Lesson 5<\/p>\n
What\u2019s in a Name?<\/p>\n
Genesis 4:25-6:22<\/p>\n
Me-<\/p>\n
A subject that once bored me in school, possibly because of the way it was taught, has over the years become one which have bought me hours of enjoyment.\u00a0 It is the history of mankind.\u00a0 As I have grown older I have come to appreciate the great men and woman who have lived down through the ages.\u00a0 Of course some of the most fascinating people are those found in the Bible.<\/p>\n
On a more personal note I have enjoyed looking at the genealogy of my own family.\u00a0 It is interesting to know the names and a little about those who came before me.\u00a0 Sometimes, like most families, there are those who would be considered the black sheep of the family.\u00a0 Every family is a mixture of good and bad.<\/p>\n
Looking at circumstances surrounding how I got here, I am continually amazed that somehow God reached down and touched my heart and drew me to Him.\u00a0 Left to my own will I do not know if I would have ever been led to the point that I am in my relationship with Christ.\u00a0 I thank Him for His grace and mercy in my life.<\/p>\n
We-<\/p>\n
We all have a story that is made up of an accumulation of bits and pieces of all those who have gone before us.\u00a0 Their lives have an effect on us because beliefs and behaviors are passed down from generation to generation.\u00a0 We also have a great heritage of those who have carried on the faith in Christ throughout history.<\/p>\n
In the lesson today there is a contrast between the descendents of the godless Cain and those of Seth.\u00a0 We will see that the faithfulness of his family led to the ultimate salvation and survival of man in Noah.\u00a0 We will also see the importance of our own faithfulness as we impact the generations that follow us.<\/p>\n
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Genesis 4:25<\/p>\n
What was to happen now? Cain had been discredited and banished to wander the earth.\u00a0 Abel was dead.\u00a0 The seed of man could have easily perished.\u00a0 However it is important to note that God had not rescinded His command to Adam to multiply and fill the earth or the promise of seed who would defeat satan.\u00a0<\/p>\n
God in His infinite grace and mercy provided a son to Adam and Eve.\u00a0 They called him Seth. His name can mean \u201cseed, appointed or \u201cgranted.\u201d\u00a0 In Eve\u2019s mind Seth was given to take the place of Abel.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Genesis 4:26<\/p>\n
Although nothing else is known about Enosh except his name, it was an important time in history.\u00a0 Seth called his son Enosh which represents the mortality and frailty of man.\u00a0 During the lifetime of Enosh men began to worship and praise God once again.\u00a0 Abel had set the stage and others were taking up the banner.<\/p>\n
Genesis 5:1-2<\/p>\n
Moses recounts the relationship that man had in the beginning.\u00a0 God created man and woman in His own likeness.\u00a0 In turn God not only created them but gave His creation the name of Adam and blessed them.\u00a0 It is significant that these words were written here.\u00a0 This was the new Genesis for man.\u00a0 This would begin a new godly line man culminating in the promised seed Jesus.<\/p>\n
\u00a0 Genesis 5:3-20<\/p>\n
There is a reoccurring theme that runs through these verses.\u00a0 Although the names change there are at least some factors that remain the same.\u00a0 In each generation is seen:<\/p>\n
Following is the list of descendants of Adam down to Enoch:<\/p>\n
Seth had Enosh. The meaning of their names has already been given.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Enosh had Kenan, Kenan is a variation of Cain.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Kenan had Mahalel. Mahalel is one who praises God.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mahalel had Jared.Jared may mean servant.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jared had Enoch.<\/p>\n
Genesis 5:21-24<\/p>\n
Enoch, Jared\u2019s son, stood out among the descendents up to that point.\u00a0 He was described as one who walked with God.\u00a0 His life was one of communion and intimacy with God.\u00a0 In this respect his life was different from all of his predecessors.\u00a0 The other difference between him and other men was the fact that because of his relationship, he did not experience death as all of the others had.\u00a0 When Enoch was 365 years old \u201cGod took him away.\u201d\u00a0 It is a picture of what will take place at the time of the Rapture when Christians will be caught up and changed from the mortal to immortal.<\/p>\n
Genesis 25-27<\/p>\n
When Enoch was 65 years old he had Methuselah. \u00a0Imbedded in his name was a prophecy concerning the future of man.\u00a0 His name means, \u201cWhen he dies, it will come.\u201d\u00a0 Enoch possibly saw the coming judgment of man as he witnessed the evil condition of the world because of the influence of Cain\u2019s family.\u00a0 Methuselah was the longest living man ever. \u00a0He died the year of the flood, 1656 years after the creation of man.\u00a0 Like all those who preceded him, he had other sons and daughters, but the son written about was Lamech.<\/p>\n
Genesis 5:28-31<\/p>\n
The life of Lamech, the son of Methuselah, was a complete contrast to the descendent of Cain who had the same name.\u00a0 Although both men were powerful as the name denotes, Seth\u2019s descendent was a powerful man for God in a world that had turned its back on Him.\u00a0 This is reflected in his son\u2019s name.\u00a0 He called him Noah, which means, \u201crest, comfort or consolation.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 In the mind of Lamech Noah was seen as the hope of a future peace that could come to the earth.\u00a0 Little did he know that through Noah a new world would begin.<\/p>\n
Genesis 5:32<\/p>\n
The timing of God is amazing.\u00a0 Noah was 500 years old when he had his sons.\u00a0 This is the first time that not only the first born was mentioned but all three of them.\u00a0 Shem, Ham and Japheth would each be instrumental in founding the different races and nationalities after the flood.<\/p>\n
Genesis 6:1-4<\/p>\n
By the time Noah was an old man the world was a changed place.\u00a0 As the population increased so had man\u2019s capacity to commit evil also grown.\u00a0 There is a part of Scripture found here that is very difficult to interpret.\u00a0 \u201cThe identification of the “sons of God” is an age-old biblical-theological challenge that has been answered in various ways. The position taken in this commentary is that the marriages involving the “sons of God” and the “daughters of men” were between the godly and ungodly lines of humanity based on the literary context and resulting judgment on the human world.<\/p>\n
The more traditional explanation is that the “sons of God” were fallen angelic beings, based upon such evidence as the later use of this term in Job and Psalms, the apocryphal Book of First Enoch 6-7 which says they were angels, and possible reference to this sin in 1 Peter 3:18-20<\/a> and 2 Peter 2:4<\/a>.<\/p>\n Other explanations have included dynastic rulers who were seeking to rule all humanity and non-elect despots under demonic influence.<\/p>\n Whatever position one takes on the identification of “sons of God,” the truth remains that there was a sin of improper, mixed marriage that resulted in great sin and eventually necessitated God’s worldwide judgment.\u201d<\/p>\n Holman Old Testament Commentary – Holman Old Testament Commentary \u2013 Genesis.<\/p>\n When God saw the depth to which His creation had sunk, He put in motion the judgment that would befall all of mankind except for Noah and his family.<\/p>\n God said, \u201cMy Spirit shall not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh; nevertheless his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.\u201d\u00a0 The verse defined the number of years that would allow Noah to have the time to build the ark and give man more than enough opportunity to repent. It also meant that God\u2019s patience with man had run out.\u00a0<\/p>\n Genesis 6:5-7<\/p>\n God saw that not only the actions were evil but everything that man thought about was filled with evil intent.\u00a0 Because of the total state of depravity to which man had fallen, God was sorry that He had even made them.\u00a0 They had totally rejected Him at this point in history.\u00a0 One verse speaks of the hurt that God felt.\u00a0 It said, \u201cHe was grieved in His Heart.\u201d\u00a0 Although God is spirit and does not have a physical heart the reader could certainly understand the seriousness of the sin of man.<\/p>\n Based on the condition of man, God declared that everything that He created would be destroyed.\u00a0 This included not only man but every living animal that moved on the earth and bird that flew above the earth.\u00a0 Here is seen how the sin of man affects all of creation.<\/p>\n Genesis 6:8-10<\/p>\n There was one man left who found favor with God.\u00a0 Noah was that man.\u00a0 He was viewed by God as one who was:<\/p>\n This man had three sons Shem, Ham and Japheth who had been mentioned earlier.<\/p>\n Genesis 6:11-12<\/p>\n The writer gives a further description of the condition on earth.\u00a0 There are two words that he used to indicate what was taking place.\u00a0 The first was corrupt.\u00a0 He used it three times.\u00a0 Man had become rotten to the core.\u00a0 The second was violence.\u00a0 It is easy to see that from God\u2019s perspective there had been total rejection of all that He had intended for His creation.\u00a0 The world had become completely unraveled and lost its moral foundation.<\/p>\n Genesis 6:13-16<\/p>\n Here is the first indication of a beginning dialog with Noah.\u00a0 He first told him what He was going to do and what was going on in the world.\u00a0 Noah could certainly understand the latter part of the words from God.\u00a0 All he had to do was look around and see what was going on.\u00a0 The former would be a little more difficult to grasp. God was telling Noah that everyone and everything with which he was familiar was going to be destroyed.\u00a0<\/p>\n These opening statements were given because Noah would have to have a reason for building a massive ark in the desert where there had never been any rain.\u00a0 He did not give Noah an option.\u00a0 In order to survive he would have to build the boat.\u00a0 Then God gave him instructions on the materials to be used, the design and the precise measurements of this huge boat.\u00a0 Remember nothing like this had ever been built by man up to that time.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0Genesis 6:17<\/p>\n God once again reiterated what He was about to do.\u00a0 Noah would have understood by that point that his only hope for survival was to build the boat.\u00a0 To refuse to listen would lead to his own destruction along with everyone else.<\/p>\n Genesis 6:18<\/p>\n This verse has two important parts to it.\u00a0 First it was\u00a0 God\u2019s promise of a continuing relationship with Noah by way of a contract or agreement made by Him.\u00a0 This certainly would speak of the survival of Noah beyond the flood.\u00a0 It said that mankind would get a third chance. The second is that God was giving life to his sons based on the covenant relationship with Noah.\u00a0 They would be the fathers of the generations to follow that would once again populate the earth.<\/p>\n Genesis 6:19-21<\/p>\n Noah was then given instructions of what was to be taken with him into the ark.\u00a0 Of the clean animals there were to be seven pair.\u00a0 Those of the unclean would be saved in two\u2019s.\u00a0 He was also commanded to carry onto the ark all the necessary food they would need to sustain them.\u00a0 Notice, Noah was not told when the events would all happen or how long the journey would be.\u00a0<\/p>\n Genesis 6:22<\/p>\n All that was said about Noah comes to fruition in this verse.\u00a0 As difficult and overwhelming a task that he had been given, \u201cNoah did according to all that God had commanded him.\u201d\u00a0 Moses then puts the exclamation point on all that has been said when he wrote of Noah\u2019s faith, \u201cSo he did.\u201d<\/p>\n You-<\/p>\n We-\u00a0<\/p>\n For the last two weeks we have studied the descendents of Adam from Cain to Noah.\u00a0 As we have seen there has never been a greater contrast between Cain\u2019s descendents and those of Seth.\u00a0 All of those who came from Cain were worldly and evil men.\u00a0 Lamech was the perfect example of men who have rejected God.\u00a0<\/p>\n For us the descendents of Seth exemplify the kinds of men that we should desire to be.\u00a0 In the time of Enosh men began to call on God.\u00a0 Enoch had such a close relationship with God that he was translated into heaven and never faced death.\u00a0 Lamech hoped his son Noah would bring about the restoration of\u00a0 a godly society.\u00a0 Noah was called blameless and righteous.\u00a0 He was also described as man who walked with God.\u00a0<\/p>\n We live in a society not much different from the one in which each of those men found themselves.\u00a0 Hopefully we will have the same spirit as Seth, Enosh, Enoch and Noah who desired to impact the people around them.\u00a0 The question we have to ask after studying the events of the last three chapters is how close are we to the culmination of history?\u00a0 Even Jesus stated that the last days will be just like those Noah experienced.<\/p>\n Keep looking up for your salvation is drawing closer.\u00a0 It is closer than it has ever been.\u00a0 We need to remain faithful in all that we do.<\/p>\n Additional Notes:<\/p>\n C-After the death of Abel and the exile of Cain, God blessed the couple with a son whom they named Seth meaning seed.\u00a0 They saw this son as providing a new beginning for mankind. It would be through Seth that the world would be multiplied.\u00a0 God brought joy out of grief with Seth\u2019s birth. (Gen. 4:25; 5:3)<\/p>\n C-Man began to call on God during the lifetime of Enosh.\u00a0 Faith reached its pinnacle in Enoch lifetime.\u00a0 The Bible tells us that \u201cEnoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him. (Gen. 4:26; 5:3)<\/p>\n BL-As a result of man\u2019s fallen nature there is a recurring mournful refrain, “. . .and then he died,\u201d\u00a0 Only Enoch out of all the men listed in the line of Adam before Noah was born\u00a0 \u00a0responded to God’s call with gratitude, as reflected in his upright way of living.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(Gen. 5:1-31)<\/p>\n E-We are not told the particulars of Enoch\u2019s encounters with God.\u00a0 What we do know that however he met God that it brought a life-long transformation in his life. Of all the people listed in the genealogy found in Genesis 5 only of him is it said, he walked with God.\u00a0 His ultimate meeting with God came as the Scripture tells us, \u201cEnoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.\u201d\u00a0 Enoch\u2019s faith remained strong in a time when others did not believe. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(Gen. 5:22-24)<\/p>\n GC-A Christian walks with God to find true communion with Him.\u00a0 Eventually he will take that final walk into eternity and finally be at home. Enoch is our example.\u00a0 For 365 years he walked with God and we are told that he was no longer to be found on the earth because God took him. (Gen. 5:22, 24; Ps. 116:9)<\/p>\n OC-Previous to Enoch there was one mention of man calling on the name of the Lord.\u00a0 It is found in Genesis 4:25.\u00a0 Enoch was born many generations later.\u00a0 Of him alone was it said, \u201cThen Enoch walked with God.\u201d Because of this special relationship, \u201cGod took him.\u201d We can only imagine what Enoch endured as he lived among men of which there was no indication that they shared his faith.\u00a0 To be the only one of his family to walk with God had to make his life very difficult.\u00a0 In spite of what others believed he was faithful throughout his life until God took him and he no longer walked among godless men.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Gen. 5:21-24)<\/p>\n RT-Enoch\u2019s whole identity was in God.\u00a0 It should not surprise us that God took him home as He did. (Gen. 5:21-24)<\/p>\n M-It is a sad commentary on man that it was not until the Bible informs us that a man walked with God. That man was Enoch.\u00a0 In a time and among the descendents when no one else acknowledged God, Enoch was that one man who held true. (Gen. 5:22-24)<\/p>\n UE-Once again at some point righteous men like Enoch will not experience death but at the rapture will be taken alive right into heaven. (Gen. 5:24)<\/p>\n RT-One of the characteristics that great leaders seem to posses is humility.\u00a0 Enoch set a very clear standard for all who followed him.\u00a0 It is said, (He walked with God and was not more.\u201d\u00a0 What a powerful statement of faith for all of us to emulate.\u00a0 He was no more.\u00a0 He was lost in his God.\u00a0 Paul said practically the same thing in Gal. 2:20 and Phil. 1:21; 3:7-9.\u00a0 (Gen. 5:24)<\/p>\n RT-It is a sad commentary on the state of man that God first destroyed all men because their hearts were full of evil intent.\u00a0 Then He said to Noah after the flood from which only Noah and his family was saved that the intent of man\u2019s heart was fully evil.\u00a0 He then promised that He would never destroy every living thing by water because of it.\u00a0 Finally our Lord could not trust Himself to man knowing what they were like. (Gen. 6&8; John 2)<\/p>\n OC-There was Noah, the one man who found favor in the eyes of the Lord.\u00a0 In the midst of a people who God said He was sorry He had ever made them, Noah remained righteous and blameless.\u00a0 Of all others God saw only that,\u00a0 \u201cevery intent of the thoughts of the heart was only evil continually.\u201d\u00a0 For 120 years he and his family remained faithful.\u00a0 During that time he built and ark and prepared for God\u2019s judgment on His creation.\u00a0 Noah overcame the influence of the evil society apart from God.\u00a0 He obeyed God throughout his life, thus preserving himself, his family and the future of mankind.\u00a0 If it had not been for Noah standing tall in his day mankind would have been completely\u00a0 destroyed.\u00a0 (Gen. 6:3, 5-7, 8-10, 13, 14, 18, 22; 7:23)<\/p>\n BL-What lessons can we learn from these verses?\u00a0\u00a0First, when only one man stands up for God in a society, that society degenerates very quickly.\u00a0 For that reason,\u00a0Christians need to be like Enoch and Noah–people who are not afraid to say “no” to sin and “yes” to God!\u00a0\u00a0Where would most people say that you and I stand?\u00a0\u00a0And perhaps even more importantly, where would our children say that we stand?\u00a0 Are we\u00a0teaching them that God–or something else–is the most important thing in life?\u00a0\u00a0We all leave a legacy behind us–what legacy will you leave to YOUR children? (Gen. 6:5)\u00a0<\/p>\n C-In his lifetime Noah experienced more drastic changes than any of us would want to experience.\u00a0 Noah<\/p>\n (Gen. 6-9)<\/p>\n WM-God saw<\/p>\n Missing was the desire to do right and to focus one\u2019s heart not on evil but on that which is good in the sight of God. (Gen. 6:5)<\/p>\n C-Man went from the position where he called on God to the condition of being wicked in the eyes of God. There was now only one man left on earth who was righteous and blameless and \u201cwalked with God.\u00a0 That man was Noah. (Gen. 6:5-9)<\/p>\n C- The world became a place full of violent men.\u00a0 God said that \u201cwickedness of man was great on the earth and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was evil continuously.\u201d \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(Gen. 6:5, 11, 13)<\/p>\n M-In chapter 6 of Genesis we see the clear contrast between the wicked and the righteous.\u00a0 God said of the wicked, \u201cEvery intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.\u201d The condition of man made Him sorry He had ever created him.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(Gen. 6:5-6)<\/p>\n GC-Just the opposite of the way men were behaving in the time of Noah, they are not to grieve the heart of God. (Gen. 6:6; Ps. 78:40)<\/p>\n UE-What a sad day it had to be when God looked down on His creation and saw that out of all the people on the face of the earth that only Noah and his family found favor with Him. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(Gen. 6:8)<\/p>\n GC-If we are to find favor in the eyes of God we must be seen as righteous and blameless before Him.\u00a0 Our daily walk must be a walk with Him. (Gen 6:8-9; 17:1-2)<\/p>\n GC- Righteous and blameless are terms that God uses only for a few men who truly lived a life in obedience to Him. It is not because of whom man is that earns this description, but what God has done for us. We are told that one man could be described in this way.\u00a0 That man was Noah. (Gen. 6:8-9)<\/p>\n GC-One of the attributes that do not fit into the life of a godly man is one of insolence. God found that this describes the people of the earth in the time of Noah. (Gen. 6:9)<\/p>\n GC-God wants from us:<\/p>\n RT-If the story of Noah is true then evolution is dead in the water.\u00a0 The flood would have ended any kind of transitional species.\u00a0 Noah took, at least two of every kind of animal that God had intended to survive into the ark with him.\u00a0 Beyond that, man survived the flood as man, not some variation of an animal. (Gen. 6:9-11)<\/p>\n M-Evil men in their godless state will become corrupt and violent are driven only by his own agenda. (Gen. 6:11-12)<\/p>\n WM-Corrupt individuals and those prone to do violent acts cannot see God.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(Gen. 6:12-13)<\/p>\n UE-Things had become so wicked on earth in the mind of God that He saw the need to use such a catastrophic event as a worldwide flood to destroy all of mankind because of his sinfulness. (Gen. 6:13, 17)<\/p>\n RT-It is interesting to note that in listing the heads of households that only the descendents of Reuben, Levi and Simeon are given to us.\u00a0 After mentioning Reuben and Simeon, Moses goes on to describe the family of Levi in detail.\u00a0 He never gets to the fourth son of Leah, Judah. What might have been his reasoning in doing so? (Gen. 6:14-30)<\/p>\n UE-God preserved mankind as Noah and his family found safety inside the ark.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(Gen. 6:18; 7:1, 23)<\/p>\n GC-A Christian is obedient to God\u2019s commands.\u00a0 \u201cThus Noah did according to all that God commanded; so he did.\u201d It takes faith to operate on the unknown.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(Gen. 6:22; 7:5; Prov. 19:16)<\/p>\n GC-A Christian is obedient to God\u2019s commands.\u00a0 \u201cThus Noah did according to all that God commanded; so he did.\u201d It takes faith to operate on the unknown.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(Gen. 6:22; 7:5; Prov. 19:16)<\/p>\n DM-Even though Noah was considered a righteous man, blameless in his time and one who walked with God, he still had to face his on critical moment, his hour of decision. It took a tremendous amount of faith to believe that God was going to bring judgment on the earth in the way described for us in the Scriptures.\u00a0 It tells us, \u201cThus Noah did; according to all that God commanded him, so he did\u201d (Gen. 6:22; Heb. 11:7)<\/p>\n M-Noah however heard God and was driven by the desire to please and obey Him.\u00a0 He understood the will of God and set out to fulfill it despite the obstacles and difficulties that may confront him.\u00a0 In the case of Noah the task would be difficult for two or three reasons and maybe more. They were:<\/p>\n The key is that Noah believed and the Scripture tells us, \u201cThus Noah did; according to all God had commanded him, so all that God had commanded him, so he did.\u201d (Gen. 6:22)<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Lesson 5 What\u2019s in a Name? 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