Gen 6:9 These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation. Noah walked with God.
I don’t know that I have ever heard a Calvinist truly challenged regarding all the Old Testament references to righteous individuals.
If all humans are totally depraved, steeped in Adam’s guilt and born into sin, how can the Bible ever describe any human being as being “righteous”, “blameless”, or “walking with God”?
But Noah is clearly described that way.
Twice.
And he manages to maintain his righteousness even as everyone around him is on the broad path to destruction.
And it seems pretty clear that Noah is chosen to be the remnant through the flood because he is righteous. He is not made righteous after being chosen.
Gen 7:1 Then the Lord said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your household, for I have seen that you are righteous before me in this generation.
Tim Mackie says the Hebrew for righteousness simply describes a “right relationship”.
Noah had a right relationship with God.
How did he manage that?
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