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.
By Faith.
Noah built an ark. We all know that story. There was even a modern day movie, a comedy, that dealt with the idea of God asking someone to do something that seems totally ludicrous, yet that person does it. Noah was told by God things that would come to pass and Noah listened. He didn't have to listen. He wasn't force to listen to God, no one is. Situations can occur that seem to make it hit home that God would have a person do a certain thing and when that person resists God tries to impress upon that person just how much He really wants that thing done. Can the person still refuse? Yes. If God could force a person to do something He wouldn't need to tell them, and He certainly wouldn't have to do various things to try and impress upon a person that they should do that thing- He'd just force them. God doesn't work through forcing the will. God wants us to have FAITH in Him, a real abiding faith that goes way beyond merely believing there is a possibility of God.
Many do that don't they? They believe in the possibility of God but not the reality.
Many do believe in God but they believe in a false God, a God of their own making and NOT the God of our Bible. They'll come up with all sorts of things that show they are right to believe the way they do, but it'll still be a false God they are worshipping, all the while believing it to be the REAL God.
No, you do NOT want to believe that is possible. You want to believe that as long as a person is genuine in their belief they need nothing more. Yet you can have a lot of people who are genuine in their devil worshipping, does that mean they are acceptable to God? You can have a lot of people believing in God but if they use their belief to twist God into something acceptable to them, rather than their needing to be acceptable to God, then they will not be saved.
We don't like to hear that, we don't, I know I don't. I like to believe that God, who knows the heart, will understand the sincerity behind a person's belief and that's all that matters. But what matters is the truth. Remember the verse about 'devils believing and trembling'? We have to believe in God and all HE is, ALL HIS TRUTH.
Noah's faith.
Noah was an heir of righteousness by faith.
His faith was accounted righteousness.
Rom 1:17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
Rom 1:18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
Rom 1:19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.
Rom 1:20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
Rom 1:21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
Rom 1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
Rom 1:23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man
People change the GLORY of the UNCORRUPTIBLE GOD into an image made like to CORRUPTIBLE MAN.
We are GUILTY of bringing God down to our level of comprehension. We are GUILTY of questioning GOD as if He is just a another human being in a slightly different form. We don't want to believe there is a RIGHTEOUSNESS by FAITH, a REAL righteousness that comprehends that God is AGAINST ALL ungodliness, all unrighteousness. We want God to wink at the unrighteousness and ungodliness we commit because we have this delusion that we are that magnanimous and would wink at others unrighteousness and ungodliness. We ONLY wink at other people's unrighteousness and ungodliness because we want ours winked at! We want to believe that everything is acceptable to God and there really is no line between right and wrong, because we want to live in the wrong yet be accepted as righteous!
We are called to live by faith and that faith must be in GOD and ALL HE SAYS HE STANDS FOR! If God has a wrath against unrighteousness who are WE to say that He does not! We lie when we say that! We lie when we believe that God has to accept unrighteousness, He doesn't, HE WON'T!
We cannot laugh off our sins! They are grievous! THEY KILLED GOD'S ONLY SON! So how dare we shrug them off! Did Jesus shrug off sin? NO! He preached among all sinners and did so to bring them the comprehension that they need to SIN NO MORE. He forgave them but did NOT accept their sin. He never said, I forgive you now make sure you ask for more forgiveness when you sin next. He NEVER SAID THAT so why do we want to believe He did?! The very awful danger of being accepting of unrighteousness, of being accepting of sin is undermining the truth that it is a deadly poisonous thing that has the potential to lead us so far astray we NEVER even want to seek forgiveness, true forgiveness and we sure don't believe we even have to, we want to believe God will forgive automatically without any thought on our part. It's a LIE! Sin is EVIL, unrighteousness is EVIL and we are to SIN NO MORE, but if we do… if we take that deadly poison and inject ourselves with it we'd better fall to our knees before God and BEG His forgiveness and HEED CHRIST'S WORDS- GO AND SIN NO MORE!
STOP ACCEPTING SIN, ANY SIN, ALL SIN! STOP IT!
HATE ALL SIN! DESPISE ALL SIN before it's too late and you're caught in a deadly trap so many are going to fall into - changing the glory of the UNCORRUPTIBLE GOD, into an IMAGE like a CORRUPTIBLE MAN!
God is not corruptible like we are, God will never die, God will never condone evil, never condone sin, never condone unrighteousness and He sure does NOT want us to do that!
The FAITH of NOAH was counted as RIGHTEOUSNESS.
We need FAITH and the RIGHTEOUSNESS that comes by FAITH in our GOD.
We cannot hold TRUTH in unrighteousness. We cannot KNOW the truth and not believe in that TRUTH but corrupt it to suit our evil. We can't!
Noah's faith was a faith that we need to look upon as an example. Surrounded by a world filled with corrupt people, He held fast to GOD'S Righteousness. He didn't succumb to the crowd mentality that shouted for Him to be evil like them. They didn't believe in God as Noah did. They changed things to suit their own selves. They believed they'd be fine because they were in the majority.
Today we live in a world that has accepted so much evil and turned it into something that people call good, and those same people call those who still believe in the evil of evil, wrong, and they persecute them.
Our world is filled with the same kinds of people that existed in the days of Noah. People barely know what God's righteousness really is. They forget about Jesus' tirade in the temple against the money changers, preferring to just remember that Jesus ate with sinners- likening His doing that as His accepting sin. He NEVER accepted SIN, He loved SINNERS and offered them REDEMPTION FROM SIN, wanting them to SIN NO MORE.
Please LORD help us to have the FAITH of NOAH, Help us to have faith that will be counted for RIGHTEOUSNESS, FAITH IN OUR SAVIOR WHO IS OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS! Keep us from EVIL LORD, keep us from ever accepting SIN as being good in any way. Help us to always recognize the sin in our lives and seek forgiveness, repenting, and by the grace of our LORD heeding HIS words to sin no more!
ALL THROUGH YOU!
ALL FAITH IN YOU!
ALL LOVE!
By Faith.
Noah built an ark. We all know that story. There was even a modern day movie, a comedy, that dealt with the idea of God asking someone to do something that seems totally ludicrous, yet that person does it. Noah was told by God things that would come to pass and Noah listened. He didn't have to listen. He wasn't force to listen to God, no one is. Situations can occur that seem to make it hit home that God would have a person do a certain thing and when that person resists God tries to impress upon that person just how much He really wants that thing done. Can the person still refuse? Yes. If God could force a person to do something He wouldn't need to tell them, and He certainly wouldn't have to do various things to try and impress upon a person that they should do that thing- He'd just force them. God doesn't work through forcing the will. God wants us to have FAITH in Him, a real abiding faith that goes way beyond merely believing there is a possibility of God.
Many do that don't they? They believe in the possibility of God but not the reality.
Many do believe in God but they believe in a false God, a God of their own making and NOT the God of our Bible. They'll come up with all sorts of things that show they are right to believe the way they do, but it'll still be a false God they are worshipping, all the while believing it to be the REAL God.
No, you do NOT want to believe that is possible. You want to believe that as long as a person is genuine in their belief they need nothing more. Yet you can have a lot of people who are genuine in their devil worshipping, does that mean they are acceptable to God? You can have a lot of people believing in God but if they use their belief to twist God into something acceptable to them, rather than their needing to be acceptable to God, then they will not be saved.
We don't like to hear that, we don't, I know I don't. I like to believe that God, who knows the heart, will understand the sincerity behind a person's belief and that's all that matters. But what matters is the truth. Remember the verse about 'devils believing and trembling'? We have to believe in God and all HE is, ALL HIS TRUTH.
Noah's faith.
Noah was an heir of righteousness by faith.
His faith was accounted righteousness.
Rom 1:17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
Rom 1:18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
Rom 1:19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.
Rom 1:20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
Rom 1:21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
Rom 1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
Rom 1:23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man
People change the GLORY of the UNCORRUPTIBLE GOD into an image made like to CORRUPTIBLE MAN.
We are GUILTY of bringing God down to our level of comprehension. We are GUILTY of questioning GOD as if He is just a another human being in a slightly different form. We don't want to believe there is a RIGHTEOUSNESS by FAITH, a REAL righteousness that comprehends that God is AGAINST ALL ungodliness, all unrighteousness. We want God to wink at the unrighteousness and ungodliness we commit because we have this delusion that we are that magnanimous and would wink at others unrighteousness and ungodliness. We ONLY wink at other people's unrighteousness and ungodliness because we want ours winked at! We want to believe that everything is acceptable to God and there really is no line between right and wrong, because we want to live in the wrong yet be accepted as righteous!
We are called to live by faith and that faith must be in GOD and ALL HE SAYS HE STANDS FOR! If God has a wrath against unrighteousness who are WE to say that He does not! We lie when we say that! We lie when we believe that God has to accept unrighteousness, He doesn't, HE WON'T!
We cannot laugh off our sins! They are grievous! THEY KILLED GOD'S ONLY SON! So how dare we shrug them off! Did Jesus shrug off sin? NO! He preached among all sinners and did so to bring them the comprehension that they need to SIN NO MORE. He forgave them but did NOT accept their sin. He never said, I forgive you now make sure you ask for more forgiveness when you sin next. He NEVER SAID THAT so why do we want to believe He did?! The very awful danger of being accepting of unrighteousness, of being accepting of sin is undermining the truth that it is a deadly poisonous thing that has the potential to lead us so far astray we NEVER even want to seek forgiveness, true forgiveness and we sure don't believe we even have to, we want to believe God will forgive automatically without any thought on our part. It's a LIE! Sin is EVIL, unrighteousness is EVIL and we are to SIN NO MORE, but if we do… if we take that deadly poison and inject ourselves with it we'd better fall to our knees before God and BEG His forgiveness and HEED CHRIST'S WORDS- GO AND SIN NO MORE!
STOP ACCEPTING SIN, ANY SIN, ALL SIN! STOP IT!
HATE ALL SIN! DESPISE ALL SIN before it's too late and you're caught in a deadly trap so many are going to fall into - changing the glory of the UNCORRUPTIBLE GOD, into an IMAGE like a CORRUPTIBLE MAN!
God is not corruptible like we are, God will never die, God will never condone evil, never condone sin, never condone unrighteousness and He sure does NOT want us to do that!
The FAITH of NOAH was counted as RIGHTEOUSNESS.
We need FAITH and the RIGHTEOUSNESS that comes by FAITH in our GOD.
We cannot hold TRUTH in unrighteousness. We cannot KNOW the truth and not believe in that TRUTH but corrupt it to suit our evil. We can't!
Noah's faith was a faith that we need to look upon as an example. Surrounded by a world filled with corrupt people, He held fast to GOD'S Righteousness. He didn't succumb to the crowd mentality that shouted for Him to be evil like them. They didn't believe in God as Noah did. They changed things to suit their own selves. They believed they'd be fine because they were in the majority.
Today we live in a world that has accepted so much evil and turned it into something that people call good, and those same people call those who still believe in the evil of evil, wrong, and they persecute them.
Our world is filled with the same kinds of people that existed in the days of Noah. People barely know what God's righteousness really is. They forget about Jesus' tirade in the temple against the money changers, preferring to just remember that Jesus ate with sinners- likening His doing that as His accepting sin. He NEVER accepted SIN, He loved SINNERS and offered them REDEMPTION FROM SIN, wanting them to SIN NO MORE.
Please LORD help us to have the FAITH of NOAH, Help us to have faith that will be counted for RIGHTEOUSNESS, FAITH IN OUR SAVIOR WHO IS OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS! Keep us from EVIL LORD, keep us from ever accepting SIN as being good in any way. Help us to always recognize the sin in our lives and seek forgiveness, repenting, and by the grace of our LORD heeding HIS words to sin no more!
ALL THROUGH YOU!
ALL FAITH IN YOU!
ALL LOVE!
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