I

Noah was an ordinary member of humankind who worshiped and followed God. When God’s words came upon him, his attitude was not to move slowly, delay, or take his time. Instead, he listened to God’s words with great seriousness, he listened to God’s every utterance with great care and attention, diligently listening to and trying to remember everything that God commanded of him, not daring to be inattentive in the slightest. In his attitude toward God, and God’s words, was a God-fearing heart, which showed that God had a place in his heart, and that he was submissive to God.

II

Noah listened closely to what God said, to the content of God’s words, to what God asked him to do. He listened attentively—not analyzing, but accepting. There was no refusal, antipathy, or impatience in his heart; instead, he calmly, carefully, and attentively noted, in his heart, every word and thing pertaining to God’s requirements. He dared not neglect any of God’s words, or any of what God asked, or any detail of what was required of him in God’s words.

III

Noah’s attitude toward God’s commission and God’s words was not indifferent, was not perfunctory, or capricious, much less was it one of rejection; instead, he listened carefully to God’s words, and put his heart into remembering and pondering them. His attitude toward God’s words was one of acceptance and submission. To God, only this is the attitude that a true created being should have toward His words which He desires. There was no refusal, no perfunctoriness, no willfulness in this attitude, nor was it adulterated by human intent; it was, wholly and completely, the attitude that a created human being ought to have.

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