He devoted his whole life to building the ark. Besides that, people had never seen rain up until that time. They laughed and made fun of Noah and his family all those years.
By doing that, he was called a righteous man, blameless in his generations. Abraham, the father of faith, also proved his faith by his deeds. The command to sacrifice Isaac would be a very difficult one for Abraham to obey. It would be easier for him to give up his wealth or power. Abraham loved his son Isaac more than his own self. It must have been hard and painful for him to offer Isaac as a sacrifice. However, he obeyed God without arguing or complaining.
He was willing to sacrifice his son Isaac, thinking that God gave him Isaac and He had the right to take his life. Everyone has his own values. To Abraham his son was the most valuable treasure in the world, and to Noah his possessions.
God sometimes requires of each person what is the most important thing to him. This is not because He hates him but because He wants to give a greater blessing to him. Comparing the faith and works of the righteous Noah and Abraham with ours, we need to check whether or not we have deeds along with faith.
In this age, an act of faith that pleases God most is to save souls, sacrificing the most precious thing we have. Hoping for heaven, we follow the Spirit and the Bride and we firmly believe that all of our heavenly brothers and sisters scattered across the earth will quickly come to Zion. With the act of faith by which we become righteous before God, we are now proclaiming the truth, throwing out the life line, to save poor dying souls.
We are building Zion the ark of salvation around the world and leading many souls into the ark. Seeing brothers and sisters participating in the gospel as God prophesied, we feel that we gradually become righteous by acts, like Noah and Abraham.
He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, 'God have mercy on me, a sinner. The problem the Pharisee had was not that he didn't try hard enough to be good, he did, but his trust was in what he was doing to secure him his place in heaven. He was going to save himself. Whereas the tax collector acknowledged that he was spiritually bankrupt, with nothing to recommend him, and threw himself upon the mercy of God.
Two men, two sinners, one trusting in himself the other trusting in the mercy of God. Two different results: one person lost and the other saved. The futile attempt to make oneself right with God is expressed by Paul as he laments the lost condition of his fellow countrymen: "Dear brothers and sisters, the longing of my heart and prayer to God is that the Jewish people might be saved.
I know what enthusiasm they have for God, but it is misdirected zeal. Hebrews so also the Messiah, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for Him. There are many that claim they know God but the proof is in what they do.
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Who is the righteous man for whom the law does not apply? We are totally incapable of obtaining righteousness on our own.
Thankfully, the story does not end here. Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe:. Our Lord Jesus Christ is that righteous Man, completely living up to the demands of the law. Praise God!
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