2. The Case of Noah’s Salvation
How was Noah saved?
When we read about Noah in the New Testament we are told that he was saved by different things.
Heb. 11:7 – by faith... prepared an ark for the saving
1 Peter 3:20 – the ark and water are mentioned

3. The Case of Noah’s Salvation
So how was Noah saved?
Was it the ark alone that saved Noah?
Was it faith alone that saved Noah?
How was Noah saved through water?

4. The Case of Noah’s Salvation
Noah was saved by the ark?
Gen. 6:13-18 – God tells Noah that He is going to destroy the earth. He tells Noah to build an ark and exactly how to build it. God tells Noah that He will establish a covenant with him and that he will be saved by going into the ark.

5. The Case of Noah’s Salvation
It is similar to salvation today.
Acts 2:47 – the Lord adds the saved to the church
Eph – the body is the church
Eph. 4:4 – there is only one body
You cannot belong to the church of your choice and hope for the salvation offered by God when He adds you to His church.

6. The Case of Noah’s Salvation
Was it faith alone that saved Noah?
In Gen. 6 after God told Noah what was going to happen and what he should do, what did Noah do?

7. The Case of Noah’s Salvation
Did Noah believe God? Yes.
Gen. 6:22 – Thus Noah did. According to all that God commanded him so he did.
Heb. 11:7 – By faith Noah moved with godly fear.
Noah believed the warning and built the ark. He had faith in God. This is the active type of faith that saves. It hears the commands of God and does them even though the hearer may not fully understand.

8. The Case of Noah’s Salvation
Acts 10:17-20 – Peter wondered what the vision meant but obeyed the command to go without doubting
Too many people doubt the command of God for salvation; they dismiss baptism. Noah did not doubt God when God told him that He was going to bring floodwaters on the earth; he moved with godly fear.

9. The Case of Noah’s Salvation
How was Noah saved through water?
God used water as the destructive agent on the world.
God used the water as the dividing agent between that which was saved and that which was destroyed.
Noah obeyed God and built the ark. God shut the door to the ark and the rain and floods came. Noah’s boat was the only one that floated. The thing that destroyed is also the thing that saved.

10. The Case of Noah’s Salvation
So how was Noah saved?
It was by the grace of God, and
it was by faith in God, and
it was by the ark and
it was by the water.
All of these combined together to save Noah from the flood.

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It is the same with the salvation of man today.
We are saved by the grace of God, and Eph. 2:8
We are saved by faith in God, and John 5:4
We are saved by belief, and John 3:16
We are saved by confession, and Romans 10:10
We are saved by baptism Peter 3:21
It is the totality of these put together that saves man.