Sermon Tone Analysis

The Devotion Of Noah

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.

22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.

20 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.

22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.

Intro.

We should listen and take guidance from Noah’s worship.

The Priority Of Worship

“Noah was now turned out into a cold and desolate world, where, one would have thought, his first care would have been to build a house for himself; but, behold, he begins with an altar for God” (Henry)

Noah priority first and foremost is worship of the one who brought him safely through the storm.

Butler, J. G. (2007).

Noah: The Ark Builder (Vol.

Number Twenty-Three, p. 133).

Clinton, IA: LBC Publications.

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Seeking the kingdom of God must be the first priority.

33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

All other causes are selfish at their root.

This is why we seldom have trouble missing a service because our first priority is worship of self, not the seeking of the kingdom of God.

For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

We who believe will learn shamefully, and the lost will learn tragically, eternally the uselessness of our earthly selfish, material, physical pursuits.

The Purpose Of Worship-Why build an altar?

Appreciation

Noah is expressing his appreciation by his offering on the altar

He survived the greatest natural disaster in human history because of the grace of God.

But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.

8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.

“Those that have received mercy from God should be forward in returning thanks, and do it not of constraint, but willingly” (Henry)

“Those that have received mercy from God should be forward in returning thanks, and do it not of constraint, but willingly” (Henry).

Worship is a physical display of our internal appreciation to God for His mercy.

Butler, J. G. (2007).

Noah: The Ark Builder (Vol.

Number Twenty-Three, p. 135).

Clinton, IA: LBC Publications.

We don’t have to be convinced to come to public worship, we do so willingly.

Veneration

Noah is showing God honor by his offering on the atar

We honor God by public and private worship

Our present day Christianity has little interest in the honor of God.

By our disinterest in public worship we show our disinterest in honoring God.

By our carnality we reveal the loss of our honor for God.

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The less we publicly worship God the less we will have the opportunity to worship God.

Cultural perversion now dominates the public square.

Christians are systematically being silenced, because we have systematically devalued public worship, by lack of attendance and attention.

Propitiation

Noah’s blood sacrifice points to the propitiation for our sins.

The death and the shedding of blood for our sin is represented in Noah’s sacrifice

Noah’s sacrifice shows that theology matters in worship.

23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.

24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

Noah’s sacrifice shows that theology matters in worship.

Theology is what makes your worship “true” worship.

Wrong theology makes wrong worship.

But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.

24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

All worship is not true worship

“spirit”=heart

If you do not want to publicly worship God then your presence at public worship means nothing.

“truth”=theology

Our ignorance of theology is our ignorance in worship

If your worship is not by, and through, and because of the blood of Christ then your worship means nothing and accomplishes nothing.

True worship must willingly honor the propitiatory work of Christ on the cross.

The Price Of Worship

And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy it of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the Lord my God of that which doth cost me nothing.

So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

Worship always requires time, effort, and finance

24 And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy it of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the Lord my God of that which doth cost me nothing.

So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

Noah was aware of the cost, but did not hesitate to expend what he needed most to worship God.

The building of the altar

“Noah builded an altar” ()

“Noah builded an altar” ().

This is the first time the building of an altar is mentioned in scripture

Butler, J. G. (2007).

Noah: The Ark Builder (Vol.

Number Twenty-Three, p. 137).

Clinton, IA: LBC Publications.

Preparation for worship requires effort.

You cannot worship without the internal preparation of the heart and the external preparation of a place.

Being cheap with our time, effort or finances reveals our view of worshipping God.

God expended great time, effort, and expense in providing our salvation through the death of Christ on the cross.

The burnt offerings on the altar

“Noah … took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar” ()

“Noah … took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar” ()

Noah sacrificed at great expense to himself, his family, and his future.

Butler, J. G. (2007).

Noah: The Ark Builder (Vol.

Number Twenty-Three, p. 138).

Clinton, IA: LBC Publications.

“Though his stock of cattle [livestock] was so small, and that rescued from ruin [flood] at so great an expense of care and pains, yet he did not grudge to give God his dues out of it.

He might have said, ‘Have I but seven sheep to begin the world with, and must one of these seven be killed and burnt for sacrifice?