Sunday, August 18, 2024 “Faith that Works with God” The Faith of Noah – Part Two

Rev. Mike Coppersmith

Do you have an anchor? Do you know how to use it?

“Faith that Rests in God”

“Faith that Works with God”

James 2:14-17 says Dear brothers and sisters, what’s the use of saying you have faith if you don’t prove it by your actions. That kind of faith can’t save anyone. Suppose you see a brother or sister who needs food or clothing and you say, “Well, goodbye and God bless you; stay warm and eat well”—but then you don’t give that person any food or clothing. What good does that do? Faith that doesn’t show itself by good deeds is no faith at all—it is dead and useless.

Hebrews 11:7 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 an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

SIX CHARACTERISTICS OF A FAITH THAT WORKS

BUILDS ON A BIBLICAL FOUNDATION

Hebrews 11:7 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 an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

Romans 10:17 Faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word of Christ.

GROWS WITH A HOLY FEAR

Hebrews 11:7 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 an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

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

Genesis 7:5 And Noah did all the Lord commanded him.

Genesis 8:22 “For as long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest…will never cease.”

Psalm 111:10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.

PREPARES BECAUSE OF A WISE FORESIGHT

Hebrews 11:7 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 an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

Matthew 24:36-39 But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. 37 As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. 38 For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; 39 and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.

PRIORITIZES A GODLY FAMILY

Hebrews 11:7 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 an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

Genesis 6:23 Every living thing on the face of the earth was wiped out; men and animals, the creatures that move along the ground and the birds of the air were wiped from the earth. Only Noah was left and those with him on the ark.

Acts 16:31 “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.”

PROCLAIMS A DIVINE FORECAST

Hebrews 11:7 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 an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

John 3:19 This is the verdict: light has come into the word, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.

John 3:16-18 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.”

ANTICIPATES GOD-GIVEN FAVOR

Hebrews 11:7 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 an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

Mark 10:29-30 Truly I tell you, no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and the gospel 30 will fail to receive a hundred times as much in this present age: homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and fields—along with persecutions—and in the age to come eternal life.”

A FAITH THAT WORKS…

Builds on a Biblical Foundation

Grows with a Holy Fear

Prepares Because of a Wise Foresight

Prioritizes a Godly Family

Proclaims a Divine Forecast

Anticipates God-Given Favor

 

Genesis 7:1 “Come now into the ark, you and your family.”