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Genesis 11:6-9

Genesis 11:6 And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all

one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be

restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.

Unified Humanity without God is Sin.

Genesis 3:8And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD

God amongst the trees of the garden.Since the fall of Adam, mankind has been out of fellowship with God and has henceforth pursued his own ambitions.

Isaiah 53:6aAll we like sheep have gone astray; we have

turned every one to his own way;

We are all guilty of building towers to ourselves.

Gen 11:7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that

they may not understand one another's speech.

Exodus 34:14 for you shall not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God

We must never forget the exclusiveness of our relationship with God

Speech is the great bridge between God with man and man with man but only

God/Man relationship can truly communicate without words

• Rom 8:26 In the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words

Confound their language

Psalms 33:10The LORD nullifies the counsel of the nations;

He frustrates the plans of the peoples.

Job 5:12 “He frustrates the plotting of the shrewd, So that their hands cannot attain success:13 “He captures the wise by their own shrewdness, And the advice of the cunning is quickly thwarted.

Don’t be surprised why some things we aspire to do fail

Gen 11:9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the

language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of

all the earth.

The condition of man may seem unified in some outside areas but

scattered at the heart and he is totally incapable of salvation

without a redeemer.

Isaiah 53:6All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way;

and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

All Humanity is Lost, Scattered and in desperate

need of a savior!

Only Jesus Christ desires and can restore lost man back to God

Luke 19:10 “for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”

Matthew 9:36 But when he saw the

multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because

they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no

shepherd.

Matthew14:14And when Jesus went out He

saw a great multitude; and He was moved with compassion for

them, and healed their sick.

Matthew 15:32Now Jesus called His disciples to

Himself and said, “I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now continued with Me three days

and have nothing to eat. And I do not want to send them away hungry, lest

they faint on the way.”

Mark 6:34And Jesus, when He came out, saw a great multitude and was moved

with compassion for them, because they were like sheep not

having a shepherd. So He began to teach them many things.

Romans 5:10For if when we were enemies

we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son,

much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved

by His life.

This how God wants us unifiedActs 2:1And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in

one place.:2And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they

were sitting.:3 And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. :4And they were all filled

with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them

utterance.

In Closing

• Scattering of people and confusion of languages is the result of God’s jealous love towards us because of our desire to exclude him from our lives. The reality is that we are utterly lost and only Jesus can restore us to right standing. Let those who have not accepted Jesus as LORD be saved and reconciled once and for all!