NUTSHELL: You CAN find favor in the eyes of the Lord and walk faithfully with our God!
‌Noah had a pattern of behavior that kept him aligned with God’s will and God’s ways. And he found favor and walked faithfully with God.


Three Truths about Noah (That need to be true about us!)
‌Be Different — Be Dependable — Be Devoted

Genesis 6:8 (NIV) But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord.


9-Gen.6.12" class="scriptRef">Genesis 6:9-12 ~ 9 This is the account of Noah and his family. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked faithfully with God. 10 Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham and Japheth. 11 Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight and was full of violence. 12 God saw how corrupt the earth had become, for all the people on earth had corrupted their ways.

Genesis 4:7 (NIV)~ “If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must rule over it.”

2 Corinthians 5:21 (NIV) 21 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

Hebrews 11:7 (NIV) 7 By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in holy fear built an ark to save his family. By his faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that is in keeping with faith.

Matthew 6:33 (NIV) 33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

Philippians 2:13–15 (ESV) 13 for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure. 14 Do all things without grumbling or disputing, 15 that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,

1. Noah was Different
‌2. Noah was Dependable
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Genesis 6:13 (NIV) So God said to Noah, “I am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. I am surely going to destroy both them and the earth.

Genesis 6:14 (NIV) So make yourself an ark of cypress wood; make rooms in it and coat it with pitch inside and out.

Genesis 6:15-16 (NIV) 15 This is how you are to build it: The ark is to be three hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide and thirty cubits high. 16 Make a roof for it, leaving below the roof an opening one cubit high all around. Put a door in the side of the ark and make lower, middle and upper decks.

Gen 6:17-18 (NIV) I am going to bring floodwaters on the earth to destroy all life under the heavens, every creature that has the breath of life in it. Everything on earth will perish. 18 But I will establish my covenant with you, and you will enter the ark—you and your sons and your wife and your sons’ wives with you.

Genesis 6:19-21 (NIV) 19 You are to bring into the ark two of all living creatures, male and female, to keep them alive with you. 20 Two of every kind of bird, of every kind of animal and of every kind of creature that moves along the ground will come to you to be kept alive. 21 You are to take every kind of food that is to be eaten and store it away as food for you and for them.”

2 Corinthians 11:14 (NIV) 14 And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.

‌John 8:44b (NIV) [Satan] had no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

2 Corinthians 6:4–10 (Voice) 4 But as God’s servants, we commend ourselves in every situation. So that with great endurance we persevere even in anguish and hardship. We have been cornered by the enemy 5 suffering beatings, imprisonments, uproars, toil, sleeplessness, and starvation. 6 And by the Holy Spirit with purity, understanding, patience, kindness, and sincerest love we have proved ourselves. 7 Now with the voice of truth and power of God—armed on the right and armed on the left with righteousness from God—we continue. 8 Whether respected or loathed, praised or criticized as frauds, yet true, 9 as unknown to this world, and yet well known to God, we serve Him. We are treated as dying and yet we live, as punished and yet we are not executed. 10 Though we are sorrowful, we continually rejoice. As the poorest of the poor, we bring richness to all, and though we have nothing, we possess all things.

1. Noah was Different!
‌2. Noah was Dependable!
3. Noah was Devoted!

Devotion is intimacy overflowing in action.

Genesis 6:22 (NIV) Noah did everything just as God commanded him.

Instant Obedience — Don’t use prayer (or anything else) as an excuse to put off what you know God has been calling you to do!
‌Continual Obedience — Honor God in the next thing over a long period of time and it will create God sized results.
‌Complete Obedience — Don’t quit because it’s hard, isn’t fun anymore, or something else looks more inviting. Have persevering faith!