Focal Passage: Genesis 6:13-22; 7:20-24
While working in my office one morning, the FBI came to my door. That got my heart racing. He told me the FBI had received a “credible threat” made by the KKK against an event that I and others were planning at our courthouse for MLK Day. He came to warn us. We made plans because of that warning. The result was lots of police, media and little action. I learned a valuable lesson through that experience. When warnings come, respond to them.
Noah received a credible warning from God. “I am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. I am surely going to destroy both them and the earth.”
Did Noah know that “every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time” (Genesis 6:5)? Did Noah believe God could, or even would, bring judgment upon the sins of the human heart? [Read more…]