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Doing What Almighty God Commands Is What Really Matters And Counts In The End Of The Day

April 15, 2008 |

The Flood, which many question today, and wonder if it ever happened, has evidence out with the Bible, as well as that authentic and authoritative account in Genesis Chapter 7.

Because of the wickedness which had spread and the evil which had escalated, a man named Noah, who was regarded in the eyes of God to be just and righteous, is commanded to build an Ark. The measurements - the materials - the reasons - are all given.

God had taken Noah into His confidence, and God shares with Noah truths which no-one else around could have received and believed, and Almighty God gives Noah commands which no-one else would have obeyed.

God reveals that He would bring all the animals to Noah, and Noah was to shepherd them safely into the Ark at the right time, and care for them during the period of the Flood.

Now - see Jesus Christ in all of this - mercy and patience and love and judgement. Here is a gracious call to come into the Ark of Salvation, and be rescued and salvaged and saved - from judgement - calamity - disaster – and death.

After 120 years, God says to Noah - it is now time - go into the Ark - you and your family - I have found you righteous in this generation. Seven members of his immediate family had heard him preach. They had believed that this was the Word of the Lord, and they too went into the Ark when Noah said it was time to go.

After a century or so of silence God speaks again. For 100 years Noah had been working away on this chest - this box - getting it ready - believing that this was the work to which the living God had called him.

The day for action came. Things were going to happen soon. Events would move quickly now. Yet, God gave another seven days of grace - He is so merciful. Noah and his family are entering the Ark. Here is the Word of God in action.

This is a vivid visual aid. Everyone who looked could see what Noah was doing, but no-one responded to the Word of God. Peter’s second letter in the New Testament explains all this quite fully. This is not just an Old Testament story.

Noah had seven days to get everything ready, and mankind has another seven days to come to God and repent. Here is one last word of warning to the world - one final appeal. For Noah there is urgency, but no haste.

The Flood would come on schedule. It would not come too soon - nor would it be late. It will be exactly the same with return of Jesus Christ!

Noah is an obedient man of God. The family follow the father. They follow the head, and in obedient faith they enter the Ark.

It is made so clear in verse 7, that they enter the Ark to escape the coming judgmental waters of the Flood.

Noah is safe. Are you?

Hebrews Chapter 11 and verse 7, refers to Noah being a man of faith rescuing his family. This is not a fairy story, nor a legend or myth.

We have the detail of how our gracious caring compassionate God - who is righteous in every aspect - and who with righteousness is going to judge and deal with sin and violence and wickedness and corruption and immorality.

What we call ‘nature’ is affected by our behaviour - by the way we live. The environment - our surroundings - are affected and influenced by the way man lives his life. Pollution of the rivers and oceans and atmosphere is the direct result of the way sinful man lives his life. We are being informed that the situation is now very serious.

Creation is affected by human behaviour, and nowhere do we see that more clearly than in the Book of Genesis, and man’s obedience has a most positive influence upon Creation too - and the obedience of one man - or one small group of people can have an affect out of all proportion to the size of the group.

Everything had been done as God commanded. That is what counts at the end of the day. It is now time for GOD to act. Note the detail as it is dated to the day. This is the kind of detail that rings of truth.

May I remind you, or inform you if you were unaware of this, but Jesus Christ accepted the record of Noah and the Flood, and if you wish to research this further may I refer you to the superb teaching and explanatory pages at the Web Site of Answers in Genesis.

Yes, this is fact. There is no fiction here.

Sandy Shaw

Sandy Shaw is Pastor of Nairn Christian Fellowship, Chaplain at Inverness Prison, and Nairn Academy, and serves on The Children’s Panel in Scotland, and has travelled extensively over these past years teaching, speaking, in America, Canada, South Africa, Australia, making 12 visits to Israel conducting Tours and Pilgrimages, and most recently in Uganda and Kenya, ministering at Pastors and Leaders Seminars, in the poor areas surrounding Kampala, Nairobi, Mombasa and Kisumu.

He broadcasts regularly on WSHO radio out of New Orleans, and writes a weekly commentary at http://www.studylight.org entitled “Word from Scotland” on various biblical themes, as well as a weekly newspaper column.

His M.A. and B.D. degrees are from The University of Edinburgh, and he continues to run and exercise regularly to maintain a level of physical fitness.

Sandy Shaw

sandyshaw63@yahoo.com

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