Corona Devo 3343

What God said (then) to Noah, about the wickedness of the world is still true (today) about the wickedness of the world. 

Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight and was full of violence. (12) God saw how corrupt the earth had become, for all the people on earth had corrupted their ways.  ~Genesis 6:11-12

The Lord brought the flood as a consequence to sin, and Noah and his family (alone) were the human survivors of the flood, even though the ark had a big door on the side that was open to every animal that entered, and that door was also open to every man, woman, and child living during Noah's day.  

So make yourself an ark of cypress wood; make rooms in it and coat it with pitch inside and out.  (15) This is how you are to build it: The ark is to be three hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide and thirty cubits high. (16) Make a roof for it, leaving below the roof an opening one cubit high all around.  Put a door in the side of the ark and make lower, middle and upper decks.  ~Genesis 6:14-16

And yet, no other people (except Noah and his family) heeded the signs, or yielded to the warnings that God provided to them. 

This is the account of Noah and his family. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked faithfully with God. (10) Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham and Japheth.  ~Genesis 6:9-10

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If anyone else living at the time of Noah had listened to these warnings and these invitations to follow God's ways instead of their own, they would have saved their lives (and entered the ark through the door).  But no one else did.

The floodwaters came, and (only) Noah and his family were safe, because they believed God and they obeyed God.  

I am going to bring floodwaters on the earth to destroy all life under the heavens, every creature that has the breath of life in it. Everything on earth will perish. (18) But I will establish my covenant with you, and you will enter the ark—you and your sons and your wife and your sons’ wives with you...  (22) Noah did everything just as God commanded him.  ~Genesis 6:9-18, 22

There was a door on the side of the ark open to every man and woman that would turn from their sinful and selfish ways...and follow God in His ways. 

There is still a door open to every man and woman that is willing to turn from their sinful and self-filled ways to follow God's ways. 

I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. (10) The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.  ~John 10:9-10

His name is Jesus Christ and He holds countless invitations for us to enter the open door that He has given us through His sacrifice on the cross. 

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.  ~Revelation 3:20 

But just as it was difficult in Noah's day for people to leave their life-of-self: sin has blinded many people today too.  Idols, pride, mixed-up priorities, and sin still keep people from finding the open door that will change their life and their death.

When he heard this, he became very sad, because he was very wealthy. (24) Jesus looked at him and said, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God! (25) Indeed, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.”  ~Luke 18:23-25

What God said (then) to Noah, about the wickedness of the world is still true (today) about the wickedness of the world. 

But...if we have been self (and sin) focused...the door is still open, if we are willing to repent and relent to the Lord.
 
God sent His Son, Jesus to save us from ourselves, and our sin, and from Hell.  But we will drown in the flood of death-without-Heaven if we do not enter through His door.

The ark had a door for entry-to-salvation, and Jesus Christ is that door for us today.  
Have we entered-in to relationship with our Savior yet?  
Will we?
Who can we invite to come-along with us...before they are lost to the flood of forever?
  • Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." - John 14:6 
  • For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, - ​1 Timothy 2:5 
  • For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. - John 3:16  
  • I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture. - John 10:9

The floodwaters of life...and death will come, but we can be saved, Brothers and Sisters.  Let's not delay in seeking Christ, accepting Him, and entering-the-door that is Him.  

Blessings,

sarah 

https://sarahsundy04.blogspot.com 

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