A Wicked World and a Grieving God (13 of 61)
In the Beginning
Pastor Jeff Schreve
Primary Scripture: Genesis 6:1-8
If you have your Bible, please turn to Genesis chapter 6. I've entitled this message, A Wicked World and a Grieving God.
Now, if you look up the word judgment in the Merriam-Webster's online dictionary, you find that it has lots of different definitions. One definition for judgment is "The process of forming an opinion or an evaluation." Another definition for judgment is, "The exercise of discernment." Third definition is "A formal decision given by a court." And then, toward the end of the definitions, you have this one: "A divine sentence or decision." And then it says, if the word judgment is capitalized, "It's the final judgment of humanity by God." Now, when we talk about the judgment of God, lots of people don't like that. They don't like to hear about judgment. They don't like to read about judgment. They bristle at judgment. You know, the Bible says in the Book of Proverbs that, "The execution of justice is joy to the righteous, but it is terror to the workers of iniquity." You know, if you're doing wrong, you don't want to talk about judgment. You don't want to think about judgment because you know that, hey, I am in the wrong. And the execution of justice is terror to the workers of iniquity.
Now, we are studying in the Book of Genesis. And we come to Genesis chapter 6; key passage of Scripture in Genesis 6 and Genesis 7, because it tells us about the flood. It tells us about judgment from God. And we read in Genesis 6 that God pronounces judgment, and He said, "My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, yet his days shall be one hundred and twenty years." Judgment is coming, and God gives the people one hundred and twenty years. We said last week, in Genesis chapter 5 that Enoch has a son named Methuselah. And that name means "It shall be sent when he is dead." And when you do the math, you find ...
In the Beginning
Pastor Jeff Schreve
Primary Scripture: Genesis 6:1-8
If you have your Bible, please turn to Genesis chapter 6. I've entitled this message, A Wicked World and a Grieving God.
Now, if you look up the word judgment in the Merriam-Webster's online dictionary, you find that it has lots of different definitions. One definition for judgment is "The process of forming an opinion or an evaluation." Another definition for judgment is, "The exercise of discernment." Third definition is "A formal decision given by a court." And then, toward the end of the definitions, you have this one: "A divine sentence or decision." And then it says, if the word judgment is capitalized, "It's the final judgment of humanity by God." Now, when we talk about the judgment of God, lots of people don't like that. They don't like to hear about judgment. They don't like to read about judgment. They bristle at judgment. You know, the Bible says in the Book of Proverbs that, "The execution of justice is joy to the righteous, but it is terror to the workers of iniquity." You know, if you're doing wrong, you don't want to talk about judgment. You don't want to think about judgment because you know that, hey, I am in the wrong. And the execution of justice is terror to the workers of iniquity.
Now, we are studying in the Book of Genesis. And we come to Genesis chapter 6; key passage of Scripture in Genesis 6 and Genesis 7, because it tells us about the flood. It tells us about judgment from God. And we read in Genesis 6 that God pronounces judgment, and He said, "My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, yet his days shall be one hundred and twenty years." Judgment is coming, and God gives the people one hundred and twenty years. We said last week, in Genesis chapter 5 that Enoch has a son named Methuselah. And that name means "It shall be sent when he is dead." And when you do the math, you find ...
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