I guess you kept your Bibles
open to Genesis 6. If you didn't, go back to Genesis
6 and I'll just read one little verse and then base our thoughts
and my remarks on this verse, Genesis chapter 6 and verse 8. But Noah found grace. I just used those words for our
subject this evening. Noah found grace in the eyes
of the Lord. A blessed subject to consider
the grace of God to an old sinful man like Noah. because he was
just like all the rest of us. And he fell in Adam's transgression
and God was pleased to do something for him. And that's what we ask
of God to do for us and for our family members and those dear
to us. And we know that God will indeed
give grace to all of his people that he set aside before this
world began, all of those who are his. Let's again ask God's
blessing upon the service, and I failed to mention Doritha. Continue to remember Doritha,
Brother Russell, We certainly miss them and thanks to those
of you who have taken food over to them and they're very grateful
for that expression of love. We're going to be missing Marty
for a few weeks. She got the good news today from
the doctor that she can escape Kentucky for a bit and go to
Virginia. And so we hope that you have
a good trip and enjoy some good, sweet fellowship and visits with
some of your family there. Well, let's pray again. Lord, it is such an honor to
speak with you and to know upon the authority of the Word of
God that as we draw near to you through the Lord Jesus and His
work of redemption, Lord, then your ears are always open to
our cries. We're thankful that you love
us and you have a great concern for our welfare. In fact, in
old eternity, even from forever you have loved us, you gave us
to that One who is equal to yourself, the Son of God, who is the surety
of the children of the Lord. And this great surety is our
Shepherd, and He is our Savior. He was the One who humbled Himself
and became obedient unto death for us, even the death of the
cross. He purchased us with His blood. And Lord, He ever lives to make
intercession for us. And we rejoice in that. We have studied Father The fifth
chapter of Genesis of so much death. Death reigns, is what
we read in Romans 5. And yet, there is one who died
and he conquered death. And he is our ever-living Redeemer. and He ever lives to make intercession
for us. He is our joy, He is our hope,
He is our righteousness, and He is our salvation. We thank
you, dear Father, for such a very tender and compassionate, great
High Priest. Our one who is sympathetic with
us, who is, as the scripture says, touched with the feelings
of our infirmities. This one who has loved us and
gave himself for us. And even now, King Jesus, our
marvelous Redeemer, He governs all things for the good of your
people. Lord, teach us to rest in Him. May we be anxious for nothing,
but in all things give thanks, for this is the will of God in
Christ concerning us. We ask that as the word goes
forth now, that you would bless and, Lord, speak to these who
are so dear to you. Speak to them through this earthen
vessel. And let me only say those things
that are accurate, absolutely truthful and honoring to our
Lord Jesus Christ. Lord put a filter over my lips
that nothing would be spoken that would be misinterpreted,
but that all things would be very crystal clear. of the grace
of God that you give to sinners. Oh, how needy we are, and how
much greater than our need is your grace. And we read in Romans
5 that where our sin did abound, grace did much more abound. Again, as our brother has mentioned,
we pray for these that are weak and feeble and experiencing,
some of them, unusually difficult problems of the flesh. Lord,
minister to them as only you can do. And Lord, for all of
us, keep us looking unto Jesus, the author and the finisher of
our faith. So these things we ask through
the Savior in His name and based upon His bloody sacrifice, we
ask you to receive us and receive the expressions of thanksgiving
and petitions that we offer to you. In His name, Amen. Well, we continue our study this
evening in the book of Genesis. And as we get to Genesis chapter
6 tonight, we see the awful condition of the world. In fact, the chapter
begins this way, verse one, it came to pass when men began to
multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born unto
them, that these who are the sons of God, that is men and
women who profess to know the gospel. people who said they
knew God, they looked on the daughters of men that they were
fair. And as a result, the lusts of
men overcame the love of the truth. That is, these people,
they weren't really Children of God. These sons of
God. These are professors of being
followers of the Lord. And they took unto them wives
which they selected. People who were unbelievers. In other words, here's what we
have in the first couple of verses. We have the mingling of believers
with unbelievers and then As a result of that, an offspring
of people who were alienated from God and just had no interest
in the gospel of the Lord Jesus whatsoever. It has now been over
1,500 years since Adam's fall, since his transgression. Certainly,
Adam and Eve were instructed in the message of good news,
the message of the grace of God. the message of the seed of the
woman who was coming. They were taught the gospel by
word and by illustration from God. They received their instruction
directly from God. And I might say this, I know
God uses men to teach us the things of God, but we never really
learn unless God teaches us. And that's what's necessary.
And we can hear good preaching. And you've heard from this pulpit
and from other pulpits as well, men who knew the gospel and men
who articulated the gospel of the grace of God, identifying
the Lord Jesus and His work of redemption and reconciliation
and that righteousness that our Lord Jesus has established. You've
heard faithful men preach this wonderful gospel, but God has
to preach it to your heart. That's absolutely necessary. And God was, he was pleased to
teach Adam and Eve the gospel. Now, Cain and Abel, they heard
the gospel from their mom and dad, but the only way Cain heard
it was just in the letter. He just heard the word of it.
He didn't hear the voice of God. God didn't speak to his heart.
God didn't teach him, but God did teach Abel. And of course,
Abel was murdered. And then later toward the end
of the fourth chapter of the book of Genesis, we find that
God instructed another one of the sons of Adam and Eve, and
the gospel in his name was said. and he believed the gospel of
God's grace. And down through the years, through
1,500 years, there about, anyway, God maintained the presence of
his truth in this world. He has never left himself without
a witness. There's always been a remnant
according to the election of grace. There is now, there was
back in these days, And even though when we get to Genesis
chapter six and verse eight, and you've got what, estimated
six, seven, maybe eight billion people upon the face of the earth,
because as we read here, that men began to multiply upon the
face of the earth, upon the whole world. There are people everywhere. And yet God still had a remnant,
but the remnant was just one. One man. And yet God used that
one man to teach us the gospel. And then he taught his sons the
gospel, and we believe that at least one of them, maybe all
three of them, I don't know, maybe his wife, I hope, and his
daughters-in-law, I hope, but one man knew God. One man found
grace in the eyes of God, and that man's name was Noah. Now, as we have studied, through
chapter five, a portion of the lineage of our Redeemer. We have
10 men who are identified in Genesis chapter five as being
in that direct lineage of the Lord Jesus. And of course, as
we get to the end of Genesis chapter five, we find that the
last three are Methuselah, whose name means, Really, when he dies,
the end will come. Methuselah's name means when
he departs, the era of God's judgment will go forth. And then, of course, there's
Lamech, whose name means powerful. Noah's father. And then, of course,
Noah. Noah. The scripture says of Methuselah,
he lived 969 years and then he died, which means he lived throughout
all the years that Noah was building the ark. He was there. Maybe if he was
physically able, he contributed to the building of the ark. Methuselah did. And even Lamech. Now Lamech died before Methuselah
did. He died before his boy did, his
son did. But even Lamech, he lived to
within five years of the flood. So both, no doubt, both Noah's
father and his grandfather were active in helping him build the
ark. And they lived through those
many years as they listened to Noah, who we learned from second
Peter that he was a preacher of righteousness. And no doubt
he was their pastor. He was their preacher. And he
labored in building this ark. God had said back in Genesis
chapter one, let us make man in our image. And then he says
here in Genesis chapter six, as our brother read a little
bit ago, God said, I will destroy. I'm gonna destroy man. And yet
he had a vessel there. He had Noah who continued to
preach the gospel of redemption and substitution. And though
the message, it fell on deaf ears and unconverted people and
unconcerned people listened to his message, yet Noah remained
faithful through it all. Now, if Noah, if his ministry
is to be judged by the success of his numbers, well, in the
eyes of the religious world, he was a failure. This man, building and preaching
for 120 years and no doubt warning people all around him, his neighbors
and those acquaintances of his, and I suspect that he hired many
people in the building of the Ark. And he preached to them,
but notwithstanding his faithfulness, they did not believe. And yet
he continued. And as I say in the eyes of the
religious world, this man is a failure. Well, how many people
do you have going to your church, brother Noah? Down the road at
our church, we're just busting at the seams. How many folks
you got? Well, I got my, my daddy came
up until just a few years ago and he died. He's with the Lord,
my granddaddy. And he's pretty old. He's still
coming, you know. And I got my boys. And I got
my wife and my daughters-in-law. You mean that's all the size
of your church? That's all you got after all
these years? Well, that's all God's been pleased
to teach the gospel to. We don't think we'll listen to
you because you're pretty much a failure. You see, here's what
the world looks at looks what they're interested in, numbers. Large congregation, mega churches,
that's the big thing today, mega churches. Well, our Lord said
to his disciples, fear not little flock. That's what he said. Fear not little flock. Noah kept preaching and he was
faithful. Noah's dad, Lamech, he believed
God. When Lamech was 182 years old,
Noah was born and Lamech and Mrs. Lamech gave him this name
Noah, which means rest and comfort. Rest and comfort. Look back at
the last of chapter 5. Look at verse Chapter 5, verse
29. Lamech, he called his name Noah. He said, this same shall comfort
us, he'll give us rest concerning our work and toil of our hands
because of the ground which the Lord hath cursed. This, my newly
born son, I'm going to give him this name Noah, because he's
going to give us rest. He's going to teach us about
rest. He's going to teach us about comfort. Back in the office
a little bit ago, we had read to us from the book of Hebrews,
chapter 4. And Chuck read to us. And it says labor to enter into
that rest, to the rest of Christ Jesus. That word labor doesn't
mean work. It isn't actually an activity,
but give attention to entering into this rest. Where are you
going to find rest in this world? You're not going to find it in
anything that is of this world. You're only going to find rest
in the Lord Jesus. and in his work of redemption.
And so in giving his boy this name Noah, Lamech gives some
indication that he's a believer himself. And he just believed
that in this newborn son, there would be a very comforting thing
for the people of God. And it is comforting. We're comforted
as we look at Noah because he built an ark to the saving of
his house. And this ark pictures our Lord
Jesus, and He's the one in whom we have rest. He's the one in
whom we have comfort. In the world, you have tribulation. In the world, you have War, struggle,
and transgressions, and men against men, and nation against nation,
and there's no rest even in your own heart because of your own
sinfulness. The only rest that is to be found
is in that one who is our rest, Christ Jesus. And he says to
us, he says, come unto me, all you that labor and are heavy
laden. I'll give you rest. I'll give you rest. And that's
why there in Hebrews chapter 4 we read to labor to enter into
that rest. Give your attention to. Give
the full focus of your heart and life to enter into this rest. It's not an activity as in labor
to work. It's give your attention to the
things of the Lord Jesus Christ. for there is no rest anywhere
else. As we get to the end of Genesis
chapter 5, it has now been, oh, a thousand, between five and
600 years, as I've said, from the time of creation. In fact,
in Genesis chapter five, over 1,500, nearly 1,600 years are
just set forth in 32 verses. Here's a millennium and a half. And the Lord takes it and he
sums it all up. In 32 verses, learn then the
brevity of life, even at its longest. Learn how short life
is. It's just a vapor. That's what James says. It's
just a vapor. How thankful we are that we have
a savior who lived and died, but ever lives. He ever lives
to make intercession for us. Now we have several things here
given to you briefly. First of all, the results of
sin are in verses one and two. The spreading of the population,
that's according to what God told Adam and Eve, multiply and
replenish the earth. And by the time we arrive at
Genesis chapter six, it's estimated that the earth is full of people,
more people then than even now, seven or eight billion people.
And you can understand if you think about it, the fact that
it wasn't unusual for people to live at least 900 years, even
more than that, Methuselah 969. and they were having children
every one a year anyhow. There was no birth control except
for abstinence. And so the people just multiply
very quickly. And to give you an idea, somebody
else did this math, by the way, but to give you an idea how quickly
population can grow, in our world in 1850, the population was one
billion. By 1930, it was two billion. 1950, three billion. Today, seven, seven and a half
billion people. Back then they lived lots longer. So you can understand how that
the population covered the face of the earth. But remember this, this what
Solomon said in Proverbs chapter 29 and verse 16, when the wicked
are multiplied, Something happens. Transgression increaseth. When the wicked multiply, transgression
increaseth. But the righteous, the scripture
says, shall see their fall. This was certainly true in Noah's
day, because the wicked were multiplied. But the righteous,
that is Noah, he saw their fall. As we read here in chapter 6,
verses 1 and 2, the sons of God, this is not angels. There are
some people who think that angels came down and co-inhabited with
men and women, and that there was an offspring of wicked people
born. Angels are neither male nor female
and they don't give in marriage. This is not angels, these are
professing. Some of them were believers and
then others were professing believers who married people who didn't
believe the gospel. It's a dangerous thing. And one
of the tactics of Satan, one of the weapons in his arsenal
is to mix truth with error. And he mixes truth with error
mainly through people, through intermarriage. And here the result
was a race of people who had contaminated the gospel. The grace of God wasn't there. The salvation of the Lord, it
wasn't there. This is a race of people who
believe much like Cain did. Do good, God will bless you.
And we must ever be warned not to mingle truth with error. We must not go to bed with error. Because if you lie down with
error, you're gonna get up with some of that error on you. And
this is what happened here in the beginning of Genesis chapter
one. And therefore it says, it repented
the Lord that he had made man. It grieved him in his heart.
We know God doesn't change, but this means God purposed to change
in the direction that he was gonna go. He's gonna change his
providence as it appeared to be a change to us, but it's what
God intended to do all along, and he said, I will destroy.
But then we see this grace of God in verse eight. It's the
first usage of grace in the word of God. The reason Noah was spared
was because of the grace of God. The world was condemned, but
Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. All men deserved
to perish. Noah deserved to perish, but
Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. All men were condemned,
but one man was justified, Noah. All men had gone astray from
the Lord, even as Noah did. But Noah found grace in the eyes
of the Lord. All men were unbelievers, but
God gave faith to one man, Noah. All men were wrapped up in this
deadly mixture of truth and error, but one man, he was taught the
truth and he was preserved in the truth. That one man was Noah. God was gracious to Noah. Grace
was given to him in Christ before the world began. Grace taught
him the truth. Grace was operational in the
heart of Noah. God did not leave him to himself. Grace invaded. Grace took hold
of him. Grace regenerated him. Grace
gave him faith. And he embraced the gospel that
he was taught, no doubt, by his father Lamech and by his grandfather
Methuselah. And they told him, listen, God
said the seed of the woman is coming. He's the one we're looking
for, Noah. And you need to look to him,
Noah. and He's going to lay down His
life. God taught us that in killing
the animals, and then He robed Adam and Eve, and listen, Noah,
this is necessary to be robed in the righteousness of the Son
of God who's coming. He was taught the Gospel. And
the Spirit of God enabled Him to embrace this truth. And He
was preserved in this truth. all the way to the time that
he died. Note the results of this grace. Here are the results of the grace.
He believed God. And you can read in Hebrews chapter
11 and verse seven, by faith Noah, by faith Noah, he moved. He moved with fear. God had spoke
to him. Listen, here's how faith comes. Faith comes by hearing and hearing
by the Word of God. And God spoke to him. As we read
down through Genesis 6 a little bit ago, we read in verse 13,
and God said to Noah, he heard the Word of God. He heard the
gospel undoubtedly from his father and his grandfather in addition
to that. But it was God speaking to him
that quickened him. He believed God. He heard the
Word of God. The Word came to him. It came
to him in picture. God said to him, make an ark.
Make thee an ark of gopher wood. Verse 14, "...room shalt thou
make in the ark, and pitch it within and without with pitch."
This is a word usually translated atonement, a covering. This ark, it's not a beautiful
thing. It isn't a ship. It isn't a boat. It's a large rectangular wooden
box. It isn't designed to go into
a harbor. It isn't designed to be steered
across the ocean. It is solely designed for safety. For safety. It pictures our Lord
Jesus, and it pictures His atonement, and it pictures the safety of
the people of God who are in the Savior. Atonement. The appeasement of divine justice. and that our Lord Jesus, He satisfied
every demand of God's law and we're safe. All who went into
the ark were safe. And as we shall see next week,
everybody who wanted to go into the ark went into the ark. And those who did not want to
go into the ark, they stayed out and they died. Listen, there is safety in the
ark, Christ Jesus. There's rest in Him. There's
forgiveness in Him. There's acceptance in Him. There's
a way to God. One door the ark had. Right? Just one door. Everybody came
in the same way. From the lowly mouse unto the
stately giraffe or elephant. Every animal and every person
who entered into the ark went in the exact same way. And we
all enter into Jesus Christ and to God's salvation by one door. And of course, the Savior is
the door. He's the ark. He's the door. He's the pitch.
Everything about it pictures Him. Did you notice as our brother
read this portion of scripture and down in verse 21, taken of
thee all food that is to be eaten, all provision was in the ark. Everything Noah and his family
and all the animals needed was in the ark. And I don't believe
that he just had a bare pittance to eat for the year or so that
he was in the ark. I believe he dined on great food,
great tasting food. I can just imagine Noah and his
family sitting down and his wife sets before him a delicious meal. Because there was in the ark
an abundance of food and everything they could ever desire. And that's
our Lord Jesus, all things are in him. He is the Savior we need
and we lack nothing in Him. We dine on delicacies that this
world knows nothing about. For He's the manna from heaven.
He's the water from the rock. We drink of Him. We eat of Him. We have everything we need in
the ark, Christ Jesus. And this is a place of safety.
There's an unusual word, a particular word used here for ark that is
only used with reference to this ark and also to the ark of bulrushes
in which Moses was kept safe. So there's also the ark of the
covenant, different word altogether. And here we have two individuals
who are preachers of the gospel. Moses would grow up to be a preacher
of the gospel, but the Lord protected these two individuals from drowning
as they were carried to safety in an ark. There is no safety
outside the ark Christ Jesus, whether you're talking about
Noah's ark or Moses' ark of bulrushes. He was safe as that little infant
floated in that little basket, dabbed within and without with
pitch once again to make it waterproof. He was as safe as if he was being
held in his mother's arms. In fact, safer than that, Moses
was as safe as if he was being held in God's arms, because he
was. And here is Noah, as we shall
see next week, he goes into the ark, he is absolutely safe. The ark isn't beautiful, it's
not painted up to look fancy or anything like that, but it
does the job. It kept him and his family safe. And in the eyes of the world,
the Lord Jesus Christ, he doesn't look like much to them. He's
not worthy of their devotion. He's not worthy of their faith.
But I'll tell you this, he gets the job done. Everyone who's
in Christ Jesus, the ark, is safe for time and for eternity. And God's grace to this man is
very evident because it says in verse nine, he was a just
man. He's a righteous man. And he's
perfect in his generations. His character was good. His standing before God was excellent
because he stood in the righteousness of another. And the scripture says in verse
nine, he walked with God. He walked with God. Well, we
read about another man that walked with God. His name was Enoch.
He communed with God. He fellowshiped with God. Go
over to a verse. Let me show you this just real
quick. In Hebrews chapter 11. Look at
Hebrews chapter 11. Look at verse seven, and of course,
Hebrew seven's the faith chapter, as you well know. Hebrews chapter 11 and verse
seven, by faith, Noah, being warned of God of things not seen
as yet. You know, Noah had never seen
rain, There's no indication he had
ever seen the sea, but he certainly had never seen rain, he had never
seen a flood, but God told him he was gonna destroy the earth
with water. And he believed God by faith,
being warned of God of things not seen as yet. He hadn't seen
those things, but he believed God. He believed though he hadn't
laid eyes on these things. And to give you an illustration,
this kind of ties into kind of what I brought out Sunday night. You know, when the Israelites
were at the Red Sea and the Lord first of all said to them, stand
still and see the salvation of the Lord. That's what he told
Moses to tell them. And then the Lord told Moses
to tell the people, go forth. and they started walking toward
the sea. And I do not believe that that sea had opened yet. And I'll show you what I mean.
You're here in Hebrews chapter 11, go over to, it's still in
chapter 11, go over to verse 29. Hebrews 11, 29. By faith they passed through
the Red Sea as by dry land. which the Egyptians, us saying
to do, were drowned. By faith they passed through. You see, it wouldn't be faith
to see a whole wide path opened up all the way to the other side
and they say, wow, look at that, let's go. That's not faith. That's walking by sight. Here's what I believe happened.
I believe they walked right down to the edge of the sea, of the
Red Sea. And then as they began, the first
ones began to put their foot right into the water that the
Lord then had Moses put the rod out. And all of a sudden, as
they began to walk, it began to part. And not part all the
way through to the other side, but just as they continued to
walk every step, led to more dry land, more path, a big wide
path, probably six, seven, eight miles wide. And it continued
to open up as they walked through. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been
faith, would it? And you see, that's the way it
was with Noah. He was warned of God of things
that he had never seen. Listen, I have never seen hell,
but I believe it exists, don't you? I've never seen heaven. I've never seen the Savior with
these eyes, but I believe He's real. There are a lot of things that
we believe and the person we believe, our Savior, we've never
seen Him with His eyes. As yet, we will see him someday. And
it says here, Noah moved with fear. And I believe this meant
two things. First of all, he reverenced God.
He had a respect for God. After all, the fear of the Lord's
a beginning of wisdom. It's a beginning of knowledge.
But I think more than that, More than that, he moved with fear. He was fearful for his family,
he was fearful for his neighbors, and he preached righteousness
to them. He did not want them to perish. He moved with fear. And he prepared an ark to the
saving of his house. And that's interesting language.
He prepared an ark to the saving of his house. Well, he can't
save his house. Well, the scripture says he did. He prepared an ark to the saving
of his house. In what sense did he save his
house? Well, first of all, he saved
them physically. because he's the one who had
the oversight of building the ark. I suspect all three of his
sons helped out, but he's the builder. He's the contractor
now, because God gave him the instructions. And he saved his
house by means of this ark. But I think it also means that
he led them in. Listen, listen, my children. This place is a place of salvation
here. God's going to send a destructive
flood. He's going to send rain and the
fountains of the deep are going to open up. There's only one
place of safety. It's right there. Get in the
ark, kids. Get in the ark. Now, we can't
save anybody we know in a spiritual sense, but we can sure teach
them, encourage them. And, you know, it's an amazing
thing. Somehow or another, God uses
even the faith of His people to bless others. Do you remember
when Our Lord Jesus, he was in a house teaching and people were
shoulder to shoulder, that's so tight, couldn't anybody else
get in there. There were four men who had a
dear, dear friend who was lame. And they took him up on top of
the house and tore the roof, tore a hole in the roof and lowered
him down right at the feet of the Lord Jesus. You know what
the scripture says? of the Savior, when he saw their
faith, that is what it says. You can check me out on that
Mark chapter 2. When he saw their faith, he said,
son, thy sin be forgiven thee. Listen folks, let's believe that
God is able to save. And let's believe that God is
willing to save. And I'll tell you this, He's
more willing to save than you are willing to be saved. Did
you know that? I mulled that over for a little
bit. Say, you teaching free will preacher?
No, you know better than that. I'm not teaching free will. But if He wasn't more willing
for you to be saved, you wouldn't be saved. Isn't that right? He says, thy people, the Psalm
said, thy people, thy people shall be saved. They shall be
called, drawn in the day of thy power. He prepared an ark to
the saving of his house. And the scripture says, the rest
of it, by the which he condemned the world. How did he condemn
the world? He believed God and they didn't. What's the difference between
a child of God and a child of the devil? What's the difference
between one who is righteous and one who is wicked? By the
grace of God, they believe God. And the others don't believe. Why are you different? I'm not
seeing in your actions. I'm seeing in your heart. Why
are you different? Because God made you different,
that's why. He made you different. He made
you to be a believer. And your belief in the Lord Jesus
Christ, a gift from God, yes, we know that. Your belief, it
condemns all unbelievers. And it says that he became heir
of the righteousness which is of faith. How does righteousness
come to us? Well, we don't manufacture it.
Righteousness is established by our Lord Jesus in His substitutionary
death. But how does it become ours?
By faith. By faith. we lay hold of that
righteousness that God demands. And we rejoice in Him who is
our righteousness. Noah found grace. And so learn this in back of
his faith, in back of his fear of the Lord, in back of His moving
with fear to build an ark, in back of His building the ark
to the saving of His house, in back of that faith that condemned
the world, in back of that faith which made Him an heir of righteousness,
in back of all of it, His grace. And in back of you who believe,
who are the people of God, you've laid hold on the Lord Jesus Christ. Go back to the origin, and the
scripture says, by grace you're saved. It's got to be that way. It's
got to be. Doesn't matter who Noah's father
and grandfather were. Hey, my grandfather's Lamech,
or my father's Lamech, my grandfather's Methuselah, you know how old
he is? He just turned 969 years. Nobody's ever lived that long,
I know, but God had to give you grace. You don't get grace through
Methuselah. You don't get grace through your
granddaddy. You don't get grace through your
daddy. You get grace through Christ Jesus. He was given to
us before the world began. That's what the scripture says.
Okay. Well, we'll quit right there.
We'll pick up at chapter 7, the Lord willing, next Wednesday.
Let's pray. Lord, we are so grateful for
the gospel of your grace, so thankful that you made us an
heir of righteousness, and the fact that we're heirs of righteousness,
that qualifies us to be heirs of everlasting glory. And we
shall dwell with you forever, our Lord Jesus Christ. Thank
you for your grace. Here, here is where we camp out. Here is where we see the hope
of lost sinners in the Savior and in the grace of God given
to us in Him. Bless your dear people. Bless
those who are watching tonight. And Lord, encourage us in the
faith. Lord, save the lost. We warn
them. We warn them of judgment to come. We ask that you take the word
of grace, teach us, oh God, for Christ's sake. Amen.