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Noah's Righteousness Genesis 7:1 · Life For Toledo

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  I'm thinking today of Genesis 7 -1. Then the
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  Lord said to Noah, Enter the ark, you and all
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  your household, for you alone I have seen to
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  be righteous before me in this time. God saw
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  Noah alone to be righteous, which is an amazing
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  thing to say of him. There really was no reason
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  for him to be righteous. He had a nature that
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  was the same as every other man, I'm sure. He
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  didn't have access to the Holy Spirit. He hadn't
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  seen the Christ or probably heard anything about
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  him. Can you imagine being a good and righteous
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  man under those circumstances? He was right when
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  right was not really a thing anyone else was
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  doing. Surely, it had to do with faith, just
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  as it does now. Was it a general faith in God
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  and that there were rewards for those who sought
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  him? Seems right. The testimony of creation was
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  there, something in his heart, something that
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  had to do with choosing the better path. There
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  is a part of me that wants to say that this righteousness
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  would have shined out among men. The fact that
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  others did not follow him in righteousness and
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  that no one killed him because of the contrast
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  caused by his righteousness speaks of a separation,
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  protection, and provision from God.