 00:23:40,360 --> 00:23:42,120 It's the first grace period you've ever. 414 00:23:42,120 --> 00:23:44,920 Seen, it says. For seven more. 415 00:23:44,920 --> 00:23:48,200 Days the Lord waited. With the door. 416 00:23:48,320 --> 00:23:54,880 Open for it to begin to rain. Is anyone else coming? 417 00:23:58,240 --> 00:24:05,000 Does anyone else want to get on the ark and be saved and no one 418 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:08,080 else came? Eight people in all were saved. 419 00:24:09,720 --> 00:24:18,840 8 Here's the point. From the beginning until 420 00:24:18,840 --> 00:24:24,480 judgement comes, and it will come, it's never too late, not 421 00:24:24,480 --> 00:24:27,200 with God. We see this again with Jesus. 422 00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:30,160 We talked about this at Easter. The criminal breathing his last 423 00:24:30,160 --> 00:24:36,160 breaths repents and God's grace relents and the criminal is 424 00:24:36,160 --> 00:24:37,640 safe. Surely today will be with me in 425 00:24:37,640 --> 00:24:42,360 paradise. The story of Genesis, which is 426 00:24:42,360 --> 00:24:46,600 the story of humanity, which means it's a story of us, is a 427 00:24:46,600 --> 00:24:50,920 story of patience and perseverance of God to deliver 428 00:24:50,920 --> 00:24:53,040 his people. First Peter chapter 3 verse 20, 429 00:24:53,200 --> 00:24:55,720 Peter looks back at Noah. He says to those who were 430 00:24:55,720 --> 00:24:59,360 disobedient long ago when God waited patiently in the days of 431 00:24:59,360 --> 00:25:01,640 Noah. While the ark was being built, 432 00:25:02,720 --> 00:25:06,400 65 years of days. Patiently waiting. 433 00:25:06,400 --> 00:25:09,320 Is anyone else going to repent? That they were. 434 00:25:09,320 --> 00:25:11,800 All evil, all the time. They were. 435 00:25:11,800 --> 00:25:18,000 Unsavable by their own choice. And then only a few people ate 436 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:20,400 and all were saved through water, though it could have been 437 00:25:20,400 --> 00:25:26,000 thousands. It was a big boat and God is 438 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:28,000 still patient today. Peter goes on in his next 439 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:31,000 chapter, next letter, second Peter 3 verse 9. 440 00:25:31,480 --> 00:25:35,560 Instead, he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, 441 00:25:35,560 --> 00:25:38,400 but everyone to come to repentance. 442 00:25:38,400 --> 00:25:41,680 It turns out the only thing bigger than Noah's ark is God's 443 00:25:41,680 --> 00:25:48,910 patience. Judgement will come, but God is 444 00:25:48,910 --> 00:25:51,390 waiting patiently in the hopes that you might turn your heart 445 00:25:51,390 --> 00:25:58,590 to Him and repent and His grace. He relents. 446 00:26:01,190 --> 00:26:04,400 So the judgement is real. God's grace provides the 447 00:26:04,400 --> 00:26:05,920 opportunity. For a new start. 448 00:26:05,920 --> 00:26:09,120 And then finally, God patiently keeps the dream alive through 449 00:26:09,120 --> 00:26:11,960 deliverance. God delivers Noah and his 450 00:26:11,960 --> 00:26:16,200 family. They spend 370 or 371 depending 451 00:26:16,200 --> 00:26:17,000 on how you. Do the math. 452 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:22,080 Days in the Ark Humanity begins again. 453 00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:25,720 On the Earth and will continue. To be preserved through the 454 00:26:25,720 --> 00:26:30,000 patient deliverance of God. Over and over, Noah and his 455 00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:34,240 family, it turns out, are the first remnant bearers, meaning 456 00:26:34,240 --> 00:26:37,760 there is the people on the earth who carry the promise and the 457 00:26:37,760 --> 00:26:40,480 dream of God's heart alive on the earth. 458 00:26:41,400 --> 00:26:45,120 If Noah had not been saved, the remnant is cut off, there's no 459 00:26:45,120 --> 00:26:47,240 more dream, and humanity does not exist. 460 00:26:47,240 --> 00:26:51,360 But God in his grace delivers Noah, and the remnant is kept 461 00:26:51,360 --> 00:26:51,840 alive. We. 462 00:26:51,840 --> 00:26:54,200 Will see this again with Abraham and Sarah. 463 00:26:54,200 --> 00:26:54,880 We'll see. It again with. 464 00:26:54,880 --> 00:26:57,160 Jacob, who becomes Israel, and Rachel. 465 00:26:57,160 --> 00:26:59,920 We'll see it again with Joseph before we get out of the series. 466 00:26:59,920 --> 00:27:02,640 We'll see all this, and then beyond Genesis, we see it in 467 00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:05,400 Moses, the remnant kept alive. So the Red Sea. 468 00:27:05,400 --> 00:27:08,640 We'll see it with David, who strikes down the Philistine army 469 00:27:08,640 --> 00:27:10,560 himself. We'll see it with Solomon. 470 00:27:11,320 --> 00:27:12,760 And it goes. All the way to the remnant 471 00:27:12,760 --> 00:27:17,280 keeper himself. Jesus the remnant always keeps 472 00:27:17,280 --> 00:27:20,920 the dream alive. God dwelling with His people in 473 00:27:20,920 --> 00:27:26,440 His creation to abide with you and you with Him. 474 00:27:27,680 --> 00:27:30,920 So what's the point? What's the Noah story about two 475 00:27:30,920 --> 00:27:33,680 things. Repent and be ready. 476 00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:38,920 Repent and be ready. Jesus himself talks about Noah, 477 00:27:40,400 --> 00:27:43,000 and he's basically saying nobody was ready then and I'm not sure 478 00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:46,040 anybody's ready now. Look at this. 479 00:27:46,800 --> 00:27:49,240 Verse 36. Matthew. 24 But about that day 480 00:27:49,240 --> 00:27:52,160 or hour, no one knows. Not even the angels. 481 00:27:52,160 --> 00:27:53,600 Of heaven or the Son, but only the. 482 00:27:53,600 --> 00:27:57,760 Father, as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the 483 00:27:57,760 --> 00:28:02,160 coming of the Son of Man. For in the days before the 484 00:28:02,160 --> 00:28:07,680 flood, people were at Chipotle and 7:11, they were getting 485 00:28:07,680 --> 00:28:12,480 married, giving in marriage up to the day Noah entered the ark, 486 00:28:13,720 --> 00:28:16,800 and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood 487 00:28:16,800 --> 00:28:19,000 came and took them all the way. They're going around. 488 00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:21,560 Life is normal, business as usual. 489 00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:27,760 That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. 490 00:28:29,360 --> 00:28:31,440 Two men will be in the field, one will be taking the other 491 00:28:31,440 --> 00:28:33,320 left. One's a believer. 1's not a 492 00:28:33,320 --> 00:28:36,000 believer. Two women will be grinding with 493 00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:37,600 a hand mill. One will be. 494 00:28:37,600 --> 00:28:40,080 Taken and the other left. One's a believer, 1's not a 495 00:28:40,080 --> 00:28:42,920 believer. Business as usual. 496 00:28:42,920 --> 00:28:46,200 Normal day, suddenly the second coming. 497 00:28:48,720 --> 00:28:50,840 I want you to know that. With Noah and with. 498 00:28:50,840 --> 00:28:53,560 Jesus, it's both an unexpected hour and an unexpected method. 499 00:28:56,560 --> 00:29:00,000 1st the flood is unexpected. Just as Jesus. 500 00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:01,720 'S return. Will be unexpected. 501 00:29:01,720 --> 00:29:04,120 Most people had no idea and suddenly it. 502 00:29:04,120 --> 00:29:08,040 Begins to rain and. Suddenly, one day soon, a 503 00:29:08,040 --> 00:29:12,640 trumpet will blast, and the Lord Jesus will appear with bright 504 00:29:12,640 --> 00:29:14,600 and flashing light in the horizon. 505 00:29:16,200 --> 00:29:20,320 They didn't expect it then, and the people were unexpected in 506 00:29:20,320 --> 00:29:23,680 Jesus's day and his. Word which goes forth to all. 507 00:29:23,680 --> 00:29:28,360 Generations is saying in our day 2026, people are still not 508 00:29:28,560 --> 00:29:31,320 ready, not expecting the coming of the Lord. 509 00:29:31,320 --> 00:29:33,200 The flood messages people be ready. 510 00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:40,440 The ark and the cross themselves are unexpected, but no one, no 511 00:29:40,440 --> 00:29:44,160 one else is even thinking about building a boat like I didn't 512 00:29:44,160 --> 00:29:47,480 expect. We needed a boat, but Noah is 513 00:29:47,480 --> 00:29:50,960 saved through the ark, as it is with Jesus. 514 00:29:51,640 --> 00:29:53,720 They wanted for their savior, a warrior. 515 00:29:53,720 --> 00:29:56,600 King and instead they got a criminal's cross. 516 00:29:58,480 --> 00:30:01,920 That wasn't expected, but I find this interesting. 517 00:30:01,920 --> 00:30:05,240 Noah was saved by the instrument of wood and then given new 518 00:30:05,240 --> 00:30:11,040 purpose. In Genesis chapter 8 he says go 519 00:30:11,040 --> 00:30:14,320 and increase in number. Same instructions he gave to 520 00:30:14,320 --> 00:30:16,040 Adam and Eve, he's now giving to Noah. 521 00:30:16,040 --> 00:30:20,800 This is a new start. We're beginning again. 522 00:30:21,840 --> 00:30:23,840 I haven't given up. The dream still goes forward. 523 00:30:24,760 --> 00:30:28,000 Saved by an instrument of wood, given new purpose as it is. 524 00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:29,560 With Jesus. We are saved. 525 00:30:29,840 --> 00:30:31,520 By an instrument of wood, and then given new. 526 00:30:31,520 --> 00:30:34,360 Purpose Matthew. Chapter 28. 527 00:30:34,640 --> 00:30:37,040 The Great. Commission go therefore into all 528 00:30:37,040 --> 00:30:39,360 nations, baptizing them in the name of Father, Son and the Holy 529 00:30:39,360 --> 00:30:44,200 Spirit and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded 530 00:30:44,200 --> 00:30:53,690 him. I think that when we look at 531 00:30:53,690 --> 00:30:55,970 Genesis chapter 6, the Lord looks at the church and says, 532 00:30:55,970 --> 00:31:00,490 are you all really ready for what's about to happen? 533 00:31:01,610 --> 00:31:03,770 Because if you truly believe that at any moment the second 534 00:31:03,770 --> 00:31:09,160 coming could come will come, then our hearts disposition is 535 00:31:09,160 --> 00:31:10,400 man. There's a lot of people that 536 00:31:10,400 --> 00:31:14,440 need saving, a lot of people that need to jump on the Ark, 537 00:31:17,120 --> 00:31:20,880 and the door is still. Open the grace period. 538 00:31:21,280 --> 00:31:26,880 Is still in existence. So the Church, I say again to 539 00:31:26,880 --> 00:31:31,640 you, let us be repentant and let us be ready. 540 00:31:31,640 --> 00:31:32,960 How? Two ways. 541 00:31:32,960 --> 00:31:37,480 Number one, salvation. I just have a simple question 542 00:31:37,480 --> 00:31:38,840 for you. Don't overthink this. 543 00:31:39,960 --> 00:31:42,360 Are you in the ark? Are you still on the land? 544 00:31:44,760 --> 00:31:48,680 Are you in the boat with Noah? To be delivered by the. 545 00:31:48,680 --> 00:31:52,080 Lord, are you still? Outside looking, saying that's 546 00:31:52,080 --> 00:31:53,600 interesting. I don't know what it means. 547 00:31:53,600 --> 00:32:00,640 I don't think it's for me. Noah's crazy, going along as 548 00:32:00,640 --> 00:32:02,440 business as usual. I think God brought you here 549 00:32:02,440 --> 00:32:05,400 today to say the door to the boat is open for you. 550 00:32:06,240 --> 00:32:08,760 I have made a way. His name is Jesus. 551 00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:11,120 And when you put your faith in the Son of God, it's like 552 00:32:11,120 --> 00:32:15,280 stepping onto the ark to be delivered, to be saved from 553 00:32:15,280 --> 00:32:18,040 death, the judgement that's coming, but also to be saved to 554 00:32:18,440 --> 00:32:23,000 the Lord our God, to an eternity with him in paradise. 555 00:32:23,480 --> 00:32:26,560 He will create a new heaven and a new earth and we will dwell 556 00:32:26,560 --> 00:32:30,000 with God. For anyone who believes, anyone 557 00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:34,040 who steps onto the boat by faith, if you've not done that, 558 00:32:34,360 --> 00:32:36,720 then today's your day. Just a moment. 559 00:32:36,720 --> 00:32:38,160 Of decision. Yes, Lord, I want to be on the 560 00:32:38,160 --> 00:32:39,440 ark. Yes, Lord, I believe in your son 561 00:32:39,440 --> 00:32:40,840 Jesus. Yes, Lord, I want to be saved, 562 00:32:41,000 --> 00:32:42,920 Yes, from the coming deliverance, but more, I want to 563 00:32:42,920 --> 00:32:46,840 be saved to you and. To know you and to love you. 564 00:32:46,840 --> 00:32:49,720 So, Church, as we do faithfully here, would you bow your heads 565 00:32:50,080 --> 00:32:51,560 as we pray this? This is not the end of the 566 00:32:51,560 --> 00:32:52,800 service. There's one little part after. 567 00:32:52,800 --> 00:32:57,000 This so don't get shifty on me. I want you to pray in faith. 568 00:32:57,000 --> 00:32:58,800 If you've never. Believed in Jesus before. 569 00:32:58,800 --> 00:33:01,160 Today's your day. Step onto the boat. 570 00:33:01,320 --> 00:33:04,560 With a simple. Prayer like this saying Father, 571 00:33:04,560 --> 00:33:05,880 everyone repeat after me, father. 572 00:33:06,560 --> 00:33:09,560 In the name of Jesus I recognize. 573 00:33:10,240 --> 00:33:13,160 That I'm a Sinner in need of a. Savior. 574 00:33:13,920 --> 00:33:16,920 I want to get into the boat with Noah. 575 00:33:17,800 --> 00:33:22,320 I want to believe on your son Jesus, so I confess. 576 00:33:22,920 --> 00:33:25,840 And I believe that Jesus is Lord and Savior. 577 00:33:26,600 --> 00:33:31,000 I receive him into my. Heart, I receive his salvation 578 00:33:32,280 --> 00:33:34,200 and commit. To live my. 579 00:33:34,200 --> 00:33:37,800 Life for him. Hallelujah. 580 00:33:37,800 --> 00:33:40,760 If you prayed that prayer today, you are a new believer and I'm 581 00:33:40,760 --> 00:33:42,720 going to ask you to do one thing right here, right now. 582 00:33:42,720 --> 00:33:45,720 So important. If you pray to believe on Jesus 583 00:33:45,720 --> 00:33:47,760 today, jump into the boat, get on the ark. 584 00:33:48,480 --> 00:33:50,800 Today for the first. Time I'm going to count to 3 and 585 00:33:50,800 --> 00:33:52,200 that's you. I'm just going to have you raise 586 00:33:52,200 --> 00:33:54,400 your hand. And I don't be afraid by. 587 00:33:54,400 --> 00:33:56,240 This by the way. Every person in this room has 588 00:33:56,240 --> 00:33:57,800 received. Salvation has done something 589 00:33:57,800 --> 00:34:00,880 bold for Jesus. It's your time and really, I 590 00:34:00,880 --> 00:34:02,880 need to get you something too. That's why it's important you 591 00:34:02,880 --> 00:34:05,200 raise your hand so if you. Brand new believer today. 592 00:34:05,200 --> 00:34:06,240 First time in the count of three. 593 00:34:06,240 --> 00:34:08,560 Raise your hand 123. I don't want to believe it on 594 00:34:08,600 --> 00:34:12,080 Jesus today for the first time. Come on, our wishes are coming 595 00:34:12,080 --> 00:34:14,239 to you, right? Now, any others? 596 00:34:16,520 --> 00:34:26,560 Praise the Lord. Hey, I'm so glad that you raised 597 00:34:26,560 --> 00:34:31,000 your hand, ma'am. I'm so glad that you're saved 598 00:34:32,560 --> 00:34:39,560 and I'm so glad the guy said. It's not too late if we are to 599 00:34:39,560 --> 00:34:42,000 be repentant and be ready the. First thing is salvation. 600 00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:43,600 Get on the boat. The second thing is get off. 601 00:34:43,600 --> 00:34:45,239 The boat and do something. What did Noah do? 602 00:34:46,199 --> 00:34:49,280 Galatians chapter 8, the 1st. Thing Noah does after salvation 603 00:34:49,280 --> 00:34:53,840 being delivered is to worship. Then Noah built an. 604 00:34:53,840 --> 00:34:56,320 Altar to the Lord. And taking some of all the clean 605 00:34:56,320 --> 00:34:59,280 animals and clean birds, he sacrificed burnt offerings on 606 00:34:59,280 --> 00:35:01,960 it. Watch this the Lord. 607 00:35:01,960 --> 00:35:04,760 Smelled the pleasing aroma. And said in his heart. 608 00:35:05,160 --> 00:35:07,280 Never again will I. Curse the ground because of 609 00:35:07,280 --> 00:35:09,400 humans. Even though every inclination. 610 00:35:09,400 --> 00:35:11,360 The human heart is. Evil from childhood and never 611 00:35:11,360 --> 00:35:14,400 again will I destroy. All the living creatures as I 612 00:35:14,400 --> 00:35:17,960 have done. You ever thought about? 613 00:35:17,960 --> 00:35:21,080 This how costly this worship is for Noah. 614 00:35:22,960 --> 00:35:25,040 These are all the animals that are left. 615 00:35:25,360 --> 00:35:28,480 On the Earth. There's no more animals except 616 00:35:28,480 --> 00:35:32,640 for what is on the boat, and these are resources to what will 617 00:35:32,640 --> 00:35:37,520 be the new humanity. And Noah takes the very last, 618 00:35:37,520 --> 00:35:41,440 very little is left and he brings them out and the family's 619 00:35:41,440 --> 00:35:45,520 like we need those. I'm projecting maybe they didn't 620 00:35:45,520 --> 00:35:49,480 say anything and Noah says we must sacrifice these to the Lord 621 00:35:49,480 --> 00:35:53,320 as a thank offering and the you just, you just heard it. 622 00:35:54,160 --> 00:35:57,520 The Lord smells the offering and it pleases his heart. 623 00:35:57,520 --> 00:35:59,560 Do you think he's up to like smells like? 624 00:35:59,560 --> 00:36:04,840 Chicken tonight, No. He's like I smell the heart of a 625 00:36:04,840 --> 00:36:10,720 grateful man, I smell the heart of a repentant man, a ready man. 626 00:36:11,960 --> 00:36:13,720 And the very next thing that happens. 627 00:36:13,720 --> 00:36:16,840 After his worship is God makes a covenant with Noah. 628 00:36:17,160 --> 00:36:22,000 It's called the Noah Covenant. That I'll never destroy humanity 629 00:36:22,000 --> 00:36:24,840 again like this. I'll never destroy the earth 630 00:36:24,840 --> 00:36:28,040 again like this because I love them, even though they'll turn 631 00:36:28,040 --> 00:36:29,560 against me. Time and time and. 632 00:36:29,560 --> 00:36:33,280 Time again, this will not happen again. 633 00:36:33,560 --> 00:36:37,560 Worship is the outflow of a repentant heart. 634 00:36:38,360 --> 00:36:41,000 Worship is the outflow of a ready heart. 635 00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:43,080 Everyone else has got their eyes down on the earth. 636 00:36:45,600 --> 00:36:48,840 But the one who is Worshipful has their eyes set on their 637 00:36:48,840 --> 00:36:52,800 heavenly Father, as if to say, I'm living distinctly for you 638 00:36:52,800 --> 00:36:57,920 because you are worthy. Thanks for joining us today. 639 00:36:58,360 --> 00:37:00,960 We hope God is speaking to your heart through this message. 640 00:37:01,280 --> 00:37:03,920 If you'd like to connect with us, you can text connect to 641 00:37:03,920 --> 00:37:10,480 407-588-0115 or visit Illuminate dot church. 642 00:37:10,920 --> 00:37:12,160 Have a great week.