FINDING GRACE WHEN FLOODS COME
MF Blume
May 1, 2016
Genesis 6:5-8 And GOD saw that the wickedness of man
was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of
his heart was only evil continually. (6) And it repented
the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his
heart. (7) And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I
have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the
creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I
have made them. (8) But Noah found grace in the eyes of the
LORD.
Genesis 8:3-4 And the waters returned from off the
earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the
waters were abated. (4) And the ark rested in the seventh
month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of
Ararat.
Genesis 8:20-21 And Noah builded an altar unto the
LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and
offered burnt offerings on the altar. (21) And the LORD
smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not
again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of
man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more
every thing living, as I have done.
Genesis 9:11-15 And I will establish my covenant with
you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a
flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the
earth. (12) And God said, This is the token of the covenant
which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with
you, for perpetual generations: (13) I do set my bow in the
cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the
earth. (14) And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud
over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:
(15) And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you
and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more
become a flood to destroy all flesh.
The flood of Noah was death and destruction.
• But Noah was rescued through it because HE FOUND GRACE in the eyes of the Lord.
• Because he found grace, God told him to build and get inside an ark.
• And because he got in the ark, he survived the
destruction and landed on Ararat and made a sacrifice to God.
• And because he made that sacrifice, God cut a covenant with him and betokened it with a RAINBOW.
From FINDING GRACE to a RAINBOW.
Hebrews 4:16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the
throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in
time of need.
We can FIND GRACE, too!
And we find GRACE at the THRONE OF GRACE.
Revelation 4:2-3 And immediately I was in the spirit:
and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the
throne. (3) And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper
and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in
sight like unto an emerald.
And just like Noah’s day, look what was before the throne where the rainbow was.
Revelation 4:6 And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: …
Revelation 5:1-2 And I saw in the right hand of him
that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside,
sealed with seven seals. (2) And I saw a strong angel
proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to
loose the seals thereof?
And look what comes across the sea of glass toward the throne where the rainbow is:
Revelation 5:6-7 And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst
of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders,
stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes,
which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.
(7) And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him
that sat upon the throne.
And the BLOOD of Jesus is in focus:
Revelation 5:9 And they sung a new song, saying, Thou
art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou
wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every
kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;
We read of tribulation and we read of
Revelation 7:9-10 After this I beheld, and, lo, a
great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and
kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before
the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;
(10) And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God
which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.
Revelation 7:14-15 And I said unto him, Sir, thou
knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great
tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the
blood of the Lamb. (15) Therefore are they before the
throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that
sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.
They’re there by the throne with the RAINBOW!
THE BLOOD OF JESUS is the highlight and focus of this all the time!
The Lamb went to the THRONE where the rainbow was.
• Across the CRYSTAL SEA.
• And HIS BLOOD redeems millions.
• And then Rev 7 shows a number you cannot count BEFORE THAT THRONE.
• And they are there because the blood of Jesus washed their robes white as snow.
That rainbow says NO MORE FLOODS!
David was a godly man whom the devil attacked and attacked.
• But David held on to God.
2 Samuel 22:1 And David spake unto the LORD the words
of this song in the day that the LORD had delivered him out of the hand
of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:
Look what’s in this song.
2 Samuel 22:5-18 When the waves of death compassed
me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid; (6) The
sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented
me; (7) In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to
my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did
enter into his ears. (8) Then the earth shook and trembled;
the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.
(9) There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of
his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it. (10) He bowed
the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.
(11) And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon
the wings of the wind. (12) And he made darkness pavilions
round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.
(13) Through the brightness before him were coals of fire
kindled. (14) The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most
High uttered his voice. (15) And he sent out arrows, and
scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them. (16) And
the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were
discovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of
his nostrils. (17) He sent from above, he took me; he drew
me out of many waters; (18) He delivered me from my strong
enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.
Notice the CHARIOT OF GOD comes…
Ezekiel 1:4 And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind
came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and
a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour
of amber, out of the midst of the fire.
Ezekiel 1:26-28 And above the firmament that was over
their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a
sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as
the appearance of a man above upon it. (27) And I saw as
the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it,
from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance
of his loins even downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire,
and it had brightness round about. (28) As the appearance
of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the
appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of
the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell upon
my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.
David said God rode on the wings of the WIND to his rescue.
• Wind in Hebrew is SPIRIT.
• When we get in trouble, your help is not going to come from flesh and human might.
Zechariah saw a mountain before him.
• And God said there’s a STONE that’s HEAD of the corner—the HEADSTONE…
• And Bring that stone and shout “GRACE
GRACE!!” to the mountain, and IT WILL BE LEVELLED TO THE GROUND!
Zechariah 4:6-7 Then he answered and spake unto me,
saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by
might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.
(7) Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt
become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with
shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it.
And speaking of FLOODS….
Isaiah 59:18-20 According to their deeds, accordingly
he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to
the islands he will repay recompence. (19) So shall they
fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising
of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of
the LORD shall lift up a standard against him. (20) And the
Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression
in Jacob, saith the LORD.
When the devil attacks you with his floods, let him know THE BLOOD OF JESUS BOUGHT YOU and saved you.
• And call on God.
• And the same God who promised no more floods
to Noah when a sacrifice was made, who put a rainbow in the clouds,
will THUNDER FROM HEAVEN to help you.
• His throne will come.
• His kingdom will come!
• The BLOOD OF JESUS – the sacrifice – was shed!
• His rage is volcanic, and will come to your side.
• He’s the cornerstone!
• The cornerstone is the one who resurrected from the dead and was made the head.
• The ark is JESUS whom WE ENTERED by entering
His death and crossing the flood of death when He saved us., to bring
us to the THRONE over on the CURSE REVERSED mountain of God.
• And he reminds the devil HIS COVENANT THROUGH
THE SACRIFICE IS HIS GRACE… and when you find GRACE in the blood
of Jesus shed on the cross for your salvation… HE WILL COME
AGIANST EVERY ENEMY you face!
• But you have to call on Him and depend on HIS GRACE!
Shout GRACE to the mountains that stand before you, and He will pound them flat!
Go to the THRONE where the rainbow is and you will FIND GRACE!