Noah was told that there would be a flood he had no evidence to believe that it would happen, other than what God had said to him. This included an assessment of the human condition (the wickedness of all people), what God was going to do, and what Noah should do. Now Noah's faith was not "blind", for presumably he could see the behaviour of people and that God's assessment was correct. He then had to decide whether or not to trust the rest of what God said, and if he did believe God then he would build the ark, as indeed he did.
The gospel is similar in some ways. It tells of the sin of man, and the consequences of it, and if we look around (including ourselves) we can see that it is a good assessment. We need to then decide whether or not to believe God. Like Noah we need to act on that faith.
Faith also condemns the world. How does this work? Well people will inevitably complain "how could I know?". The answer will simply be, "others believed the message, why didn't you?"
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