Category — Grace

In the last post we discovered how the world at large failed to find Grace in God’s eyes leading to the destruction of the earth by a worldwide flood. In this post I would like to show what it was about Noah that caused him to find grace in God’s eyes. The Bible shows us three unique attributes of Noah that set him apart, Genesis 6:8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD. 9 These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.

Noah was a Tsaddiq-
The word just in verse 9 is the Hebrew word tsaddîq (Strong’s #6662), meaning “just,” “righteous,” “lawful” (in accord with a standard), “correct.” In the Hebrew thought being a tsaddiq was like a title, it was like saying not that today such and so was righteous, but that their life long character was righteous. If we were to give an expanded translation of “just man” we might say a man who’s lifelong character was that he found God’s will and did it.

Noah was definitely such a man who lived in accordance with God’s revealed will, unlike all others of his time. It did not matter to Him if what God said was popular he was going to obey at all cost.

Noah Completed God’s Will for His Generation
In verse 9 the Bible says, These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations. The word perfect does not mean that Noah never sinned, rather this word has a completely different meaning. In the Hebrew text, this is tamîm (Strong’s #8549), and its basic meaning is “complete” or “entire.” It does not mean “perfect” as we would think of it today, as “without fault, flaw, or defect.” Other English words that translate tamîm are “perfect” “whole,” “full,” “finished,” “well-rounded,” “balanced,” “sound,” “healthful,” “sincere,” “innocent,” or “wholehearted.” So this word shows us that Noah had completed something, or was fulfilling something. What Noah was completing had to do with his generations, the KJV translates two different Hebrew words as “generations” in this verse. The first occurrence—”These are the generations“—is rendered from toledoth (Strong’s #8435; note that it is plural), meaning “descent,” “history,” or “genealogy.” The second occurrence of “generations”—in the phrase “perfect in his generations”—is from the Hebrew word dôr (Strong’s #1755), which means “properly, a revolution of time, i.e., an age or generation.”

So what was it that Noah was completing in his generation, the will of God. You see as a Tsaddiq he was genuinely interested in finding God’s will, and doing it , but he also didn’t just start it he completed everything God had for him to do in his lifetime. Can you imagine on your tombstone the phrase he, or she completed everything God wanted them to accomplish in their lifetime. Wow I want that to be said of me, He completed everything God ever intended for him to do in a lifetime.

Noah Walked With God-
The church has written volumes on the concept of walking with God, but it is amazing how little we do it. In this age it seems that walking with God has become synonymous with doing our devotions in a morning, or prayer. These things are part of walking with God, but a walk with encompasses our whole life style it is something we do 24/7/365 for our whole life. It wasn’t just that he was spending time with God in the morning his entire consuming passion was to follow God wholeheartedly.

You see you may had devotions this morning, but do you meditate and talk with God throughout the day? When God tells you do do things, or stop doing things do you obey? Because surely you don’t think you are still walking with God when you have said no to Him. He has a prescribed path, and we head down another path, and still think we are walking with God I think not.

For Noah this wasn’t just a little devotional in the morning He passionately sought the will of God for his life, and brought it to completion as he walked with God throughout his whole life. That is how to find God’s grace in our lives today.

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