Scripture to Read: Genesis 9:7-29
In Genesis 9:7-17, God established His covenant with all humanity, for all time. God promised NEVER to flood the earth ever again. God’s covenant came with a sign, the rainbow. God would and never will use water to destroy all flesh as He did in the days of Noah. Then God has Moses (the writer of Genesis) share, in Genesis 9:18-20, a short list of descendants of Noah – Shem, Ham, and Japheth. We need to take to heart that the whole earth was re-populated from these men and their wives. We are all “one blood” with different tones of skin. If we are going to walk in God’s Truth, we must share His truth in love and live our lives knowing we ALL descend from one of these men listed here in Genesis 9. We also see Noah became a farmer! Much like Adam, Noah worked the ground in this new world and planted a vineyard. Now, we need to know that grapevines take about three years to grow to maturity, so about three years had passed between Genesis 9:20 and Genesis 9:21. Noah got drunk and ended up naked in his tent. Then Ham unashamedly saw his father’s nakedness and went and told his brothers about Noah’s shameful state, which dishonored (cursed) his dad (Exodus 21:17). In Genesis 9:24-29, God tells us what resulted from Ham’s sin. The point God gives us is that we have the freedom to choose, but we do not have the freedom of choosing the consequences of our choices.
Challenge & Application
1. What did God teach you today about being “one blood” and about the choices we make each day?
2. How are you guarding against what this culture is trying to push when it contradicts God’s Word?
Don’t forget to pray using the A.C.T.S. (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication) method!