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Human Wickedness & Divine Destruction (Genesis 6.1-8)
It's hard not to look back at the progress we've made. Perhaps to some degree we ought to from time to time, just to be encouraged that the Lord, indeed, is working in our lives, is sanctifying us for His kingdom, severing sin and establishing His righteousness in us!
But... I would strongly encourage you not to camp out long in the land of self-admiration. It's a great danger to show the left hand what the right hand is doing as we grow in godliness. Satan would love us to start admiring our progress. How many times have I heard his whisper, "Wow, that was really righteous of you." Thief! He comes to steal, kill and destroy!
The danger herein is to forget that anything we are, have or will become in godliness is wrought only and solely by the sheer unmerited favor of our good and holy God. Rather than self-righteousness, God's grace should promote great humility and happiness in our once ever-wicked and perverted heart. From such a vantage point, we can authentically herald to the hopeless, "No! There is hope in God. Look to Jesus!"
Are your eyes fixed on your failures? Are they fixed on your righteousness? Join us this week for Genesis 6.1-8 as we remind our eyes to be fixed on our Father and His Son in whom is our hope and salvation!
Today's passage:
6:1 When man began to multiply on the face of the land and daughters were born to them, 2 the sons of God saw that the daughters of man were attractive. And they took as their wives any they chose. 3 Then the Lord said, “My Spirit shall not abide in man forever, for he is flesh: his days shall be 120 years.” 4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of man and they bore children to them. These were the mighty men who were of old, the men of renown.5 The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 6 And the Lord was sorry that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart. 7 So the Lord said, “I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land, man and animals and creeping things and birds of the heavens, for I am sorry that I have made them.” 8 But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord. -Genesis 6.1-8 (esv)
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By South ChurchIt's hard not to look back at the progress we've made. Perhaps to some degree we ought to from time to time, just to be encouraged that the Lord, indeed, is working in our lives, is sanctifying us for His kingdom, severing sin and establishing His righteousness in us!
But... I would strongly encourage you not to camp out long in the land of self-admiration. It's a great danger to show the left hand what the right hand is doing as we grow in godliness. Satan would love us to start admiring our progress. How many times have I heard his whisper, "Wow, that was really righteous of you." Thief! He comes to steal, kill and destroy!
The danger herein is to forget that anything we are, have or will become in godliness is wrought only and solely by the sheer unmerited favor of our good and holy God. Rather than self-righteousness, God's grace should promote great humility and happiness in our once ever-wicked and perverted heart. From such a vantage point, we can authentically herald to the hopeless, "No! There is hope in God. Look to Jesus!"
Are your eyes fixed on your failures? Are they fixed on your righteousness? Join us this week for Genesis 6.1-8 as we remind our eyes to be fixed on our Father and His Son in whom is our hope and salvation!
Today's passage:
6:1 When man began to multiply on the face of the land and daughters were born to them, 2 the sons of God saw that the daughters of man were attractive. And they took as their wives any they chose. 3 Then the Lord said, “My Spirit shall not abide in man forever, for he is flesh: his days shall be 120 years.” 4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of man and they bore children to them. These were the mighty men who were of old, the men of renown.5 The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 6 And the Lord was sorry that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart. 7 So the Lord said, “I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land, man and animals and creeping things and birds of the heavens, for I am sorry that I have made them.” 8 But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord. -Genesis 6.1-8 (esv)