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LESSON
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ming Department The Moody Bible In
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LESSON FOR FEBRUARY z
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LESSON TExT--5enesis s:s-l1 s:i1-1k
GOLDEN TExT-'The wages OF ain 10
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The first great fact recorded IN the
book OF Genesis is that Of Creation,
which may be divided into several les
ser facts. The second great fact ID
that Of the Fall. which began with the
temptation and ended with the exclu.
sion from Paradise. In this lesson we
come to the third great fact. the
Flood. the account Of which embraces
the NTH to the ninth chapters. Chap
ter i've gives ,is Noah's genealogy;
Six, the history Of the building OF the
ark: seven, the occupancy Of the ark;
eight, Noah's departure from the ark.
and nine. Gods covenant with Noah.
In this lesson sin flourishes like tho
proverbial green bay tree. Every
imagination Of the thoughts Of mans
heart was only evil continually" v. 8.
These thoughts were capitalized into
the lives of men, for we read that
''the earth was filled with violence"
Viewing this awful development Of
sin, God was 90 deply grieved in his
heart that he turned aside (repented)
from his plan and purpose thus far, to
Q determination to destroy man ".
~. Noah, however, found grace IA
Gods sight. as we see from v. 8. even
IN the midst of these adverse circum-
stances. Environment is powerful but
not all-powerful. and It Is never a
match for Gods grace. We must not
gather from this verse that Noah was
faultless. but rather than he sought
TO conform his life to Cots will and
not to the standards Of those among
whom he dwelt. Noah gave himself
to . whole-heartcd service to God.
We are told that the foundation Of
Noah's acceptance before God was his
faith. Heb. 1l:7, like his great grand.
father Enoch, he had walked with
God" (5:22). Noah stood absolutely
alone and was thus thrown upon COM
panionship with God, compare '. 2
with John lis.
Given Due Warning.
God could no longer endure the
sins Of men, their iniquity was full,
thnwn%c~n Ca Hckn~vv.trca - Hest ,.rv,
them. He did not, however. cut them
on. for we read that they had 100
years announcement Of the coming of
the Hood ". 13), time enough In
which to repent. They also had q
faithful preacher to warn them dur
ing this time, Z Peter 2:5. But their
apostasy was complete and they
would have none Of Gods mercy nor
heed his warning, Prov. 1881. Noah's
obedience as he built the ark was d
daily reminder Of the impending
flood.
The ark was fiat-bottomed chest
$50 feet long, rs feet broad and As
feet deep. built Of cyprus gopher
!. go, -. S'au w. p'0n oIuo.
.no eases y .ro looi va - open
decks were divided into compart.
menu
e. - inc e'sn. sous ~ Fete.
o'SvJ VINO en.ereu 'na aIk we neea
20 remember tnat usually cniioren ana
servants are understood without men
Won - sucn onumeratlons' W. arg
noe - anier .nat y ~ cleate0 animals
swo o. eacn entered tne ark. Inc
nooo certainty was not universal ano
nence sucn : m.cis w. uncai'ea
1oI.
Attontion mas oeen caheo 70 tne iacs
tnAt S0oiosists teii us there are ~
reaity less tnan 4Oo distinct species
of animal ule. urtner, We must
compare Snapeers I.1. ano ~.
Ahese animals wero preserves TOT ~
ture increase, also TOT sacfince. Hxo'
ous eives zen sucn ciean peasts'
Inerciore q tnose ior sacrincc Moan
nad Dut seventy ~ az Modein snlps
carry nundreos 9! oeasts Win tneir
1000 besides nundreds q human pc
'ngs.
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oetailed ins.ruction Moan receiveo
TOT tne Duiioine q inc arr. yet Hoo
u ready ana VIKING 70 give US as
ciear specincations ior OUT me anu
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Race SWcpt Away.