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SERMON NOTES

From In Touch With Dr. Charles Stanley

Walking in the Favor of God – Part Three


KEY PASSAGE: Genesis 6:5-14 | SUPPORTING SCRIPTURES: Genesis 7:1; 8:20-22; 9:11-13 | Romans 10:9, 13


SUMMARY God’s Decision: “The Lord said, ‘I will blot out man
whom I have created from the face of the land, from
After reading the account of God’s beautiful man to animals to creeping things and to birds of the
creation in Genesis 1, we may wonder why He later sky; for I am sorry that I have made them’” (v. 7).
destroyed the world with a flood.
One Righteous Man
It happened just 10 generations after Adam and Eve. What
had changed during that time? The answer is that sin In spite of the dismal and discouraging state of the earth,
entered the world, and the effects of evil are still being felt there was one man who was different from everyone else:
in our world today. “But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord . . . Noah
was a righteous man, blameless in his time; Noah walked
SERMON POINTS with God” (vv. 8-9). Although he was not sinless, Noah had
three essential characteristics that set him apart from the
For us a generation is about forty years, and in only rest of his generation: He listened to God, trusted Him,
one or two generations we’ve already witnessed the and obeyed Him. Therefore, the Lord told him about His
degeneration in our culture. Prosperity and materialism plan to destroy the earth and commanded Noah to build
have increased, and reverence for the Lord’s day and an ark (vv. 13-14). Through one obedient man, God would
respect and care for others has decreased. To see how save human civilization.
much can change in 10 generations we must look back
to the year 1620. The world we live in today bears little Challenging Questions
resemblance to that era.
Since we, too, live in a sinful world that is rapidly changing
The Conditions of the Ancient World and becoming increasingly wicked, we must ask some
searching questions:
By the time ten generations had passed since Adam and
Eve were created, earth’s condition was corrupt. Does God see you as righteous and blameless?
Could your lifestyle be described as godly and holy?
God’s Evaluation: “Then the Lord saw that the Are you different from the culture around you, or are you
wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that caught up in all the pursuits and pleasures of this world?
every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil According to the way you are living, could it be said of
continually” (Gen. 6:5). you that you walk with God?
God’s Heart: “The Lord was sorry that He had Are you listening to Him, trusting Him, and obeying His
made man on the earth, and He was grieved in commands?
His heart” (v. 6). Would you rather be viewed as classy by the world’s
standards or holy in the eyes of God?

SERMON NOTES | SN180318


The Lord wants us to live in a deep, intimate, and obedient us from countless heartaches and troubles and may even
relationship with Him rather than in conformity to the world save our lives.
around us. This means that sometimes people who are
living in sin will not want to be in our company because we A New Beginning and Promise
make them feel uncomfortable. This is inevitable because
like Noah we are walking in light while those in the world Noah, his family, and the animals were in the ark for a
are walking in darkness and want to avoid the light that little over a year as they waited for the water to recede.
exposes their sinful deeds. God accomplished what He set out to do and rescued
Noah from the flood. After God told him to leave the ark,
Living in a Doomed World one of the first things he did was build an altar to the
Lord and offer Him sacrifices in worship. In response,
Although Noah was confident that the Lord would save God made a covenant with Noah, his descendants, and
him and his family in the ark, at the same time he knew every living creature on earth, saying, “I establish My
that God was going to destroy everything around him, covenant with you; and all flesh shall never again be cut
including the people. Therefore, he probably experienced off by the water of the flood, neither shall there again be
a mix of thoughts and emotions as he was building the ark a flood to destroy the earth” (9:11). And as a sign of the
in the midst of that wicked society and warning the people covenant, God set a rainbow in the sky (v. 13).
of coming judgment.
Life today isn’t exactly like that ancient world, but in
The same is true of us today. We know that apart from many ways it is. And like Noah, we must listen to God,
Christ, there is no hope for the world. Wickedness will trust Him, and obey. We can’t afford to be like the
increase. Security cannot be found in a country but only in people in Noah’s day who failed to recognize that their
a relationship with God through Jesus Christ. time was short. Their wicked rebellion was blatant and
extreme, but even though we may not be guilty of such
Locked Safely in the Ark evil, our more sophisticated rebellion is still sin. Without
dependence on Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord, no one
When the ark was finally finished, God sent the animals will escape God’s judgment.
to Noah. Because he had listened, trusted, and obeyed,
he and his family were locked into the ark by the grace of Today God offers salvation, not by means of an ark but
God. After the Lord shut the door, the rain began, and it through His Son. In Romans 10:9, He gives this promise:
continued for forty days and nights. The water not only “If you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and
poured from the sky, but it came up from the great deep believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead,
below until the entire earth was covered. you will be saved.”

Like Noah, we never know when God will close a door RESPONSE
requiring us to turn our backs on everybody in order to
be faithful to Him. Obedience has sharply defined edges. How have you seen the culture change in your lifetime?
We have no right to alter what He has commanded, How are you different from your society? In what ways
change the timing, or opt for partial obedience. That’s have you conformed to the culture?
why it’s so important to listen to God, trust what He What is the destiny of this world (2 Pet. 3:5-7)? How
says, and do it. These three simple practices will spare should this motivate you to live (vv.8-16)?

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SERMON NOTES | SN180318

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