Wednesday, January 3, 2018

our deliverance


So Noah went out, and his sons and his wife and his sons' wives with him. Every beast, every creeping thing, and every bird, everything that moves on the earth, went out by families from the ark.
Genesis 8:18-19

The story of Noah’s deliverance from the flood is a story of God’s mercy and salvation. An entire wicked society perished, but Noah and his family, and the animals of the earth, were saved by God’s provision and Noah’s righteous obedience. Noah built the ark, but God brought the animals, and God brought about their deliverance. As the storms raged and the flood waters rose, Noah and all aboard the ark were kept safe.

And as the storms ended and the flood waters began to subside, God brought the ark to rest, and Noah and his family, and all the families of animals left the ark of safety to return to the earth and live their lives again. The world was delivered. God spared a remnant so that His plan could advance. Grace, mercy, judgment, and providence all met in the ark where God delivered His loved and obedient people.

And at the cross those same attributes met in an even deeper way for our benefit. Grace, mercy, judgment, and providence all provided a way, through the death and resurrection of Jesus, for all who believe to be delivered from the judgment of God’s wrath and to go out free to live a new life in Christ. Jesus is our deliverer. Jesus weathered the fiercest storm of God’s justice poured upon Him for our sins. Jesus is our salvation who conquered death and rose to new life. We trust in Him and are delivered from the storm. We follow Jesus and go out into a new world in His deliverance to a new life blessed by God.

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