NOAH FOUND GRACE

GENESIS 6:1-8

 

Pastor Rick Jackson

 

I. JUST THE FACTS

 

1. The Fact is-if anyone found Grace it means Grace was Available [v. 8, Titus 2:11]

For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men

 

2. The Fact is-if anyone found Grace it means Grace was Obtainable [v. 8, Hebrews 11:1-2, 32, 39, 1 Pt. 2:10, 2 Pt. 1:1]

-Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good report.

- And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets:

-And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:

-Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

-Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ:

 

3. The Fact is-if anyone, any sinner, found Grace it means Grace was Universal [v. 8, Titus 2:11, 1 John 2:2, 4:10]

-And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

-Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

 

II. ADJUST YOUR FOCUS

 

1. The Source of Grace is the LORD [v. 8, 1 Peter 5:10-12]

-But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while , make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you. To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. By Silvanus, a faithful brother unto you, as I suppose, I have written briefly , exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God wherein ye stand.

 

2. The Salvation of Grace is of the LORD [v. 8, Jonah 2:9] Salvation is of the LORD.

 

3. The Service of Grace is in the LORD [v. 8-13, Heb. 11:7] Note that the ark was for their good & God’s glory!

- By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.

 

III. JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH

 

1. For the Individual [v. 8, Heb. 11:7, Rm. 5:1]

-By faith Noah

- Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:

 

2. For the Family [v. 8-18, Heb. 11:7]

- By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.

 

3. For the Future [v. 8-22, Heb. 11:7] “by the which he condemned the world”