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Stories From The Old Testament That Build Faith & Devotion

The Story of the Flood Gen 6-9  What is the people’s condition in Gen. 6?  In our last story were people this wicked?  How did this happen? Stories From The O.T. That Build Faith & Devotion

The Story of the Flood Gen 6-9  What separated Cain and Abel’s sacrifice? Stories From The O.T. That Build Faith & Devotion Heb. 11:4 By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts; and through it he being dead still speaks.

Generations of Adam 4:25-5:32  Adam – 130 – Seth930 yrs 130  Seth – 105 – Enos912 yrs 235  Enos – 90 – Cainan905 yrs 325  Cainan – 70 – Mahalaleel910 yrs 395  Mahalaleel – 65 – Jered895 yrs 460  Jered – 162 – Enoch962 yrs 622  Enoch – 65 – Methusalah365 yrs 687  Methusalah – 187 – Lamech969 yrs 874  Lamech – 182 – Noah595 yrs 1056  Noah – 500 – Three Sons950 yrs 1556  If Generations Complete – 1556 yrs Since Creation Stories From The O.T. That Build Faith & Devotion Began to call on the name of the Lord Ge. 4:25 Enoch “walked with God” Ge. 5:24 Noah “walked with God” Ge. 6:9

Generations of Adam 4:25-5:32  Adam – 130 – Seth930 yrs 130  Seth – 105 – Enos912 yrs 235  Enos – 90 – Cainan905 yrs 325  Cainan – 70 – Mahalaleel910 yrs 395  Mahalaleel – 65 – Jered895 yrs 460  Jered – 162 – Enoch962 yrs 622  Enoch – 65 – Methusalah365 yrs 687  Methusalah – 187 – Lamech969 yrs 874  Lamech – 182 – Noah595 yrs 1056  Noah – 500 – Three Sons950 yrs 1556  If Generations Complete – 1556 yrs Since Creation Stories From The O.T. That Build Faith & Devotion Heb. 11:5-6 By faith Enoch was taken away so that he did not see death, “and was not found, because God had taken him”; [a] for before he was taken he had this testimony, that he pleased God. 6 But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.a

The Story of the Flood Gen 6-9  What separated Cain and Abel’s sacrifice?  Cain’s sacrifice lacked the needed faith  Cain murdered his brother out of jealousy  Cain was cursed from the ground  Cain was cursed to live a nomadic life Stories From The O.T. That Build Faith & Devotion

The Story of the Flood Gen 6-9  Cain’s family likewise continues to grow  Enoch – built a city and called it by this name  Irad  Mehujael  Methushael  Lamech  Jabal – Father of those who dwelt in tents and tended to livestock  Jubal – Father of those who played the harp and flute  Tubal-Cain – Instructor of every craftsman in bronze and iron Stories From The O.T. That Build Faith & Devotion 23 Then Lamech said to his wives: “Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; Wives of Lamech, listen to my speech! For I have killed a man for wounding me, Even a young man for hurting me. 24 If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, Then Lamech seventy-sevenfold.” Have the descendants of Cain grown closer to or further from God?

The Story of the Flood Gen 6-9  Men began to multiple Gen 6:1  Sons of God  Angels Stories From The O.T. That Build Faith & Devotion  Sons of Seth  Righteous men (Seth, Enosh, Enoch, Noah)

The Story of the Flood Gen 6-9  Men began to multiple Gen 6:1  Daughters of men  Descendants of Cain  Daughters of the Unrighteous Stories From The O.T. That Build Faith & Devotion

The Story of the Flood Gen 6-9  Sons of God took wives from the daughters of men  Took wives “they chose” based on beauty  What was the results (v. 3)  Judgement Stories From The O.T. That Build Faith & Devotion

Danger of Intermarriage  Do not marry  Turn your sons from God and turn them to other gods Deut. 7:2-4  1 Co. 15:33 Do not be deceived: “Evil company corrupts good habits.”  Do not be unequally yoked with an unbeliever 2 Co. 6:14  King Solomon’s many wives (1 Kings 11:1-4) Stories From The O.T. That Build Faith & Devotion

Results of these Intermarriages  Nephilim (giants, tyrants, vicious, mighty, etc…) were born to them  The Lord saw that the wickedness  Man’s thoughts were on evil always  God was grieved that He had made man Stories From The O.T. That Build Faith & Devotion

Judgment on wickedness  3 And the LORD said, “My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, for he is indeed flesh; yet his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.”  7 So the LORD said, “I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth, both man and beast, creeping thing and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them.” Stories From The O.T. That Build Faith & Devotion Judgment with Mercy 6 But in the fourth generation they shall return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”

Judgment with Mercy  Noah found Grace in the eyes of the Lord  Perfect (blameless) in his generations  Walked with God (only said of Noah and Enoch)  Preacher of righteousness (2 Peter 2:5)  God patiently waited 120 years (v. 3, 1 Pet. 3:19)  People had corrupted their ways (v 12)  Filled with violence (v 11) Stories From The O.T. That Build Faith & Devotion

 Noah’s Ark  Laws and Promises  Meat for Food  Law of Blood  Law of Capital Punishment  Covenant of the Rainbow SSS Noah Told to Make an Ark  Laws and Promises  Meat for Food  Law of Blood  Law of Capital Punishment  Covenant of the Rainbow 450 ft Long 45 ft high Roof – 1 Cubit above 75 ftWide 3 Decks – Divided Rooms 1 Door in Side Stories From The O.T. That Build Faith & Devotion 17 And behold, I Myself am bringing floodwaters on the earth, to destroy from under heaven all flesh in which is the breath of life; everything that is on the earth shall die. Does God care about details?

Does God care how we obey  What can we learn from the fact that God gave Noah very detailed instructions?  Would Noah have obeyed if he had used Popular?  What lessons can we learn from this? (Col. 3:16-17)  By faith Noah, being divinely warned of things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his household, by which he condemned the world … Heb. 11:7 Stories From The O.T. That Build Faith & Devotion

God’s Saves the Creation  Noah, his son and their wives promised salvation (18)  Two of every kind of creature were to be saved (19)  They will come to you to keep alive  Take for yourself food to sustain you.  For people and the animals NOAH DID ACCORDING TO ALL THAT GOD COMMANDED HIM Stories From The O.T. That Build Faith & Devotion

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