_The waters assuaged_ THE GRADUAL CESSATION OF DIVINE RETRIBUTION I. THAT IT IS MARKED BY A RICH MANIFESTATION OF DIVINE MERCY TO THOSE WHO HAVE SURVIVED THE TERRIBLE RETRIBUTION. 1. God’s remembrance of His creatures during the cessation of retribution is merciful. 2. God’s remembrance of His c... [ Continue Reading ]
_Noah opened the window of the ark_ THE JUDICIOUS CONDUCT OF A GOOD MAN IN SEEKING TO ASCERTAIN THE FACTS OF LIFE AND HIS RELATION THERETO We observe: I. THAT NOAH DID NOT EXHIBIT AN IMPETUOUS HASTE TO GET OUT OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH GOD HAD PLACED HIM. 1. We see that God does sometimes pl... [ Continue Reading ]
_But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot and she returned unto him into the ark_ THE DOVE’S RETURN TO THE ARK I. LOOK AT THE DOVE SETTING OUT UPON HER VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY. Why did she fly away? 1. Because she had wings. Natural instinct. So it is with us. Our soul has many thoughts and... [ Continue Reading ]
_Noah removed the covering of the ark_ NOAH’S FIRST CONSCIOUSNESS OF SAFETY AFTER THE DELUGE I. He would probably be impressed with the GREATNESS OF THE CALAMITY HE HAD ESCAPED. The roaring waters had subsided, but they had wrought a terrible desolation, they had reduced the earth to a vast charne... [ Continue Reading ]
_Noah went forth_ MAN’S GOING FORTH AFTER THE JUDGMENTS OF GOD - I. THAT HE GOES FORTH UPON THE DIVINE COMMAND (Genesis 8:15). 1. That Noah was counselled to go forth from the ark on a day ever to be remembered. 2. That Noah was commanded to go forth from the ark when the earth was dry. II. THA... [ Continue Reading ]
_And Noah builded an altar unto the Lord_ NOAH’S SACRIFICE I. THERE IS AN EVIDENT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE SACRIFICE OF NOAH AND THOSE OF CAIN AND ABEL. Here, under God’s guidance, the mound of turf gives place to the altar which is built. An idea is discovered in the dignity of the inferior creatur... [ Continue Reading ]
_The Lord smelled a sweet savour_ THE SWEET SAVOUR How important is it, that this truth shall be as a sun without a speck before us! Hence the Spirit records that, when Noah shed the blood which represented Christ, “The Lord smelled a sweet savour. ” Thus the curtains of God’s pavilion are thrown... [ Continue Reading ]
_While the earth remaineth, seed time, and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease._ THE SERMON OF THE SEASONS I. In the text there is A SOLEMN HINT OF WARNING. “While the earth remaineth.” 1. It is implied that the earth will not always remain. 2. Th... [ Continue Reading ]