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**The Source of Salvation – Genesis 7:1-10**Genesis 7:1 ​ And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.**Salvation Secured**This is familiar territory, so I won’t read about all the animals or the timelines of the flood. What I want you to notice here is the ark itself. God told Noah, “Come into the ark.”God gave an invitation to salvation and Noah entered into that salvation. The ark is a type, a picture, a foreshadowing of God’s salvation through his son Jesus Christ. Just notice these parallels.Salvation through Christ and the ark were both planned by God, not by humans.There is only one way of salvation, Jesus Christ and there was only one door in the ark.God invited Noah and his family into the ark and we are invited to come to Christ.The ark saved Noah and his family from judgment because they believed God’s promise, they put their faith in God’s salvation. Christ saves us from eternal judgment because we have put our faith in Him.The ark endured the cataclysm of God’s judgment but kept Noah and his family safe. Jesus Christ went through the flood of suffering for us and came out in victory.There are many other types but we just don’t have the time to explore them all. (Isn’t the Super Bowl today?) Here is the point of the foreshadowing of the ark, as Noah was saved by grace through faith in the ark, we are saved by grace through faith in Jesus Christ.**Safe in the Salvation of the Lord**The ark went through the most powerful flood of all time, not a gentle rising of the waters, but a rending of the fountains of the deep and a ripping of the windows of heaven. There would have been earthquakes, volcanoes in the deep and on land, lightning and thunder would have deafened the world itself and rain would fell for 40 days and nights, it never ceased to pour down in great sheets signifying the outpouring of God’s wrath.Genesis 6:17 And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and everything that is in the earth shall die.God’s wrath was poured out from above and pushed up from beneath and nothing, nothing would survive. And yet this one small ship, this raft of refugees, nothing but a “floating box” perhaps 600 feet long, 100 feet wide and 60 feet high, made of cypress wood and coated inside and out with pitch a natural tar, this speck survived. It survived not because Noah was a great planner, but because God was and is a great protector. The ark survived not because of Noah great skill but because of God’s great salvation. The ark survived not because of Noah’s goodness but because God’s grace.What a powerful picture of salvation in Jesus Christ.We are saved by grace: Ephesians 2:4-10 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.We come at the invitation of our Lord Matthew 11:28-30 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.We are safe and secure from the terrible wrath of God for all eternity. Romans 8:33-39 Who shall lay anything to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth. Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.