Genesis 6 reads as follows, And
it came to pass when men began to multiply on the face of the
earth, and daughters were born unto them, that the sons of God
saw the daughters of men that they were fair, and they took
them wives of all which they chose. And the Lord said, My
spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is
flesh, yet his day shall be an hundred and twenty years. There
were giants in the earth in those days. And also after that, when
the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they
bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were
of old, men of renown. 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. And it
repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth. and it
grieved him at his heart. And the Lord said, I will destroy
man whom I have created from the face of the earth, both man
and beast, and the creeping thing and the fowls of the air, for
it repented me that I have made them. But Noah found grace in
the eyes of the Lord. But Noah found grace in the eyes
of the Lord. How does the Lord see us? How does he see you? When he
looks upon you, what does he see? So much is conveyed by a look,
by the eyes. When somebody's eyes meet another's,
there is so much conveyed. We look, to the eyes of those
whom we love to see their affection conveyed through their eyes,
through their look. And we hide our eyes, our gaze,
from the eyes of those who are angry with us. When a child offends
its parents, how they dare not look at the parents gaze into
the parents eyes. There is so much conveyed in
a look, so much conveyed by the meeting of the eyes. Noah found grace in the eyes
of the Lord. The Lord looked upon Noah in
a way in which he did not look upon the other wicked people
in the world in Noah's age and generation. God was wroth with
the wickedness of man, the rebellion of man since the fall. God created
mankind upon this earth. He created Adam and Eve in innocence. And Adam disobeyed the command
of God and turned against Him. And man multiplied upon the earth,
and the wickedness of men multiplied. And God repented that He had
created man and purposed to destroy him. But Noah found grace in
the eyes of the Lord. And yet Noah himself was no different
from anyone else, not by nature, not by birth. He was born just
like they were, a sinner by birth, a rebel by birth, a liar by birth. He was but a wretched sinner,
just like all those around him. But in the eyes of the Lord,
he found grace. There came that time in his life
when the Lord approached him, when the Lord made himself known
unto him, when the Lord opened the eyes of Noah to see that
which was hid from others, when the Lord changed Noah's heart,
when the Lord gave spiritual life unto Noah and caused Noah
to see and to hear, to see and to hear the gospel, to see and
to hear the Lord. and the gospel of his grace in
his son. The Lord caused Noah to believe. Noah found grace in the eyes
of the Lord. He found grace. Have you? Have you? How does God see you? What did
God see in Noah? What was there in Noah that caused
God to be gracious under him? In himself nothing. By nature
Noah as I've said was just like others. In himself he was nothing
but sin. There was nothing in Noah that
God should approve of him. What Noah came to be as a preacher
of righteousness, as a just man, as he is described in verse 9,
was a result of God's grace, was a consequence of God's coming
under him and changing him through the truth of the gospel. But
until then, Noah was a wretched sinner like all others. There
was nothing in him and there is nothing in you or I that God
should show grace unto Noah or unto us there's nothing in man.
But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord because God looked
at Noah through his son. God looked upon his son the Lord
Jesus Christ and in looking upon his own son whom he gave as an
offering a sacrifice for sinners whom he offered up in the place
of sinners, whom he offered up in the place of Noah. By looking
upon his son, God saw Noah in Christ and God saw Noah in his
son as perfect. Noah found grace in the eyes
of the Lord. These are the generations of
Noah. Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations and
Noah walked with God. Why? Because Noah in Christ was
perfect and just and walked before God in perfect faith and harmony
with God's will. God looked upon Noah in his son. Noah found grace in the eyes
of the Lord because the eyes of the Lord were set upon his
own son. And Noah was hidden within him. Hid within Christ. Perfect. Yes, there was nothing in Noah
himself but sin and rebellion and unbelief. Just like you and
just like me. Yet in the eyes of the Lord Noah
found grace. Have you? Have you? What do the eyes of the Lord
see in you? What does the Lord see when he
looks upon you? What do the eyes of the Lord
see in this world? What did they see in the days
of Noah? We read, And it came to pass, when men began to multiply
on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,
that the sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they were
fair, and took them wives of all which they chose. And the
Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that
he also is flesh, yet his day shall be an hundred and twenty
years. It goes on later, 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. And it repented
the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved
him at his heart. It came to pass where men began
to multiply on the face of the earth. There's nothing random
here. In this phrase it came to pass. All the events recorded here
are not of chance. They're not random. Men didn't
just go about doing what they pleased and God reacted to them. But all of this is in the purpose,
the sovereign will of God. Just as in the garden when Adam
fell and rebelled against his maker. God knew that it would
happen when he breathed life into Adam. God knew that it would
happen before ever he spake on the first day of creation and
began to bring this world into being. God placed man upon this
earth knowing he would fall, knowing he would rebel, knowing
that wicked sinners would turn against him. But as soon as Adam
fell and God came unto him and found him in the garden, trying
to cover up his nakedness, his shame, his sin from the sight
of God, God slew animals and clothed Adam and Eve with those
animal skins. God shed blood in order to clothe
and cover their sin. As soon as they fell, the mercy
of God in the gospel was made known. God would have these things
come about in order that he would show grace and mercy and love
under his chosen people. Adam sinned in order that God
should show forth his love. in sacrificing another, his son,
on his behalf. And this generation in Noah's
day sinned greatly in order that God should magnify his righteousness
in justice in judging the whole world at the very same time. that he showed forth his grace,
mercy and love unto Noah and his house in delivering him. It came to pass exactly as our
sovereign God purposed. There's no chance here. This is an outworking of God's
purpose and a declaration in Noah's day and in our day of
both the judgment and wrath of God to come, and the mercy and
grace of God in the gospel through his son. Adam sinned, death entered
the world, and mercy and grace were shown unto him. Men sinned, God sent a flood
and destroyed man from the face of the earth and mercy and grace
were shown unto Noah and his house. God magnified his grace. Mercy and truth kissed one another. Man multiplied upon the face
of the earth, the sons of God, the men that God had created
took of the daughters of men and multiplied and had children
and became mighty men of renown. They were giants, mighty men,
men of renown, men of fame. Man grew and prospered just like
he does today and was applauded by others. His pride puffed him
up. Oh how great he was, oh how powerful
he was, oh how strong he was. He could go around in the world
doing what he wished, becoming as rich and powerful as he desired,
receiving the applause and the acclaim of others. whilst turning
his back upon Almighty God that made him, that sustained him,
that gave him everything he had and everything he was. Man increased
in his might and turned his back upon God, just like you do and
just like I do. We go far from the womb, we grow
up until we're adults and we go through our life turning our
back upon God as though He's not there, as though we're in
control, as though every breath we take we're in control of it,
as though we make our own hearts to beat, as though everything
we find in this world is for us and for our taking. All the
time God is granting us life. All the time God is making this
world perform in its motion such that the plants grow and food
is brought forth and we can live off the crops of the land and
we can live off the animals that are brought forth. All the time
God sends forth heat from the sun and light from the sun. He
sustains life upon the earth and yet we live as though he's
not there. As though these things are perchance. As though the world came into
being by some random mistake in the past. As though there's
no God, there's just matter. What fools we are. Proclaiming ourselves to be wise,
we have become fools. As Paul says in Romans. 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. Everything
we think, all our thoughts, all our understanding, except God
enlighten us, except God come in the gospel unto us and open
our understanding, all our conclusions about everything are false. Paul echoes this in his account
in Romans. Just as we see here in the days
of Noah that the wrath of God was kindled against man. repented
the lord that he had made man on the earth and it grieved him
at his heart and the lord said i will destroy man whom i have
created from the face of the earth both man and beast and
the creeping thing and the fowls of the air for it repented me
that i have made them just as god's wrath was kindled against
the wickedness of man in that day paul echoes that nothing
has changed that brought forth an actual result in the time
in which they live but God's wrath is continued to be kindled
against all the unrighteousness of men today and there is judgment
which will come down in fire upon us all except we be found
in the place that Noah was except we find grace in the eyes of
the Lord except God takes us like he took Noah and places
us in an ark Ark Christ Jesus. Yes, Paul writes, the wrath of
God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness
of men who hold, who resist, who hold back the truth in their
unrighteousness. Because that which may be known
of God is manifest in them, for God hath showed it unto them.
For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world
are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made,
even his eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse. They knew in Noah's day. They
knew the world around them declared the handiwork of God. And you
know, in our day, we know there is a God. But the imaginations
of our heart, the foolishness of our hearts, close our eyes
to Him, close our ears to Him, close our hearts to Him. So that when they knew God, they
glorified him not as God. Neither were thankful, but became
vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise,
they became fools, and changed the glory of the uncorruptible
God into an image made like the corruptible man, and to birds
and four-footed beasts and creeping things. Wherefore God also gave
them up unto uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts,
to dishonor their own bodies between themselves, who changed
the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the
creature more than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. What Paul writes there describes
exactly what happened to this generation of knowers. 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. Their foolish
hearts were darkened, like yours, like mine. And God declared he
will not always strive with man. Man may shake his fist unto the
heavens. Man may go his own way like God
doesn't exist. But God is in control. God says,
I'll not always strive with man for that he also is flesh. He's
nothing. He's of the dust. So his days
shall be in 120 years. This is man who before this time,
there were those who lived over 900 years. From the dawn of creation, though
death had entered, there were those who lived for hundreds
of years. But from this day, God said,
no, I'll cut your life down. You'll live no more than 120
years. And in our generation, the average,
we could say is 70. Our lives are brief, they're
but a span. And the days of our life, have
been set by Almighty God. You can strive with your maker
all you like, but he won't strive with you forever. He knows when
he will bring you forth, and he knows when he will take you
out of this world. How small the clay is in the
potter's hands. He takes us, he makes us, he
smashes us to pieces. and we like little insects run
around like we're mighty giants squeaking away whilst trodden
underfoot. Oh the wickedness of man, God
saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth. There is nothing hid from his
eyes. We read in Proverbs 15, 3, the
eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and
the good. He sees everything. He sees everything
we do out in the open, everything we do in public, everything we
do in private. He sees everything we do and
say before our friends and family. He sees everything we do alone
in our room. He sees everything we do outwardly. He sees everything we do inwardly.
He sees and hears and knows our thoughts and intentions within.
We may tell ourselves, we may tell others, well I did this
because I was meaning to do that. I did this out of good intentions.
We can deceive others. We cannot deceive the God that
looks upon the heart. The eyes of the Lord are in every
place. In this place. In your place. In your heart. In your life. He sees and records
and hears and knows everything that you've thought, everything
that you've said, everything you will think today, everything
you will say today. He knows where you're heading.
He knows what you want. He knows your heart. And he knows,
from times of old and today, until this world is no more,
that man's heart is wicked. that every imagination of the
thoughts of his heart is only evil continually. Evil continually. There is no good in man. The great message we hear from
so much of false religion or so much of the wisdom of this
world is that there's good in humanity. that there's some innate
goodness in all of us yes we make mistakes yes we may get
things wrong but generally we're okay what a deceit people will
act in an outwardly civil manner where nothing gets in their way
but as soon as they want something they will be prepared to destroy
all that get in their path As soon as a man wants something,
he will kill to get it. It only requires the right circumstances,
the right passion, the right events to come about to bring
forth the true heart of man. Every imagination of the thoughts
of his heart was only evil continually. And the same is true of you and
I by nature. Consequence of this is that it
repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth and it
grieved him at his heart. He was grieved. Not in the sense
that he felt he'd made a mistake. Because God purposed all these
things from the beginning. He knew these things would come
about. But the Lord uses language here
to show us the consequence of sin. to show us the impact of
our rebellion and our hatred of God upon the heart of God.
It grieves him. It grieves him to see that which
he has created and made act so rebelliously, so wickedly, so
unthankfully. It grieved him. His justice would
have to respond to it. God is a righteous God. and he
could not let this pass. So he declares in perfect justice
and righteousness, as man has done these things, so I must
and I will destroy man whom I have 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. His
justice must come forth. And if you rebel against Almighty
God in your life and go through your life without ever turning
to Him or repenting of your sin or turning from your sin if you
go through life, if I go through life in blindness and darkness never knowing God, never seeking
God, never believing God, never trusting God but seeking my own
glory and my own way God's justice will, it must, be met upon us. It will come down upon you and
I, just as it did upon this people in Noah's day. Noah was commanded
of the Lord to make an ark for a saving of his house. God put
Noah and his family in that ark and shut the door. And the judgment
that Noah had preached to his generation, the storms, the flood
that he had warned them of, which they derided, which they laughed
at, which they mocked, which they said, you're a madman Noah,
came down. Just as he prophesied, just as
he preached, it came down and destroyed them all. And though
when the floods came and the ark lifted up upon the waters,
and the storms came and man had no refuge, though they may have
tried to grab hold of the ark and bang on the ark and cry out
to open the door and let them in, he could not, it was too
late. The judgment, the wrath came
just as he preached, just as he promised, just as he warned. Yet they would not listen. They
said, No, Noah, away with you. You're a fool. Get away. We don't
want your gospel. We don't want your righteousness.
We don't want your foolish talk of floods and rain. We don't
want your God. And that God, whom they rejected,
sent forth the storms of his judgment, of his righteousness,
and they all perished. So today, as we read in Romans,
the wrath of God is kindled from on high against all the ungodliness
and unrighteousness of men. The wrath of God is revealed
from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who
hold the truth and unrighteousness, who resist it, who hold it back,
who say, no, we don't want to hear. And yet throughout this
world in every day and generation today God sends thunderclaps
and warnings even in creation of his almighty power and justice. There will be storms this day
in which people die. There will be floods in which
people are swept away. There will be fires which burn
people's houses and destroy them. There will be tsunamis that come
in the months to come and flood people's homes and sweep them
away to the point where they perish. There will be earthquakes
which swallow up homes and houses and people alive. God continues
to send these warnings in every age and generation and how foolish
we are that we think we can stand against him. We cannot stand
in the face of nature. We've seen this recently with
the tornadoes and hurricanes in America. We hear of hurricanes
every season that come and man can't do anything about it. When
the hurricane comes and destroys the cities, when it's gone, people
come and try to clean up the mess and do what they can to
help those who have suffered, but they cannot do anything in
its wake. So God sends these warnings in
a practical, in a natural sense. He sends his warnings and we
do not listen. But most of all he sends his
warning as he did in Noah's day. Noah, as he built the ark, preached
the righteousness of God. Noah preached unto his age and
generation that there's a God that shows grace. He'd found
grace in the eyes of the Lord. He declared unto those around
him, I found grace. My God has shown grace unto me. He's shown me what a sinner I
am. He's led me unto him. And this
ark is for the saving of my house. He's provided a way of escape. There's a judgment coming, yes,
but he will save. Won't you turn, won't you believe,
won't you look to this God that's shown grace unto me? He preached
the gospel. And so we come unto you today
and we say yes, we're all wicked. Yes, the wrath of God is kindled
from high against us. Yes, judgment will certainly
come. but there's a way of escape in
an ark through the storms. There's one called Jesus Christ
who has died in our place, who has shed his blood to cover us
from the wrath and judgment of God. There's a savior. The grace of the Lord has been
made known. Look unto Him, all ye ends of
the earth, and be ye saved. We preach the righteousness of
God as Noah did. And as in the days of Noah, as
Christ said, people will give him marriage, people will be
feasting and drinking, people will be multiplying on the face
of the earth just as they were then, and then the end will come. And the judgment of God will
come. And they will flee to the mountains, and the mountains
will not save them. They will cry out to be spared
as they were in the day of Noah, and they will not be spared.
But as in that day, Noah preached the gospel. And we preach the
gospel today. And Noah found grace in the eyes
of the Lord. Noah found grace in the eyes
of the Lord. Just this one man in the midst
of this generation, God chose him. He said, but Noah, I will
save. Noah will be spared and Noah
and his house will be set forth as an example throughout time,
throughout eternity of my grace and my salvation. I will not
destroy this world. I have come to save a people. in an ark brought through the
storm. And I will make known this grace
and this salvation throughout all the ages. Oh world, oh man,
oh sinner, hear, hear my son. Behold the Lamb of God. This
is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased. Hear ye him. Noah and grace. As soon as we read of judgment
in this passage, as soon as we read of God's intention to destroy
man because of his wickedness, we also read of the grace of
God shown unto Noah. For this ultimately is God's
purpose and sets forth His character. Mercy and truth meet, judgment
and grace meet. They all met at one. As soon as sin entered the world
and Adam sinned, God came and slew the animal. His judgment
came down and He used the very same animal that He slew to clothe
Adam and Eve with salvation. As soon as God's wrath was kindled
against this generation and he sent this flood down, he put
Noah and his family in an ark and saved them. He showed them
grace. Wherever you read of the judgment
of God, you will read of the grace of God. because ultimately
God is a God that delights in showing mercy. This is his purpose. This is why he sends his gospel.
This is why we're sent to you to preach this gospel. Not to
warn you and scare you of the wrath to come, but to point you
to salvation. You don't need to die. You don't need to be flooded
and burnt. But we choose to be. because
we don't want the God that comes in grace and salvation. We say no, even though he presents
his son unto us and says, behold my son. His Son came into this
world preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom of God and those
whom He came unto rejected Him. He came unto His own and they
turned away from Him. They said, away with this man,
we will not have him to reign over us. Crucify him, crucify
him. Is that what your foolish heart
says of this Son, of this Saviour, of this Christ, of this salvation? Noah found grace in the eyes
of the Lord. As soon as we read of judgment
we read of grace and they all meet in the same place. They all meet in Christ. The
very judgment that rained down upon that world that destroyed
the wicked, rained down upon the ark which saved Noah and
his house. The very same judgment that came
down upon the ark upon Christ, is the same judgment which destroyed
the wicked outside. and the whole destiny of every
individual that has ever lived in this world was brought about
upon the cross. Judgment and mercy met in that
one place in those hours of darkness upon the cross. You were either
found in the ark in Christ as he suffered and hung upon the
tree and you found grace in the eyes of the Lord or you will
suffer outside of Him. God's judgment and wrath came
down upon the whole world. Now is the judgment of this world,
Christ said. At this hour, He rained down
judgment upon Christ. And that judgment either falls
upon you outside of Him or inside of Him. Where does God see you? In Christ. out of him. Noah found grace
in the eyes of the Lord. This is the first time that we
read of grace in the Old Testament in the whole Bible. This is the
first reference to grace and if we continue to read throughout
the scriptures The multitude of references in the Old Testament,
indeed the very first 26 times we read the word grace in the
Old Testament, we always read of it as being found in someone's
sight. We don't read of grace as an
abstract quality, we don't read of grace as the Lord just showing
grace to someone, but we always read of somebody finding grace
in somebody's sight. O that I might find grace in
thy sight, so and so found grace in so and so's sight, so and
so found grace in the Lord's sight. It's always in their sight,
either in the eyes of another or in the Lord's eyes, but always
in the sight of someone. Grace is very much a question
of how we are looked upon by the Lord. Does he look upon us
graciously? Or does He look upon us in wrath
and judgment? How does He see you? Does God
look upon you with gracious eyes? Or with angry eyes? God sees
all. His eyes are over all His creation. He sees within, He sees without. He sees the heart. The eyes of
the Lord are in every place beholding the evil and the good. 2 Chronicles
16 9 reads, the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the
whole earth to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart
is perfect towards him. He's looking, he's looking throughout
this world, he's looking at every event, he's watching every event. He sees everything that is done.
And there are those who do wickedness in the eyes of the Lord. And
there are those who, by God's grace, do that which is right. We read of David that David did
that which was right in the eyes of the Lord. What he did was
in the sight of God. He did that which was right in
the eyes of the Lord. Elsewhere we read for example
that Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the Lord and did worse
than all that were before him. What you do is seen. Don't kid yourself, don't fool
yourself. God sees and God keeps account,
God knows. There's nowhere we can go to
hide. 1 Peter 3, 12 tells us, the eyes
of the Lord are over the righteous and his ears are open unto their
prayers. But the face of the Lord is against
them that do evil. Noah found grace in the eyes
of the Lord. But not those wicked who rejected
him and his message. In this time God saw the wickedness
of man, the evil imaginations of his heart, his rebellion,
and mankind found wrath and judgment in the eyes, the face of the
Lord. How are we seen? Not Noah, he
found grace. Because he was different, better
than the rest? No. He was the same. But God
loved him. He was the same, but God chose
him. He was the same, but God looked
upon him in mercy, with compassion. He was the same as the rest,
but God set his grace upon him. God saved him and his house. Through the works of Noah, through
the faith of Noah, through the decision of Noah, the will of
Noah, no. through the grace and the will
of God. God chose Noah in Christ his
son. God looked upon, God saw Noah
in Christ. God saved Noah in Christ. God judged Noah and his sins
in Christ. God crucified Noah. and all that he did and all that
he was in Christ. God made Noah righteous in Christ. God showed grace unto Noah in
Christ. God saw Noah in Christ. Where does God see you? How does
he view you? Have you found grace in the eyes
of the Lord or his wrath and his judgment? Noah found grace
in the eyes of the Lord. The father looked upon his son
and saw in him Noah. Noah looked to the son. Look unto me and be ye saved
all the ends of the earth for I am God and there is none else
we read. Therefore will I look unto the
Lord. I will wait for the God of my
salvation. My God will hear me, Michael
writes. Noah looked unto the sun and
God looked upon his son and saw Noah in him. Where are you looking? Where are you looking in your
life? Where are you looking for hope?
Where are you looking for happiness? Where are your goals set? What
are you striving towards? God looked upon Noah in grace
in his son, the Lord Jesus Christ. And because of that grace, Noah
was brought to look unto Christ. The ark was his only hope. And
yet what did Noah's sins due unto the Son who saved him. What did Noah's own heart, the
evil imaginations of his heart, the thoughts of his heart which
were evil continually, what did Noah's heart, what did his sins,
what did his iniquity do to the very Saviour, the very Son under
whom he looked for salvation. How did the Christ, to whom Noah
looked for salvation, save Noah? Noah's sins pierced the Son of
God. And you, O believer, if you look
to Christ, your sins brought down the judgment of God upon
him. They pierced him. Noah's sins pierced the Son of
God. His sins slew him. The very one
that he looked to, to save him, his own sins slew him. He was
the cause of Christ's death. He was the cause of Christ's
suffering. He was the cause of this storm
that came down upon the world. Forget the others in the world,
forget the wicked all around that were outside the ark. This
storm crashed down upon this world because of Noah. But in
spite of all that Noah was and Noah did, God took him, showed
grace unto him, and shut him in the ark, and spared him the
judgment. It hit the ark, it rained down
upon Christ, but Noah felt nothing. Noah's sins slew the Son of God. They caused his blood to be shed. Noah looked upon Him whom his
sins pierced. He looked upon Christ and knew
that Christ suffered for him because of his sins, his iniquity,
his unbelief. Just like those at the cross
when they saw Christ crucified, nailed to the tree and they saw
Him suffering there. They saw the wrath of God spiritually
come down upon Him. They saw the light of the sun
taken away and the darkness come down upon all the face of the
earth. They heard the thunder, they heard the earthquake. When
Christ cried out, it is finished, they knew that the veil of the
temple was rent in two, they heard the earthquake, they knew
something miraculous had happened. And when they beheld him hanging
on the cross in the light, the scriptures say, if they look,
they shall look on him whom they pierced. Oh yes, the soldiers
took him and nailed him to the tree. But those whom God showed
grace unto looked upon Christ and knew that their sins, their
rebellion, their unbelief is what pierced him to the tree. Have you looked upon him? Did
your sins pierce him? Did your sins put him there? Yes, Noah looked to the sun and
the father looked upon his son. And the father looked upon the
blood that his son shed. We read in Exodus of the Passover,
the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where
ye are and when I see the blood I will pass over you and the
plague shall not be upon you to destroy you when I smite the
land of Egypt. What happened in the day of Passover?
And God sent judgment and spared his people who were covered by
blood. Happened in Noah's day when the
wrath of God rained down against the sins of men and spared Noah
because of the ark. The pitch, the blood upon the
ark. That blood-covered ark, that
blood-covered sacrifice, the Son of God. The wrath of God
poured down upon it and when God saw the blood, he passed
over Noah. He saw the blood of his son which
paid the price for Noah's sins. That was seen in the ark. The ark was pitched with in and
with out, with kaffir, with pitch, with blood. Noah looked to the
ark. He looked to the blood, the blood
on the outside and the blood on the inside. The blood that
Christ shed on the outside and the blood that God took and sprinkled
in Noah's heart within. Noah trusted by the grace of
God in that blood shed for him. that he knew, that he experienced,
God had come unto him in the gospel, God had shown him Christ
through the picture of the ark, God had pointed him to the kapha,
the pitch, and God had said this is the blood which covers your
sins. And God took that blood and put
it without and within, he covered Noah outside and inside, he sprinkled
it in his heart, he gave him faith to believe the blood. When God saw the blood, he passed
over Noah. When I see the blood, I will
pass over you, God says. Noah looked to the blood, the
ark, for the saving of his house. Will God see the blood covering
you? The same judgment rained down
against sin upon all, Noah and everyone else alike. But for
Noah, he was hidden in the ark. He was out of sight. He was covered. He was in Christ, covered by
the blood, the pitch. That blood covered him inside
and out. It kept the judgment out of sight. When God looked, he saw the ark. He saw the pitch, the blood.
He saw Christ. But Noah was out of sight. covered,
hid. Where are you in the sight of
God? Are you outside the ark, there with your wickedness, there
with your rebellion, in full sight? Does God look upon you
and see everything that you are and everything you've done and
everything you think and find you guilty? Or does he look for
you and cannot find you because by His grace He's taken you and
put you inside His Son, inside the ark and shut the door and
pitched it within and without. He's covered you in the blood
of His own Son and when His judgment is rough, comes looking for you
and your sins, He cannot find them. Your sins have been cast
aside. far as the east is from the west,
you're covered in blood, you're white as snow, you're perfect.
All he can see is the righteousness of God in his own Son, that righteousness
with which he judged him, which covered you, which shed his blood,
for which he suffered and endured, but which kept you outside. Is
that where he sees you? Outside or in? And where are
you looking? Where are you looking? Are you
looking to Christ, his blood, the ark for the saving of your
soul? Or are you looking to your own
strength and wisdom and will? Will you say, well, when I pass
from this world into eternity, I'll take my chances. I'll stand
before God. I'll hope that he sees me as
a good person. And will he see you for what
you are? that every imagination of the thoughts of your heart
throughout all your days was only evil continually. And he
says of you, I will destroy this man, this woman, this child whom
I have created from the face of the earth. What does he see you in his son? What does God see when he looks
upon you? Your sins or the blood of Christ? You or the ark? You a sinner or Christ the righteousness
of God? God chose Noah in Christ. Has he chosen you in Christ?
God saw Noah in Christ. Does he see you in Christ? God saved Noah in Christ. Has he saved you in his son,
the Lord Jesus Christ? God judged Noah in Christ. God
crucified Noah in Christ as he judged you and crucified you
in his son. God made Noah righteous in Christ
as he made you righteous in Christ. God showed grace unto Noah in
Christ. He saw him in Christ as he shown
grace unto you in his son. Noah found grace in the eyes
of the Lord. Oh, may God be pleased through
his gospel, through his Son, through his grace, to show grace
unto us in his sight. Amen.