THE BOOK OF GENESIS - Tabernacle Baptist Church

Lesson 9
NOAH AND THE ARK
Memory Verse: Genesis 6:11
Lesson: Genesis 6:11-22
I. PARALLELS BETWEEN NOAH’S DAY AND THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST.
See Matthew 24:37-39; Genesis 6:11-13
A. The Way They Lived ― Eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage.
B. Their Wicked Unbelief – Matthew 24:39 ― Noah preached and truth will be preached in the
last days, but unbelief will cause them to “know not.” “When they shall say peace and
safety.” ― 1 Thessalonians 5:3
C. The World Conditions ― The earth “corrupt” and filled with “violence.” 1 Timothy 3:1,13
II. NOAH THE MAN THAT GOD USED.
A. A Man That Walked With God – Verse 9
a. We may walk in the world without walking with the world.
b. We may be in the world and yet walk with God.
c. Walking with God reveals something.
i. There is a holy companionship.
ii. There is a common purpose.
B. A Man To Whom God Revealed His Purposes – Verse 13
a. God let Noah into the innermost secrets of His plan.
b. God will reveal many things to us, through His Word – Matthew 24:37-39;
Revelation 1:1-3
C. A Man That Wrought The Works Of God – Verse 14
a. God in His grace has chosen redeemed men to work for Him, and with Him. But we
are to follow His orders – Acts 5:32; 1 Corinthians 11:2
b. The far reaching effect of Noah’s ministry.
i. Saved family.
ii. Preserved race.
iii. An instrument of God in 1 st coming of Christ.
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