NOAH INTRODUCTION IN HEBREWS CHAPTER 11 NOAH IS
NOAH
INTRODUCTION • IN HEBREWS CHAPTER 11, NOAH IS COUNTED AMONG THE GREAT HEROES OF FAITH (HEB. 11: 6 -7). • OVER THE COURSE OF SEVERAL LESSONS, WE WISH TO CONSIDER THE LIFE OF NOAH. TODAY, WE SET THE STAGE FOR SUCH A STUDY BY NOTING THE DESCRIPTION RECORDED IN GENESIS 6: 8 -9.
FOUND FAVOR • NOAH FOUND FAVOR IN THE EYES OF THE LORD (GEN. 6: 8 -9). • BOTH MOSES AND DAVID ARE SIMILARLY DESCRIBED (EXOD. 33: 12 -23; ACTS 7: 46 -50; CF. 13: 21 -22).
RIGHTEOUS MAN • NOAH WAS A RIGHTEOUS MAN (GEN. 6: 8 -9). • THE BOOK OF PROVERBS SETS FORTH THE CHARACTERISTICS OF SUCH INDIVIDUALS (PROV. 9: 7 -12; 12: 10; 13: 5 -6; 20: 7; 24: 15 -16; 25: 26).
BLAMELESS IN HIS TIME • NOAH WAS BLAMELESS IN HIS TIME (GEN. 6: 8 -9). • SO LIKEWISE, THE PATRIARCH JOB IS IDENTIFIED AS ONE WHO WAS BLAMELESS (JOB 1: 1 -5). • DISCIPLES OF THE LORD SHOULD LIVE IN A HOLY AND BLAMELESS MANNER (PHIL. 1: 9 -11; 2: 14 -16; COL. 1: 21 -23; 2 PET. 3: 14 -18; JUDE 24 -25).
WALKED WITH GOD • ALONG WITH ENOCH, NOAH “WALKED WITH GOD” (GEN. 5: 22, 24; 6: 8 -9). • CHRISTIANS MUST EVIDENCE SIMILAR COMMITMENT (ROM. 6: 4; 8: 3 -4; 2 COR. 5: 6 -7; GAL. 5: 16 -26).
CONCLUSION • GREAT HEROES OF FAITH, SUCH AS NOAH, SHOULD INSPIRE US TO RUN THE CHRISTIAN RACE WITH PATIENCE; YET, THE GREATEST EXAMPLE OF ALL IS OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST (HEB. 12: 1 -3; 1 PET. 2: 21 -25).
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