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    Adult Christian Life: Fourth Quarter 2018
    Adult Christian Life: Fourth Quarter 2018
    Adult Christian Life: Fourth Quarter 2018
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    Adult Christian Life: Fourth Quarter 2018

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    Adult Christian Life contains Sunday school material for people ages 25 and older. The exposition of the Scripture, with life-centered insights, is preceded by an introduction to the lesson designed to help learners gain a greater understanding of the text under discussion relative to context, content, and meaning for life.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherR.H. Boyd Publishing Corporation
    Release dateAug 23, 2018
    ISBN9781681674124
    Adult Christian Life: Fourth Quarter 2018

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      Adult Christian Life - R.H. Boyd Publishing Corporation

      FAITHFUL FOLLOWING

      RESOURCES: New National Baptist Hymnal 21st Century Edition, God’s Promises Bible, Boyd’s Commentary for the Sunday School

      KEY VERSE: Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he. Genesis 6:22, KJV

      Intro

      One of the main reasons God created humankind was for Him to have fellowship with them, and for them to have fellowship with one another. Though sin occurred prior to the point in today’s passage, the sin in the days of Noah proved to be a time begging for God’s intervention in a dramatic way. The earth had increased in population, and people had learned many things since the days of Adam and Eve. They built cities, herded livestock, delved into the arts by playing instruments, and even worked with metals (see Gen. 4:17–22).

      But humankind had also grown in their capacity for wickedness, evil, and corruption. People became so depraved in Noah’s day that they had forgotten God and, most certainly, had forgotten God’s desires for all of creation. Imaginations, heart-intentions, and thoughts were consumed with evil—and continually so (see Gen. 6:5)! This grieved God (see Gen. 6:6). So the Lord said, ‘I will wipe from the face of the earth the human race I have created—and with them the animals, the birds and the creatures that move along the ground . . . ’ (Gen. 6:7, NIV).

      Noah, however, found favor with God. Noah, in comparison to those around him, served God when no one else would. Because of his faithfulness, God used Noah to save the world from total destruction. In today’s lesson, we will be reminded of the faithfulness of God to humankind and of Noah’s obedience to God’s plans for saving creation—an obedience that was present despite the challenges it entailed.

      Think About It

      Discuss how difficult it might have been for Noah to obey God when everyone else around Noah had forsaken God?

      I. Noah and the World (Genesis 6:9–13)

      Know It

      Unlike the other people in his day, Noah was described as blameless (see v. 9), a term often used to describe sacrificial animals (see, for example: Exodus 12:5). The use of this term did not suggest that Noah was perfect and free from sin, but that Noah lived with integrity (see Psalm 15:2–5), and lived a life that was honest before God. To be blameless in his generation meant Noah was blameless relative to the wicked society around him: not perfect, but the best available candidate as an example of following after God’s righteousness. That Noah walked with God (Gen. 6:9) suggested an especially close relationship prior to this point of Noah’s obedience.

      In fact, Noah was one of the only two patriarchs—the other being Enoch—who had this distinction, walked with God (see Gen. 5:24 for Enoch’s reference to walking with God) (K. A. Mathews, Genesis 1–11:26 Vol. 1A [Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1996], 358). Noah had three sons. At this point, we are unaware of which of Noah’s sons will carry on his faithfulness to God. But the mention of their names entailed both the privilege and necessity of lineage. Together with their wives, Shem, Ham, and Japheth would help to repopulate the earth.

      The biblical writer’s statement of Noah’s God-driven attributes (being righteous and blameless in his generation) and choice as the one whom God desired to use in saving all of creation, alone, gives us evidence of Noah’s close relationship with God. However, what also illustrates this relationship is the dialogue between God and Noah. Verse 13 begins with, And God said to Noah . . .  (NIV). God speaking to Noah meant Noah could hear and, subsequently, would respond. Dialogue is significant. It implies intimacy. God always has someone He can count on to work with Him to deliver His people from the destruction of sin.

      The people used by God to deliver His people were people of integrity that had an intimate relationship with Him. They were people whom God could trust to get the job done. God used Esther to save His people from annihilation; He used Joseph to protect His people during a famine; and He used Jesus, His only Son, to save the world from sin. When people separate themselves from the God of light, they begin to walk in darkness. Noah lived in dark times, but he continued to walk in the light of God’s presence. God said to Noah, the end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and behold, I will destroy them with the earth (v. 13).

      Of all the people on earth, only Noah followed and believed in God. This belief in God resulted in Noah and his family being saved from destruction, but also, for Noah, resulted in his ultimate salvation. Hebrews 11 reminds us that: 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 the heir of the righteousness which is by faith (Heb. 11:7, KJV).

      Because of his belief, God took Noah’s faith and counted it as righteousness. He became entitled to that justification which is by faith; and his temporal deliverance was a pledge of the salvation of his soul (Adam Clarke, Commentary on Hebrews 11:7 in The Adam Clarke Commentary, www.study-light.org/commentaries/acc/hebrews-11.html. 1832).

      RIGHTEOUS (v. 6:9) Hebrew: tsaddiq [Sa-dēēk]: Just, lawful, righteous. Noah was a righteous man, which means he was justified before God.

      God also reveals His intimate relationship with Noah by sharing with him what He was about to do with humanity. He would destroy them, but yet not all of them. Noah and his family would be spared from destruction. We might call this act of God a combination of both grace and mercy. Though blameless, Noah was not perfect. Yet the grace and mercy of God delivered him and his family from the destruction that God promised would come upon the remainder of humanity. Noah’s obedience meant something to God.

      II. Noah and God’s Instructions (Genesis 6:14–22)

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