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When
His disciples as Jesus about His return and the end times, He told them that it
would be like in Noah’s day. What was it really like when Noah was living?
People were wicked and living for their own gratification. Sounds about like
our society today. People will be living day by day, doing their own thing when
Jesus returns. Instead of water washing them away, their own sins will condemn
them. What then? We have a choice right now—to choose to live in a way that is pleasing
to God. Obedience. Obedient to God’s way of living—not ours. Noah was the only
man on earth that was blameless. We can choose to be like Noah, like Jesus.
Obedient and righteous. Of course, we need God’s help and direction to even do
that.
Do you know Jesus Christ as your
Savior? If so, are you reverently proud and honored to belong to God’s family?
Are you ashamed to speak up and tell others the Good News about Christ? Are you
walking in close fellowship with God?
The
LORD observed the extent of human wickedness on the earth, and he saw that
everything they thought or imagined was consistently and totally evil. So the
LORD was sorry he had ever made them and put them on the earth. It broke his
heart. And the LORD said, "I will wipe this human race I have created from
the face of the earth. Yes, and I will destroy every living thing—all the
people, the large animals, the small animals that scurry along the ground, and
even the birds of the sky. I am sorry I ever made them." But Noah found
favor with the LORD. This is the account of Noah and his family. Noah was a
righteous man, the only blameless person living on earth at the time, and he
walked in close fellowship with God. Genesis 6:5-9
When
the Son of Man returns, it will be like it was in Noah's day. In those days
before the flood, the people were enjoying banquets and parties and weddings
right up to the time Noah entered his boat. People didn't realize what was
going to happen until the flood came and swept them all away. That is the way
it will be when the Son of Man comes. Matthew 24:37-39
Prayer
– Lord Jesus, You saved Noah and his family—preserving the human race You
created. Thank you for giving us another chance. As we look to the future, we
gratefully anticipate Your return and our rescue.
Meditate
on blamelessness.
Verse
of Salvation ~ And it is impossible to please God without faith. Anyone who
wants to come to him must believe that God exists and that he rewards those who
sincerely seek him. It was by faith that Noah built a large boat to save his
family from the flood. He obeyed God, who warned him about things that had
never happened before. By his faith Noah condemned the rest of the world, and
he received the righteousness that comes by faith. Hebrews 11:6-7
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