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NOAH’S ARK

(PITCHED WITHIN AND WITHOUT WITH PITCH)

(Gen. 6: 5 – 18; 22)

1)   The world during Noah’s life is full of evil – The worst evil a man could think of was common place!!

2)  The Lord God looked upon Man and said enough is enough – He saved a remnant   (8-members of one family) and destroyed all other mankind!!

3)  The Lord gave a way to escape destruction – THE ARK!! Man just had to believe and enter in to receive Salvation!!

  

1)   Our present World is full of evil – 2009 Crime statics just in the USA - Murder: 15,000+, Rape: 88,000+, Robbery: 408,000+, Burglary: 2,199,000+, Theft: 6,327,000+, Car Theft: 794,000+ this is just the crimes that were reported, and don’t forget Abortion Etc. Which are not considered crimes!

2) The Lord has promised an end to the evil of our present World: (2 Peter 3:10)   But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

3) The Lord has made a way to escape the Fire and right now is the time – Jesus Christ the Son of God!  (2 Corinthians 6:2)   (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)

PEOPLE IN NOAH’S TIME THOUGHT NOAH WAS CRAZY (Building a boat, preaching) PEOPLE TODAY THINK BAPTISTS ARE CRAZY (Attending, serving, witnessing)

BOTH GROUPS OF PEOPLE THOUGHT THAT THEY HAVE PLENTY OF TIME!!

“The devil and his cohorts were devising plans to get people to reject the Gospel.”Let's go to them and say there is no God," proposed one. Silence prevailed. Every devil knew that most people believe in a supreme being. "Let's tell them there is no hell, no future punishment for the wicked," offered another. That was turned down, because men obviously have consciences which tell them that sin must be punished. The concave was going to end in failure when there came a voice from the rear: "Tell them there is a God, there is a hell and that the Bible is the Word of God. But tell them there is plenty of time to decide the question. Let them 'neglect' the Gospel, until it is too late." All hell erupted with ghoulish glee, for they knew that if a person procrastinated on Christ, they usually never accept Him.” - Unknown

Several years ago a man and his wife were found frozen to death in their car. A blizzard had dumped tons of snow in the area, burying their vehicle. Before she died, the woman scribbled a note on a piece of paper and stuffed it in the glove compartment. The note read: "I don't want to die this way." Tragically, less than six feet from their icy grave was a stranded bus, whose festive passengers remained warm throughout the night.  – Unknown

(Genesis 6:14)   Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.

I have come to know that every word in God’s Bible (The King James Bible) is precious!  And in verse 14 let’s look at PITCH!  NOAH WEBSTER’S 1828 DICTIONARY DEFINES PITCH AS:  A THICK TENACIOUS SUBSTANCE (PINE RESIN) USED TO CAULK AND SEAL THE BOTTOMS AND SIDES OF SHIPS. 

    “If you are ever truly washed in the Blood of Christ it sticks and won’t ever ware off – there’s nothing you can do to get rid of it!!”

From the Scofield Reference Notes (1917 Edition)

The word translated "pitch" in Genesis 6:14 is the same word translated "atonement" in (Leviticus 17:11)   For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.    It is atonement that keeps out the waters of judgment and makes the believer's position "in Christ" safe and blessed.

          From Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible:   

He must pitch it within and without —without, to shed off the rain, and to prevent the water from soaking in—within, to take away the bad smell of the beasts when kept close.

Praise God that the precious Blood of His Son not only washes us white as snow - it also keeps this rotten flesh from stinking up our lives and leaves us smelling sweet like THE ROSE OF SHARON!!

1)  I believe that this Pitch is a picture of Salvation through the Blood of Christ:

Once you are washed in His Blood you will never sink into the flames of Hell.  (Genesis 6:14) ………. and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. The verse says to pitch it within (this is first listed) You first have to cry out to Jesus Christ for Salvation, then He will apply His Blood to your Heart:  (Ephesians 3:17   That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,)   That’s an internal work which is also an Eternal work.

The verse then says to pitch it without; Once Jesus moves inside His presence will show outside as well!!  What’s in your heart will shine through: (What’s shinning from your heart?)

  IS IT THE WORKS OF THE FLESH?

(Galatians 5:19)   Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

(Galatians 5:20)   Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,

(Galatians 5:21)   Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: ….

OR IS IT THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT?

(Galatians 5:22)   But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

(Galatians 5:23)   Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

2)  There was only ONE way to be saved from the flood - God’s way: God gave Noah instructions on how to construct the Ark. Without the PITCH on the inside, the Ark would have stunk – and without the PITCH on the outside the Ark would have sunk!! The flood waters were not just coming from the ground it was also falling from the sky, so the PITCH needed to cover every inch of the Ark to be able to save Noah and his family from drowning - If Noah had followed God’s direction half way they would have been doomed!!  - GOD GAVE US INSTRUCTIONS, THE HOLY BIBLE!

3) There’s only ONE way to be saved from the Fires of Hell – Jesus Christ - He is our Ark:

(John 14:6)   Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Have you been PITCHED on the inside by the Blood of Jesus Christ? If not, pardon me but you STINK!  If you stink on the inside, no matter how good you make the outside look your ship will sink into the flames of Hell!!  This is what Jesus says about you: (Matthew 23:27)   Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.

(Matthew 23:28)   Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

God has given you the choice to accept Jesus or reject Him – Not choosing is choosing to reject Jesus!!

(John 3:16)   For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.     

(John 3:17)   For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

(John 3:18)   He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

4)  It’s time to pitch your ship with the Blood of Jesus Christ: 

·        Be truthful and admit you are a sinner:  (Romans 3:23)   For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

·        Would a Holy God really die for me a sinner:

(Romans 5:8)   But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

·        Turn from your sin and turn to Jesus:  (Luke 13:3)   I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.

·        Accept God’s Gift – Eternal Life - Jesus Christ:  (Romans 6:23)   For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

·        Cry unto Jesus to save you:   

(Romans 10:9)   That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.                                            (Romans 10:10)   For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.                                   (Romans 10:13)   For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.