The Frailty of the Flesh - Genesis 12:10-20

What a worrisome life would each have if God was not sovereign!

 

The Call of Abram, Genesis 12:1-9

 Abram was called without having anything to commend himself to God. He obeyed without knowing where he would go. He is a model for us.

According to plan - Genesis 11:10-32

History is the outworking of God's decree; it unfolds according to plan.

 

Rebellion at Babel - Genesis 11:1-9

God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble. Not good to be resisted by God. He humbles His people. This is the way - walk in it.

New Earth, Old Nature. Genesis 9:18-29

New Earth, Old Nature

In this time of this new earth, nature was still cursed and man was still waiting for his redemption. We’ll see some parallels between Adam and Noah in our text. 

Genesis 9:8-17 - God's Covenant

 The Noahic Covenant is the first covenant made with mankind after the destruction of the world and the emergence of the then new-world. This covenant was unconditional, in that God made promises that were not dependent on anything from mankind or creation. God spelled out who the members of this covenant were – man had no say-so in who was included. This covenant was typical of the New Covenant, which is the last covenant made with mankind after the great flood. The New Covenant is unconditional, in that God has acted to redeem people without regard to anything man may have or was capable of doing. And God chose who would benefit from this covenant – man has no say-so in who was included. Just as the judgment of the flood was a type, or shadow, pointing to the final Day of Judgment, so the covenant of that era is a type or shadow of the final covenant God would make with His creatures.

Genesis 8:20 - 9:7 Promise and Law

 God has never left His people without law, instruction, guidance for how they are to live. Just as in the garden, with the provision that they may eat of every tree, except the one; here man may eat any creature – but there’s a limit: no eating flesh with the blood still in it. There’s a lesson in the blood.