WHEN GOD GETS UPSET Genesis 6

 WHEN GOD GETS UPSET

Genesis 6

Genesis 6:1-9

1 When men began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them, 2 the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they married any of them they chose. 3 Then the Lord said, "My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days will be a hundred and twenty years." 

4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days — and also afterward — when the sons of God went to the daughters of men and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown. 

5 The Lord saw how great man's wickedness on the earth had become, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the time. 6 The Lord was grieved that he had made man on the earth, and his heart was filled with pain. 7 So the Lord said, "I will wipe mankind, whom I have created, from the face of the earth — men and animals, and creatures that move along the ground, and birds of the air — for I am grieved that I have made them." 8 But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord. 

When I consider the text that God was grieved and has His heart filled with

Pain and destroyed His prized creation, man, I asked the question Why?

God knows the end from the beginning. He is all-knowing.

In my mind, God set the stage for man to sin. He created Lucifer, a Chreub 

Angel. He allowed the cherub to sin and corrupt ⅓ of all the angels He created. He cast Lucifer out of his heavenly place, renamed him Satan.

He allowed Satan into the Garden of Eden where He made Adam and Eve who were corrupted by his deception. 

The second question is why God allowed sin in His perfect creation.

God proclaimed in Genesis 3 that Jesus would be the Savior who will deal a fatal blow to Satan’s head. 

God does not give us all the answers, but He gave us a mind to think. Reason and ask questions. He put His Word in print for our knowledge

And wisdom. He made it known to Adam and Eve that He demands obedience

He gave Adam one command. Do not eat from the Tree Of Knowledge Of

Good And Evil. The day you eat from that tree is the day you die.

In that one command is the whole of the Bible

     God Demands Obedience

     Man was given the knowledge of right and wrong

     Disobedience corrupts the mind

    God demands that He be first in our lives

    God demands our love for Him be first, above all others

    God demands righteousness for eternal life.

Let me suggest that God allowed sin and hardship to bring

Man to willful obedience. From Adam to Noah was 1056 years.

According to what algorithm you use over 400 plus millions

 people could have been born on earth. 

Once sin entered mankind, Satan had a foothold on man’s mind.

After Adam and Eve, man became increasingly sinful and grieve the

Lord. 

Ephesians 4:30

 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. 

Point 1. Don’t follow the crowd, they are usually lost

Point 2. No matter how sinful the world is, God has an unknown number

Of faithful followers.

The world had become sinful but Noah was righteous. Not only that, Noah trained His sons and wives to be faithful to God.

2 Peter 2:5-6

 If he (GOD) did not spare the ancient world when he brought the flood on its ungodly people, but protected Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others; 

 As far as I know, between Adam and Noah, God had not given any new commands. He set the stage for blood sacrifice for sin and required a sacrificial offering, which set up Praise and Worship.  Eve gave the Lord thanks for the birth of her sons.

After Adam and Eve ate from the Tree Of Knowledge Of Good And Evil

All generations are born with a knowledge of right from wrong.

Genesis 3:22

 And the Lord God said, "The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil.

Point 3   Not reading the Bible is no excuse for sin. We all inheritanced 

A knowledge of good and evil from Adam and Eve.

In verse 6:1-2 we see the elements of sin; lust of the eye, lust of the flesh,

And the pride of life. Men saw women, they were beautiful, and took them as wives.  Man was blessed to multiply but did so in a sinful nature rather than the righteousness of God. Small acts of sin lead to multiple sins with no remorse. 

Point 4.  Sin shortens your life. 

Up to the time of Noah, man lived 900-plus years. After Noah, because of man's sin, the life span was reduced to 120 years. Sin not only destroys lives, but it blocks love, joy, and peace.

Point 5.  Sin can grow to a point of no return. 

When God removes his hand, He let man die in sin

4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days — and also afterward — when the sons of God went to the daughters of men and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown. 

The Nephhilim were men tall in stature, strength and a reputation for sinful

Acts. Notice the sin against the Bride of man, his glory which should have been his honor.  Instead of one wife multiple wives maybe indicated.

Some theologians believe the Nephhilim were fallen angels as depicted

In Jude 

Jude 6-7

6 And the angels who did not keep their positions of authority but abandoned their own home — these he has kept in darkness, bound with everlasting chains for judgment on the great Day. 7 In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion.

Point 6. God hates sin, not man, but will destroy man in his sin

Genesis 6:9-18

Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked with God. 10 Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 

11 Now the earth was corrupt in God's sight and was full of violence. 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. 14 So make yourself an ark of cypress wood; make rooms in it and coat it with pitch inside and out. 15 This is how you are to build it: The ark is to be 450 feet long, 75 feet wide and 45 feet high.  16 Make a roof for it and finish the ark to within 18 inches of the top. Put a door in the side of the ark and make lower, middle and upper decks. 17 I am going to bring floodwaters on the earth to destroy all life under the heavens, every creature that has the breath of life in it. Everything on earth will perish. 

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When God gets angry, in His wrath He can destroy all the people of the earth at one time. Because men were sinful, they causes a curse of the animals of the earth. God uses nature to destroy man. God used the flood to destroy sinful man and all animals. The original reading of the text was God would wipe man and animals from the face of the earth. The flood  way of washing or cleaning the sins of the world. 

Today the sins of man are baptized in the blood of Jesus Christ. The

Flood was a preluded the coming of Christ.

Point 7. God does not call the qualified, He qualifies the ones He call.

Noah was commanded to build a big boat called the Ark. At that time

There were no shipbuilding schools. God gave Noah the exact dimensions

Of the boat, including the building material.  

GOD DESIGNS THE BEST FOR BELIEVERS

14 So make yourself an ark of cypress wood; make rooms in it and coat it with pitch inside and out. 15 This is how you are to build it: The ark is to be 450 feet long, 75 feet wide and 45 feet high.  16 Make a roof for it and finish the ark to within 18 inches of the top.

God must have revealed to Noah more information on the construction of the ark. The size and length of the beams are not given. The size and

Number of rooms are not given. Was the ark to be flat bottom or curved. 

No sails or steering mechanism was specified.

The dimensions given could have easily been a three story floating box. It was not designed to sail anywhere but to float on water. According to the dimensions engineers determined it designed to carry 81000 tons

Noah was 500 years old when He got the command to build the ark (Genesis 5:32). Noah was 600 years old when he and family entered the ark (Genesis 7:6)

Point 8, Salvation is based on our faith and obedience in the Word of God

Lessons from Noah

1. Stay attuned with God through Bible study and continuous prayer

2. Be obedient to God’s commands

3. Train your children in the Word of God

4. Acknowledge God in all your ways

5. Act promptly on God’s commands

6. Trust God to reveal to you how to do what you have no experience

7. Trust God to provide all the resources you need to complete the task

8. Start the job with what you have available to you

9. Work with diligence and endure the time and effort to complete the assignment

10. Completion of God’s work is assured by faith

Genesis 6:16-22

 Put a door in the side of the ark and make lower, middle and upper decks. 17 I am going to bring floodwaters on the earth to destroy all life under the heavens, every creature that has the breath of life in it. Everything on earth will perish. 18 But I will establish my covenant with you, and you will enter the ark — you and your sons and your wife and your sons' wives with you. 19 You are to bring into the ark two of all living creatures, male and female, to keep them alive with you. 20 Two of every kind of bird, of every kind of animal and of every kind of creature that moves along the ground will come to you to be kept alive. 21 You are to take every kind of food that is to be eaten and store it away as food for you and for them." 

22 Noah did everything just as God commanded him. 

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Noah's obedience: --

I. THE RULE OF NOAH'S OBEDIENCE. "All that God commanded." Mankind need a rule for their conduct.

1. It should come forth from God, and have the Divine sanction.

2. It should be practicable in its requirements.

3. It should be plain and circumstantial in its phraseology.

4. It should be beneficial in its results.

II. THE NATURE OF NOAH'S OBEDIENCE. "So did he."

1. Noah's obedience was pious in its principle.

2. Prompt and decided in its acts.

3. Laborious in its exercise.

4. Universal its extent.

5. Persevering in its course.

6. Successful in its object.

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THANK GOD THATHE HAS PROVIDED A WAY TO SALVATION, OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST 

GOD'S DIVINE COUNSELING. Genesis 4:1-16

 GOD’S DIVINE COUNSELING

Genesis 4:1-16

Genesis 4:1-16

4 Adam lay with his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. She said, "With the help of the Lord I have brought forth a man." 2 Later she gave birth to his brother Abel.

Now Abel kept flocks, and Cain worked the soil. 3 In the course of time Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering to the Lord. 4 But Abel brought fat portions from some of the firstborn of his flock. The Lord looked with favor on Abel and his offering, 5 but on Cain and his offering he did not look with favor. So Cain was very angry, and his face was downcast. 

6 Then the Lord said to Cain, "Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast? 7 If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must master it." 

8 Now Cain said to his brother Abel, "Let's go out to the field." And while they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him. 

9 Then the Lord said to Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?"

"I don't know," he replied. "Am I my brother's keeper?" 

10 The Lord said, "What have you done? Listen! Your brother's blood cries out to me from the ground. 11 Now you are under a curse and driven from the ground, which opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand. 12 When you work the ground, it will no longer yield its crops for you. You will be a restless wanderer on the earth." 

13 Cain said to the Lord, "My punishment is more than I can bear. 14 Today you are driving me from the land, and I will be hidden from your presence; I will be a restless wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me." 

15 But the Lord said to him, "Not so; if anyone kills Cain, he will suffer vengeance seven times over." Then the Lord put a mark on Cain so that no one who found him would kill him. 16 So Cain went out from the Lord's presence and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden. 

  

INTRODUCTION

The greatest counselor in the world is Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior.

Isaiah 9:6

 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given,

and the government will be on his shoulders.

And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,

Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. 

The second person in the Holy Trinity is also our counselor

John 14:26

26 But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you

Every believer has two persons of the trinity who are involved in counseling, Jesus who is seated at the right hand of the Father, and the Holy Spirit who indwells us. 

In the world, there are many who claim to be counselors without any Biblical qualifications. I am not downplaying the value of any counselor.

However without divine guidance in some cases may lead people in the

Wrong direction.

In the text before us, God counseled Cain, the first-named son of Adam and Eve. It should be noted that before judgment, Satan was not given counseling, and Adam and Eve were not counseled. God does not tell us why He started with Cain. I can only suggest that it involved a lack of faith  outside the Garden of Eden.   

THE NEED FOR COUNSELING 

Genesis 4:2-5

Now Abel kept flocks, and Cain worked the soil. 3 In the course of time Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering to the Lord. 4 But Abel brought fat portions from some of the firstborn of his flock. The Lord looked with favor on Abel and his offering, 5 but on Cain and his offering he did not look with favor. So Cain was very angry, and his face was downcast. 

It seem clear to me that fellowship between the first family and God the Father had been re-established. Adam and Eve taught their sons the importance of worship and bringing a sacrificial offering to the Lord (Jehovah). They had a personal relationship with Lord because He  communicated with the two sons.   

Either the sons were taught or the word came directly from God what an

Acceptable sacrifice was. Abel brought the fat of the firstborn of his

Flock. 

Hebrews 11:4

4 By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as a righteous man, when God spoke well of his offerings. And by faith he still speaks, even though he is dead. 

Cain brought fruit of the soil which was from his occupation. Whatever he

Brought to God as a sacrifice was not acceptable. I suggest that Cain knew

What was an acceptable offering but brought what satisfied his flesh.

Abel’s offering represented a blood sacrifice for sin. Just as in the garden

God (Elohiym) killed an animal as a covering for sin.

The point is that God wants our best. God expects an offering that recognizes our sinful nature in need of repentance. An offering of faith in the mercy of God toward us. He does not want anything we deem Acceptable. God is not pleased with us or our offering if it does not meet His standards. God does not tell us what was unacceptable about Cain’s offering. The point is, it was unacceptable.

The Hebrew word for favor in verse 5 is sha’ah which means respect or regard. God had no respect for Cain’s offering 

Cain’s mood after the rejection was one of anger and his facial features were one of resentment. When people are upset it often shows in their faces. Just as God pays attention to our internal and outer selves, so should we in dealing with others.  We must learn to read the room to determine when our words affect others. We are human and our emotions reflect our mental state.

We have a choice how we handle correction and rejection. We can see it as a sign of love and respect or become angry as if we have been wronged. We can go forward in a positive mood and learn from our experience or stay in a mood of rejection and blame others.

THE NEED FOR DIVINE COUNSELING

Genesis 4:6-7

6 Then the Lord said to Cain, "Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast? 7 If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must master it." 

Anger is defined as a feeling or showing strong annoyance, displeasure, or hostility. 

In my years of living, my anger has been due to a negative emotional response to something or someone that affected me.

Several things I see in verses 6 and 7

    1. God pays individual attention to each of us

    2. God knows your emotions and what caused you to be emotional

    3. Anger shows up in your attitude and is expressed on your face and in 

       The tone of your voice.

     4. Cain knew what was right and made a choice to do wrong

     

    5. Cain became jealous or envious of the approval of his brothers

        Sacrifice and the disapproval of his own by God

   

    6. Cain knew when he brought the sacrifice that it was unacceptable     

        Before God spoke

   7. God advised Cain to do what was right and his offering would be 

       Accepted.

   8. God told Cain that His anger was do to his wrong and he needed to

       Control it

  9. God told Cain that if he did not control his anger, it would control him.

   10. Acting in anger is sin.

   11. We all have been given the ability to control our anger.

WHO CAN I BLAME FOR MY ANGER?

Cain did not accept His failure to do as God commanded him. It is not

Anyone’s fault if we fail to do what we know is right. Like his parents, 

When confronted by God, Cain would not accept the fact that he was wrong. 

When our failures are pointed out to us, we must see them as needing improvement. The one who loves us should freely point out our wrongdoings, not as criticism but as a pathway to improvement. We should never agree with what is wrong by being silent.

Wrong is sin and the influence of Satan in your life. Satan is always at your

Door desiring to destroy you  We have a choice to be masters over sins or

Let sin master us.  Jesus has won the battle. It is up to us to stand in victory.

THE CONSEQUENCES OF IGNORING DIVINE GUIDANCE

Genesis 4:8-11

8 Now Cain said to his brother Abel, "Let's go out to the field." And while they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him. 

9 Then the Lord said to Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?"

"I don't know," he replied. "Am I my brother's keeper?" 

10 The Lord said, "What have you done? Listen! Your brother's blood cries out to me from the ground. 

Often, when we are angry, we do or say something that hurts the ones

We love. Cain was angry with God or himself, and he took his pain out on

His brother. Anger has a way of escalating to acts of violence.  It all starts

With an attitude of disobedience, doing what is wrong, not accepting your

Actions, blaming others, and then hurting someone.

Cain planned and killed his brother because he was jealous of Abel’s acceptable offering by the Lord. He lured his brother to a place where

He thought his parent wouldn’t see and acted on his escalated rage

And killed his brother.

The truth is that God sees everything. He knows your heart before you act.

God will not change your will to do wrong but will confront you in your sin

And make you aware of His presence.

When confronted by God, Cain lied about his actions to deceive Him.

God immediately proclaimed the guilt of murder that would haunt him forever. You can’t deceive God, and you can’t deceive yourself. 

GOD’S PUNISHMENT FOR AN UNREPENTANT SINNER

Genesis 4:11-16

 Now you are under a curse and driven from the ground, which opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand. 12 When you work the ground, it will no longer yield its crops for you. You will be a restless wanderer on the earth." 

13 Cain said to the Lord, "My punishment is more than I can bear. 14 Today you are driving me from the land, and I will be hidden from your presence; I will be a restless wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me." 

15 But the Lord said to him, "Not so; if anyone kills Cain, he will suffer vengeance seven times over." Then the Lord put a mark on Cain so that no one who found him would kill him. 16 So Cain went out from the Lord's presence and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden. 

A SUMMARY OF CAIN’S PUNISHMENT

     CURSED FOREVER

     DRIVEN FROM HIS HOME

     WORK WITHOUT PROFIT

     WANDERING IN HIS SIN

     FORCED TO LIVE IN MISERY ‘

     PROTECTED FROM DEATH IN MISERY

CAIN’S OBJECTIONS

     PUNISHMENT TOO HARSH

     PUSHED OUT OF THE PRESENCE OF GOD

     PREVENTED FROM SEEING HIS PARENTS

     FEAR OF BEING KILLED BY OTHERS 

GENERATIONS OF MEN AND WOMEN MULTIPLIED 

In verse14, what men were Cain afraid that would kill him? 

The Bible does not always present a chronological timeline. The Bible does not say Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve.

From the time Adam and Eve were locked out of the Garden could have been hundreds of years before Cain and Abel were born. Adam lived 930 years.

According to an algorithm by the Bible Sojourner there could have been

100 plus million people born doing Adam’s life span

What the Bible does say is Adam and Eve were given the desire to have

Sex in the Garden and commanded to be fruitful and multiply. God did say

He would greatly multiply Eve’s pain during childbirth. How would Eve know

What childbirth pain was? 

Genesis 4:25-26

25 Adam lay with his wife again, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, saying, "God has granted me another child in place of Abel, since Cain killed him." 26 Seth also had a son, and he named him Enosh.

Genesis 5:4-5

 After Seth was born, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters. 5 Altogether, Adam lived 930 years, and then he died. 

Some have suggested that Adam and Eve had 33 sons and 23 daughters.

God gave Cain the insight in his sinful state that there would be other families born in the world. And some would want him dead.

Cain and Seth married their sisters to continue the population growth.

This was not unusual because Sarah was Abraham’s sister.

Eve said God has given me a man child. This may indicate she had daughters before Cain and Abel. 

In Summary, God planned the population of the Earth. He knew in the

Beginning, there would be two classes of people; the saved and

The unsaved. In the Garden of Eden, Jesus was introduced as the woman’s Seed that would crush Satan over the head. Since a woman does not have a seed, the supernatural birth of a Savior was proclaimed.

THANK GOD THAT HE KNEW OUR SIN AND OUR NEED FOR A PERFECT SACRIFICE, THE DEATH OF HIS SON.

VICTORY IS YOURS, CLAIM IT IN FAITH