WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.720 At the end of the 150 days, the water had gone down, and on the 17th day of the seventh month, 00:00:09.660 --> 00:00:13.439 the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat. 00:00:15.519 --> 00:00:23.820 Well, let's keep our Bibles open at these great chapters, and we're going to pray, 00:00:24.660 --> 00:00:29.000 and as always, ask God to help us. Let's do that. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:40.780 Father, you are the Creator God, the God who sends rain for things to grow, the sun to shine. 00:00:42.159 --> 00:00:48.740 You give us all that we have. We are dependent upon you. 00:00:49.780 --> 00:00:57.579 And so we come to you and ask that you would help us to have understanding of your word. 00:00:57.579 --> 00:01:02.920 But more than that, that your word would travel deep into our hearts, 00:01:03.759 --> 00:01:13.900 and that it would change us, and help us to live lives that walk faithfully with you. 00:01:15.340 --> 00:01:16.140 Amen. 00:01:16.140 --> 00:01:27.219 As a kid, we used to sing a song about Noah in our church. 00:01:27.960 --> 00:01:31.340 Maybe you might remember it. Maybe you've heard of it. 00:01:32.000 --> 00:01:33.039 It went like this. 00:01:33.040 --> 00:01:36.920 Mr. Noah built an ark. 00:01:36.920 --> 00:01:39.840 The people thought it was a lark. 00:01:40.219 --> 00:01:45.480 Mr. Noah pleaded so, but into the ark they would not go. 00:01:45.980 --> 00:01:48.320 Down came the rain in torrents. 00:01:48.400 --> 00:01:49.100 Splish splash. 00:01:49.240 --> 00:01:51.340 Down came the rain in torrents. 00:01:51.380 --> 00:01:51.980 Splish splash. 00:01:52.260 --> 00:01:54.580 Down came the rain in torrents. 00:01:55.120 --> 00:01:57.960 And only eight were saved. 00:01:57.959 --> 00:02:00.079 Did you ever hear that song? 00:02:01.459 --> 00:02:08.359 Well, as we sang that song, as a little kid, I can picture myself there, sitting there, daydreaming away. 00:02:08.659 --> 00:02:10.659 One question occupied my mind. 00:02:11.599 --> 00:02:14.439 Where on earth was torrents? 00:02:17.299 --> 00:02:23.139 Now I'm a little bit older, I can still ask the wrong questions about the text. 00:02:23.139 --> 00:02:28.959 Next, we get preoccupied with things like, what happened to all the water? 00:02:30.719 --> 00:02:33.099 How did they all fit into the ark? 00:02:33.159 --> 00:02:35.339 All those different kinds of animals and birds. 00:02:35.799 --> 00:02:37.539 And did it include dinosaurs? 00:02:39.879 --> 00:02:42.619 And when did the flood actually happen? 00:02:43.019 --> 00:02:45.399 I mean, does the flood and all the fossil records, 00:02:45.479 --> 00:02:49.199 are we able to determine when the world was created and when the flood happened? 00:02:49.199 --> 00:02:53.799 And was it just eight people who were in the boat? 00:02:53.899 --> 00:02:55.519 Did they have children too? 00:02:57.060 --> 00:02:59.199 Now these are all wonderfully interesting questions. 00:03:00.060 --> 00:03:00.739 But you know what? 00:03:00.819 --> 00:03:03.079 It's not the point of the flood account. 00:03:03.939 --> 00:03:07.299 To understand what the flood account teaches us, 00:03:07.759 --> 00:03:10.679 we need to listen to what God has to say. 00:03:12.099 --> 00:03:16.739 Now in the text, there are three things that God clearly says. 00:03:16.740 --> 00:03:21.000 There are three statements that kind of stand out as highlights 00:03:21.000 --> 00:03:23.700 to break up the text for us. 00:03:24.140 --> 00:03:25.200 God says three things. 00:03:25.300 --> 00:03:26.980 He says, build an ark. 00:03:28.320 --> 00:03:30.400 Second, go into the ark. 00:03:31.260 --> 00:03:34.219 And then third, come out of the ark. 00:03:35.100 --> 00:03:39.480 Three commands given to Noah that are going to teach us today. 00:03:39.700 --> 00:03:44.540 Build an ark, go into the ark, and come out of the ark. 00:03:44.539 --> 00:03:47.179 So let's look at them together. 00:03:47.379 --> 00:03:50.659 First, build an ark. 00:03:52.959 --> 00:03:55.439 Chapter 6, verse 14. 00:03:58.699 --> 00:04:02.359 God said to Noah, go make yourself an ark of cypress wood, 00:04:02.479 --> 00:04:07.799 make rooms in it, and coat it with pitch on the inside and out. 00:04:08.299 --> 00:04:13.259 It was a huge vessel, 135 meters long. 00:04:13.259 --> 00:04:15.479 So if you can imagine, if you're out in the car park, 00:04:15.560 --> 00:04:17.300 it's from one end of the car park, 00:04:17.579 --> 00:04:19.939 right the way, I'd say, to the bandstand. 00:04:20.819 --> 00:04:21.259 Huge. 00:04:22.120 --> 00:04:23.920 25 meters wide. 00:04:24.180 --> 00:04:26.139 That's as long as this room is. 00:04:26.519 --> 00:04:28.099 That's how wide the boat was. 00:04:28.420 --> 00:04:29.819 And 14 meters high? 00:04:30.519 --> 00:04:32.879 Well, we had an argument about this earlier. 00:04:33.099 --> 00:04:35.740 To the roof, and maybe a couple more meters. 00:04:35.740 --> 00:04:41.040 This was to be a floating vessel, 00:04:41.360 --> 00:04:44.680 big enough to house Noah's extended family, 00:04:45.019 --> 00:04:48.040 and a whole lot of animals and birds and creepy crawlies. 00:04:48.939 --> 00:04:49.939 But why? 00:04:51.040 --> 00:04:54.740 Why is God giving this seemingly strange command? 00:04:55.199 --> 00:04:58.480 I mean, Noah's not living anywhere near the sea. 00:04:58.480 --> 00:05:03.460 Why is God telling him to build a boat? 00:05:05.020 --> 00:05:08.240 Well, I think there are two reasons that we're given. 00:05:09.439 --> 00:05:10.540 Here's the first one. 00:05:11.960 --> 00:05:14.200 Sin is more serious than we thought. 00:05:15.200 --> 00:05:16.460 Look back at verse 11. 00:05:16.459 --> 00:05:21.519 Now, the earth was corrupt in God's sight 00:05:21.519 --> 00:05:23.039 and was full of violence. 00:05:24.000 --> 00:05:26.259 And God saw how corrupt the earth had become. 00:05:26.519 --> 00:05:29.659 For all the people on earth had corrupted their ways. 00:05:31.019 --> 00:05:32.579 Remember, at the beginning of creation, 00:05:33.279 --> 00:05:36.159 the world was full of God's glory. 00:05:36.519 --> 00:05:39.459 Now the world was full of man's corruption. 00:05:40.519 --> 00:05:43.159 Instead of displaying God's beauty, 00:05:43.160 --> 00:05:47.400 humanity is now displaying their brokenness. 00:05:48.360 --> 00:05:52.000 And God looks and he sees all the destruction and disorder 00:05:52.000 --> 00:05:56.180 and he responds with judgment. 00:05:56.780 --> 00:05:57.460 Verse 13. 00:05:58.440 --> 00:05:59.620 So God said to Noah, 00:05:59.800 --> 00:06:02.480 I am going to put an end to all people. 00:06:03.560 --> 00:06:06.000 For the earth is filled with violence. 00:06:07.040 --> 00:06:11.660 I am surely going to destroy both them and the earth. 00:06:13.160 --> 00:06:16.000 Now, understandably, we find this shocking. 00:06:16.200 --> 00:06:19.380 I really struggled working through that this week. 00:06:19.840 --> 00:06:23.980 How could God do something like this? 00:06:24.860 --> 00:06:28.240 I mean, images come to mind of some of the floods we see 00:06:28.240 --> 00:06:30.000 most recently in Canada 00:06:30.000 --> 00:06:32.700 or passed in the summer in Germany. 00:06:33.340 --> 00:06:35.580 Or think back to 2004. 00:06:35.800 --> 00:06:38.180 Remember the tsunami in Southeast Asia 00:06:38.180 --> 00:06:42.439 where 20 metre waves came travelling in 00:06:42.439 --> 00:06:44.500 three kilometres inland, 00:06:45.720 --> 00:06:48.680 swamping whole towns and communities. 00:06:50.079 --> 00:06:54.220 230,000 people died as a result of those floods. 00:06:54.939 --> 00:06:57.819 How can God say to Noah, 00:06:58.220 --> 00:07:01.220 I am going to put an end to all peoples? 00:07:01.220 --> 00:07:05.440 To our minds and to our senses, 00:07:05.820 --> 00:07:07.940 it's incomprehensible. 00:07:11.480 --> 00:07:14.360 Well, God's response reveals to us 00:07:14.360 --> 00:07:18.100 just how serious sin is. 00:07:19.020 --> 00:07:19.960 God is saying, 00:07:20.100 --> 00:07:24.340 because you have continued down a road of self-destruction, 00:07:25.860 --> 00:07:27.740 he is saying to the people of that time, 00:07:27.740 --> 00:07:30.660 I am going to destroy you. 00:07:33.040 --> 00:07:34.740 I mean, how do you respond 00:07:34.740 --> 00:07:37.560 when you hear about some crime? 00:07:38.819 --> 00:07:40.120 How do you feel 00:07:40.120 --> 00:07:43.220 when you experience an injustice? 00:07:44.500 --> 00:07:46.639 When you see all the madness in our world, 00:07:47.000 --> 00:07:49.100 you want it to end, don't you? 00:07:49.500 --> 00:07:51.980 You want it all to stop right now. 00:07:52.259 --> 00:07:53.759 No more bad news. 00:07:53.759 --> 00:07:56.300 We want it to stop. 00:07:58.639 --> 00:08:00.819 Well, now think of it on a cosmic scale. 00:08:02.039 --> 00:08:03.500 God who made us 00:08:03.500 --> 00:08:05.759 and sees everything about us 00:08:05.759 --> 00:08:09.139 knows everything that is going on all of the time. 00:08:09.599 --> 00:08:12.620 And God is rightfully angry 00:08:12.620 --> 00:08:14.920 at all the evil and injustice 00:08:14.920 --> 00:08:17.099 because it destroys the peace 00:08:17.099 --> 00:08:19.360 and the beauty that God intends 00:08:19.360 --> 00:08:20.800 for mankind in the world. 00:08:20.800 --> 00:08:22.639 So God says, 00:08:23.160 --> 00:08:23.819 no more. 00:08:24.800 --> 00:08:26.600 It's going to stop. 00:08:27.220 --> 00:08:29.460 I'm not going to allow this to continue. 00:08:29.960 --> 00:08:32.139 You persist in ruining your own lives 00:08:32.139 --> 00:08:35.000 and destroying the gifts that I have given you. 00:08:35.419 --> 00:08:38.039 So I am going to ruin you. 00:08:42.080 --> 00:08:44.340 No matter how much we think it through, 00:08:45.320 --> 00:08:47.240 I think we'll always struggle 00:08:47.240 --> 00:08:48.700 with the account of the flood. 00:08:48.700 --> 00:08:52.020 We'll always think that God has overreacted 00:08:52.020 --> 00:08:53.800 and kind of just flipped off 00:08:53.800 --> 00:08:55.020 and gone off on one. 00:08:56.480 --> 00:08:59.040 We'll even sit back and charge God 00:08:59.040 --> 00:09:01.240 with a cosmic genocide. 00:09:03.440 --> 00:09:03.980 Why? 00:09:05.759 --> 00:09:07.800 Because we don't see 00:09:07.800 --> 00:09:11.060 how serious sin is. 00:09:12.100 --> 00:09:14.660 The problem is not God's response. 00:09:14.659 --> 00:09:18.159 It's our tolerance of sin. 00:09:18.679 --> 00:09:19.620 That's the issue. 00:09:22.819 --> 00:09:24.379 But that's not the only reason 00:09:24.379 --> 00:09:26.059 why Noah had to build an ark. 00:09:27.480 --> 00:09:28.419 Here's the second. 00:09:29.759 --> 00:09:31.679 There's a greater judgment to come. 00:09:32.759 --> 00:09:33.759 God told Noah, 00:09:33.919 --> 00:09:34.539 build an ark 00:09:34.539 --> 00:09:36.799 because God's judgment was coming. 00:09:37.179 --> 00:09:38.100 It was a judgment 00:09:38.100 --> 00:09:40.079 from which there would be no escape. 00:09:40.620 --> 00:09:41.439 Look down with me, 00:09:41.500 --> 00:09:43.000 chapter 7, verse 17. 00:09:43.000 --> 00:09:46.879 For 40 days, 00:09:47.799 --> 00:09:49.279 the flood kept coming on the earth. 00:09:49.360 --> 00:09:51.139 Now, we're used to water and rain 00:09:51.139 --> 00:09:52.200 in Ireland, aren't we? 00:09:52.480 --> 00:09:52.799 I mean, 00:09:53.620 --> 00:09:55.320 it lasts a few hours 00:09:55.320 --> 00:09:56.159 and then it stops 00:09:56.159 --> 00:09:57.360 and maybe a little while later, 00:09:57.419 --> 00:09:58.299 a few more hours. 00:09:59.120 --> 00:10:00.500 But this is 40 days, 00:10:00.820 --> 00:10:01.559 40 nights, 00:10:02.019 --> 00:10:03.019 torrential rain 00:10:03.019 --> 00:10:04.200 doesn't stop. 00:10:05.039 --> 00:10:06.840 The flood kept coming on the earth 00:10:06.840 --> 00:10:08.399 and as the waters increased, 00:10:08.540 --> 00:10:09.460 they lifted the ark 00:10:09.460 --> 00:10:11.120 high above the earth. 00:10:12.399 --> 00:10:13.620 The waters rose 00:10:13.620 --> 00:10:15.480 and increased greatly on the earth 00:10:15.480 --> 00:10:17.139 and the ark floated 00:10:17.139 --> 00:10:19.060 on the surface of the water. 00:10:20.060 --> 00:10:20.920 Verse 21. 00:10:22.820 --> 00:10:24.519 Every living thing 00:10:24.519 --> 00:10:26.040 that moved on land 00:10:26.040 --> 00:10:27.320 perished. 00:10:28.399 --> 00:10:29.000 Birds, 00:10:29.820 --> 00:10:30.560 livestock, 00:10:31.240 --> 00:10:32.019 wild animals, 00:10:32.019 --> 00:10:33.699 all the creatures 00:10:33.699 --> 00:10:35.100 that swarm over the earth 00:10:35.100 --> 00:10:36.539 and all mankind. 00:10:37.379 --> 00:10:39.019 Everything on dry land 00:10:39.019 --> 00:10:40.259 that had the breath of life 00:10:40.259 --> 00:10:41.519 in its nostrils died. 00:10:42.000 --> 00:10:43.319 Every living thing 00:10:43.319 --> 00:10:44.340 on the face of the earth 00:10:44.340 --> 00:10:45.120 was wiped out. 00:10:45.600 --> 00:10:46.100 People 00:10:46.100 --> 00:10:47.720 and animals 00:10:47.720 --> 00:10:49.159 and the creatures 00:10:49.159 --> 00:10:50.620 that move along the ground 00:10:50.620 --> 00:10:51.340 and the birds 00:10:51.340 --> 00:10:52.139 were wiped 00:10:52.139 --> 00:10:53.039 from the earth. 00:10:56.240 --> 00:10:57.899 Only Noah was left 00:10:57.899 --> 00:10:59.919 and those with him 00:10:59.919 --> 00:11:01.579 in the ark. 00:11:03.199 --> 00:11:03.840 The effects 00:11:03.840 --> 00:11:04.679 were terrible, 00:11:05.039 --> 00:11:05.699 devastating. 00:11:07.039 --> 00:11:07.559 Now, 00:11:07.840 --> 00:11:08.720 while we try 00:11:08.720 --> 00:11:09.919 to comprehend this 00:11:09.919 --> 00:11:11.439 and to get our heads 00:11:11.439 --> 00:11:13.039 around a worldwide flood, 00:11:14.240 --> 00:11:15.840 something more terrible 00:11:15.840 --> 00:11:17.620 and devastating 00:11:17.620 --> 00:11:19.679 is yet to happen. 00:11:21.039 --> 00:11:22.159 Yes, it is. 00:11:23.579 --> 00:11:24.220 The flood 00:11:24.220 --> 00:11:25.120 is a sign, 00:11:25.500 --> 00:11:26.139 a warning 00:11:26.139 --> 00:11:28.480 of a greater judgment 00:11:28.480 --> 00:11:29.399 to come. 00:11:30.720 --> 00:11:31.879 Go with me, please, 00:11:31.960 --> 00:11:33.039 to Matthew's Gospel. 00:11:33.220 --> 00:11:34.819 It's the first book 00:11:34.819 --> 00:11:35.799 in the New Testament. 00:11:36.059 --> 00:11:36.539 Matthew 00:11:36.539 --> 00:11:38.740 chapter 24. 00:11:40.379 --> 00:11:41.000 Matthew 00:11:41.000 --> 00:11:42.159 chapter 24. 00:11:46.220 --> 00:11:47.939 And verse 36. 00:11:49.379 --> 00:11:50.159 Jesus here 00:11:50.159 --> 00:11:51.080 is speaking 00:11:51.080 --> 00:11:52.740 of the final 00:11:52.740 --> 00:11:54.899 and eternal judgment 00:11:54.899 --> 00:11:55.500 to come. 00:11:56.139 --> 00:12:00.039 and he likens it 00:12:00.039 --> 00:12:00.460 to 00:12:00.460 --> 00:12:02.080 the time of Noah. 00:12:03.220 --> 00:12:03.819 But 00:12:03.819 --> 00:12:05.039 as he thinks 00:12:05.039 --> 00:12:05.580 about it, 00:12:05.620 --> 00:12:06.899 it's going to be 00:12:06.899 --> 00:12:08.100 different to the flood 00:12:08.100 --> 00:12:08.980 in Noah's time 00:12:08.980 --> 00:12:09.699 because 00:12:09.699 --> 00:12:10.759 this judgment 00:12:10.759 --> 00:12:11.480 will be 00:12:11.480 --> 00:12:12.740 eternal. 00:12:13.860 --> 00:12:14.799 Let's pick it up 00:12:14.799 --> 00:12:16.000 in verse 36, 00:12:16.139 --> 00:12:17.019 Matthew 24. 00:12:19.220 --> 00:12:20.659 But about that day, 00:12:20.759 --> 00:12:21.580 about this day 00:12:21.580 --> 00:12:22.200 of judgment, 00:12:22.200 --> 00:12:25.100 about that day 00:12:25.100 --> 00:12:25.759 or hour, 00:12:25.940 --> 00:12:26.800 Noah knows, 00:12:26.920 --> 00:12:28.320 not even the angels 00:12:28.320 --> 00:12:28.920 in heaven 00:12:28.920 --> 00:12:29.740 nor the sun, 00:12:30.540 --> 00:12:31.600 but only the father. 00:12:32.600 --> 00:12:33.420 As it was 00:12:33.420 --> 00:12:34.040 in the days 00:12:34.040 --> 00:12:34.500 of Noah, 00:12:35.120 --> 00:12:36.040 so it will be 00:12:36.040 --> 00:12:36.680 at the coming 00:12:36.680 --> 00:12:37.780 of the son of man. 00:12:38.460 --> 00:12:39.540 For in the days 00:12:39.540 --> 00:12:40.660 before the flood, 00:12:41.520 --> 00:12:42.600 people were eating 00:12:42.600 --> 00:12:43.280 and drinking, 00:12:43.640 --> 00:12:43.980 marrying 00:12:43.980 --> 00:12:45.620 and giving in marriage 00:12:45.620 --> 00:12:46.940 up to the day 00:12:46.940 --> 00:12:48.340 Noah entered the ark. 00:12:48.340 --> 00:12:49.139 They were just 00:12:49.139 --> 00:12:50.000 going about 00:12:50.000 --> 00:12:51.000 their normal lives, 00:12:51.100 --> 00:12:51.759 going to work, 00:12:51.860 --> 00:12:52.600 going to college, 00:12:52.759 --> 00:12:54.259 doing all the normal things. 00:12:55.100 --> 00:12:55.860 Verse 39, 00:12:55.860 --> 00:12:56.899 and they knew 00:12:56.899 --> 00:12:57.779 nothing about 00:12:57.779 --> 00:12:58.639 what would happen 00:12:58.639 --> 00:12:59.879 until the flood came 00:12:59.879 --> 00:13:01.700 and took them 00:13:01.700 --> 00:13:02.519 all away. 00:13:04.039 --> 00:13:04.899 That is how 00:13:04.899 --> 00:13:05.600 it will be 00:13:05.600 --> 00:13:06.419 at the coming 00:13:06.419 --> 00:13:07.460 of the son of man. 00:13:08.440 --> 00:13:08.919 Two men 00:13:08.919 --> 00:13:09.860 will be in a field, 00:13:10.919 --> 00:13:11.820 one will be taken 00:13:11.820 --> 00:13:12.740 and the other left. 00:13:13.639 --> 00:13:14.240 Two women 00:13:14.240 --> 00:13:15.039 will be grinding 00:13:15.039 --> 00:13:15.899 with their hands 00:13:15.899 --> 00:13:16.419 on the mill, 00:13:17.419 --> 00:13:18.460 one will be taken, 00:13:19.600 --> 00:13:20.600 the other left. 00:13:22.200 --> 00:13:23.120 Can you see 00:13:23.120 --> 00:13:23.740 what Jesus 00:13:23.740 --> 00:13:24.320 is saying? 00:13:24.320 --> 00:13:26.960 This coming 00:13:26.960 --> 00:13:27.860 of Jesus 00:13:27.860 --> 00:13:28.460 again 00:13:28.460 --> 00:13:29.840 will come 00:13:29.840 --> 00:13:30.660 as a surprise. 00:13:30.920 --> 00:13:31.379 It will be 00:13:31.379 --> 00:13:32.260 unannounced. 00:13:33.280 --> 00:13:34.000 Some will be 00:13:34.000 --> 00:13:34.500 rescued, 00:13:35.840 --> 00:13:36.379 others will 00:13:36.379 --> 00:13:36.960 perish. 00:13:38.080 --> 00:13:38.820 Some will be 00:13:38.820 --> 00:13:39.500 in safety, 00:13:40.560 --> 00:13:41.260 others will be 00:13:41.260 --> 00:13:41.720 condemned. 00:13:43.400 --> 00:13:43.780 You see, 00:13:43.860 --> 00:13:44.600 it is not just 00:13:44.600 --> 00:13:45.080 Noah 00:13:45.080 --> 00:13:46.120 who is in need 00:13:46.120 --> 00:13:46.760 of an ark. 00:13:47.840 --> 00:13:48.700 We are in 00:13:48.700 --> 00:13:49.840 all need 00:13:49.840 --> 00:13:50.820 of an ark. 00:13:51.720 --> 00:13:52.280 One day 00:13:52.280 --> 00:13:53.200 God's judgment 00:13:53.200 --> 00:13:54.120 is going to 00:13:54.120 --> 00:13:54.539 fall, 00:13:55.019 --> 00:13:56.120 but this time 00:13:56.120 --> 00:13:58.100 it will be 00:13:58.100 --> 00:13:58.659 final 00:13:58.659 --> 00:14:00.360 and eternal. 00:14:01.399 --> 00:14:02.600 Verse 44, 00:14:03.659 --> 00:14:05.200 so you 00:14:05.200 --> 00:14:06.320 also must 00:14:06.320 --> 00:14:07.060 be ready 00:14:07.060 --> 00:14:08.779 because the 00:14:08.779 --> 00:14:09.419 son of man 00:14:09.419 --> 00:14:09.899 will come 00:14:09.899 --> 00:14:10.440 at an hour 00:14:10.440 --> 00:14:11.200 when you do 00:14:11.200 --> 00:14:11.679 not 00:14:11.679 --> 00:14:13.259 expect him. 00:14:14.299 --> 00:14:15.240 We all 00:14:15.240 --> 00:14:15.679 need 00:14:15.679 --> 00:14:16.519 an ark. 00:14:17.659 --> 00:14:18.820 We are all 00:14:18.820 --> 00:14:19.740 in need 00:14:19.740 --> 00:14:20.360 of rescue. 00:14:20.360 --> 00:14:23.259 So first, 00:14:23.360 --> 00:14:23.940 God says 00:14:23.940 --> 00:14:24.419 to Noah, 00:14:24.940 --> 00:14:26.700 build 00:14:26.700 --> 00:14:27.940 an ark. 00:14:28.379 --> 00:14:28.879 Let's go 00:14:28.879 --> 00:14:29.320 back to 00:14:29.320 --> 00:14:29.720 Genesis 00:14:29.720 --> 00:14:31.519 and chapter 00:14:31.519 --> 00:14:31.980 7. 00:14:36.440 --> 00:14:37.200 Build an 00:14:37.200 --> 00:14:37.539 ark. 00:14:38.360 --> 00:14:39.200 Second thing 00:14:39.200 --> 00:14:39.740 God says 00:14:39.740 --> 00:14:40.139 to Noah 00:14:40.139 --> 00:14:40.560 is, 00:14:41.340 --> 00:14:41.840 go into 00:14:41.840 --> 00:14:42.519 the ark. 00:14:44.639 --> 00:14:45.200 Chapter 00:14:45.200 --> 00:14:46.060 7 and 00:14:46.060 --> 00:14:46.700 verse 1. 00:14:46.700 --> 00:14:47.740 the Lord 00:14:47.740 --> 00:14:48.220 said to 00:14:48.220 --> 00:14:48.400 Noah, 00:14:48.540 --> 00:14:49.379 go into 00:14:49.379 --> 00:14:49.940 the ark, 00:14:50.080 --> 00:14:50.560 you and 00:14:50.560 --> 00:14:51.340 your whole 00:14:51.340 --> 00:14:52.360 family. 00:14:53.379 --> 00:14:54.200 It's clear 00:14:54.200 --> 00:14:54.580 at this 00:14:54.580 --> 00:14:54.940 stage, 00:14:55.000 --> 00:14:55.300 isn't it, 00:14:55.300 --> 00:14:55.700 that God 00:14:55.700 --> 00:14:56.700 is providing 00:14:56.700 --> 00:14:57.379 Noah a 00:14:57.379 --> 00:14:57.860 means of 00:14:57.860 --> 00:14:58.160 rescue. 00:14:58.320 --> 00:14:58.660 God is 00:14:58.660 --> 00:14:59.080 going to 00:14:59.080 --> 00:14:59.840 bring Noah 00:14:59.840 --> 00:15:01.640 through the 00:15:01.640 --> 00:15:02.020 judgment. 00:15:03.480 --> 00:15:04.160 So what 00:15:04.160 --> 00:15:04.500 is this 00:15:04.500 --> 00:15:05.300 teaching us? 00:15:06.360 --> 00:15:06.840 Well, 00:15:06.920 --> 00:15:07.440 here's the 00:15:07.440 --> 00:15:07.800 first, 00:15:08.740 --> 00:15:09.300 that God 00:15:09.300 --> 00:15:09.740 is more 00:15:09.740 --> 00:15:10.379 gracious 00:15:10.379 --> 00:15:12.020 than we 00:15:12.020 --> 00:15:12.400 thought. 00:15:12.399 --> 00:15:13.679 God's 00:15:13.679 --> 00:15:13.899 more 00:15:13.899 --> 00:15:14.319 gracious 00:15:14.319 --> 00:15:14.720 than we 00:15:14.720 --> 00:15:14.980 thought. 00:15:15.259 --> 00:15:15.620 Look at 00:15:15.620 --> 00:15:16.059 verse 1 00:15:16.059 --> 00:15:16.319 again, 00:15:16.419 --> 00:15:16.980 chapter 7. 00:15:17.059 --> 00:15:17.340 The Lord 00:15:17.340 --> 00:15:17.740 said to 00:15:17.740 --> 00:15:17.879 Noah, 00:15:17.980 --> 00:15:18.360 go into 00:15:18.360 --> 00:15:18.799 the ark, 00:15:18.879 --> 00:15:19.100 you and 00:15:19.100 --> 00:15:19.439 your whole 00:15:19.439 --> 00:15:19.899 family, 00:15:20.659 --> 00:15:21.240 because I 00:15:21.240 --> 00:15:21.659 have found 00:15:21.659 --> 00:15:22.539 you righteous 00:15:22.539 --> 00:15:23.139 in this 00:15:23.139 --> 00:15:23.779 generation. 00:15:24.659 --> 00:15:25.179 Now it's 00:15:25.179 --> 00:15:25.799 easy for us 00:15:25.799 --> 00:15:26.379 to read that 00:15:26.379 --> 00:15:26.759 and think, 00:15:27.159 --> 00:15:27.340 oh, 00:15:27.519 --> 00:15:28.220 God's 00:15:28.220 --> 00:15:28.579 saving 00:15:28.579 --> 00:15:29.459 Noah because 00:15:29.459 --> 00:15:30.120 Noah's 00:15:30.120 --> 00:15:30.679 righteous. 00:15:31.819 --> 00:15:32.299 Everybody 00:15:32.299 --> 00:15:33.179 else was 00:15:33.179 --> 00:15:33.639 corrupt, 00:15:34.379 --> 00:15:35.100 but Noah 00:15:35.100 --> 00:15:35.740 was good. 00:15:36.840 --> 00:15:37.740 That's not 00:15:37.740 --> 00:15:38.139 what it 00:15:38.139 --> 00:15:38.559 means. 00:15:38.740 --> 00:15:39.159 We're going 00:15:39.159 --> 00:15:39.460 to come 00:15:39.460 --> 00:15:40.019 back to it 00:15:40.019 --> 00:15:40.559 again in a 00:15:40.559 --> 00:15:40.819 minute. 00:15:41.500 --> 00:15:41.919 You see, 00:15:41.919 --> 00:15:42.639 Noah was 00:15:42.639 --> 00:15:44.599 also sinful. 00:15:45.559 --> 00:15:46.240 Look what 00:15:46.240 --> 00:15:46.879 God says 00:15:46.879 --> 00:15:47.339 to Noah 00:15:47.339 --> 00:15:47.860 and his 00:15:47.860 --> 00:15:49.000 family after 00:15:49.000 --> 00:15:49.539 the flood. 00:15:49.919 --> 00:15:50.159 Yes, 00:15:50.299 --> 00:15:50.979 spoiler alert, 00:15:51.079 --> 00:15:51.399 he does 00:15:51.399 --> 00:15:52.139 get rescued, 00:15:52.459 --> 00:15:52.879 but let's 00:15:52.879 --> 00:15:53.199 see what 00:15:53.199 --> 00:15:53.699 God said 00:15:53.699 --> 00:15:54.059 to him 00:15:54.059 --> 00:15:54.779 after the 00:15:54.779 --> 00:15:55.039 flood. 00:15:55.319 --> 00:15:55.719 Chapter 00:15:55.719 --> 00:15:56.939 8 and 00:15:56.939 --> 00:15:57.860 verse 21. 00:15:59.019 --> 00:15:59.719 They come 00:15:59.719 --> 00:16:00.179 out of the 00:16:00.179 --> 00:16:00.519 ark. 00:16:01.779 --> 00:16:02.379 Noah gives 00:16:02.379 --> 00:16:03.079 a sacrifice 00:16:03.079 --> 00:16:03.899 of thanksgiving 00:16:03.899 --> 00:16:04.459 to God. 00:16:04.879 --> 00:16:05.579 Verse 21, 00:16:06.139 --> 00:16:06.559 the Lord 00:16:06.559 --> 00:16:07.339 smelled the 00:16:07.339 --> 00:16:08.099 pleasing aroma 00:16:08.099 --> 00:16:08.740 and said in 00:16:08.740 --> 00:16:09.179 his heart, 00:16:09.599 --> 00:16:10.159 never again 00:16:10.159 --> 00:16:10.719 will I curse 00:16:10.719 --> 00:16:11.120 the ground 00:16:11.120 --> 00:16:11.599 because of 00:16:11.600 --> 00:16:12.000 humans, 00:16:12.320 --> 00:16:13.259 even though 00:16:13.259 --> 00:16:15.320 every inclination 00:16:15.320 --> 00:16:15.920 of the human 00:16:15.920 --> 00:16:16.920 heart is evil 00:16:16.920 --> 00:16:18.360 from childhood. 00:16:19.860 --> 00:16:20.720 Who's God 00:16:20.720 --> 00:16:21.519 talking about 00:16:21.519 --> 00:16:21.860 there? 00:16:23.980 --> 00:16:24.580 Well, 00:16:24.860 --> 00:16:25.420 it's only 00:16:25.420 --> 00:16:26.460 Noah and 00:16:26.460 --> 00:16:27.000 his family 00:16:27.000 --> 00:16:27.720 who are left, 00:16:27.820 --> 00:16:28.279 isn't it? 00:16:29.279 --> 00:16:29.720 You see, 00:16:29.820 --> 00:16:31.420 Noah is 00:16:31.420 --> 00:16:32.080 just as 00:16:32.080 --> 00:16:33.340 corrupt as 00:16:33.340 --> 00:16:34.279 everybody else. 00:16:35.240 --> 00:16:35.960 Noah saves 00:16:35.960 --> 00:16:37.180 not because he's 00:16:37.180 --> 00:16:37.920 better than 00:16:37.920 --> 00:16:38.519 anyone else, 00:16:38.519 --> 00:16:40.000 he's rescued 00:16:40.000 --> 00:16:41.519 because God 00:16:41.519 --> 00:16:42.960 is gracious. 00:16:44.240 --> 00:16:44.980 God is 00:16:44.980 --> 00:16:45.679 saving a 00:16:45.679 --> 00:16:46.019 sinner 00:16:46.019 --> 00:16:47.720 who is 00:16:47.720 --> 00:16:48.240 going to 00:16:48.240 --> 00:16:48.759 sin 00:16:48.759 --> 00:16:49.860 again. 00:16:52.779 --> 00:16:53.299 Now, 00:16:53.360 --> 00:16:53.860 as we read 00:16:53.860 --> 00:16:54.500 the text, 00:16:55.340 --> 00:16:56.000 we're caught 00:16:56.000 --> 00:16:56.620 up with all 00:16:56.620 --> 00:16:57.159 kinds of 00:16:57.159 --> 00:16:57.840 questions like 00:16:57.840 --> 00:16:58.079 this. 00:16:58.460 --> 00:16:59.240 Why did 00:16:59.240 --> 00:17:00.059 God let 00:17:00.059 --> 00:17:00.620 so many 00:17:00.620 --> 00:17:01.399 people perish? 00:17:01.399 --> 00:17:01.959 Yes, 00:17:02.059 --> 00:17:02.480 God was 00:17:02.480 --> 00:17:03.159 gracious to 00:17:03.159 --> 00:17:03.379 Noah, 00:17:03.500 --> 00:17:04.279 but I 00:17:04.279 --> 00:17:04.420 mean, 00:17:04.500 --> 00:17:04.879 what about 00:17:04.879 --> 00:17:05.359 everybody 00:17:05.359 --> 00:17:05.859 else? 00:17:07.819 --> 00:17:08.759 Maybe if 00:17:08.759 --> 00:17:09.400 they knew 00:17:09.400 --> 00:17:09.900 what was 00:17:09.900 --> 00:17:10.559 going on, 00:17:10.680 --> 00:17:11.180 things would 00:17:11.180 --> 00:17:11.460 have been 00:17:11.460 --> 00:17:11.920 different. 00:17:12.119 --> 00:17:12.299 If they 00:17:12.299 --> 00:17:13.440 knew God 00:17:13.440 --> 00:17:13.779 was going 00:17:13.779 --> 00:17:14.119 to send 00:17:14.119 --> 00:17:14.500 a flood, 00:17:14.859 --> 00:17:15.379 then they 00:17:15.379 --> 00:17:15.720 could have 00:17:15.720 --> 00:17:16.460 turned and 00:17:16.460 --> 00:17:17.119 could have 00:17:17.119 --> 00:17:17.700 done something 00:17:17.700 --> 00:17:18.400 about it. 00:17:18.400 --> 00:17:19.940 because we 00:17:19.940 --> 00:17:20.560 probably think 00:17:20.560 --> 00:17:20.820 of the 00:17:20.820 --> 00:17:21.400 account like 00:17:21.400 --> 00:17:21.660 this. 00:17:21.900 --> 00:17:22.340 We think 00:17:22.340 --> 00:17:22.759 of God 00:17:22.759 --> 00:17:23.360 coming along 00:17:23.360 --> 00:17:23.780 to Noah 00:17:23.780 --> 00:17:24.300 one day 00:17:24.300 --> 00:17:24.640 and saying, 00:17:24.940 --> 00:17:25.100 Noah, 00:17:25.220 --> 00:17:25.660 build an 00:17:25.660 --> 00:17:25.980 ark, 00:17:26.560 --> 00:17:26.980 and by 00:17:26.980 --> 00:17:27.380 the end 00:17:27.380 --> 00:17:27.640 of the 00:17:27.640 --> 00:17:27.980 week, 00:17:28.640 --> 00:17:29.160 Noah has 00:17:29.160 --> 00:17:29.560 his ark 00:17:29.560 --> 00:17:29.960 built, 00:17:30.480 --> 00:17:30.660 and the 00:17:30.660 --> 00:17:31.320 rains come, 00:17:31.660 --> 00:17:31.960 and they're 00:17:31.960 --> 00:17:32.340 saved, 00:17:32.440 --> 00:17:32.780 and everybody 00:17:32.780 --> 00:17:33.600 else perishes. 00:17:35.000 --> 00:17:35.460 No, 00:17:36.519 --> 00:17:36.960 that's not 00:17:36.960 --> 00:17:37.640 how it was. 00:17:38.120 --> 00:17:38.680 A vessel 00:17:38.680 --> 00:17:39.280 this size, 00:17:39.400 --> 00:17:39.759 think of 00:17:39.759 --> 00:17:39.840 it, 00:17:39.860 --> 00:17:41.220 135 metres 00:17:41.220 --> 00:17:41.680 long, 00:17:42.740 --> 00:17:43.660 25 metres 00:17:43.660 --> 00:17:43.960 wide, 00:17:44.080 --> 00:17:44.800 14 metres 00:17:44.800 --> 00:17:45.200 high, 00:17:45.960 --> 00:17:46.560 would have 00:17:46.560 --> 00:17:48.200 taken years 00:17:48.200 --> 00:17:48.860 to build, 00:17:49.880 --> 00:17:50.900 decades 00:17:50.900 --> 00:17:51.900 to build. 00:17:53.279 --> 00:17:53.600 I mean, 00:17:53.640 --> 00:17:53.840 there was 00:17:53.840 --> 00:17:54.740 no builder's 00:17:54.740 --> 00:17:55.519 supply store 00:17:55.519 --> 00:17:56.160 to go to, 00:17:56.420 --> 00:17:57.200 no power 00:17:57.200 --> 00:17:57.620 tools, 00:17:57.920 --> 00:17:58.660 everything done 00:17:58.660 --> 00:17:59.100 by hand, 00:17:59.200 --> 00:17:59.580 cut down 00:17:59.580 --> 00:18:00.019 the trees, 00:18:00.200 --> 00:18:00.759 sliced up 00:18:00.759 --> 00:18:01.259 the trees, 00:18:01.600 --> 00:18:02.019 dry the 00:18:02.019 --> 00:18:02.220 wood, 00:18:02.620 --> 00:18:03.039 everything 00:18:03.039 --> 00:18:03.480 all done 00:18:03.480 --> 00:18:03.840 by hand, 00:18:04.059 --> 00:18:05.319 135 metres 00:18:05.319 --> 00:18:05.900 long, 00:18:07.259 --> 00:18:09.279 all done 00:18:09.279 --> 00:18:09.740 by hand 00:18:09.740 --> 00:18:11.120 by eight 00:18:11.120 --> 00:18:11.580 people. 00:18:14.740 --> 00:18:15.420 You can 00:18:15.420 --> 00:18:15.819 imagine 00:18:15.819 --> 00:18:16.360 everybody 00:18:16.360 --> 00:18:17.180 walking by. 00:18:18.200 --> 00:18:18.480 Noah, 00:18:18.559 --> 00:18:18.819 what are 00:18:18.819 --> 00:18:19.440 you doing? 00:18:20.980 --> 00:18:21.539 I'm 00:18:21.539 --> 00:18:22.420 building an 00:18:22.420 --> 00:18:22.799 ark. 00:18:23.559 --> 00:18:24.140 God told 00:18:24.140 --> 00:18:24.500 me to 00:18:24.500 --> 00:18:24.920 build a 00:18:24.920 --> 00:18:25.420 great big 00:18:25.420 --> 00:18:25.860 boat. 00:18:26.860 --> 00:18:27.519 Why are 00:18:27.519 --> 00:18:27.799 you doing 00:18:27.799 --> 00:18:28.440 that for? 00:18:30.160 --> 00:18:30.720 Well, 00:18:30.799 --> 00:18:31.420 because God 00:18:31.420 --> 00:18:31.840 said a 00:18:31.840 --> 00:18:32.259 flood is 00:18:32.259 --> 00:18:32.640 coming. 00:18:37.519 --> 00:18:38.380 Your man, 00:18:38.519 --> 00:18:38.920 did you hear 00:18:38.920 --> 00:18:39.360 about your 00:18:39.360 --> 00:18:39.700 man? 00:18:41.860 --> 00:18:42.600 The New 00:18:42.600 --> 00:18:43.019 Testament 00:18:43.019 --> 00:18:43.920 actually tells 00:18:43.920 --> 00:18:44.740 us that Noah 00:18:44.740 --> 00:18:45.640 was a preacher 00:18:45.640 --> 00:18:46.860 of righteousness. 00:18:47.920 --> 00:18:49.259 He warned 00:18:49.259 --> 00:18:50.300 the people 00:18:50.300 --> 00:18:51.840 year after 00:18:51.840 --> 00:18:52.259 year, 00:18:52.840 --> 00:18:53.540 decade after 00:18:53.540 --> 00:18:54.080 decade, 00:18:54.820 --> 00:18:55.580 but no 00:18:55.580 --> 00:18:56.680 turning to 00:18:56.680 --> 00:18:57.080 God. 00:18:58.200 --> 00:18:58.600 You see, 00:18:58.660 --> 00:18:59.360 the shock is 00:18:59.360 --> 00:19:00.220 not that God 00:19:00.220 --> 00:19:01.020 doesn't save 00:19:01.020 --> 00:19:01.540 more. 00:19:02.400 --> 00:19:02.980 Here's the 00:19:02.980 --> 00:19:03.300 shock. 00:19:03.380 --> 00:19:03.980 The shock is 00:19:03.980 --> 00:19:04.460 that God 00:19:04.460 --> 00:19:04.980 would save 00:19:04.980 --> 00:19:05.480 a sinful 00:19:05.480 --> 00:19:06.220 family in 00:19:06.220 --> 00:19:06.980 Noah who 00:19:06.980 --> 00:19:07.420 would end 00:19:07.420 --> 00:19:08.060 up messing 00:19:08.060 --> 00:19:08.780 up again. 00:19:08.779 --> 00:19:12.599 You see, 00:19:12.720 --> 00:19:13.440 without God's 00:19:13.440 --> 00:19:14.099 intervention, 00:19:15.460 --> 00:19:15.960 Noah would 00:19:15.960 --> 00:19:17.500 face the 00:19:17.500 --> 00:19:18.160 same fate 00:19:18.160 --> 00:19:18.720 as everybody 00:19:18.720 --> 00:19:19.319 else. 00:19:20.139 --> 00:19:20.660 Look back 00:19:20.660 --> 00:19:21.059 at chapter 00:19:21.059 --> 00:19:21.639 6, 00:19:22.720 --> 00:19:23.839 verse 17. 00:19:28.059 --> 00:19:28.539 Chapter 00:19:28.539 --> 00:19:28.899 6, 00:19:28.960 --> 00:19:29.519 verse 17, 00:19:29.619 --> 00:19:30.059 God says, 00:19:30.119 --> 00:19:30.480 I'm going to 00:19:30.480 --> 00:19:30.839 bring the 00:19:30.839 --> 00:19:31.700 floodwaters on 00:19:31.700 --> 00:19:32.240 the earth to 00:19:32.240 --> 00:19:33.180 destroy life 00:19:33.180 --> 00:19:33.639 under the 00:19:33.639 --> 00:19:34.059 heavens, 00:19:34.399 --> 00:19:35.599 every creature 00:19:35.599 --> 00:19:36.299 that has the 00:19:36.299 --> 00:19:36.980 breath of life 00:19:36.980 --> 00:19:37.399 in it, 00:19:37.400 --> 00:19:38.980 everything will 00:19:38.980 --> 00:19:39.540 perish, 00:19:40.740 --> 00:19:43.200 but I will 00:19:43.200 --> 00:19:44.180 establish my 00:19:44.180 --> 00:19:45.040 covenant with 00:19:45.040 --> 00:19:46.300 you and you 00:19:46.300 --> 00:19:47.040 will enter the 00:19:47.040 --> 00:19:47.820 ark, you and 00:19:47.820 --> 00:19:48.500 your sons and 00:19:48.500 --> 00:19:49.140 your wife and 00:19:49.140 --> 00:19:49.700 your sons' 00:19:49.860 --> 00:19:50.540 wives with 00:19:50.540 --> 00:19:50.860 you. 00:19:53.360 --> 00:19:54.019 A covenant 00:19:54.019 --> 00:19:56.340 is a promise 00:19:56.340 --> 00:19:57.140 from God, 00:19:57.259 --> 00:19:57.740 it's a 00:19:57.740 --> 00:19:58.259 commitment. 00:19:59.300 --> 00:19:59.940 So God is 00:19:59.940 --> 00:20:00.440 saying to 00:20:00.440 --> 00:20:00.660 Noah, 00:20:01.040 --> 00:20:01.759 here's my 00:20:01.759 --> 00:20:02.140 promise, 00:20:02.259 --> 00:20:02.820 this is my 00:20:02.820 --> 00:20:03.460 commitment to 00:20:03.460 --> 00:20:03.680 you, 00:20:03.960 --> 00:20:05.320 I'm going to 00:20:05.320 --> 00:20:06.240 rescue you. 00:20:07.400 --> 00:20:07.960 In fact, 00:20:08.019 --> 00:20:08.460 I'm going to 00:20:08.460 --> 00:20:08.940 give you the 00:20:08.940 --> 00:20:09.580 plans and 00:20:09.580 --> 00:20:10.120 the details 00:20:10.120 --> 00:20:10.880 of how to 00:20:10.880 --> 00:20:11.519 build this 00:20:11.519 --> 00:20:12.280 ark to 00:20:12.280 --> 00:20:13.220 ensure that 00:20:13.220 --> 00:20:13.740 you and 00:20:13.740 --> 00:20:14.340 your family 00:20:14.340 --> 00:20:15.019 are safe. 00:20:17.800 --> 00:20:18.200 And so 00:20:18.200 --> 00:20:19.980 Noah and 00:20:19.980 --> 00:20:20.400 his three 00:20:20.400 --> 00:20:21.300 sons and 00:20:21.300 --> 00:20:23.200 his wife and 00:20:23.200 --> 00:20:23.740 his son's 00:20:23.740 --> 00:20:25.680 wives entered 00:20:25.680 --> 00:20:26.840 the ark. 00:20:28.140 --> 00:20:29.280 Verse 6, 00:20:29.440 --> 00:20:30.220 chapter 7. 00:20:31.620 --> 00:20:32.380 Noah was 00:20:32.380 --> 00:20:33.540 600 years old 00:20:33.540 --> 00:20:33.920 when the 00:20:33.920 --> 00:20:34.920 floodwaters came 00:20:34.920 --> 00:20:35.220 on the 00:20:35.220 --> 00:20:35.539 earth. 00:20:36.360 --> 00:20:37.000 And Noah and 00:20:37.000 --> 00:20:37.759 his sons and 00:20:37.759 --> 00:20:38.539 his wife and 00:20:38.539 --> 00:20:39.140 his son's 00:20:39.140 --> 00:20:39.800 wives entered 00:20:39.800 --> 00:20:41.360 the ark to 00:20:41.360 --> 00:20:42.820 escape the 00:20:42.820 --> 00:20:44.240 waters of 00:20:44.240 --> 00:20:44.800 the flood. 00:20:46.620 --> 00:20:47.060 You see, 00:20:47.180 --> 00:20:48.140 grace is 00:20:48.140 --> 00:20:49.000 always shocking 00:20:49.000 --> 00:20:50.960 because it's 00:20:50.960 --> 00:20:51.580 not what we 00:20:51.580 --> 00:20:53.620 deserve and 00:20:53.620 --> 00:20:54.240 it's not what 00:20:54.240 --> 00:20:55.480 we even 00:20:55.480 --> 00:20:56.080 desire. 00:21:00.880 --> 00:21:01.560 But there's 00:21:01.560 --> 00:21:02.000 something else 00:21:02.000 --> 00:21:02.660 to learn from 00:21:02.660 --> 00:21:03.060 this. 00:21:04.040 --> 00:21:04.779 Just as 00:21:04.779 --> 00:21:05.240 there is a 00:21:05.240 --> 00:21:05.500 greater 00:21:05.500 --> 00:21:06.340 judgment to 00:21:06.340 --> 00:21:08.160 come, so 00:21:08.160 --> 00:21:08.560 there's a 00:21:08.560 --> 00:21:08.900 greater 00:21:08.900 --> 00:21:10.040 saviour to 00:21:10.040 --> 00:21:10.340 come. 00:21:11.600 --> 00:21:12.360 Go with 00:21:12.360 --> 00:21:12.920 me, please, 00:21:13.019 --> 00:21:14.360 to 1 Peter. 00:21:14.519 --> 00:21:15.680 It's near the 00:21:15.680 --> 00:21:16.200 end of the 00:21:16.200 --> 00:21:16.900 New Testament. 00:21:19.120 --> 00:21:20.200 1 Peter 00:21:20.200 --> 00:21:21.600 and chapter 00:21:21.600 --> 00:21:22.080 3. 00:21:25.620 --> 00:21:26.440 Just as 00:21:26.440 --> 00:21:27.540 God provides 00:21:27.540 --> 00:21:28.560 a rescue 00:21:28.560 --> 00:21:29.560 vessel for 00:21:29.559 --> 00:21:31.299 Noah, so 00:21:31.299 --> 00:21:32.480 God provides 00:21:32.480 --> 00:21:33.379 a rescue 00:21:33.379 --> 00:21:35.559 for mankind 00:21:35.559 --> 00:21:37.019 today. 00:21:40.019 --> 00:21:41.059 1 Peter 00:21:41.059 --> 00:21:41.919 chapter 3. 00:21:43.859 --> 00:21:45.000 Here, Peter 00:21:45.000 --> 00:21:46.019 is actually 00:21:46.019 --> 00:21:46.819 looking back 00:21:46.819 --> 00:21:47.519 as he teaches. 00:21:47.720 --> 00:21:48.159 He's looking 00:21:48.159 --> 00:21:50.119 back to 00:21:50.119 --> 00:21:50.879 when Noah 00:21:50.879 --> 00:21:52.039 was building 00:21:52.039 --> 00:21:52.679 the ark. 00:21:53.799 --> 00:21:54.539 We'll pick it 00:21:54.539 --> 00:21:55.419 up in the 00:21:55.419 --> 00:21:55.899 middle of 00:21:55.899 --> 00:21:56.599 verse 20. 00:21:56.599 --> 00:21:57.379 1 Peter 00:21:57.380 --> 00:21:58.160 chapter 3, 00:21:59.120 --> 00:21:59.720 middle of 00:21:59.720 --> 00:22:00.420 verse 20. 00:22:04.800 --> 00:22:05.500 So he's 00:22:05.500 --> 00:22:05.980 looking back 00:22:05.980 --> 00:22:06.260 to the 00:22:06.260 --> 00:22:06.740 days of 00:22:06.740 --> 00:22:07.200 Noah when 00:22:07.200 --> 00:22:07.620 the ark 00:22:07.620 --> 00:22:08.100 was being 00:22:08.100 --> 00:22:08.500 built. 00:22:09.260 --> 00:22:09.760 In it, 00:22:09.980 --> 00:22:10.800 only a few 00:22:10.800 --> 00:22:11.400 people, 00:22:12.120 --> 00:22:12.600 eight in 00:22:12.600 --> 00:22:12.840 all, 00:22:12.940 --> 00:22:13.640 were saved 00:22:13.640 --> 00:22:14.680 through 00:22:14.680 --> 00:22:15.620 water. 00:22:17.240 --> 00:22:17.760 Noah was 00:22:17.760 --> 00:22:18.720 saved through 00:22:18.720 --> 00:22:19.680 the flood. 00:22:20.100 --> 00:22:20.480 In other 00:22:20.480 --> 00:22:20.940 words, the 00:22:20.940 --> 00:22:21.740 floods came 00:22:21.740 --> 00:22:22.840 down and 00:22:22.840 --> 00:22:23.500 Noah and 00:22:23.500 --> 00:22:24.100 his family 00:22:24.100 --> 00:22:24.780 were brought 00:22:24.780 --> 00:22:26.220 safely through 00:22:26.220 --> 00:22:27.180 the flood 00:22:27.180 --> 00:22:27.680 of judgment. 00:22:27.860 --> 00:22:28.180 They were 00:22:28.180 --> 00:22:28.799 rescued. 00:22:29.000 --> 00:22:29.240 They were 00:22:29.240 --> 00:22:30.240 kept safe. 00:22:31.380 --> 00:22:31.900 Now look 00:22:31.900 --> 00:22:32.160 at verse 00:22:32.160 --> 00:22:32.759 21. 00:22:33.640 --> 00:22:34.220 And this 00:22:34.220 --> 00:22:35.420 water, this 00:22:35.420 --> 00:22:36.440 flood, 00:22:36.880 --> 00:22:38.039 symbolizes 00:22:38.039 --> 00:22:39.000 baptism 00:22:39.000 --> 00:22:40.779 that now 00:22:40.779 --> 00:22:41.759 saves you 00:22:41.759 --> 00:22:42.380 also. 00:22:43.860 --> 00:22:44.579 Just as 00:22:44.579 --> 00:22:45.400 God saved 00:22:45.400 --> 00:22:46.120 Noah from 00:22:46.120 --> 00:22:46.559 judgment 00:22:46.559 --> 00:22:47.100 through the 00:22:47.100 --> 00:22:47.460 flood, 00:22:48.240 --> 00:22:49.500 so baptism 00:22:49.500 --> 00:22:50.620 is a 00:22:50.620 --> 00:22:51.360 picture of 00:22:51.360 --> 00:22:52.000 salvation 00:22:52.000 --> 00:22:53.640 from God's 00:22:53.640 --> 00:22:54.319 judgment to 00:22:54.319 --> 00:22:54.600 come. 00:22:54.599 --> 00:22:55.039 baptism. 00:22:56.039 --> 00:22:56.740 So picture 00:22:56.740 --> 00:22:57.119 in your 00:22:57.119 --> 00:22:57.779 minds with 00:22:57.779 --> 00:22:58.539 me a 00:22:58.539 --> 00:22:59.039 baptism. 00:23:00.139 --> 00:23:01.059 Baptism is 00:23:01.059 --> 00:23:02.079 not just a 00:23:02.079 --> 00:23:02.799 sprinkling of 00:23:02.799 --> 00:23:03.339 water on 00:23:03.339 --> 00:23:03.859 somebody's 00:23:03.859 --> 00:23:04.079 head. 00:23:04.439 --> 00:23:05.019 It literally 00:23:05.019 --> 00:23:05.639 means to 00:23:05.639 --> 00:23:07.079 submerge or 00:23:07.079 --> 00:23:07.779 to immerse. 00:23:07.899 --> 00:23:08.399 It's to go 00:23:08.399 --> 00:23:08.899 under. 00:23:09.799 --> 00:23:10.899 To go under 00:23:10.899 --> 00:23:11.819 the water and 00:23:11.819 --> 00:23:12.699 to come out 00:23:12.699 --> 00:23:13.299 of the water. 00:23:13.619 --> 00:23:14.059 So when 00:23:14.059 --> 00:23:14.719 somebody gets 00:23:14.719 --> 00:23:15.139 baptized, 00:23:15.139 --> 00:23:15.919 they're going 00:23:15.919 --> 00:23:17.379 down under 00:23:17.379 --> 00:23:18.000 the water. 00:23:18.159 --> 00:23:18.639 It's a 00:23:18.639 --> 00:23:19.519 picture of 00:23:19.519 --> 00:23:20.179 judgment. 00:23:21.379 --> 00:23:21.740 And when 00:23:21.740 --> 00:23:22.419 they come up 00:23:22.419 --> 00:23:23.079 out of the 00:23:23.079 --> 00:23:23.480 water, 00:23:23.480 --> 00:23:25.059 it's a 00:23:25.059 --> 00:23:25.599 picture of 00:23:25.599 --> 00:23:26.279 salvation. 00:23:27.620 --> 00:23:28.140 Now we 00:23:28.140 --> 00:23:28.539 need to be 00:23:28.539 --> 00:23:29.180 careful that 00:23:29.180 --> 00:23:30.180 we don't 00:23:30.180 --> 00:23:31.759 see baptism 00:23:31.759 --> 00:23:32.559 itself as 00:23:32.559 --> 00:23:33.240 the means of 00:23:33.240 --> 00:23:34.099 saving people 00:23:34.099 --> 00:23:35.140 because anybody 00:23:35.140 --> 00:23:35.700 can get 00:23:35.700 --> 00:23:36.400 baptized and 00:23:36.400 --> 00:23:36.519 go, 00:23:36.660 --> 00:23:37.180 that's me, 00:23:37.259 --> 00:23:37.779 I'm saved, 00:23:37.880 --> 00:23:38.440 that's it. 00:23:39.180 --> 00:23:39.620 Now look 00:23:39.620 --> 00:23:40.180 carefully at 00:23:40.180 --> 00:23:40.839 verse 21 00:23:40.839 --> 00:23:41.279 with me 00:23:41.279 --> 00:23:41.620 again. 00:23:43.019 --> 00:23:43.720 This water 00:23:43.720 --> 00:23:44.460 symbolizes 00:23:44.460 --> 00:23:45.319 baptism that 00:23:45.319 --> 00:23:46.039 now saves 00:23:46.039 --> 00:23:47.059 you also. 00:23:48.539 --> 00:23:49.200 Not the 00:23:49.200 --> 00:23:49.860 removal of 00:23:49.860 --> 00:23:50.400 dirt from 00:23:50.400 --> 00:23:51.019 the body, 00:23:51.019 --> 00:23:53.259 but the 00:23:53.259 --> 00:23:53.879 pledge of 00:23:53.879 --> 00:23:54.359 a clear 00:23:54.359 --> 00:23:55.139 conscience 00:23:55.139 --> 00:23:56.039 towards God. 00:23:56.299 --> 00:23:57.299 It saves 00:23:57.299 --> 00:23:58.599 you by 00:23:58.599 --> 00:23:58.940 the 00:23:58.940 --> 00:23:59.539 resurrection 00:23:59.539 --> 00:24:00.480 of Jesus 00:24:00.480 --> 00:24:01.379 Christ. 00:24:02.759 --> 00:24:03.180 You see, 00:24:03.599 --> 00:24:04.599 baptism is 00:24:04.599 --> 00:24:05.299 a picture 00:24:05.299 --> 00:24:06.339 of the 00:24:06.339 --> 00:24:07.519 death and 00:24:07.519 --> 00:24:08.139 resurrection 00:24:08.139 --> 00:24:08.859 of Jesus. 00:24:10.000 --> 00:24:10.440 Jesus' 00:24:10.680 --> 00:24:11.299 death was 00:24:11.299 --> 00:24:11.960 a judgment 00:24:11.960 --> 00:24:12.680 for my 00:24:12.680 --> 00:24:13.079 sin and 00:24:13.079 --> 00:24:13.720 your sin. 00:24:14.460 --> 00:24:14.940 So when 00:24:14.940 --> 00:24:15.940 Jesus died, 00:24:16.299 --> 00:24:16.740 it's as if 00:24:16.740 --> 00:24:17.359 he was going 00:24:17.359 --> 00:24:17.900 under the 00:24:17.900 --> 00:24:18.639 flood of 00:24:18.639 --> 00:24:19.079 God's 00:24:19.079 --> 00:24:20.220 judgment for 00:24:20.220 --> 00:24:20.640 you and 00:24:20.640 --> 00:24:21.100 for me. 00:24:21.680 --> 00:24:22.240 And as 00:24:22.240 --> 00:24:23.299 Jesus rose 00:24:23.299 --> 00:24:23.980 again from 00:24:23.980 --> 00:24:24.579 the dead, 00:24:25.240 --> 00:24:26.019 so Jesus 00:24:26.019 --> 00:24:26.579 was being 00:24:26.579 --> 00:24:27.240 raised to 00:24:27.240 --> 00:24:27.900 life for 00:24:27.900 --> 00:24:28.259 you and 00:24:28.259 --> 00:24:28.660 for me. 00:24:29.180 --> 00:24:29.980 Jesus comes 00:24:29.980 --> 00:24:30.920 through the 00:24:30.920 --> 00:24:31.600 judgment for 00:24:31.600 --> 00:24:33.279 us so 00:24:33.279 --> 00:24:33.839 that we 00:24:33.839 --> 00:24:34.680 can share 00:24:34.680 --> 00:24:36.039 in his 00:24:36.039 --> 00:24:36.519 life. 00:24:37.339 --> 00:24:38.160 That's what's 00:24:38.160 --> 00:24:39.720 happening when 00:24:39.720 --> 00:24:40.420 someone gets 00:24:40.420 --> 00:24:41.019 baptized. 00:24:41.240 --> 00:24:41.740 They're saying, 00:24:42.299 --> 00:24:44.259 I trust in 00:24:44.259 --> 00:24:45.400 God's provision 00:24:45.400 --> 00:24:46.200 of salvation. 00:24:46.720 --> 00:24:47.640 I trust 00:24:47.640 --> 00:24:48.600 that Jesus 00:24:48.599 --> 00:24:49.839 is my 00:24:49.839 --> 00:24:51.459 ark when 00:24:51.459 --> 00:24:52.059 the judgment 00:24:52.059 --> 00:24:52.799 comes. 00:24:54.779 --> 00:24:55.799 So just 00:24:55.799 --> 00:24:56.359 as God 00:24:56.359 --> 00:24:56.939 said to 00:24:56.939 --> 00:24:57.199 Noah, 00:24:57.740 --> 00:24:58.119 Noah, 00:24:58.319 --> 00:24:58.819 go into 00:24:58.819 --> 00:24:59.500 the ark, 00:25:01.059 --> 00:25:01.919 God is 00:25:01.919 --> 00:25:02.439 saying to 00:25:02.439 --> 00:25:02.779 us, 00:25:03.119 --> 00:25:04.119 go into 00:25:04.119 --> 00:25:04.699 Jesus. 00:25:05.879 --> 00:25:06.699 Go to 00:25:06.699 --> 00:25:07.019 him, 00:25:07.359 --> 00:25:07.939 run to 00:25:07.939 --> 00:25:08.199 him, 00:25:08.579 --> 00:25:09.199 trust him 00:25:09.199 --> 00:25:09.939 because he 00:25:09.939 --> 00:25:10.539 alone is 00:25:10.539 --> 00:25:10.980 the only 00:25:10.980 --> 00:25:11.379 one who 00:25:11.379 --> 00:25:11.939 can save 00:25:11.939 --> 00:25:12.279 you and 00:25:12.279 --> 00:25:13.000 deliver you. 00:25:14.939 --> 00:25:15.919 And God 00:25:15.919 --> 00:25:16.399 is giving 00:25:16.399 --> 00:25:17.099 us great 00:25:17.099 --> 00:25:17.939 opportunity. 00:25:18.599 --> 00:25:20.379 just go 00:25:20.379 --> 00:25:21.179 forward to 00:25:21.179 --> 00:25:21.959 2 Peter, 00:25:22.039 --> 00:25:22.519 just flick 00:25:22.519 --> 00:25:22.939 over a 00:25:22.939 --> 00:25:23.259 couple of 00:25:23.259 --> 00:25:23.759 pages, 00:25:25.199 --> 00:25:25.879 till you 00:25:25.879 --> 00:25:26.319 come to 00:25:26.319 --> 00:25:27.319 2 Peter 00:25:27.319 --> 00:25:28.259 chapter 3 00:25:28.259 --> 00:25:29.459 and verse 00:25:29.459 --> 00:25:30.000 6. 00:25:32.000 --> 00:25:32.919 2 Peter 00:25:32.919 --> 00:25:33.559 chapter 3 00:25:33.559 --> 00:25:34.059 verse 6, 00:25:34.500 --> 00:25:35.119 Peter again 00:25:35.119 --> 00:25:35.939 takes up the 00:25:35.939 --> 00:25:36.579 story of 00:25:36.579 --> 00:25:37.259 Noah and 00:25:37.259 --> 00:25:38.599 teaches us 00:25:38.599 --> 00:25:39.119 some more. 00:25:40.179 --> 00:25:40.879 2 Peter 00:25:40.879 --> 00:25:41.579 chapter 3 00:25:41.579 --> 00:25:42.000 and verse 00:25:42.000 --> 00:25:42.419 6, 00:25:43.500 --> 00:25:44.119 he's talking 00:25:44.119 --> 00:25:44.719 about the 00:25:44.719 --> 00:25:45.079 flood. 00:25:45.079 --> 00:25:45.199 And 00:25:45.199 --> 00:25:46.019 he's talking 00:25:46.019 --> 00:25:46.659 about the 00:25:46.659 --> 00:25:47.079 flood. 00:25:48.599 --> 00:25:50.839 By 00:25:50.839 --> 00:25:51.259 these 00:25:51.259 --> 00:25:51.740 waters, 00:25:51.859 --> 00:25:52.000 the 00:25:52.000 --> 00:25:52.359 waters 00:25:52.359 --> 00:25:52.719 of the 00:25:52.719 --> 00:25:53.019 flood, 00:25:53.139 --> 00:25:53.659 by these 00:25:53.659 --> 00:25:54.199 waters, 00:25:54.619 --> 00:25:55.459 also the 00:25:55.459 --> 00:25:56.219 world of 00:25:56.219 --> 00:25:56.919 that time 00:25:56.919 --> 00:25:58.759 was deluged 00:25:58.759 --> 00:25:59.859 and destroyed. 00:26:00.939 --> 00:26:01.740 By the 00:26:01.740 --> 00:26:02.539 same word, 00:26:02.679 --> 00:26:03.339 the present 00:26:03.339 --> 00:26:03.980 heavens and 00:26:03.980 --> 00:26:04.759 earth are 00:26:04.759 --> 00:26:05.519 reserved for 00:26:05.519 --> 00:26:06.059 fire, 00:26:06.619 --> 00:26:07.219 being kept 00:26:07.219 --> 00:26:07.539 for the 00:26:07.539 --> 00:26:07.959 day of 00:26:07.959 --> 00:26:08.659 judgment and 00:26:08.659 --> 00:26:09.439 destruction of 00:26:09.439 --> 00:26:10.279 the ungodly. 00:26:11.379 --> 00:26:12.179 But do not 00:26:12.179 --> 00:26:13.079 forget this one 00:26:13.079 --> 00:26:13.679 thing, dear 00:26:13.679 --> 00:26:14.179 friends, 00:26:15.099 --> 00:26:15.559 with the 00:26:15.559 --> 00:26:16.279 Lord a 00:26:16.279 --> 00:26:17.039 day is like 00:26:17.039 --> 00:26:17.579 a thousand 00:26:17.579 --> 00:26:18.960 years and 00:26:18.960 --> 00:26:19.539 a thousand 00:26:19.539 --> 00:26:20.259 years are 00:26:20.259 --> 00:26:20.679 like a 00:26:20.679 --> 00:26:20.960 day. 00:26:21.919 --> 00:26:22.519 The Lord 00:26:22.519 --> 00:26:22.960 is not 00:26:22.960 --> 00:26:23.579 slow in 00:26:23.579 --> 00:26:24.159 keeping his 00:26:24.159 --> 00:26:24.759 promise as 00:26:24.759 --> 00:26:25.519 some understand 00:26:25.519 --> 00:26:26.099 slowness. 00:26:26.480 --> 00:26:27.159 Instead he is 00:26:27.159 --> 00:26:28.039 patient with 00:26:28.039 --> 00:26:29.579 you, not 00:26:29.579 --> 00:26:30.740 wanting anyone 00:26:30.740 --> 00:26:31.579 to perish, 00:26:32.519 --> 00:26:33.980 but everyone 00:26:33.980 --> 00:26:35.639 to come to 00:26:35.639 --> 00:26:36.119 repentance. 00:26:37.579 --> 00:26:38.419 Do you hear 00:26:38.419 --> 00:26:39.179 the call of 00:26:39.179 --> 00:26:39.539 God? 00:26:41.119 --> 00:26:41.960 Go into 00:26:41.960 --> 00:26:42.619 the ark, 00:26:43.579 --> 00:26:44.319 run to 00:26:44.319 --> 00:26:44.799 Jesus. 00:26:45.759 --> 00:26:46.500 The only 00:26:46.500 --> 00:26:47.299 reason he 00:26:47.299 --> 00:26:47.839 has not 00:26:47.839 --> 00:26:48.639 yet returned, 00:26:48.960 --> 00:26:49.419 the only 00:26:49.419 --> 00:26:50.079 reason why 00:26:50.079 --> 00:26:50.419 we are 00:26:50.419 --> 00:26:51.200 still living 00:26:51.200 --> 00:26:52.159 for each 00:26:52.159 --> 00:26:52.559 and every 00:26:52.559 --> 00:26:52.960 one of 00:26:52.960 --> 00:26:53.659 us is 00:26:53.659 --> 00:26:53.939 that he 00:26:53.939 --> 00:26:54.379 is giving 00:26:54.379 --> 00:26:55.339 us time, 00:26:56.240 --> 00:26:58.079 time to 00:26:58.079 --> 00:26:58.679 turn to 00:26:58.679 --> 00:26:59.000 him, 00:26:59.779 --> 00:27:00.599 time to 00:27:00.599 --> 00:27:01.759 run to 00:27:01.759 --> 00:27:02.419 Jesus, 00:27:03.419 --> 00:27:04.079 our sure 00:27:04.079 --> 00:27:05.119 and steadfast 00:27:05.119 --> 00:27:06.339 salvation. 00:27:06.339 --> 00:27:06.459 salvation. 00:27:09.559 --> 00:27:10.419 Let's go 00:27:10.419 --> 00:27:11.079 back to 00:27:11.079 --> 00:27:11.539 Genesis 00:27:11.539 --> 00:27:14.039 and 00:27:14.039 --> 00:27:14.439 chapter 00:27:14.439 --> 00:27:14.980 8. 00:27:18.099 --> 00:27:19.139 So God 00:27:19.139 --> 00:27:19.759 says to 00:27:19.759 --> 00:27:20.039 Noah, 00:27:20.879 --> 00:27:22.079 build an 00:27:22.079 --> 00:27:22.399 ark. 00:27:23.659 --> 00:27:24.639 He says 00:27:24.639 --> 00:27:25.139 go into 00:27:25.139 --> 00:27:25.759 the ark 00:27:25.759 --> 00:27:28.220 and then 00:27:28.220 --> 00:27:29.179 third he 00:27:29.179 --> 00:27:29.859 tells Noah 00:27:29.859 --> 00:27:30.839 come out 00:27:30.839 --> 00:27:31.179 of the 00:27:31.179 --> 00:27:31.579 ark. 00:27:31.579 --> 00:27:33.960 chapter 00:27:33.960 --> 00:27:34.559 8 and 00:27:34.559 --> 00:27:35.659 verse 15. 00:27:38.859 --> 00:27:39.759 Then God 00:27:39.759 --> 00:27:40.199 said to 00:27:40.199 --> 00:27:40.419 Noah, 00:27:40.919 --> 00:27:41.699 come out 00:27:41.699 --> 00:27:42.000 of the 00:27:42.000 --> 00:27:42.299 ark, 00:27:42.439 --> 00:27:42.659 you, 00:27:42.859 --> 00:27:43.500 your wife 00:27:43.500 --> 00:27:44.599 and your 00:27:44.599 --> 00:27:45.279 sons and 00:27:45.279 --> 00:27:46.019 their wives. 00:27:47.119 --> 00:27:48.000 Verse 18, 00:27:49.079 --> 00:27:49.740 so Noah 00:27:49.740 --> 00:27:50.399 came out 00:27:50.399 --> 00:27:51.099 together with 00:27:51.099 --> 00:27:51.639 his sons 00:27:51.639 --> 00:27:52.119 and his 00:27:52.119 --> 00:27:53.599 wife and 00:27:53.599 --> 00:27:54.059 his sons 00:27:54.059 --> 00:27:54.559 wives. 00:27:55.960 --> 00:27:56.599 God 00:27:56.599 --> 00:27:57.379 promised 00:27:57.379 --> 00:27:57.839 Noah, 00:27:58.439 --> 00:27:59.319 Noah I'm 00:27:59.319 --> 00:27:59.779 going to 00:27:59.779 --> 00:28:00.460 save you 00:28:00.460 --> 00:28:01.920 I'm 00:28:01.920 --> 00:28:02.180 going to 00:28:02.180 --> 00:28:02.720 bring you 00:28:02.720 --> 00:28:03.200 through this 00:28:03.200 --> 00:28:04.519 flood and 00:28:04.519 --> 00:28:05.220 God did 00:28:05.220 --> 00:28:06.079 exactly what 00:28:06.079 --> 00:28:06.600 he said. 00:28:07.840 --> 00:28:08.640 You see 00:28:08.640 --> 00:28:09.200 God is 00:28:09.200 --> 00:28:10.079 more trusting 00:28:10.079 --> 00:28:11.539 than we 00:28:11.539 --> 00:28:12.019 thought. 00:28:13.160 --> 00:28:13.880 Look at 00:28:13.880 --> 00:28:14.319 the end of 00:28:14.319 --> 00:28:15.100 chapter 7 00:28:15.100 --> 00:28:17.519 verse 24. 00:28:19.740 --> 00:28:20.799 The waters 00:28:20.799 --> 00:28:21.360 were told 00:28:21.360 --> 00:28:22.059 flooded the 00:28:22.059 --> 00:28:22.500 earth for 00:28:22.500 --> 00:28:23.759 150 days. 00:28:24.019 --> 00:28:24.400 That's 00:28:24.400 --> 00:28:25.360 almost for 00:28:25.360 --> 00:28:27.019 five months. 00:28:29.039 --> 00:28:29.759 And when 00:28:29.759 --> 00:28:30.160 you take 00:28:30.160 --> 00:28:30.820 into account 00:28:30.820 --> 00:28:31.360 the 40 00:28:31.360 --> 00:28:31.920 days and 00:28:31.920 --> 00:28:32.640 40 nights 00:28:32.640 --> 00:28:33.080 of rain, 00:28:33.440 --> 00:28:33.920 that means 00:28:33.920 --> 00:28:34.300 Noah and 00:28:34.300 --> 00:28:34.800 his family 00:28:34.800 --> 00:28:35.480 were in 00:28:35.480 --> 00:28:35.880 the ark 00:28:35.880 --> 00:28:36.880 for six 00:28:36.880 --> 00:28:37.460 months, 00:28:38.380 --> 00:28:39.300 floating about. 00:28:39.420 --> 00:28:39.660 Can you 00:28:39.660 --> 00:28:40.279 picture them 00:28:40.279 --> 00:28:41.380 floating about 00:28:41.380 --> 00:28:42.140 in this huge 00:28:42.140 --> 00:28:42.840 big vessel 00:28:42.840 --> 00:28:43.740 with all the 00:28:43.740 --> 00:28:44.180 dirt and 00:28:44.180 --> 00:28:44.640 the muck of 00:28:44.640 --> 00:28:45.080 all those 00:28:45.080 --> 00:28:45.660 animals and 00:28:45.660 --> 00:28:46.220 everything else, 00:28:46.640 --> 00:28:47.440 nothing but 00:28:47.440 --> 00:28:48.380 water all 00:28:48.380 --> 00:28:48.960 around them. 00:28:49.500 --> 00:28:49.759 What would 00:28:49.759 --> 00:28:50.040 they be? 00:28:50.600 --> 00:28:51.040 Where's 00:28:51.040 --> 00:28:51.519 God? 00:28:52.660 --> 00:28:53.580 Is this 00:28:53.580 --> 00:28:54.320 the rescue? 00:28:54.779 --> 00:28:55.279 Is this 00:28:55.279 --> 00:28:56.100 our life for 00:28:56.100 --> 00:28:56.620 the rest of 00:28:56.620 --> 00:28:57.120 our days, 00:28:57.420 --> 00:28:58.300 floating around 00:28:58.299 --> 00:28:58.700 on this 00:28:58.700 --> 00:28:59.359 barge? 00:28:59.919 --> 00:29:00.559 God said 00:29:00.559 --> 00:29:00.799 he was 00:29:00.799 --> 00:29:01.059 going to 00:29:01.059 --> 00:29:01.579 rescue us. 00:29:01.899 --> 00:29:02.359 Where is 00:29:02.359 --> 00:29:02.559 he? 00:29:03.299 --> 00:29:03.700 What's 00:29:03.700 --> 00:29:04.379 going on? 00:29:06.359 --> 00:29:06.819 Chapter 00:29:06.819 --> 00:29:07.399 8 verse 00:29:07.399 --> 00:29:07.720 1. 00:29:09.220 --> 00:29:10.000 But God 00:29:10.000 --> 00:29:11.519 remembered 00:29:11.519 --> 00:29:11.839 Noah. 00:29:13.240 --> 00:29:13.759 God 00:29:13.759 --> 00:29:14.379 remembered 00:29:14.379 --> 00:29:14.720 Noah. 00:29:15.779 --> 00:29:16.579 It's not 00:29:16.579 --> 00:29:17.159 that God 00:29:17.159 --> 00:29:17.740 forgot 00:29:17.740 --> 00:29:18.059 Noah. 00:29:18.180 --> 00:29:18.500 It's not 00:29:18.500 --> 00:29:19.319 like kind 00:29:19.319 --> 00:29:19.859 of picturing 00:29:19.859 --> 00:29:20.740 God way up 00:29:20.740 --> 00:29:21.119 there and 00:29:21.119 --> 00:29:21.680 looking down 00:29:21.680 --> 00:29:21.960 on the 00:29:21.960 --> 00:29:22.379 world and 00:29:22.379 --> 00:29:22.720 just kind 00:29:22.720 --> 00:29:22.919 of goes, 00:29:23.639 --> 00:29:24.059 what's that 00:29:24.059 --> 00:29:25.000 little speck? 00:29:25.839 --> 00:29:26.500 Looks a bit 00:29:26.500 --> 00:29:26.779 closer. 00:29:26.779 --> 00:29:27.019 Oh, 00:29:27.119 --> 00:29:28.119 it's poor 00:29:28.119 --> 00:29:29.119 Noah floating 00:29:29.119 --> 00:29:29.399 about. 00:29:29.680 --> 00:29:29.839 Oh, 00:29:29.899 --> 00:29:30.619 I'm terribly 00:29:30.619 --> 00:29:31.079 sorry, 00:29:31.240 --> 00:29:31.359 Noah. 00:29:31.420 --> 00:29:31.859 I forgot 00:29:31.859 --> 00:29:32.559 all about 00:29:32.559 --> 00:29:32.859 you. 00:29:35.259 --> 00:29:35.379 No, 00:29:35.539 --> 00:29:36.480 God doesn't 00:29:36.480 --> 00:29:36.799 forget. 00:29:38.220 --> 00:29:38.779 God 00:29:38.779 --> 00:29:39.740 remembered 00:29:39.740 --> 00:29:40.460 Noah. 00:29:40.619 --> 00:29:41.059 It means 00:29:41.059 --> 00:29:42.160 God acted 00:29:42.160 --> 00:29:43.200 on his 00:29:43.200 --> 00:29:43.680 promise. 00:29:44.399 --> 00:29:45.240 God said 00:29:45.240 --> 00:29:45.859 he would 00:29:45.859 --> 00:29:46.599 save Noah 00:29:46.599 --> 00:29:47.500 and God 00:29:47.500 --> 00:29:48.160 did what 00:29:48.160 --> 00:29:48.559 he said 00:29:48.559 --> 00:29:48.879 he would 00:29:48.879 --> 00:29:49.139 do. 00:29:49.440 --> 00:29:50.000 He made 00:29:50.000 --> 00:29:50.599 a commitment 00:29:50.599 --> 00:29:51.480 and God 00:29:51.480 --> 00:29:52.379 holds himself 00:29:52.379 --> 00:29:52.740 to the 00:29:52.740 --> 00:29:53.079 commitment. 00:29:53.460 --> 00:29:54.059 He always 00:29:54.059 --> 00:29:54.680 does. 00:29:56.779 --> 00:29:57.859 But they 00:29:57.859 --> 00:29:58.359 weren't out 00:29:58.359 --> 00:29:58.619 yet, 00:29:58.720 --> 00:29:59.079 were they? 00:29:59.940 --> 00:30:00.339 Look at 00:30:00.339 --> 00:30:00.920 verse 3. 00:30:01.599 --> 00:30:02.019 The water 00:30:02.019 --> 00:30:02.559 receded 00:30:02.559 --> 00:30:03.440 steadily from 00:30:03.440 --> 00:30:03.899 the earth 00:30:03.899 --> 00:30:04.539 at the 00:30:04.539 --> 00:30:05.059 end of 00:30:05.059 --> 00:30:05.879 the 150 00:30:05.879 --> 00:30:06.299 days. 00:30:06.539 --> 00:30:06.980 So this 00:30:06.980 --> 00:30:07.960 is 150 00:30:07.960 --> 00:30:08.740 days to 00:30:08.740 --> 00:30:09.259 build up 00:30:09.259 --> 00:30:09.579 to the 00:30:09.579 --> 00:30:09.859 water 00:30:09.859 --> 00:30:10.259 coming 00:30:10.259 --> 00:30:11.259 and then 00:30:11.259 --> 00:30:11.579 another 00:30:11.579 --> 00:30:12.220 150 00:30:12.220 --> 00:30:13.259 days for 00:30:13.259 --> 00:30:13.680 the water 00:30:13.680 --> 00:30:14.039 to go 00:30:14.039 --> 00:30:14.319 down. 00:30:14.799 --> 00:30:15.099 So that's 00:30:15.099 --> 00:30:15.720 another five 00:30:15.720 --> 00:30:16.079 months, 00:30:16.160 --> 00:30:16.599 isn't it? 00:30:17.460 --> 00:30:17.980 We're up 00:30:17.980 --> 00:30:18.420 to 11 00:30:18.420 --> 00:30:19.099 months now 00:30:19.099 --> 00:30:19.359 on the 00:30:19.359 --> 00:30:19.680 boat. 00:30:21.059 --> 00:30:21.539 Has 00:30:21.539 --> 00:30:21.839 God 00:30:21.839 --> 00:30:22.319 forgotten 00:30:22.319 --> 00:30:22.740 again? 00:30:22.740 --> 00:30:24.980 Can we 00:30:24.980 --> 00:30:26.279 really trust 00:30:26.279 --> 00:30:26.900 God with 00:30:26.900 --> 00:30:27.539 his promise 00:30:27.539 --> 00:30:28.339 of salvation? 00:30:30.380 --> 00:30:30.940 Yes, 00:30:31.019 --> 00:30:31.579 we can. 00:30:32.539 --> 00:30:33.339 Verse 13, 00:30:33.440 --> 00:30:33.799 By the 00:30:33.799 --> 00:30:34.359 first day 00:30:34.359 --> 00:30:34.620 of the 00:30:34.620 --> 00:30:35.240 first month 00:30:35.240 --> 00:30:35.819 of Noah's 00:30:35.819 --> 00:30:37.259 601st year, 00:30:37.779 --> 00:30:38.500 the water 00:30:38.500 --> 00:30:39.359 had dried 00:30:39.359 --> 00:30:39.940 up from 00:30:39.940 --> 00:30:40.460 the earth. 00:30:41.640 --> 00:30:42.160 Noah then 00:30:42.160 --> 00:30:42.819 removed the 00:30:42.819 --> 00:30:43.380 covering from 00:30:43.380 --> 00:30:44.059 the ark and 00:30:44.059 --> 00:30:44.859 saw that the 00:30:44.859 --> 00:30:45.440 surface of 00:30:45.440 --> 00:30:45.859 the ground 00:30:45.859 --> 00:30:46.480 was dry. 00:30:47.519 --> 00:30:47.940 By the 00:30:47.940 --> 00:30:49.039 27th month 00:30:49.039 --> 00:30:49.339 of the 00:30:49.339 --> 00:30:50.019 second month, 00:30:50.779 --> 00:30:51.339 the earth 00:30:51.339 --> 00:30:52.059 was completely 00:30:52.059 --> 00:30:52.519 dry. 00:30:52.740 --> 00:30:54.000 And God 00:30:54.000 --> 00:30:54.500 said to 00:30:54.500 --> 00:30:54.779 Noah, 00:30:55.319 --> 00:30:56.420 come out 00:30:56.420 --> 00:30:56.740 of the 00:30:56.740 --> 00:30:57.099 ark. 00:30:59.420 --> 00:30:59.799 You see, 00:30:59.880 --> 00:31:00.359 when God 00:31:00.359 --> 00:31:00.900 makes a 00:31:00.900 --> 00:31:01.380 promise, 00:31:02.400 --> 00:31:03.259 he keeps 00:31:03.259 --> 00:31:03.859 a promise. 00:31:04.740 --> 00:31:05.359 We can 00:31:05.359 --> 00:31:06.019 trust what 00:31:06.019 --> 00:31:06.599 he says 00:31:06.599 --> 00:31:07.400 he will 00:31:07.400 --> 00:31:07.640 do. 00:31:07.740 --> 00:31:07.980 If he 00:31:07.980 --> 00:31:08.319 says, 00:31:08.539 --> 00:31:08.819 I will 00:31:08.819 --> 00:31:09.380 save, 00:31:10.620 --> 00:31:11.259 he will 00:31:11.259 --> 00:31:11.799 save. 00:31:12.539 --> 00:31:12.900 No 00:31:12.900 --> 00:31:13.359 doubts. 00:31:16.220 --> 00:31:16.980 You see, 00:31:17.039 --> 00:31:17.359 there's a 00:31:17.359 --> 00:31:17.839 better way 00:31:17.839 --> 00:31:18.240 for us 00:31:18.240 --> 00:31:18.660 all to 00:31:18.660 --> 00:31:18.980 live. 00:31:20.000 --> 00:31:20.819 Not by 00:31:20.819 --> 00:31:21.539 listening to 00:31:21.539 --> 00:31:21.980 our own 00:31:21.980 --> 00:31:22.400 voices, 00:31:22.740 --> 00:31:23.819 or listening 00:31:23.819 --> 00:31:24.180 to the 00:31:24.180 --> 00:31:24.779 voices of 00:31:24.779 --> 00:31:25.200 others, 00:31:26.000 --> 00:31:27.120 but listening 00:31:27.120 --> 00:31:27.519 to the 00:31:27.519 --> 00:31:28.079 voice of 00:31:28.079 --> 00:31:28.539 God, 00:31:29.420 --> 00:31:30.039 just like 00:31:30.039 --> 00:31:30.660 Noah did. 00:31:31.700 --> 00:31:32.380 We need 00:31:32.380 --> 00:31:33.220 to respond 00:31:33.220 --> 00:31:34.859 as Noah 00:31:34.859 --> 00:31:35.500 responded. 00:31:36.799 --> 00:31:37.380 Remember how 00:31:37.380 --> 00:31:37.740 he was 00:31:37.740 --> 00:31:38.259 introduced, 00:31:38.440 --> 00:31:39.160 chapter 6, 00:31:39.259 --> 00:31:39.900 verse 9? 00:31:42.779 --> 00:31:43.940 Noah was a 00:31:43.940 --> 00:31:44.900 righteous man, 00:31:45.359 --> 00:31:46.319 blameless among 00:31:46.319 --> 00:31:46.980 the people of 00:31:46.980 --> 00:31:47.500 his time, 00:31:47.779 --> 00:31:48.160 and he 00:31:48.160 --> 00:31:48.539 walked 00:31:48.539 --> 00:31:49.400 faithfully 00:31:49.400 --> 00:31:50.620 with God. 00:31:50.619 --> 00:31:50.659 God. 00:31:52.039 --> 00:31:52.439 We're not 00:31:52.439 --> 00:31:53.039 saying Noah 00:31:53.039 --> 00:31:53.799 was perfect, 00:31:53.959 --> 00:31:54.739 he wasn't, 00:31:55.519 --> 00:31:56.219 but he was 00:31:56.219 --> 00:31:56.719 righteous. 00:31:57.439 --> 00:31:58.179 That means 00:31:58.179 --> 00:31:59.279 he walked 00:31:59.279 --> 00:32:00.519 faithfully 00:32:00.519 --> 00:32:01.799 with God. 00:32:02.179 --> 00:32:02.979 That means 00:32:02.979 --> 00:32:03.939 he heard 00:32:03.939 --> 00:32:04.819 God's word 00:32:04.819 --> 00:32:05.659 of salvation, 00:32:06.239 --> 00:32:06.699 and he 00:32:06.699 --> 00:32:07.939 trusted in 00:32:07.939 --> 00:32:08.579 God's word 00:32:08.579 --> 00:32:09.239 of salvation. 00:32:09.579 --> 00:32:10.099 He wasn't 00:32:10.099 --> 00:32:10.759 trusting in 00:32:10.759 --> 00:32:11.199 himself, 00:32:11.419 --> 00:32:11.879 he was 00:32:11.879 --> 00:32:12.519 trusting in 00:32:12.519 --> 00:32:13.079 what God 00:32:13.079 --> 00:32:13.599 said he 00:32:13.599 --> 00:32:14.000 would do. 00:32:14.000 --> 00:32:15.739 He obeyed 00:32:15.740 --> 00:32:16.640 God. 00:32:18.900 --> 00:32:19.799 Did we 00:32:19.799 --> 00:32:20.240 see that 00:32:20.240 --> 00:32:20.799 throughout? 00:32:21.880 --> 00:32:23.000 Chapter 6, 00:32:23.079 --> 00:32:23.759 verse 14, 00:32:24.079 --> 00:32:24.660 God says 00:32:24.660 --> 00:32:25.019 to Noah, 00:32:25.220 --> 00:32:25.980 go build 00:32:25.980 --> 00:32:26.640 yourself an 00:32:26.640 --> 00:32:26.980 ark. 00:32:28.059 --> 00:32:29.220 Verse 22, 00:32:31.480 --> 00:32:32.180 Noah did 00:32:32.180 --> 00:32:33.440 everything just 00:32:33.440 --> 00:32:33.920 as God 00:32:33.920 --> 00:32:34.720 commanded him. 00:32:36.480 --> 00:32:37.539 Verse 1, 00:32:38.200 --> 00:32:38.759 God said 00:32:38.759 --> 00:32:39.099 to Noah, 00:32:39.299 --> 00:32:39.799 go into 00:32:39.799 --> 00:32:40.420 the ark. 00:32:41.779 --> 00:32:43.059 Verse 5, 00:32:43.059 --> 00:32:45.539 and Noah 00:32:45.539 --> 00:32:46.339 did all 00:32:46.339 --> 00:32:46.779 that the 00:32:46.779 --> 00:32:47.119 Lord 00:32:47.119 --> 00:32:48.179 commanded 00:32:48.179 --> 00:32:48.579 him. 00:32:50.119 --> 00:32:51.119 Chapter 8, 00:32:51.220 --> 00:32:52.059 verse 16, 00:32:52.519 --> 00:32:53.319 come out 00:32:53.319 --> 00:32:53.639 of the 00:32:53.639 --> 00:32:54.059 ark. 00:32:55.519 --> 00:32:56.599 Verse 18, 00:32:57.399 --> 00:32:58.019 so Noah 00:32:58.019 --> 00:32:59.039 came out 00:32:59.039 --> 00:33:00.500 together with 00:33:00.500 --> 00:33:01.019 his sons 00:33:01.019 --> 00:33:01.440 and his 00:33:01.440 --> 00:33:01.839 family. 00:33:03.899 --> 00:33:04.519 Faith 00:33:04.519 --> 00:33:06.099 is hearing 00:33:06.099 --> 00:33:07.019 what God's 00:33:07.019 --> 00:33:08.019 word says 00:33:08.019 --> 00:33:10.200 and doing 00:33:10.200 --> 00:33:11.220 what it 00:33:11.220 --> 00:33:11.679 says. 00:33:11.680 --> 00:33:13.120 it's 00:33:13.120 --> 00:33:13.740 acting 00:33:13.740 --> 00:33:14.400 upon 00:33:14.400 --> 00:33:15.360 what God 00:33:15.360 --> 00:33:15.840 is saying 00:33:15.840 --> 00:33:16.400 to us. 00:33:16.640 --> 00:33:17.120 It's not 00:33:17.120 --> 00:33:17.720 just ticking 00:33:17.720 --> 00:33:18.299 the box, 00:33:18.660 --> 00:33:19.400 I believe, 00:33:19.640 --> 00:33:20.320 anyone can 00:33:20.320 --> 00:33:20.600 believe, 00:33:20.820 --> 00:33:21.360 even the 00:33:21.360 --> 00:33:22.220 devil believes 00:33:22.220 --> 00:33:22.799 in God. 00:33:24.160 --> 00:33:24.759 It's 00:33:24.759 --> 00:33:25.420 obeying 00:33:25.420 --> 00:33:25.880 God's 00:33:25.880 --> 00:33:26.299 word of 00:33:26.299 --> 00:33:26.759 salvation. 00:33:27.180 --> 00:33:27.460 It's 00:33:27.460 --> 00:33:27.860 taking 00:33:27.860 --> 00:33:28.440 God's 00:33:28.440 --> 00:33:28.680 word, 00:33:28.799 --> 00:33:29.000 it's 00:33:29.000 --> 00:33:29.340 taking 00:33:29.340 --> 00:33:30.420 what this 00:33:30.420 --> 00:33:31.180 book says 00:33:31.180 --> 00:33:32.539 as serious, 00:33:34.180 --> 00:33:34.920 that this 00:33:34.920 --> 00:33:35.920 is what I'm 00:33:35.920 --> 00:33:36.299 going to 00:33:36.299 --> 00:33:36.759 build my 00:33:36.759 --> 00:33:37.440 life upon. 00:33:37.440 --> 00:33:39.440 God's 00:33:39.440 --> 00:33:40.440 name. 00:33:40.440 --> 00:33:41.299 The book 00:33:41.299 --> 00:33:41.840 of Hebrews 00:33:41.840 --> 00:33:42.559 celebrates 00:33:42.559 --> 00:33:43.880 Noah as 00:33:43.880 --> 00:33:44.500 an example 00:33:44.500 --> 00:33:45.120 of faith. 00:33:45.759 --> 00:33:46.320 Follow on 00:33:46.320 --> 00:33:46.820 the screen, 00:33:46.940 --> 00:33:47.259 it says, 00:33:47.380 --> 00:33:47.920 by faith 00:33:47.920 --> 00:33:48.360 Noah, 00:33:48.779 --> 00:33:49.640 when warned 00:33:49.640 --> 00:33:50.440 about things 00:33:50.440 --> 00:33:51.019 not yet 00:33:51.019 --> 00:33:51.400 seen, 00:33:51.720 --> 00:33:52.220 God said 00:33:52.220 --> 00:33:52.600 a flood 00:33:52.600 --> 00:33:53.000 was going 00:33:53.000 --> 00:33:53.460 to come. 00:33:55.820 --> 00:33:56.019 Noah 00:33:56.019 --> 00:33:56.620 believed 00:33:56.620 --> 00:33:56.920 and he 00:33:56.920 --> 00:33:58.240 trusted and 00:33:58.240 --> 00:33:58.799 in holy 00:33:58.799 --> 00:34:00.180 fear built 00:34:00.180 --> 00:34:01.980 an ark to 00:34:01.980 --> 00:34:02.940 save his 00:34:02.940 --> 00:34:03.880 family. 00:34:03.880 --> 00:34:07.100 you see, 00:34:07.240 --> 00:34:09.140 faith is 00:34:09.140 --> 00:34:10.019 what secures 00:34:10.019 --> 00:34:10.960 our salvation. 00:34:12.660 --> 00:34:12.960 There's 00:34:12.960 --> 00:34:13.800 one very 00:34:13.800 --> 00:34:14.760 small but 00:34:14.760 --> 00:34:15.420 significant 00:34:15.420 --> 00:34:16.980 act in 00:34:16.980 --> 00:34:17.340 the whole 00:34:17.340 --> 00:34:17.940 account of 00:34:17.940 --> 00:34:19.320 Noah that 00:34:19.320 --> 00:34:19.900 we need to 00:34:19.900 --> 00:34:20.240 see. 00:34:21.039 --> 00:34:21.579 Something 00:34:21.579 --> 00:34:22.840 that God 00:34:22.840 --> 00:34:23.300 did. 00:34:25.400 --> 00:34:26.119 Noah goes 00:34:26.119 --> 00:34:26.619 into the 00:34:26.619 --> 00:34:27.079 ark as 00:34:27.079 --> 00:34:27.860 God commanded 00:34:27.860 --> 00:34:28.180 him. 00:34:28.660 --> 00:34:29.420 He trusts 00:34:29.420 --> 00:34:30.059 God for 00:34:30.059 --> 00:34:31.220 salvation and 00:34:31.220 --> 00:34:31.660 then what 00:34:31.660 --> 00:34:32.220 happens? 00:34:33.140 --> 00:34:33.539 Look at 00:34:33.539 --> 00:34:34.239 chapter 7 00:34:34.239 --> 00:34:34.659 the end 00:34:34.659 --> 00:34:34.980 of verse 00:34:34.980 --> 00:34:35.559 16. 00:34:37.320 --> 00:34:37.759 Well, 00:34:37.800 --> 00:34:38.099 we'll read 00:34:38.099 --> 00:34:38.840 verse 16, 00:34:38.960 --> 00:34:39.599 chapter 7 00:34:39.599 --> 00:34:40.380 verse 16. 00:34:40.860 --> 00:34:41.579 The animals 00:34:41.579 --> 00:34:42.340 going in 00:34:42.340 --> 00:34:43.619 were male 00:34:43.619 --> 00:34:44.239 and female 00:34:44.239 --> 00:34:44.980 of every 00:34:44.980 --> 00:34:45.659 living thing 00:34:45.659 --> 00:34:46.800 as God 00:34:46.800 --> 00:34:47.400 had commanded 00:34:47.400 --> 00:34:47.800 Noah. 00:34:48.920 --> 00:34:49.800 Then the 00:34:49.800 --> 00:34:51.699 Lord shut 00:34:51.699 --> 00:34:52.179 him in. 00:34:53.860 --> 00:34:55.559 God shut 00:34:55.559 --> 00:34:56.840 the door. 00:34:58.420 --> 00:34:59.980 God secured 00:34:59.980 --> 00:35:01.440 Noah into 00:35:01.440 --> 00:35:02.159 the ark. 00:35:03.539 --> 00:35:05.039 God 00:35:05.039 --> 00:35:05.360 the God 00:35:05.360 --> 00:35:06.239 who promises 00:35:06.239 --> 00:35:07.119 to save 00:35:07.119 --> 00:35:08.599 is going 00:35:08.599 --> 00:35:09.119 to save 00:35:09.119 --> 00:35:10.059 us eternally. 00:35:10.059 --> 00:35:10.880 It's not 00:35:10.880 --> 00:35:11.639 the strength 00:35:11.639 --> 00:35:12.019 of my 00:35:12.019 --> 00:35:12.559 faith or 00:35:12.559 --> 00:35:13.259 the ability 00:35:13.259 --> 00:35:13.860 of me 00:35:13.860 --> 00:35:15.039 that keeps 00:35:15.039 --> 00:35:15.880 me saved. 00:35:16.039 --> 00:35:16.920 It's God's 00:35:16.920 --> 00:35:17.779 promise to 00:35:17.779 --> 00:35:18.519 keep me in. 00:35:18.920 --> 00:35:19.279 You see, 00:35:19.519 --> 00:35:20.719 faith leads 00:35:20.719 --> 00:35:21.679 to security 00:35:21.679 --> 00:35:23.099 and assurance. 00:35:23.980 --> 00:35:24.860 If God 00:35:24.860 --> 00:35:25.380 could bring 00:35:25.380 --> 00:35:25.940 Noah through 00:35:25.940 --> 00:35:26.440 the flood, 00:35:26.719 --> 00:35:27.480 how much 00:35:27.480 --> 00:35:28.420 more is 00:35:28.420 --> 00:35:29.099 God going 00:35:29.099 --> 00:35:29.820 to save 00:35:29.820 --> 00:35:30.519 and secure 00:35:30.519 --> 00:35:31.599 us for 00:35:31.599 --> 00:35:32.440 an eternity. 00:35:34.280 --> 00:35:34.739 Remember 00:35:34.739 --> 00:35:35.340 what Jesus 00:35:35.340 --> 00:35:35.800 said? 00:35:36.920 --> 00:35:37.920 I give 00:35:37.920 --> 00:35:38.539 them eternal 00:35:38.539 --> 00:35:40.559 life and 00:35:40.559 --> 00:35:41.000 they shall 00:35:41.000 --> 00:35:42.059 never perish. 00:35:43.119 --> 00:35:44.019 No one 00:35:44.019 --> 00:35:45.380 can snatch 00:35:45.380 --> 00:35:45.980 them out of 00:35:45.980 --> 00:35:46.679 my hand. 00:35:46.679 --> 00:35:47.679 God 00:35:47.679 --> 00:35:48.059 will 00:35:48.059 --> 00:35:48.679 save 00:35:48.679 --> 00:35:49.679 us. 00:35:49.679 --> 00:35:50.079 God 00:35:50.079 --> 00:35:50.179 will 00:35:50.179 --> 00:35:50.679 save 00:35:50.679 --> 00:35:50.839 us. 00:35:50.839 --> 00:35:52.119 Maybe you're 00:35:52.119 --> 00:35:52.539 wondering 00:35:52.539 --> 00:35:53.079 today, 00:35:53.639 --> 00:35:55.559 am I going 00:35:55.559 --> 00:35:55.919 to make 00:35:55.919 --> 00:35:56.179 it? 00:35:56.980 --> 00:35:57.819 Is God 00:35:57.819 --> 00:35:58.279 going to 00:35:58.279 --> 00:35:58.819 save me? 00:35:59.000 --> 00:35:59.599 He knows 00:35:59.599 --> 00:36:00.079 all about 00:36:00.079 --> 00:36:00.559 my life. 00:36:00.639 --> 00:36:01.159 He sees 00:36:01.159 --> 00:36:01.480 it all. 00:36:01.679 --> 00:36:02.339 I'm not a 00:36:02.339 --> 00:36:02.799 very good 00:36:02.799 --> 00:36:03.179 Christian. 00:36:03.339 --> 00:36:03.719 I don't 00:36:03.719 --> 00:36:04.199 do very 00:36:04.199 --> 00:36:04.460 well. 00:36:04.679 --> 00:36:05.359 I mess 00:36:05.359 --> 00:36:05.739 up and 00:36:05.739 --> 00:36:06.379 fail so 00:36:06.379 --> 00:36:06.839 much. 00:36:08.319 --> 00:36:08.879 We 00:36:08.879 --> 00:36:09.960 wonder if 00:36:09.960 --> 00:36:10.279 we're going 00:36:10.279 --> 00:36:10.659 to make 00:36:10.659 --> 00:36:10.960 it. 00:36:12.960 --> 00:36:13.440 Well, 00:36:13.500 --> 00:36:13.899 remember 00:36:13.900 --> 00:36:14.480 this, 00:36:15.700 --> 00:36:16.660 the Lord 00:36:16.660 --> 00:36:17.480 shut 00:36:17.480 --> 00:36:19.099 Noah in. 00:36:20.019 --> 00:36:20.720 Salvation 00:36:20.720 --> 00:36:21.599 doesn't depend 00:36:21.599 --> 00:36:22.200 on your 00:36:22.200 --> 00:36:22.700 ability, 00:36:23.700 --> 00:36:24.340 but on 00:36:24.340 --> 00:36:24.900 the ability 00:36:24.900 --> 00:36:25.500 of God 00:36:25.500 --> 00:36:26.079 to keep 00:36:26.079 --> 00:36:27.260 you as 00:36:27.260 --> 00:36:27.940 he promised. 00:36:29.000 --> 00:36:29.860 The Lord 00:36:29.860 --> 00:36:31.059 secures 00:36:31.059 --> 00:36:32.420 you once 00:36:32.420 --> 00:36:32.800 and for 00:36:32.800 --> 00:36:33.099 all. 00:36:34.119 --> 00:36:34.680 Let's 00:36:34.680 --> 00:36:34.940 pray. 00:36:34.940 --> 00:36:35.000 Amen. 00:36:35.000 --> 00:36:35.039 Amen. 00:36:35.039 --> 00:36:35.059 Amen. 00:36:35.059 --> 00:36:35.079 Amen. 00:36:35.079 --> 00:36:37.039 Amen. 00:36:37.039 --> 00:36:37.079 Amen. 00:36:37.079 --> 00:36:37.119 Amen. 00:36:37.119 --> 00:36:39.079 Amen. 00:36:39.079 --> 00:36:39.119 Amen. 00:36:39.119 --> 00:36:39.160 Amen. 00:36:39.160 --> 00:36:39.180 Amen. 00:36:43.900 --> 00:36:49.079 Father God, 00:36:49.240 --> 00:36:49.680 there is 00:36:49.680 --> 00:36:51.340 much that 00:36:51.340 --> 00:36:51.840 we hear 00:36:51.840 --> 00:36:52.380 today 00:36:52.380 --> 00:36:54.220 that 00:36:54.220 --> 00:36:54.639 raises 00:36:54.639 --> 00:36:55.420 questions 00:36:55.420 --> 00:36:55.940 and 00:36:55.940 --> 00:36:57.019 may 00:36:57.019 --> 00:36:57.400 trouble 00:36:57.400 --> 00:36:57.660 our 00:36:57.660 --> 00:36:57.900 own 00:36:57.900 --> 00:36:58.400 hearts. 00:37:00.539 --> 00:37:01.320 But 00:37:01.320 --> 00:37:01.760 help us 00:37:01.760 --> 00:37:02.200 today 00:37:02.200 --> 00:37:02.619 to 00:37:02.619 --> 00:37:03.460 believe 00:37:03.460 --> 00:37:03.820 your 00:37:03.820 --> 00:37:04.300 word, 00:37:05.139 --> 00:37:05.820 to 00:37:05.820 --> 00:37:06.380 trust 00:37:06.380 --> 00:37:06.740 what 00:37:06.740 --> 00:37:06.940 it 00:37:06.940 --> 00:37:07.380 says, 00:37:09.280 --> 00:37:10.139 and to 00:37:10.139 --> 00:37:10.380 know 00:37:10.380 --> 00:37:10.780 that you 00:37:10.780 --> 00:37:11.180 are the 00:37:11.180 --> 00:37:11.500 God 00:37:11.500 --> 00:37:11.800 who 00:37:11.800 --> 00:37:12.220 does 00:37:12.220 --> 00:37:12.740 save, 00:37:12.739 --> 00:37:14.799 you 00:37:14.799 --> 00:37:15.319 save 00:37:15.319 --> 00:37:15.959 forever 00:37:15.959 --> 00:37:17.239 and 00:37:17.239 --> 00:37:17.939 eternally. 00:37:19.879 --> 00:37:20.539 Father, 00:37:20.659 --> 00:37:21.139 thank you 00:37:21.139 --> 00:37:21.659 that you 00:37:21.659 --> 00:37:22.979 are our 00:37:22.979 --> 00:37:23.379 great 00:37:23.379 --> 00:37:24.000 salvation 00:37:24.000 --> 00:37:26.119 and it's 00:37:26.119 --> 00:37:26.459 in you 00:37:26.459 --> 00:37:27.219 we trust. 00:37:28.219 --> 00:37:28.619 In 00:37:28.619 --> 00:37:28.939 Jesus' 00:37:29.199 --> 00:37:29.439 name. 00:37:30.359 --> 00:37:30.779 Amen.