“ And Yahweh regretted that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart. I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land, man and animals... for I am sorry that I have made them. But Noah found favor in the sight of Yahweh ." 1 Noah found favor, favor is the Hebrew word associated with Grace, so Noah found Grace. Grace is unmerited favor, like a gift freely given, not deserved by works. Grace is the undeserved chesed or loving kindness of God. We see a correlation between the time of Noah and what Paul writes to the Ephesians about the new covenant of Grace, " For by Grace you are saved through faith ..." At one time we were Gentiles in the flesh, alienated from God, separated by a law, "performed in the flesh by human hands" alienated, "strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world." But we were brought near by the blood of Christ who broke "down in his flesh the d...
When we bear fruit, after being deeply rooted, and growing up truth in love, the love of God is fulfilled.