GOD’S AMAZING GRACE
“But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.” (Gen.6:8)
WHAT IS GRACE?
Kindness by which God bestows favors and
blessings upon the ill-deserving
 Favor or goodwill
 Mercy or clemency
 The freely given, unmerited favor and love of
God
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NOAH FOUND GRACE…
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What did he find?
 Kindness,
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How can we know?
 Because
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favor, goodwill, mercy, & love of God
his life was spared
God’s Amazing Grace –Eph.2:1-10
BUT WHY WAS NOAH SPARED?
NOT because he was sinless! (Rom.4:1-5)
 He was just, blameless, & walked with God
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 Just
= to be righteous (Titus 2:11-12)
 Blameless = innocent, cannot be charged with
wrongdoing (Titus 2:7-8; 2Pet.3:14)
 Walked with God =persevere, continue (Eph.2:10)
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3 ways to walk with God (Eph.5:2,8,15)
 In
love for God -As children of light -Carefully
HOW DID THIS BENEFIT NOAH?
God told him about the coming flood & how to
save himself from destruction(Gen.6:11-18)
 Faith in what God told him = action Heb.11:7
 Today, God blesses us with the same favor
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 Tells
of coming destruction & how to be saved
 2 Pet.3:1-13
CONDITIONS OF GOD GRACE
If Noah deviated from God’s instructions would
he have continued to receive grace?
 Obedience keeps us in good favor with God
 Rom.6:1-2, 15, 6, 16-18
 2 Pet.2:4-9, 20-22
 Heb.10:26
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NOAH’S COVENANT WITH GOD
Covenant = a promise of God
 God’s promise to save Noah –Gen.6:18
 God’s promise to mankind –Gen.9:8-17
 God’s covenant with man today:
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 Based
upon blood of Christ (Heb.12:22-24)
 obedience to Him (Heb.12:25-29)
 Guaranteed (Eph.1:13-14)
 Incorruptible, undefiled, doesn’t fade, reserved
(1Pet.1:3-5)
POWER OF WATER TO SAVE & DESTROY
“By faith Noah, being divinely warned of things
not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared
an ark for the saving of his household, by which
he condemned the world…” (Heb.11:7)
 God extends His grace to us today through the
blood of Christ
 We
contact the blood through baptism–Rom.6:3-5
 Water is still essential to salvation -1Pet.3:18-21