Genesis 9-12/Mark 2:1:17 (Covenant)
"Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed; for God made man in his own image." Genesis 9:6
I like how God learned from his mistakes from the previous "Adam and Eve" experiment and is laying down the rules to Noah right away. I think the covenant between God and the people and the expectations of God is important. These rules help guide people because they are now scared of Gods wrath and don't want what happened to Adam and Eve to happen to them.
As parents we do the same, we set rules to keep our children safe and behave appropriately. These "good" habits become a part of them and we hope that they grow into a righteous person.
My kids say all the time that they need to be good because then they can go to heaven and see our dead dog. Kinda sad and morbid but I guess it sets a goal for them.
"Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick; I came not to call the righteous, but sinners." Mark 2:17
Once God realized his rules weren't enough he sent his Son to help make things right.
There are so many times where we will fall astray from the right path. It is very important to come back to it so you can feel at peace with yourself, not because you are afraid of what will happen at the end but what you can do now to rid of that suffering and pain. Whether we turn to doctors, friends, family, or religion.. we will always need to fight our inner battles. It is in our DNA to do right, we were made good and we were told to do good.
Also, I just tried to convince everyone that I think the civilization that God flooded prior to Noah building his arc could possibly be the Lost City of Atlantis, no one bought it. I also did just watch AquaMan. 😜
I like how God learned from his mistakes from the previous "Adam and Eve" experiment and is laying down the rules to Noah right away. I think the covenant between God and the people and the expectations of God is important. These rules help guide people because they are now scared of Gods wrath and don't want what happened to Adam and Eve to happen to them.
As parents we do the same, we set rules to keep our children safe and behave appropriately. These "good" habits become a part of them and we hope that they grow into a righteous person.
My kids say all the time that they need to be good because then they can go to heaven and see our dead dog. Kinda sad and morbid but I guess it sets a goal for them.
"Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick; I came not to call the righteous, but sinners." Mark 2:17
Once God realized his rules weren't enough he sent his Son to help make things right.
There are so many times where we will fall astray from the right path. It is very important to come back to it so you can feel at peace with yourself, not because you are afraid of what will happen at the end but what you can do now to rid of that suffering and pain. Whether we turn to doctors, friends, family, or religion.. we will always need to fight our inner battles. It is in our DNA to do right, we were made good and we were told to do good.
Also, I just tried to convince everyone that I think the civilization that God flooded prior to Noah building his arc could possibly be the Lost City of Atlantis, no one bought it. I also did just watch AquaMan. 😜
