NOAH; I CAN BE GODLY PART 2 of 10

TEXT- GENESIS 6:1-9

INTRODUCTION

TODAY IS OUR CHURCH THEME DAY WHEN WE EMPHASIZE OUR 1993 THEME AND GOALS.

YOU WILL FIND IN THIS MORNING'S BULLETIN SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THIS.

TO REINFORCE OUR THEME AND GOALS FOR THIS YEAR I HAVE CHOSEN TO PREACH A SERIES OF SERMONS ON THE TOPIC, "CAN DO CHRISTIANS IN THE BIBLE."

ON THE FIRST SUNDAY OF EACH MONTH THIS YEAR I AM PREACHING ABOUT A PERSON IN THE BIBLE WHO COULD SERVE AS AN EXAMPLE OF A "CAN DO CHRISTIAN."

LAST MONTH I BEGAN THIS SERIES BY SPEAKING ON OUR THEME VERSE IN PHILIPPIANS 4:13.

THIS MORNING OUR TEXT IS FOUND IN GENESIS 6:1-9 AND THE TITLE OF MY MESSAGE IS, "NOAH; I CAN BE GODLY."

A MAN APPLIED FOR A JOB AT A FACTORY AND WAS ASKED BY THE FOREMAN WHAT HE WAS ABLE TO DO. "ANYTHING, JUST ANYTHING." REPLIED THE MAN. "WELL," SAID THE FOREMAN, THINKING TO HAVE SOME FUN, "YOU SEEM TO BE ALRIGHT, BUT CAN YOU PUSH A WHEEL BARROW FULL OF SMOKE?" "SURE CAN," REPLIED THE MAN, "JUST FILL IT UP FOR ME."

AS WE EXAMINE OUR TEXT, THERE ARE THREE THINGS WE NEED TO CONSIDER ABOUT NOAH LIVING A GODLY LIFE IN THE MIDST OF A WICKED WORLD.

SOME CHRISTIANS TODAY MIGHT THINK THAT THEY CAN'T LIVE A GODLY LIFE AT WORK OR AT SCHOOL OR AT HOME, DUE TO THE WICKED AND UNGODLY INFLUENCES THAT THEY FACE.

NOAH SHOWS US THAT WE CAN BE GODLY.

IN ORDER TO DO THIS WE NEED TO FIRST UNDERSTAND THE CAUSES OF WICKEDNESS IN VERSES 1-4.

THE BIBLE SAYS THAT THE SIN AND WICKEDNESS THAT CHARACTERIZED NOAH'S DAY AND TIME WILL ALSO BE PREVALENT IN THE LAST DAYS BEFORE JESUS RETURNS.

MATTHEW 24:36-39; "BUT OF THAT DAY AND HOUR NO ONE KNOWS, NOT EVEN THE ANGELS OF HEAVEN, NOR THE SON, BUT THE FATHER ALONE. "FOR THE COMING OF THE SON OF MAN WILL BE JUST LIKE THE DAYS OF NOAH. "FOR AS IN THOSE DAYS WHICH WERE BEFORE THE FLOOD THEY WERE EATING AND DRINKING, THEY WERE MARRYING AND GIVING IN MARRIAGE, UNTIL THE DAY THAT NOAH ENTERED THE ARK, AND THEY DID NOT UNDERSTAND UNTIL THE FLOOD CAME AND TOOK THEM ALL AWAY; SO SHALL THE COMING OF THE SON OF MAN BE."

SECOND, THIS PASSAGE SPEAKS ABOUT THE CONCERN GOD HAD OVER THE WICKEDNESS OF MAN IN VERSES 5-7.

THEN, LASTLY, WE FIND THE CONTRAST BETWEEN THE WICKEDNESS THAT WAS PRESENT AND THE GODLINESS THAT EXISTED IN NOAH IN VERSES 8-9.

LET'S LOOK NOW AT OUR TEXT AND SEE WHAT WE CAN LEARN ABOUT BEING GODLY EVEN IN THE MIDST OF A WICKED WORLD.