Will God Judge

I thought I would talk a little about Noah today! This was the circumstance and situation in their day read Genesis 6:1-7, “And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years. There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown. And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.”

I think God’s purpose was always the same as it is for us today, to prosper them and not harm them but to give them a hope and a future because God is love and there is no one that was ever born that He didn’t love!  This situation sounds a little like what is going on in our world today except thankfully there are many more believers today than there was then.  At that time He could only find one person that loved Him and was faithful and that man was Noah!!  It says this in Genesis 6:8, “But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.”   This doesn’t mean that Noah was perfect, the Word of God says that all have sinned and fell short of the glory of God, and that there is none righteous, no not one.  It means that he followed God with his whole heart, in a very sinful generation. When it says that God repented it doesn’t mean that He made a mistake, He never makes a mistake, it means He was sorry that the people chose sin and death instead of having a relationship with Him.  

Think about this, God could have destroyed them very quickly if He wanted to but because of His mercy and grace He gave them 120 years to think about what they would choose to do; that’s how long it took Noah to build the Ark and I think he must have preached in that period of time to the people that were wondering what he was up to.  But apparently none of them repented and turned to God and God’s judgement fell upon them and they were all destroyed.  God hates sin; He knows that it only devastates people’s lives, it never builds up, it tears down and destroys relationships and marriages and it brings on sicknesses and diseases and damages people’s minds and puts people in bondage.  God doesn’t want these things to take place in people’s lives, He wants to see people set free of sin and its devastating consequences.  The sad thing is that there are so many people today that still reject God and go their own way and do their own thing, not believing that there are consequences for their sins.  

Take a lesson from Sodom and Gomorrah, God’s judgement fell on them also, not because God didn’t love the people but because of their sinful lifestyles, their rebellion and the sinful choices that they made.  Lot, his wife and two daughters were the only ones that escaped that judgment and that was only because of Abraham.  Lot’s wife got out of the city but she turned back when she was told not to and she became a pillar of salt.  God is a loving, kind and merciful God, full of grace and truth, but He is also a just and a fair God but there are always consequences for sin like I said earlier.

Read what it says in 2 Peter 3:1-7, “This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance: that ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour: knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, and saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: but the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.”                             

This passage in 2 Peter speaks of when God flooded the earth also bringing judgement on the people that I talked about earlier in this Tidbit.  In the footnotes of my Bible it says this (In Noah’s day the earth was judged by water, at the second coming it will be judged by fire) Read what verse 7 says again, “But the heavens and the earth which are now by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against this day of judgement and perdition of ungodly men.”

Now think of this, God provided Noah and his family a place of salvation using the Ark.  God provided Lot and his daughters a place of salvation in the city of Zoar, a place of refuge.  God has also provided a place of refuge so that you will not come under His wrath or severe judgement and that is found in His Son Jesus Christ.  If you will repent and turn away from your sins and ask Jesus to be your Lord and Savior, in all sincerity, I think you will find your refuge in Him!!  Read John 3:16-17, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.” 

The last verse, 1 John 1:9, “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”

Enough said, I think you got the point I was making!  May the good Lord bless you and yours and may you have a super day and don’t forget to thank and praise the Lord!!