BY FAITH NOAH
(Transcribed Message)

Sunday Morning:  January 13, 2002

Text: Hebrews 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."

FIRSTFRUITS AND HARVEST

Leviticus 23:10  "Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest:"

FIRSTFRUITS

1 Corinthians 15:23  "But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming."

NOAH THE GLEANINGS

Leviticus 19:9  "And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest."

TYPE OF TRIBULATION SAINTS

Revelation 7:13-17  "And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they? 14. And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 15. Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them. 16. They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. 17. For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes."

THEY REIGNED WITH CHRIST

Revelation 20:4  "And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God [mysteries of the kingdom of heaven], and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years."

Revelation 20:6  "Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years."

WARNED OF GOD

Hebrews 11:7  "By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear

REVEALED BY GOD

Amos 3:7  "Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets."

REVEALED TO ABRAHAM

Genesis 18:17  "And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do;"

DESTRUCTION OF SODOM

Genesis 18:20  "And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;"

AS IN THE DAYS OF LOT

Luke 17:28-30  "Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; 29. But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. 30. Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed."

 

THE SECRET OF THE LORD

Psalms 25:14  "The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will show them his covenant."

AS IN THE DAYS OF NOAH

Luke 17:26-27  "And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. 27. They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all."

GREAT WICKEDNESS ON EARTH

Genesis 6:5  "And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually."

CORRUPTION AND VIOLENCE

Genesis 6:11-13  "The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. 12. And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. 13. And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth."

NO FEAR OF GOD

Romans 3:10-18  "As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: 11. There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. 12. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. 13. Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: 14. Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness: 15. Their feet are swift to shed blood: 16. Destruction and misery are in their ways: 17. And the way of peace have they not known: 18. There is no fear of God before their eyes."

 

 

NOAH HAD GRACE

Genesis 6:8-9  "But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.

NOAH'S TESTIMONY

9. These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.”

BE WITHOUT BLEMISH

Exodus 12:5  "Your lamb shall be without blemish [perfect], a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:"

A PREACHER OF RIGHTEOUSNESS

2 Peter 2:5  "And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;"

NOAH MOVED WITH FEAR

Hebrews 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. . ."

THUS DID NOAH

Genesis 6:22  "Thus did (built the ark) Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he."

FEAR OF GOD A REQUIREMENT

Deuteronomy 10:12  "And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,"

TEACHABLE AND LEADABLE

Psalms 25:12  "What man is he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose."

HEAR, LEARN, TO FEAR THE LORD

Deuteronomy 31:12-13  "Gather the people together, men, and women, and children, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the LORD your God, and observe to do all the words of this law: 13. And that their children, which have not known any thing, may hear, and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as ye live in the land whither ye go over Jordan to possess it."

TITHING TEACHES FEAR OF GOD

Deuteronomy 14:23  "And thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God, in the place (away from the temple or tabernacle) which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the LORD thy God always."

THE FEAR OF THE LORD

Psalms 111:10  "The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever."

TREASURE

Isaiah 33:6  "And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD is his treasure."

BLESSING

Psalms 33:18-19  "Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy; 19. To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine."

THE LORD'S SECRET SERVICE

Psalms 34:7  "The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them."

BLESSING

Psalms 103:11  "For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him."

 
BLESSING

Psalms 145:17-19  "The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works. 18. The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth. 19. He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them."

BLESSING

Psalms 147:11 "The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy."

NOAH BECAME AN HEIR

Hebrews 11:7  "By faith Noah, . . . moved with fear . . . and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith."

KINGDOM

James 2:5  "Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?"