Family Grandpa Noah

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Grandpa Noah

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

Think about your Great, Great to the ??? power, Grandfather Noah

Yes, Noah, he was not just some guy that we read about in a book called the Bible

He was your Grandfather

Who showed us how to build an ark to save our family

How are we doing?

Are we in holy fear building an ark to save our family?

What is the pitch that holds everything else together in your family?

I wonder the tone of voice Grandfather Noah used with his family

I wonder how Grandfather Noah kept his anger and frustration under control

I wonder how often he had talks with the family together and one on one

I wonder about the little things that go unnoticed

I want to be like Grandfather Noah, don’t you?

Let’s spend some time thinking about his life because it was maybe the greatest example of building and saving a family that there ever was or will be 

“I love you, Grandpa Noah, and miss you.”

“Grandpa Noah, I want to be like you.” 

Grandpa Noah

I come from a poor family back ground.

My parents struggled as well

as their parents to make a living.

I have wondered what it would have been like

if my parents and grandparents were able to pass

down homes and businesses and large bank accounts.

Whether you are like me or you have had the

blessing of parents and grandparents passing

down their lives and wealth, think about this…

Think about your Great, Great to

the ??? power, Grandfather Noah.

Yes, Noah was not just some guy that

we read about in a book called the Bible.

He was your Grandfather.

Without your Grandfather Noah, none of us would

be here and your pets and food would not be here.

Your Grandfather Noah, as far as I can tell,

was the greatest family man ever to live.

God was so impressed with him that God

told him the earth would be destroyed…

    

By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen,

 in holy fear built an ark to save his family.

Hebrews 11:7a

This is incredible, your Grandfather Noah

in holy fear built an ark to save his family.

WOW, let those words sink in…

In holy fear built an ark to save his family.

We know what the wooden ark Noah built

looked like, but the ark that saved his family

 was much more then gopher wood and pitch.

 

How did Noah hold his family together?

What did Noah build that saved his family?

Your Grandfather Noah lived in the worst of times.

It was Noah’s faith that saved his family.

In fact the second part of Hebrews 11:7 says…

 Noah’s faith condemned the world.

How does that work?

I thought God condemned the

world by opening the flood gates.

Noah by walking in righteousness

condemned the world.

As the world around him and his family

 became more free to do as they pleased…

Noah put his faith in God.

That faith in God gave him an inheritance…

… and became heir of the right-

eousness that comes by faith.

When you walk by faith, you live

according to a way that pleases God.

What is right is what God has designed.

Noah did what was right and

became heir of righteousness.

Noah is your Grandfather don’t you

want the full inheritance from him?

And what does that look like?

First, know there is a way that seems right

to a man but the end is destruction.

Noah got his inheritance of

righteousness from God the Father.

It was not a certificate in a vault,

it was living right every day…

Doing and saying the right things.

Noah believed, by faith that God is the

only one who can reveal what is right.

Noah did what was right.

 He built an ark of righteousness that saved

his family long before he built the ark.

Can you image all the times Noah’s kids came

home from their friends next door and said…

“But Johnny doesn’t have to do that”

or “Johnny’s mom says its ok”.

Imagine keeping the standard of

righteousness, how did he do it?

Why didn’t Noah’s kids rebel, at the lack of

freedom they had to live like the neighbors?

 Your Grandfather did it…

He held the family together.

Their standard condemned the world.

They were not out to condemn

anyone, only live righteous lives.

They modeled what was right,

 but their neighbors rejected it

and were condemned.

How are we doing?

Are we in holy fear building

an ark to save our family?

What is the pitch that holds everything

else together in your family?

I wonder the tone of voice Grandfather

Noah used with his family.

I wonder how Grandfather Noah kept his

anger and frustration under control.

I wonder how often he had talks with

the family together and one on one.

I wonder about the little things that go unnoticed.

I want to be like Grandfather Noah, don’t you?

Let’s spend some time thinking about

his life because it was maybe the greatest

example of building and saving a family

that there ever was or will be.

 

“I love you, Grandpa Noah, and miss you.”

“Grandpa Noah, I want to be like you.” 

 

Scripture Reading

Hebrews 11:7

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 heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.