The leadership and story of Noah is so familiar and famous but I would like to draw some lessons from Noah's beliefs. We have these elements in our faith; it was the warning of faith, the wisdom of faith, the testimony of faith and the riches of faith.
Noah: By faith Noah, being divinely warned of things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his household, by which he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith. (Hebrews 11:7)
But in what way is Noah an example of faith for us?
Noah lived in a day in which man is graphically described as “wicked” and when “every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually” (Genesis 6:5). A day when the earth was corrupt and filled with violence (Genesis 6:11–12). It was ultimately a day when God finally said enough is enough and promised to destroy mankind with the earth (Genesis 6:13). However, there is a contrast between Noah and the wicked people of his generation. Perhaps the most significant thing we are told about Noah is that he found grace in the eyes of the Lord (Genesis 6:8). This is why Noah is characterized as a righteous man, blameless in his generation, someone who walked with God, just …show more content…
The “things not yet seen” also bring out a dynamic of the Christian life in that we “walk by faith, not by sight” (2 Corinthians 5:7). The writer to the Hebrews reminds us how those things come together in the believer’s life. The believer’s righteousness reflected in the world is testifying and witnessing to those unseen realities that are coming. As Christians we should seek to live our lives in light of a coming judgment and a new heavens and earth (2 Peter 3:11–15). We can’t see those things right now, and that faith is seen as foolishness to an unbelieving
Noah: By faith Noah, being divinely warned of things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his household, by which he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith. (Hebrews 11:7)
But in what way is Noah an example of faith for us?
Noah lived in a day in which man is graphically described as “wicked” and when “every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually” (Genesis 6:5). A day when the earth was corrupt and filled with violence (Genesis 6:11–12). It was ultimately a day when God finally said enough is enough and promised to destroy mankind with the earth (Genesis 6:13). However, there is a contrast between Noah and the wicked people of his generation. Perhaps the most significant thing we are told about Noah is that he found grace in the eyes of the Lord (Genesis 6:8). This is why Noah is characterized as a righteous man, blameless in his generation, someone who walked with God, just …show more content…
The “things not yet seen” also bring out a dynamic of the Christian life in that we “walk by faith, not by sight” (2 Corinthians 5:7). The writer to the Hebrews reminds us how those things come together in the believer’s life. The believer’s righteousness reflected in the world is testifying and witnessing to those unseen realities that are coming. As Christians we should seek to live our lives in light of a coming judgment and a new heavens and earth (2 Peter 3:11–15). We can’t see those things right now, and that faith is seen as foolishness to an unbelieving