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As It Was In The Days of Noah
“And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And it repented the Lord that he had made man on earth, and it grieved him at his heart” (Genesis 6: 5).
Like in the days of Noah, men are not improving; they are increasingly sinking deeper and deeper in sin. The society is celebrating immorality and rewarding corruption. Here God acknowledged that human nature is prone to progressive degeneration. There are two related reasons for this:
1. Sin has a drug-like addictive quality in that the relief,satisfaction, or pleasure derived from it does not last. Thus, to receive the same amount of pleasure as before, the victim has to sink deeper and deeper into perversion;
2.Closely related is that a person must commit the sin more frequently because the longer one continues in the sin, the shorter the duration of the satisfaction received from each”dose” becomes.
Because of this inclination towards increased addiction, social and religious barriers to immorality within the individual and community gradually come down. Therefore each new generation is a more fertile breeding ground for sin because human nature provides no real impediment to it. As sin becomes more acceptable to society, the people have more difficulty recognizing it.
Genesis 6 reveals the prevalence of ungodly marriage practices leading to disastrous results. The background to this passage is that, after a few generations of multiplying, men as a whole began to leave God out of their lives. They chose wives based solely on their physical beauty, not their depth of character. Though their children became mighty and famous leaders, they grew into wicked adults whose very impulse, thought, and plan were corrupt. Violence became a way of life. Once condition reached this irredeemable point, God decided to destroy them and start all over again. The Bible pictures a society of unrestrained sin of every kind. The underlying factor in this situation is rebellion against God and rejection of God.
St. Paul addressing the Roman church many years later wrote: “There is no one who is righteous not even one… there is no one who seeks God” (Rom. 3: 10 & 11). Our world today is no better than the Roman world when St. Paul wrote. Sexual immorality, same sex marriage, corruption, cheating, lack of fear of God, murder, envy, deceit etc. have remained the order of the day. The practices that grieved God and made Him regret creating man in the first place are still very much with us today.
The questions now are:
Has man’s technological advancement made any difference to his slavery to sin?
Has man’s tendency towards disobedience and rebellion against God changed?
Does it make sense that the developed West is at the forefront of the depravity and perversion called the Gay movement?
This brings the subject to the personal level:
How do you look at yourself in the light of the following passages: Romans 1: 24-32, Gal. 5: 19-21, Rev. 21: 8 and Rev. 22: 15
How have you fared and where are you heading to?
Have a sober week as you reflect on your natural depraved and sinful state.
2.Closely related is that a person must commit the sin more frequently because the longer one continues in the sin, the shorter the duration of the satisfaction received from each”dose” becomes.
Because of this inclination towards increased addiction, social and religious barriers to immorality within the individual and community gradually come down. Therefore each new generation is a more fertile breeding ground for sin because human nature provides no real impediment to it. As sin becomes more acceptable to society, the people have more difficulty recognizing it.
Genesis 6 reveals the prevalence of ungodly marriage practices leading to disastrous results. The background to this passage is that, after a few generations of multiplying, men as a whole began to leave God out of their lives. They chose wives based solely on their physical beauty, not their depth of character. Though their children became mighty and famous leaders, they grew into wicked adults whose very impulse, thought, and plan were corrupt. Violence became a way of life. Once condition reached this irredeemable point, God decided to destroy them and start all over again. The Bible pictures a society of unrestrained sin of every kind. The underlying factor in this situation is rebellion against God and rejection of God.
St. Paul addressing the Roman church many years later wrote: “There is no one who is righteous not even one… there is no one who seeks God” (Rom. 3: 10 & 11). Our world today is no better than the Roman world when St. Paul wrote. Sexual immorality, same sex marriage, corruption, cheating, lack of fear of God, murder, envy, deceit etc. have remained the order of the day. The practices that grieved God and made Him regret creating man in the first place are still very much with us today.
The questions now are:
Has man’s technological advancement made any difference to his slavery to sin?
Has man’s tendency towards disobedience and rebellion against God changed?
Does it make sense that the developed West is at the forefront of the depravity and perversion called the Gay movement?
This brings the subject to the personal level:
How do you look at yourself in the light of the following passages: Romans 1: 24-32, Gal. 5: 19-21, Rev. 21: 8 and Rev. 22: 15
How have you fared and where are you heading to?
Have a sober week as you reflect on your natural depraved and sinful state.
Your brother, Vicar & Archdeacon
S. Igein Isemede
S. Igein Isemede