How Noah’s ark was like the church

1) There are at least 10 things about the ark that pointed forward to the church built by Jesus.
2) The first thing that comes to our attention is the builder of the ark, Noah.
a) READ Gen.6:9
b) Noah was a “righteous man.” He is called “perfect” and described as someone who “walked with God.”
c) Like Noah, the Lord was a builder. The Lord was also a man of sterling character.
d) Noah was great, but Jesus was perfect.
3) Noah was told to build an ark out of wood, specifically gopher wood – Gen. 6:14a – READ
a) We do not know what Gopher wood was.
b) Cypress is a guess, but I am not persuaded it is a correct explanation.
4) Jesus built what we know to be as the “church” (Mt. 16:18).
a) Rather than build this church out of wood, Jesus has chosen to use a stone like material.
b) These rocks or stones are of a very special type – 1 Pet. 2:5 – READ
5) These “living stones” tell us some things.
6) As Noah and his family were on the ark they needed some light.
7) Gen. 6:16 a– READ
8) The “light” that Noah was to make was a window.
9) As the ark had one window for light, the church of Christ has only one light: the Bible.
a) The Bible says the “gospel” is God’s power to save (Rom. 1:16).
b) Jesus said a person must be “born anew” and part of the new birth involves the “Spirit” (Jn. 3:5).
c) Paul said he had “begotten people by or through the gospel” (1 Cor. 4:15).
10) What about a religious group that gets religious instruction from some type of “church headquarters”?
11) We read about just one light from Gen. 6:16; this same verse tells us there was only one door.
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b) We are talking about a giant vessel loaded with animals, but there was only ONE DOOR!
12) Jn. 14:6
13) Have we ever considered how many families were on the ark?
14) In Eph. 4:4-5 Paul spoke about “seven ones” and said there is only “one body.”
15) We do not find anything in the story of Noah about building some lifeboats.
16) People were either on the one ark or they were lost.
17) Today Christ has only one church; we are either part of that body or we are not – there is no middle ground.
18) 1 Pet. 3:20-21 – READ
19) As water separated the saved from the lost in Noah’s day, so water (baptism) does the same today.
20) Gen. 6:21– READ
21) “Food” was taken on the ark.
22) Food had to be prepared for Noah and his family; this verse indicates the animals also had to be fed.
23) It does appear from Gen. 6:21 that Noah had some role in making sure they got fed.
24) Early in the Bible God was telling us Christ’s church is to be a place of work.
25) 1 Cor. 15:58) – “Be steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord.”
26) Noah’s experience led to a new life; at the end of Gen. 8 we read of how he was able to leave the ark.
27) Those who are members of the church will one day get to leave behind their environment.
a) Unless the Lord comes, when we die the church will be in the world and we will go into eternity.
b) Noah was ready for his departure. Are we?