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| Rev. Canon George Sinclair |
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Podcast of CFRA broadcast on Sunday, July 2nd, 2017:
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Broadcast Notes:
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Dear friends, this
radio talk is a shortened version of a sermon I gave at Church of the Messiah,
Ottawa. The sermon was part of a series of Sermons on the first 11 chapters of
Genesis. The series was called, God: The Creator And Sustainer Of All Things.
God and Noah and The Flood
Genesis
6 (ESV)
Increasing Corruption
on Earth
6 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[a] man forever, for he is flesh: his days
shall be 120 years.” 4 The Nephilim[b] 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 regretted 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.
Noah and the Flood
9 These
are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his
generation. Noah walked with God. 10 And Noah had three sons,
Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
11 Now
the earth was corrupt in God's sight, and the earth was filled with violence. 12 And
God saw the earth, and behold, it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted
their way on the earth. 13 And God said to Noah, “I have
determined to make an end of all flesh,[c] for the earth is filled with violence
through them. Behold, I will destroy them with the earth. 14 Make
yourself an ark of gopher wood.[d] Make rooms in the ark, and cover it
inside and out with pitch. 15 This is how you are to make it:
the length of the ark 300 cubits,[e] its breadth 50 cubits, and its height
30 cubits. 16 Make a roof[f] for the ark, and finish it to a cubit
above, and set the door of the ark in its side. Make it with lower, second, and
third decks. 17 For behold, I will bring a flood of waters upon
the earth to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life under heaven.
Everything that is on the earth shall die. 18 But I will
establish my covenant with you, and you shall come into the ark, you, your
sons, your wife, and your sons' wives with you. 19 And of every
living thing of all flesh, you shall bring two of every sort into the ark to
keep them alive with you. They shall be male and female. 20 Of
the birds according to their kinds, and of the animals according to their
kinds, of every creeping thing of the ground, according to its kind, two of
every sort shall come in to you to keep them alive. 21 Also
take with you every sort of food that is eaten, and store it up. It shall serve
as food for you and for them.” 22 Noah did this; he did all
that God commanded him.
Footnotes:
1.
Genesis 6:3 Or My Spirit shall not contend
with
2.
Genesis 6:4 Or giants
3.
Genesis 6:13 Hebrew The end of all flesh has
come before me
4.
Genesis 6:14 An unknown kind of tree;
transliterated from Hebrew
5.
Genesis 6:15 A cubit was about 18 inches
or 45 centimeters
6.
Genesis 6:16 Or skylight
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NOTES:
1.
Before The Flood - the earth has become Mordor! (i.e.: a ‘land
of shadow’; Ref: J.R.R.Tolkien)
2.
The gods of our imagination kill ordinary people. The real God
died for ordinary people
3.
Before The Flood - the “normal” has become deeply and tragically
evil.
4.
God says, “You have wanted ruin, ruin you shall have.”
5.
The Flood: the big God, does a big miracle, which is believably
historical.
6.
In most miracles, as the “laws of nature” flow on, God creates
something new in His creation, AND/OR, He removes something out of His
creation.
7.
With The Flood, God first reverses, then re-creates, His
creation.
8.
God’s grace nurtures our obedience - human obedience does not
produce grace.
9.
God keeps His warnings and His promises.
10.
At best, we humans want an Ark. But God loves us truly. He
provided Jesus Christ crucified.
11.
Heavenly Father, please pour out the Holy Spirit
upon us, and make us disciples of Jesus gripped by the Gospel, living a long
obedience in the same direction, as we live for Your glory. In Jesus’ name,
AMEN.
Rev. Canon George Sinclair
Church of the Messiah
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