Text: The LORD said, "I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land, from man to animals to creeping things and to birds of the sky; for I am sorry that I have made them." But Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD. (Genesis 6:7-8)
Intro:
The curse is heavy
“…and he died.”
Lamech names Noah; Genesis 5:29
II. The growing power of the serpent
Depravity of Cain Genesis 4:8
Depravity of Lamech - Genesis 4:23
Depravity of the Sethites - Genesis 6:2
Conclusion: Genesis 6:5
Question 1: Did they really live that long?
Question 2: Who were the Nephilim?
Question 3: Does God repent?
Wherefore, there is no need for us to involve ourselves in thorny and difficult questions, when it is obvious why these words of repentance and grief are applied; namely, to teach us, that from the time when man was so greatly corrupted, God would not reckon him among His creatures; as if He would say, ‘This is not My workmanship; this is not that man who was formed in My image, and whom I had adorned with such excellent gifts: I will not condescend now to acknowledge this degenerate and defiled creature as Mine.’ Similar to this is what he says, in the second place, concerning grief; that God was so offended by the atrocious wickedness of men, as if they had wounded His heart with mortal grief. --Calvin
III. The Grace of God
Genesis 6:8
Application 1: Unequally yoked
Application 2: A Window of Opportunity
Proverbs 1:20
Application 3: Who?
What is salvation?
Canons of Dordt; head 1, article 12: The Assurance of Election
Assurance of this their eternal and unchangeable election to salvation is given to the chosen in due time, though by various stages and in differing measure. Such assurance comes not by inquisitive searching into the hidden and deep things of God, but by noticing within themselves, with spiritual joy and holy delight, the unmistakable fruits of election pointed out in God’s Word—such as a true faith in Christ, a childlike fear of God, a godly sorrow for their sins, a hunger and thirst for righteousness, and so on.
Application 4: Election
Cain & Seth?
Romans 9:6