Scripture to Read: Genesis 6:5-10
As we continue to walk through Genesis 6, we read in Genesis 6:5-10 that sin had gotten so bad that God had decided to destroy ALL of humanity, except for eight people. We need to consider this lost world we live in now as we read Genesis 6 today. It is so obvious today that sin abounds all over our world. It is also hard for us to even imagine our world being any worse than it is now. But, when we read Genesis 6:6, God’s Word says, “And the Lord regretted that He had made man on the earth, and it grieved Him to His heart.” Mankind was so incredibly sinful that God regretted having created mankind at all. Then God declared, in Genesis 6:7, His judgment on mankind. God said that He would “blot out man” along with “animals and creeping things and birds of the heavens.” We might wonder why God would wipe out all of the animals too. The answer is that sin brings its devastating effect on all of creation. We see this in Romans 8:19-22, where God’s Word says that even ”creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it, in hope 21 that the creation itself also will be set free from its slavery to corruption into the freedom of the glory of the children of God. 22 For we know that the whole creation groans and suffers the pains of childbirth together until now.” So, sin brings death to everything that God created, including us.
Challenge & Application
1. What did God teach you today about the effects of sin on you and on all the rest of His creation?
2. How are you living your life to guard against sin having its way with you?
Don’t forget to pray using the A.C.T.S. (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication) method!