Noah R.O.S.E. & So Should We

I have had an amazing week this week.

On Monday and Tuesday I was at our children’s camp with Cindy Starr, the greatest children’s minister of all time, and a group of great volunteer leaders. The kids were not bad either.

On Wednesday I headed to our high school camp to be with Jeff Armstrong our new and amazing Next Generation Pastor. I had the opportunity to speak to the students on Wednesday night and Thursday morning.

I want to share the outline from Wednesday night with you this week and the outline of my talk from Thursday next week.

On Wednesday night I spoke to the students about how Noah R.O.S.E as God called him to. A number of students were saved and God did a fresh work in a number of us.

I pointed out to the students that in Genesis 6-9 God called Noah and he responded and R.O.S.E to the occasion by being (R)ighteous, (O)bedient, (S)aved, and (E)ffective.

Noah was Righteous. Genesis 6:9 “This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked with God.” Noah let God control his actions, attitude, and the outcome of his life according to God’s Word.

Noah was Obedient. Genesis 6:14 “So make yourself an ark of cypress wood; make rooms in it and coat it with pitch inside and out.” Even though it took him 120 years and people probably ostracized him, Noah did what God called him to do. He was a witness for God and announced the coming judgment at a great cost to himself.

Noah was Saved. Genesis 7:1-12 “The Lord then said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and your whole family, ⁷And Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives entered the ark to escape the waters of the flood. ¹²And rain fell on the earth forty days and forty nights.” Judgment came, but Noah was ready because he entered into the ark. Just as we must enter into Christ to be saved from judgment, so Noah entered into the ark and was saved.

Noah was Effective. Genesis 8:18-19 “So Noah came out, together with his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives. ¹⁹All the animals and all the creatures that move along the ground and all the birds—everything that moves on the earth—came out of the ark, one kind after another.” Noah, his family, and the animals were saved. He was effective in carrying out his call from God. I am saved because someone was effective in sharing the Gospel with me. Who will be saved this year because you were willing to share the Gospel with them?

God wants us to be (R)ighteous, (O)bedient, (S)aved, and (E)ffective. Will you be what God has called you to be?