Noah, An Example of Righteousness and Obedience
9/10/2010 Noah Violence filled the world! Wicked, perverse and evil were the continual imaginations and thoughts of mankind. The Lord was angry! He grieved and promised the destruction of mankind, and all other living creatures. “And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart” (Gen 6:6). Furthermore, the Lord goes on to say, “I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them” (Gen 6:7). A dooms day message for certain! However, a message followed by a breath of hope for just one scripture away the writer declares, “But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord” (Gen 6:8). Who was this man that stood out in the eyes of God, finding grace in the midst of an evil and perverse world? As the rest of his generation partied, and performed evil acts and lived lascivious lifestyles, Noah was just and per