Sermon: God’s Grace Remembers and Preserves

“God's Grace Remembers and Preserves” Genesis 6:1-12 January 23, 2022 Pastor Tony Felich  Sermon Application [file]   ----more---- Genesis 6:1 When man began to multiply on the face of the land and daughters were born to them, [2] the sons of God saw that the daughters of man were attractive. And they took as their wives any they chose. [3] Then the LORD said, “My Spirit shall not abide in man forever, for he is flesh: his days shall be 120 years.” [4] The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of man and they bore children to them. These were the mighty men who were of old, the men of renown. [5] The LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. [6] And the LORD regretted that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart. [7] So the LORD said, “I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land, man and animals and creeping things and birds of the heavens, for I am sorry that I have made them.” [8] But Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD. [9] These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation. Noah walked with God. [10] And Noah had three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. [11] Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight, and the earth was filled with violence. [12] And God saw the earth, and behold, it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth. “No pow’r of hell, no scheme of man, Can ever pluck me from His hand.” - From “In Christ Alone” by Getty & Townend    ·         Who were the sons of God? (2, 4)       ·         What is the 120 years in reference to? (3)      ·         Who were the Nephilim? (4)      ·         What sin(s) provoked God’s judgment? (2, 5, 11-12)      ·         What is meant by the “Lord regretted”? (6)      ·         How did Noah find favor with God? (8-9)