20 Noah Did … All That the Lord Commanded

20 Noah Did … All That the Lord Commanded

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/old-testament-seminary-manual-2026/07-genesis-6-11-moses-8/072-genesis-6-8?lang=eng

This lesson, before the flood, mirrors the evil in the world today, before the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.

Why do you think that people get to the point where they think they know better than history, or even better than God?  

There is no sophistry in wickedness or in pride. Through humility and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and keeping His commandments, we can stay safe in a very troubled world.

Just like in Noah’s time, our loving Heavenly Father has asked us to keep His commandments, not to limit our happiness and joy, but to increase it.

Noah’s family was miraculously saved from the flood, because the kept the commandments, built the ark as instructed, and trusted in the Lord.

How can we also be saved in today’s world, while there is a flood of wickedness going on all around us?

Have you ever received instructions from your parents that have protected you and kept you safe?

Can you think of commandments from God that offer you both physical and spiritual safety?

“Pretty please” story used by Jerry Lomenick.

Prayer to our Heavenly Father, in the name of Jesus Christ, can also bring us back to safety.

  • Why do you think that God wants you, personally, to keep His commandments?
  • How willing are you to obey what God asks, even if you don’t understand the reason for the commandment? Why?

 

Moses 8:17, 20, 22, 28–29 The spiritual condition of the people in Noah’s day.

Moses 7:43 After the people refused to hear Noah’s missionary message to repent and return to God, Noah obeyed the Lord and built an ark, so that his own family could be protected when the floods came?

What are you building so that you and your family can be protected in today’s world?

Everything the Lord does for us is motivated by His love for us as His children. Even the flood was an action of His love and mercy. He knew that the people were no longer in a state to repent and progress and that the children being born needed a better chance. Through the atonement of Jesus Christ these people would still be given a chance to follow Jesus in the Spirit World.

2 Nephi 26:24 He doeth not anything save it be for the benefit of the world; for he loveth the world, even that he layeth down his own life that he may draw all men unto him. Wherefore, he commandeth none that they shall not partake of his salvation.

“Jesus Christ suffered for the sins of the people who died in the Flood so that they could learn and repent in the spirit world” (see Moses 7:38–40; 1 Peter 3:18–20). Also, God’s choice to send the Flood protected His other spirit children from being born into such dangerous and wicked circumstances

Can you imagine the people mocking Noah before the rains and the flood came?

Here’s something President Spencer W. Kimball said,

“As yet there was no evidence of rain and flood. [Noah’s] people mocked and called him a fool. His preaching fell on deaf ears. His warnings were considered irrational. There was no precedent; never had it been known that a deluge [or flood] could cover the earth. How foolish to build an ark on dry ground with the sun shining and life moving forward as usual!”

How does that relate to our day? Do people think we are foolish for believing in God and wanting to keep His commandments?

Why is it important to listen to the words of the prophets? How are we blessed by having a prophet on the earth today?

President Thomas S. Monson said,

“Noah had the unwavering faith to follow God’s commandments. May we ever do likewise. May we remember that the wisdom of God ofttimes appears as foolishness to men; but the greatest lesson we can learn in mortality is that when God speaks and we obey, we will always be right.”

What did the rainbow become a token of after the Flood?

The “bow” is a token that God will never flood the entire earth again (see Genesis 9:13–15). Yet, there was more to the covenant God made with Noah. The Joseph Smith Translation helps us understand that God was renewing the same covenant He made with Enoch (see Joseph Smith Translation, Genesis 9:21–25, in the Bible appendix). This covenant included a promise that when Noah’s posterity obeyed all of God’s commandments, the heavens and earth would rejoice, and Enoch’s city of Zion would again come upon the earth.

 

  

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