Will We Obey God? — Hall of Faith, Noah, Week 3

Featuring: Judah Thomas, David LaManna, Lenny Salgado, Johnny V., Mike McHugh, and James Gowell

Edited by: Tim Nicholson

In this episode of Thriving in the Word, we continue The Hall of Faith series and we stop at a man who built something no one had ever seen, for a disaster no one believed was coming, in a world that had never seen rain.

We walk through Genesis 6 and trace it into Hebrews 11:7, where Noah warned about things not yet seen, moved in holy fear and built an ark to save his family. And while the whole world watched and mocked and kept living like nothing was wrong, Noah kept swinging the hammer.

That's not stubbornness. That's obedience.

We talk about what it actually means to obey God when it doesn't make sense, when the assignment looks ridiculous, when the timeline is 120 years long, and when nobody around you believes what you believe. Noah didn't just have faith in a promise. He built something with it.

That leads us into some honest questions:

Will we obey God when the instructions don't come with an explanation? Do we only follow God when it's convenient or culturally acceptable? Are we building what He's asked us to build, or are we waiting for the world to validate the blueprint first?

From there, the conversation gets real. Think about what it costs to be different, not just a little different, but build-an-ark-in-your-front-yard different. Noah's obedience wasn't quiet. It was public. It was long. And it condemned the world simply by being faithful.

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This faith-based Christian podcast is for anyone who wants Bible teaching that doesn't stay on the surface, because obedience isn't an emotion. It's a decision. And Noah made it for 120 years without a single person in his corner.

The question isn't whether God is asking.

The question is: will we obey?