- Artist: Rev. Robert Lee
- Title: Noah: Living Wisely
- Track: 1
- Genre: Sermon
- Year: 2008
- Length: 48:32 minutes (44.43 MB)
Note: Sermon is preceded by scripture reading and choir anthem and followed by response song and closing music.
Sermon Notes -- June 15, 2008
“Noah: Living Wisely”
Genesis 6-9 (selected verses)
On Sunday, I shared a three-fold method of interpreting scripture that we take from Origen, one of the Fathers of early Christianity. We used this model in our study of Noah during the sermon. Here are the three levels of interpretation:
- The Historical level of the Text – this is the bare letter of the text or its literal meaning.
- The Moral level of the Text – this is the moral meaning, providing guidance concerning right and proper conduct and behavior. There are ethical and moral principles that may be hidden beneath the surface of the more historical meaning of the text.
- The Spiritual level of the Text – This concerns the deeper meaning of the text and points to Christ and the relationship of the Christian with God. Origen believed that even though it may be hidden, that a deep spiritual meaning was in every scripture. Often the use of the allegorical method of interpretation is used to find this deep, symbolic meaning. For instance, in the parable of the Prodigal Son, the son’s father who never stopped loving his son is an allegory of God. Meaning that he represents God in the parable although Jesus does not literally say that.
These application notes are under the "Moral level of the text" as we moved through the sermon.
- Noah had a good REPUTATION – “Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time” (6:9a).
- Noah WALKED with God – “…and [Noah] walked with God” (6:9b).
- Noah TRUSTED God – “So Noah did everything as God commanded him” (6:22).
- Noah had good FOLLOW THROUGH – “So Noah came out [of the ark]” (8:18).
- Noah gave GOD the credit – “Then Noah built an altar to the Lord…” (8:20).
- God BLESSED Noah – “Then God blessed Noah…” (9:1).
Post new comment