Noah's example provides for us an example of a life of unquestioning obedience to God's call on our lives, to follow Him no matter what the cost may be.
God told Noah to make an ark to hold himself, his family, and two of every kind of animal because He was going to make it rain for 40 days and flood the earth. This command seems crazy. Some think that there was no rain before God sent the flood, making it all the stranger for Noah to tell his neighbors that he was making a giant boat in preparation for water falling from the sky. Whether or not it had rained before this event it is clear that building the ark would have been a difficult experience. It would have been grueling, back breaking work. Not to mention having everyone think he's crazy for devoting his life to building such a large boat-no one could understand his sacrifice.
God isn't calling any of us to build a giant boat for an oncoming flood. But He is calling us to be obedient. So I thought we should focus on to whom we should obedient to help guild us in our faith.
See: Hebrews 11:7
We are called to be obedient:
To God
See: Acts 5:27-33, Romans 6:16, 1 John 5:2-3, James 4:7-8
Warning: this may not be popular! In Acts 5:27-33 the disciples take a stand against the government, proclaiming that it is better to follow God's law over the laws of men. The result: the people try to kill them! While the response for us will not be so intense, we can expect to meet resistance from the world when we choose to follow after Christ.
Roman’s 6:16- we are obeying someone/something- Paul tells us that we are either obedient to sin or righteousness, but we are always obedient to something. The question we must ask ourselves i will be we obedient to the right thing?
To our Parents
see: Ephesians 6:1-3; Colossians 3:20
A big part of the Christian life is honoring parents by obeying them. Do you argue with your parents? Do you talk back? Do they have to ask you multiple times to take out the trash or do the dishes? As Christians we are called to honor our parents in everything, lets being in the small things.
To authorities in our lives
see: Hebrews 13:17; Ephesians 6:5; Mark 12:13-17
If you want to be an example of Christ to the world being obedient to authorities is a good place to begin. No one respects authority anymore, which is a bad thing. You wanna look different? You wanna stand out? Start by listening to teachers and other authorities.
God told Noah to make an ark to hold himself, his family, and two of every kind of animal because He was going to make it rain for 40 days and flood the earth. This command seems crazy. Some think that there was no rain before God sent the flood, making it all the stranger for Noah to tell his neighbors that he was making a giant boat in preparation for water falling from the sky. Whether or not it had rained before this event it is clear that building the ark would have been a difficult experience. It would have been grueling, back breaking work. Not to mention having everyone think he's crazy for devoting his life to building such a large boat-no one could understand his sacrifice.
God isn't calling any of us to build a giant boat for an oncoming flood. But He is calling us to be obedient. So I thought we should focus on to whom we should obedient to help guild us in our faith.
See: Hebrews 11:7
We are called to be obedient:
To God
See: Acts 5:27-33, Romans 6:16, 1 John 5:2-3, James 4:7-8
Warning: this may not be popular! In Acts 5:27-33 the disciples take a stand against the government, proclaiming that it is better to follow God's law over the laws of men. The result: the people try to kill them! While the response for us will not be so intense, we can expect to meet resistance from the world when we choose to follow after Christ.
Roman’s 6:16- we are obeying someone/something- Paul tells us that we are either obedient to sin or righteousness, but we are always obedient to something. The question we must ask ourselves i will be we obedient to the right thing?
To our Parents
see: Ephesians 6:1-3; Colossians 3:20
A big part of the Christian life is honoring parents by obeying them. Do you argue with your parents? Do you talk back? Do they have to ask you multiple times to take out the trash or do the dishes? As Christians we are called to honor our parents in everything, lets being in the small things.
To authorities in our lives
see: Hebrews 13:17; Ephesians 6:5; Mark 12:13-17
If you want to be an example of Christ to the world being obedient to authorities is a good place to begin. No one respects authority anymore, which is a bad thing. You wanna look different? You wanna stand out? Start by listening to teachers and other authorities.
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