I

Noah's true faith is demonstrated in every single thing he did, in his every thought, and in the attitude with which he acted toward what God had commanded of him. This is enough to show Noah's true faith in God, and this faith is beyond all doubt, and utterly pure. Regardless of whether what God asked him to do was in line with his own notions, regardless of whether it was what he had planned to do in life, and regardless of how it conflicted with the things in his life, much less how difficult this task was, he had but one attitude: acceptance, submission and implementation. Ultimately, the facts show that the ark built by Noah saved each species of living creature, as well as his own family.

II

Because Noah was possessed of true faith and true submission to God—through Noah's true cooperation with God—all God wished to do was realized and became a reality. This was what God valued in Noah, and Noah did not disappoint God; he lived up to the important commission that God had given him, and completed all that God had entrusted to him. That Noah can complete God's commission was, on the one hand, because of God's commands, and at the same time, it was also due to Noah's true faith and absolute submission to God. It was precisely because Noah possessed these two most cherished of all things that he became loved by God; and it was precisely because Noah possessed true faith, and absolute submission, that God saw him as someone who should remain, and as somebody who was worthy of surviving.

III

From Noah's creation of the ark, we should see Noah's noble character; he was possessed of conscience and reason and of true faith and true submission toward God. All of this is worthy of emulation. It was precisely because of Noah's faith and submission toward God's commission that Noah became beloved in the eyes of God, a created being that was loved by God—which was a fortunate and blessed thing. Only such people are fit to live in the light of God's countenance; in God's eyes, only they are fit to live. They are worthy of enjoying all that which could be enjoyed that God has bestowed upon mankind, worthy of living in the light of God's countenance, worthy of receiving God's blessings and promises; people like this are beloved by God, they are true created human beings, and are the ones God wishes to gain.

from The Word, Vol. 4. Exposing Antichrists. Excursus Three: How Noah and Abraham Obeyed God's Words and Submitted to Him (Part Two)