Fathers Day 2

Hello Everyone,

The people of Noah’s day were in trouble, and we are in trouble. But God has a message of HOPE that provides us with HIS wisdom about what to do in these perilous times.
 
¹² God saw how corrupt the earth had become, for all the people on earth had corrupted their ways. ¹³ So God said to Noah, “I am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. I am surely going to destroy both them and the earth. (Genesis 6:12-13)

Noah lived in a time similar to ours. People in Noah’s day were hardened toward God, and that would be a fair judgment of our culture today.

The Bible says that right before the Second Coming of the Lord and end of the world, things will be like they were in the days of Noah. 

Get ready church, He is coming.  One of the prophecies indicating the return of Jesus is the similarity of Noah’s day and ours.

As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the son of man. (Matthew 24:37)

The ancient world, like ours, was filled with heartache and turmoil, but there was an exception to the norm. His name was Noah.

When everyone else was swimming downstream into a deep hole of sin, Noah was headed upstream, in large part because of his Godly heritage.

Noah’s family included such spiritual giants as Enoch, his great-grandfather; and Methuselah, his grandfather;

…and his father, Lamech, who lived 777 years!
METHUSELAH: Methuselah means "his death shall bring".
It is told that Enoch (Methuselah's father) had a vision that, as long as his son was alive, the flood that would destroy the world would not come. So in effect, Methuselah's death shall bring the flood. The year Methuselah died was the year the flood came.

It is interesting that Methuselah's life, in effect, was a symbol of God's mercy in holding back the coming judgment of the flood.

Is it not amazing that his lifetime is the oldest in the Bible, speaking of the extensiveness of God's mercy.

There is an ongoing argument that “environment dictates character.” In these verses we learn that it is Godly heritage that really influences character.

One writer said: “Noah’s life was like a beautiful rose that blossomed in the desert. In the midst of ungodliness, Noah was a God-fearing man steadily raising his family on a daily diet of faith and obedience”.

There is no substitute for a Godly heritage. It’s one of the greatest gifts you can receive or pass on to your children.

Do everything within your power to pass on your faith, to raise your family in a way that honors Christ!

Greater Things Are Still To Come!

Pastor Phil                                                                                          2