Title: Don't Miss the Boat (9)
Series: Genesis: In the Beginning
Text: Genesis 7
Author: Bob Ingle
Open your bibles to Genesis 7. Today, we come to one of the most serious and sobering stories in all of Scripture. It's also one of the most famous stories of the entire bible. I doubt there is a man, woman, or child in this country who can't tell you something about this story. It recounts for us the utter destruction of a massive, worldwide flood that God Himself unleashed on the earth to drown nearly every living person on the planet. And how do we commemorate this story? By making it the decorating theme of our newborn baby's room, of course! I'm not saying that's wrong, but when you take the whole story into account, it's a little weird.
I heard about a little girl who was sitting on her grandpa's lap listening to him read her the story of Noah & the flood. She stopped him and asked innocently, "Grandpa, were you in the Ark?" He chuckled and replied, "Oh no, honey, I wasn't." She paused for a moment and then asked, "Then why weren't you drowned?" Of course, we all know what Noah's favorite country song was, right? "I Love a Rainy Night".
Over the years, many have tried to downplay the magnitude of this story by arguing that it's not meant to be taken literally. They say it's more of an allegorical story that is intended to teach us some spiritual lessons figuratively and metaphorically, but it's not to be taken literally. Others have gone even farther saying that the worldwide flood is a pagan myth and a religious superstition that should be rejected. But that is the lying hiss of Satan and the voice of unbelief.
One reason we know that this account of Noah & a worldwide flood is to be understood as a real, literal, and totally factual story is because that's exactly what Jesus believed and taught. Listen to what Jesus said when He taught what the world will be like upon His second coming at the end of time. Matthew 24:38- ...
Series: Genesis: In the Beginning
Text: Genesis 7
Author: Bob Ingle
Open your bibles to Genesis 7. Today, we come to one of the most serious and sobering stories in all of Scripture. It's also one of the most famous stories of the entire bible. I doubt there is a man, woman, or child in this country who can't tell you something about this story. It recounts for us the utter destruction of a massive, worldwide flood that God Himself unleashed on the earth to drown nearly every living person on the planet. And how do we commemorate this story? By making it the decorating theme of our newborn baby's room, of course! I'm not saying that's wrong, but when you take the whole story into account, it's a little weird.
I heard about a little girl who was sitting on her grandpa's lap listening to him read her the story of Noah & the flood. She stopped him and asked innocently, "Grandpa, were you in the Ark?" He chuckled and replied, "Oh no, honey, I wasn't." She paused for a moment and then asked, "Then why weren't you drowned?" Of course, we all know what Noah's favorite country song was, right? "I Love a Rainy Night".
Over the years, many have tried to downplay the magnitude of this story by arguing that it's not meant to be taken literally. They say it's more of an allegorical story that is intended to teach us some spiritual lessons figuratively and metaphorically, but it's not to be taken literally. Others have gone even farther saying that the worldwide flood is a pagan myth and a religious superstition that should be rejected. But that is the lying hiss of Satan and the voice of unbelief.
One reason we know that this account of Noah & a worldwide flood is to be understood as a real, literal, and totally factual story is because that's exactly what Jesus believed and taught. Listen to what Jesus said when He taught what the world will be like upon His second coming at the end of time. Matthew 24:38- ...
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