 Let's open up our Bibles to Hebrews chapter 11. You know as I'm sitting here worshiping with you guys I was just taking back. I remember back in 93 I was sitting way back there and David Rosales gave a message on the crucifixion of Christ and I remember man just a Brother named Robert Garcia, man He just went to be home with the Lord last week I know that it really shocked me because he was my age and He's the one that invited me to come to church and I actually came hoping that if I Come he will leave me alone Honestly, I really thought he was trying to pick up on Sonia and And my jealousy led to telling him a bro. You're no longer welcome here, you know at our house We know what you believe You know what? Let's just leave it like that don't come back and he's all like all right cool No worries, but come to church on me then and then my mind is saying okay. He comes he goes. Hey, that's awesome You know, I got him out of the picture and and I was sitting back there when Rosales pastor my pastor gave an altar call And he turns to me and says David if you want to go I'll go with you and I say childish I'm going on my own and say and I walked up and I was standing right here and And and and I remember Rosales, you know after the sinners prayer He looked and down and he said welcome to the family of God and I remember crying and and ever since then man I've been serving God, you know after the good and through the bad So a lot of memories right here But I want to start out by saying that you know just to kind of give give some props to Robert Garcia He he took us in and and and we were raw man We were cursing and smoking throwing the smoke in his face bagging on him when we got saved You know, we didn't change overnight, you know, but he was so loving. He was so gracious He was willing to go out of his way just so that we can come to church, you know And and so he set the pattern of our walk with God and and I even bought an astro van like him So I can pick up people to come to church and and and I'll tell you this he was in the beginning of my walks with with God Kind of like a hero for me in a sense because he showed me how to walk my Christian walk He and and he set the pattern as I mentioned and from that point on the Lord just began to work in my life And and I had someone that I can look to and say preach the gospel read the word, you know And trust God and and just watching him I would say to me He was a very influential and a blessing so now he's with the Lord and you know what and I'm and I'm so and I and I'm Blessed to know that one day will be reunited and hang out in heaven and I can picture Robert He'll be bragging once we get there, but but I will tell you this in our faith There's gonna be people in your life that are gonna influence you these people are champions of the faith, you know I know that during the beginning I used to look up to raw and and poncho And especially David Rosales my pastor and these were guys that man that really shaped my life And and then from that I you know Chuck Smith and and so forth But but as I began to read the Bible other people other brothers in the Bible began to win my heart Like the Apostle Paul I mean, I think that guy was down, you know, I mean this guy, you know They stone him beat him up leave him have dead and he still gets up and goes preach preaches, right? You're like man that guy's crazy that guy's that's what I want to be Then you have Peter and then you have all these apostles, but you go a little bit further back You come to a man by the name of Noah, right? Noah was another guy that had a faith of a champion. In fact, his faith Was so recognized that he made it to what is called the Hall of Faith, right in chapter 11 of Hebrews So again, there are many in the Bible that we can say that had great faith Or should I say they were champions of faith and and this individual here Noah was one who who we can say was a champion of faith. This individual know Noah had what is called an Unsinkable faith, you know what I'm saying? He had an unsinkable faith in times of trials and Treasures time treasure as times in fact this man displayed his faith and his faithfulness in a time Where it was hard seeing the times that he was living in and we're gonna look at his life today and Point out some some things that we can apply to our lives so that we too can become those champions of faith Amen, so let's go ahead and have our we have our Bibles turn to Hebrews chapter 11. Why don't we stand together? Just cuz I like I love that power having you sit and stand. I'm just joking. I Just want to give reference to the word of God. That's all it is. So let's go ahead and read in verse 7 Here we go by faith Noah being divinely warned of the things not yet seen move with golly fear prepared an arc for the saving of his household by which he condemned the world and became error of the righteousness which is According to faith and father we come before you and we ask that you will just speak to our hearts Convict us encourage us Lord our strength in us whatever it is Lord God We need you to meet us today so that we can leave this place better prepared and also challenged to Exercise our faith Lord in obedience to your word Lord we want to be more like your son Who's the ultimate one father that we want to copy or copy our lives with Lord? So now we ask that you would just help us to not to get distracted with you know our social media alerts Lord or Scores or whatever it might be father or anything just help us just to have our attention Just focus upon you as we hear with an ear to hear we love you Lord in Jesus name. We say amen. You may have a seat So Noah for I'll give you a few things so you can jot these down number one Noah had a faith that believed God's warnings notice again It says in verse 7 by faith Noah being divinely warned of the things not yet seen So he had a faith that believed the warnings of God God has spoken to Noah And he warned them of the of the judgment that was coming of the flood that was coming now prior to the flood as Genesis chapter 2 verses 5 through 6 tells us God watered the earth by springs rivers and by evaporation condensation and Do but I want you to know that God warned Noah of something he had never seen before it didn't rain before right, so God is telling him guess what I'm going to destroy the world and Noah had to have the faith to believe so again God warned Noah something that he had never seen before as we just read Noah had a warning from The word he had the word of God and listen to wrong about to say if you want to have that champion of that faith of a champion It's this God gives warnings and we need to have the faith to believe them I hear me God gives warnings and we have to have the faith to believe in fact He warns us of this is another point of the consequences of sin the Consequences of sin if you turn your Bible to Galatians chapter 6 Turn there right quickly and can you exaggerate a little bit by flipping the pages so I can it encouraged me that you guys are turning there Galatians chapter 5 verse 6 The apostle Paul wrote this in verse 7 Galatians chapter 6 verse 7 Can I say something wrong? Here we go. It says do not be deceived God is not mocked for whatever a man sows that he will also reap for he was so to the flesh Well of the flesh we've corruption But he was so to the spirit well of the spirit reap everlasting life, but notice he warns it says don't be deceived Don't fool yourselves is what he's saying. You cannot make a mockery of our creator He says if you if you and it goes on to say it's look for whatever a man sows that he will also weep in Scripture the Bible tells us that sin leads to death. That's a warning telling us to avoid sin because sin comes with Consequences and I've said this before you know you can choose sin, but you can't choose the consequences and Send last but for a moment, but the consequences you don't know how long that's gonna last You see what I'm saying and God tells us over and over in his word to walk in holiness to walk in the light To walk pleasing him. He's telling us to walk in a way in Which it's gonna keep us from sinning against not only ourselves, but against God because when we sin Expect the consequences and God will use the consequences to get your attention, right? To get you to understand that what you're doing is wrong So it's important for us to understand that God will warns us of the consequence of sin now. Do you believe that? Do you believe that because if you do you're not gonna do the things that you know you shouldn't be doing? Like getting on some websites, right? There are not right flirting when you're married at work with the secretary or Or I don't know. I'm you know gang banging while you're still a Christian. I've seen it Drinking getting drunk getting high and excusing it by saying always just medicine, you know medicine Medicine ball whatever right the point that I'm trying to say is listen you play with fire. You're gonna get burnt burn And you're only gonna inflict pain and misery to your own life God loves you so much that he warns you but you gotta believe his warnings You have to have the faith to believe that when God says this is gonna happen even do this that he will do it So again number one in that particular point there God God gives us warnings as well Now he warned us of the of the danger of constantly rejecting him in Hebrews chapter 3 verse 13 We also read this you must warn each other every day while it is still today So that none of you will be deceived by the sin and and harden against God as another translation reads Then you're living translation There's a danger of con of constantly rejecting Jesus Christ God warns us of that if you're here today for the first time Listen to me or you're watching online and you know about God and and and you've been given the opportunity to respond to the Gospel you've been given, you know I'm some insight into what God did for you on the cross if you reject them and you continue to reject them you are in danger of Hardening your heart towards the things of God and ultimately God will say listen Then I might will be done, but your will be done and we see that perfectly illustrated in the life of Pharaoh If you read the story in Exodus chapter 9, you're gonna see how constantly God kept you know telling you know Through Moses let my people go and it says and the Pharaoh hardened his heart again Moses goes to Pharaoh let my people go God said let my people go and Pharaoh hardened his heart and and finally You'll get to a place where God says then God harden the heart of Pharaoh You can get to the point and over return because one thing you're gonna Learn in your constant rejection of God is this the more you do it the better you're gonna get at it and If you're a Christian you can also reject the Holy Spirit by disobeying his word So it's important that you understand guys listen that God warns us number one He God gives us warnings you have to have faith to believe it and number two He also warns us of the danger of constantly rejecting Christ Do you believe that? That you can get hardened toward the things of the Lord and at one time when you heard the gospel and it moved you The next time you hear it. It's not gonna move you It's gonna push you further away from him and I've said this before it's kind of like when someone comes to Tells you and talks about Jesus for the first time right you were like oh man He did that for me your heart is moved by it and you go home and you think about it The next time someone comes along and tells you the same message message you'll be like oh, yeah, man. That's cool Yeah, you know what I'll be there one day right and then another person Maybe a few years later comes back and tells you and shares the gospel again now you're saying yeah Yeah, I get I've heard it before and then let's say and maybe another six months or another year Someone comes and shares the gospel again now you're saying oh, I respect you guys You know and whatever and then finally someone comes up to you and says they want to share the gospel with you And you're kind of running away from them like you do a job with witness right Little do you realize that you progressed in your rejection of God? So he warns us right about the consequences of sin He warns us of constantly rejecting God and here's another thing. He also warns us of the dangers of dying without Christ Those are warnings I mean in fact Matthew 522 Matthew 1028 Matthew 2526 all talks about how Jesus talked about hell and And there's so many scriptures man where you'll find hell being talked about because hell is a real place Hell is where people go who died without Jesus Christ. There's people in hell right now Who died rejecting Jesus, you know the last time I was here I gave a study regarding the rich young ruler remember that for those who were here and I said something like this I said listen this guy was talking with Jesus Jesus got into a hard and hard conversation with him told them what he needed to do to follow him And he walked away sorrowful and then I said and Jesus didn't go after him and Then I said something like this think about it. He left living behind Jesus Christ and then I said it. Can you imagine if he's right now in hell? Think about what he's thinking right now if the rich man young rulers in hell right now right now Don't you think that conversation that had he had with Christ is playing in his mind? And will continue to play in his mind until the day he's released from hell to stand at the great right throw judgment You know of the unbelievers and then he'll plead and beg and then he'll be thrown right into Gehenna Think about that for a moment So God warns us about hell and he tells us the extent that he went so that you don't have to go to hell You can go to heaven and be with the Lord forever and and be an experienced true joy and peace You know, I mean we're experiencing now those who are relationship with the Lord But greater peace and greater joy man because we're literally in a place where Christ is present forever more and that's what makes heaven heaven But can you imagine? That's why Jesus when he went to the cross it was a serious act of love because hell is serious So he warns us again. He warns us about the consequences sin He warned with scripture warns us about, you know, the cons the constant rejecting of rejection of Christ and also warns us of hell now Here's the question. Do you have faith or Do you believe those warnings? Because if you do listen to me, it's gonna change the way you live It's gonna change the way you live If I tell you right now and they're gonna drop a bomb in this building in the next 10 minutes If you believe that you're gonna act on it, you know what I'm saying You're gonna get up and you're gonna run out of this building because you believe it So if I'm telling you listen, this is what God says consequences will do the same would do this and not only that You constantly reject God this was gonna happen And if you die without Christ and this is what's gonna happen if you believe that if you really have that faith it's gonna change your life and Then you how about if you're someone who's already received Jesus Christ as your Lord and personal savior Well, you're not gonna sin because you know that even if you're a believer You're still gonna suffer the consequences of the churches that you make that go against God's word And even though you're not gonna go to hell, but you can think like this. Listen Maybe my actions will push people further away from the gospel because you're being a false witness and they may they may end up in hell Never thought about it like that You see when you believe the warnings of God is gonna change the way you live It's going to change the way you live. Please understand that Now here's another thing that I want you to know So first Noah had faith that believe God's warning number two No, I had faith that did the work of God notice again as we turn back to Hebrews chapter 11 It says by faith being divinely one of the things not yet seen Move with godly fear prepared an arc for the saving of his household Notice that so again. He had a faith that moved him to work So after hearing from God Noah went to work God's word teaches us that faith without works is dead in James chapter 2 verse 20 So God told Noah to build an art and what did Noah do he obeyed it? Why did he obey because he believed what God said? See when you believe you're gonna obey in fact listen for you note-takers the word believe comes from an old English word By live so what we believe we live by What we believe we live by so if you really believe God Right and everything that he said in this book you're gonna apply to your life You're gonna apply to your life You're gonna do it if God says don't worry through the lips of our Lord and save you Jesus Christ You're not gonna worry right you say Lord is in your hands Right if God tells you go and preach the gospel you're gonna go and you're gonna preach the gospel if God tells you You know serve the widows and serve the orphans or or go or be a mission whatever it is You're going to do it here. Let me break it down even more. God tells you husbands love your wife that Christ love the church You're gonna do it Drop with your wife with understanding you're gonna do it because you believe his word So here's the thing God tells us to do things and because we have faith in him It's gonna lead to works. It's gonna show it by the way we live So don't say that you have faith if you don't obey We have to obey when even when we don't understand The word believe means to trust so you have faith Now faith to believe to trust in God even when he tells you to do something that it doesn't make sense I mean, do you really think that think about it? It hadn't rained yet and God tells them build an ark You know judgment is coming He's never experienced rain in his life And yet he believed God that he was moved with godly fear to do what God told him to do So even when it doesn't make sense You still have to believe and you still have to do it You know, I've seen we me and my wife counsel a lot of marriages man And one of the things that we highly emphasize is do you believe God? Do you believe his word? You know, if they would just listen to what the word of God says and obey the word of God Their marriage will be restored Is that simple, you know, so if you want to go see a counselor and pay high money give it to me I'll just say you that same thing Psalms 1 1 man, right Is that simple? But you're gonna do it because you believe because you have faith that God's gonna do it even when it doesn't make sense Lord, you want me to love this woman or love this man, you know when he's horrible He's you know, he's constantly giving me attitude. You know, he's lazy You know, he never gives me rose or whatever it might be And God will say yeah Yeah, I do Okay, God, I don't see what you see but I trust you And and then and then you know what's the the beauty of it? That in due time when God does through that person what he wants to do in you and finally He opens that person's eyes and then you see that person getting closer to God as you're close with God You're gonna be like oh my goodness. This is awesome. It was worth it But a lot of us don't want to do the work A lot of us don't want to do it. So what happens we jump ship We don't believe God So we don't put to action what God tells us to do I've said this before obedience is the key to Christianity. Is that simple man? There's no, you know The special, you know things that you have to do is very simple just obey obey God Believe his word obey it and you're gonna you're gonna see the blessings of it So again, we have to learn to believe God and trust God and obey God even when we don't understand As mentioned he hadn't seen a flood But he had a word from the Lord And he obeyed it I like what Warren wispy said when he wrote quote Faith is obeying God in spite of circumstances or consequences Hear me he said faith is obeying God in spite of circumstances or consequences You're just gonna obey the Lord And you're gonna do it So I want you to know that true faith. It's not an intellectual belief. It's actually believed with legs on You hear me? It's a it's believed with legs on someone wrote this quote It's not what you eat. It's what you digest that makes you strong It's not what you gain is what you save that makes you rich It's not what you read, but what you remember that makes you learned It's not what you preach, but what you practice that makes you a true believer in the Lord Jesus Christ And it's true Guys, listen to me man. Your faith Needs legs You need to put to action By obeying God's word I promise you With the by the authority of the word of God That if you do it You're gonna see it And it's only gonna Help you live out a life of appreciation to God But but a lot of people never get there because they don't believe and they don't obey And you're still dealing with the same problems you were dealing with like 10 years ago You know what I'm saying don't you get tired? Don't you get tired of trying to do it your way? Get out of the way do it God's way and then you're gonna see The blessings behind it amen Now here's another thing that I want you to know So the first thing Noah had faith that believed God as we read Noah had faith that did the work of God and now note this Noah had a faith that was moved by golly fear The golly fear that he had towards God moved him to action notice it says he was moved with golly fear Noah Revere God But also feared God See you have to understand that a lot of us We use the word fear and we talk about oh We got to respect God and give him the honor and the praise that he's worthy and amen We have to give him the praise and the glory amen We have to respect them as king of kings and lord of lords not like my whole boy or none of that He's god creator of the world. He's our lord our master. We revere him And we should But we also have to fear him as the consuming fire You hear me the bible talks about that god is like consuming fire in deuteronomy 4 24 He's consuming fire. What does that mean? That means that god is also just and he will bring about judgment A lot of us don't like that part of god We like all the you know the the good things, you know that god is good god is loving god is you know Wants a bless. Yes But if you're not obeying then you should you should fear god Because you're gonna end up not being blessed but being a mess in a sense that you you know You're suffering the consequences of the choices that you may that go against god's will You should fear the lord, you know, i'm going through something right now me and my family And and to you know and me and my wife had a conversation You know and I and I was telling her you know just to keep it very vague and simple Like you know what man? It's crazy. I told her and I'm just paraphrasing. I said I want to do this I want to hurt people and not you guys, you know just the situation people involved in the situation, you know what I mean I I want to hurt them. I want to get them back I said, you know something I said You know what they're lucky that i'm walking in the spirit because the day that I stop walking in the spirit They're not gonna love me. They're not gonna like me And that's just fine. You know what I think I've ever backslide. I said god would take me home because I know how to live righteously. You know what I'm saying and wickedly come by. Oh man the wisdom in that I said god would take me home But I'll tell you this but I said something like this, but you know something What keeps me is from doing what I want to do Is a fear of the lord I say I fear god And I don't want him To to to take me home just yet. There's too many souls to win too many people to reach too many people to help But I'm telling you that's what's keeping me Not only of of reverence for the of you know that reverence for god But that fear that god will punish me In hebrews it talks about that right like a father disciplines his child. I don't want god to spank me He has a big hand You know what I mean? So so I but see I believe that I believe that there's the consequence of sins are a means that god uses to discipline us to get us back on track I I believe that I mean have you read the god of the old testament How he dealt with the people You know what's up? So think about that guess what god hasn't changed I wonder Why america is falling apart if god finally said okay, you want to play that game? No problem play it I'll let you do what you want to do roman's talks about that chapter one And now we're reaping the consequences Where's you know, we're reaping the consequences but anyways My point i'm trying to make is this That godly fear will move you to obey god If you generally have a godly fear if you revere him you're gonna you're gonna do things for god And if you fear him you're gonna do it god's way We need that healthy godly fear. Don't we? How do you get it and read your bibles? You'll get you'll see what i'm talking about But ask him lord Get put that fear in my heart Because you know something even when I came to the lord, you know, I'll be honest with you You know, I've developed that that attitude. I don't fear nobody, you know And it took a while For the lord to take that from me Because that attitude was keeping me was holding me back from totally surrendering myself to god But once god began to in Put within me that that healthy fear of him Look where i'm at, you know what i'm saying? So so so pray that god would help you to understand God for who he is He's a god of love He's also a just god Hear me So he had a godly fear that moved him and that's why you see him building Noah was a man of faith and therefore he prepared an ark Here's the thing that I want you to know for the saving of his household Notice that it says so he was moved with godly fear prepared an ark for the saving of his households for his family He obeyed god Built the ark so that his family might be saved Oh, man, we can go in a lot in a whole different trail here You know, we may lose our children Because our faith is just an intellectual faith and not a practical living faith Which is obeying god Do you know that your children know the real you? You can come here and lift your hands and put on that that you know that christian smile You can do all that you can fool us man Trust me. I was I was a good one Until my wife god used my wife to expose me and pretty much he would say I want that guy in the pulpit to come home with me already She knew who I really was My kids knew who I was who I was And I can honestly say That I hurt my kids faith with my hypocrisy I'm grateful and thankful that god gave me an opportunity to ask for forgiveness And then to to to to continue to live my life and they see the difference From oh brand new david in christ, you know to now david walking with christ for a while They see the difference But i'll tell you this some of us don't have the faith to obey and in the process We're being a false witness to our household Why not live in such a way you built your your your walk your your christian walk And in it god can use it to reach your children Remember the philippian jail jailer The bible says that he once he got saved him and his household were saved not that they got saved God no doubt probably used this philippian jailer to bring the gospel they saw him and they got saved He became a means for them to accept the gospel So here's the thing with you listen You might have that intellectual faith, but not that practical faith And that practical faith is demonstrated by living a life of obedience As mentioned your children know the difference Now in the bible There are two men that are contracts noah who we're talking about a man who had faith You know to believe and and the faith to to do and so forth and then there's another guy by the name of lot you guys remember him lot Lot was a miserable backslidden saved man Who moved to sodom which was a very wicked place? And in genesis 19 we saw how god warned lot just like he warned noah To get his family out of the city to flee the city because judgment was coming and the city was going to be destroyed Lot tried to witness to his family, but what happened? They mocked him Because they didn't they because they saw how he lived Lot had a saved soul But lost his family don't you love your family? Are you trying to win them by punking them into christianity? You know you better come to church with me. Hey, you know what i'm talking about Or are you or are you reaching them? By being an example Because you can try to reach them with your words, but with your life you're pushing them further away from god we need to be like Noah in a sense that he prepared an ark For the saving of his hollow. We need to build our reputation our witness So that our families too Can be saved God is going to save them, but we can be a means in how god can save them. You hear me May god help us not to be a lot We should not want to go to heaven without our children You should not want to go to heaven because sometimes i mean i was at that point in one time in my life It was just about me me I'm going to heaven i'm saved god is using me But what about my kids? You know, can i can i just be very blunt with you guys? I thank god That me and sonia Love got enough to be honest with our family You know, i'll tell you this i had to bring my kids into a room sit them all down and and if You've been a bad witness. Maybe you can do this. I don't know you pray about it But i sat them down and i said i need to ask all you guys to forgive me for being a bad witness And they looked at me. Oh, I forgive you dad. No, no, no I really need you to forgive me from the bottom of your heart I'm misrepresenting god to you guys And all my kids got up and they hugged me and they said yeah dad Who forgave you and i said thank you and i say, you know what guys i'm trying to get better. I struggle a lot of anger And i remember and i told him look and and advice if you see me slipping a little bit i said Remind me of this day and i remember one day i got married with my daughter and you dad dad remember what your promise And i was like She got me man. She got me But they were worth the change Now when i see them serving god Having the owner, you know what a blessing my daughter lives with me right now. She's 19 years old You know what a blessing it is To walk past her room and you can hear her praying On her own Reading her bible she'll come up and says okay. Well means on y'all We're watching something on tv those forensic files, you know type of shows And we're watching it right and sammy sat right there and then she'll just get up and she'll walk up and she'll say Dad mama, okay. I'm gonna go to my room and i'll be like where you going? We're family time, right? She'll be like, oh i'm gonna go do a study conviction like crazy, huh? But but but you know something though She learned from her mom and dad We set an example We we taught her why because when they can't when they come to that age for them to make their own decision Guess what everything that you implemented through the teaching of the word through living off the word in their lives That's gonna play a big role in their decision They're gonna say my parents were hypocrites or they're gonna say my parents love the lord And that's gonna help them make that decision and when they're saved you're gonna be a blessed man You know something i've said this before i don't care my kids never graduate from college as long as they're serving god I am the happiest man on earth To know that my kids will be with me in heaven. It's the best thing that i could that i want on this earth I'm a happy man You know So here's the thing Do you have that faith of know what to build? Whatever it takes to win your loved ones to save your loved ones To put the effort in Because they're worth it. They're worth it. And let me tell you something. I know people that have Their children already adults They don't want none do with god To you i was saying Keep fighting for them Don't give up on them Humble yourselves before them strip yourself of pride and shame and all that ugliness that the devil will use to keep you from Communicating god's word and if you have to change us to reach them change them. They're worth it. Trust me As long as there's air in their lungs, there's hope Don't ever give up Fight for them. Amen Good. Let's move on to the next one But you can start by going to them confessing and asking for forgiveness as i mentioned For being a poor christian They'll watch you for a while to see if it's real But trust me after seeing that it is the door will open for you to witness to them once again And it might just be that god will give you that awesome opportunity to witness your children coming to faith And they're saved Here's the other one. Noah had faith in a time of great wickedness He had faith in a time of great wickedness Noah lived in a wicked society, didn't he? Don't be those that say they can't have faith because of social problems that we face today Think of the ungodliness and the wickedness That abounded in Noah's time See in the times of Noah according to genesis five six five through six He lived in a time of quote secular philosophy unquote The king change version uses the word imagination instead of intent the word Imagination there speaks of it does not mean daydreams but philosophies So there was a secular philosophy like we have today in our schools and universities and then other news outlets And yet he remained faithful In his time, it was a time of scientific progress Noah built a large ship that was able to hold in the hardest storm ever known to man. I mean to destroy the whole world During those great time Those those those times great cities were built genesis 417 talks about that And today we're living in a time right of scientific progress Just look at the world around you the buildings and everything that and not only that but social media and the internet We're progressing We're progressing in these um scientific ways lives In fact Noah even in these times remained faithful during the scientific progress there Here's another one In his time there was social plagues genesis chapter 6 verses 11 through 13 jot that down Think about the plagues that were in that time. There was drunkenness. There was uh people just living wickedly in adultery and fornication Think about today We have murders tourism kidnapping human trafficking child prostitution the the murders of innocent babies They are social plagues today You can still be faithful to god In his time there was sexual perversion Jesus likened the days of Noah with the days of lot in luke chapter 17 26 to 30 He said that when he returns he was going it was going to be like in the days of noah Think of how ugly it was it's ugly today When you go back to Noah's time and you see how When you read genesis you're going to see how the bible says that man that god regretted recreating man It was so wicked their intense their imagination their philosophy everything was tore up God said i got i got to put an end to it And we're living in those days You know every every every day i tell Sonia Oh, i was reading in the news or i was watching the news and this guy went into in sacramento Killed you know six people and shot a bunch of people and i'll go i think it was concooned This guys walked into a dance club and and shot and killed 20 people and she's like man I want to hear that stuff no more, you know, but but i tell hey listen We have to be aware of what's going on around us The abortions is at a high level right now, you know, everyone's committing the boy Driving up and we're talking about it. You know how right now we're doing the ministry where Sonia and a few other ladies are going to these abortion clinics and they're standing up and offering hope to these young ladies I mean, dude, it is wicked. We're in a wicked place Just like in the days of lot And yet he remained faithful Wickedness was great in Noah's day And Noah still lived righteously And he preached the word notice it back in Hebrews chapter lamb verse seven and says by which he condemned the world He was still preaching the message and the warnings of God The people in Noah's time didn't listen, but Noah still preached He still preached We don't know how long but he preached in fact when I was seeing the google How long did it take for Noah to build the art? They didn't have the answer. So I don't have an answer for you But I know us for a long time And him working he was preaching through his life I'm sure he warned the people he did He was still preaching Even when everything was falling apart He had that faith to preach So what am I saying? Listen, I'll tell you this there were those that didn't listen. In fact on his family And it just shows that even when we preach people are not going to listen But it doesn't mean you're not being successful In your faithfulness to God You see, we don't measure preaching success by numbers Think of Jesus Christ when he preached he preached crowds away, didn't he? Some got saved But many rejected him It's been rightly said that it is not a preacher's job to fill the auditorium But to fill the pulpit and preach the word of God Hear me We're not here to to be celebrities and you know christian celebrities, you know pastors Nah, man. I can care less about this My heart is to be faithful and to preach the message the message that God put in my heart. I'm sitting and I'm praying God I said help me to communicate your message The message that you have for every single person here That's what Noah was doing. He was faithfully preaching the message so Notice his by by by which he condemned the world. So he was faithful in preaching and be just think about it If they didn't receive Jesus's message, they're not going to receive you But God will you'll receive your faithfulness to him and he will bless you when you stand before him and you hear him say Well done. Amen So Noah preached the word as he did the work Then here's the other one in and closing Noah had a faith that we that received wealth that says He became an error of the righteousness which is according to faith His legacy was righteousness He was made righteous in the sight of the Lord by faith In Hebrews 10 38 we read that the just shall live by faith and he did We know that we are made righteous When we receive Christ second Corinthians 5 21 for he will news and be consent for us that want to become the righteousness of God right Noah Know that Noah wasn't saved by works He was saved by the grace of God in Genesis chapter 6 verse 8 you will read that it was grace the grace of God This is the first time the word grace is used in the old testament. That's awesome right there But I want you to know that he went through a hard time He went through the headaches the pain the difficulties of building the ark and as people mocked him It cost him something For him to build the ark it cost him something but the end result was a blessing He and his family were saved And God was honored Think about it. He went into the ark as a poor person But he came out only in the earth He went into the ark in a minority, but he came out the majority He went in by faith And he came out being faithful His faithfulness allowed him to make it to the hollow faith as one of the champions of faith So here's my thing to you How do you want to be remembered as a champion of faith? Or do you want to be some known as someone who's a hypocrite? When you when you die and people come up and talk about you are they're gonna be like this? It was good Good cook you can cook Some good huevos man con tortilla His kuley You know how to put sugar in there man Or are they gonna say He had faith He was a man of faith He loved the lord He was a champion of faith The ark is an illustration of salvation. You see It's a picture of jesus The ark is finished and just before the flood came god caused Noah into the ark genesis seven one And god was there and he was the one if you remember who shut the door I want you to know that the ark was sealed on the inside as well as in the outside with a substance called pitch Which is the same word translated atonement in the old testament God put atonement on the outside and on the inside and not one drop of water could come through There's a picture of what will happen when someone comes to jesus There's no condemnation to those who are in christ jesus Once we do god shuts the door And those in christ are sealed by the spirit of promise And not one drop of his judgment will come to the child of god who is saved who is saved Safely in christ The questionnaire now is this Are you in the ark? Are you in christ? Are you saved? The door is open And if you come in You will experience the blessings that god has for you But if you stay out remember one day the door was shut And I pray you're not on that side of the door