And when I talk about arks failing... I'm not talking about the Ark... Jesus... He never fails...
Where we fail... is in the building of faith... the practice of faithfulness...
His love is unconditional... but His promises conditional... blessings... based on obedience...
Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life;
whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life,
but the wrath of God remains on him.
John 3:36 ESV
believes... in the Greek... pistueo... means... to believe to the extent of complete trust and reliance (Louw Nida)...
Clearly believe... implies obedience... if the opposite is... does not obey...
I think some are surprised... by life's storms... because they don't know Him... haven't spent time with Him... in prayer... in His Word... coming to know the Truth...
Their faith built not on the Rock... but on their own understanding... of who He is...
Our own understanding... imagining... of God... reduces Him to... a god... made in our own image...
I can't believe in a God who let's bad things happen...
What kind of God kills His own Son...?
No one can change this situation... or that person...
The truth is... we are born into a broken world... one we broke... and God uses it... to capture the attention of the lost... and refine Believers into the image of His Son...
Though He was God's Son, He learned obedience through what He suffered. After He was perfected, He became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey Him...
Hebrews 5:8-9 HCSB
So... if you find yourself rocked... by a storm...
water rising in your ark...
house toppling in the wind...
you might check to see...
exactly who... or what... you have faith in...
By faith Noah, being warned by God
concerning events as yet unseen,
in reverent fear constructed an ark
for the saving of his household.
Hebrews 11:7 ESV
Make sure you've placed your faith... in the Truth... and exercise your belief... moment... by... moment... through obedience...
Your life... your entire household... depend on it...
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