The Flood Genesis 6 Think Do you believe

The Flood Genesis 6

Think Do you believe the “stories” in the Bible? Have you ever met someone who didn’t believe in the Bible’s miracles?

Gen. 6: 1 -5 “The Lord saw how great man's wickedness on the earth had become, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the time. ” DEEP DEPRAVITY

The Slide into a “Depraved Mind” � � � Furthermore, since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done. They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; they are senseless, faithless, heartless, ruthless. Although they know God's righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice = “emptiness” Peer Pressure!

What is a “Depraved Mind” ? “Worthless: used up, wasted, empty, living dead…”

Decline into Depravity: How? ä 6: 4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days - and also afterward - when the sons of God went the ofdomain, men and had And angels whotodid notdaughters keep their own but abandoned their proper abode, He has. They kept inwere eternalthe bonds under darkness children by them. heroes of old, for the judgment of the great day, men of renown. Jude 1: 6 (NASB 95) The Knowledge of God was gone! ä See Job, Psalms: “Sons of God” = Angels ä Jude 1: 6; 2 Pet. 2: 4

Only Noah Believed! ä V. 8 “But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord. ” ä God’s Plan: v. 13 -17 ä Not a Myth…

The Flood: What Proof? 1. 2. Osiferous Fissures: cracks filled with bones. Siberian Mammoths Sociological Evidence: Sumarian, Babalonian, Assyrians, Egyptians, Greeks… All Claim 1 Family is Saved 3. Agreeing On the Numbers! ä Arameans, Hindus, Chinese, Hawaiins, Mexican Indians, Aboriginese, Batracks, Fiji Islanders, Polynesians, Sudanese, New Guineans, New Zealanders, Celts of Wales, Hottentotts… All Widely Dispersed, no contact! ä Over 270 Global Accounts !!!

Compare to Belief in ‘Alien Life’ 1. 1, 000 Respondents, 60% Believe Aliens Exist Center for Survey and Research Analysis at the University of Connecticut: commissioned by the National Geographic Channel 2. 3. PROOF? Still, Millions of $$ Spent on “Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute” (SETI)

The Flood: What Proof? 1. 2. 3. 4. Osiferous Fissures: cracks filled with bones. Siberian Mammoths Sociological Evidence: Sumarian, Babalonian, Assyrians, Egyptians, Greeks… Is God powerful enough…?

A Picture of God and Mankind ä 1 Peter 3: 20 -21 The Ark was Salvation from God’s Judgment 1äPeter 3: 20 -21 vs. 21 Christ is also Salvation from Judgment those who disobeyed God long ago when God waited patiently while Noah was building his boat. Only eight people were saved from drowning in that terrible flood. And that water is a picture of baptism, which now saves you, not by removing dirt from your body, but as a response to God from a clean conscience. It is effective because of the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

A Picture of God and Mankind ä 1 Peter 3: 20 -21 The Ark was Salvation from God’s Judgement ä vs. 21 Christ is also Salvation from Judgement ä John 5: 24 "I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes Him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life. ”

The Bad News… ä Gen. 7: 16 “The Lord shut him in. ” ä The Door was Sealed Shut… ä There are Limits to Free Choice ä Gen. 6: 3 Then the Lord said, “My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; ”

The Good News… ä He provides ample opportunity to choose! ä For He says, “In the time of my favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you. ” I tell you, now is the time of God's favor, now is the day of salvation. ä It Means We MUST Choose! Matt. 12: 30 -31. “Anyone who isn’t with me opposes me, and anyone who isn’t working with me is actually working against me. Matthew 12: 30 (NLT)

(You’re smarter!? ) God is an IDIOT! When I’m (God’s a drag!? ) older Maybe some “since they day Lies!did not think it worthwhile Lies! to retain the knowledge of God, he gave (God’s unimportant!? ) God’s CHOOSER Lightthem over to a depraved mind…” Lies! Nobody knows (You know that much!? ) (Your Creator!? Lies! It won’t change Lies! anything? ) It don’t matter I dunno what to think (A good reason to drop it!? )

When I’m older God is an IDIOT! God’s Light Calluses… Maybe some day CHOOSER Nobody knows I dunno what to think “…become filled with. Itevery kind of wickedness, don’t matter evil, greed and depravity…”

The Good News… ä “Most Some will be glad! importantly, I want to remind you ä 2 Peter 2: 5, last 9 …days So God protectedwill Noah when he that in the scoffers come, destroyed the world of ungodly people with a vast mocking the truth and following their own flood… So you see, the Lord knows how to rescue desires. ” 2 Peter 3: 3 godly people from their trials. ä 2 Tim. 3: 12 “Noah is insane!”

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