Summary: Is Our Preaching in Vain??

Are We Preaching in Vain?

Gen. 6:9-22

Noah was a righteous Man way back in his day

He was a preacher, and He preached for 120 years

But His only Converts were His wife

His three sons and their wives

Only seven people in all, That was his converts!

His ark though was a strong message to his generation

It was a visible monument

And it was telling of the WRATH OF GOD

Which was coming

The preaching of Noah fell on Deaf Ears

No doubt He was mocked

And He was ridiculed, He was made fun of

No doubt they told him how stupid he was!

Some people wrote articles as to why there could

Never be a universal flood

These people hadn’t never seen it rain

But Noah entered the ark

With no man’s blood on his hands.

Noah knew what his commission was

He had the Courage because God gave it to him

He took his converts

And He had a clear Conscience

Cause He had already preached them the truth

I have to preach the word people – THE TRUTH

I have to warn you of the storm clouds that’s

On the horizon - in the not so far away sky

I have to warn you of the storm and the wrath

That is coming

And please listen people

It ain’t gonna be to far off!!!

I know that trying to live a Christian life

Ain’t just easy pickin’s

Nobody told us it was gonna be a flowery

Bed of ease

We are going against the grain living Christian

When we were living in sin, The devil didn’t

Pay much attention to us because we belonged

To him

Now when we become Christians the devil

Is mad, because he has lost us for his cause.

Gen 6;17 says

And, behold, I even I do bring a flood of waters

upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is

the breath of life, from under heaven; and

everything that is in the earth shall die!!

Everybody has storm clouds coming in their

Lives sooner or later

Maybe you have experienced some storm’s

Today or yesterday or last week.

And I can promise you that you weren’t alone

And it ain’t over yet!!

Maybe you’ve had a death of someone you love

Very much

Or maybe you’ve committed a sin in your life that

is dominating your mind or your heart and

Its taking you down

You see - Storm Clouds come in many different

Shapes And sizes

Maybe you have a relationship that’s gone bad or maybe you have let alcoholism or a drug addiction

Pull you down!!!

Or if you have never been through a storm

I can tell you this

The storm clouds are building in the distance

And they will be here soon!!!

Preachers don’t just try to step on your toes

They don’t just try to make you feel bad

Preachers are just following God

I have to preach to warn you of the storms

That’s coming

Just like Noah did!!!!

I have to preach to you that there is another

Way for you to live in this OLE dying world!!!

There is eternal life waiting for you if you just

except Jesus into your Heart before its too late!!!

Picture Noah preaching what no doubt was

his last sermon to all those Godless people

The ark was finished and is standing there with

An Open door!!!

The preaching of salvation has already been

Offered up to them

Who will come and seek refuge in Noah’s ark?

Noah was a righteous man,

He was blameless among the people of his time

He walked with God – He seeked God’s face

The earth was corrupt in God’s eyes and full of violence

Noah was of excellent character among these

People

Noah’s lifestyle was against the grain of all

The rest of the people of his time

The earth was full of evil and perversion

Sin and violence

How would they know that there was a different

Way To live if a preacher didn’t preach the truth??

Noah preached to them that there was a different

Way to live their life

They might not choose to change their way

But that was between God and them!!!

Its a preacher’s job to show you just like Noah that there is a different way to live but if you noticed

Noah couldn’t just show them by his preaching, He had to show them by his life!!

I pray that someone can see something in my life

That hopefully they will want a taste of!!!!

AND THAT’S JESUS CHRIST!!!!

I have to preach God’s patience to you

And I have to preach that your sinfulness

Ain’t gonna last forever!!!!

There is gonna be an end to it all

And its your choice if the end is eternal

Life in Heaven or eternal death in hell!!!

GEN 6;13 says:

And God said unto Noah

The end of all flesh is come before me; for

the earth is filled with violence through them;

and behold;

I will destroy them with the earth

When we sin we think no one finds about it

But

God knows

But we will still think; well it don’t appear that God has done anything about my sin!!!

And then you begin to think, I have got away with it!

And the next thing you know you keep sinning

And sinning and sinning

Listen people I am here tonight to let you in on a

Little something

God’s patience with our sinfulness ain’t gonna

Last forever,

Somebody has got to remind us that God’s patience

Aint gonna last!!

God’s patience didn’t last forever with the people of Noah’s time and it aint’ gonna last forever

With our generations either

Right now there are some of you that aren’t

Living like you should be living

And guess what

Its my job to tell you that God’s patience with you

Is short lived as well

The way of Salvation is narrow

The bible says

On The path to heaven

The gate is strait and narrow is the way

And few find it!!!!

GEN 6:18 & 19 SAYS:

But with thee will I establish my covenant; and

thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons,

and thy wife, and thy sons’ wives with thee

And of every living thing of all flesh, two of

every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep

them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.

When the storm came there weren’t many ways out

They couldn’t run to their houses and lock

Their doors

They couldn’t get away from the water

They couldn’t run to the mountains

Because the water covered them

There was only one way out

It was Noah’s ark

God had set Noah among the people

He sent Noah to preach that the way

Was narrow and someone had to show

Them the way

I pray you see the way that we are trying

To show you

You can get out but the way is narrow!!!

I was going to Toledo OH the other day

I saw they were blacktopping the roadway

The traffic had to change from two lanes

Into only one lane

They had orange cones and flaggers to direct

Us, and to show us the way was narrowed!!

My God

This is just how I am doing with you right now

I am trying to flag you down and direct you

Over into the narrowed lane

To make sure you don’t waiver or stray

I’m standing here with the big orange flag

Waiving it in the air

LOOK!!!!

I’m flagging you over to Jesus!!!!

The way to salvation is narrowed

But Jesus said

I am the way, the truth and the light!!!

If the way to heaven was wide and smooth

We wouldn’t need any preachers or deacons

Or teachers or churches

But God has given us the choice

HEAVEN OR HELL!!!!!

Finally the storms came and the waters got

Higher and higher

And God got 8 souls and the devil got

The rest!!

People we have to preach the Gospel of Jesus

We have to preach the truth so we don’t

See these numbers again!!!

I want all of my loved ones and friends to be

With me in heaven

I have to do everything in my power with the

Help of God to see to it that I tell them

You have to do everything in your power

Along with the help of God to see to it

That you tell your friends and loved ones

I have to preach God’s obedience

I have to preach His Commission

I have to have that Courage

So I can take My Converts to Heaven

And clear my Conscience

GEN 6:22 SAYS

Thus did Noah; according to all that

God commanded him, so did He

So many people think now I’m saved

I can do what I want

News Flash – don’t think eternal salvation

Or once in grace always grace

Because you can fall

Stay prayed up

God told us

If you love me Keep my Commandments

Somebody has to preach it THE TRUTH

IT MIGHT AS WELL BE ME!!!

Are you living like you should tonight

Do you have Jesus living in your heart

God desires for you to walk with him

If you have realized that you haven’t been

Living like you should

And you see a storm brewing

I invite you to this altar to get

It straight with God

If you never have never found that narrow

Way to God

I invite you to come with me and I can

Steer you into the right direction

If God is speaking to your heart tonight

Please come to this altar and let us lead you

To the Lord!!!