1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,760 Good morning. How are y'all doing today? 2 00:00:04,180 --> 00:00:05,720 Awesome 3 00:00:05,720 --> 00:00:11,000 Hey, if this is your first time to hosanna, I know there's some new people and visiting people 4 00:00:11,720 --> 00:00:15,440 We just want to say welcome to all of you. We're so glad you're here to worship with us at hosanna 5 00:00:16,520 --> 00:00:18,440 And if you're joining us first time online 6 00:00:18,440 --> 00:00:23,340 We're so so excited to see you as well or I don't see you but to have you here with us as well 7 00:00:23,340 --> 00:00:26,260 And so I am pastor Nathan and this morning 8 00:00:26,260 --> 00:00:32,400 We are going to be looking at the one and only post-flood story about Noah 9 00:00:32,800 --> 00:00:39,960 this righteous man that we have been studying through Genesis as we've been looking at the flood account and everything that took place with that and 10 00:00:40,400 --> 00:00:46,720 Really the the picture the picture of Noah and his family exiting the ark and 11 00:00:47,720 --> 00:00:50,820 Standing in the sunlight of this brand new world 12 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:54,080 Is just a beautiful picture 13 00:00:54,080 --> 00:00:59,160 We looked at last week how first thing he did when he got off the ark is he offered burnt offerings to? 14 00:00:59,560 --> 00:01:05,080 Show the pledge of his whole life his everything his whole heart and just God 15 00:01:05,080 --> 00:01:08,560 I want to give it all to you as he got off the ark thanking God for his salvation 16 00:01:09,520 --> 00:01:14,560 We saw how he was given the same blessing that God originally gave to Adam and Eve 17 00:01:14,560 --> 00:01:18,600 when they were created and put upon the earth where he said be fruitful and 18 00:01:19,360 --> 00:01:21,360 multiply fill the earth 19 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:25,480 We saw how one of the first things God commanded in the new world 20 00:01:26,040 --> 00:01:30,680 Enforced the sanctity of life where he said don't kill don't murder 21 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:35,000 Killing sometimes that's justified but murder he goes don't do that 22 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:38,720 Don't shed human blood and he instituted there the death penalty for that 23 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:42,840 Then we saw God establish his covenant where he said I will never again 24 00:01:43,320 --> 00:01:45,800 destroy the earth with a flood and 25 00:01:45,800 --> 00:01:50,560 The wonderful sign of that covenant that God created and God put in the sky the rainbow 26 00:01:50,960 --> 00:01:54,840 To forever remind us one the gravity of sin that it was so bad 27 00:01:55,160 --> 00:01:59,320 That sin can be so bad that it caused God to wipe out the entire planet 28 00:01:59,320 --> 00:02:06,400 But at the same time in the wonderful just unlimited grace and mercy of God that there is salvation in him 29 00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:09,120 What a day that must have been 30 00:02:09,440 --> 00:02:12,520 That what a promise that God made to them, you know Noah 31 00:02:12,520 --> 00:02:20,160 Believed God was real he believed God was real and and what God said his word was absolute truth 32 00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:24,320 He was a man called blameless among his contemporaries 33 00:02:24,640 --> 00:02:30,800 He was a man that walked with God had this closest personal communion with God the way Enoch did 34 00:02:31,680 --> 00:02:34,680 Because he so believed God he built a giant boat 35 00:02:35,640 --> 00:02:39,160 Likely ridiculed and mocked by the society of his time 36 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:47,160 But he endured we read how he endured the flood itself as he was sealed in by God and then for over a year 37 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:53,160 God was silent as that ark was risen onto the flood waters and tossed and turned in the 38 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:59,680 During the churning of the water and just the time that Noah endured and waited for God to speak again in faith in 39 00:02:59,680 --> 00:03:01,680 belief and trust and 40 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:04,120 God did eventually speak 41 00:03:04,120 --> 00:03:09,360 Now it was this faith that Noah had that caused him to be imputed righteousness 42 00:03:09,880 --> 00:03:14,880 Where God saved him and said Noah, you're my person. You're my man. I'm saving you and your family 43 00:03:15,400 --> 00:03:17,400 because you believe me and 44 00:03:18,200 --> 00:03:24,920 Biblically, we looked at how that causes us to be seen righteous by God himself. And so now the flood is done 45 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:31,000 Noah and his family are starting a new life in a new world and the big question is 46 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:34,920 How will the story of this great righteous man play out? 47 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:41,640 What is the one and only story God chose to include in his word about this man Noah and 48 00:03:41,640 --> 00:03:47,880 What does it mean for us today? That's what we're gonna be looking at today in Genesis chapter 9 verses 18 through 20 49 00:03:48,840 --> 00:03:50,840 But first we're gonna praise God 50 00:03:51,320 --> 00:03:57,000 We're gonna worship God very much like Noah did when he got off the ark to say God we're so grateful for who you are 51 00:03:57,000 --> 00:04:02,120 We're so grateful for your grace and mercy and for us this side of the cross. We say we are so grateful 52 00:04:02,120 --> 00:04:04,120 God for sending your son Jesus Christ 53 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:09,320 To die on the cross to pay the penalty for our sin past present and future 54 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:13,160 That we would be able to be seen righteous by God through faith 55 00:04:13,560 --> 00:04:18,600 And be able to be empowered by the Holy Spirit who dwells within us to live in a way that glorifies God 56 00:04:19,640 --> 00:04:21,640 We thank him so much for his salvation 57 00:04:21,640 --> 00:04:23,640 We thank him so much for his salvation 58 00:04:23,640 --> 00:04:29,560 We thank him so much for his salvation. We thank him so much. Thank him so much for his grace and mercy 59 00:04:30,840 --> 00:04:32,840 And we try to live a life 60 00:04:33,160 --> 00:04:37,640 Endeavor to live a life through his power that glorifies him. Amen. Let's pray father 61 00:04:38,680 --> 00:04:42,440 God we thank you so much lord that that you see us 62 00:04:43,640 --> 00:04:45,640 through the blood of Christ as 63 00:04:46,840 --> 00:04:48,840 spotless as blameless 64 00:04:48,840 --> 00:04:54,280 God your word tells us that when you look upon us because of our faith in Jesus you see us as as righteous and 65 00:04:54,680 --> 00:04:57,720 Lord, that's a paradox because I think all of us know 66 00:04:58,440 --> 00:05:04,360 God the things that we think about and the things that we do both intentionally and unintentionally 67 00:05:04,360 --> 00:05:06,360 God that are that are sinful 68 00:05:07,320 --> 00:05:11,320 And yet lord, we're reminded in your word, especially today God 69 00:05:12,520 --> 00:05:15,720 That there is no human that is without sin 70 00:05:15,720 --> 00:05:17,720 That is without sin 71 00:05:18,280 --> 00:05:21,880 That God our salvation is not based upon what we do or don't do 72 00:05:22,920 --> 00:05:29,560 But rather God what we do or don't do in response to our salvation is about living a life that glorifies you 73 00:05:30,040 --> 00:05:31,640 But our standing 74 00:05:31,640 --> 00:05:33,400 Before you God 75 00:05:33,400 --> 00:05:36,360 Is secured by our faith in Jesus Christ and we thank you for that god 76 00:05:36,360 --> 00:05:41,960 We want to worship you and praise you for that lord. We love you so much. We thank you. It's in Jesus name. We pray 77 00:05:41,960 --> 00:05:46,440 Amen. We are in Genesis chapter 9 starting in verse 18 78 00:05:47,160 --> 00:05:50,680 And it says this Noah's sons who came out of the ark 79 00:05:51,400 --> 00:05:53,400 were shem ham and jay path 80 00:05:54,040 --> 00:05:56,040 Ham was the father of canaan 81 00:05:56,360 --> 00:05:59,080 These three were Noah's sons and from them the whole 82 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:01,720 Earth was populated 83 00:06:02,040 --> 00:06:05,960 So as I said the story we're going to be looking at today is the one and only 84 00:06:06,580 --> 00:06:10,200 post-flood story about Noah's life that is recorded in scripture 85 00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:12,440 But before we get to that specific story 86 00:06:12,920 --> 00:06:18,760 We are given a quick reminder of some of who went into the ark with Noah and came out of the ark 87 00:06:19,080 --> 00:06:23,720 If you remember it was Noah and his wife his three sons and their wives 88 00:06:23,720 --> 00:06:30,120 And so we're reminded here of the the heads of the families that came out here and we have to understand that it's telling us 89 00:06:30,600 --> 00:06:35,880 Um historical truth here a lot of times people go, you know, how was the whole earth populated from three people? 90 00:06:35,880 --> 00:06:38,920 Babies that's how you know, um 91 00:06:39,720 --> 00:06:42,920 It's just it's god's way right in the beginning. He created adam and eve 92 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:47,480 He told them be fruitful multiply, right and their their call was to fill the whole earth with a with a 93 00:06:48,280 --> 00:06:51,880 Race of people called humans who were going to worship and glorify god 94 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:54,120 sin entered in 95 00:06:54,120 --> 00:06:59,560 People still multiplied and and after god has cleansed the whole earth from the sin that was upon it now 96 00:06:59,560 --> 00:07:03,160 Innocence is starting over they still have that call 97 00:07:03,160 --> 00:07:08,520 As we've been looking at the story, we understand that that the entire peoples of the earth came from 98 00:07:09,080 --> 00:07:12,680 These three sons as I was saying chapter 10 will get into 99 00:07:13,240 --> 00:07:19,640 The the genealogy of that as we see all the nations all the people of the earth spread from these three people and 100 00:07:19,960 --> 00:07:27,240 Sometimes people are like well, how did we get every ethnicity from three guys? Right? There's asians. There's there's black people 101 00:07:27,240 --> 00:07:29,240 There's white people. There's 102 00:07:29,460 --> 00:07:30,440 Hispanics 103 00:07:30,440 --> 00:07:35,500 There's there's just all this variation and I just simply say variation 104 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:39,880 You know babies, that's the answer again, okay 105 00:07:40,520 --> 00:07:46,920 That variation exists within the the genetics of humankind. And so everybody came from these three guys 106 00:07:46,920 --> 00:07:51,480 So but all three of Noah's sons, we know that they partook in the blessing, right? 107 00:07:51,480 --> 00:07:56,280 They were fruitful they multiplied and filled the earth and so all the nations came from them 108 00:07:56,280 --> 00:08:01,000 But I want you to notice something here in these first two verses, which is really interesting the Noah's sons 109 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:03,000 That came out of the ark shem ham and jay path 110 00:08:04,040 --> 00:08:08,040 Ham was the father of canaan and from these three guys. They populated the whole planet 111 00:08:08,840 --> 00:08:15,160 Now this whole aside about ham is the father of canaan. It's kind of a weird detail to include here, right? 112 00:08:15,160 --> 00:08:20,120 We know all three of them had kids. So why aren't there any other grandkids referenced here? 113 00:08:20,120 --> 00:08:23,160 You know, why isn't the other children of the other three guys referenced? 114 00:08:23,160 --> 00:08:28,520 And that should make you go. Hmm. What's that all about? Why is that detail here? So for one? 115 00:08:28,520 --> 00:08:30,520 There's a few reasons but for one 116 00:08:31,080 --> 00:08:35,960 If moses is writing genesis during the the wandering in the wilderness 117 00:08:35,960 --> 00:08:41,960 Which is I what I believe that that these first five books were written by moses while israel was wandering in the wilderness 118 00:08:43,480 --> 00:08:48,760 You have to understand that when israel came out of the wilderness and entered the promised land 119 00:08:48,760 --> 00:08:53,480 They entered a place called the land of canaan 120 00:08:53,480 --> 00:08:58,200 Which meant the descendants of this kid canaan were dwelling in the land there 121 00:08:58,200 --> 00:09:04,760 And so this narrative that moses is writing under the inspiration of of god here is is so that the people in israel 122 00:09:04,760 --> 00:09:07,880 That are going to be going into the land of canaan eventually 123 00:09:08,760 --> 00:09:12,520 Would have the answers to the question of who are these people in this land? 124 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:15,480 Why are we conquering them? What did they do? 125 00:09:15,480 --> 00:09:18,280 To to cause us to be the ones to conquer them 126 00:09:18,280 --> 00:09:21,800 Are we going to be able to win if god's telling us to go in there and so 127 00:09:21,800 --> 00:09:26,440 These are questions that are going to be answered by this narrative that we are given by god 128 00:09:26,920 --> 00:09:30,360 The second reason is canaan is the one who is cursed later in this narrative 129 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:37,240 And so this is just a prologue to the narrative details and then it's possible and some scholars postulate that 130 00:09:38,760 --> 00:09:43,720 By the time that israel was in the wilderness there was already order in the land of canaan 131 00:09:43,720 --> 00:09:49,320 Was in the wilderness there was already oral stories of all the patriarchs going all the way back to the beginning and a lot of 132 00:09:49,320 --> 00:09:51,880 That is what moses is codifying and writing down here 133 00:09:52,200 --> 00:09:57,960 And so some believe that canaan and his descendants already had a reputation right there was already a reputation 134 00:09:58,520 --> 00:10:05,080 Of these people that that israel was aware of and so moses is answering that question of who are they and why are they the way? 135 00:10:05,080 --> 00:10:12,440 They are so but the primary thrust of this story is about the origin of canaan and the canaanites, right? 136 00:10:12,440 --> 00:10:17,800 However, we do have other details about what what moses is doing after the flood and like I said 137 00:10:17,800 --> 00:10:21,000 This is the one and only post-flood account of moses's life 138 00:10:21,800 --> 00:10:27,800 So we remember moses all the victorious things that he did he stood for god he was declared righteous 139 00:10:27,800 --> 00:10:33,080 He he was a preacher of righteousness right we we read about his his obedience his humility 140 00:10:33,080 --> 00:10:37,800 It just him being so faithful to god and then verse 20 we read this 141 00:10:37,800 --> 00:10:47,480 Noah as a man of the soil began by planting a vineyard he drank some of the wine became drunk and uncovered himself inside his tent 142 00:10:49,560 --> 00:10:51,560 Interesting 143 00:10:51,640 --> 00:11:00,680 Interesting story to record righteous saved faithful noah drunk passed out on the floor of his tent 144 00:11:02,040 --> 00:11:07,320 Now some of us might read this and we might chuck a little bit and go wow that reminds me of high school, right? 145 00:11:07,320 --> 00:11:11,480 That reminds me of college right not high school. You can't drink when you're young so um 146 00:11:13,240 --> 00:11:15,880 But the story here is is is 147 00:11:17,560 --> 00:11:19,560 True detail about this man's life 148 00:11:20,680 --> 00:11:25,320 Some people try and explain it away by saying oh noah got drunk on accident 149 00:11:25,560 --> 00:11:29,800 Like he planted a vineyard and and and this is the first time we see vineyard 150 00:11:29,800 --> 00:11:34,840 So it's probably the first vineyard in history and he didn't know how strong the wine was going to be and oops 151 00:11:34,840 --> 00:11:37,960 But that's not the plain reading of the scripture here 152 00:11:38,920 --> 00:11:41,640 The plain reading of scripture says he planted a vineyard 153 00:11:42,200 --> 00:11:44,760 He drinks some of the wine and he got drunk 154 00:11:45,720 --> 00:11:51,480 There's not a whole lot here to indicate that it was anything but what we read and quite honest 155 00:11:51,480 --> 00:11:54,520 I don't think we're meant to excuse noah's actions here 156 00:11:55,480 --> 00:11:59,000 We're not meant to find an excuse for him what we're meant to remember 157 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:04,600 In in this detail about noah's life this one and only post-flood story we have here is that noah 158 00:12:05,320 --> 00:12:08,040 Was a sinful man saved by grace 159 00:12:09,320 --> 00:12:13,720 That's what we see here. He wasn't saved because he was without sin 160 00:12:14,440 --> 00:12:17,960 He didn't even become without sin after he was saved 161 00:12:20,120 --> 00:12:23,560 He was a sinful man saved by grace 162 00:12:23,560 --> 00:12:28,280 Declared righteous by god because he believed in god 163 00:12:29,400 --> 00:12:34,440 Because he believed in god who he was that he existed and then he believed in god's word 164 00:12:34,440 --> 00:12:38,520 And did you know built the ark and all that stuff, but we see that this man noah 165 00:12:39,800 --> 00:12:41,800 Is just like all of us 166 00:12:43,080 --> 00:12:49,320 Those of us that have come to christ and put our faith in him and said god i am i'm a miserable sinner please 167 00:12:49,320 --> 00:12:54,040 God save me forgive me of all my sin and we know the bible says when we do that 168 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:58,040 When we confess with our mouth and believe in our heart we are saved 169 00:12:59,240 --> 00:13:02,440 But then some of us struggle why do I keep sinning? 170 00:13:03,960 --> 00:13:07,480 I I went forward to that altar call. Why am I still struggling with that sin? 171 00:13:08,440 --> 00:13:11,480 Why am I still struggling with with drugs or alcohol or 172 00:13:12,360 --> 00:13:14,760 cursing or stealing or whatever it why 173 00:13:14,760 --> 00:13:18,120 And the reality is is because we're humans 174 00:13:18,600 --> 00:13:27,400 We still struggle with sin paul the apostle taught that that we post salvation still have our sin nature with us 175 00:13:29,160 --> 00:13:35,240 And although our spiritual standing before god is secure by our faith in jesus christ 176 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:39,720 We still struggle with choosing to do right things 177 00:13:39,720 --> 00:13:45,480 Jesus christ we still struggle with choosing to do right or to do wrong 178 00:13:47,480 --> 00:13:52,440 And paul said you know, whichever one you feed is the one that's going to win when the moment of decision comes 179 00:13:53,080 --> 00:13:57,880 You feed your spirit your spirit will be strong and you'll say no to temptation you feed your flesh 180 00:13:58,600 --> 00:14:00,600 Your flesh is going to win 181 00:14:01,240 --> 00:14:05,480 But then paul went on to say why do I find myself doing the things I don't want to do 182 00:14:05,960 --> 00:14:08,600 And not doing the things I want to do come on 183 00:14:08,600 --> 00:14:10,600 Why this struggle? 184 00:14:12,120 --> 00:14:16,440 And then he closed that whole line of thinking with just thank god for jesus christ 185 00:14:17,720 --> 00:14:20,040 Thank god for jesus christ 186 00:14:23,480 --> 00:14:26,840 You know being a christian is not about being a perfect person 187 00:14:28,920 --> 00:14:36,520 It's about pursuing holiness absolutely it's about intending and saying god I want to live a life that glorifies you absolutely 188 00:14:36,520 --> 00:14:41,080 But the bible is very clear we're not going to be sinless until we're in heaven 189 00:14:42,200 --> 00:14:44,200 And so you're going to have this struggle 190 00:14:44,760 --> 00:14:49,320 You're going to have this this difficult struggle and noah had the same thing now 191 00:14:49,320 --> 00:14:55,800 We're going to get into why this is considered sin, but we're meant to remember this that he was a man saved by grace 192 00:14:56,360 --> 00:15:01,160 And it's also a warning how one careless decision can really wreck the reputation of the most godly person 193 00:15:02,440 --> 00:15:04,440 Right we're going to be sinless 194 00:15:04,440 --> 00:15:09,560 Right we've seen that in the past where famous televangelists, you know sin 195 00:15:10,280 --> 00:15:13,320 And and their entire ministries are dismantled because of it 196 00:15:14,280 --> 00:15:19,160 You know the the most godly person is still capable of sinning 197 00:15:19,720 --> 00:15:26,680 The person who's experienced the most radical miracles in their life. I don't know like maybe being saved from a worldwide flood 198 00:15:27,960 --> 00:15:31,640 Are still capable of falling into sin because it's within the nature of man 199 00:15:31,640 --> 00:15:35,800 And that's one of the core truths of the bible here we are not good 200 00:15:37,080 --> 00:15:39,400 There is none righteous no not one 201 00:15:41,240 --> 00:15:43,560 Well, then how are we saved 202 00:15:44,600 --> 00:15:46,600 Thank god for jesus christ 203 00:15:46,920 --> 00:15:48,120 amen 204 00:15:48,120 --> 00:15:49,240 so 205 00:15:49,240 --> 00:15:54,600 Now I do want to point out a detail here that when it says that noah drinks some of the wine became drunk and uncovered himself 206 00:15:54,600 --> 00:15:59,800 Inside of his tent it doesn't say here specifically that that's not true 207 00:15:59,800 --> 00:16:06,360 It doesn't say here specifically that that his drinking or his getting drunk was sinful 208 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:09,000 It doesn't say that here 209 00:16:09,240 --> 00:16:15,640 But if you survey the rest of god's word god is pretty clear on what he thinks about the drinking of alcohol 210 00:16:16,200 --> 00:16:18,200 And the idea of getting drunk 211 00:16:18,680 --> 00:16:21,960 And what is and what isn't sinful now if you go through scripture? 212 00:16:21,960 --> 00:16:28,200 It's a long study you'll you'll find that one thing that commonly uh that is a commonly held belief is not true 213 00:16:28,200 --> 00:16:32,680 I say this very delicately. Okay, there's nowhere in scripture where it says 214 00:16:33,400 --> 00:16:35,960 Simply drinking an alcoholic beverage is sin 215 00:16:38,120 --> 00:16:41,240 Now that is not licensed to go drink and get drunk 216 00:16:42,200 --> 00:16:47,880 But we have to be careful not adding to the word things that aren't there what the bible is very clear about 217 00:16:48,520 --> 00:16:50,920 Is getting drunk is sinful 218 00:16:51,560 --> 00:16:53,080 Okay 219 00:16:53,080 --> 00:16:56,380 Um anything that removes your self-control 220 00:16:56,380 --> 00:17:00,540 Anything that removes your ability to have uh a self-determination, right? 221 00:17:01,500 --> 00:17:08,300 That removes your ability to think and logic and make good decisions or bad anything that removes that god says it's not good 222 00:17:08,540 --> 00:17:10,540 sinful 223 00:17:11,100 --> 00:17:16,060 Now again, he doesn't say having an alcoholic beverage is sinful, but for some people 224 00:17:16,860 --> 00:17:18,860 It is sinful why? 225 00:17:18,860 --> 00:17:20,860 Because you have one and then you'll have 10 226 00:17:21,340 --> 00:17:23,340 And you're drunk, right? 227 00:17:23,340 --> 00:17:27,260 Um now that's a bigger broader story and getting into liberties and stuff 228 00:17:27,260 --> 00:17:31,100 But but what I want to point out here is is that what noah 229 00:17:31,820 --> 00:17:34,300 Did wrong was getting drunk? 230 00:17:35,100 --> 00:17:38,620 You see ephesians 5 18 tells us this don't get drunk with wine 231 00:17:39,020 --> 00:17:42,620 Which leads to reckless living but be filled by the spirit 232 00:17:43,340 --> 00:17:47,500 Don't get drunk. Why because you do stupid things when you're drunk 233 00:17:48,860 --> 00:17:50,860 And he calls it reckless living 234 00:17:50,860 --> 00:17:57,340 And he calls it reckless living proverbs chapter 23 verse 20 says drunkards become poor 235 00:17:59,020 --> 00:18:05,260 Proverbs chapter 31 verse 4 and 5 we even see this admonition. He says kings and rulers 236 00:18:06,220 --> 00:18:08,700 Are not to drink wine or desire beer 237 00:18:09,580 --> 00:18:11,580 Because they will forget their own decrees 238 00:18:12,700 --> 00:18:16,640 Now the word desire and drink there. It's the idea of being intoxicated 239 00:18:16,640 --> 00:18:24,640 Dementicated so he says look rulers and kings. They're not to be drunkards. Why because they'll be bad kings and rulers 240 00:18:26,080 --> 00:18:31,200 But then scripture says these things on the other side of the coin ecclesiastes chapter 9 verse 7 241 00:18:31,840 --> 00:18:33,840 Drink your wine with a joyful heart 242 00:18:35,680 --> 00:18:41,040 First timothy chapter 5 verse 23. We remember that phrase when paul was telling timothy hey timothy 243 00:18:41,040 --> 00:18:46,980 Stop drinking water and have some wine for your stomach and your frequent illnesses 244 00:18:49,760 --> 00:18:54,960 So we see that it's it's it's not the drinking that noah did that was that was sinful it was that he got drunk 245 00:18:55,440 --> 00:18:58,800 That he over indulged he got himself to a place where he lost control 246 00:18:59,440 --> 00:19:02,800 And we're going to see his uh unwise reckless decision in a moment 247 00:19:02,880 --> 00:19:07,840 But paul said this in first corinthians 6 12 everything is permissible for me 248 00:19:07,840 --> 00:19:10,640 But I will not be mastered by anything 249 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:17,120 Right, do you guys understand what that means to not be mastered by anything 250 00:19:18,400 --> 00:19:23,360 Paul essentially is saying here in the context of what we're talking about. I could have a beer 251 00:19:24,880 --> 00:19:28,480 But if having a beer means I fall under the mastery of alcohol 252 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:32,000 I'm not gonna do it. It's not worth it 253 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:38,400 And this could be alcohol this could be drugs this could be certain behaviors if it brings you under mastery 254 00:19:39,600 --> 00:19:44,640 And especially that mastery where you're doing the opposite of what god wants you to do don't do it 255 00:19:45,680 --> 00:19:47,680 It doesn't matter if the bible says well 256 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:51,520 It doesn't say it's sinful. It's still if it's sinful for you 257 00:19:52,320 --> 00:19:54,320 as we mentioned earlier 258 00:19:54,720 --> 00:19:58,000 He who knows to do good and doesn't do it for him it is sin 259 00:19:58,000 --> 00:20:02,560 And so for some of us the good is I stay away from that I stay away from that. I don't even look at it 260 00:20:03,120 --> 00:20:05,120 And so anyways moving on from that 261 00:20:05,920 --> 00:20:10,160 We see that that noah's sin again was not the drinking of it, but it was the drinking way too much 262 00:20:10,160 --> 00:20:16,960 It was the getting drunk and losing control and the the result of him losing control here is it says he uncovered himself 263 00:20:18,160 --> 00:20:23,360 All right, so so noah got smashed strip naked fell down passed out in his tent now 264 00:20:23,360 --> 00:20:28,080 We might be looking at this in our modern context and go he uncovered himself. What's what's the big deal with that, right? 265 00:20:29,200 --> 00:20:30,720 biblically 266 00:20:30,720 --> 00:20:39,360 The idea of nakedness and uncovering was was had a much greater implication than just oh you didn't have clothes on and we're going to look at that right now 267 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:44,320 Before the fall of mankind if you remember back in the garden of eden adam and eve 268 00:20:45,120 --> 00:20:47,120 Lived in a perfectly natural state 269 00:20:47,680 --> 00:20:49,680 With no clothing and no clothes 270 00:20:49,680 --> 00:20:56,720 And there was no guilt and there was no shame and nobody was going. Whoa, you're naked because it was perfectly normal, right? 271 00:20:56,720 --> 00:21:03,520 It was a perfectly innocent beautiful. Just just openness and vulnerability between them and god and it was perfect 272 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:07,680 But the first consequence of adam and eve's sin 273 00:21:08,800 --> 00:21:11,680 Was their shame at their own nakedness. You remember that? 274 00:21:12,400 --> 00:21:15,200 It says when they ate the apple they went ah, we're naked 275 00:21:15,200 --> 00:21:19,760 It's like who told you you were naked and that's in a sense what god said who told you that 276 00:21:20,640 --> 00:21:26,640 But suddenly they realized they were naked and and it was shameful and they covered themselves with the fig leaves and since then 277 00:21:27,120 --> 00:21:31,680 This idea of nakedness was the idea of of such open raw 278 00:21:32,240 --> 00:21:37,360 Vulnerability that it's that it's privacy, right? We cover up we're we're we're 279 00:21:38,400 --> 00:21:40,800 When we think of nakedness our minds are 280 00:21:40,800 --> 00:21:47,600 Often goes to sexual things right and and that's just an intimate closed place where we don't show that to the world 281 00:21:49,920 --> 00:21:51,040 Now 282 00:21:51,040 --> 00:21:58,160 Scripturally being uncovered or uncovering oneself where really others can see you when they otherwise shouldn't 283 00:21:58,720 --> 00:22:01,920 Okay, it usually refers to sexual sin 284 00:22:02,640 --> 00:22:06,400 Or perversion or dishonor. That's what this idea of 285 00:22:06,400 --> 00:22:10,320 Of being uncovered for example in deuteronomy chapter 22 30 286 00:22:10,960 --> 00:22:17,120 There's a verse here where we are being taught that a son or a man 287 00:22:17,600 --> 00:22:21,600 Another man shall not yeah son shall not marry his father's wife 288 00:22:22,160 --> 00:22:23,680 right and 289 00:22:23,680 --> 00:22:30,320 The implication of marry marriage in this time included that idea of that sexual intimacy that is reserved for a man and a wife 290 00:22:30,320 --> 00:22:35,680 And it says in deuteronomy 22 30 this is in the esv a man shall not take his father's wife 291 00:22:35,680 --> 00:22:38,880 So that he does not uncover his father's nakedness 292 00:22:39,840 --> 00:22:42,720 And you read that and you go what does the one have to do with the other? 293 00:22:43,600 --> 00:22:50,800 Well that phrase uncover his father's nakedness is also rendered in other translations violate his father's marriage bed 294 00:22:51,600 --> 00:22:54,240 Now you start to understand what it's talking about here shame 295 00:22:54,240 --> 00:23:01,760 Uncover his father's skirt the idea is that a son would radically dishonor his father. It would be incredibly dishonoring 296 00:23:02,560 --> 00:23:06,320 If he then married his father's wife and entered into all that that meant 297 00:23:06,960 --> 00:23:12,480 Now in the esv we see that that idea of a son marrying his father's wife and then 298 00:23:13,040 --> 00:23:18,720 Consummating that marriage is the implication here. It says that's uncovering his father's nakedness 299 00:23:18,720 --> 00:23:24,960 That's bringing shame to his father. That's dishonoring his father now in today's world 300 00:23:26,160 --> 00:23:29,440 Nakedness or near nakedness is publicly accepted 301 00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:38,560 It's encouraged. It's celebrated right our culture says nakedness if you run around with almost no clothing 302 00:23:38,560 --> 00:23:40,560 You're you're empowered 303 00:23:41,040 --> 00:23:43,040 You're bold 304 00:23:43,040 --> 00:23:45,040 You're a man of honor 305 00:23:45,040 --> 00:23:51,540 You're you're empowered you're bold you are a person who is liberated 306 00:23:52,960 --> 00:23:54,960 It's body positivity 307 00:23:55,840 --> 00:24:04,020 Is the phrase that is modern a person wearing almost nothing that shouldn't be wearing almost nothing. Oh, but you you have body positivity 308 00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:11,120 You know our whole culture thinks that shamelessness is good 309 00:24:11,120 --> 00:24:14,320 Fashion is using less and less material right 310 00:24:15,680 --> 00:24:16,080 I 311 00:24:16,080 --> 00:24:20,400 Mean, I think the fashion industry loves it because you know things are cheaper because they're using less material, right? 312 00:24:20,880 --> 00:24:24,400 The the motivation behind that is is I can do what I want 313 00:24:24,400 --> 00:24:30,880 You can't tell me if i'm almost naked and that affects you in a in a way. That's your fault. That's not my problem 314 00:24:32,480 --> 00:24:34,480 And so they want to have 315 00:24:34,640 --> 00:24:39,440 This freedom and it's really pride. It's an arrogant pride. It's a shamelessness 316 00:24:39,440 --> 00:24:43,760 That our culture has and the natural modesty that I think we have built within us 317 00:24:44,400 --> 00:24:50,720 It's been numbed in our culture by this parade of scantily clad men and women that is in front of us all the time 318 00:24:51,760 --> 00:24:53,760 But it wasn't always that way 319 00:24:55,360 --> 00:24:57,360 Noah uncovering himself 320 00:24:57,760 --> 00:25:02,800 That phrase is is saying that when Noah got drunk the the reckless 321 00:25:03,600 --> 00:25:07,200 Result of him getting drunk is that he did a shameful 322 00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:09,200 dishonorable thing 323 00:25:09,440 --> 00:25:11,760 That he exposed his nakedness 324 00:25:12,240 --> 00:25:18,160 What it also tells us is that Noah's choice choice to drink until he was drunk and then uncovering himself 325 00:25:19,440 --> 00:25:22,240 Was that sin was alive and well in the new world 326 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:27,520 Sin was alive and well in the new world. Why because it's part of the human condition 327 00:25:28,640 --> 00:25:32,000 We're born with this tendency this nature this desire to sin 328 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:36,480 We're born with this selfishness and Noah. He was a sinful human 329 00:25:37,680 --> 00:25:42,480 Who couldn't do good on his own any more than we can today 330 00:25:44,720 --> 00:25:48,480 He was a person who still had the free will choice 331 00:25:49,520 --> 00:25:55,120 To say hmm. I'm gonna do what god wants me to do or i'm gonna do what I shouldn't do 332 00:25:56,800 --> 00:25:58,800 And some people might go well no, I didn't know 333 00:25:58,800 --> 00:26:04,160 He chose to drink and then he chose to have another drink then he chose to have another drink 334 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:10,080 And maybe he was not sure or I could handle it or whatever it was 335 00:26:10,080 --> 00:26:13,840 But the point is is he got drunk and he was responsible for that 336 00:26:14,320 --> 00:26:16,320 He was responsible for that choice and so 337 00:26:17,920 --> 00:26:21,520 His his righteousness his standing before god 338 00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:26,560 We see in this was was not based on the right of God 339 00:26:26,560 --> 00:26:29,680 We see in this was was not based on his actions 340 00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:37,520 Because hebrews still tells us that noah was a man of faith a great man of faith including this story 341 00:26:38,800 --> 00:26:42,660 So what we're reminded of again in noah's example is that our righteousness 342 00:26:44,480 --> 00:26:46,960 Is not based upon what we do and don't do 343 00:26:48,080 --> 00:26:52,880 We don't have that relationship where it's like. Oh, I did good things today. God's happy with me. Oh, man 344 00:26:52,880 --> 00:26:58,560 I I did some sinful things today. God's mad at me, but that's what the devil wants to do, right? 345 00:26:59,280 --> 00:27:03,600 You mess up. Oh, how dare you you're not a christian. Does god even love you? Are you even saved? 346 00:27:07,360 --> 00:27:10,000 And god is like do you believe in me? 347 00:27:11,680 --> 00:27:13,680 Do you trust me? 348 00:27:13,920 --> 00:27:17,280 I know you don't do it perfectly, but do you believe i'm real? Yes god 349 00:27:17,280 --> 00:27:22,000 If you trusted in my son his death on the cross, yes god 350 00:27:22,560 --> 00:27:24,560 Then I see you as righteous 351 00:27:25,040 --> 00:27:30,160 I see you as spotless. I see you as blameless and that's what's hard to wrestle with isn't it? 352 00:27:30,880 --> 00:27:32,880 God, I know me 353 00:27:33,200 --> 00:27:35,920 And god's like no, I know you better than you know you 354 00:27:37,120 --> 00:27:40,160 And i've declared you righteous because you believe in me 355 00:27:41,520 --> 00:27:43,520 That's the answer to everything 356 00:27:44,560 --> 00:27:45,600 so 357 00:27:45,600 --> 00:27:52,000 Although noah's spiritual standing before god was intact there were still earthly consequences to his decisions, right? 358 00:27:52,640 --> 00:27:55,520 Now, I believe the story is recorded simply to make us wise 359 00:27:57,360 --> 00:28:03,920 It's to make us wise noah's example among other things teaches us that even people in their spiritual prime 360 00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:06,160 are 361 00:28:06,160 --> 00:28:11,600 Capable can be overtaken by sin even sin that they may have previously avoided 362 00:28:11,600 --> 00:28:16,000 Right sometimes if you're walking with the lord for a long time you start to get to this point 363 00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:21,840 We're like i've been walking with jesus for 10 years. I can go back and do that thing that I used to struggle with 364 00:28:23,680 --> 00:28:25,680 Now for some people 365 00:28:26,560 --> 00:28:28,560 They they have a liberty 366 00:28:28,960 --> 00:28:35,200 Something that the bible doesn't say is sinful outright and and they're able to indulge in that liberty other people know 367 00:28:36,240 --> 00:28:39,520 We can't automatically think that because we've clocked in the past 368 00:28:39,520 --> 00:28:45,920 Automatically think that because we've clocked in a certain amount of time that automatically means that we're able to go do things 369 00:28:46,320 --> 00:28:48,320 That maybe are bad for us 370 00:28:50,160 --> 00:28:53,220 Some people that can't have one drink because it'll lead to drunkenness 371 00:28:54,320 --> 00:28:59,600 They'll be walking with the lord 40 years. They still can't have one drink because it will lead to drunkenness 372 00:28:59,600 --> 00:29:07,440 And this is all individual this isn't about you going I can't drink so you can't drink 373 00:29:10,640 --> 00:29:16,000 Your conviction your limits your issues those are those are between you and god 374 00:29:16,960 --> 00:29:20,980 And you have to do what you know, you should do when it comes to these situations 375 00:29:23,760 --> 00:29:28,560 But again any christian can be overtaken by any sin no matter how long they've been walking with god 376 00:29:28,560 --> 00:29:32,000 Now it is true and I have said that the longer you walk with the lord in obedience 377 00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:38,480 The longer you feed your spirit you get stronger and you will never be sinless, but you will sin less 378 00:29:40,080 --> 00:29:43,840 But you will never be perfect until we get to heaven 379 00:29:45,280 --> 00:29:50,800 And we can't let the devil beat us up because we think oh i'm not perfect therefore god's mad at me and the devil's like 380 00:29:50,800 --> 00:29:52,800 You're right. You should just give up 381 00:29:53,840 --> 00:29:56,720 You shouldn't go to church today. You did a bad thing yesterday 382 00:29:56,720 --> 00:29:58,720 Did a bad thing yesterday 383 00:29:58,720 --> 00:30:02,080 No, if you did a bad thing yesterday church is exactly where you need to be 384 00:30:03,200 --> 00:30:06,160 With your brothers and sisters going hey, I screwed up. Can you pray for me? 385 00:30:06,400 --> 00:30:10,960 Can we can can you help hold me accountable because you're being open and honest and raw? 386 00:30:12,320 --> 00:30:19,280 You're not trying to hide it but but noah like this guy who when the whole world was against him was was facing violence 387 00:30:19,280 --> 00:30:26,240 And hate and persecution when as the bible says he was the only person on the entire planet that that believed god 388 00:30:26,240 --> 00:30:28,240 That lived a life saying god. I want to follow you 389 00:30:29,360 --> 00:30:31,360 He was strong 390 00:30:31,520 --> 00:30:37,840 But now we see that after the flood and in his own vineyard at home if you will in the safety and the comfort of his 391 00:30:37,840 --> 00:30:40,160 family and and the people he knows 392 00:30:41,760 --> 00:30:43,760 He relaxed his diligence a little bit 393 00:30:45,040 --> 00:30:47,040 And that's something we could find ourselves doing 394 00:30:47,040 --> 00:30:51,600 You see just because we're at home or among people who are inner circle 395 00:30:52,080 --> 00:30:55,920 You know that that doesn't necessarily mean that that's the place to let our spiritual guard down 396 00:30:57,280 --> 00:31:01,040 That's not necessarily the place to lighten up our obedience to god. This is what I mean 397 00:31:02,240 --> 00:31:06,400 When you come to church or you're in public and people know you as a christian you say I don't cuss 398 00:31:06,720 --> 00:31:08,720 Then you shouldn't cuss at home 399 00:31:09,600 --> 00:31:11,600 Especially when you're mad at your kids or your spouse 400 00:31:12,320 --> 00:31:13,760 It's not okay 401 00:31:13,760 --> 00:31:15,760 That's called hypocrisy 402 00:31:15,760 --> 00:31:19,600 God described it this way lukewarm 403 00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:25,200 If there are things that you watch at home 404 00:31:26,320 --> 00:31:29,360 That are questionable and maybe you're going. Oh, this doesn't affect me 405 00:31:29,360 --> 00:31:34,320 It's not stumbling me, but you wouldn't come to church and go hey guys. Guess what I watched last night 406 00:31:34,640 --> 00:31:36,640 Then maybe you should reconsider what you're watching 407 00:31:38,480 --> 00:31:40,800 Because the moment we go I have to hide this 408 00:31:40,800 --> 00:31:46,400 This indicates that it's probably something we know we shouldn't be doing 409 00:31:47,440 --> 00:31:52,560 But the idea is noah was here just in the privacy of his home around that and he and he let down his guard 410 00:31:52,800 --> 00:31:58,480 That's what I think happened and he got drunk now. This is a big one if the walls of our homes could speak 411 00:31:59,280 --> 00:32:01,280 What would their testimony be about us? 412 00:32:02,480 --> 00:32:05,280 Everybody's like I gotta burn my house down, right? 413 00:32:07,200 --> 00:32:09,440 I want that those walls talking about me 414 00:32:09,440 --> 00:32:11,440 They see all the secret stuff 415 00:32:12,240 --> 00:32:18,320 But noah's failure here. It was it was it was it's a witness to the dangers of of a complacency or or a light 416 00:32:18,800 --> 00:32:21,040 lightened intentionality when our with our walk 417 00:32:22,160 --> 00:32:28,000 Right this man who was this great pre-flood man who had so honored god. He was still a flawed man 418 00:32:28,560 --> 00:32:30,560 He was still a sinner 419 00:32:30,560 --> 00:32:35,440 But that doesn't diminish who he is because go to hebrews again and god says no he was a faithful man 420 00:32:35,440 --> 00:32:40,480 But it does show us that we're always in need of continual grace every moment every day we need grace 421 00:32:41,680 --> 00:32:45,840 Don't let the enemy convince you that you could lighten up on on your on your 422 00:32:46,480 --> 00:32:51,040 On your commitment your walk to god the things you're saying I don't do that because it's dangerous for me 423 00:32:51,120 --> 00:32:55,440 Don't let the enemy cause you to say no, you don't need to be as hard core on that. You're at home 424 00:32:55,920 --> 00:32:58,480 You're safe. You can watch that. It's not going to affect you 425 00:32:59,360 --> 00:33:02,560 If it's something, you know, you shouldn't be watching or doing don't do it 426 00:33:02,560 --> 00:33:05,840 Don't lighten up just because you're in this place you think is a safe place 427 00:33:06,720 --> 00:33:13,920 Then as I said earlier, don't think just because you've been a christian a long time that automatically means you can handle liberties that you couldn't handle before 428 00:33:16,320 --> 00:33:18,320 All of us are just as vulnerable now 429 00:33:19,040 --> 00:33:23,040 As we were the very first day we are saved to the temptations of our flesh 430 00:33:24,160 --> 00:33:26,160 That's why we need grace 431 00:33:26,160 --> 00:33:30,560 That's why we need god. That's why we need to be intentionally faithful to god 432 00:33:30,560 --> 00:33:34,000 We need to be intentionally facing him every moment of every day 433 00:33:36,080 --> 00:33:40,800 Because the second we turn our face from him man, we just stumble and fall right on our face, don't we 434 00:33:42,080 --> 00:33:44,080 so verse 22 435 00:33:44,160 --> 00:33:49,600 Ham the father of canaan there it is again saw his father naked and told his two brothers outside 436 00:33:51,040 --> 00:33:55,920 Then sham and jay path took a cloak and placed it over both their shoulders and walking backward 437 00:33:56,480 --> 00:33:58,480 They covered their father's nakedness 438 00:33:58,480 --> 00:34:02,160 Their faces were turned away and they did not see their father naked 439 00:34:02,800 --> 00:34:04,800 So here we see this very dramatic 440 00:34:05,440 --> 00:34:14,160 Contrast between how ham the youngest son of noah responded to his father's uncovered nakedness and how the other two brothers responded 441 00:34:15,200 --> 00:34:20,000 Now it says there that ham saw his father naked and told his two brothers outside 442 00:34:20,480 --> 00:34:24,160 Now in the original language there for told, um, it means a few things 443 00:34:24,240 --> 00:34:27,680 It means one to let something be known right? Duh. I told you something 444 00:34:27,680 --> 00:34:29,680 But it also means to announce 445 00:34:30,720 --> 00:34:32,720 It also means to expose 446 00:34:34,240 --> 00:34:41,680 And when we understand that there's a possibility here that ham did more than just go oh and go outside and go hey sham jay path dad 447 00:34:41,760 --> 00:34:43,760 Dad's drunk and naked in the tent 448 00:34:44,160 --> 00:34:50,560 It seems to infer that he was somehow excited to expose his father's embarrassing lack of control 449 00:34:50,560 --> 00:34:55,600 He was somehow excited to to proclaim to announce it 450 00:34:56,960 --> 00:35:01,600 Many see this as ham being a um operating as a disrespectful 451 00:35:02,160 --> 00:35:07,040 Gossipy, you know taking pleasure in exposing his father's nakedness to his brothers 452 00:35:07,920 --> 00:35:14,880 They see it as as when he told his brothers the act there was more mocking or ridiculing or or the idea was he wanted to further 453 00:35:14,880 --> 00:35:16,880 shame his father 454 00:35:16,880 --> 00:35:23,840 So in a sense ham further uncovered his father's nakedness by telling his brothers about it 455 00:35:25,200 --> 00:35:27,440 And again that nakedness being shame 456 00:35:28,320 --> 00:35:29,600 dishonor 457 00:35:29,600 --> 00:35:30,960 right 458 00:35:30,960 --> 00:35:35,840 Shemin jay path. They did the exact opposite as we read it says they they took a cloak 459 00:35:36,560 --> 00:35:40,480 And what's interesting in the original language that actually says they took the cloak 460 00:35:41,840 --> 00:35:43,840 So the picture there of ham and jay path 461 00:35:43,840 --> 00:35:48,560 They took the cloak so the picture there is that ham 462 00:35:49,440 --> 00:35:55,360 Picked up his dad's discarded cloak and came outside and said everybody look look what dad did 463 00:35:56,560 --> 00:35:58,560 And they took that cloak 464 00:35:59,360 --> 00:36:06,560 And again, we see the gravity of having one's nakedness exposed because moses takes great care care to make sure we know 465 00:36:07,120 --> 00:36:10,720 That sham and jay path did not see their father's nakedness 466 00:36:10,720 --> 00:36:15,120 And then backwards they specifically says they did not see it. Why because it was so 467 00:36:16,220 --> 00:36:18,080 shameful 468 00:36:18,080 --> 00:36:23,840 To have that nakedness exposed and so as as ham in a sense further uncovered his father's sin 469 00:36:24,640 --> 00:36:26,640 sham and jay path covered it up 470 00:36:27,600 --> 00:36:30,560 And that should remind us of first peter chapter four verse eight, right? 471 00:36:31,360 --> 00:36:32,880 above all 472 00:36:32,880 --> 00:36:41,600 Maintain constant love for one another since love covers a multitude of sins. We're all going to mess up 473 00:36:43,440 --> 00:36:45,440 We're all going to stumble 474 00:36:46,080 --> 00:36:51,680 We're all going to do things. We know we shouldn't do things that are dishonorable or shameful or embarrassing 475 00:36:53,760 --> 00:36:58,720 And for many of us when we do something like that we try and make sure we keep it in our tent so no one sees 476 00:36:59,600 --> 00:37:01,520 No one knows 477 00:37:01,520 --> 00:37:04,240 But there are some people unfortunately even within the church 478 00:37:05,120 --> 00:37:08,400 That get a perverse delight in exposing the sins of others 479 00:37:11,280 --> 00:37:13,280 They call it a prayer request 480 00:37:14,720 --> 00:37:20,160 Hey brother, I got a prayer request what let me tell you everything nathan did 481 00:37:21,680 --> 00:37:26,480 And they just expose and they're just oh and then he said this and so 482 00:37:27,280 --> 00:37:29,280 Let's pray 483 00:37:29,280 --> 00:37:31,520 And it's really an excuse for gossip, isn't it? 484 00:37:33,920 --> 00:37:37,920 But the person who's experienced the loving grace of god on their own sins 485 00:37:38,240 --> 00:37:44,000 Should be the person who is humbly eager to extend that same grace to their brothers and sisters in the church 486 00:37:44,880 --> 00:37:49,700 And so instead of gossiping and repeating and revealing and exposing 487 00:37:50,480 --> 00:37:54,880 The sins of our brothers and sisters we should be ready to help them 488 00:37:54,880 --> 00:37:57,680 Come to come to healing to repent 489 00:37:58,320 --> 00:38:03,760 We should be ready to to pray with them. Yes and and say i'll be your accountability partner, but then 490 00:38:04,240 --> 00:38:06,640 We don't speak of it again to the public 491 00:38:07,440 --> 00:38:10,800 You don't need to go to the public with everything now. Yeah, there are certain 492 00:38:11,520 --> 00:38:18,240 Specific case situations where there might be a leadership engaging in something and the other leadership needs to know about that. Yes 493 00:38:19,360 --> 00:38:21,360 But in the broad general sense 494 00:38:21,360 --> 00:38:23,760 But in the broad general sense 495 00:38:24,800 --> 00:38:29,200 We should be people who are coming to our brothers and sisters and going i'm i'm struggling with this 496 00:38:30,080 --> 00:38:31,440 You know, I don't want to be a hypocrite 497 00:38:31,440 --> 00:38:34,240 I don't want to live one way at home in a different way publicly and so i'm going to 498 00:38:34,880 --> 00:38:38,640 To you to publicly go i'm struggling with this. I need help 499 00:38:41,360 --> 00:38:47,040 And we go well, I don't want to do that because you know if I tell somebody they're gonna they're gonna think low on me 500 00:38:47,040 --> 00:38:52,240 You know what everybody else is thinking the same thing. Oh, I got sin. I can't tell anybody about this 501 00:38:54,400 --> 00:38:57,440 And oftentimes when you go to a brother sister you go look I need to need to come clean 502 00:38:57,440 --> 00:39:00,480 I'm struggling with the sin. I need prayer. They'll go you too 503 00:39:02,240 --> 00:39:05,200 Or well i'm struggling with this. Let's support each other 504 00:39:07,280 --> 00:39:10,320 But it stays there you don't go and spread it around to everybody 505 00:39:11,600 --> 00:39:12,880 now 506 00:39:12,880 --> 00:39:16,880 Shemin jps actions here. They were they were an incredible imitation of god 507 00:39:17,840 --> 00:39:22,160 Because if you remember when adam and eve sinned and they made their little pathetic fig leaves for themselves 508 00:39:22,880 --> 00:39:25,680 God said what did you do? We're naked who told you that? 509 00:39:26,560 --> 00:39:28,560 uh 510 00:39:28,560 --> 00:39:31,280 We just know now and god was like, all right 511 00:39:32,320 --> 00:39:34,800 Slaughtered an animal made skins and what did he do? 512 00:39:35,760 --> 00:39:37,760 Covered their sin 513 00:39:37,760 --> 00:39:43,920 It's a beautiful picture and now noah's sons shim and jay path are covering their father's sin 514 00:39:44,400 --> 00:39:47,680 They're covering his shame if you will they're covering his nakedness 515 00:39:48,240 --> 00:39:51,440 And so these three sons they represent two groups within mankind 516 00:39:52,640 --> 00:39:56,080 Really? There's two groups of people in the world. There's those who? 517 00:39:56,960 --> 00:39:58,960 Who will love? 518 00:39:59,280 --> 00:40:05,920 Love the way god's calling us to love they will they will cover a multitude of sins because they recognize they got sin, too 519 00:40:05,920 --> 00:40:07,920 They got sin, too 520 00:40:08,560 --> 00:40:10,560 And so it's not about tearing each other down 521 00:40:10,880 --> 00:40:12,560 It's about helping each other grow now 522 00:40:12,560 --> 00:40:16,960 I'm not talking covering the sense of like oh you're gonna do that and you don't think it's no problem and keep doing it 523 00:40:16,960 --> 00:40:21,040 And we're just not gonna tell anybody no no no i'm talking about the the the sin 524 00:40:21,040 --> 00:40:24,480 We know it's sin and we need help we want repentance and say cool i'm gonna help you out 525 00:40:24,480 --> 00:40:30,480 But i'm not gonna go rip you down in front of everybody else. That's one group. The other group is people like ham 526 00:40:30,480 --> 00:40:36,320 Who take no effort to cover their nakedness whether it's their own nakedness or others, but they shamelessly expose it 527 00:40:37,120 --> 00:40:41,520 They have no shame in exposing it. They want to laugh and mock they want to point it out 528 00:40:42,720 --> 00:40:44,720 They want to call it a prayer request 529 00:40:44,720 --> 00:40:50,480 Just so they could share the story with everybody about what that person did and what we see here in the story is to one group 530 00:40:51,120 --> 00:40:52,640 There's a blessing 531 00:40:52,640 --> 00:40:55,920 To the other group there's a curse verse 24 532 00:40:55,920 --> 00:40:59,600 When noah awoke from his drinking and learned what his youngest son had done to him 533 00:41:00,080 --> 00:41:04,160 He said canaan is cursed. He will be the lowest of slaves to his brothers 534 00:41:05,120 --> 00:41:10,160 Now we're not told in the narrative here how noah learned that ham who is his youngest son 535 00:41:11,360 --> 00:41:15,280 How he had learned what he did we're not we're not told that we're just told that he found out 536 00:41:16,240 --> 00:41:21,760 But some people when they read this in the original language when it says he learned what his youngest son had done to him 537 00:41:21,760 --> 00:41:28,320 Um in the original language it suggests that ham did something more than just see his dad 538 00:41:29,360 --> 00:41:34,080 And so therefore some commentators and stuff had come up to what was so bad about what ham did 539 00:41:34,400 --> 00:41:39,920 And when they go to he told his brothers and how it was this mocking announcement and then they look at what he had done to him 540 00:41:39,920 --> 00:41:43,200 Suggesting more than just a visual, you know, I saw it 541 00:41:43,200 --> 00:41:48,000 They they say that ham did something else that ham maybe violated his promise 542 00:41:48,000 --> 00:41:54,160 Or did something perverse not just exposing his shame but doing something to his father that was perverse 543 00:41:54,160 --> 00:41:58,720 I'm not going to get into all the different theories of that because god didn't specify here 544 00:41:59,760 --> 00:42:02,320 All right, he doesn't tell us what more it was 545 00:42:02,960 --> 00:42:08,800 But ham did something which included seeing his father's nakedness and exposed it. That's what we got, right? 546 00:42:09,760 --> 00:42:12,960 But then he says canaan is cursed and you might go wait a minute 547 00:42:12,960 --> 00:42:18,080 Right. Did you did you ever for those of you that brothers and sisters? Did you ever get in trouble for what your brother did? 548 00:42:19,280 --> 00:42:21,280 That's irritating, right? 549 00:42:21,760 --> 00:42:25,440 My brother did that to me a lot and I did it to him a lot, right? So it's fair, I guess but 550 00:42:26,240 --> 00:42:30,720 It's frustrating and we read this and we go. Wait a second ham is the one who committed the offense 551 00:42:32,000 --> 00:42:38,000 Why is ham's youngest son canaan cursed? And again, we're not told exactly why we're not told exactly why ham did that 552 00:42:38,000 --> 00:42:44,000 Why is ham's youngest son canaan cursed? And again, we're not told exactly why we're just told that it happened 553 00:42:44,080 --> 00:42:49,440 But there are some theories for this one of the theories is that um, oh canaan must have been present 554 00:42:50,320 --> 00:42:57,680 When ham saw his father's nakedness and and if there was more that happened there canaan participated in that that's one theory 555 00:42:58,400 --> 00:43:03,280 Another theory is that because ham had already been blessed we saw that in chapter 9 verse 1 556 00:43:03,840 --> 00:43:06,800 That no noa was like well, i'm not gonna curse that 557 00:43:06,800 --> 00:43:13,280 Who the person that god blessed and so he's gonna turn and curse uh canaan, but why canaan? 558 00:43:13,280 --> 00:43:15,280 Why not one of the other grandkids? 559 00:43:16,080 --> 00:43:22,240 One of the theories is that noah had already seen signs of similar behavior in canaan that that that are evidenced by ham 560 00:43:22,240 --> 00:43:25,600 And so he was you know cursing uh canaan in his offspring 561 00:43:26,960 --> 00:43:29,200 and the other theory is that 562 00:43:30,000 --> 00:43:34,560 Noah was in fact saying ham you're my youngest son and you brought great shame upon me 563 00:43:34,560 --> 00:43:39,600 Your youngest son is going to bring great shame upon you right, but those are all just conjecture 564 00:43:39,600 --> 00:43:42,800 We're not told why he was cursed. We're simply told that it happened 565 00:43:42,800 --> 00:43:45,200 But again, why is canaan the focus? 566 00:43:45,600 --> 00:43:48,800 Why is canaan seeming to be the focus in the story from the very beginning? 567 00:43:49,760 --> 00:43:55,840 As I mentioned earlier one of the one of the reasons that this this one and only incident in noah's life 568 00:43:55,840 --> 00:44:02,240 This one and only post-flood incident was because moses as he was writing this he's leading israel towards the promised land 569 00:44:02,240 --> 00:44:04,720 And as he's leading israel towards the promised land 570 00:44:05,280 --> 00:44:10,720 He's he's going to lead them into the land of canaan to take possession of it because that's what god was telling them to do 571 00:44:11,600 --> 00:44:14,640 The story of how canaan came to be cursed 572 00:44:15,920 --> 00:44:21,920 Was one of the justifications for why we're going to do this. Why is god telling us to go go conquer these people? 573 00:44:22,560 --> 00:44:27,280 Well, it's the land of canaan and we see here in the story that all the way back to canaan himself 574 00:44:27,840 --> 00:44:30,800 Him and his line was cursed god had cursed him 575 00:44:30,800 --> 00:44:37,280 His line was cursed god had doomed them long ago. And so it's time for that prophecy to be fulfilled in a sense 576 00:44:38,640 --> 00:44:43,440 And then the other thing we see through another survey of scriptures that everything that the pagan canaanites did 577 00:44:43,920 --> 00:44:51,440 Was was an extrapolation of ham's character, right or at least what what people um suggest we see in ham's character here 578 00:44:52,080 --> 00:44:56,240 Because later on in genesis from the moment abram enters into the promised land 579 00:44:56,240 --> 00:44:59,920 What we're going to see is that the canaanites are there spreading corruption? 580 00:45:00,640 --> 00:45:06,480 They're people who glory in exposing sin and being shamelessly naked if you will before the world 581 00:45:07,280 --> 00:45:12,480 genesis 13 genesis 15 genesis 18 genesis 19 genesis 38 582 00:45:13,200 --> 00:45:18,480 And leviticus chapter 18 described the really perverse and foul practices of the canaanites 583 00:45:19,040 --> 00:45:24,560 How they were just shameless in their depravity. Um, for example leviticus chapter 18 verse 3 584 00:45:24,560 --> 00:45:26,560 This is moses saying hey 585 00:45:26,560 --> 00:45:31,840 I'm going to be bringing you into the land of the canaanites and he goes do not follow the practices of the land of egypt 586 00:45:32,160 --> 00:45:37,440 Where you used to live or follow the practices of the land of canaan where i'm bringing you 587 00:45:38,000 --> 00:45:41,440 You must not follow their customs. That's verse 3 588 00:45:42,720 --> 00:45:46,320 Verse 6 all the way to verse 23 is moses saying 589 00:45:46,720 --> 00:45:51,760 Those customs don't do this. Don't do this. Don't do this. Don't do this. Guess what the entire list is 590 00:45:51,760 --> 00:45:56,560 Don't sleep with your mom. Don't sleep with your sister. Don't sleep with your aunt. Don't sleep with animals 591 00:45:56,880 --> 00:46:02,480 Don't sleep with uh with uh, same sex. It's all here in this and it's just long list you're going 592 00:46:03,360 --> 00:46:05,360 Why is he telling people to do this? 593 00:46:06,480 --> 00:46:08,480 Or not do this? 594 00:46:08,480 --> 00:46:10,480 Because the canaanites were doing it 595 00:46:11,600 --> 00:46:15,680 They were they were sexually depraved and shameless about it was just oh, that's what we do 596 00:46:15,680 --> 00:46:21,440 And moses is saying no the canaanites are exposed and uncovered if you will naked 597 00:46:21,600 --> 00:46:28,320 They're known for shameful dishonorable perverse acts and so he goes you're not going to do that. That's what moses was telling them 598 00:46:28,320 --> 00:46:33,680 So back to noah we see in the very beginning here as noah is explaining to the israelites 599 00:46:33,680 --> 00:46:37,120 He goes this is where we saw canaan be cursed by god 600 00:46:38,960 --> 00:46:40,640 And he curses that 601 00:46:40,640 --> 00:46:47,760 This is where we saw canaan be cursed by god and he curses them to be the lowest slaves to his brothers 602 00:46:49,200 --> 00:46:50,240 now 603 00:46:50,240 --> 00:46:56,080 We see that because when israel conquered the land of canaan the canaanites became subjects of israel 604 00:46:57,280 --> 00:46:59,280 slaves if you will 605 00:46:59,360 --> 00:47:05,520 Now some in modern times have used this story and twisted it to say all of ham's descendants were cursed, right? 606 00:47:05,520 --> 00:47:09,040 Mormonism for example up until the 70s 607 00:47:10,400 --> 00:47:14,560 African-american individuals were considered to have the curse of blackness 608 00:47:15,600 --> 00:47:17,600 How offensive right? 609 00:47:17,600 --> 00:47:20,720 Oh, you're cursed. Why because your skin's black. Why well back here? 610 00:47:21,360 --> 00:47:24,320 All of ham's descendants were cursed 611 00:47:25,360 --> 00:47:29,680 Now we know that the african-american peoples are descendants of ham, right? 612 00:47:29,680 --> 00:47:32,800 That's one of the things we know and we're going to see that in the table of nations next week 613 00:47:32,800 --> 00:47:39,200 But mormons were like, oh curse of blackness and then in 1979 all of a sudden. Hey god gave us a revelation. We can't do that anymore 614 00:47:41,920 --> 00:47:44,720 People have used this as a justification for racism 615 00:47:45,200 --> 00:47:48,320 They've used it as justification for prejudice and discrimination 616 00:47:48,960 --> 00:47:52,320 And noah did not curse ham 617 00:47:53,200 --> 00:47:55,200 He cursed canaan 618 00:47:55,840 --> 00:48:00,000 Noah did not curse all of ham's descendants only the canaanites 619 00:48:00,000 --> 00:48:02,480 right so verse 26 620 00:48:03,840 --> 00:48:06,560 He also said blessed be the lord the god of sham 621 00:48:07,200 --> 00:48:09,200 Let canaan be shams slave again 622 00:48:09,840 --> 00:48:14,000 Let god extend jay path let jay path dwell in the tents of sham 623 00:48:14,320 --> 00:48:19,280 And again, let canaan be shams slave in case there was any confusion 624 00:48:20,880 --> 00:48:22,880 About the curse on canaan 625 00:48:23,440 --> 00:48:27,600 In case israelites reading this in the wilderness as they're about to go to heaven 626 00:48:27,600 --> 00:48:29,600 In case they're going well 627 00:48:30,160 --> 00:48:31,680 no 628 00:48:31,680 --> 00:48:33,680 It was proclaimed three times 629 00:48:34,480 --> 00:48:37,840 The fate of canaanites and so the curse fell on canaan three times 630 00:48:37,840 --> 00:48:40,640 But it's interesting here when the blessing is laid down 631 00:48:40,640 --> 00:48:45,840 It's not sham be blessed blessed and jay path be blessed. It's blessed be the lord 632 00:48:47,520 --> 00:48:49,520 Blessed be the lord 633 00:48:49,520 --> 00:48:51,520 the god of sham 634 00:48:51,520 --> 00:48:55,360 Now when it says lord there, that's that word yaw way that comes from the word 635 00:48:55,360 --> 00:49:02,000 Lord there that's that word yaw way that covenant name right that that name of god in genesis chapter 2 when we had you know 636 00:49:02,240 --> 00:49:07,360 God elohim almighty created the heavens and the earth and now we got personal relationship god yaw way 637 00:49:08,560 --> 00:49:15,200 Who has a relationship with his people and it says blessed be yaw way the god of sham and so that suggests that sham 638 00:49:15,920 --> 00:49:20,240 Was already in covenant relationship with the lord. He already had a close relationship with god 639 00:49:20,240 --> 00:49:28,960 And then that that close relationship that was sham's blessing and we see that play out because guess what peoples came from the line of sham 640 00:49:30,320 --> 00:49:31,920 the jewish people 641 00:49:31,920 --> 00:49:33,920 god's chosen people right 642 00:49:34,960 --> 00:49:41,760 Now it's interesting when we see that we're seeing that even post-flood god is ensuring that the the path the lineage to jesus christ 643 00:49:42,240 --> 00:49:44,080 is intact 644 00:49:44,080 --> 00:49:48,080 That there is going to still be that messiah to come that that line that's going to go down through 645 00:49:48,080 --> 00:49:52,000 Through abraham and in all the way down to jesus is still intact 646 00:49:52,800 --> 00:50:00,160 But then the blessing that that sham would experience the blessing of that covenant relationship with god was extended to jay path as well 647 00:50:00,160 --> 00:50:06,400 It says let god extend jay path. Let him let jay path dwell in the tents of sham and you go. What does that mean? 648 00:50:08,160 --> 00:50:10,480 That he was going to dwell in the tents of sham. Well 649 00:50:11,280 --> 00:50:13,280 The idea of that is to share 650 00:50:13,840 --> 00:50:15,360 in the blessing 651 00:50:15,360 --> 00:50:16,400 right 652 00:50:16,400 --> 00:50:17,280 that 653 00:50:17,280 --> 00:50:19,760 Excuse me jay path was going to share in the blessings of sham 654 00:50:20,560 --> 00:50:21,680 And we go 655 00:50:21,680 --> 00:50:23,680 Well who came from jay path? 656 00:50:25,040 --> 00:50:27,600 Jay path is all the indo-european nations 657 00:50:28,720 --> 00:50:31,280 Jay path is also considered to be all the asian nations 658 00:50:32,800 --> 00:50:39,680 So you got ham's one son is cursed not the rest all his descendants and then you got all the descendants of jay path 659 00:50:40,400 --> 00:50:42,400 Are going to be blessed 660 00:50:42,400 --> 00:50:45,360 In sham's tent and then you have sham who are god's people 661 00:50:45,360 --> 00:50:47,360 So what we see here is a picture of jews 662 00:50:48,000 --> 00:50:50,000 and gentiles 663 00:50:50,320 --> 00:50:51,920 And guess what? 664 00:50:51,920 --> 00:50:55,280 Down through the line of sham weren't gentiles blessed 665 00:50:56,400 --> 00:50:59,920 Yeah, because jesus who was a jew came and died god in the flesh 666 00:51:01,040 --> 00:51:03,920 Not just for israel, but he died for every human being 667 00:51:04,480 --> 00:51:10,880 Gentiles included we all get to partake gentiles who are grafted into israel it says in the gospels 668 00:51:10,880 --> 00:51:15,440 We got to dwell in their tents so to speak we gentiles are brought into the family 669 00:51:15,440 --> 00:51:17,440 We are part of that family 670 00:51:17,840 --> 00:51:20,160 And that is the blessing that is being talked about here 671 00:51:20,960 --> 00:51:23,680 You see over time the israelites as god's chosen people 672 00:51:24,000 --> 00:51:28,400 They came to see all nations of the earth that way right there was jews and there was everybody else 673 00:51:29,440 --> 00:51:31,440 Now the jews unfortunately 674 00:51:32,000 --> 00:51:37,840 Had misunderstood not applied didn't do what god wanted them to do is to be a light to the nation 675 00:51:37,840 --> 00:51:40,640 They instead said hey we're god's people were better than you 676 00:51:41,920 --> 00:51:47,040 And then when jesus came on the scene and jesus was like helping everybody they're like no, that's not cool 677 00:51:47,600 --> 00:51:49,600 We want to kill you jesus 678 00:51:49,760 --> 00:51:52,240 And then jesus died and then he resurrected 679 00:51:53,040 --> 00:51:56,800 And then we see in the new testament that gospel go out to all the people of the earth 680 00:51:58,480 --> 00:52:03,760 So how does this prophetically play out as noah is is extending this blessing here 681 00:52:03,760 --> 00:52:08,800 This is what john calvin said he said this is done by the sweet and gentle voice of god 682 00:52:09,280 --> 00:52:13,840 Which he has uttered in the gospel and this prophecy is still daily receiving its fulfillment 683 00:52:14,480 --> 00:52:18,800 Since god invites the scattered sheep to join his flock and collects on every side 684 00:52:19,280 --> 00:52:23,760 Those who shall sit down with abraham isaac and jacob in the kingdom of heaven 685 00:52:24,560 --> 00:52:30,640 It is truly no common support of our faith that the calling of the gentiles is declared by the mouth of the patriarchal 686 00:52:30,640 --> 00:52:34,480 Noah lest we should think it was something that just happened suddenly or by chance 687 00:52:36,000 --> 00:52:39,520 But that the inheritance of eternal life was offered generally to all 688 00:52:41,600 --> 00:52:45,440 And i'm so thankful personally as a norwegian gentile 689 00:52:47,440 --> 00:52:49,440 Offspring of jay path 690 00:52:49,760 --> 00:52:54,560 That I had the opportunity to participate in the blessings of god and his covenant with his covenant people 691 00:52:55,600 --> 00:52:57,600 And so this chapter ends at verse 28 692 00:52:57,600 --> 00:53:00,400 29 now noah lived 350 years after the flood 693 00:53:01,920 --> 00:53:05,680 So noah's life lasted 950 years and then he died 694 00:53:06,800 --> 00:53:10,900 And thus we conclude the story of noah this great man of righteousness 695 00:53:11,520 --> 00:53:15,220 This man recognized in the book of hebrews as this great man of faith 696 00:53:16,800 --> 00:53:18,800 But not a man without sin 697 00:53:17,760 --> 00:53:20,240 Noah had sin came into the new world 698 00:53:19,440 --> 00:53:21,440 Not a man sinless 699 00:53:21,120 --> 00:53:23,920 And we see that in his drunken nakedness 700 00:53:24,800 --> 00:53:27,600 But we're reminded again that he was a man saved by faith 701 00:53:28,240 --> 00:53:34,640 He believed god and for that faith he was seen as by god as righteous 702 00:53:36,640 --> 00:53:39,040 It's the same gospel to the great man of righteousness 703 00:53:39,920 --> 00:53:41,920 He was saved by faith 704 00:53:42,720 --> 00:53:44,720 He was saved by the great man of righteousness 705 00:53:44,720 --> 00:53:46,720 It's the same gospel today 706 00:53:47,760 --> 00:53:50,260 Ham on the other hand he chose to do the dishonorable 707 00:53:51,040 --> 00:53:55,200 Disrespectful thing and part of his family was cursed by god 708 00:53:56,240 --> 00:54:02,080 So this blessing on the lord this blessing that that affected shem and jay path primarily 709 00:54:02,640 --> 00:54:04,640 Ensured the promise 710 00:54:04,640 --> 00:54:10,400 Ensured that the covenant that god made with adam and eve that your offspring will crush the head of the serpent 711 00:54:10,960 --> 00:54:13,680 That one day there will be somebody come from that land 712 00:54:13,680 --> 00:54:17,840 Somebody come from that line that destroys satan destroys the power of sin and death 713 00:54:18,160 --> 00:54:21,760 God ensured that that would be fulfilled just as he said it would be fulfilled 714 00:54:22,720 --> 00:54:29,040 And that gospel would one day down through the ages apply to every single human being that would call upon the name of the lord 715 00:54:30,240 --> 00:54:32,960 And thus fulfilling colossians 3 11 that says in christ 716 00:54:33,600 --> 00:54:35,600 There is not greek and jew 717 00:54:36,540 --> 00:54:42,160 Circumcision and uncircumcision barbarian sithian slave and free but christ is all 718 00:54:42,160 --> 00:54:44,400 And in in all hallelujah 719 00:54:45,040 --> 00:54:47,520 Let's pray father. We love you so much 720 00:54:50,640 --> 00:54:57,840 God we're very thankful i'm personally very thankful that you included this story of all the things noah did in the 350 years 721 00:54:57,840 --> 00:55:00,080 He lived after the flood you included this story 722 00:55:01,040 --> 00:55:03,040 Not to shame noah 723 00:55:03,440 --> 00:55:05,440 But to remind us 724 00:55:05,760 --> 00:55:09,840 That god it was his faith in you and nothing else that that that saved him 725 00:55:09,840 --> 00:55:14,560 Not lord that we are excused to do sin lord because we know paul the apostle wrote in romans 726 00:55:15,840 --> 00:55:19,440 That our sin just simply magnifies the grace of god every time we sin 727 00:55:19,440 --> 00:55:26,480 And we realize that we're already saved that we've been saved by the blood of jesus christ and our faith in that that it just magnifies that grace 728 00:55:26,480 --> 00:55:29,680 But as paul said it doesn't mean that let's go on and keep sinning 729 00:55:30,720 --> 00:55:32,720 But god quite the opposite 730 00:55:33,280 --> 00:55:35,280 That you want us to live 731 00:55:35,280 --> 00:55:37,680 Righteously you want us to live according to your word 732 00:55:37,680 --> 00:55:42,160 And god that's what we endeavor to do every day but lord we can't do it on our own 733 00:55:43,200 --> 00:55:48,160 We need you we need your grace every single day lord and so bless us as your people god 734 00:55:50,160 --> 00:55:55,360 That we would proclaim the righteousness that is granted to us through faith in jesus christ 735 00:55:56,560 --> 00:55:59,120 That lord when we sin we wouldn't hide it 736 00:55:59,120 --> 00:56:05,520 But then we would go to our family our brothers and sisters to confess and to find accountability and to grow and to heal from those things 737 00:56:05,520 --> 00:56:10,240 Lord trusting and resting in the truth that we are saved 738 00:56:11,920 --> 00:56:18,160 God I pray lord that we put on the armor of god every single day lord that breastplate of righteousness that guards our heart 739 00:56:18,720 --> 00:56:20,720 Our heart that so easily condemns us 740 00:56:22,320 --> 00:56:28,640 That anytime our heart would say you're you're terrible you're not saved and our mind would be like yeah this can't possibly make sense 741 00:56:28,640 --> 00:56:30,640 We would remember 742 00:56:30,960 --> 00:56:32,480 the truth 743 00:56:32,480 --> 00:56:34,480 Of who you are in your heart 744 00:56:34,480 --> 00:56:36,480 Of who you are and what you did for us 745 00:56:37,040 --> 00:56:42,640 That that helmet of salvation that breastplate of righteousness would save us and protect us to help us remember 746 00:56:43,440 --> 00:56:49,140 That it's by your blood and our faith in that your death your resurrection all of it that brings us to salvation 747 00:56:51,200 --> 00:56:54,640 And so lord help us to never forget our standing before you is secure 748 00:56:57,600 --> 00:57:02,000 But the life we live is a moment by moment decision-making process 749 00:57:02,000 --> 00:57:07,040 And god if we feed our flesh we'll find ourselves making poor decisions bad decisions 750 00:57:08,960 --> 00:57:13,440 And yes, we're responsible for those decisions lord, but again your blood paid the price 751 00:57:14,320 --> 00:57:17,520 God we're so thankful for the salvation. You've given us. We love you so much 752 00:57:18,320 --> 00:57:23,440 And real quick if you're in this room today while we're praying and you've never received jesus christ as your lord and savior 753 00:57:24,320 --> 00:57:26,320 Maybe he's spoken to you today 754 00:57:26,800 --> 00:57:30,400 I know he's spoken to you today and you said you're realizing I 755 00:57:30,400 --> 00:57:32,400 I need to be saved. I need 756 00:57:32,640 --> 00:57:34,960 Forgiveness because I know i'm not righteous 757 00:57:35,680 --> 00:57:41,360 And I know without god that i'm i'm facing an eternity in in judgment and punishment in hell and 758 00:57:42,560 --> 00:57:44,800 But today I believe god is real 759 00:57:45,600 --> 00:57:50,880 I believe he sent his son to this earth. I believe jesus christ is god who died on the cross for my sin 760 00:57:51,840 --> 00:57:54,480 And I want to put my faith in that that's you in this room today 761 00:57:54,480 --> 00:57:58,000 I just want you to raise your hand where you're seated right now and say I want to be saved 762 00:57:58,000 --> 00:58:00,000 If you're watching online 763 00:58:00,000 --> 00:58:05,600 And god has spoken to you. I want you to just type in the chat there that I want to be saved 764 00:58:06,480 --> 00:58:11,760 Anybody in this room god is speaking to you. God bless you on the side anybody else god bless you too on the side 765 00:58:12,960 --> 00:58:18,800 God bless you as well anybody in this room anybody else god is speaking to you your need for salvation your need 766 00:58:19,360 --> 00:58:23,040 For him just raise your hand up where I could see it and let me pray with you today 767 00:58:23,040 --> 00:58:29,600 All right, father god, we're so thankful god for those that are recognizing their need for you today 768 00:58:31,360 --> 00:58:36,000 God those that have understood that that you are real that believe that you are real 769 00:58:37,760 --> 00:58:39,760 And that god you died for them 770 00:58:40,320 --> 00:58:44,320 You paid the price for all their sin past present and future and they want the hope 771 00:58:45,840 --> 00:58:49,280 The hope of heaven the the hope that comes with trust in you 772 00:58:49,280 --> 00:58:52,320 The forgiveness and the grace and the mercy that you have for them 773 00:58:52,960 --> 00:58:56,880 So lord, I thank you god that they're making that call today and for those of you that raised your hand 774 00:58:58,080 --> 00:59:03,200 Maybe you didn't raise your hand, but you know you need to do this. I want you to just pray with me right now and say god 775 00:59:04,880 --> 00:59:06,880 I believe in you 776 00:59:07,520 --> 00:59:09,520 I believe you are real 777 00:59:10,320 --> 00:59:12,320 I believe your word is true 778 00:59:14,640 --> 00:59:16,640 I believe you are real 779 00:59:16,640 --> 00:59:18,640 I believe your word is true 780 00:59:20,880 --> 00:59:22,880 And lord, I know i'm a sinner 781 00:59:24,720 --> 00:59:26,720 I know i've sinned against you 782 00:59:27,520 --> 00:59:29,520 I know i've sinned against others 783 00:59:30,560 --> 00:59:32,560 And god i'm sorry 784 00:59:33,600 --> 00:59:35,600 I understand 785 00:59:36,480 --> 00:59:38,480 That my breaking of your law 786 00:59:40,000 --> 00:59:42,000 Requires a penalty 787 00:59:43,360 --> 00:59:45,360 And lord I trust 788 00:59:45,360 --> 00:59:47,360 On his league of reading 789 00:59:46,980 --> 00:59:49,200 sacrifice on the 790 00:59:49,200 --> 00:59:50,700 Cristo 791 00:59:50,700 --> 00:59:52,700 His sacrifice on the cross 792 00:59:53,760 --> 00:59:55,760 His shed blood 793 00:59:56,240 --> 00:59:58,820 To pay the price for my wrongdoing 794 01:00:01,280 --> 01:00:03,280 God changed my life 795 01:00:03,760 --> 01:00:05,760 fill me with your holy spirit 796 01:00:06,480 --> 01:00:08,480 And help me to live for you 797 01:00:09,680 --> 01:00:12,320 Help me to reject the lies of the devil 798 01:00:12,320 --> 01:00:17,320 on who you are, the righteousness that you are, 799 01:00:17,800 --> 01:00:20,260 and to believe God that through my faith in you, 800 01:00:21,280 --> 01:00:22,960 you see me as righteous as well. 801 01:00:24,380 --> 01:00:27,560 Help me to live in accordance with that at all times, Lord. 802 01:00:27,560 --> 01:00:29,760 I love you, I trust you. 803 01:00:29,760 --> 01:00:32,060 It's in Jesus' name I pray, amen. 804 01:00:34,000 --> 01:00:35,580 Those of you that gave your life to the Lord today, 805 01:00:35,580 --> 01:00:37,160 congratulations. 806 01:00:37,160 --> 01:00:41,480 This is a moment, this is a crossroads, 807 01:00:41,480 --> 01:00:44,680 this is a time of where you were one way, 808 01:00:44,680 --> 01:00:47,600 and now your life is gonna be different. 809 01:00:47,600 --> 01:00:50,360 God is doing the work, God has saved you, 810 01:00:50,360 --> 01:00:53,680 and yet there is stuff on our side that we do 811 01:00:53,680 --> 01:00:55,620 to maintain that relationship. 812 01:00:55,620 --> 01:00:57,520 I encourage you guys to get a Bible, 813 01:00:57,520 --> 01:00:59,640 an app or a real one, paper Bible. 814 01:01:00,560 --> 01:01:03,640 Read it, read it, it is God's love letter to you. 815 01:01:03,640 --> 01:01:05,920 Study it, because in there God says, 816 01:01:05,920 --> 01:01:09,460 this is who you can be through the power of my spirit. 817 01:01:09,460 --> 01:01:13,020 You also wanna pray, and I encourage you to pray. 818 01:01:13,020 --> 01:01:15,500 If you've never prayed, just talk to God. 819 01:01:15,500 --> 01:01:18,460 Just talk to him, you don't need to be all formal. 820 01:01:18,460 --> 01:01:20,600 Just talk to him, he's listening. 821 01:01:22,220 --> 01:01:23,880 Worship him. 822 01:01:23,880 --> 01:01:25,420 We have these packets up front called 823 01:01:25,420 --> 01:01:27,480 New Believers Packets, if you wanna get one of those, 824 01:01:27,480 --> 01:01:30,460 we have resources in there to help you on this journey. 825 01:01:30,460 --> 01:01:32,900 We have some recommended Bible apps 826 01:01:32,900 --> 01:01:33,900 if you wanna download those. 827 01:01:33,900 --> 01:01:36,760 We have worship playlists, Spotify worship playlists 828 01:01:36,760 --> 01:01:38,340 that our worship leaders have put together 829 01:01:38,340 --> 01:01:41,060 so that you can get started just singing songs 830 01:01:41,060 --> 01:01:42,520 that praise God Almighty. 831 01:01:43,620 --> 01:01:46,340 But the most important thing is to plug in 832 01:01:46,340 --> 01:01:49,660 to the family of God, because it's this family, 833 01:01:49,660 --> 01:01:52,140 all of us, broken, sinful people, 834 01:01:52,140 --> 01:01:55,060 that link arms together to help one another grow 835 01:01:55,060 --> 01:01:57,300 and mature in our faith. 836 01:01:57,300 --> 01:01:59,540 And for the rest of us that are just firmly walking 837 01:01:59,540 --> 01:02:02,960 with God, awesome, praise the Lord. 838 01:02:04,060 --> 01:02:05,220 But don't let your foot off the gas, 839 01:02:05,220 --> 01:02:08,340 don't ever think that you're immune to sin, 840 01:02:08,340 --> 01:02:10,940 but cling to God desperately the same way you did 841 01:02:10,940 --> 01:02:14,060 on day one until you leave this earth. 842 01:02:14,060 --> 01:02:17,380 And as you do that, yeah, you'll sin less. 843 01:02:17,380 --> 01:02:19,180 But don't let the devil lie to you and say that 844 01:02:19,180 --> 01:02:21,420 because you've done something wrong, 845 01:02:21,420 --> 01:02:23,000 that you're going to hell. 846 01:02:23,000 --> 01:02:24,460 If you trust in Jesus Christ, 847 01:02:24,460 --> 01:02:26,820 you are saved now and forever. 848 01:02:28,300 --> 01:02:32,160 Ask him every day to clothe you with his righteousness, 849 01:02:32,160 --> 01:02:35,740 to armor you up with the armor of God, 850 01:02:35,740 --> 01:02:40,180 and ask him every day to help you to choose obedience. 851 01:02:40,180 --> 01:02:42,140 And God is gonna do a wonderful work in your lives, 852 01:02:42,140 --> 01:02:42,960 I know it. 853 01:02:44,780 --> 01:02:45,760 God is amazing. 854 01:02:46,740 --> 01:02:47,900 I love him so much. 855 01:02:49,020 --> 01:02:51,220 And I just pray you guys would grow in that. 856 01:02:52,420 --> 01:02:54,100 Just grow in that understanding. 857 01:02:55,020 --> 01:02:58,240 The answer to every problem in life is more Jesus, 858 01:02:58,240 --> 01:02:59,320 more Jesus. 859 01:02:59,320 --> 01:03:01,520 Let's worship church.