NOAH WAS “RIGHTEOUS in his moral relations to God…”

He did what was right. This passage even says he was “perfect” (NASV–“blameless”). This cannot mean he was sinless (remember Genesis 9:20-21). Elders, too, are expected to be “blameless” (1 Timothy 3:2 KJV), but that certainly does not require sinless perfection (cf. 1 John 1:8). It does however, in both cases, indicate a comparative maturity that causes one to turn away from sin as soon as it is pointed out to him. Noah was this type of person; in fact, he “walked with God.” He accepted God’s will as his standard. He was not part of the corrupt society of that day (Genesis 6:12). Rather, he did “according to all that God commanded him” (Genesis 6:22) with reference to the building of the ark and preaching to the sinful society of his day.

The sixty-four dollar question for all Christians today is: do we really try to live a blameless life? Do we study God’s standard and listen carefully when it is preached and turn away from sin when it is pointed out? That is what it meant to “walk with God” like Noah did. Earl Edwards, “Noah, Who Preached Righteousness, ” The Book of Genesis: Foundational Truth and Unfolding of God’s Plan of Redemption, Curtis Cates, Editor, 881-882

“Therefore, beloved, looking forward to these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, without spot and blameless.” 2 Peter 3:14

Mike Benson