All right, good morning, everyone. Good to see you all here this morning. Please turn in your Bibles to Genesis chapter 6. Hope you're glad to be here this morning. It's good to be in God's house. I love that song, by the way. That crayon song is so good. So good. The blue reminded me of Colossians where it says, and him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily. And so just love that. We need to hear more preaching about the blood, don't we? The blood is so significant to the Christian, the blood of Jesus, our savior. All right, Genesis chapter six. I won't read a lot of verses this morning because I just want to make use of the time. It says, let's read verse 13. It says, And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh has come before me, for the earth is filled with violence through them. And behold, I will destroy them with the earth. Make thee an ark of gopher wood, rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of. The length of the ark shall be 300 cubits, and the breadth of it 50 cubits, and the height of it 30 cubits. And a window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above. And the door of the ark shalt thou set, and the side thereof with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it. Verse 17, And behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh wherein is the breath of life from under heaven, and everything that is in the earth shall die. All right, let's have a word of prayer and ask the Lord to help us understand his word. Okay, let's pray. Precious Lord, Father in heaven, Lord, I come before you just helpless and weak, but Lord, I just look to you and I just ask for your help today. Help us to understand your word. Help everyone to understand and to apply your word to their lives. Lord, your word is truth. Lord it is a light and we need this light in this dark world to show us how to live, to show us what we ought to say, what we ought to think, what we ought to do with our hands and where we are to go with our feet. Please Lord help us to be a blessing to one another this morning and thank you for those that are visiting with us this morning. Please bless them through your word and bless them through your people here. We just ask for you to, just that the fellowship would truly be sweet today, and that your praise would be, Lord, would increase in this place. In Jesus' name, amen. All right, just as a summary, I think it's important, because we've looked at some details in Genesis 6. And so I think it's important we just summarize what we've learned so far. So we've seen from Genesis 6, verse 1 to 4, we see that the wickedness of man spreads. Verse 3 encapsulates that. It says, and the Lord said, my spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh. Yet his days shall be in 120 years. So the wickedness of man spreads like a weed, like a disease, like rot. Okay. And that's what we see here. Next we see God saw man's wickedness. Okay. Verse five. And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. It's important to remember, and this is brought up numerous times in the Bible, God sees everything. God sees everything. Proverbs 15 verse 3, the eyes of the Lord are in every place beholding the evil and the good. The eyes of the Lord are in every place beholding the evil and the good. Psalm 33 verse 13 to 15 says, That means you and I. He fashioneth their hearts alike, He considereth all their works. So He knows what you and I do. Parents, we tell our children, hopefully we have, we teach our children that the Lord knows your secrets. He knows all of our secrets. He knows all the secret works, the things done in shadows. God knows. He sees, though man has not seen. So God sees everything. God sees the actions of man. Job 34 verse 21, For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings. Okay, the ways of man and all his goings God sees. Proverbs 5 verse 21, For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth all his goings. You know, maybe you've heard of this group called theists. They believe that God created, but they believe God created and then is no longer interested with what is happening on earth. But the Bible teaches otherwise. God is very interested. He is very interested and aware of what you and I are doing and what mankind is doing. Remember, God has given us free will. It's important we remember that. So God sees everything. God sees the actions of man. But even further than that, the Bible says God sees the heart of man. He sees that which is not spoken. He sees that which is not done. God sees the heart of man. Psalm 44 verse 21. Psalm 44 verse 21. Shall not God search this out? The Bible says that God searches the hearts of man. He tries the hearts. to give every man according to his works, to his ways, okay? It says in the second part of 21, Psalm 44, 21, for he knoweth the secrets of the heart. He knows our hearts, okay? And the Lord Jesus said that the secrets of men will be revealed, okay? They will be revealed. For there is nothing hid that shall not be revealed, okay? Next point we see in Genesis 6, God sees the universal corruption of man's nature. God sees the universal corruption of man's nature. It wasn't just one man that was corrupt here, it was all of mankind was corrupt. It highlights his nature was corrupt and his conduct was corrupt. Genesis 6 verse 5 says, And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth. That's visible to the human eye, right? And that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. That's only visible to God, okay? So here we see wickedness on the outside and wickedness on the inside, okay? Very important we know that. And of course, Jesus said that by their fruits, you shall know them. And by fruits, we're talking about actions or conduct, which are a reflection of what's in the heart, okay? So outward wickedness is a result of inward wickedness, okay? I hope you understand that this morning, all right? Jesus said that these things come from the heart, okay? They come out of the heart. They proceed out from the heart. Genesis 6 verse 11 says, the earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. Wow. Verse 12, and God looked upon the earth, and behold, it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. It was a corrupt place. And believe me, it is corrupt today, okay? We live in a fallen world, a corrupt world. But the Lord Jesus has provided salvation for us. And the Bible says that one day he will make all things new. OK, so this is not the end. This is not the best we can get or amen. You know, this is this is. This is broken, but God will make all things new and through Jesus we have redemption. There is healing. We are made whole through Jesus. Psalm 53 verse 1 to 3 highlights The universal corruption of man. Universal I mean that it affects everyone. All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. Psalm 53 verse 1 to 3 says to the chief musician, upon Mahalath, Masil, a psalm of David, the fool hath said in his heart, there is no God. Corrupt are they. and have done abominable iniquity. There is none that doeth good. God looked, look, look, notice this. Behold, this is important. God looked down from heaven upon the children of men to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God. What do you think the result of God's investigation was? What do you think was the result of God's looking? Every one of them has gone back. They are all together become filthy. There is none that doeth good, no not one. So God looked down to see if any were clean. And guess what he found? All were filthy. Wow, and that's you and I. There is none that doeth good, no not one. But praise God for the Lord Jesus Christ. He is the just one, the Bible says, the just one, the holy one. God sees that all have sinned. Ecclesiastes 7 verse 20. For there is not a just man upon earth that doeth good and sinneth not. So this truth of that man has sinned and all men have sinned is not only true in Genesis 6 but it's true throughout the Bible and it's true today. Man needs Jesus and only Jesus can take away sin. Okay, it says in Genesis 6, so the wickedness of man spreads, we see that God saw man's wickedness, and then God expresses that he's upset with that, okay, that he's grieved with that. It says in verse 6, and it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth and it grieved him at his heart. God repented that he had made man. Wow! This does not mean that God made a mistake by creating man. I want to make that clear. God did not make a mistake by creating you and I. God makes no mistakes. Psalm 145 verse 17 says the Lord is righteous in all his ways and holy in all his works. OK, God does not make any mistakes. I love that song that he makes no mistakes. Yeah, I forgot the song. Sorry, but it's a good song. OK, trust me. All right. When I am tried. Yes, that song. Yeah, I'm just it's on the tip of my tongue, but it's not coming this morning. OK. OK, so God does not does not make mistakes. He did not make a mistake by creating you and I. It does not mean God sinned. Okay. That God created, that God committed evil by creating man. Of course he did not. The Bible says Psalm 92 verse 15 to show that the Lord is upright. He is my rock. There is no unrighteousness in him. And, and, and, and the Lord Jesus, um, you know, he, and him was no sin. The Bible says, okay. Uh, and him is, is no righteousness. Okay. 2nd Chronicles 19 verse 7, 2nd Chronicles 19 verse 7 says, I'm thankful that our God is not partial. He does not favor the rich over the poor. He sees us all alike. It doesn't matter where you've come from. It doesn't matter your background. It doesn't matter who your parents are. It doesn't matter what nation you were born into. God loves you. You're equally valued. And like pastors said many times, and it's good, it needs to be repeated. The ground at the cross is level. Amen? The ground at the cross is level. Okay, so there is no iniquity in God. He makes no mistakes. He did not sin by creating man. He did not commit evil by creating man. It does not mean that God pushed man to sin. What does James 1 verse 13 say? Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God. For God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man. God did not tempt man to sin. He did not encourage man to sin. But he gave man a free will to make a choice. And we know from reading in Genesis that man chose wrong. They disobeyed the man and the woman. Okay, so what does it mean then? What does it mean that God repented? Rather, the term repented expresses that God was upset. Have your parents ever been upset at you growing up? I'm sure they have. If you're honest this morning, you would say, yes, many times my parents got upset with me with some of my actions. Well, that's an illustration of how God felt here, okay? God was upset with the actions of man whom he had created. God was grieved, okay? He was pained. In other words, God, neither his actions were the problem. What was the problem? It was man's actions. Man's actions were the problem, okay? And of course, we know the Bible says that God, He knows all things. He knows what's going to happen in the future. The Bible says He is eternal. He is outside of time. He knows all His works. He knows all the results of His works. Acts 15 verse 18, No one unto God or all his works from the beginning of the world. At creation, God knew that you and I would be born. Okay? 6,000 years ago, God knew exactly who would be born, who would come into the world, what our choices would be, but he did not make us make our choices. Does that make sense? Hopefully it does this morning. Okay? He gave us a free will. He knew what we would choose, but he did not determine our choices for us. Amen? Okay? So then we see God gives his verdict. What is his verdict? Verse seven, and the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I've created from the face of the earth, both man and beast and the creeping thing and the fowls of the air, for it repenteth me that I have made them. The judge of all the earth gave his sentence right here. The sentence was man is guilty and there must be judgment, okay? God judges sin. The verdict was the destruction of mankind and all living creatures on earth. You know, back in Genesis chapter 2, we read that the Lord said that if man was to eat of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, that there would be death, amen? There would be death. That was the consequence of disobedience. Death would come into the world by sin, okay? But here we see, this is going further, isn't it, amen? This is, I'm going to destroy, okay? I'm going to destroy the inhabitants of the earth for the sin which has come before me, okay? Genesis 6, verse 13 says, and God said unto Noah, the end of all flesh has come before me. God is saying here, it's time, okay? It's time for judgment. For the earth is filled with violence through them, and behold, I will destroy them with the earth. And we think, I'm glad that's not the end of the story, amen? I'm glad that the Lord didn't give man fully what he deserved. Do you understand that? We're here today, you and I are here today, because somebody found grace in God's eyes. We're here today. It says in verse 8, So we see here that though all of mankind deserve God's judgment, there was mercy. There was mercy and God granted mercy to this one man who found the grace, the grace of God. Noah found grace. We saw a couple weeks ago that Noah found it because he was searching for it. He was seeking after God. And we see that. That's a theme if we look at the The men mentioned in Genesis 5, the patriarchs you could say, or the godly examples here, they all sought after God. They searched for Him. They trusted in Him. It says in Genesis 18 verse 23. Let's turn there. Genesis chapter 18 verse 23. I found some similarities between Abraham and Noah. The Bible tells us that there are some common features in their lives. Genesis 18 verse 23, it says, And Abraham drew near and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked? Who is Abraham referring to there, or what is the context? Well, the context is that the Lord is with Abraham, and they're talking about the judgment that was to come on Sodom and Gomorrah, okay? Sodom and Gomorrah. And Abraham asked the question, will thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked? And we can see if we keep reading along, which we don't have time this morning, that Abraham was reasoning with the Lord. He was reasoning with him and praise God for the grace, the grace of God that God allowed Abraham to do that, to intercede. Okay, I think that's an amazing thing, it's marvelous. Verse 25, that be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked, and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee, shall not the judge of all the earth do right? And we see that with Noah, don't we? God did not slay the righteous with the wicked. He saved the righteous. And why was Noah righteous? Because it was added to his account. Noah was a man of faith. A man of faith. And we learn about that if we turn in our Bibles to Hebrews chapter 11. Hebrews chapter 11. Bit slow with the page turning this morning, sorry about that. Okay, Hebrews chapter 11 verse 7 says, 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. Often we see that phrase, hear of the righteousness, that's associated with Abraham, don't we? We see that in Galatians. He was the father of faith. Abraham believed God and it was counted onto him for righteousness. Similarly, we see that with Noah. Righteousness was added to Noah's account because he had faith in God. Did Noah have the whole Bible at the time? Of course he did not. But Noah trusted in what God had revealed. He trusted in God's word. He leaned upon God. He considered God to be trustworthy. Does that make sense? I hope you consider God to be trustworthy this morning. That you trust him, that you see that what he has revealed, what he has promised, he is able also to perform. Romans 5 verse 4 says, to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. Okay, worketh not. We can't earn our salvation. Salvation is received by faith. Okay, verse 16 of Romans 4 verse, excuse me, Romans chapter 4 verse 16 says, Therefore it is of faith that it might be by grace, for by grace are you saved through faith. Okay, it's not of works, it's by grace. And therefore it is of faith, okay, to the end that the promise might be sure to all the seed, not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all. Reminds me of that song you probably heard of this in Sunday school. Father Abraham had many sons. Many sons had Father Abraham. I'm one of them and so are you. So let's just praise the Lord. Alright, it's true. Okay. Abraham is the father of faith. And we're the children of Abraham because we follow in the faith of Abraham. And that faith is in Jesus, the object of our faith. Noah's character then we see at the end of Genesis chapter 6. Noah's character and conduct. It says, Verse 9, these are the generations of Noah. Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God. Noah was an upright man. He did what was right. He sought after the Lord with his whole heart. He trusted in the Lord, and the result of that faith was a godly conduct. Does that make sense? Perfect doesn't mean that he was sinless. It means that he was a mature man, mature in godliness. It also implies that he was fully committed, that he was wholehearted towards his relationship with God. He wasn't just, let's put it this way, he wasn't just halfway in. He was all in. He was all in. totally and fully relying upon the Lord for his salvation but for his day-to-day. It wasn't just that he was leaning upon the Lord to save him, but that he was trusting the Lord on a daily basis. He walked with God, it says. Notice that. He walked with God, which implies a step-by-step with the Lord. Hebrews 11 verse 7 says, So there we see Noah's conduct. He trusted in the Lord. He was warned and he took heed to the warning. All right. He moved with fear. He had a fear of God. We see that. You know, often we skim through these verses, but there's some critical words here that we need to pay attention to. And this is the sort of man that Noah was, and this is the sort of people that God wants us to be, okay? We need to follow in Noah's footsteps. We see Noah's family in Genesis 6, verse 10. And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Then we see in verse 13, or before that, sorry, that God reveals to Noah the judgment that was to come, okay? The judgment that was to happen very soon. Genesis 6 verse 13 says, and God said unto Noah, the end of all flesh has come before me. For the earth is filled with violence through them, but behold, I will destroy them with the earth. It's quite similar to what he says in verse 3. There was a limit. There was a limit and God said that the end of all flesh has come. It's time for judgment. My mercy has run out. Remember, Noah was a preacher of righteousness, and we don't have time to look, but look at 2 Peter, write this down, 2 Peter 2 verse 5. 2 Peter 2 verse 5, which says that Noah was a preacher of righteousness, okay? So there was mercy, there was time to repent, but there was going to be an end. Today we anticipate the rapture, when the Lord will save, He will snatch away the church, but judgment is coming on this earth. The Bible says that the Lord Jesus Christ will judge the earth. It's coming very soon. There is a limit to God's mercy. It says in Genesis 18 verse 17, And the Lord said, shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do? You say, Jared, why are you bringing up this verse? It seems a bit strange. Well, as the Lord revealed to Abraham the judgment that was to happen to Sodom and Gomorrah, so God revealed to Noah the judgment that was to befall the earth. Okay, the Lord reveals to those that seek after him His works, the works that He will do. We see that throughout the Old Testament. We see that the Lord would show the prophets the judgment that was to happen to Israel, the Babylonian captivity, the Assyrian captivity. God said to them, you need to warn. And that's exactly what these men did here. Noah did. He warned the people of the judgment to come. God reveals his plan to those that seek after him. Okay. And you know, if you want to apply that to yourself this morning, are you spending time with God and his word? To understand his ways means you need to spend time with him and seek after him. Okay. So then we see the next part, which this is where we'll finish. God instructs Noah to build an ark. to build an ark. We're not going to look, we'll save the details for next week, okay? But let's just go over the main points. Verse 14 says, make thee, notice who's speaking here, it's the Lord. This is the Lord's plan. This is the Lord's design. He's the architect, amen? He was the architect of the ark. Make thee an ark of gopher wood. Rooms, so this ark had rooms. shalt thou make in the ark. You say, Jared, how did Noah fit all the animals in the ark? Well, they were rooms, amen, rooms. Shalt thou make in the ark and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. And this word pitch means to cover, okay, to cover. And there's so much meaning. We see the first pitch, okay, thou shalt pitch, that's the verb, okay. That's what he needed to do. It's like saying you need to paint the verb, the painting, the action. It with within and without with pitch. Okay, that's the noun. That's what he was to coat it with if you like. So you see to cover, you see the first pitch is to cover and then the second pitch is the covering. Does that make sense? And that's important because it's used in Exodus, it's used in Leviticus of the covering. The covering that there would be atonement. There would be a covering for sin, a temporary covering. Remember the blood of bulls and goats cannot take away sin, but the blood of Jesus our Savior certainly does. He is the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. Then the next verse, verse 15, and this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of. So here are the dimensions. The length of the ark shall be 300 cubits, the breadth of it 50 cubits, and the height of it 30 cubits. So we'll look at that next week, what that means. We'll do the conversions next week, okay? Verse 16, a window. So this ark has a window. And in a cubit shalt thou finish it above. And the door, there's a door. So there's a window and there's a door. The Bible says, Jesus said, I am the door. He said, I am the door, okay? Not many ways to heaven, just one way. Jesus is the way. It says in the latter part of verse 16, and the door of the ark that shalt thou set in the side thereof with lower, second, and third stories. How many stories? Three in total. Three stories shalt thou make it. Okay. To finish this morning, okay, Luke 17 verse 27 says they did eat. They drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all. This was the ark that Noah entered into, then the Lord destroyed the earth with the flood. The Bible says judgment is coming on this earth. We need to be living like we're leaving. Amen? And we're leaving very soon. The Bible says that God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. Okay? But we need to be warning. Okay? Noah was warned. Noah warned others. Are you warning others?