The Flood: Sin Leads to Punishment

The Sons of God Married the Daughters of Men

• Sons of God – those with good morals, God-fearing and religious

• Daughters of men – those who gave priority to the desires of the flesh

• They began to intermarry (Gen. 6:1-2)– Chose on physical attractiveness over spiritual

strength (compare 1 Kings 11:1-3)– Hearts filled with wickedness and earth filled with

violence (6:5, 11)

Destruction Because of Sin

• God limited how long he would strive to turn man back to him (6:3)

• God will destroy the earth when he can no longer tolerate man’s sinfulness– Genesis 6:5-7– 2 Peter 3:8-10– He repented (turned from) his fellowship

with man because of his wickedness

God Saved Noah

• God saved Noah and his family (Gen. 6:8-9)– Just – lived in accord with God’s will– Perfect – upright, solely dedicated to God’s service– Walked with God – did all commanded to do

(6:22; 7:5)

• He heard God’s warning and set out to prepare an ark as God instructed (Heb. 11:7)

• Others refused to repent despite years of preaching (2 Pet. 2:5)

God’s Covenant with Noah

• God would protect Noah and his family (Gen. 6:18-21)

• Noah had to meet the conditions of the covenant to receive the reward (6:14-17; 7:2-3, 5)– God used the waters of the flood to save them

from the wicked world– They emerged in a world purified of all evil

• Just so, baptism saves us from the condemnation of sin (1 Pet. 3:20-21)

A Thanksgiving Sacrifice

• Flood lasted 1 year 10 days (Gen. 7:11; 8:14)• Noah’s first act on the renewed earth was to

offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving (8:20-22)– It could be viewed as dedicating the renewed

earth to God– It served as a reminder of man’s reliance on God

• God made further covenant with Noah (9:8-17)– Because he was pleased with Noah’s sacrifice,

God would never again destroy earth with water– Rainbow reminder of the covenant