Sunday Morning - October 5, 1997
Text: Hebrews 11:7 "By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith."
NOAH WAS JUST
Genesis 6:9 "These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God."
Genesis 6:22 "Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he."
Genesis 7:5 "And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him."
CHARACTER OF THE JUST
Genesis 20:4-5 "But Abimelech [gentile] had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous [just] nation?
5. Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this."
FEARED GOD
Genesis 20:11 "And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake."
Hebrews 11:7 "By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark &ldots;"
Genesis 6:9 "&ldots;Noah was a just man &ldots; and Noah walked with God."
Hebrews 10:38 "Now the just shall live by faith: ..."
NOAH STARTED FAITH HERE
Genesis 6:14 "Make thee an ark of gopher wood; &ldots;"
OLD TESTAMENT FAITH
Habakkuk 2:4 "Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith [H530, faithfulness, stability, steady]." AND
Deuteronomy 32:20 "And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith.[H529, masculine of 530]"
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Exodus 17:12 "But Moses' hands were heavy; &ldots;Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, &ldots; and his hands were steady [H530, faith in Hab. 2:4] until the going down of the sun."
Isaiah 33:6 "And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability [H530, faith in Hab. 2:4] of thy times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD is his treasure."
Lamentations 3:23 "They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. [H530]"
Galatians 3:23 "But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed."
FAITH RECKONED
Romans 4:9-10 "&ldots;for we say that faith was reckoned [imputed] to Abraham for righteousness. 10. How was it then reckoned [COUNTED]? &ldots;Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision."
THEM THAT BELIEVE
Romans 3:22 "Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe [present active participle]: for there is no difference:"
Romans 4:3 "For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted [imputed, reckoned] unto him for righteousness." Genesis 15:6
FATHER OF ALL THAT BELIEVE
Romans 4:11 "And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe [present active participle], though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:"
Mark 4:40 "&ldots;how is it that ye have no faith?"
Luke 17:5 "And the apostles said &ldots;Increase our faith."
Matthew 6:30 "O ye of little faith?"
Matthew 15:28 Jesus said, "woman, great is thy faith&ldots;"
Matthew 8:10 "&ldots;I have not found so great faith, &ldots;"
Hebrews 11:8 "By faith Abraham, &ldots; went out, &ldots;"
Hebrews 11:9 "By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, &ldots;"
Hebrews 11:17 "By faith Abraham, &ldots;offered up Isaac: &ldots;"
Hebrews 11:7 "Noah, &ldots; and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith."
Romans 1:17 "For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith."
Romans 4:13 "For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith."
ESAU SOLD HIS INHERITANCE
Hebrews 12:16-17 "&ldots;Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright. 17. For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully [G1567] with tears."
RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD REVEALED
Romans 1:16-17 "For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth [present active participle] &ldots; 17. For therein [gospel] is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith." faithfulness
1 Peter 1:9 "Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls."
HOPE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
Galatians 5:5 "For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith."
Luke 22:32 "I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not..."
1 Timothy 1:19 "Some &ldots;concerning faith have made shipwreck:"
1 Timothy 4:1 "&ldots;some shall depart from the faith, &ldots;"
Acts 14:22 "Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith [steady], and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God."
1 Corinthians 16:13 "Watch ye, stand fast in the faith [pleasing god], quit you like men, be strong."
Jude 1:3 "&ldots;it was needful for me to write &ldots;that ye should earnestly contend for the faith [faithful]&ldots;"
Romans 10:17 "So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God."