Waterborne from a Wicked World 🌍 Noah
By Pastor and Mrs Chifamba
ALTHOUGH THE INVITATION WAS OPEN TO ALL IT WAS ONLY NOAH AND HIS FAMILY THAT WERE WATERBORNE IN OBEDIENCE TO GOD’S COMMAND TO MAKE AN ARK.
Genesis 7:5-7 NKJV
“And Noah did according to all that the Lord commanded him. Noah was six hundred years old when the floodwaters were on the earth. So Noah, with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives, went into the ark because of the waters of the flood.”
Genesis 7:17
And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.
Jesus, Saviour, pilot me, Over life’s tempestuous sea;Unknown waves before me roll,Hiding rock and treacherous shoal;Chart and compass come from Thee;Jesus Saviour pilot me.
As a mother stills her child, Thou canst hush the ocean wild;Boisterous waves obey Thy will,When Thou sayest to them “Be still.”Wondrous Sovereign of the sea,Jesus Saviour pilot me
Hebrews 11:7
By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.
Romans 1:17
For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
NOAH HAD A FAITH THAT WORKED BEING WARNED OF THE FLOOD BY FAITH HE BUILT AN ARK. GENUINE RECEPTION OF GOD’S GRACE WILL PRODUCE GOOD WORKS.
Genesis 6:22
Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.
James 2:17-19
Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. 18Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works. 19Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
Ephesians 2:8-9
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9Not of works, lest any man should boast. 10For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
Instead of releasing man from obedience, it is faith, and faith only, that makes us partakers of the grace of Christ, which enables us to render obedience. – {Steps to Christ p. 60.2}
We do not earn salvation by our obedience; for salvation is the free gift of God, to be received by faith. But obedience is the fruit of faith. – {Steps to Christ p. 61.1}
Matthew 5:16
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
SAVING FAITH WILL PRODUCE GOOD WORKS NOT FOR SELF-GLORIFICATION LIKE THE PHARISEE BUT TO THE GLORY OF GOD.
Luke 18:11-12
The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. 12I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.
1 Peter 2:12
Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.
MAY THE LORD SHELTER US IN THE ARK OF HIS LOVE ❤️ IN THIS SEA OF SIN AND WICKEDNESS UNTIL HE TAKES US HOME‼️
John 17:15-16
I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. 16They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
