<TITLE>06. Par 18-21</TITLE>L-18 Now, Noah one day while out on the plains, perhaps digging around, fixing his crop, God came down and begin to speak to him. And He said to Noah (maybe something like this), "I can see your heart, and I know the sins of this world vex you. Therefore... They're all great cultured people, and they've gotten completely away from Me, and they're smart, highly educated, polished men. But I want you, for the saving of your household and all that will come in, go over and start preparing a great boat, because I'm going to send rain down and destroy the whole world."
Now, there had never been any rain before, and so science would've said to him, "Where's the rain coming from?" and so forth. But after Noah had caught the voice of God and seen God's program... There's great thing that so many miss seeing, is God's program. Now, there's nothing running out of line. It's just exactly right, just exactly on time. He's never behind. The coming of the Lord will be just perfect. The church will be just exactly in order when He comes. I love that.

L-19 One day... In Matthew 11:6 we read a little sermon. I might have preached it around here one time, on the "Forgotten Beatitude," when John the Baptist, in prison, sent over to see if Jesus really was that One. And John was a great man, and he paid Jesus a very poor compliment. But Jesus told them, "Just stay..." 'Cause John was worried. His ministry had been saying, "There's coming One Whose fan is in His hand. He will thoroughly purge His floors. He will take the wheat to the garner, and He will burn the chaff with unquenchable fire." Oh, my, what a Messiah coming.
But when He come on the scene, it was different, a little humble man with no cooperation from any of the sects around there. And they... The sect was different, and they... His preaching was different, and He was pushed around from place to place, and running here and running there. So that seemed kind of strange. Couldn't understand it. "Why? Why? Surely I preached it, and they ought to all all believed it. And here when He comes, my, looks like I'm let down."

L-20 Jesus didn't tell them, "Now, I'm going to give you a book on how to behave yourself in prison. I want you to give it to John." He said, "Just stay till the service is over. Just wait till the afternoon service is finished." And when... There was... The lame walked, the blind seen, great miracles was taking place. He said, "Go show John these things. Tell him I'm right on time. There's nothing wrong. I'm right exactly on time."
And that's the way God is today. He's just exactly on time. All of our stewing and worrying will do nothing. Just be perseverant with the Word of God and move on. God's right on time. Be perfectly, just exactly, like all things... The sun, the moon, and every thing that's God's has to work on time.

L-21 Now, Noah, after he heard this, though not being a scholar, though perhaps laughed at... As the Bible said, they were mockers, made fun of him. He knew all that laid ahead of him in a great scientific world. He was sure that nobody was going to believe him, hardly. But for one hundred and twenty years he was perseverant.
As he put up the ark, laid the timbers in it, and poured the pitch into it, and fixed it up, the people laughed and made fun of him; but he stood right in the door and preached the coming judgments of God. Didn't stop him a bit. Why? He had faith in what he had heard. "For faith cometh by hearing, hearing the Word of God."
So no matter what goes on, as long as you're staying with the Word of God, be perseverant, no matter what sickness you got, and what the doctor said. The good man, probably doing all he knows, but he's in a scientific world. We're in a spiritual world, where we are risen with Christ. New Life, passed from death unto Life, we're a new creature in Christ.


<A HREF="P7">Next Page</A>