Series:
SUPPLANTING The LEGACY Of WICKEDNESS—Genesis 6:9—10:32
A—GOD's REMOVAL STRATEGY-I—Genesis 6:9-22
Toward Removing the Legacy of Wickedness
B—REMOVAL—Genesis 7:1-24
C—SALVATION—Genesis 8:1-19
D—RESPONSE—Genesis 8:20-22
E—POTENTIAL For RESTORATION—Genesis 9:1-19
F—SAME Ol’ SAME Ol’—Genesis 9:20-29
G—The NATIONS—Genesis 10:1-32
Attention:
‘Tide-To-Go’ Stain remover.
The chemical composition is such that it causes the stain producers to release from their hold on the fabric.
The stain is thus removed from view to a tolerable location—It is liquified in some fashion & sent down the drain.
It no longer threatens the integrity of the clothing where it once resided.
Genesis records God’s strategy for Removing the Legacy of Wickedness.
God strategizes the removal of the Legacy of Wickedness.
What strategy removes the legacy of wickedness?
The strategy for removing the legacy of wickedness engages...
1—God’s strategy for removal(the legacy of wickedness) addresses/engages...
The Existing DICHOTOMY/Contrast(:9-12)
Explanation: (:9-12) Disparity/Separation/Corruption vs. Perfection
:9—“This is the genealogy of Noah. Noah was a just man, perfect in his generations. Noah walked with God.”
‘Dichotomy’—“A division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely different.”
:9-10 contrasts :11-12 & vice-versa.
The following 4 verses concisely reiterate 6:1-8 while granting slightly more in regard to Noah’s character as it relates to God.
*Noah was a man after God’s own heart. His behavioral characteristics were a testimony to a trust in his God.
*Noah exemplified God in that he was recognized & characterized as “a just man.” He lived this trait before his God & his fellow man.
*Noah was also considered by God to be “perfect” within all those “in his generations.” That is, Noah did what he did because he was compelled by his God to do so. Noah was not ‘super-human.’ He was not a ‘super-saint.’
*Noah was also recognized as one who “walked” in the same direction as God—his choices mimicked those of God. Noah paralleled God as much as any of fallen humanity could... or rather he “walked” as God had intended mankind to “walk.” He was ‘yoked’ with God as closely as anyone could be.
“Genealogy”—hdlwt to-led-aw'—1) Descendants, results, proceedings, generations, genealogies—1a) Account of men & their descendants—1a1) Genealogical list of one's descendants, 1a2) One's contemporaries, 1a3) Course of history(of creation etc.), 1b) Begetting or account of heaven (metaph). Strong—(plural only) Descent, i.e. Family; figuratively--History.
“Just”—qydu tsad-deek'—1) Just, lawful, righteous—1a) Just, righteous (in government), 1b) Just, right (in one's cause), 1c) Just, righteous (in conduct & character), 1d) Righteous(as justified & vindicated by God), 1e) Right, correct, lawful.
“Perfect”—Mymt taw-meem'—Adj.—1) Complete, whole, entire, sound—1a) Complete, whole, entire, 1b) Whole, sound, healthful, 1c) Complete, entire(of time), 1d) Sound, wholesome, unimpaired, innocent, having integrity, 1e) What is complete or entirely in accord with truth & fact(neuter adj/subst). Strong—Entire(literally, figuratively or morally); Also (as noun)--Integrity, truth.
“Generations”—rwd dowr—1) Period, generation, habitation, dwelling—1a) Period, age, generation(period of time), 1b) Generation(those living during a period), 1c) Generation(characterized by quality, condition, class of men), 1d) Dwelling-place, habitation. Strong—properly--A revolution of time, i.e. An age or generation; also A dwelling.
“Walked”—Klh haw-lak'—1) To go, walk, come. Strong—a primitive root; To walk(in a great variety of applications, literally & figuratively).
:10—“And Noah begot three sons: Shem, Ham, & Japheth.”
Noah has 3 sons. Their names are reiterated here as from 5:32.
*Here is a man who “walks with God” & is raising three sons to do the same.
He could not “walk with God” & at the same time neglect his family’s relationship with the Almighty, Loving Salvific God!
“Shem”—Mv Shem—Shem = “Name.” name; Shem, a son of Noah(often including his posterity).
“Ham”—Mx khawm—Ham = “Hot.” Strong—Hot(from the tropical habitat); Cham, a son of Noah; also (as a patronymic)his descendants or their country.
“Japheth”—tpy yeh'-feth—Japheth = “Opened.” Strong—from htp paw-thaw'; expansion; Jepheth, a son of Noah; also his posterity.
:11—“The earth also was corrupt before God, & the earth was filled with violence.”
“The earth” “was corrupt” according to God but not according to the majority of men. As a result of their corruption, the world had become “filled with violence.” God had allowed the violence to escalate to the point that nothing could be done to alleviate it aside from His Divine intervention.
Every corner of the earth was infected with & effected by man’s corruption. It can be said that the entirety of creation did not escape man’s corruption until man himself does(Rom. 8:19-22)! Thereby “the earth”—every part of creation—experiences the violence resulting from man’s corruption.
Rom. 8:19-22—“For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God. For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it in hope; because the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now.” “Earth”(See :12, :13 2X17 2X—compare hmda :20)—Ura 'eh'-rets—1) Land, earth—1a) Earth—1a1) Whole earth (as opposed to a part), 1a2) Earth(as opposed to heaven), 1a3) Earth(inhabitants), 1b) Land—1b1) Country, territory, 1b2) District, region, 1b3) Tribal territory, 1b4) Piece of ground, 1b5) land of Canaan, Israel, 1b6) inhabitants of land, 1b7) Sheol, land without return, (under)world, 1b8) City(-state), 1c)Ground, surface of the earth—1c1) Ground, 1c2) soil, 1d)(in phrases)—1d1) People of the land, 1d2) Space or distance of country (in measurements of distance), 1d3) Level or plain country, 1d4) Land of the living, 1d5) End(s) of the earth, 1e) (Almost wholly late in usage)—1e1) Lands, countries—1e1a) Often in contrast to Canaan. Strong—from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; The earth(at large, or partitively--A land).
“Corrupt”(See :12 + :13, 17—“Destroy”)—txv shaw-khath'—V.—1) to destroy, corrupt, go to ruin, decay. Strong—a primitive root; To decay, i.e. causatively--Ruin(literally or figuratively).
“Filled”(See :13)—alm maw-lay'—1) To fill, be full. Strong—a primitive root--To fill or intransitively--Be full of, in a wide application(literally & figuratively).
“Violence” (See :13)—omx khaw-mawk'—1) Violence, wrong, cruelty, injustice. Strong—Violence; by implication, Wrong; by metonym Unjust gain.
:12—“So God looked upon the earth, & indeed it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.””
God examined the entirety of the earth.
All flesh(mankind?) had so “corrupted” his own way that it can be said of them that they had proffered & thus chosen(as an act of the will) & lived out a legacy of corruption “on the earth.”
God had created man with the intent of his subduing & having dominion over all other created beings(1:26, 28) in righteousness. He had made mankind with the intent of their being fruitful & multiplying(1:28). Man had been made with the intent of accomplishing these things in the rightly placed power of life found in realizing his being the image of God(1:26-27).
But rather than fulfilling God’s intent, mankind instead “corrupted his way.” Man rejected the “way” of the very One who had created & ordained man’s purpose & direction.
“Looked”—har raw-aw’—Qal Imperfect—1) To see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider. Strong—a primitive root; To see, literally or figuratively(in numerous applications, direct & implied, transitive, intransitive & causative).
“Indeed”—hnh hin-nay’—Demonstrative Particle—1) Behold, lo, see, if.
“Corrupt”2X(See :11)—txv shaw-khath’—Hiphil(causative) Perfect—1) To destroy, corrupt, go to ruin, decay. Strong—a primitive root; To decay, i.e. causatively--Ruin(literally or figuratively).
“Flesh”(See :13, 17)—rsb baw-sawr’—Noun Masc.—1) Flesh. Strong—Flesh(from its freshness); by extension--Body, person; also by euphemism--The pudenda of a man.
“Way”—Krd deh’-rek—Noun Masc.—1) Way, road, distance, journey, manner. Strong—A road(as trodden); figuratively--A course of life or mode of action, often adverb.
Argumentation:
Our dichotomies(contradictory actions) are dealt with as we lay our destructive ways upon Jesus. As we submit to the control of the Holy Spirit....As we allow the cleansing blood of Jesus to restore our lives to His original intent.
Isa. 29:8—“It shall even be as when a hungry man dreams, And look--he eats; But he awakes, & his soul is still empty; Or as when a thirsty man dreams, And look--he drinks; But he awakes, & indeed he is faint, And his soul still craves: So the multitude of all the nations shall be, Who fight against Mount Zion.””
*1Pet. 2:9-17—“But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy. Beloved, I beg you as sojourners & pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul, having your conduct honorable among the Gentiles, that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may, by your good works which they observe, glorify God in the day of visitation. Therefore submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake, whether to the king as supreme, or to governors, as to those who are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers & for the praise of those who do good. For this is the will of God, that by doing good you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men-- as free, yet not using liberty as a cloak for vice, but as bondservants of God. Honor all people. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.”
Gal. 5:16-17—“I say then: Walk in the Spirit, & you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, & the Spirit against the flesh; & these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish.”
Illustration:
At the construction site east of Panama City, FL on Hwy 98/Late 2016, We were sitting in the car waiting for the train to cross the highway as it was coming out of Berg Steel Pipe Corporation(on the bay near Gulf Coast State College)/We noticed there was a large crane being used in the construction of a new overhead by-pass/The crane operator deftly lifted a large section of heavy steel reinforcing wall from one area to another while the wind was blowing & sat it down between two huge pillars which would support the new highway!/He did this while other construction crews were working in & around the crane & while cars were stopped on the crane’s immediate north side & while the train was on its immediate west side/Now suppose that while we were waiting, that we all decided to get out of our cars & operate the crane—Most of us guys have wanted to operate heavy machinery, right!/Suppose we—inexperienced & untrained— crowded around the crane & reached inside & grabbed the controls, etc., without knowing anything about how to operate a crane or what the construction site game plan was/There is a huge contrast between the trained & seasoned crane operator & everybody else/The foreman must maintain the overall safety of the project & the environs of the project/Part of his oversight is to ensure that no ignorance or selfishness or arroagance is allowed into the crane’s operations/The Existing DICHOTOMY or Contrast
Claim you are a Christian yet you own & operate a business which caters to people’s basest desires rather than encouraging them minimally in Christian principle & work ethic—Examples:--Pornography, Smoke shop, Check cashing(gouging), Cannabis sales, Lottery, etc./The DICHOTOMY
Using a cell phone in theatre/Cannot focus on both actions while you are set-up to view the movie/Minimally thoughtless & invasive against other movie-goers/The DICHOTOMY
*Texting friends while on a date—Working against self & establishment of a loving relationship—Defeating the purpose—Can’t have one behavior & the other because both actions oppose one another/The DICHOTOMY
Application:
?Does God actively Engage the Existing DICHOTOMIES in your life?
?God’s Strategy Removing the legacy of wickedness from your life?
CONCLUSION:
Visualization:
Tide-To-Go Stain remover. The chemical composition is such that it causes the stain producers to release from their hold on the fabric.
Action:
God’s strategy for removal(the legacy of wickedness) addresses/engages...
1. The Existing DICHOTOMY/Contrast(:9-12)
Pt. 1 only! Presented 03/12/2017pm to:
FBC Cbelle
206 Storrs Ave. SW.(SE Ave. A)
Carrabelle, FL 32322
Pts. 1-4 Presented 02/26/2012pm to:
Needmore Baptist Church
1620 Mt. Vernon Rd.
Woodleaf, NC 27054
