Reformed Doctrine Daily Devotions

Today’s devotion comes from Hebrews 11:7.

 

“By faith Noah, being warned by God about things not yet seen, in reverence prepared an ark for the salvation of his household, by which he condemned the world, and became an heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.”  Hebrews 11:7.

 

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Noah literally “prepared an ark for the salvation of his household”. 

 

Merriam-Webster dictionary defines ark in part as “1 a : a boat or ship held to resemble that in which Noah and his family were preserved from the Flood b : something that affords protection and safety …”  Click here: Ark – Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary

 

We can believe that God is calling us to build a church or enter a church that is more faithful to God’s Word.  In a sense thereby, we are building and entering an ark for the salvation of our household.

 

Christian Schools can be considered arks.  They provide protection and safety for our children.  They are built in faith and entered to provide salvation for our households.   

 

Our ancestors even believed that God called them to leave their country to come to our country where they would have more religious freedom.  They got on ships, in a sense you can call them arks, to come to America for the salvation of their household.

 

Even our Reformed Confessions can be considered arks in the sense that they afford us protection and safety from heresy.  They are statements of faith.  We enter and stay within these Reformed confessions for the salvation of our households.

 

And, other arks may come to your mind. 

 

We can build arks.  Or, arks can be built for us.  But, in any event, we need to enter the arks.

 

Genesis 7:1
“Then the LORD said to Noah, “Enter the ark, you and all your household, for you alone I have seen to be righteous before Me in this time.”

 

Genesis 6:18
“But I will establish My covenant with you;  and you shall enter the ark—you and your sons and your wife, and your sons’ wives with you.”

 

“Therefore, brethren, since we have confidence to enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way which He inaugurated for us through the veil, that is, His flesh, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.”  Hebrews 10:19-22.