What Noah’s Ark in the old days speaks to us today? We believe God’s Word is everlasting because God Himself is behind His Word. He guarantees His Word as He is never changing. God is true and so His Word is always true. God never wastes a single word. So the story of The Ark recorded in the Bible must have some lessons that we have to learn today. When I read the story, I astounded that our world is similar Noah’s world. To be wise, we should learn from the past of how to live at present, otherwise we’ll follow the same wrong footsteps of our previous generations.
There are at least 8 lessons from The Ark. Trying to be easy to capture the message of What the Ark speaks, it’s a memorable way to express the story message start with 8 “S.”
- Lesson 1: Sin
- Lesson 2: Salvation
- Lesson 3: Separation
- Lesson 4: Sanctification
- Lesson 5: Service
- Lesson 6: Statement
- Lesson 7: Strategy
- Lesson 8: Slide
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Lesson 1: Sin
Why The Ark? This is the first word pop up in mind. Why The Ark? Was it necessary? What was the reason? Or what was the purpose? Obviously, the Bible is self-explanatory. The Lord saw how great man’s wickedness on the earth had become, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was……
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Lesson 2: Salvation
The Ark speaks… Who we are? What’s the essence of The Ark? SALVATION. The Ark defines our Identity. Before God’s judgement was imminent, the Bible says, “But Noah found favour in the eyes of God.” (Genesis 6:8). Then God told Noah to build an Ark for protection. And here The Ark means SALVATION. Or you can say function of……
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Lesson 3: Separation
The Ark speaks…What’s our environment? The Ark points out our current world. The Ark encourages us: SEPARATION from it. We should have courage to stand for God’s truth of what we believe, like Noah did in his time. In real life situation, it’s true that it’s hard to speak up Jesus in public. It always bears consequences……
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Lesson 4: Sanctification
The Ark speaks to us…SANCTIFICATION. As I have said previously that people love to do what they wanted to regardless God, regardless other people regardless of rules nor regulations nor right and wrong, as far as I like it and I’ll do it and I’ll take it. Super self-centeredness off the track results in heading……
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Lesson 5: Service
The Ark speaks…SERVICE. What we do? We are God’s people. Like Noah, we witness God in our community. We live for this to share Good News of Jesus Christ. We are The Ark people in our generation. How can we serve our neighbours? How can we influence our community? From Noah, we can simply gain……
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Lesson 6: Statement
The Ark speaks to the church…STATEMENT. It challenges Christian community to think a question: What’s our mission and vision? What’s our dream in Jesus? Any clue we learn from The Ark? My direct response is: who lived in The Ark? The Bible tells us they were Noah, his wife, his sons and their wives, plus……
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Lesson 7: Strategy
The Ark speaks to those who want to serve God…STRATEGY. How to do things? Now the flood was going to subside. Obviously, Noah and his family wanted to get off The Ark which they had been there for about a year with all animals in a limited space. Nevertheless, Noah was smart. Further to his……
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Lesson 8: Slide
The Ark speaks…to successful people…Be alert in temptation! SLIDE. Noah was almost an immaculate man. He stood firm on God’s truth in the totally depraved world. He walked faithfully with God. He obeyed God’s command to build The Ark. He preached for 120 years inviting people to repent to God. He was a righteousness man in……