6:9,10
“Noah was a righteous man”. He was “blameless among the people of the time”, and “walked faithfully with God”. Now we know from a later incident, when he got drunk, that he was not perfect. This also shows that even in the midst of a time when almost everyone is living in outright rebellion to God it is possible to live faithfully. In all circumstances we should seek the Lord. We then get the names of his three sons.
6:11,12
“Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight and was full of violence”. People sometimes look at the Bible and treat it as if God was just upset because they weren’t worshipping Him. This is not the case. When we rebel against God it leads to all sorts of evil consequences, violence being one of them. Likewise, people often think that Biblical teaching on sexual morality is just a bunch of arbitrary rules. This is not the case. Sexual sin leads to all sorts of ill effects.
It wasn’t just the people that had become corrupt. The whole earth had become corrupt. These days there is a lot of talk about climate change and other environmental matters. The biggest effect on the environment is the sinfulness of man.
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