The Ark of Faith

Last night I was hanging out with my friend Sean Gaffney at his aparto in G-ville. He was going over lesson planning for his Ignite kids and I was doing some study in the B-I-B-L-E as well. I was going back through the smaller books of the New Testament and reading where I had underlined stuff before. In 1 Peter 3:18-22, Peter makes an analogy or comparison between baptism and Noah and the ark (Genesis 6:9 to Genesis 9:17). Just as Noah and his family was saved by water, so are we sealed in salvation today by baptism. I began to explore this metaphor and latched onto something that I found pretty awesome.

Allow me to share:

I think that the ark itself symbolizes something. Something that someone must build in order to receive salvation in the waters of baptism. The thing that must be built is faith. We must build our faith, just as the building of Noah's ark was a symbol of his faith. For those who seek baptism, which is the appeal to God for a clean conscience, they must build their faith and yield completely to Christ. Noah had to build the ark in order for God to establish a covenant with him, and so we must build our faith first so that we can recieve the new covenant in Lord Jesus Christ. Once we have achieved in building our ark of faith and yielding our lives to God, the Lord will bind us to Him in our faith, just as He enclosed Noah within the ark of his faith and shut him in and was with him. Let us also remember, that outside of the ark of faith there is a flood of death and destruction and there exists nothing. Outside of faith, there exists nothing. Without faith, there is no belief and without belief there is no covenant. Without a covenant of faith, we can never come into God's love, grace, and mercy.

Just a little something to think on. Have a good day and God bless!