By: Eddy Craft

Introduction

I. We live in world that calls evil good and good evil (Isaiah 5:20). Our society has come not only to tolerate every sort of sin, but also to celebrate it.

II. Are you worried about the world that our children and grandchildren will live in after we are gone? What will be state of America one generation from now?

III. The good thing is we don’t have to worry about the direction the world is headed. We are going in a very different direction, and we can have peace with our souls. We can learn this by looking at the world in which Noah lived (Genesis 6).

Discussion

I. It was well with Noah’s soul.

A. God was grieved with the world in Noah’s day. The generation in which Noah found himself is much like ours today, “And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart” (Genesis 6:5-6). The Hebrew word grieved here means to: hurt, vex, displeasure. It will be the same when Christ comes again (Matthew 24:37).

B. How did Noah find peace with his soul in such a wicked world? God’s Grace of course was the answer. The only way Noah could have found peace with his soul was by accepting God’s marvelous grace! “But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord” (Genesis 6:8). Grace taught Noah to do the will of God “For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world” (Titus 2:11-12). It was well with his soul because he was a preacher of righteousness (2 Peter 2:5). Noah was a man of great faith, “By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith” (Hebrews 11:7).

C. God’s guidance (Genesis 6:13-22). “Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he” (Genesis 6:22).

II. Some questions that we can ask.

A. Am I living right if I should die tonight? (Luke 12:20). If so it is well with my soul.

B. Have I lost my sin am I pure within? (Acts 2:38; I John 1:6-7). If so it is well with your soul.

C. Do I praise the love of the one above? (Mark 12:30-31). If so it is well with my soul. (The preceding was taken from Songs of the Church, page 437).

D. Am I ready to deny myself and take up my cross? (Matthew 16:24).

E. Am I willing to stand against my family? (Matthew 10:36).

F. Will I fear God rather than man? (Matthew 10:28).

G. Will I worship Him in spirit and in truth? (John 4:24).

H. Will I be a member of His Church? (Acts 2:47).

I. I will honor Gods laws relative to the home as He designed it. (Genesis 2:24-15; Matthew 19:4-9).

J. Am I seeking first the kingdom of God and His righteousness? (Matthew 6:33).

III. It is well with my souls when:

A. God is the source of my life (Ephesians 2:1; John 10:10,28). If so it is well with my soul.

B. God is the strength of my life (Philippians 4:13; Galatians 2:20). If so it is well with my soul.

C. God is the satisfaction of my life (Philippians 4:11,19). If so it is well with my soul.

D. God is the subject of my life (Acts 9:20). If so it is well with my soul.

E. God is the standard of my life (I Corinthians 11:1). If so it is well with my soul.

F. God is my shepherd (Psalm 23). If so it is well with my soul.

G. God is my sacrifice (2 Corinthians 5:21). If so it is well with my soul.

H. God saved by His blood (Hebrews 9:12). If so it is well with my soul.

IV. Have you obeyed Gods plan of salvation? If not what you do so now? You must:

A. Hear - Romans 10:17.

B. Believe - John 8:24.

C. Repent – Luke 13:3.

D. Confess – Matthew 10:32-33.

E. Baptized – Mark 16:16.

F. Be Faithful – Revelation 2:10.

G. Erring Christian – Acts 8:22.

Conclusion

IS IT WELL WITH YOUR SOUL?