Yes — once a person enters God's ark of safety through Christ, God shuts and seals the door, and nothing can separate the believer from the love of God.
Les Feldick anchors this in the ark account: God shut the door (not a human being), and the only way out of the ark was upward through the roof. The pitch that sealed the ark kept out the waters of judgment, keeping those inside in perfect safety. Paul confirms the same truth in Romans 8 — no creature, no power, no circumstance in all creation can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Genesis 7:16 — Records that the LORD Himself shut Noah into the ark — the definitive picture of God sealing the believer into the ark of safety.
Romans 8:38-39 — Paul's direct answer that nothing in all creation can separate the believer from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
The ark of Noah is presented in Scripture as the place where God Himself sealed in the righteous. In Genesis 7:16, after Noah and his family entered, 'the LORD shut him in.' Scripture consistently presents one, exclusive way of salvation: Jesus declared, 'I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved' (John 10:9); Peter proclaimed, 'Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved' (Acts 4:12); and Paul wrote, 'For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ' (1 Corinthians 3:11). Regarding the security of those who are saved, Paul asks in Romans 8:35, 'Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?' and answers in verses 38-39 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.' Genesis 8:13 records the exit from the ark: 'Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.'
Les Feldick teaches that the ark of Noah is God's picture of the believer's eternal security. His central point is that 'God shut the door.' There was only one door into the ark, and it was not latched by any human hand — God Himself sealed Noah and his family inside. Les applies this directly to salvation: there is only one door into the sheepfold (the Lord Jesus), only one name given among men by which we must be saved (Acts 4:12), and only one foundation (Jesus Christ). When a person enters through that one door, God shuts and seals it, so the believer's security does not depend on human effort or holding on. Les also points to the pitch that sealed the ark. The floodwaters were waters of judgment for the unbelieving multitudes, but the pitch sealed out those waters and kept Noah's family in perfect safety. Applying this to the believer, Les says that when we enter into God's ark of safety, the water of judgment and the fires of judgment will never touch the believer. Even through months of turmoil, the ark was kept afloat by the presence of Jehovah within it; Les reminds his listeners that Jesus said 'come' into the ark — not 'go' — because He was already there, just as His presence in the boat kept the disciples safe in the storm. Finally, Les points to the ark's exit. Noah removed the covering of the ark, and the family went out through the top — not the side. Spiritually, once a believer enters the ark of safety, there is only one way out: up. Whether through the rapture, which Les says he believes is close, or through the valley of death and resurrection, the believer goes up — never back into the old life.
Les emphasizes that after Noah and his family entered the ark, God shut the door — it was God who sealed them in, not Noah or any other man. Because there was only one door, and because God shut it, there was no possible way for anyone else to enter. The same is true in salvation: the believer enters through the one door, the Lord Jesus, and God is the One who keeps him in. The security of the believer rests on God's faithfulness, not on a human latch or human effort.
Les teaches that the floodwaters were waters of judgment — but for the unbelieving multitudes, not for the righteous family of Noah. For those inside the ark, the pitch sealed out the waters of judgment, and the ark remained a place of perfect safety. Les also notes that the ark's only window was in the roof, not in the side, so there was no outside access. Applying this to the believer, Les says that when we enter into salvation, we enter into God's ark of safety, and the water of judgment and the fires of judgment will never touch the believer.
Les observes that Noah and his family did not exit the ark through the side. Noah removed the covering of the ark, and they went out through the top. Spiritually, once a person enters the ark of safety, there is only one way out: up. A believer does not go back into the old life. Whether through the rapture or through the valley of death and subsequent resurrection, the believer's direction is always upward.
Les directly connects the ark's safety to Paul's words in Romans 8. Paul asks, 'Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?' and concludes 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 can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus. Because of this, the believer does not have to work, worry, strain, or hang on to avoid being lost. Just as Noah found grace and was drawn into the ark by God's love, the believer was drawn into that place of safety by the same love. Les also points out that the ark's survival was due to the presence of Jehovah within, just as Jesus' presence in the boat guaranteed the disciples' safety in the storm.
God Shut the Door
Les teaches that God Himself shut the single door of the ark, picturing God's sovereign sealing of the believer; just as there is only one door into the ark, Jesus is the one door, the one name, and the one foundation of salvation.
The Pitch That Seals Out Judgment
Les teaches that the pitch sealed the ark and kept out the waters of judgment, keeping Noah's family in perfect safety; when we enter God's ark of safety, the waters and fires of judgment will never touch the believer.
The Only Way Out Is Up
Les shows that Noah's family exited the ark through the roof, not the side, and applies this to the believer: once inside the ark of safety, the only way out is up — by rapture or resurrection, never back into the old life.
Nothing Can Separate Us
Les connects Paul's conclusion that nothing can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus to the ark's picture of security; it was God's love that provided the ark of safety and drew Noah — and the believer — into it.
The Question Stated
Les frames the very question of this page: once a person has entered the ark of safety and the door has been shut, does he have to work, worry, strain, and hang on to avoid being lost? The lesson answers with the shut door and Romans 8.
Jehovah's Presence Kept the Ark Afloat
Les teaches that the ark survived months of roaring waters because the presence of Jehovah was within it, just as the presence of Jesus in the boat guaranteed the disciples would never sink.
'Come Into the Ark'
Les notes that Jesus said 'come' into the ark rather than 'go,' implying that He was already in the ark — and His presence was what guaranteed the ark's survival through the judgment.
The Upward Exit
Les points to Genesis 8 where Noah removed the covering so the family left through the top, picturing the believer's departure through the rapture or resurrection — always upward.
Genesis 7:16: And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in.
The key verse showing that God Himself shut and sealed Noah into the ark — the picture of God sealing the believer into the ark of safety.
Genesis 8:13: And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.
Records that the exit from the ark was upward through the roof, which Les applies to the believer's rapture or resurrection.
Genesis 6:14: Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
Describes the pitch that sealed the ark against the waters of judgment, the very picture Les draws on for safety inside the ark.
John 10:9: I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
Jesus' statement that He is the one door, matching the ark's single door in Les's teaching.
Acts 4:12: Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
Scripture's declaration that there is no other way of entrance into salvation, just as the ark had only one door.
1 Corinthians 3:11: For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
Paul's statement that Christ is the only foundation, another one-way picture Les ties to the ark's single door.
Romans 8:35: Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
Paul's question about what could possibly separate a believer from Christ's love; Les raises it in the context of the ark's security.
Romans 8:38-39: 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.
Paul's definitive answer that absolutely nothing can separate the believer from God's love — the New Testament ground of eternal security.
No. Les teaches that once a person enters the ark of safety, God is the One who shuts the door, and no human effort is required to remain inside. In Romans 8, Paul declares 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 can separate the believer from the love of God in Christ Jesus.
Les explains that the ark's single door pictures the one and only way into salvation: Jesus is the door of the sheepfold (John 10:9), there is no other name under heaven by which we must be saved (Acts 4:12), and there is no other foundation than Christ Jesus (1 Corinthians 3:11). When that one door was shut, there was no possible way of entrance for anyone else.
Les teaches that the pitch sealed the ark so that the waters of judgment could not leak in, and it kept Noah's family in perfect safety throughout the flood. He applies the picture to the believer: when we enter into God's ark of safety, the waters of judgment and the fires of judgment will never touch us.
Les points out that Noah removed the covering of the ark, and the family went out through the roof — not through the side. In the spiritual realm, the only way a believer leaves the ark of safety is upward, through the rapture or the resurrection, never back into the old life.
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