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The scriptures show God saving Noah and his family is a type of how believers are saved through Jesus Christ. We have been safely sealed unto salvation.

God’s Word says that when we believe on Jesus Christ, we shall not come into condemnation but are passed from death to life. Ephesians says at the moment we hear the word of truth and believe, we are sealed with the holy spirit of promise. II Corinthians 1 says God sealed us and has given us the earnest (or down payment) of what is to come. Romans 6 says we were baptized into Jesus Christ. This is not a water baptism, but a spiritual baptism where we are totally submersed in Jesus Christ and what he accomplished for us.

I Peter 3 speaks of the times of Noah and the ark. The ark is a type of the salvation God would provide by Jesus Christ. To understand more about God’s salvation and what we have, we can learn from that type or figure. Genesis 6 speaks of the time of Noah. God’s people had become so corrupt the scriptures describe the wickedness of man as "great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually." It says God repented that He had made man on the earth. Man, who was created to worship, praise God and have fellowship with God, was separated from Him by sin. God’s righteous judgment was to destroy man upon the face of the earth. Yet, Noah found grace in the eyes of God and was spared from God’s wrath.

When God told Noah to build the ark, it had no bow, stern or rudder. It was basically a big box. There was a door to get in and a little window to look out. God told Noah to bring animals for procreation and also enough for sacrifice. At any point, Noah could have refused to do as God commanded, yet he did not. The ark was the means of salvation. God’s judgment was coming.

In His instructions regarding building the ark, God told Noah to pitch it within and without with pitch. The second word "pitch" means resin. But the first word "pitch" is the Hebrew word, kaphar, which is the only word in the Old Testament for atonement. It was to be covered inside and out. God provided a way that no water would come into the ark. The water was God’s judgment upon the ungodly. None of God’s wrath would touch Noah and his family because they were sealed by the atonement.

We have received atonement by Jesus Christ. We are pitched from without and within. None of God’s wrath will touch the believer at the time of His judgment because we are sealed in Christ Jesus.

Salvation has been the same throughout all time. For all of God’s people, it has been by God’s grace and through faith. Those who have gone before like Abraham, Isaac and Noah were not saved by works but by God’s grace and by faith. They, like us, had to believe God for salvation. We can rest, knowing that when the day of judgment comes, we will not be touched by one drop of God’s wrath. We are safely sealed in Christ unto salvation.


#254 Safely Sealed Unto Salvation -- Nov. 25, 2001 ©2001 / Faithful Word Ministries 48:51 minutes
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"Safely Sealed Unto Salvation" -- Rev. Steven A. Michels John 5:24; Ephesians 1:12-14; II Corinthians 1:22; Ephesians 4:30; Romans 6:1-11; I Peter 3:8-22; Genesis 6:1-22; Romans 5:6-11; Ephesians 2:8, 9; Genesis 6:8; Hebrews 11:7; II Peter 3:3-7; Genesis 6:22; 7:5, 1; John 7:37-39; 14:16; Ephesians 2:18; I Corinthians 1:9; Romans 10:9; I Peter 1:22, 23 The scriptures show God saving Noah and his family is a type of how believers are saved through Jesus Christ. We have been safely sealed unto salvation. God’s Word says that when we believe on Jesus Christ, we shall not come into condemnation but are passed from death to life. Ephesians says at the moment we hear the word of truth and believe, we are sealed with the holy spirit of promise. II Corinthians 1 says God sealed us and has given us the earnest (or down payment) of what is to come. Romans 6 says we were baptized into Jesus Christ. This is not a water baptism, but a spiritual baptism where we are totally submersed in Jesus Christ and what he accomplished for us. I Peter 3 speaks of the times of Noah and the ark. The ark is a type of the salvation God would provide by Jesus Christ. To understand more about God’s salvation and what we have, we can learn from that type or figure. Genesis 6 speaks of the time of Noah. God’s people had become so corrupt the scriptures describe the wickedness of man as "great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually." It says God repented that He had made man on the earth. Man, who was created to worship, praise God and have fellowship with God, was separated from Him by sin. God’s righteous judgment was to destroy man upon the face of the earth. Yet, Noah found grace in the eyes of God and was spared from God’s wrath. When God told Noah to build the ark, it had no bow, stern or rudder. It was basically a big box. There was a door to get in and a little window to look out. God told Noah to bring animals for procreation and also enough for sacrifice. At any point, Noah could have refused to do as God commanded, yet he did not. The ark was the means of salvation. God’s judgment was coming. In His instructions regarding building the ark, God told Noah to pitch it within and without with pitch. The second word "pitch" means resin. But the first word "pitch" is the Hebrew word, kaphar, which is the only word in the Old Testament for atonement. It was to be covered inside and out. God provided a way that no water would come into the ark. The water was God’s judgment upon the ungodly. None of God’s wrath would touch Noah and his family because they were sealed by the atonement. We have received atonement by Jesus Christ. We are pitched from without and within. None of God’s wrath will touch the believer at the time of His judgment because we are sealed in Christ Jesus. Salvation has been the same throughout all time. For all of God’s people, it has been by God’s grace and through faith. Those who have gone before like Abraham, Isaac and Noah were not saved by works but by God’s grace and by faith. They, like us, had to believe God for salvation. We can rest, knowing that when the day of judgment comes, we will not be touched by one drop of God’s wrath. We are safely sealed in Christ unto salvation.