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					<description><![CDATA[by David Gibson Ark-aeological? From time to time, we hear that Noah’s ark has been sighted. Whether it has or hasn’t, we should have no doubts about the historicity of the biblical account. Jesus accepted the biblical account of the Flood (Matthew 24:37-39). Three times Peter referred to the Flood as historical (I Peter 3:20;&#8230;]]></description>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Ark-aeological?</h2>
<p style="text-align: left;">From time to time, we hear that Noah’s ark has been sighted. Whether it has or hasn’t, we should have no doubts about the historicity of the biblical account. Jesus accepted the biblical account of the Flood (Matthew 24:37-39). Three times Peter referred to the Flood as historical (I Peter 3:20; II Peter 2:5; 3:3-7). The eleventh chapter of Hebrews cites Noah, along with other examples of faith such as Abraham, Moses, and David. The point is, you don’t mix legendary, fictional characters with historical individuals and treat them all the same. Noah is treated as historical in Isaiah 54:9 and Ezekiel 14:14, 20. Noah is included in the genealogies recorded in I Chronicles 1:4 and Luke 3:36.</p>
<h2 style="text-align: left;">Father of us all</h2>
<p style="text-align: left;">God told Noah, “You alone I have seen to be righteous before Me in this time” (Genesis 7:1 NASB). Because of the exceeding wickedness of that age, Noah’s righteous character stands out as all the more exemplary.</p>
<h2 style="text-align: left;">His assigned task</h2>
<p style="text-align: left;">What a monumental undertaking God gave Noah--to build a ship 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet tall. Surely he must have grown weary at times.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">What kept him on task? At least two factors: 1) his faith in God and 2) his love for his family. “<b>By faith</b><em> Noah, being warned by God about things not yet seen, in reverence prepared an ark <strong>for the salvation of his household</strong></em>” (Hebrews 11:7).</p>
<h2 style="text-align: left;">History repeated</h2>
<p style="text-align: left;">There is a dramatic parallel to Noah’s Flood, and that is the future destruction of all things by fire (II Peter 3:3-14). Like Noah, we have been “<em>warned by God about things not yet seen</em>.” Either we will respond in obedient faith, as Noah did (I Peter 3:20-21), or we will be like his unworthy contemporaries.</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[https://www.lavistachurchofchrist.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/How-Noah-Was-Saved.mp3 by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Text: I Peter 3:18-22 &#160; I.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;In our reading, Peter draws on the account of Noah&#8217;s salvation to illustrate how the Christian is saved. &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;A.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Many people object to the straight forward reading of I Peter 3:21 because it stands contrary to what they have accepted. &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;1.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;To many people, baptism is simply&#8230;]]></description>
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<p style="text-indent: -0.5in; margin-left: 0.5in">I.<span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>In our reading, Peter draws on the account of Noah&#8217;s salvation to illustrate how the
Christian is saved.</p>
<p style="text-indent: -1in; margin-left: 1in"><span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>A.<span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>Many people object to the straight forward reading of I Peter 3:21 because it
stands contrary to what they have accepted.</p>
<p style="text-indent: -1.5in; margin-left: 1.5in"><span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>1.<span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>To many people, baptism is simply a ritual without much meaning</p>
<p style="text-indent: -1.5in; margin-left: 1.5in"><span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>2.<span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>Oh, they will agree that it represents thing, but that is as far as it goes. It
has no meaning to each one of them as individuals.</p>
<p style="text-indent: -1.5in; margin-left: 1.5in"><span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>3.<span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>Thus it becomes, in their eyes, an optional act</p>

<p style="text-indent: -1.5in; margin-left: 1.5in"><span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>4.<span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>It has no purpose. It causes no change.</p>
<p style="text-indent: -1in; margin-left: 1in"><span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>B.<span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>But let&#8217;s take Peter&#8217;s comparison and see the parallels between the saving of Noah
and the saving of a Christian</p>
<p style="text-indent: -0.5in; margin-left: 0.5in">II.<span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>What are we being saved from?</p>
<p style="text-indent: -1in; margin-left: 1in"><span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>A.<span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>It seems straight forward. It ought to be obvious, but at the foundation of our
controversies, people really don&#8217;t understand salvation.</p>
<p style="text-indent: -1in; margin-left: 1in"><span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>B.<span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>Noah&#8217;s world was given over entirely to sin - Genesis 6:4-7</p>

<p style="text-indent: -1.5in; margin-left: 1.5in"><span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>1.<span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>It wasn&#8217;t some sinning or most sinning.</p>
<p style="text-indent: -1.5in; margin-left: 1.5in"><span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>2.<span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>The whole world was consumed with it, beyond eight people.</p>
<p style="text-indent: -1in; margin-left: 1in"><span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>C.<span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>While our world has not reached the point of wickedness found in Noah&#8217;s day, still
the fact remains that sin is widespread - Romans 3:9-18</p>
<p style="text-indent: -1in; margin-left: 1in"><span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>D.<span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>From what do we need rescuing? From sin!</p>
<p style="text-indent: -0.5in; margin-left: 0.5in">III.<span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>How was salvation accomplished?</p>

<p style="text-indent: -1in; margin-left: 1in"><span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>A.<span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>Noah was saved by grace - Genesis 6:8</p>
<p style="text-indent: -1.5in; margin-left: 1.5in"><span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>1.<span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>Grace means receiving favor or mercy, gaining a gift that was not earned or
owed.</p>
<p style="text-indent: -1.5in; margin-left: 1.5in"><span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>2.<span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>God could have justly wiped away the entire world, including Noah and his
family. But Noah received a gift from God that wasn&#8217;t earned on Noah&#8217;s
part.</p>
<p style="text-indent: -1.5in; margin-left: 1.5in"><span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>3.<span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>We too are saved by grace - Ephesians 2:1-7</p>
<p style="text-indent: -1in; margin-left: 1in"><span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>B.<span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>Noah was saved by faith - Hebrews 11:7</p>

<p style="text-indent: -1.5in; margin-left: 1.5in"><span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>1.<span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>God&#8217;s gift would have been wasted on Noah, if Noah didn&#8217;t believe God&#8217;s
warning.</p>
<p style="text-indent: -1.5in; margin-left: 1.5in"><span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>2.<span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>God didn&#8217;t force Noah to be saved. He offered Noah a way to be saved,
but that required Noah to believe God.</p>
<p style="text-indent: -1.5in; margin-left: 1.5in"><span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>3.<span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>The fact that Noah believed God did not lessen the gift that God offered
him.</p>
<p style="text-indent: -1.5in; margin-left: 1.5in"><span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>4.<span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>We cannot be saved without belief - Hebrews 11:6</p>
<p style="text-indent: -1.5in; margin-left: 1.5in"><span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>5.<span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>We are saved by grace through the means of faith - Ephesians 2:8</p>

<p style="text-indent: -1in; margin-left: 1in"><span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>C.<span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>Noah was saved by works - Hebrews 11:7</p>
<p style="text-indent: -1.5in; margin-left: 1.5in"><span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>1.<span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>All the faith in the world would not have saved Noah if his faith did not
spur him to do as God directed.</p>
<p style="text-indent: -1.5in; margin-left: 1.5in"><span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>2.<span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>The building of the ark led to his salvation.</p>
<p style="text-indent: -1.5in; margin-left: 1.5in"><span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>3.<span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>Noah was obedient to God, not partially but completely - Genesis 6:22</p>
<p style="text-indent: -1.5in; margin-left: 1.5in"><span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>4.<span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>Our salvation also requires action on our part - Matthew 7:21</p>
<p style="text-indent: -1.5in; margin-left: 1.5in"><span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>5.<span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>Jesus saves those who obey - Hebrews 5:8-9</p>

<p style="text-indent: -1.5in; margin-left: 1.5in"><span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>6.<span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>Faith cannot be separated from action - James 2:14-26</p>
<p style="text-indent: -1in; margin-left: 1in"><span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>D.<span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>Noah was saved by water - I Peter 3:20</p>
<p style="text-indent: -1.5in; margin-left: 1.5in"><span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>1.<span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>At first this seems strange. It was the water that destroyed the world.</p>
<p style="text-indent: -1.5in; margin-left: 1.5in"><span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>2.<span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>But if we think in this way, we lost track of the goal. Noah was being
saved from a world of sin and the water was the means God used to
destroy sin.</p>
<p style="text-indent: -1.5in; margin-left: 1.5in"><span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>3.<span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>Peter says that is the same way we are saved - I Peter 3:21</p>
<p style="text-indent: -2in; margin-left: 2in"><span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>a.<span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>Peter makes sure we understand. It is not a physical outward
cleansing that brings salvation.</p>

<p style="text-indent: -2in; margin-left: 2in"><span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>b.<span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>It is the obedient heart responding to the call of God.</p>
<p style="text-indent: -1.5in; margin-left: 1.5in"><span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>4.<span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>The water isn&#8217;t the salvation, but the means God used to bring about
salvation - Romans 6:3-7</p>
<p style="text-indent: -2in; margin-left: 2in"><span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>a.<span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>Notice that though baptism Paul says that sin dies in a man, leaving
him a new creature.</p>
<p style="text-indent: -2in; margin-left: 2in"><span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>b.<span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>Is it the water that does it? No, it is the medium through which God
chooses to do His will.</p>
<p style="text-indent: -1.5in; margin-left: 1.5in"><span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>5.<span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>Just as water washed away the evil from the world, leaving a new world for
Noah and his family, baptism washes away our sins - Acts 22:16</p>
<p style="text-indent: -1.5in; margin-left: 1.5in"><span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>6.<span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>It is the putting off of sin done by God through our faith in the working of
God when we obey God - Colossians 2:11-13</p>

<p style="text-indent: -0.5in; margin-left: 0.5in">IV.<span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>How are we saved? </p>
<p style="text-indent: -1in; margin-left: 1in"><span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>A.<span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>In much the same way Noah was saved.</p>
<p style="text-indent: -1in; margin-left: 1in"><span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>B.<span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>Noah wasn&#8217;t warned of the impending doom and then created his own method to
save his family. </p>
<p style="text-indent: -1.5in; margin-left: 1.5in"><span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>1.<span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>He was given the method by God.</p>
<p style="text-indent: -1.5in; margin-left: 1.5in"><span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>2.<span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>He responded in faith doing as God directed</p>
<p style="text-indent: -1.5in; margin-left: 1.5in"><span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>3.<span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>And as a consequence, he and his family was saved.</p>

<p style="text-indent: -1in; margin-left: 1in"><span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>C.<span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>We are warned of impending doom as well - II Peter 3:9-14</p>
<p style="text-indent: -1.5in; margin-left: 1.5in"><span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>1.<span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>We were given by God &#8211; not man &#8211; the means by which we can be saved</p>
<p style="text-indent: -1.5in; margin-left: 1.5in"><span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>2.<span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>Our only choice, if we want to be saved, is to do as God directed
completely</p>
<p style="text-indent: -1.5in; margin-left: 1.5in"><span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>3.<span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>Only in complete obedience to God can we be saved - Ephesians 2:10</p>
<p style="text-indent: -0.5in; margin-left: 0.5in">V.<span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>How will you be saved?</p>

<p style="text-indent: -1in; margin-left: 1in"><span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>A.<span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span>Listening to men who claim partial obedience is good enough?</p>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeffrey Hamilton]]></dc:creator>
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<p>I just read your answer to <a href="https://growingupboys.info/is-seeing-other-boys-in-the-nude-all-right/">the question about whether boys should see one another naked</a> as in locker rooms, etc.</p>
<p>In the Bible, when Ham “saw his father’s nakedness,” that does not mean he literally saw his father without clothing on. It literally meant that he had sex with his father’s wife. That is why Ham’s son (the one conceived in the incident) was banished. Ham was attempting to take over his father’s life (and wife) and this was a common form of doing so and can be seen throughout the New Testament.</p>
<p>You also left out that God instructed Isaiah to walk naked - not even wearing sandals - for three years amongst Israel. That means men, women, and children saw the prophet of God in the nude. God by his very nature cannot instruct another to sin - even to warn of something bad coming. Therefore simple nudity does not go against Christianity.</p>
<p>Jesus did not have a private restroom. He urinated in open trenches just as the other boys did, and bathed in the river with his brothers, uncles, dad, and neighbors. He also died completely nude on the cross.</p>
<p>David danced in a short ephod in front of Jerusalem when he thought people were praising him too much. He exposed himself in the process (an act of humility) and his wife was punished by God for ridiculing him because of it.</p>
<p>Many of the prophets prophesied nude - so much that when King Saul was nude and with the prophets, people asked if he had become a prophet.</p>
<p>Your answer is all wet, and you are flirting with mistaking God’s intentions. Modesty and humility are polar opposites in God’s eyes. Humility makes a man stronger while modesty tears him down.</p>
<p>In the New Testament, when Paul and Silas were lauded by a crowd as being gods, they “rent their robes" and rushed into the crowd showing the people their humility and humanity. And who died and was eaten by worms just a few verses before for accepting being called a god?</p>
<p>Evil men today are teaching young men that the humility of the locker room, swimming in ponds, etc is evil, and modesty is godly. You’d better do some studying.</p>
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	<h2>Answer:</h2>
<blockquote><p>"<em>Therefore, beloved, since you look for these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, spotless and blameless, and regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; just as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given him, wrote to you,  as also in all his letters, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, <strong>which the untaught and unstable distort, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction</strong></em>" (II Peter 3:14-16).</p></blockquote>
<p>As explained in "<a href="https://www.lavistachurchofchrist.org/cms/what-does-uncover-the-nakedness-mean/">What does “uncover the nakedness” mean?</a>" the Hebrew word '<em>erwah </em>("the nakedness of") refers to the exposure of the genitals. Uncovering someone to expose their genitals is typically a sexual act. It would include intercourse because that cannot take place without the genitals being exposed, but it is a broader phrase that would include the acts leading up to intercourse and acts that people get involved in while trying to avoid actual intercourse, such as oral sex or "dry humping." But in Genesis 9, Ham did not uncover his father's nakedness. "<em>Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside</em>" (Genesis 9:22). Noah had uncovered himself in his tent while drunk and Ham happened to see him in this state. "<em>Then Noah began farming and planted a vineyard. He drank of the wine and became drunk, and uncovered himself inside his tent</em>" (Genesis 9:20-21).</p>
<p>If Ham was committing incest, why tell his brothers? And what does it mean that his brothers covered their father's nakedness if seeing someone naked means having sexual intercourse? "<em>But Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it upon both their shoulders and walked backward and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were turned away, so that they did not see their father's nakedness</em>" (Genesis 9:23).</p>
<p>The claim that Canaan was the child of incest is also impossible from this account because Genesis 9:22 states that Ham was <em>already</em> the father of Canaan when he saw his father's nakedness. In addition, when Noah woke up from his drunken stupor, he cursed Canaan because of what Ham did. "<em>When Noah awoke from his wine, he knew what his youngest son had done to him. So he said, 'Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants He shall be to his brothers'</em>" (Genesis 9:24-25). Noah wasn't drunk for nine months; thus, Canaan was already born.</p>
<p>Every aspect of this story does not match the claim.</p>
<p>Isaiah's nakedness is described with the Hebrew word <em>'arowm</em>. It refers to being without clothing or being inadequately clothed. "<em>In the year that Tartan came to Ashdod, when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him, and he fought against Ashdod and took it; at that time Yahweh spoke by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, "Go, and loosen the sackcloth from off your waist, and take your shoes from off your feet." He did so, walking naked and barefoot. Yahweh said, 'As my servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and a wonder concerning Egypt and concerning Ethiopia, so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Ethiopia, young and old, naked and barefoot, and with buttocks uncovered,<strong> to the shame of Egypt</strong>. They will be dismayed and confounded, because of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory'</em>" (Isaiah 20:1-5). Isaiah was told to go about naked for three years to illustrate the shame the Egyptians are going to experience when Assyria conquers them. Being naked was not sinful, but it was something that was embarrassing. Consider the reverse: If there was nothing unusual or wrong with Isaiah being naked, it would not have served as an illustration of humiliation.</p>
<p>This was also the point regarding Saul. He was trying to hunt down David, but God chose to embarrass the king. "<em>Then went he also to Ramah, and came to the great well that is in Secu: and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? One said, Behold, they are at Naioth in Ramah. He went there to Naioth in Ramah: and the Spirit of God came on him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came to Naioth in Ramah. He also stripped off his clothes, and he also prophesied before Samuel, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Therefore they say, 'Is Saul also among the prophets?'</em>" (I Samuel 19:21-24). The question was not due to Saul's nakedness but that he prophesied all day and all night. The embarrassment did get to through to Saul because he stopped bothering Samuel for a while.</p>
<p>Yes, the Romans stripped their prisoners before putting them on crosses. It was a part of the public humiliation of those being executed. But the Scriptures do not say that Jesus was left entirely nude. "<em>Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took His outer garments and made four parts, a part to every soldier and also the tunic; now the tunic was seamless, woven in one piece. So they said to one another, "Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it, to decide whose it shall be"; this was to fulfill the Scripture: "They divided my outer garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots." Therefore the soldiers did these things</em>" (John 19:23-25). The soldiers took his robe and tunic. It does not say what happened to his loincloth.</p>
<p>By the way, Jesus used nakedness to illustrate shame. "<em>Behold, I am coming as a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked and they see his shame</em>" (Revelation 16:15). The reason it is an illustration is that being naked is shameful. In the Old Testament God said He would expose Israel's sins to their shame, and He draws the same parallel: "<em>Your nakedness shall be uncovered, yes, your shame will be seen</em>" (Isaiah 47:3).</p>
<p>David was accused by his wife, who at the time hated him, of dancing naked in public. "<em>Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, 'How glorious was the king of Israel today, uncovering himself today in the eyes of the maids of his servants, as one of the base fellows shamelessly uncovers himself!'</em>" (II Samuel 6:20). But in truth, David was not nude. "<em>Then David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was wearing a linen ephod</em>" (II Samuel 6:14). An ephod is a short linen garment joined at the shoulders and tied in place with a belt at the waist. It was the type of clothing children wore (I Samuel 2:18) and was a part of the priests' official outfits (I Samuel 22:18). Basically Michal's complaint was that King David wasn't wearing enough clothing in her view and had lowered himself to the level of a common worker. It doesn't mean David exposed himself. Michal doesn't really say he did, and we have to remember that in her anger she was very likely exaggerating her points.</p>
<p>Tearing one's garments was an expression of extreme anguish. "<em>When I heard about this matter, I tore my garment and my robe, and pulled some of the hair from my head and my beard, and sat down appalled</em>" (Ezra 9:3). Clothing was extremely expensive in those days, so ripping them would be a sign of extreme emotion. It does not imply that the person was completely exposed as a result. Paul and Barnabas were upset about being called gods and tore their clothes. "<em>But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it, they tore their robes and rushed out into the crowd, crying out and saying, 'Men, why are you doing these things? We are also men of the same nature as you, and preach the gospel to you that you should turn from these vain things to a living God, Who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them'</em>" (Acts 14:14-15).</p>
<p>Modesty is something taught by God. "<em>Likewise, I want women to adorn themselves with proper clothing, modestly and discreetly</em>" (I Timothy 2:9).  The word "likewise" indicates that this rule applies to men and women. The Greek word for "proper clothing" is <em>kosmious</em>, which means orderly, well-arranged, seemly, or modest. In other words, "proper clothing" refers to clothing that is neat and appropriate for the occasion. The Greek word that is translated as "modestly" is <em>aidos</em>, which means having a sense of shame, modesty, and reverence. A modest person can blush when faced with things that are irreverent or immodest. The Greek word for "discreetly" is <em>sophrosuna</em>. This is a person of sound mind, with self-control, of good judgment, and moderate in all that he does. Modestly does not tear people down.</p>
<p>I hope this helps your studies.</p>
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		<title>Why did Noah curse Ham&#8217;s child just because Ham saw Noah naked?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2012 02:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>I could not understand why Noah issued a curse on Ham just because Ham saw Noah naked in Genesis 9:22-27.</p>
<p>Q1. Was there a law of the land regarding seeing someone naked and Ham did not follow it?</p>
<p>Q2. What's wrong with Ham telling his brothers? (If I was the youngest and saw my father asleep naked and didn't know what to do, I would go and tell my older brothers, hoping they would know what to do.)</p>
<p>So I did some research and now am completely confused and perplexed at some of the explanations, findings, and interpretations. What is your understanding of Genesis 9:22-27, and your biblical or scripture references for your answer?</p>
<p>This is only a small example of what I found:</p>
<p>From: Wesley's Explanatory Notes on Genesis 9:22</p>
<blockquote><p>"“And Ham saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren” To have seen it accidentally and involuntarily would not have been a crime. But he pleased himself with the sight. And he told his two brethren without - In the street, as the word is, in a scornful deriding manner."</p></blockquote>
<p>PS. Wesley has no comment at all on Genesis 9:24</p>
<p>How does Wesley <em>not</em> give Ham the benefit of the doubt, that it was accidental and involuntary? How does Wesley accuse Ham that it was <em>not</em> accidental and involuntary? Where in the Bible does it say that Ham was pleased with himself at the sight, and told his brothers in a derogatory way?</p>
<p>Or from another website:</p>
<blockquote><p>Q. What was Ham's reaction to his father being drunk and unclothed?</p>
<p>A. He wanted his brothers to come see.</p></blockquote>
<p>How can they say Ham wanted his brothers to come and see? The Bible clearly just says “and told his two brothers outside”?</p>
<p>Or regarding Genesis 9:24</p>
<p>1 bible version says “found out”</p>
<p>1 bible version says “discovered”</p>
<p>4 bible version says “found out”</p>
<p>8 bible version says “learned”</p>
<p>13 bible version says “knew”</p>
<p>using the last version what did Noah “know” that his youngest son did to him?</p>
<p>The bible does <em>not</em> tell us but David C. Pack does in <em>The Bible’s Difficult Scriptures Explained</em></p>
<blockquote><p>"Who was the one cursed here for the sodomy committed against Noah?"</p></blockquote>
<p>Other things that came up about Ham, that I could not find in the bible where</p>
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<li>Ham was a magician – meaning a “bad person”</li>
<li>Ham looked with pleasure and delight on his father's nakedness</li>
<li>Ham was a very wicked, immodest, and profligate creature</li>
<li>Ham was a public corrupter of mankind</li>
<li>Ham acted “improper actions” or that he “did something” more than look</li>
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<p>In Genesis 9:24 when it says Noah knew what was done to him. Why can't it be no more than Noah felt Ham should have just covered him straight away, and said nothing to his brothers?</p>
<p>Where, how, and why has sodomy come into it?</p>
<p>If God didn't see fit to tell us, why do men think they do, and more to the point that their explanation is right?</p>
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	<h2>Answer:</h2>
<p>It was God who recorded before the fall of man, "<em>And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed</em>" (Genesis 2:25) and it was God who recorded after the fall, "<em>Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves coverings</em>" (Genesis 3:7). What changed was man's realization of good and evil, their loss of innocence. Man's response was to attempt to cover himself. "<em>So he said, "I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; and I hid myself"</em>" Genesis 3:10). The statement is clear. The reason for the fear and the hiding was <em>because</em> man realized he was naked. And it was God who gave Adam and Eve adequate clothing. "<em>Also for Adam and his wife the LORD God made tunics of skin, and clothed them</em>" (Genesis 3:21).</p>
<p>The simple fact is that because man sinned, a consequence of that sin was an awareness of nakedness. God's response to that was clothing. The clothing was for man's sake, not God's.</p>
<p>Sometime later: "<em>And Noah began to be a farmer, and he planted a vineyard. Then he drank of the wine and was drunk, and became uncovered in his tent. And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside. But Shem and Japheth took a garment, laid it on both their shoulders, and went backward and covered the nakedness of their father. Their faces were turned away, and they did not see their father's nakedness. So Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done to him</em>" (Genesis 9:20-24). In regards to the topic at hand, Ham found the nakedness of his father something unusual, perhaps of amusement -- enough to tell others about it. The word used, <em>wayyagedh</em>, carries the implication of telling or explaining something in detail. In this, he showed disrespect for his father. Shem and Japheth refused to look at their father's nakedness and hid it. In this, they showed Noah respect. Yet, the key to understanding this event is knowing that nakedness was a matter of shame, even in the privacy of a person's own tent.</p>
<p>There also might be something more to this. Later, sexual situations are referred to as uncovering a person's nakedness. "<em>None of you shall approach anyone who is near of kin to him, to uncover his nakedness: I am the LORD</em>" (Leviticus 18:6). Thus, it would not be wrong to conclude that Noah was not just unclothed, but perhaps also sexually aroused at the time Ham saw him. Another passage to consider is "<em>Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbor, pressing him to your bottle, even to make him drunk, that you may look on his nakedness!</em>" (Habakkuk 2:15).</p>
<p>Ham's sin was not his seeing his naked father but what his action implied. Instead of being embarrassed for his father, he told others. This, by the way, is what he did to Noah. He made Noah's embarrassing condition known to others. If it was accidental and involuntary, then his response should have been to walk out quickly or to cover his father so no one else would accidentally see him.</p>
<p>You are correct that commentators will forget that they must not interject their own ideas into the text and if they are guessing, it should be so noted.</p>
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<p>How long did Noah build the ark before his sons were born?</p>
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<p>In Genesis 5:32, we are told that Noah was 500 when his sons were born. In Genesis 6:3, God said He would destroy mankind in 120 years. Since this was in Noah's records, Genesis 6:9 being the closing line of that record, it is assumed that Noah was the one who delivered that message. The later half of Genesis 6:9 begins the record of Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Their birth is mentioned in Genesis 6:10 and the command to build the ark is recorded afterward. Noah was 600 when the flood began (Genesis 7:11) and 601 when the flood ended (Genesis 8:13).</p>
<p>Therefore, the prophecy about when the world would end came 20 years before Noah's sons were born. Japheth, the eldest was born when Noah was 500. Shem was 100 two years after the flood (Genesis 11:10), so he was born when Noah was either 502 or 503, depending on whether "after the flood" was after the beginning or after the end of the flood. Ham was the youngest and since the boys were born close to each other, he was likely born when Noah was between 504 and 506.</p>
<p>The problem is assuming the prophecy for building the ark came at the same time as the prophecy for how long the world would last. We really don't know how long it took to build the ark. But notice that a part of the command to build the ark was that Noah's son's wives would be included in the passenger list (Genesis 6:18). Therefore not only were the sons born, but they also were married. Therefore, we know that the prophecy for the countdown till the end of the world came well before the command to build the ark.</p>
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<p>Why was Noah never condemned by God for becoming drunk and committing the sin of incest?  And God used him to build the ark.</p>
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<p>You're mixing events. Noah was a righteous man (Genesis 7:1). He was saved when he obeyed God and built an ark. But it wasn't until years later that he got drunk and was naked in his tent (Genesis 9:21). The Bible doesn't say he committed incest. The two cases of incest that I can think of are by Lot's daughters (Genesis 19:30-38) and Amnon (II Samuel 13).</p>
<p>But the question was why wasn't Noah condemned for his drunkenness. In a way he was, two of his sons refused to look at him while he was drunk and naked (Genesis 9:23). Clearly, they knew his condition to be wrong. And it isn't that God doesn't make it clear that drunkenness is sinful (for example, Provers 20:1). So just because the Bible might not record all the consequences that came upon Noah because of his sin, it doesn't imply that nothing happened to him.</p>
<p>But there were consequences. Because Noah got drunk, he laid naked in his tent. Because of that, his son Ham gave in to the temptation to mock his father. Because of that Ham lost his blessing and the descendants of his son Canaan were prophesied to be slaves. Quite a long-reaching effect for overindulging.</p>
<p>The same is true of you and me. When we sin, we aren't likely to get struck by lightning the next moment. But those sins often have consequences we don't immediately realize or see. Just because we are immediately condemned, it doesn't mean what we did was acceptable to God.</p>
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<p>Thanks. You are right, I was confused. I just heard someone say that in a sermon, and I send the email without looking things up and examining them for myself, which is awful, I know. But thanks for setting things straight.</p>
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<p>Hi!</p>
<p>My question is: Was the earth populated by Noah's sons and daughters and their children married each other?</p>
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<p>Only eight people were saved during the Flood (II Peter 3:20). "<em>So Noah, with his sons, his wife, and his sons' wives, went into the ark because of the waters of the flood</em>" (Genesis 7:7). Noah's three sons were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. With the wives of each, that makes eight people. Noah didn't have any daughters. It was his daughters-in-law who joined them on the ark.</p>
<p>From the three couples, the world was repopulated -- Noah and his wife did not have any more children. "<em>So God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them: "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth</em>" (Genesis 9:1). Genesis 10 and 11 give the genealogy of the initial generations after the flood.</p>
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<p>Which of Noah's three sons did the Gentiles come through?</p>
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<p>All three sons. "Gentiles" means "nations" and was used for anyone who wasn't an Israelite (a descendant of Jacob). Abraham descended from Shem, but through Ishmael came the Arabs, and the Edomites came through Esau. Abraham's nephew, Lot, was the father of the Ammonites and Moabites. All these were Gentile nations, but they descended from the same son of Noah -- Shem.</p>
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<p>In Bible class this morning the teacher made the comment that during Noah's day Noah was the only person that was righteous. I disagreed stating that the other seven family members had to be righteous as well because God saw fit to save them. What is your response to this matter?</p>
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<blockquote><p>"<em>Then the LORD said to Noah, "Enter the ark, you and all your household, for you alone I have seen to be righteous before Me in this time"</em>" (Genesis 7:1).</p></blockquote>
<p>The word "alone" does not actually appear in the Hebrew text, but it was inserted by the New American Standard translators because the "you" in this verse is second person, masculine, singular. It was because Noah was found righteous that his family was saved. Unfortunately, in trying to clarify the verse, it also introduces another misunderstanding. There isn't anything in this verse that actually says the others were not also righteous to some extent. Noah was an unusually outstanding righteous man. "<em>This is the genealogy of Noah. Noah was a just man, perfect in his generations. Noah walked with God</em>" (Genesis 6:9). What is being emphasized is that because of Noah's righteousness, he and his family were to be saved.</p>
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