Genesis 6 - 04.30.26
SCRIPTURE
“But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord.”
Genesis 6:8 NIV
OBSERVATION
“The Lord saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time.” (Genesis 6:5 NIV)
Scripture emphasizes it with almost unbearable clarity—every inclination of even the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time.
But—Noah stood out to God…Noah found favor with God.
Noah was a righteous man” (Genesis 6:9)—
not because he was flawless,
but because he believed God.
Noah’s righteousness Came by his Faith in God. Hebrews shares
in the great “wall of Faith” from chapter 11 about Noah:
“It was by faith that Noah built an ark to save his family from the flood.
He obeyed God, who warned him about things that had never happened before. By his faith Noah condemned the rest of the world, and he received the righteousness that comes by faith.”
(Hebrews 11:7 NLT)
APPLICATION
Righteousness Comes BY Faith
Trust and Believe in God
Paul said it best in his letter to the Philippian Church.
“Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord.
For his sake I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so that I could gain Christ and become one with him.
I no longer count on my own righteousness through obeying the law;
rather,
I become righteous through faith in Christ.
For God’s way of making us right with himself—depends on faith.
(Philippians 3:8-9NLT)
I recently watched the life of Phil Robertson on Pure Flix called The Blind. Larry started watching their reality show (Duck Dynasty) when we were taking turns in Palm Springs caring for his mom on Hospice. He was so taken back by this strange family living in the woods that had godly values and ended each show at the dinner table saying Grace.
The movie had one part that I will never forget because it’s true for every believer yet we don’t ever actually word it this way. When Phil finally surrenders his life to Jesus and goes into the baptism waters the Pastor asks him this question, “Are you ready to die?”
In essence this is what happens when we give our lives to Jesus.
Are we ready to die—So we can Live?
Our Old lives cease and our NEW Lives Begin. The Old has died—The New Begins.
“This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a NEW person. The OLD life is gone; a NEW life has begun!”
(2 Corinthians 5:17 NLT)
“We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life." (Romans 6:4 NIV)
PRAYER
Lord Jesus,
Thank YOU LORD Jesus that YOU Changed EVERYTHING.
No matter how desperate the world may seem, no matter how challenging our circumstances may at times feel—Your gracious Gift of Salvation has made me alive IN Christ. The old is gone. The New Life has begun.
I Trust Jesus…I have died to my own ways of thinking and doing.
Everything else…is worthless.
Thank YOU that I can walk with YOU daily and have the assurance of Knowing YOU are WITH me Now and with me forever.
Teach me how to BE with YOU.
Teach me how To Follow YOU.
Teach me how to Live For YOU…that I may be pleasing and my life may be sweet worship to YOU.
Everything I have is Yours.
Empty me, FILL me, Use me. In Jesus Name. Amen.
Tina L Kudelka