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What does it say?
God saw the corruption of man and gave Noah instructions for building an ark to save his family from God’s judgment.
What does it mean?
Through the six generations between Adam and Noah, man became increasingly corrupt. Noah and his family, however, would be spared from God’s judgment on the world because he was “a righteous man” and “walked faithfully with God.” That faithfulness was tested when God commanded Noah to build an ark in preparation for a flood that would destroy everything and everyone on the earth. At five hundred years old, surrounded by corruption and unbelief, Noah obeyed immediately and without question.
How should I respond?
When God looks at your life, does he see faithfulness or corruption? If you lived in the time of Noah, do you think you would have been spared? Faithfulness and obedience all the time and in every way is difficult—especially when you are unable to see or understand all God is doing. What has God asked you to do that requires extreme faith? What has been your response? Each day you have an opportunity to respond to God in faith, trust, and obedience. What you do reveals much more about your faith than what you say.
About this Plan
As its name implies, Genesis is a book of beginnings. The beginning of the world, the beginning of the line of Abraham, and the beginning of God's covenantal relationship with his people are all recorded in Genesis. Although filled with the sin, rebellion, and the chronic unfaithfulness of His people, God consistently demonstrates his covenantal faithfulness to bring about salvation and redemption for all who have faith in Him.
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