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Scripture Passage: Genesis 6:5-14

In Genesis 6, God was brokenhearted over the gross and numerous sins of Noah’s generation. The same sins committed then are being committed today. As God warned Noah’s generation, He has warned ours, as well.

As Noah, an unsinkable saint, found grace before God and provision from the flood, so can we find His grace and be saved from the wrath to come.

Genesis 6 reminds us that grace provides a Savior: Noah’s ark is a picture of Jesus Christ.

Genesis 6:14 says, “Make yourself an ark of gopherwood; make rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and outside with pitch.”

Scripture notes the security of this ark Noah was instructed to build, made of incorruptible material, with sufficient room for everyone aboard. Shaped like a coffin, sealed shut by the Almighty Himself, this boat’s only window was placed above, so Noah would remain Heavenly-minded. God provided for Noah’s every need in His sovereign timing.

Adrian Rogers says, “When you come to Jesus, you not only have security and sufficiency but also shelter and substance.”

Grace provides salvation: Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. (See Genesis 6:8.) This is the first mention of grace in the Bible.

As Ephesians 2:8 reminds us, we are “saved by grace, through faith.” Noah and his family had to take the step of faith onto the ark, just as we have to put our faith in Jesus Christ.

Grace provides security: we are saved by grace and kept by grace.

God sealed Noah into the ark, just as we are sealed by Jesus Christ in our salvation. We may stumble and fall within the ark, but the door is sealed shut: if we are Christians, there is no falling off the Good Ship Grace.

Adrian Rogers says, “Security is not in a place; security is in a Person, and His name is Jesus.”

The ark was the safest place for Noah to be because God was in the ark; if the ark had gone down, God would have gone down, too.

God is still in the ark; may we enter in before His wrath is poured out once again.



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Aaron Pierce is the International Mission Director of Steiger International, a rapidly-growing, worldwide mission organization that is called to reach and disciple the Global Youth Culture for Jesus. Steiger is active in over 100 cities around the world within the regions of Europe, Eurasia, Central Asia, the Middle East, East Asia, South America, Australasia, and North America.

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CHAPTERS

1. The Spirit Filling John and Conceiving Jesus (0:00-17:50)
2. The Spirit Anointing Jesus for Ministry (17:50-32:16)
3. The Spirit Spreads to the Many (32:16-45:02)
4. Jesus Gives Up His Spirit and Receives a New Spiritual Body (45:02-1:02:20)

OFFICIAL EPISODE TRANSCRIPT

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REFERENCED RESOURCES

• Tim quotes from New Testament scholar Andrew Remington Rillera’s book The Lamb of the Free: “The consistent message throughout the entire NT is not that Jesus died instead of us, rather, Jesus dies ahead of us so that we can unite with him and be conformed to the image of his death.”
• The Resurrection of the Son of God by N.T. Wright
• Check out Tim's extensive collection of recommended books here.

SHOW MUSIC

• “Radiance” by Lofi Sunday feat. solae
• “Dissonance” by Lofi Sunday feat. Just Derrick
• “date night” by Lofi Sunday feat. Cassidy Godwin
• BibleProject theme song by TENTS 

SHOW CREDITS

Production of today’s episode is by Lindsey Ponder, producer, and Cooper Peltz, managing producer. Tyler Bailey and Aaron Olsen edited today’s episode and provided the sound design and mix. JB Witty writes the show notes. Our host and creative director is Jon Collins, and our lead scholar is Tim Mackie.

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