14. Why were Noah and his family counted worthy to survive the deluge?

¹⁴ Why, then, were Noah and his family counted worthy to be spared through the deluge and to enter the post-deluge period? It was because Noah led his family in ‘walking with the true God,’ not with the ungodly world. God found Noah to be righteous, “faultless among his contemporaries.” He was a “preacher of righteousness.” He had exemplary faith in God. That was why he obediently built the ark for the preserving of his household alive.​—Gen. 6:9 through 7:1; Heb. 11:7.

Noah had to do works of faith besides preaching righteousness and sounding the warning of world destruction. Should less be expected of us, who now find ourselves in the “conclusion of the system of things,” according to Jesus’ prophetic description of the eventful period of time through which we have passed since 1914 C.E.? No! Not if the modern-day antitype is to match the ancient type of Noah’s day.​—Matt. 24:3-39.