WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.780 Genesis 6, starting at verse 5. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:32.939 Verse 8 says, 00:00:32.939 --> 00:00:40.079 Verse 10. 00:01:00.000 --> 00:01:08.960 Verse 17. 00:01:28.099 --> 00:01:29.120 There it is. 00:01:29.120 --> 00:01:50.439 Now turn to chapter 7, starting at verse 11. 00:01:53.880 --> 00:01:55.680 Genesis 7, 11 says, 00:01:55.680 --> 00:02:01.620 In the 600th year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the 17th day of the month, 00:02:01.940 --> 00:02:06.620 on that day, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, 00:02:07.040 --> 00:02:08.980 and the windows of the heavens were opened, 00:02:09.379 --> 00:02:12.740 and rain fell upon the earth for forty days and forty nights. 00:02:13.080 --> 00:02:17.620 On the very same day, Noah and his sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, 00:02:17.740 --> 00:02:21.080 and Noah's wife, and the three wives of the sons with them, 00:02:21.080 --> 00:02:22.020 entered the ark. 00:02:23.020 --> 00:02:25.300 They and every beast according to its kind, 00:02:25.540 --> 00:02:28.120 and all the livestock according to their kinds, 00:02:28.340 --> 00:02:32.340 and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth according to its kind, 00:02:32.439 --> 00:02:34.220 and every bird according to its kind, 00:02:34.480 --> 00:02:36.080 every winged creature. 00:02:36.740 --> 00:02:38.500 They went into the ark with Noah, 00:02:39.020 --> 00:02:40.260 two and two, 00:02:40.800 --> 00:02:43.660 of all flesh, in which there was the breath of life. 00:02:43.659 --> 00:02:47.340 And those that entered, male and female, of all flesh, 00:02:47.840 --> 00:02:49.919 went in as God had commanded them, 00:02:50.560 --> 00:02:52.960 and the Lord shut them in. 00:02:54.019 --> 00:02:55.340 This is the word of God. 00:02:56.699 --> 00:02:57.620 Thanks be to God. 00:02:57.659 --> 00:02:58.180 You may be seated. 00:03:11.319 --> 00:03:11.939 Let's pray. 00:03:13.659 --> 00:03:18.159 Father, thank you for how you have unveiled yourself to us. 00:03:19.719 --> 00:03:22.280 You've unveiled the God who saves. 00:03:23.500 --> 00:03:25.060 Thank you for your word, Lord. 00:03:25.879 --> 00:03:28.659 How you minister to your word through the plain reading 00:03:28.659 --> 00:03:30.019 to your people, 00:03:30.219 --> 00:03:33.359 every true believer in whom the Holy Spirit dwells. 00:03:34.479 --> 00:03:37.699 Lord, we acknowledge this is a mystery in its foolishness 00:03:37.699 --> 00:03:38.960 to those who don't know you. 00:03:39.780 --> 00:03:42.159 But those who have your Holy Spirit within us, 00:03:42.159 --> 00:03:43.599 it bears witness. 00:03:44.280 --> 00:03:45.280 This is the truth, 00:03:46.000 --> 00:03:49.680 that Jesus Christ came to save sinners like us. 00:03:50.979 --> 00:03:53.159 Thank you for this glorious type, 00:03:53.379 --> 00:03:56.079 this shadow that we can study today, Lord. 00:03:56.139 --> 00:03:58.500 We pray that you will minister your grace 00:03:58.500 --> 00:04:01.560 to your people today through this message. 00:04:01.979 --> 00:04:04.519 We ask this for the glory of King Jesus in our midst. 00:04:04.520 --> 00:04:05.140 Amen. 00:04:11.640 --> 00:04:13.620 Here's an eyewitness account 00:04:13.620 --> 00:04:17.860 of a regional local flood. 00:04:17.860 --> 00:04:20.819 He wrote, 00:04:20.819 --> 00:04:24.000 The water rose so fast, 00:04:24.100 --> 00:04:26.939 we had to scramble upstairs from the first floor. 00:04:28.160 --> 00:04:28.800 Jim remembered, 00:04:29.360 --> 00:04:31.439 the wave of death came right behind us, 00:04:31.620 --> 00:04:34.020 waltzing up the stairs like it owned the place, 00:04:34.500 --> 00:04:35.879 and quick as a wink, 00:04:36.259 --> 00:04:39.160 got to swirling around our ankles on the second floor. 00:04:39.160 --> 00:04:42.500 Jim says, 00:04:42.600 --> 00:04:44.160 It was my fault that we stayed. 00:04:44.820 --> 00:04:47.120 They had just bought a brand new home. 00:04:47.360 --> 00:04:48.220 It was made of brick, 00:04:48.460 --> 00:04:50.540 and they had put brand new shingles on the roof. 00:04:51.860 --> 00:04:53.520 But Hurricane Katrina, 00:04:53.760 --> 00:04:57.580 it caused a canal breach on 23 different spots 00:04:57.580 --> 00:05:02.640 that made the waters flood 80% of the city of New Orleans. 00:05:02.639 --> 00:05:08.120 Some parts were buried in 15 feet of water. 00:05:08.819 --> 00:05:10.860 So kids, that basketball hoop is 10 feet, 00:05:11.680 --> 00:05:13.259 five more feet above that. 00:05:15.500 --> 00:05:17.839 1,800 deaths, 00:05:18.959 --> 00:05:24.000 78,000 people displaced by one regional flood. 00:05:26.399 --> 00:05:27.379 And Jim said, 00:05:27.459 --> 00:05:29.779 It was my fault that my family and I got trapped there. 00:05:30.800 --> 00:05:32.620 He thought he had a good refuge. 00:05:32.639 --> 00:05:34.519 And it probably was better than most. 00:05:35.819 --> 00:05:37.319 But when the floods came, 00:05:38.339 --> 00:05:40.639 no man-built refuge was enough. 00:05:43.560 --> 00:05:45.180 It's hard for us to fathom 00:05:45.180 --> 00:05:48.579 this entire earth buried in the waters 00:05:48.579 --> 00:05:51.639 that came from the deep as well as from the sky. 00:05:52.219 --> 00:05:54.699 But that's what the Bible tells us happened. 00:05:55.519 --> 00:05:57.360 A worldwide flood 00:05:57.360 --> 00:06:00.800 in which people like you and me 00:06:00.800 --> 00:06:02.360 were living their lives like Jim, 00:06:02.639 --> 00:06:06.899 and they were caught without a refuge. 00:06:08.019 --> 00:06:10.259 So that's my question for each one today. 00:06:10.419 --> 00:06:12.919 Do you have a refuge? 00:06:12.920 --> 00:06:18.140 There's only one refuge for you, 00:06:18.300 --> 00:06:20.480 for your body and your soul. 00:06:21.439 --> 00:06:23.580 It's revealed in all of the Bible 00:06:23.580 --> 00:06:25.360 by further steps. 00:06:25.360 --> 00:06:28.220 So from this passage, 00:06:28.220 --> 00:06:31.660 I want to try to highlight four covenantal observations. 00:06:33.540 --> 00:06:34.860 Number one is this. 00:06:36.660 --> 00:06:38.860 God is the covenant Lord 00:06:38.860 --> 00:06:41.580 ruling over all of his creation. 00:06:41.579 --> 00:06:43.579 He is the holy covenant Lord. 00:06:43.579 --> 00:06:45.339 He is the holy covenant Lord 00:06:45.339 --> 00:06:48.359 who rules over the entire world. 00:06:49.359 --> 00:06:51.939 And as the Lord over his creation, 00:06:52.099 --> 00:06:55.599 he sees each person's natural evil 00:06:55.599 --> 00:06:57.959 inside and out. 00:06:57.959 --> 00:07:02.000 look again with me at verse five, 00:07:02.339 --> 00:07:03.379 Genesis chapter six, 00:07:03.459 --> 00:07:04.000 verse five, 00:07:04.639 --> 00:07:08.359 God observed that the wickedness of man was great. 00:07:10.159 --> 00:07:12.699 Man's evil deeds had multiplied 00:07:12.699 --> 00:07:14.959 in the whole earth. 00:07:14.959 --> 00:07:19.039 This speaks to the intensity of man's sin. 00:07:21.439 --> 00:07:22.019 See, 00:07:22.079 --> 00:07:24.299 it's one thing if man uses evil words, 00:07:25.120 --> 00:07:28.439 but we read that these were the deeds of men. 00:07:28.439 --> 00:07:31.699 It was blatant action. 00:07:33.019 --> 00:07:34.759 The deeds were evil and wicked 00:07:34.759 --> 00:07:38.759 because all of mankind had become so corrupt. 00:07:40.560 --> 00:07:43.660 To describe this a bit further with biblical language, 00:07:43.800 --> 00:07:44.980 we read in Galatians 5, 00:07:45.040 --> 00:07:45.439 19, 00:07:45.579 --> 00:07:49.259 that the works of the flesh include sexual immorality, 00:07:49.800 --> 00:07:50.339 impurity, 00:07:50.899 --> 00:07:51.699 sensuality, 00:07:52.180 --> 00:07:52.860 idolatry, 00:07:53.459 --> 00:07:54.040 sorcery, 00:07:54.379 --> 00:07:54.800 enmity, 00:07:55.379 --> 00:07:55.959 strife, 00:07:56.519 --> 00:07:56.959 jealousy, 00:07:56.959 --> 00:07:58.759 fits of anger, 00:07:59.779 --> 00:08:00.459 rivalries, 00:08:00.899 --> 00:08:01.519 dissensions, 00:08:02.060 --> 00:08:02.579 divisions, 00:08:03.319 --> 00:08:03.659 envy, 00:08:04.699 --> 00:08:05.419 drunkenness, 00:08:05.699 --> 00:08:06.159 orgies, 00:08:06.319 --> 00:08:06.919 and worse. 00:08:08.060 --> 00:08:09.180 Some of you are thinking, 00:08:09.519 --> 00:08:09.620 well, 00:08:09.639 --> 00:08:12.439 that describes the folks I just worked with all week. 00:08:15.099 --> 00:08:18.459 It's not only the intensity of sin that's highlighted, 00:08:18.599 --> 00:08:20.199 it's also the quantity. 00:08:20.759 --> 00:08:22.979 It's that evil deeds by wicked men 00:08:22.979 --> 00:08:25.859 had multiplied to the point that the whole earth 00:08:25.860 --> 00:08:28.000 was filled with nothing but that. 00:08:28.000 --> 00:08:30.000 The Bible says it was violent. 00:08:30.000 --> 00:08:30.519 violent. 00:08:33.580 --> 00:08:35.059 And there is the Lord, 00:08:35.139 --> 00:08:37.360 the covenant Lord over all his creation. 00:08:37.559 --> 00:08:38.200 Verse five, 00:08:39.159 --> 00:08:48.259 he saw that every imagination of the thoughts of man's heart was only evil. 00:08:48.259 --> 00:08:49.759 continually. 00:08:51.399 --> 00:08:54.919 God saw man's slavery to sin. 00:08:55.720 --> 00:09:01.100 He saw what's inside man and described it as only evil. 00:09:02.200 --> 00:09:05.019 Your soul is addicted to wickedness, 00:09:05.159 --> 00:09:08.819 not just some of the time or most of the time. 00:09:09.539 --> 00:09:14.480 Your natural state is to be addicted to evil continuously all of the time. 00:09:14.480 --> 00:09:22.680 John Calvin described this as the natural hereditary depravity of all of mankind. 00:09:23.759 --> 00:09:30.320 It's a corruption of our nature that is diffused into all parts of your being. 00:09:31.539 --> 00:09:32.980 I had to look up in the dictionary, 00:09:33.120 --> 00:09:34.639 what does diffused really mean? 00:09:35.580 --> 00:09:38.680 You got like a diffuser of puts oils mixed in with the air, 00:09:38.679 --> 00:09:43.339 or sometimes you will try to take oil and you'll diffuse a aroma into it. 00:09:44.039 --> 00:09:49.239 And it means that one element is so intermingled with another that it takes it over, 00:09:50.120 --> 00:09:52.000 even on an atomic level. 00:09:53.599 --> 00:09:56.479 So this is describing the root of man's sin. 00:09:57.399 --> 00:09:59.699 God sees man's insides. 00:10:00.479 --> 00:10:01.819 It's the imagination. 00:10:03.319 --> 00:10:04.579 It's man's thoughts. 00:10:05.899 --> 00:10:07.339 God sees man's heart. 00:10:07.340 --> 00:10:08.340 God sees man's heart. 00:10:11.060 --> 00:10:15.300 Romans 1.30 describes this as hating God, 00:10:16.160 --> 00:10:20.740 being a slanderer out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks. 00:10:22.120 --> 00:10:23.580 Spiritual rebellion. 00:10:24.440 --> 00:10:29.180 It's to be insolent, haughty, boastful, and inventors of evil. 00:10:29.179 --> 00:10:36.959 1 Corinthians 6, verse 11. 00:10:37.120 --> 00:10:39.439 Paul writes to the church, people like you and me, 00:10:39.979 --> 00:10:41.039 so were you. 00:10:41.039 --> 00:10:48.719 And so natural sinners cannot inherit the kingdom of God. 00:10:48.860 --> 00:10:51.539 It's impossible to have peace with God. 00:10:53.000 --> 00:10:56.899 What that means is that as God is Lord over the whole creation, 00:10:57.759 --> 00:11:00.839 and his new kingdom of heaven and earth is coming, 00:11:01.980 --> 00:11:03.919 there will be no place for sinners. 00:11:03.919 --> 00:11:09.839 His rule will be established over all creation. 00:11:10.479 --> 00:11:13.019 Where will you be in your natural state? 00:11:14.019 --> 00:11:16.500 In our natural state, you and me would be homeless 00:11:16.500 --> 00:11:19.439 when the new heavens and the new earth are ushered in, 00:11:20.059 --> 00:11:24.419 because God is the covenant Lord over all his creation, 00:11:24.419 --> 00:11:30.099 and he sees you and me, each of us, in our natural condition. 00:11:31.139 --> 00:11:34.360 And he sees that we are evil inside and out. 00:11:35.779 --> 00:11:38.799 You can't be a Christian unless you say, that was me. 00:11:39.860 --> 00:11:41.919 And my heart is still bent in that direction, 00:11:42.139 --> 00:11:44.419 unless the spirit keeps me close to Christ. 00:11:45.439 --> 00:11:47.500 Here's our second covenantal observation. 00:11:48.779 --> 00:11:53.419 The Lord's wrath burns against sin because he is good, 00:11:53.419 --> 00:11:57.360 and because he is just, he must punish evil. 00:11:59.459 --> 00:12:03.979 The Lord's wrath, his holy righteous anger, 00:12:04.219 --> 00:12:06.979 burns against sin because he is good. 00:12:07.979 --> 00:12:08.759 How could it not? 00:12:09.899 --> 00:12:12.139 And because God is just and powerful, 00:12:12.139 --> 00:12:14.319 he must punish evil. 00:12:16.000 --> 00:12:18.159 The language to describe this to us, 00:12:18.799 --> 00:12:21.419 it's using something we can relate to. 00:12:21.519 --> 00:12:22.339 Look at verse 6. 00:12:23.419 --> 00:12:27.279 God saw the world that way, and God repented. 00:12:28.059 --> 00:12:29.179 The King James says, 00:12:29.879 --> 00:12:31.740 what he saw repented the Lord, 00:12:32.179 --> 00:12:34.559 that he had made man on the earth. 00:12:35.240 --> 00:12:36.000 Verse 6 says, 00:12:36.399 --> 00:12:40.000 it grieved him, God, at his heart. 00:12:41.419 --> 00:12:44.599 Well, we know from all of Scripture that God is spirit. 00:12:44.919 --> 00:12:45.860 God is not man. 00:12:45.860 --> 00:12:48.940 So God does not have physical eyes, 00:12:49.120 --> 00:12:51.620 but the language is that God saw. 00:12:52.460 --> 00:12:55.700 God does not have a heart like a man does, 00:12:55.899 --> 00:12:57.980 but yet God was grieved at his heart. 00:12:58.180 --> 00:13:00.899 That's our prophetic idiom from Moses' pen. 00:13:01.800 --> 00:13:04.340 We know that the eternal decree of God is immutable. 00:13:04.500 --> 00:13:05.440 It does not change. 00:13:05.440 --> 00:13:09.600 But yet, God's wrath against sin is so strong, 00:13:10.500 --> 00:13:14.740 the Scripture describes it as God repenting of what he had made. 00:13:15.360 --> 00:13:16.500 It's like God says, 00:13:17.200 --> 00:13:19.100 O creation, I am holy, 00:13:19.500 --> 00:13:23.260 and I made all my creation very good for my glory. 00:13:23.259 --> 00:13:28.480 But man's slavery to sin and Satan has ruined my world. 00:13:30.899 --> 00:13:34.500 And because he sits on the throne as Lord over his creation, 00:13:34.639 --> 00:13:38.919 the holy God cannot tolerate evil without responding. 00:13:39.819 --> 00:13:41.000 He is not distant. 00:13:41.659 --> 00:13:43.240 Our God is active in this world. 00:13:43.980 --> 00:13:48.039 And the just God cannot leave sin unpunished, 00:13:48.299 --> 00:13:50.139 or he would no longer be just. 00:13:50.139 --> 00:13:54.620 The God who created order, peace, and beauty 00:13:54.620 --> 00:13:58.460 won't leave his creation in chaos forever. 00:13:59.379 --> 00:14:00.340 He rules over it. 00:14:00.919 --> 00:14:01.519 It's his. 00:14:02.500 --> 00:14:04.519 He won't leave us to ruin ourselves. 00:14:05.340 --> 00:14:09.960 He won't leave his image bearers to self-destroy through violence forever. 00:14:11.860 --> 00:14:13.659 So in verse 7, the Lord said, 00:14:13.799 --> 00:14:17.460 I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth, 00:14:17.460 --> 00:14:22.120 both man and the beast and the creeping thing and the fowl of the air. 00:14:23.120 --> 00:14:25.720 See, the animals were not God's image bearers, 00:14:25.860 --> 00:14:28.420 but they are being affected by man's sin. 00:14:29.840 --> 00:14:32.600 Because the second commandment is a prohibition 00:14:32.600 --> 00:14:34.720 against turning creaturely things into gods 00:14:34.720 --> 00:14:36.600 or worshiping something creaturely, 00:14:37.240 --> 00:14:40.340 we can infer that before the flood, people had done just that. 00:14:40.759 --> 00:14:43.560 That's what Paul roars about in Romans 1 and 2 as well. 00:14:43.559 --> 00:14:50.159 So the Lord will destroy both man and beast. 00:14:50.639 --> 00:14:53.299 You can almost imagine the type of idols they came up with, 00:14:53.419 --> 00:14:55.079 creeping things, the fowls of the air, 00:14:55.699 --> 00:14:59.179 because it grieves me that I have made them. 00:15:01.239 --> 00:15:04.879 God is all-powerful, and God is good. 00:15:04.879 --> 00:15:11.039 And so God must unleash his wrath to punish evil. 00:15:12.259 --> 00:15:15.740 We read in verse 11 that the earth was corrupt before God. 00:15:16.100 --> 00:15:17.700 The earth was filled with violence, 00:15:18.100 --> 00:15:19.799 and God looked upon the earth, and behold, 00:15:20.039 --> 00:15:21.659 he saw that it was all corrupt, 00:15:22.179 --> 00:15:25.960 for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. 00:15:25.960 --> 00:15:34.100 It's a real horror to think of what we deserve 00:15:34.100 --> 00:15:35.740 if we were left to ourselves. 00:15:39.519 --> 00:15:42.340 We need to understand that the wrath of God 00:15:42.340 --> 00:15:46.720 cannot let evil go unpunished. 00:15:49.720 --> 00:15:52.540 Eric Alexander pointed out that the real horror 00:15:52.539 --> 00:15:54.459 of being outside of Christ 00:15:54.459 --> 00:15:57.500 is that there is no other shelter 00:15:57.500 --> 00:15:59.699 from God's wrath. 00:16:02.500 --> 00:16:06.120 The Lord, ruling over his creation, 00:16:06.899 --> 00:16:08.559 because he is good, 00:16:08.659 --> 00:16:11.819 he must pour out his wrath to punish sin, 00:16:11.819 --> 00:16:15.259 and because he is just, he must punish evil. 00:16:17.299 --> 00:16:18.819 But remember the promise. 00:16:19.839 --> 00:16:21.839 The seed of Eve will destroy the Satan, 00:16:21.840 --> 00:16:23.560 the serpent's head, crush it. 00:16:24.360 --> 00:16:26.720 How will the Lord be faithful to his promise, 00:16:27.460 --> 00:16:30.259 and also be faithful to being just, 00:16:30.440 --> 00:16:32.000 and good, and punish evil? 00:16:32.080 --> 00:16:33.120 How will he do this? 00:16:34.399 --> 00:16:35.759 And this is our third observation, 00:16:35.920 --> 00:16:36.560 that the Lord, 00:16:37.500 --> 00:16:39.980 he is faithful to his covenant of grace, 00:16:40.259 --> 00:16:44.280 and he provides sinners a refuge for salvation. 00:16:45.720 --> 00:16:48.840 Yes, the Lord is faithful to his covenant of grace, 00:16:48.840 --> 00:16:52.340 and he provides sinners with a refuge for salvation. 00:16:57.220 --> 00:16:59.560 In verse 13, we read that God said, 00:17:00.399 --> 00:17:02.080 the end of all flesh is before me, 00:17:02.120 --> 00:17:04.140 because the earth is filled with violence. 00:17:04.740 --> 00:17:08.140 Behold, I will destroy wicked mankind 00:17:08.140 --> 00:17:09.460 along with the earth. 00:17:10.240 --> 00:17:12.240 So God will do this. 00:17:12.240 --> 00:17:15.279 But we read in verse 8, 00:17:16.259 --> 00:17:20.420 that Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. 00:17:22.920 --> 00:17:24.339 Let's define this term. 00:17:25.900 --> 00:17:28.400 First of all, grace is different than mercy. 00:17:29.400 --> 00:17:32.460 Mercy is to withhold deserved punishment. 00:17:32.460 --> 00:17:37.759 And God is merciless against sin. 00:17:39.920 --> 00:17:42.279 But yet we read that those same eyes, 00:17:42.400 --> 00:17:43.019 so to speak, 00:17:43.140 --> 00:17:46.519 the eyes of God that saw the wickedness of Noah's heart, 00:17:46.680 --> 00:17:48.640 mind, imagination, and deeds, 00:17:49.120 --> 00:17:52.920 that same God looked graciously at Noah. 00:17:55.299 --> 00:17:56.200 Now grace, 00:17:56.319 --> 00:17:58.440 it not only withholds punishment, 00:17:58.440 --> 00:18:01.380 like mercy does, 00:18:01.700 --> 00:18:04.200 but grace also generously blesses. 00:18:05.440 --> 00:18:08.140 Grace is better than unmerited favor. 00:18:10.640 --> 00:18:12.860 Unmerited favor would be like this. 00:18:13.380 --> 00:18:15.519 Picture a teenager who lives on the street, 00:18:15.660 --> 00:18:16.840 and he's always getting into trouble. 00:18:18.140 --> 00:18:19.940 And then a man gets out of his car 00:18:19.940 --> 00:18:22.400 and sees that homeless teenage troublemaker, 00:18:23.420 --> 00:18:24.700 feels pity for him, 00:18:24.720 --> 00:18:26.920 and gives him a crisp $100 bill. 00:18:28.440 --> 00:18:30.820 That would be unmerited favor. 00:18:32.360 --> 00:18:35.380 But grace is so much more than just that. 00:18:36.440 --> 00:18:40.600 Grace is giving favor to one who has demerited it. 00:18:41.880 --> 00:18:44.340 So grace, in the biblical sense, 00:18:44.380 --> 00:18:47.559 is if that teenager saw that same man, 00:18:48.120 --> 00:18:49.160 picked up a big rock, 00:18:49.700 --> 00:18:50.799 smashed his windshield, 00:18:51.900 --> 00:18:53.100 when the guy gets out of his car, 00:18:53.220 --> 00:18:54.039 kicks him in the shin, 00:18:54.299 --> 00:18:55.279 spits in his face, 00:18:55.759 --> 00:18:56.680 gives him the middle finger. 00:18:58.440 --> 00:19:00.600 That man doesn't reach for his wallet. 00:19:02.519 --> 00:19:05.420 He takes that young man to the courthouse 00:19:05.420 --> 00:19:06.820 and adopts him. 00:19:07.380 --> 00:19:08.380 You're going to be my son, 00:19:08.920 --> 00:19:10.220 and I'm going to disciple you 00:19:10.220 --> 00:19:12.400 and show you unconditional love. 00:19:13.180 --> 00:19:13.799 That's grace. 00:19:14.120 --> 00:19:14.940 It's favor, 00:19:15.320 --> 00:19:16.460 great favor and blessing 00:19:16.460 --> 00:19:18.900 to one who has demerited it. 00:19:18.900 --> 00:19:20.980 So Noah, 00:19:21.280 --> 00:19:24.160 he found grace in God's eyes. 00:19:25.500 --> 00:19:27.200 Grace is when God shows favor 00:19:27.200 --> 00:19:28.940 to a man like Noah, 00:19:29.360 --> 00:19:30.480 or like you and me, 00:19:30.840 --> 00:19:32.240 who have demerited it. 00:19:33.180 --> 00:19:36.380 See, God showed favor to Adam and Eve 00:19:36.380 --> 00:19:37.280 and Noah, 00:19:38.040 --> 00:19:39.320 even though they were rebels, 00:19:39.780 --> 00:19:41.160 and every thought of their mind 00:19:41.160 --> 00:19:43.019 was bent toward evil always. 00:19:43.019 --> 00:19:45.519 But God is faithful 00:19:45.519 --> 00:19:47.279 to his covenant of grace. 00:19:48.240 --> 00:19:49.680 Look at verse 18. 00:19:50.619 --> 00:19:51.639 God says to Noah, 00:19:51.920 --> 00:19:53.900 with you I will establish my covenant, 00:19:54.660 --> 00:19:57.559 and you shall come into the ark, 00:19:58.779 --> 00:20:00.720 you and your sons and your wife 00:20:00.720 --> 00:20:03.160 and the sons' wives with you. 00:20:05.359 --> 00:20:06.940 Isn't that a great promise? 00:20:06.940 --> 00:20:15.740 God did not find Noah gracious. 00:20:16.740 --> 00:20:18.299 Noah deserved God's wrath, 00:20:18.460 --> 00:20:19.340 just like everyone else, 00:20:19.420 --> 00:20:20.160 just like we do. 00:20:20.660 --> 00:20:22.420 But Noah received God's favor. 00:20:23.740 --> 00:20:25.500 Where did God find this grace? 00:20:26.740 --> 00:20:29.000 God found grace for a man like Noah 00:20:29.000 --> 00:20:30.039 in himself. 00:20:31.779 --> 00:20:33.680 God graciously elected, 00:20:34.360 --> 00:20:34.799 pardoned, 00:20:34.799 --> 00:20:35.420 accepted, 00:20:35.420 --> 00:20:37.440 and preserved Noah 00:20:37.440 --> 00:20:39.500 because he's faithful 00:20:39.500 --> 00:20:41.180 to his covenant of grace. 00:20:42.900 --> 00:20:44.420 Do you see the work 00:20:44.420 --> 00:20:45.400 of the covenant of grace 00:20:45.400 --> 00:20:46.220 being unveiled 00:20:46.220 --> 00:20:47.620 even in this ancient story? 00:20:49.420 --> 00:20:50.660 In verse 18, 00:20:51.100 --> 00:20:51.960 Noah gets the promise 00:20:51.960 --> 00:20:54.640 that you shall come into the ark. 00:20:56.940 --> 00:20:58.340 Noah, do you have faith 00:20:58.340 --> 00:20:59.140 in this promise? 00:21:00.120 --> 00:21:02.019 I will save you by my grace. 00:21:02.960 --> 00:21:05.200 Well, we see Noah's faith, 00:21:05.420 --> 00:21:06.680 in his response. 00:21:08.440 --> 00:21:10.000 His response was simple, 00:21:10.000 --> 00:21:12.580 to believe and obey. 00:21:13.220 --> 00:21:15.100 We read in Hebrews 11, 7, 00:21:15.220 --> 00:21:16.300 that by faith, 00:21:16.940 --> 00:21:18.360 Noah, when warned, 00:21:18.800 --> 00:21:19.660 in holy fear, 00:21:19.980 --> 00:21:21.039 he built an ark, 00:21:21.440 --> 00:21:23.279 and God saved his family. 00:21:23.779 --> 00:21:26.480 By faith, Noah condemned the world 00:21:26.480 --> 00:21:28.740 and was heir of righteousness 00:21:28.740 --> 00:21:30.660 that keeps with faith. 00:21:30.660 --> 00:21:34.500 And this is because the Lord 00:21:34.500 --> 00:21:36.680 is faithful to his covenant of grace 00:21:36.680 --> 00:21:37.880 and he provides sinners 00:21:37.880 --> 00:21:38.940 like Noah, 00:21:39.300 --> 00:21:40.380 like you and me, 00:21:40.860 --> 00:21:42.540 a refuge for salvation. 00:21:44.120 --> 00:21:45.800 The fourth covenant observation 00:21:45.800 --> 00:21:46.600 is this. 00:21:47.420 --> 00:21:48.980 The Lord patiently calls 00:21:48.980 --> 00:21:50.460 all covenant breakers 00:21:50.460 --> 00:21:52.000 to find safety 00:21:52.000 --> 00:21:55.400 in his provided refuge. 00:21:56.040 --> 00:21:57.820 The ark was not just for Noah, 00:21:57.819 --> 00:21:58.819 it was for whoever 00:21:58.819 --> 00:22:00.619 would repent and believe. 00:22:01.559 --> 00:22:03.339 The Lord patiently calls 00:22:03.339 --> 00:22:04.659 covenant breakers 00:22:04.659 --> 00:22:06.460 to find safety 00:22:06.460 --> 00:22:07.299 in the refuge 00:22:07.299 --> 00:22:08.299 that he has provided. 00:22:10.200 --> 00:22:11.079 Through Noah, 00:22:11.220 --> 00:22:12.879 God preached free salvation 00:22:12.879 --> 00:22:14.899 to the whole evil world. 00:22:15.399 --> 00:22:17.159 We read in 2 Peter 2, 5, 00:22:17.339 --> 00:22:19.039 that Noah was a preacher 00:22:19.039 --> 00:22:20.159 of righteousness. 00:22:20.160 --> 00:22:23.040 In 1 Peter 3, 20, 00:22:23.080 --> 00:22:24.519 we read that God's divine 00:22:24.519 --> 00:22:25.680 long-suffering 00:22:25.680 --> 00:22:27.080 waited patiently 00:22:27.080 --> 00:22:28.519 in the days of Noah 00:22:28.519 --> 00:22:30.920 as the ark was being prepared. 00:22:32.340 --> 00:22:33.580 So there's Noah, 00:22:34.700 --> 00:22:35.940 hammer in one hand, 00:22:37.120 --> 00:22:38.980 preaching from the other side, 00:22:39.440 --> 00:22:41.220 and as people are mocking him 00:22:41.220 --> 00:22:42.720 and seeing this massive 00:22:42.720 --> 00:22:44.440 wooden structure go up, 00:22:45.100 --> 00:22:47.300 he's calling to them, 00:22:47.660 --> 00:22:47.920 repent, 00:22:48.759 --> 00:22:50.100 turn to God the creator. 00:22:50.160 --> 00:22:53.200 You know what's been handed down 00:22:53.200 --> 00:22:54.240 since Adam and Eve 00:22:54.240 --> 00:22:55.400 through Seth. 00:22:55.740 --> 00:22:56.880 You know the promise. 00:22:57.500 --> 00:22:58.540 Repent and believe. 00:23:01.400 --> 00:23:03.140 We read in Genesis 7, 00:23:03.259 --> 00:23:04.120 verse 16, 00:23:04.220 --> 00:23:04.980 that God then 00:23:04.980 --> 00:23:08.620 sent a male and female 00:23:08.620 --> 00:23:09.779 of every species, 00:23:10.620 --> 00:23:11.740 and he sent Noah 00:23:11.740 --> 00:23:12.640 and his family 00:23:12.640 --> 00:23:13.680 into the ark, 00:23:13.840 --> 00:23:15.200 and then the Lord 00:23:15.200 --> 00:23:16.200 shut them in. 00:23:17.340 --> 00:23:18.640 God himself closed 00:23:18.640 --> 00:23:20.220 the door of the ark 00:23:20.220 --> 00:23:21.980 when the day had come. 00:23:25.320 --> 00:23:26.620 What comes next 00:23:26.620 --> 00:23:28.920 was real clouds in the sky, 00:23:29.920 --> 00:23:31.080 heavy rain, 00:23:32.280 --> 00:23:33.480 overflowing lakes, 00:23:34.900 --> 00:23:35.800 hungry waves, 00:23:36.680 --> 00:23:39.700 most likely boiling lava 00:23:39.700 --> 00:23:41.540 as the springs of the deep 00:23:41.540 --> 00:23:42.460 were opened up, 00:23:43.080 --> 00:23:44.580 swallowing up home 00:23:44.579 --> 00:23:45.980 after home, 00:23:46.779 --> 00:23:48.480 fear, 00:23:49.099 --> 00:23:49.839 angry panic, 00:23:50.639 --> 00:23:51.759 lost loved ones, 00:23:52.720 --> 00:23:54.720 running to the mountains, 00:23:55.259 --> 00:23:56.679 and then clamoring 00:23:56.679 --> 00:23:57.799 to be the last king 00:23:57.799 --> 00:23:58.240 of the hill. 00:24:02.039 --> 00:24:03.859 We read in 2 Peter 5 00:24:03.859 --> 00:24:05.000 that God himself 00:24:05.000 --> 00:24:06.720 protected Noah 00:24:06.720 --> 00:24:08.599 inside the ark. 00:24:08.599 --> 00:24:10.419 God protected 00:24:10.419 --> 00:24:11.219 everyone 00:24:11.219 --> 00:24:12.459 who fled 00:24:12.459 --> 00:24:13.219 to the refuge 00:24:13.219 --> 00:24:14.439 God provided. 00:24:16.159 --> 00:24:17.179 And then, 00:24:17.740 --> 00:24:18.599 God's judgment 00:24:18.599 --> 00:24:19.919 poured down 00:24:19.919 --> 00:24:21.299 on the whole earth. 00:24:23.259 --> 00:24:24.179 God's wrath 00:24:24.179 --> 00:24:25.339 purged the world 00:24:25.339 --> 00:24:26.059 of sin 00:24:26.059 --> 00:24:27.299 because God 00:24:27.299 --> 00:24:27.939 is holy, 00:24:28.639 --> 00:24:29.339 but God 00:24:29.339 --> 00:24:30.359 preserved those 00:24:30.359 --> 00:24:31.439 in his 00:24:31.439 --> 00:24:32.339 appointed 00:24:32.339 --> 00:24:33.399 refuge. 00:24:33.400 --> 00:24:38.660 Well, 00:24:38.700 --> 00:24:39.560 this story of Noah, 00:24:39.840 --> 00:24:41.080 it shows us 00:24:41.080 --> 00:24:41.740 that the effects 00:24:41.740 --> 00:24:42.280 of the fall 00:24:42.280 --> 00:24:43.580 were so devastating 00:24:43.580 --> 00:24:45.259 that God 00:24:45.259 --> 00:24:46.259 himself 00:24:46.259 --> 00:24:47.500 must act 00:24:47.500 --> 00:24:48.600 so the world 00:24:48.600 --> 00:24:49.720 doesn't self-destroy 00:24:49.720 --> 00:24:50.920 a thousand times over. 00:24:52.140 --> 00:24:52.820 And we should 00:24:52.820 --> 00:24:53.840 never forget that, 00:24:54.060 --> 00:24:55.560 the total depravity 00:24:55.560 --> 00:24:57.000 and how broken 00:24:57.000 --> 00:24:58.300 the city of man 00:24:58.300 --> 00:24:58.920 will be 00:24:58.920 --> 00:24:59.660 if God were to 00:24:59.660 --> 00:25:00.040 leave it, 00:25:00.600 --> 00:25:01.500 take his hands off. 00:25:01.500 --> 00:25:03.500 What we're going 00:25:03.500 --> 00:25:04.200 to see next week 00:25:04.200 --> 00:25:04.859 is that God 00:25:04.859 --> 00:25:05.740 himself must 00:25:05.740 --> 00:25:06.680 stabilize 00:25:06.680 --> 00:25:08.180 the stage, 00:25:08.440 --> 00:25:09.180 so to speak, 00:25:09.339 --> 00:25:10.660 before the playwright, 00:25:11.180 --> 00:25:11.519 God, 00:25:11.980 --> 00:25:12.700 enters his own 00:25:12.700 --> 00:25:13.079 drama 00:25:13.079 --> 00:25:14.299 as the hero. 00:25:18.640 --> 00:25:19.799 For today, 00:25:20.000 --> 00:25:21.180 we need to see 00:25:21.180 --> 00:25:22.099 Jesus Christ 00:25:22.099 --> 00:25:23.579 as the refuge 00:25:23.579 --> 00:25:24.980 God has provided. 00:25:26.559 --> 00:25:28.579 In 1 Peter 3.21, 00:25:29.339 --> 00:25:30.319 Peter says that 00:25:30.319 --> 00:25:32.419 this was a type, 00:25:32.659 --> 00:25:33.679 this was a shadow, 00:25:34.720 --> 00:25:36.159 and there's a 00:25:36.159 --> 00:25:37.500 greater antitype, 00:25:37.659 --> 00:25:38.679 a greater substance 00:25:38.679 --> 00:25:40.119 that was unveiled 00:25:40.119 --> 00:25:41.039 at the coming 00:25:41.039 --> 00:25:42.039 of Jesus Christ. 00:25:42.759 --> 00:25:43.439 There's a 00:25:43.439 --> 00:25:43.980 corresponding 00:25:43.980 --> 00:25:44.639 fulfillment 00:25:44.639 --> 00:25:45.299 in the new 00:25:45.299 --> 00:25:45.639 covenant 00:25:45.639 --> 00:25:47.220 to the flood 00:25:47.220 --> 00:25:48.259 and the salvation 00:25:48.259 --> 00:25:49.119 God provided. 00:25:50.599 --> 00:25:50.859 See, 00:25:50.939 --> 00:25:51.500 Noah was 00:25:51.500 --> 00:25:52.439 a real person. 00:25:53.220 --> 00:25:53.639 The flood 00:25:53.639 --> 00:25:54.399 was a real 00:25:54.399 --> 00:25:56.159 historic event. 00:25:56.160 --> 00:25:59.560 every mountain 00:25:59.560 --> 00:25:59.980 range 00:25:59.980 --> 00:26:00.460 on every 00:26:00.460 --> 00:26:01.000 continent 00:26:01.000 --> 00:26:01.620 of the world 00:26:01.620 --> 00:26:02.680 has evidence 00:26:02.680 --> 00:26:03.420 of marine 00:26:03.420 --> 00:26:03.920 life, 00:26:04.160 --> 00:26:04.700 not just 00:26:04.700 --> 00:26:05.540 fish from 00:26:05.540 --> 00:26:05.960 a sea, 00:26:06.279 --> 00:26:07.040 but sea stars 00:26:07.040 --> 00:26:07.779 and seashells 00:26:07.779 --> 00:26:08.220 that would only 00:26:08.220 --> 00:26:08.840 be found on 00:26:08.840 --> 00:26:09.440 oceans, 00:26:09.500 --> 00:26:10.220 are on the 00:26:10.220 --> 00:26:10.640 tops of 00:26:10.640 --> 00:26:11.259 every mountain 00:26:11.259 --> 00:26:11.840 of the world. 00:26:12.720 --> 00:26:13.600 We don't need 00:26:13.600 --> 00:26:13.860 that, 00:26:14.060 --> 00:26:14.440 but we should 00:26:14.440 --> 00:26:15.220 not be surprised 00:26:15.220 --> 00:26:16.019 when they find it. 00:26:17.279 --> 00:26:17.540 Ancient 00:26:17.540 --> 00:26:18.220 civilizations 00:26:18.220 --> 00:26:18.860 have passed 00:26:18.860 --> 00:26:19.440 down in their 00:26:19.440 --> 00:26:20.420 oral tradition 00:26:20.420 --> 00:26:20.980 even though 00:26:20.980 --> 00:26:21.680 they've been 00:26:21.680 --> 00:26:22.300 darkened by 00:26:22.300 --> 00:26:22.759 the devil. 00:26:22.759 --> 00:26:24.799 So we have 00:26:24.799 --> 00:26:25.720 in the Sumerian 00:26:25.720 --> 00:26:26.660 story, 00:26:27.079 --> 00:26:27.839 the Babylonian 00:26:27.839 --> 00:26:28.299 history, 00:26:28.859 --> 00:26:29.599 Celtic myths, 00:26:29.940 --> 00:26:30.619 Celtic myths, 00:26:31.079 --> 00:26:31.879 African myths, 00:26:32.500 --> 00:26:33.400 Pacific tribal 00:26:33.400 --> 00:26:33.900 legends, 00:26:34.200 --> 00:26:35.259 and even the 00:26:35.259 --> 00:26:36.099 Chinese character 00:26:36.099 --> 00:26:36.799 for ship, 00:26:37.400 --> 00:26:37.940 it's three 00:26:37.940 --> 00:26:38.859 characters combined. 00:26:39.059 --> 00:26:39.819 It's a boat, 00:26:40.539 --> 00:26:41.259 eight mouths, 00:26:42.700 --> 00:26:44.940 and the number 00:26:44.940 --> 00:26:45.240 eight. 00:26:45.420 --> 00:26:45.740 There it is. 00:26:45.779 --> 00:26:46.279 There's the three. 00:26:46.720 --> 00:26:47.500 So a ship 00:26:47.500 --> 00:26:48.480 is a big boat 00:26:48.480 --> 00:26:49.779 with eight people 00:26:49.779 --> 00:26:50.119 on it. 00:26:50.799 --> 00:26:51.319 The number 00:26:51.319 --> 00:26:51.980 eight is Noah 00:26:51.980 --> 00:26:52.640 and his wife, 00:26:52.640 --> 00:26:53.400 his three sons, 00:26:53.480 --> 00:26:54.000 and their wives. 00:26:54.100 --> 00:26:54.560 There's eight 00:26:54.560 --> 00:26:55.660 people on the 00:26:55.660 --> 00:26:55.920 ship. 00:26:57.540 --> 00:26:58.420 Both Noah 00:26:58.420 --> 00:26:59.480 and Adam 00:26:59.480 --> 00:27:00.620 are foreshadowing 00:27:00.620 --> 00:27:02.020 the person 00:27:02.020 --> 00:27:02.620 and work 00:27:02.620 --> 00:27:03.620 of Jesus Christ. 00:27:05.020 --> 00:27:05.500 Adam was 00:27:05.500 --> 00:27:05.980 born 00:27:05.980 --> 00:27:07.780 without sin, 00:27:07.880 --> 00:27:08.460 but he chose 00:27:08.460 --> 00:27:08.940 to sin. 00:27:09.860 --> 00:27:10.340 Noah was 00:27:10.340 --> 00:27:11.300 born into 00:27:11.300 --> 00:27:11.700 sin, 00:27:12.400 --> 00:27:13.120 and he could 00:27:13.120 --> 00:27:13.960 never escape 00:27:13.960 --> 00:27:14.220 it. 00:27:15.320 --> 00:27:15.980 But Jesus 00:27:15.980 --> 00:27:16.680 Christ became 00:27:16.680 --> 00:27:17.240 the man 00:27:17.240 --> 00:27:18.120 that Adam 00:27:18.120 --> 00:27:19.340 chose not to 00:27:19.340 --> 00:27:20.140 be by sinning, 00:27:20.640 --> 00:27:21.380 and the man 00:27:21.380 --> 00:27:21.800 that Noah 00:27:21.799 --> 00:27:22.440 could never 00:27:22.440 --> 00:27:22.859 be. 00:27:23.839 --> 00:27:24.240 Noah could 00:27:24.240 --> 00:27:24.720 not start 00:27:24.720 --> 00:27:25.220 a perfect 00:27:25.220 --> 00:27:25.980 new creation 00:27:25.980 --> 00:27:26.539 after the 00:27:26.539 --> 00:27:26.819 flood. 00:27:27.180 --> 00:27:27.720 He still 00:27:27.720 --> 00:27:28.099 had the 00:27:28.099 --> 00:27:28.619 depraved, 00:27:29.099 --> 00:27:29.659 sinful nature 00:27:29.659 --> 00:27:29.980 that he 00:27:29.980 --> 00:27:30.460 would pass 00:27:30.460 --> 00:27:30.680 on. 00:27:32.259 --> 00:27:32.980 In John 00:27:32.980 --> 00:27:33.659 chapter 5, 00:27:33.740 --> 00:27:34.039 our Lord 00:27:34.039 --> 00:27:34.639 Jesus Christ 00:27:34.639 --> 00:27:35.440 said that all 00:27:35.440 --> 00:27:36.079 of the scriptures 00:27:36.079 --> 00:27:37.519 testify of 00:27:37.519 --> 00:27:37.819 him. 00:27:38.859 --> 00:27:39.139 Genesis 00:27:39.139 --> 00:27:39.879 chapter 6 00:27:39.879 --> 00:27:40.359 and 7 00:27:40.359 --> 00:27:41.519 testify of 00:27:41.519 --> 00:27:42.339 Jesus Christ. 00:27:43.019 --> 00:27:43.539 Jesus is 00:27:43.539 --> 00:27:44.220 revealing to 00:27:44.220 --> 00:27:44.779 the world, 00:27:45.319 --> 00:27:45.859 I, God 00:27:45.859 --> 00:27:46.399 the Son, 00:27:46.400 --> 00:27:47.400 I am the 00:27:47.400 --> 00:27:47.780 hero. 00:27:48.840 --> 00:27:49.460 World history 00:27:49.460 --> 00:27:50.180 is my 00:27:50.180 --> 00:27:51.060 story. 00:27:55.220 --> 00:27:56.280 Jesus Christ 00:27:56.280 --> 00:27:56.900 is the 00:27:56.900 --> 00:27:57.600 Lord over 00:27:57.600 --> 00:27:58.060 all his 00:27:58.060 --> 00:27:58.580 creation, 00:27:58.980 --> 00:28:00.280 and he 00:28:00.280 --> 00:28:00.700 is the 00:28:00.700 --> 00:28:01.019 one who 00:28:01.019 --> 00:28:01.740 sees you. 00:28:02.780 --> 00:28:03.540 Even in 00:28:03.540 --> 00:28:04.060 the flesh 00:28:04.060 --> 00:28:04.680 on earth, 00:28:04.820 --> 00:28:05.259 he could 00:28:05.259 --> 00:28:05.740 see what 00:28:05.740 --> 00:28:06.400 was inside 00:28:06.400 --> 00:28:06.820 man, 00:28:07.400 --> 00:28:08.140 and he 00:28:08.140 --> 00:28:08.680 sees that 00:28:08.680 --> 00:28:09.440 your natural 00:28:09.440 --> 00:28:10.560 inclination 00:28:10.560 --> 00:28:11.280 is evil, 00:28:11.680 --> 00:28:12.160 continually, 00:28:12.720 --> 00:28:13.280 inside and 00:28:13.280 --> 00:28:13.500 out, 00:28:13.500 --> 00:28:14.700 and the 00:28:14.700 --> 00:28:15.319 evil deeds, 00:28:15.440 --> 00:28:15.539 they 00:28:15.539 --> 00:28:16.180 displease 00:28:16.180 --> 00:28:16.500 him. 00:28:18.859 --> 00:28:19.759 The wrath 00:28:19.759 --> 00:28:20.259 of Jesus 00:28:20.259 --> 00:28:20.720 Christ 00:28:20.720 --> 00:28:21.359 himself 00:28:21.359 --> 00:28:22.980 burns 00:28:22.980 --> 00:28:24.000 against sin 00:28:24.000 --> 00:28:25.039 because he 00:28:25.039 --> 00:28:25.660 is good, 00:28:26.019 --> 00:28:26.700 and he's 00:28:26.700 --> 00:28:27.440 also just, 00:28:27.599 --> 00:28:28.160 he will 00:28:28.160 --> 00:28:28.640 come back 00:28:28.640 --> 00:28:29.059 to judge 00:28:29.059 --> 00:28:29.420 the living 00:28:29.420 --> 00:28:29.720 and the 00:28:29.720 --> 00:28:29.960 dead, 00:28:30.160 --> 00:28:30.700 and he 00:28:30.700 --> 00:28:31.720 must punish 00:28:31.720 --> 00:28:32.200 evil. 00:28:34.559 --> 00:28:35.059 Yet 00:28:35.059 --> 00:28:35.700 Jesus came 00:28:35.700 --> 00:28:36.319 to fulfill 00:28:36.319 --> 00:28:36.859 the covenant 00:28:36.859 --> 00:28:37.440 of redemption 00:28:37.440 --> 00:28:37.980 that God 00:28:37.980 --> 00:28:38.500 the Father 00:28:38.500 --> 00:28:40.079 had given 00:28:40.079 --> 00:28:40.720 him to do 00:28:40.720 --> 00:28:41.880 in obedience. 00:28:43.500 --> 00:28:44.519 And Jesus 00:28:44.519 --> 00:28:45.480 Christ became 00:28:45.480 --> 00:28:46.500 the refuge, 00:28:46.799 --> 00:28:47.299 he became 00:28:47.299 --> 00:28:47.839 the ark, 00:28:48.799 --> 00:28:49.519 he became 00:28:49.519 --> 00:28:50.160 the one that 00:28:50.160 --> 00:28:51.319 whosoever has 00:28:51.319 --> 00:28:51.859 an ear to 00:28:51.859 --> 00:28:52.039 hear, 00:28:52.220 --> 00:28:53.019 run to me 00:28:53.019 --> 00:28:53.740 and be 00:28:53.740 --> 00:28:54.140 safe. 00:28:54.619 --> 00:28:55.059 Why can 00:28:55.059 --> 00:28:55.319 you be 00:28:55.319 --> 00:28:55.740 safe if 00:28:55.740 --> 00:28:56.039 you run 00:28:56.039 --> 00:28:56.599 to Christ? 00:28:58.180 --> 00:28:58.700 Because 00:28:58.700 --> 00:29:00.119 being divine, 00:29:00.640 --> 00:29:01.460 the flood 00:29:01.460 --> 00:29:01.940 of God's 00:29:01.940 --> 00:29:02.480 wrath won't 00:29:02.480 --> 00:29:03.220 destroy him, 00:29:04.000 --> 00:29:04.599 he will rise 00:29:04.599 --> 00:29:04.980 again. 00:29:05.660 --> 00:29:06.119 Yet being 00:29:06.119 --> 00:29:06.720 a man, 00:29:07.940 --> 00:29:08.200 he can 00:29:08.200 --> 00:29:09.259 relate to 00:29:09.259 --> 00:29:09.400 you and 00:29:09.400 --> 00:29:09.640 he can 00:29:09.640 --> 00:29:10.160 take you 00:29:10.160 --> 00:29:10.440 in, 00:29:10.920 --> 00:29:11.240 he can 00:29:11.240 --> 00:29:11.519 be the 00:29:11.519 --> 00:29:11.839 one that 00:29:11.839 --> 00:29:12.160 you have 00:29:12.160 --> 00:29:12.859 union with 00:29:12.859 --> 00:29:13.259 God, 00:29:13.500 --> 00:29:13.799 through 00:29:13.799 --> 00:29:14.400 his work. 00:29:16.920 --> 00:29:17.500 God 00:29:17.500 --> 00:29:18.200 must 00:29:18.200 --> 00:29:18.900 pour out 00:29:18.900 --> 00:29:19.819 his wrath 00:29:19.819 --> 00:29:20.400 against sin 00:29:20.400 --> 00:29:20.819 and evil. 00:29:22.420 --> 00:29:23.200 And Jesus 00:29:23.200 --> 00:29:24.299 Christ endured 00:29:24.299 --> 00:29:25.140 the cross. 00:29:26.380 --> 00:29:27.160 He received 00:29:27.160 --> 00:29:28.099 the wrath 00:29:28.099 --> 00:29:28.619 of the 00:29:28.619 --> 00:29:29.319 holy God 00:29:29.319 --> 00:29:30.579 so that 00:29:30.579 --> 00:29:31.200 whoever would 00:29:31.200 --> 00:29:31.900 be sheltered 00:29:31.900 --> 00:29:32.420 by him 00:29:32.420 --> 00:29:34.200 can survive. 00:29:34.859 --> 00:29:35.579 He passed 00:29:35.579 --> 00:29:36.059 through the 00:29:36.059 --> 00:29:36.640 waters of 00:29:36.640 --> 00:29:37.000 judgment 00:29:37.000 --> 00:29:38.940 and he came 00:29:38.940 --> 00:29:39.460 out alive 00:29:39.460 --> 00:29:40.079 and victorious 00:29:40.079 --> 00:29:40.559 on the other 00:29:40.559 --> 00:29:41.380 side to 00:29:41.380 --> 00:29:42.500 inaugurate his 00:29:42.500 --> 00:29:43.259 new creation. 00:29:43.500 --> 00:29:44.759 you see 00:29:44.759 --> 00:29:45.240 how all 00:29:45.240 --> 00:29:45.559 of this 00:29:45.559 --> 00:29:46.440 is unveiling 00:29:46.440 --> 00:29:47.339 the person 00:29:47.339 --> 00:29:48.079 and work 00:29:48.079 --> 00:29:48.500 of Jesus 00:29:48.500 --> 00:29:49.039 Christ. 00:29:51.299 --> 00:29:51.900 Well, 00:29:51.940 --> 00:29:52.259 the tone 00:29:52.259 --> 00:29:52.599 of this 00:29:52.599 --> 00:29:53.019 passage 00:29:53.019 --> 00:29:53.660 today is 00:29:53.660 --> 00:29:54.480 of stern 00:29:54.480 --> 00:29:54.900 warning. 00:29:57.799 --> 00:29:58.579 I'm doing 00:29:58.579 --> 00:29:59.099 my best 00:29:59.099 --> 00:29:59.700 to present 00:29:59.700 --> 00:30:00.240 the glory 00:30:00.240 --> 00:30:00.539 of the 00:30:00.539 --> 00:30:00.880 gospel, 00:30:01.039 --> 00:30:01.339 but not 00:30:01.339 --> 00:30:01.960 missing out 00:30:01.960 --> 00:30:02.279 on this 00:30:02.279 --> 00:30:02.799 tone of 00:30:02.799 --> 00:30:03.140 warning. 00:30:03.299 --> 00:30:03.539 That's how 00:30:03.539 --> 00:30:03.839 the whole 00:30:03.839 --> 00:30:04.420 new covenant 00:30:04.420 --> 00:30:05.240 interprets 00:30:05.240 --> 00:30:06.079 the flood. 00:30:06.880 --> 00:30:07.480 See, 00:30:07.599 --> 00:30:08.160 just as 00:30:08.160 --> 00:30:08.720 Adam's 00:30:08.720 --> 00:30:09.039 fall, 00:30:09.039 --> 00:30:11.019 it made 00:30:11.019 --> 00:30:11.639 all people 00:30:11.639 --> 00:30:12.139 of earth 00:30:12.139 --> 00:30:13.460 want to 00:30:13.460 --> 00:30:13.899 willingly 00:30:13.899 --> 00:30:14.619 forget 00:30:14.619 --> 00:30:15.399 who God 00:30:15.399 --> 00:30:15.720 is. 00:30:17.379 --> 00:30:17.980 We don't 00:30:17.980 --> 00:30:18.220 want to 00:30:18.220 --> 00:30:18.799 remember the 00:30:18.799 --> 00:30:19.299 moral law 00:30:19.299 --> 00:30:19.680 of God 00:30:19.680 --> 00:30:20.079 that he's 00:30:20.079 --> 00:30:20.460 written on 00:30:20.460 --> 00:30:20.759 man's 00:30:20.759 --> 00:30:21.200 heart and 00:30:21.200 --> 00:30:21.539 mind. 00:30:23.440 --> 00:30:24.259 So also 00:30:24.259 --> 00:30:25.019 in 2 Peter 00:30:25.019 --> 00:30:25.639 3, 5, 00:30:25.740 --> 00:30:26.259 we read that 00:30:26.259 --> 00:30:26.940 you willingly 00:30:26.940 --> 00:30:27.899 forget the 00:30:27.899 --> 00:30:28.599 word of God, 00:30:28.879 --> 00:30:29.480 that same 00:30:29.480 --> 00:30:30.139 word that sent 00:30:30.139 --> 00:30:30.680 the floods 00:30:30.680 --> 00:30:31.319 that destroyed 00:30:31.319 --> 00:30:31.819 the earth, 00:30:32.200 --> 00:30:32.799 that same 00:30:32.799 --> 00:30:33.299 word of God 00:30:33.299 --> 00:30:34.079 promises that 00:30:34.079 --> 00:30:34.720 Christ is 00:30:34.720 --> 00:30:35.759 coming again. 00:30:35.759 --> 00:30:37.619 And just 00:30:37.619 --> 00:30:38.059 as people 00:30:38.059 --> 00:30:38.559 were eating 00:30:38.559 --> 00:30:39.200 and drinking 00:30:39.200 --> 00:30:40.339 and living 00:30:40.339 --> 00:30:40.859 as if there 00:30:40.859 --> 00:30:41.259 would be 00:30:41.259 --> 00:30:42.059 no end 00:30:42.059 --> 00:30:42.460 to their 00:30:42.460 --> 00:30:42.900 life, 00:30:43.900 --> 00:30:44.720 on the 00:30:44.720 --> 00:30:45.079 day that 00:30:45.079 --> 00:30:45.720 Noah entered 00:30:45.720 --> 00:30:46.279 the ark, 00:30:46.660 --> 00:30:47.240 Jesus says 00:30:47.240 --> 00:30:47.579 in Luke 00:30:47.579 --> 00:30:48.839 17, 26, 00:30:49.759 --> 00:30:50.400 so people 00:30:50.400 --> 00:30:51.599 today are 00:30:51.599 --> 00:30:52.319 just as 00:30:52.319 --> 00:30:53.500 rebellious in 00:30:53.500 --> 00:30:54.279 their minds 00:30:54.279 --> 00:30:54.779 and hearts 00:30:54.779 --> 00:30:55.680 and imaginations 00:30:55.680 --> 00:30:56.539 and they will 00:30:56.539 --> 00:30:57.140 be caught by 00:30:57.140 --> 00:30:58.460 surprise on 00:30:58.460 --> 00:30:59.220 the day of 00:30:59.220 --> 00:30:59.680 the Lord. 00:31:01.220 --> 00:31:02.240 Just as God 00:31:02.240 --> 00:31:03.079 was true to 00:31:03.079 --> 00:31:03.720 his word and 00:31:03.720 --> 00:31:04.200 he sent a 00:31:04.200 --> 00:31:04.640 flood that 00:31:04.640 --> 00:31:05.740 destroyed all 00:31:05.740 --> 00:31:06.380 the wicked 00:31:06.380 --> 00:31:07.420 rebellion of 00:31:07.420 --> 00:31:07.759 man, 00:31:08.160 --> 00:31:09.079 so also the 00:31:09.079 --> 00:31:09.799 wrath of God 00:31:09.799 --> 00:31:10.500 against sin, 00:31:10.720 --> 00:31:11.880 it will purge 00:31:11.880 --> 00:31:12.720 this earth 00:31:12.720 --> 00:31:13.259 when Christ 00:31:13.259 --> 00:31:14.380 returns to 00:31:14.380 --> 00:31:14.920 judge the 00:31:14.920 --> 00:31:15.339 living and 00:31:15.339 --> 00:31:15.660 the dead 00:31:15.660 --> 00:31:16.180 one day. 00:31:17.099 --> 00:31:17.460 And this 00:31:17.460 --> 00:31:17.779 will be 00:31:17.779 --> 00:31:18.660 Jesus Christ, 00:31:19.599 --> 00:31:20.259 the man 00:31:20.259 --> 00:31:21.400 who is 00:31:21.400 --> 00:31:22.079 exalted at 00:31:22.079 --> 00:31:22.420 the right 00:31:22.420 --> 00:31:22.720 hand of 00:31:22.720 --> 00:31:23.120 the Father 00:31:23.120 --> 00:31:24.059 coming to 00:31:24.059 --> 00:31:24.920 judge and 00:31:24.920 --> 00:31:25.380 to pour 00:31:25.380 --> 00:31:26.180 out wrath, 00:31:26.640 --> 00:31:27.079 have the 00:31:27.079 --> 00:31:27.660 right picture 00:31:27.660 --> 00:31:28.599 of Christ. 00:31:29.920 --> 00:31:30.319 Revelation 00:31:30.319 --> 00:31:31.279 6, 16 00:31:31.279 --> 00:31:32.220 says on 00:31:32.220 --> 00:31:32.819 that day, 00:31:33.339 --> 00:31:34.019 wicked sinners 00:31:34.019 --> 00:31:34.359 who had 00:31:34.359 --> 00:31:34.920 blasphemed 00:31:34.920 --> 00:31:35.279 God, 00:31:35.279 --> 00:31:35.819 they will 00:31:35.819 --> 00:31:36.339 run to 00:31:36.339 --> 00:31:36.819 the mountains 00:31:36.819 --> 00:31:37.339 and rocks 00:31:37.339 --> 00:31:37.859 and beg 00:31:37.859 --> 00:31:38.660 them to 00:31:38.660 --> 00:31:39.160 fall upon 00:31:39.160 --> 00:31:39.519 them and 00:31:39.519 --> 00:31:40.259 smash them. 00:31:40.859 --> 00:31:41.279 They'll say 00:31:41.279 --> 00:31:42.000 fall on us 00:31:42.000 --> 00:31:42.980 and hide us 00:31:42.980 --> 00:31:43.960 from the face 00:31:43.960 --> 00:31:44.940 of him who 00:31:44.940 --> 00:31:45.500 is seated 00:31:45.500 --> 00:31:46.619 on the throne. 00:31:47.079 --> 00:31:47.240 Listen, 00:31:47.639 --> 00:31:48.220 and from the 00:31:48.220 --> 00:31:49.220 wrath of the 00:31:49.220 --> 00:31:50.960 lamb for the 00:31:50.960 --> 00:31:52.000 great day of 00:31:52.000 --> 00:31:53.139 their wrath has 00:31:53.139 --> 00:31:54.200 come and who 00:31:54.200 --> 00:31:55.579 can stand. 00:31:58.559 --> 00:31:59.299 And just as the 00:31:59.299 --> 00:31:59.899 wrath of God 00:31:59.899 --> 00:32:00.599 against sin was 00:32:00.599 --> 00:32:01.700 poured out in 00:32:01.700 --> 00:32:02.420 the waters of 00:32:02.420 --> 00:32:02.940 judgment on 00:32:02.940 --> 00:32:03.420 the flood, 00:32:03.420 --> 00:32:05.420 you who have 00:32:05.420 --> 00:32:06.200 run to Christ 00:32:06.200 --> 00:32:06.940 as your refuge, 00:32:07.120 --> 00:32:08.220 take comfort. 00:32:09.660 --> 00:32:10.700 So also the 00:32:10.700 --> 00:32:11.519 wrath of God 00:32:11.519 --> 00:32:12.539 against your 00:32:12.539 --> 00:32:14.700 sin and 00:32:14.700 --> 00:32:15.360 against my 00:32:15.360 --> 00:32:16.840 sin, it 00:32:16.840 --> 00:32:17.740 has already 00:32:17.740 --> 00:32:18.580 been poured 00:32:18.580 --> 00:32:19.800 out on our 00:32:19.800 --> 00:32:20.240 Lord Jesus 00:32:20.240 --> 00:32:21.320 Christ on 00:32:21.320 --> 00:32:21.840 the cross. 00:32:23.640 --> 00:32:25.200 1 John 2, 2 00:32:25.200 --> 00:32:26.100 says he, 00:32:26.279 --> 00:32:26.900 Jesus Christ 00:32:26.900 --> 00:32:28.400 himself, is 00:32:28.400 --> 00:32:29.840 the propitiation. 00:32:29.839 --> 00:32:31.439 He is the 00:32:31.439 --> 00:32:32.959 satisfaction, the 00:32:32.959 --> 00:32:34.480 appeasement of 00:32:34.480 --> 00:32:35.679 our sins. 00:32:36.720 --> 00:32:37.859 The wrath of 00:32:37.859 --> 00:32:38.220 God is 00:32:38.220 --> 00:32:38.759 satisfied. 00:32:40.359 --> 00:32:41.439 I love how 00:32:41.439 --> 00:32:42.099 Milton Vincent 00:32:42.099 --> 00:32:43.159 reflects on this 00:32:43.159 --> 00:32:43.959 gospel truth. 00:32:44.959 --> 00:32:46.319 Now, when I 00:32:46.319 --> 00:32:47.379 am sinning, God's 00:32:47.379 --> 00:32:48.039 grace does 00:32:48.039 --> 00:32:49.639 abound, ensuring 00:32:49.639 --> 00:32:51.139 my justified 00:32:51.139 --> 00:32:52.259 status is 00:32:52.259 --> 00:32:53.039 sound. 00:32:53.799 --> 00:32:55.179 No wrath is 00:32:55.179 --> 00:32:56.179 awakened in 00:32:56.179 --> 00:32:57.079 God at my 00:32:57.079 --> 00:32:57.839 sin because 00:32:58.419 --> 00:32:59.519 Christ appeased 00:32:59.519 --> 00:33:00.379 it to say 00:33:00.379 --> 00:33:01.039 so again. 00:33:01.759 --> 00:33:02.500 God's heart 00:33:02.500 --> 00:33:04.139 pulses only 00:33:04.139 --> 00:33:05.740 with passionate 00:33:05.740 --> 00:33:07.700 grace, which 00:33:07.700 --> 00:33:08.859 jealously wants 00:33:08.859 --> 00:33:09.980 me back in 00:33:09.980 --> 00:33:10.700 his embrace. 00:33:11.759 --> 00:33:12.879 If you have 00:33:12.879 --> 00:33:13.940 run to Christ 00:33:13.940 --> 00:33:14.759 as your 00:33:14.759 --> 00:33:16.180 refuge, then 00:33:16.180 --> 00:33:16.980 you can know 00:33:16.980 --> 00:33:17.859 this promise in 00:33:17.859 --> 00:33:18.680 1 Thessalonians 00:33:18.680 --> 00:33:19.259 5, 9. 00:33:19.700 --> 00:33:20.900 God has not 00:33:20.900 --> 00:33:22.220 destined us 00:33:22.220 --> 00:33:23.500 for wrath, 00:33:23.740 --> 00:33:24.299 but for 00:33:24.299 --> 00:33:24.900 obtaining 00:33:24.900 --> 00:33:26.259 salvation through 00:33:26.259 --> 00:33:26.900 our Lord Jesus 00:33:26.900 --> 00:33:28.299 Christ who died 00:33:28.299 --> 00:33:29.539 for us. 00:33:29.539 --> 00:33:29.980 Amen. 00:33:31.419 --> 00:33:32.579 Just as God 00:33:32.579 --> 00:33:33.259 brought new 00:33:33.259 --> 00:33:34.619 order to his 00:33:34.619 --> 00:33:35.339 creation after 00:33:35.339 --> 00:33:36.559 washing it with 00:33:36.559 --> 00:33:37.220 the waters of 00:33:37.220 --> 00:33:38.839 judgment, so also 00:33:38.839 --> 00:33:39.919 Christ brings 00:33:39.919 --> 00:33:41.619 peace and order 00:33:41.619 --> 00:33:43.519 to you who are 00:33:43.519 --> 00:33:44.680 a new creation in 00:33:44.680 --> 00:33:44.919 him. 00:33:45.379 --> 00:33:46.960 You are new. 00:33:48.740 --> 00:33:50.180 Your sins do 00:33:50.180 --> 00:33:51.000 not determine who 00:33:51.000 --> 00:33:51.399 you are. 00:33:52.379 --> 00:33:53.279 It's Christ's 00:33:53.279 --> 00:33:54.659 righteousness clothing 00:33:54.660 --> 00:33:55.000 you. 00:33:55.660 --> 00:33:56.460 You are that 00:33:56.460 --> 00:33:56.840 new. 00:33:57.279 --> 00:33:57.860 You are that 00:33:57.860 --> 00:33:59.240 washed if you 00:33:59.240 --> 00:34:00.540 are justified by 00:34:00.540 --> 00:34:01.820 running to Jesus 00:34:01.820 --> 00:34:03.220 as your Savior. 00:34:04.759 --> 00:34:06.060 And just as God 00:34:06.060 --> 00:34:08.139 patiently waited 00:34:08.139 --> 00:34:09.639 with long 00:34:09.639 --> 00:34:11.220 suffering, desiring 00:34:11.220 --> 00:34:12.320 that none should 00:34:12.320 --> 00:34:14.360 perish, desiring 00:34:14.360 --> 00:34:15.579 that sinners run 00:34:15.579 --> 00:34:16.340 to his son 00:34:16.340 --> 00:34:18.500 repenting, so he 00:34:18.500 --> 00:34:19.300 calls you and 00:34:19.300 --> 00:34:20.240 everyone who has an 00:34:20.240 --> 00:34:20.940 ear to hear, 00:34:21.860 --> 00:34:23.700 repent, run to 00:34:23.699 --> 00:34:24.159 Christ. 00:34:24.980 --> 00:34:25.879 God has already 00:34:25.879 --> 00:34:26.759 provided your 00:34:26.759 --> 00:34:27.279 refuge. 00:34:29.719 --> 00:34:30.619 God's wrath 00:34:30.619 --> 00:34:31.659 purged the world 00:34:31.659 --> 00:34:32.519 of sin, but he 00:34:32.519 --> 00:34:33.779 will preserve you 00:34:33.779 --> 00:34:35.259 who are in his 00:34:35.259 --> 00:34:36.500 appointed place of 00:34:36.500 --> 00:34:36.939 refuge. 00:34:36.939 --> 00:34:38.319 He will shut you 00:34:38.319 --> 00:34:38.599 in. 00:34:39.359 --> 00:34:40.399 He closes the door 00:34:40.399 --> 00:34:41.079 behind you. 00:34:41.980 --> 00:34:42.819 You are safe 00:34:42.819 --> 00:34:44.119 from his wrath. 00:34:45.899 --> 00:34:46.939 When we think of 00:34:46.939 --> 00:34:47.719 waters and judgment, 00:34:48.159 --> 00:34:48.939 we have to also 00:34:48.939 --> 00:34:49.859 think of baptism. 00:34:49.860 --> 00:34:55.200 Christ passed 00:34:55.200 --> 00:34:55.960 through the waters 00:34:55.960 --> 00:34:56.539 of judgment. 00:34:56.920 --> 00:34:57.579 He didn't skip 00:34:57.579 --> 00:34:58.599 around them or 00:34:58.599 --> 00:34:59.180 avoid them. 00:35:00.720 --> 00:35:01.640 He passed 00:35:01.640 --> 00:35:02.640 through the death 00:35:02.640 --> 00:35:03.480 that you and I 00:35:03.480 --> 00:35:04.599 deserve on the 00:35:04.599 --> 00:35:04.980 cross. 00:35:05.320 --> 00:35:07.140 And he rose to 00:35:07.140 --> 00:35:08.120 newness of life 00:35:08.120 --> 00:35:09.660 so he could 00:35:09.660 --> 00:35:11.180 pass and channel 00:35:11.180 --> 00:35:11.820 the blessings, 00:35:12.240 --> 00:35:13.180 the grace of God 00:35:13.180 --> 00:35:14.380 from heaven to 00:35:14.380 --> 00:35:15.340 everyone who runs 00:35:15.340 --> 00:35:15.760 to him. 00:35:16.800 --> 00:35:17.400 And that's what we 00:35:17.400 --> 00:35:18.000 celebrate with 00:35:18.000 --> 00:35:18.519 baptism. 00:35:19.519 --> 00:35:20.239 You are washed 00:35:20.239 --> 00:35:21.239 with his blood 00:35:21.239 --> 00:35:22.039 and by his 00:35:22.039 --> 00:35:22.440 spirit. 00:35:23.400 --> 00:35:24.019 His blood 00:35:24.019 --> 00:35:24.900 washes you by 00:35:24.900 --> 00:35:25.380 grace. 00:35:26.840 --> 00:35:28.079 First Peter 321 00:35:28.079 --> 00:35:28.679 makes this 00:35:28.679 --> 00:35:29.500 interpretation, 00:35:29.659 --> 00:35:30.219 this fulfillment. 00:35:31.320 --> 00:35:31.900 Peter wrote that 00:35:31.900 --> 00:35:33.119 baptism celebrates 00:35:33.119 --> 00:35:33.960 that God has 00:35:33.960 --> 00:35:34.639 cleansed your 00:35:34.639 --> 00:35:35.760 conscience through 00:35:35.760 --> 00:35:36.500 the resurrection 00:35:36.500 --> 00:35:37.659 of Jesus Christ 00:35:37.659 --> 00:35:38.940 who has gone 00:35:38.940 --> 00:35:40.059 into heaven and 00:35:40.059 --> 00:35:40.739 is at the right 00:35:40.739 --> 00:35:41.400 hand of God 00:35:41.400 --> 00:35:42.400 with all angels 00:35:42.400 --> 00:35:43.079 and authorities 00:35:43.079 --> 00:35:44.380 and powers being 00:35:44.380 --> 00:35:45.820 subject to him. 00:35:45.820 --> 00:35:48.200 you are baptized, 00:35:48.780 --> 00:35:49.860 you are washed 00:35:49.860 --> 00:35:51.200 by water and 00:35:51.200 --> 00:35:52.080 the spirit. 00:35:54.220 --> 00:35:54.720 An orthodox 00:35:54.720 --> 00:35:55.720 catechism explains 00:35:55.720 --> 00:35:56.440 that at your 00:35:56.440 --> 00:35:57.280 justification, 00:35:57.460 --> 00:35:58.000 the moment you 00:35:58.000 --> 00:35:58.840 believe in Christ 00:35:58.840 --> 00:35:59.480 and you receive 00:35:59.480 --> 00:36:00.120 his righteousness, 00:36:00.260 --> 00:36:00.840 at that very 00:36:00.840 --> 00:36:02.059 moment, God 00:36:02.059 --> 00:36:03.000 has renewed you. 00:36:03.740 --> 00:36:04.539 He has set you 00:36:04.539 --> 00:36:05.980 apart to be a 00:36:05.980 --> 00:36:07.180 member of Christ's 00:36:07.180 --> 00:36:08.880 body so that you 00:36:08.880 --> 00:36:10.260 and I may more 00:36:10.260 --> 00:36:10.920 and more become 00:36:10.920 --> 00:36:12.220 dead to sin and 00:36:12.220 --> 00:36:13.880 increasingly live a 00:36:13.880 --> 00:36:14.980 holy and blameless 00:36:14.980 --> 00:36:15.620 life. 00:36:15.820 --> 00:36:16.860 We grow into 00:36:16.860 --> 00:36:17.480 what we already 00:36:17.480 --> 00:36:17.820 are. 00:36:18.220 --> 00:36:19.000 We are washed 00:36:19.000 --> 00:36:20.000 by the blood 00:36:20.000 --> 00:36:20.500 of Jesus. 00:36:22.620 --> 00:36:23.720 So dear Christian, 00:36:23.840 --> 00:36:25.760 today, your 00:36:25.760 --> 00:36:26.559 Lord tells you 00:36:26.559 --> 00:36:28.320 this evil world 00:36:28.320 --> 00:36:29.300 is perishing 00:36:29.300 --> 00:36:29.700 away. 00:36:33.200 --> 00:36:34.300 There is no 00:36:34.300 --> 00:36:35.100 other refuge. 00:36:37.340 --> 00:36:38.160 Don't be like 00:36:38.160 --> 00:36:38.640 the man who 00:36:38.640 --> 00:36:39.240 counted on his 00:36:39.240 --> 00:36:39.840 home and his 00:36:39.840 --> 00:36:40.280 shingles. 00:36:41.580 --> 00:36:42.700 There is no 00:36:42.700 --> 00:36:43.760 refuge but Jesus 00:36:43.760 --> 00:36:44.300 Christ. 00:36:44.300 --> 00:36:44.400 Christ. 00:36:45.160 --> 00:36:45.880 And if he has 00:36:45.880 --> 00:36:46.840 shut you in, 00:36:47.160 --> 00:36:48.640 if he has shown 00:36:48.640 --> 00:36:49.240 you his grace, 00:36:49.380 --> 00:36:50.019 called you into 00:36:50.019 --> 00:36:50.800 his son, Jesus 00:36:50.800 --> 00:36:52.120 Christ, he will 00:36:52.120 --> 00:36:53.519 keep you alive just 00:36:53.519 --> 00:36:54.539 as he kept Noah and 00:36:54.539 --> 00:36:55.460 his family alive. 00:36:56.260 --> 00:36:57.780 Run to my son, 00:36:57.900 --> 00:36:58.500 God says. 00:36:59.080 --> 00:37:00.240 I am faithful to 00:37:00.240 --> 00:37:01.000 my covenant of 00:37:01.000 --> 00:37:01.360 grace. 00:37:01.980 --> 00:37:03.200 I will preserve 00:37:03.200 --> 00:37:04.600 you, all of you 00:37:04.600 --> 00:37:05.620 who are in Jesus 00:37:05.620 --> 00:37:06.120 Christ. 00:37:07.120 --> 00:37:09.200 My son is your 00:37:09.200 --> 00:37:09.800 refuge. 00:37:10.700 --> 00:37:12.420 Run to him and 00:37:12.420 --> 00:37:12.760 live. 00:37:14.180 --> 00:37:14.900 Let's pray. 00:37:14.900 --> 00:37:14.920 Let's pray.