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The Shame of Sinful Men - 4/12/26 - Meadows Baptist Church - Pastor Charlie Branch · Meadows Baptist Church Podcast

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  Welcome to the podcast of Meadows
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  Baptist Church of Walnut Cove, North
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  Carolina. We're so glad you joined us
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  today. If you enjoy today's message, be
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  sure to subscribe, follow, and share
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  with your friends. Now, let's join
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  Pastor Charlie Branch with a word from
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  God.
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  Genesis chapter number six. Tonight, if
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  you have a Bible, Genesis chapter number
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  6. I do appreciate you being here
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  tonight. When you find your place, if
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  you would stand on a river to the
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  reading of God's eternal word, Genesis
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  chapter 6. And I do appreciate you being
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  in the service this evening. It's good
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  to have missionary brother here with us
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  tonight from Calvary Baptist Church and
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  King and brother TJ Tilly. And good to
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  have him here with us in the service
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  tonight. And you go by and greet him as
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  you go out. Brother, I appreciate you
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  being with us tonight. and uh appreciate
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  our missionaries. Man, I thankful I'm
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  thankful for how God has blessed our
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  missions program here at the church. And
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  I tell you this, if we're not reaching
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  souls, amen, we're not fulfilling the
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  great commission and the purpose of the
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  church. Amen. And it wasn't the church
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  was not built so we could sit around and
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  look at one another, but it was built so
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  we could reach out. Amen. And I do
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  appreciate Christ uh in the ministry
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  that he has given unto us, entrusted to
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  us these last days. And I want to deal
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  Genesis chapter number six tonight um
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  with this subject. We're going to get
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  over into the passage concerning Noah in
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  the coming weeks, but I got to deal with
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  this next text here in Genesis 6. What's
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  God put on my heart today? And so you
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  pray for us that the Lord will help us.
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  Let's look verse number one of Genesis
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  chapter number six this evening. The
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  Bible says, "And it came to pass when
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  men began to multiply on the face of the
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  earth, and daughters were born unto
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  them, that the sons of God saw the
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  daughters of men that they were fair,
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  and they took them wives of all which
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  they chose." And the Lord said, "My
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  spirit shall not always strive with man,
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  for that he also is flesh, yet his days
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  shall be in 120 years." And the Bible
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  says there were giants in the earth in
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  those days. And also after that, when
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  the sons of God came in unto the
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  daughters of men, and they bare children
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  to them, the same became mighty men
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  which were of old, men of renown. And
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  God saw that the wickedness of man was
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  great in the earth, and that every
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  imagination of the thoughts of his heart
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  was only evil continually. And it
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  repented the Lord, that he had made man
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  on the earth, and it grieved him at his
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  heart. And the Lord said, I will destroy
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  man whom I have created from the face of
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  the earth, both man and beast, and the
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  creeping thing, and the fowls of the
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  air, for it repenteth me that I have
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  made them. But notice verse number
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  eight. Your Bible says, "But Noah found
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  grace in the eyes of the Lord."
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  >> Amen. And when I read this text this
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  afternoon, I've been reading this text
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  coming up to uh this message here,
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  preparing for this particular text. And
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  this is a very controversial passage of
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  scripture. And I want to do my best
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  tonight to expound it the best that I
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  can. But this is what I know tonight.
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  I'm thankful that in the if the entire
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  world goes against and go and walks away
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  from what we believe, if the entire
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  church goes apostate and God only leaves
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  just a handful of us, this is what I
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  know. His grace will still be sufficient
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  for us. Amen. I'll tell you, I don't
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  know how many million people were on the
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  earth in the day of Noah, but I'll tell
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  you this, it was his family and him
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  alone, them alone, that got out on that
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  flood. Amen. Got out in that boat. And
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  I'll tell you this, we're going to make
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  it. Amen. We are going to make it. And I
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  bless his name for that tonight. Let's
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  pray and ask the Lord to help us. And
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  then I'll share the thought with you.
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  Father, thank you for allowing us to be
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  in the house of God tonight. Thank you
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  for the privilege that we have to pray.
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  And Lord, I thank you God for the fact
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  as brother Chubby saying tonight, God,
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  that that tomb is empty and that you are
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  gone. And Lord, I bless your name for
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  that. Lord, there is an empty tomb in
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  Jerusalem today, Father, because you're
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  not there. You're in heaven where you
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  say you ever live to make intercession
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  for us. And so God, we come to you,
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  Father. We come boldly before the throne
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  that we may obtain mercy and find grace
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  to help. Lord, this is a time of need.
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  And I pray, God, tonight that you would
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  exalt yourself tonight. get glory and
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  honor unto your name. Do that which only
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  you could do. And God, I pray, Father,
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  that we'll see no man save Jesus only.
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  And God, I pray tonight, Father, that
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  everything that's said and done be
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  pleasing to you. Lord, we sure love you.
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  Save the sinner near his tail tonight.
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  Do a work, Father, that it'll last for
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  time and for eternity. And we'll give
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  you thanks for it cause we ask it in
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  Jesus name. You can be seated tonight.
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  Amen. And amen. This text that I've read
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  to you tonight, I've already mentioned
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  that it is a controversial passage, but
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  I'll say this. It's in your Bible. Amen.
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  And so, I'm commanded. The Bible says
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  we're to preach the full counsel of the
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  word of God. And so, I'm going to preach
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  it to you tonight. Amen. And I want to
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  say this on the outset tonight. If
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  you're a Bible student, I don't know
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  which way that you lean concerning this
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  passage. I'll be honest with you. Some
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  days I lean one way, some days I lean
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  another. But I'll tell you this, it's
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  still truth that's applicable and
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  beneficial for our daily life this
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  evening. And so I want to give you a few
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  things by way of introduction tonight.
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  And then I will give you the thought
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  this evening. Of course, we notice here
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  in chapter number five that Noah is
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  mentioned here as the last son of that
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  10 generation span from Adam in the text
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  and his three children, Shim, Ham, and
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  Japheth are spoken of in verse number
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  32. And then it leads in to chapter
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  number six. And out of those 10
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  generations would proceed the godly line
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  that would come out underneath Adam. And
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  I remind you that God, he gave them Seth
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  because Abel had died. And no doubt Eve
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  in her mind thought that it was all over
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  when Abel died. But I'm thankful that
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  God wasn't done. Amen. And God was not
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  finished. She gave himself that
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  substitute to be the one that would
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  bring about the seed of the Lord Jesus
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  Christ. And so we notice in this text
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  here, the Bible says, "And it came to
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  pass." And so here it's a description of
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  the age of that antidoluvven period
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  here. And it's coming to a close what we
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  know about Genesis chapter number six.
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  It introduces to you and I the flood of
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  the ungodly, the day that God would
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  judge the earth with water. And I notice
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  a few things in this text. And I thought
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  this was interesting when I was studying
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  this because it amazes me that what we
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  find the sin that's mentioned in this
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  text is not even the sin of our day so
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  to speak. But I I want you to notice
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  just a few things. I want to get ahead
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  of myself here. Notice I want you to
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  note first of all verse number one in
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  Genesis 6 that there are the
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  multiplication of men upon the earth.
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  You notice it simply from the verse. The
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  Bible says, "And it came to pass when
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  men began to multiply on the face of the
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  earth and daughters were born unto
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  them." And so what this is, you say,
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  "Preacher, well that was the blessing of
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  God." And you're exactly right. God told
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  Adam and Eve, what did he tell them? He
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  said, "Be fruitful and multiply and
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  what? Replenish the earth." And so, you
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  know what they did? They did just that.
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  They began to be fruitful in their
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  marriage. And out of that, the nations
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  of the earth were filled with men. And
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  this is indeed a blessing from the Lord.
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  But you understand me many times the
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  blessing because of the flesh, the
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  carnality of men, God's blessing turns
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  in to wickedness.
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  >> Right?
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  >> And you notice in the multiplication of
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  men here in the text, you notice second
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  of all that there's mixed marriages that
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  come out of this. In verse two, the
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  Bible says that the sons of God saw the
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  daughters of men, that they were fair,
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  and they took them wives of all which
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  they chose. Now, I'll be honest with you
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  tonight. I'm not going to argue with you
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  about whether or not those sons of God
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  were angels or whether they were the
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  godly line of Seth. But for the message
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  tonight, I'm going to preach this as
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  they were the godly line of Seth. And
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  this is the reason why I'm going to
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  preach that because God has just
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  finished in Genesis 5 telling about the
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  godliness of these generations of these
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  men that followed. What did he describe
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  them as in chapter number four? He said,
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  "Then began men to what? To call upon
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  the name of the Lord." And so they were
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  labeled. They were given this title by
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  the Lord. And they possessed that title
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  as they prayed unto God. And so I
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  believe personally at this point in time
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  that may change tomorrow. Amen. And I
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  believe personally at this point in time
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  these sons of God were the sons here of
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  Adam of Seth that godly line of Seth.
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  And I notice the Bible says that those
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  sons of God saw the daughters of men
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  that they were fair and they took them
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  wives of all which they chose. Now if
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  you if if you give me just a minute
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  tonight, I want to share something with
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  you and you say, "Preacher, do you got
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  Bible for what you going to say?" Well,
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  I got a good good clue about it. All
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  right. And I think about this. Okay. I
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  mentioned to you this morning that you
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  know Enoch and his sons are actually
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  Seth and his son Enus. I personally
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  believe that God did not allow them.
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  Adam and Eve did not allow them to go
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  and marry of the children of the
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  Canaanite people. And so they had to be
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  the children of Adam and Eve according
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  to the text. And so they married within
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  their family. It was much like in the
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  days of Abraham. Abraham told Isaac,
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  "You're not going to go get a a child
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  outside of the heathen women, but you're
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  going to go get a wife for my son Isaac
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  out of the family." He wanted to make
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  sure that everything stayed right. And
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  let me say this tonight, you ought to
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  marry somebody at the house of God.
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  >> Young people, you ought to make your
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  spouse be somebody that's saved. The
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  Bible still says, "Be not unequally
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  yolked together with unbelievers." And
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  that's the truth tonight. Separation's a
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  Bible doctrine all the way back to
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  Genesis chapter number one. And what we
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  find in this text is I personally
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  believe that the sons of God as time
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  went on they began instead of marrying
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  within that family line marrying amongst
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  those who were pure and holy among them
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  they decided to step outside of that
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  according to the verse you notice what
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  the Bible says that they saw the
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  daughters of men that they were fair
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  I'll tell you number one reason why
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  these marriages were wrong is because
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  they were based on sight
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  >> right
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  >> Amen. Y'all going to have to help the
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  preacher tonight. Amen. You say, "How is
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  that?" Well, the Bible says they saw
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  >> they saw the daughters of men that they
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  were fair. Look what your Bible says.
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  And they took them wise of all which
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  they chose. They were based that they
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  were solely basing their marriage upon
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  their sight. God bless your heart,
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  brother. They were basing their marriage
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  upon sight. And it was based upon what
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  their flesh want. Let me say this. You
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  ought to decide in your heart right now,
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  young people. I don't care how young you
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  are. I don't care how far it is until
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  you get married. Wherever you're at, you
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  ought to decide in your heart right now
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  that you're going to marry the content
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  and not the container.
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  >> Right?
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  >> You're going to DECIDE YOU'RE GOING TO
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  MARRY THE SUBSTANCE. AMEN. And not for
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  sight. Amen. You're going to make sure
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  that you're going to MARRY SOMEBODY
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  WHO'S SAVED AND SOMEBODY who is not
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  lost. I'm talking about SOMEBODY WHO'S
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  NOT JUST SAVED, but somebody who's saved
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  and sanctified and serving God and wants
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  TO BE PURE THE SAME WAY THAT YOU WANT TO
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  be pure. Can I get an amen tonight? THAT
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  WANTS TO LIVE FOR JESUS THE SAME WAY
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  THAT YOU DO. AMEN.
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  >> And if you don't want to live for Jesus,
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  you got a greater problem. Amen.
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  >> You're right.
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  >> But I noticed these marriages, they're
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  mixed between the sons of God and
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  daughters of men. And I want to point
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  this out to you. I personally believe
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  that the godly line of Seth was reaching
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  out and marrying into that Canaanite
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  people. He they were he was marrying
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  they were marrying those daughters of
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  the Ca of Cain's children. And the Bible
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  says they were marrying them because
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  what they saw, but they were also
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  married them because they were their own
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  personal selection. Notice that. And
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  they took them wives of all which they
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  chose. Now, you don't have to believe
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  this tonight, but I personally believe
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  that in this text, what you can find is
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  that the parents arranged the marriage.
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  Jewish culture, that was the way it was.
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  The families would arrange the
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  marriages. And so, I I have no reason to
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  believe that it would be any other way
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  in this text. But you see, the problem
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  came when they decided they were smart
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  enough to do it themselves.
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  >> You're right.
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  >> Amen. And let me say this now. We we
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  don't we're not uh encouraging, you
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  know, arranged marriages. You know, I'm
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  not saying that tonight. But here's what
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  I am telling you. All right. If your
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  parents are godly and they don't
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  approve.
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  >> Come on, preacher.
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  >> Anybody in the building?
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  >> If your parents are godly and serving
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  God and they don't approve, you better
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  back up.
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  >> Amen. Hey, friend. I when I was looking
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  for a spouse in my younger days, I
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  remember thinking about that. I remember
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  thinking, man, if I I I my mama was the
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  pattern. I'm going to stop right here
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  for just a minute and preach. Amen.
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  >> Come on, preacher.
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  >> My mama was the pattern. And I thought,
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  if I can find somebody that will love me
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  the way my mama loves my daddy
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  >> and the way my mama loves God. Go ahead.
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  >> And you know what? That's what I look
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  for.
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  >> Amen. I bless his name. God gave me the
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  desires of my heart. Amen. And my
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  precious bride. And I'll say this, I
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  couldn't have found her if I tried.
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  >> You're right. Come on, preacher.
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  >> I know. I know. We gonna preach it
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  anyway. Amen. She was four and a half
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  hours away in a in a little mountain
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  town that they God God didn't even know
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  where she's at. But I'm thankful,
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  friend, that when she got out of there,
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  God found her and she brought He brought
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  her to me. Amen.
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  >> I'm saying God brought her to me. And
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  I'll tell you this, young people, you
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  need to listen. You need to let God
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  bring you your spouse. Right?
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  >> Let God bring you your spouse. Amen. But
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  I'll say this. When you choose yourself,
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  you're going to choose wrong every time.
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  >> Amen. They're mixed marriages. It was
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  based upon sight. It was based upon
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  their own personal selection. I will
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  remind you, there was no separation
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  here. They had went across the lines
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  that God had ordained for them to stay
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  in. But I notice even in the midst of
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  this, and I'm I'm boy, I'm thankful for
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  this tonight because ain't none of us
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  been perfect. Amen. I'm thankful. I
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  notice not only the multiplied men and
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  the mixed marriages, but I see the
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  merciful master in verse number three.
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  Look what your Bible says. And the Lord
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  said, "My spirit shall not always strive
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  with man, for that he is also his
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  flesh." You say, "Preacher, that doesn't
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  sound very merciful." But notice that
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  next word in verse three, yet. Yet his
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  days shall be inund.
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  You remember this morning I made the
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  statement that Moses when he remembered
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  that antidolivian people he said in
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  Psalm number nine he said our he said he
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  said a thousand years are but as a tale
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  when it is passed he says just a vapor
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  to you and then he goes on later in the
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  chapter and says the days of our years
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  are three score and 10 if by reason of
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  strength they be four score what you're
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  watching before your eyes in chapter six
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  is that God is cutting their years down
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  why is that because they're being
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  disobedient. obedient,
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  >> right?
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  >> And I still believe tonight the Bible
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  says that you're to honor your father
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  and your mother that your days may be
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  what?
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  >> Prolonged upon the earth. Hey, that's
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  still just as true as it was when they
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  pinned it down. Amen. And I believe that
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  tonight. And you say, "What are you
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  saying?" I'm saying God was merciful
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  unto them and the fact that he should
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  have took them out.
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  >> Right?
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  >> And you know what happens a little later
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  on? He is going to take them out because
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  they refuse to listen even though he
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  cuts their days down. And it and it
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  never ceases to amaze me. And I'm going
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  to get to the message in a minute. Amen.
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  But it never ceases to amaze me the fact
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  that the these boys went from living n 8
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  900 years down to 120 according to this
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  text. And they never even stopped one
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  time to think about, hey, God might be
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  judging us.
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  >> You're right,
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  >> man. When we go through things in our
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  life, God begins to judge us because of
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  sin. Sinners get judged because of the
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  things that they've done. They don't
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  even blink at that.
• 15:47
  >> They don't even think twice about what
• 15:49
  God is trying to reveal unto them. But I
• 15:51
  want to say this. I'm thankful for every
• 15:53
  sinner that refuses to look to God. God
• 15:56
  is still merciful because Peter's still
• 15:58
  in the book. He said, "The Lord is
• 15:59
  longsuffering to us. We're not willing
• 16:01
  that any should perish, but that all
• 16:03
  should come to repentance. And so he's
• 16:05
  merciful unto you and I." And I notice
• 16:07
  in this text, the Bible says in verse
• 16:09
  number three, verse three, the Lord
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  said, "My spirit shall not always strive
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  with man." A sobering verse. the fact
• 16:17
  that God says there's going to come an
• 16:19
  end to conviction. Do you understand
• 16:23
  this morning that if you this evening
• 16:24
  that if you die lost without God,
• 16:27
  there's going to come an end
• 16:29
  >> to your opportunity
• 16:31
  >> right
• 16:32
  >> there. And and I believe for some
• 16:34
  there's people who will live and they
• 16:36
  will shun away the day of grace in their
• 16:38
  line. They'll shun away that salvation
• 16:40
  in their life. And there'll come a day
• 16:42
  in their life where God won't speak to
• 16:44
  them anymore. where the spirit will not
• 16:46
  convict them anymore because God is not
• 16:49
  obligated. Listen to me. GOD IS NOT
• 16:51
  OBLIGATED TO STRIVE WITH YOU AND I. But
• 16:54
  it is his mercy. It is his GRACE THAT HE
• 16:57
  WOULD SPEAK TO US. And man, I'm telling
• 16:59
  you, I believe I got saved the first
• 17:00
  time that I ever heard the word of God
• 17:02
  and understood that I was a sinner. And
• 17:04
  I've struggled because of that to some
• 17:06
  extent. But I'll tell you this, for
• 17:08
  most, that ain't the story.
• 17:10
  >> For most people, God deals with them
• 17:12
  years and years. Brother Tony said this
• 17:14
  past week that he was under conviction
• 17:16
  for seven years before he got saved. I
• 17:18
  can't even imagine that. You say, "What
• 17:20
  are you saying?" I'm saying God has been
• 17:23
  merciful in that he extends his hand to
• 17:25
  all of us. And he doesn't just do it
• 17:27
  once.
• 17:28
  >> But he does it time and time
• 17:31
  >> and time again.
• 17:32
  >> And I notice in this text, the Bible
• 17:34
  says, "And the Lord said, "My spirit
• 17:36
  shall not always strive with man."
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  And I want to preach on this thought for
• 17:42
  just a little while tonight. I want to
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  preach on the shame of sinful men.
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  >> The shame of sinful men. Now, we know
• 17:51
  what's going to happen. God is preparing
• 17:54
  the world for a flood. And in this text,
• 17:57
  God has given them a space of mercy. But
• 18:00
  the Bible says in verse four,
• 18:02
  there were giants in the earth in those
• 18:04
  days. And also after that, when the sons
• 18:06
  of God came in under the daughters of
• 18:08
  men, and they bare children to them, the
• 18:11
  same became mighty men which are of old,
• 18:13
  men of renown. And I want to lay four
• 18:16
  things on your heart about these men
• 18:18
  tonight.
• 18:19
  And I'll be done. I noticed concerning
• 18:22
  this text, you realize God has shortened
• 18:24
  their days according to verse three. Yet
• 18:27
  his days shall be inund 120 years. You
• 18:30
  think about that. That's almost 10%
• 18:33
  >> that's left of what they were living
• 18:34
  before. 120 years they're now living.
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  And the Bible says in verse four, there
• 18:40
  were giants in the earth in those days.
• 18:42
  And notice that next phrase, and also
• 18:44
  after that, you know what that means? It
• 18:46
  means after God shortened their days,
• 18:48
  you know what they did? Look what your
• 18:49
  Bible says. When the sons of God came in
• 18:52
  under the daughters of men, you know
• 18:53
  what that tells me? They kept doing the
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  same thing.
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  >> You're right. You know, I think the
• 18:58
  shame of our nation is that God has sent
• 19:00
  wakeup call after wakeup call after
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  wakeup call. And you know what? We're
• 19:04
  still doing the same thing.
• 19:06
  >> Yes, sir.
• 19:06
  >> Amen. He's He's opened the door. I mean,
• 19:09
  he's dropped the hammer time and time
• 19:10
  again. We've seen it. We know that it's
• 19:12
  his judgment, but yet we go back to the
• 19:14
  same things again.
• 19:15
  >> Amen.
• 19:16
  >> God have mercy on us. And I notice in
• 19:18
  this text, I notice first of all tonight
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  concerning this, I want you to notice
• 19:22
  these men. And and I want to remind you,
• 19:24
  okay? Paul said he when he described the
• 19:27
  last days, he said in the last days,
• 19:28
  perilous times will will come. And what
• 19:30
  who did he describe? He didn't describe
• 19:32
  the women. He didn't describe the
• 19:34
  children. But you remember what he said?
• 19:35
  He said men shall be lovers of their own
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  selves.
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  >> Right?
• 19:39
  >> Every problem in this tra in this Bible
• 19:41
  is traced back to men.
• 19:43
  >> You're right.
• 19:43
  >> Refusing to be who God ordained them to
• 19:45
  be.
• 19:46
  >> Now, I understand tonight that that word
• 19:48
  man in a lot of senses has to do it's a
• 19:51
  it's a broader term that means man,
• 19:53
  woman, boy, and girl. I realize that,
• 19:54
  but you understand Christ is the head of
• 19:57
  the church and the husband's the head of
• 19:58
  the wife and Christ is the head of the
• 20:00
  husband,
• 20:01
  >> right?
• 20:01
  >> So, we're in authority,
• 20:02
  >> right?
• 20:04
  >> And so, that means if there's a problem,
• 20:05
  it comes back to us because there ain't
• 20:07
  no problem with Jesus.
• 20:08
  >> Come on.
• 20:10
  >> Notice the text. I see number one
• 20:12
  tonight talking about the shame of
• 20:14
  sinful men. I notice in these days,
• 20:16
  number one, there are sizable men.
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  Notice what the Bible says in verse
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  four. There were giants in the earth in
• 20:22
  those days. Now I people have preached
• 20:25
  this and I'm not going to argue with you
• 20:27
  tonight if you believe this that those
• 20:29
  sons of God were angels and that the
• 20:32
  angels came down and took up with the
• 20:34
  the the daughters of men and because of
• 20:36
  that out of those relationships giants
• 20:38
  were born and and their size was larger
• 20:41
  than that of a natural man because of
• 20:43
  the angelic beings being the progenited
• 20:45
  father. But I I want to submit to you in
• 20:48
  verse number four, it does not mention
• 20:50
  that giants were born in those days.
• 20:52
  Notice the term.
• 20:53
  >> It said there were giants in those days,
• 20:55
  >> right?
• 20:56
  >> Means they were present on the earth.
• 20:58
  >> And so I really believe it has nothing
• 20:59
  to do with that. I think it has to do
• 21:02
  with the fact that men were there were
• 21:04
  just some men who were larger. I mean
• 21:05
  you can look at the NBA and NFL and see
• 21:08
  that there are some giants that are
• 21:09
  still living. Amen. I mean uh old Wimby
• 21:12
  down there 7 foot something tall. I mean
• 21:14
  that's a giant. Amen. Right?
• 21:16
  >> What I'm saying is is it ain't got so
• 21:18
  much to do with the supernatural side of
• 21:20
  it. But what I'm saying, these are
• 21:22
  sizable men. I want to say this to you.
• 21:25
  The only time you ever find this word
• 21:26
  giant again in this term in the Hebrew
• 21:29
  is when God is talking about the sons of
• 21:31
  Anoch, the giants that were in the land
• 21:34
  of promise. And I thought about this
• 21:36
  when I read this text. The Bible says
• 21:39
  God is he he says, "My spirit is not
• 21:41
  always going to strive with man." And
• 21:43
  you know what? He did not consider their
• 21:45
  size.
• 21:46
  >> Right
• 21:47
  >> now, I want to say this tonight.
• 21:48
  Physically, there ain't none of us that
• 21:50
  are giants in here tonight. But you know
• 21:52
  what? I've met people, and you've met
• 21:54
  people who think they're a giant.
• 21:55
  >> You're right.
• 21:56
  >> They're a giant financially. They're a
• 21:58
  giant corporately. They're a giant
• 22:00
  socially. They're a giant. Some people,
• 22:02
  some preachers think they're a giant
• 22:04
  ministerally. Amen. But I'll say this,
• 22:06
  God didn't care about how the how big
• 22:08
  they were.
• 22:09
  >> Amen. In this text, the Bible says there
• 22:11
  were giants in those days. And I don't
• 22:14
  want you to miss the point. What I'm
• 22:15
  saying is the judgment was still coming
• 22:17
  in spite of their size. Notice this. Not
• 22:20
  only I see there were sizable men in the
• 22:22
  text, but number two, there's strong men
• 22:24
  in the text. The Bible said there were
• 22:26
  giants in the earth in those days. And
• 22:29
  also after that, when the sons of God
• 22:31
  came in under the daughters of men and
• 22:32
  they bear children to them, they the
• 22:35
  same became notice that mighty men.
• 22:39
  mighty men. You know what that word
• 22:41
  mighty means? It speaks of their
• 22:42
  strength. It speaks of their ability.
• 22:45
  There were sizable men. There were
• 22:47
  giants in the land. But not only that,
• 22:49
  there were men who had great ability
• 22:51
  physically. They were strong. They were
• 22:53
  able to fight. They were able to war.
• 22:55
  That's what that word mighty literally
• 22:57
  means. You think about those mighty men
• 22:59
  of David, those men of valor, those
• 23:01
  chosen men that were around David. What
• 23:03
  were they known for? They were known for
• 23:05
  their strength. But let me say this. God
• 23:07
  didn't care about their strength. You're
• 23:08
  right.
• 23:09
  >> Amen.
• 23:10
  >> Let me say this. Just because you're
• 23:12
  sizable in the world doesn't mean you
• 23:14
  got any size with God. You're
• 23:15
  >> right.
• 23:16
  >> Let me just say this. Just because
• 23:17
  you're strong financially or you're
• 23:19
  strong in the world or you're strong
• 23:21
  socially. Let me remind you that doesn't
• 23:23
  get anywhere with God.
• 23:25
  >> Amen. People preach about Samson a lot
• 23:27
  of times and the images that we have of
• 23:30
  Samson and and it's, you know, it's
• 23:31
  cartoonish really, but they display
• 23:33
  Samson as this big brony guy. But I tell
• 23:36
  you what, I really believe he was a he
• 23:37
  was a pipsqueak.
• 23:39
  >> I believe the Holy Ghost of God was his
• 23:41
  power. I know the Holy Ghost of God was
• 23:43
  his power. Amen. I don't think it was
• 23:45
  exemplified in his flesh. What I'm
• 23:47
  saying is God doesn't care about your
• 23:49
  size. And God doesn't care about your
• 23:52
  strength. Notice this thirdly, and I'll
• 23:53
  get get to the message here tonight.
• 23:55
  They're sizable. They're strong, but
• 23:57
  they're also social men. Notice verse
• 24:00
  four. The same became mighty men which
• 24:02
  were of old. Notice this, men of renown.
• 24:06
  And what's interesting about that is
• 24:08
  that phrase which were of old literally
• 24:10
  means that continually from the time of
• 24:12
  their youth all throughout their life,
• 24:14
  they were social giants. Now, what does
• 24:17
  that mean? Well, you think about this
• 24:19
  text. The Bible told us in verse number
• 24:21
  one that men began to multiply. And so,
• 24:24
  as the human race multiplied, you know
• 24:25
  how multiplication works. It grows and
• 24:28
  grows and grows. The more it grows, the
• 24:30
  faster it grows, the larger it gets. You
• 24:32
  understand what I'm saying? And so
• 24:34
  because of that, there had to be
• 24:35
  headship.
• 24:36
  >> There had to be leadership. And the
• 24:38
  Bible says that they were of old men of
• 24:40
  renown. And that literally means they
• 24:42
  were great men socially speaking. They
• 24:45
  were well known throughout society.
• 24:49
  >> They were noticed by people. Man, we got
• 24:52
  a problem with that in this day and
• 24:54
  time.
• 24:55
  >> Men do anything for somebody to look at
• 24:57
  them.
• 24:57
  >> Come on, preach.
• 24:58
  >> Want to be noticed. Want to be seen.
• 25:00
  Want to be heard.
• 25:01
  want to be socially great. I'll say
• 25:04
  this, social media is killing us.
• 25:05
  >> You're right.
• 25:06
  >> Amen. And let me remind you of this,
• 25:08
  friend. Jesus, when he came to this
• 25:10
  earth, if there's ever anybody, I wish
• 25:12
  you'd hear me preach tonight. If there's
• 25:14
  ever anybody that deserved a platform,
• 25:16
  if there's ever anybody THAT DESERVED TO
• 25:18
  HAVE SOCIAL STATUS AND SOCIAL STANDING,
• 25:21
  it was the Lord Jesus Christ. CUZ HE
• 25:24
  COULD HAVE DISPLAYED HIS PERFECTION. HE
• 25:26
  COULD HAVE DISPLAYED HIS PURITY. HE
• 25:28
  COULD HAVE DISPLAYED HIS POWER ON THE
• 25:30
  WORLD STAGE. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT THE BIBLE
• 25:32
  SAID? PAUL SAID HE MADE HIMSELF OF NO
• 25:34
  REPUTATION
• 25:35
  >> AND TOOK UPON HIMSELF THE FORM OF A
• 25:37
  SERVANT. HE DIDN'T CARE ABOUT PEOPLE
• 25:39
  KNOWING WHO HE WAS. HE WANTED TO HELP
• 25:41
  THEM AND SAVE THEM. AMEN.
• 25:47
  >> These social men.
• 25:50
  Now I'm at the message.
• 25:55
  Isn't that what
• 25:58
  the conservative movement's pushing for
• 26:00
  in America?
• 26:01
  >> You're right, preacher.
• 26:02
  >> Sizable men,
• 26:04
  >> strong men,
• 26:06
  >> and socially great men.
• 26:08
  >> Right.
• 26:09
  >> And we are watching
• 26:12
  the decimation,
• 26:14
  the dissipation
• 26:16
  >> of the conservative movement of this
• 26:17
  country.
• 26:18
  >> That's right.
• 26:19
  >> They're looking for these things. But
• 26:21
  here's the problem. Notice the next
• 26:23
  verse. The Bible says in verse 5,
• 26:27
  "And God saw that the wickedness of man
• 26:31
  was great in the earth in spite of the
• 26:34
  sizable men." And there's not a doubt in
• 26:36
  my mind. The Bible says Goliath, he was
• 26:38
  9 foot and some 6 in tall. There's not a
• 26:41
  doubt in my mind there was men in this
• 26:42
  day probably bigger than that. Size
• 26:45
  probably greater than any man in
• 26:47
  history.
• 26:49
  But God didn't care about their size,
• 26:51
  >> right?
• 26:52
  men probably strong. No doubt. You think
• 26:54
  about the fact they everything they did
• 26:56
  was primitive,
• 26:57
  >> right?
• 26:58
  >> The plowing of the land. I I mean I know
• 26:59
  I'm sure they did it with animals,
• 27:02
  >> but it was still controlled by men,
• 27:04
  >> right?
• 27:04
  >> Strongest men of the strongest men. Is
• 27:06
  anybody hearing me preach tonight?
• 27:09
  >> And socially, they didn't have anything
• 27:12
  but the human race in this time,
• 27:14
  >> right?
• 27:14
  >> They didn't have pastimes, didn't have
• 27:16
  sports, they didn't have all the things
• 27:17
  that we have in this day and time. And
• 27:19
  so, you know what was the primary thing?
• 27:21
  It was being in control over you who was
• 27:23
  under you
• 27:25
  >> standing.
• 27:27
  And so in spite of all their greatness,
• 27:30
  everything that they possessed, the
• 27:32
  Bible says God saw that the wickedness
• 27:35
  of man was great on the earth. What that
• 27:37
  means is that publicly, totally,
• 27:40
  entirely, the human race, mankind is
• 27:45
  wicked.
• 27:45
  >> You're right.
• 27:46
  >> Amen.
• 27:46
  >> Totally depraved.
• 27:48
  >> He says their strength does not matter.
• 27:50
  Their their size DOES NOT MATTER. THEIR
• 27:53
  SOCIAL STANDING DOES NOT MATTER. GOD
• 27:55
  SAYS BECAUSE THEY ARE SINFUL. You're
• 27:59
  >> right.
• 27:59
  >> AND LET ME SAY THIS. WE HAVE BUILT A
• 28:02
  GENERATION in our country and I'm afraid
• 28:04
  many people are building young men in
• 28:06
  churches that they want them to be
• 28:08
  SIZABLE AND THEY WANT THEM TO BE STRONG
• 28:10
  AND THEY WANT THEM TO BE SOCIABLE. BUT
• 28:12
  THE PROBLEM IS THEY'VE NEVER DEALT WITH
• 28:13
  THE BIGGEST PROBLEM THEY HAVE AND THAT
• 28:16
  IS SIN. YOU'RE
• 28:17
  >> RIGHT. WE WANT TO BREAK THE 12STEP
• 28:19
  PROGRAM AND TAKE DRUG ADDICTS AND GET
• 28:21
  THEM OFF THE STREET. And I'm all for
• 28:23
  that tonight. You understand WHAT I'M
• 28:25
  SAYING? BUT I'M SAYING UNTIL WE DEAL
• 28:27
  WITH A SIN PROBLEM, until we deal with a
• 28:29
  matter of the heart, IT DOESN'T MATTER
• 28:31
  WHAT WE DO TO THEIR FLESH,
• 28:34
  >> THE SHAME OF SINFUL MEN IS NO MATTER HOW
• 28:37
  GREAT THEY MAY BE, THEY'RE STILL
• 28:39
  TERRIBLE AND WICKED BEFORE GOD.
• 28:44
  >> Notice this. Their sin was public. The
• 28:48
  Bible says it was great in the earth.
• 28:51
  The entirety of the earth was sinful.
• 28:55
  Now, like I said, you know, I believe
• 28:57
  this tonight, but I believe before the
• 28:59
  flood, there was a superc continent.
• 29:01
  History, science kind of verifies at one
• 29:04
  time there was a superc continent. I
• 29:06
  believe when the fountains of the great
• 29:07
  deep were broken up, the continent
• 29:08
  split.
• 29:10
  But this is what I will say about this
• 29:11
  this person, this text specifically. The
• 29:14
  Bible says it was great in the earth.
• 29:16
  And so if there was a superc continent,
• 29:17
  that meant that everybody was in the
• 29:19
  same place. You're
• 29:20
  >> right.
• 29:20
  >> And as they were in the same place, you
• 29:22
  know what they were doing? They were all
• 29:23
  involved in the same thing.
• 29:25
  >> That's right.
• 29:26
  >> And you notice in the text, it's not
• 29:28
  homosexuality.
• 29:31
  It's not fornication.
• 29:33
  It's not adultery. It's not any of that.
• 29:35
  The Bible says they just married people
• 29:37
  who they weren't supposed to marry.
• 29:38
  >> You're right.
• 29:39
  >> And this is why God's judging them.
• 29:41
  >> You're right.
• 29:43
  Amen.
• 29:45
  >> Think about our problems.
• 29:46
  >> Come on.
• 29:48
  >> You know what God did to a nation cause
• 29:51
  the problems we have? He didn't send the
• 29:53
  flood. He sent fire.
• 29:55
  >> Right?
• 29:56
  >> Burned them alive. They burned alive to
• 29:58
  a place of continual burning.
• 30:01
  >> Right?
• 30:01
  >> You know what? When God sent the fire,
• 30:02
  there would never be another moment when
• 30:04
  they didn't feel the flames.
• 30:05
  >> Right?
• 30:06
  >> He condemned them all to hell. And I
• 30:08
  want to say this. We need to remind
• 30:11
  ourselves that it's the small foxes
• 30:15
  >> that spoil the vine,
• 30:16
  >> right?
• 30:17
  >> It's the little sins. Let me say this to
• 30:19
  you, young person. You You might You
• 30:21
  might be a young lady and you marry a
• 30:22
  man. You might be a young man and you
• 30:24
  marry a lady. But the truth is, just
• 30:26
  because you're not homosexual doesn't
• 30:28
  mean you're right with God. That's
• 30:29
  >> right.
• 30:30
  >> Oh, is anybody here preach tonight?
• 30:32
  >> It there's more to it than that.
• 30:34
  >> There it's more specific than that.
• 30:37
  Separation is a necessity. That's
• 30:39
  >> right.
• 30:40
  >> It's required. It's not just
• 30:42
  recommended. It is required if you are
• 30:44
  going to live the Christian life. You
• 30:46
  have to be pure. And you have to
• 30:48
  maintain THAT PURITY AT WHATEVER COST.
• 30:51
  >> YOU'RE RIGHT.
• 30:53
  >> AMEN.
• 30:54
  >> God don't care about your size. He don't
• 30:56
  care about your strength. He does not
• 30:58
  care about your social standing. Notice
• 31:00
  this sin was public, but it was
• 31:02
  personal. Look what the Bible says. This
• 31:04
  wickedness of man was great in earth
• 31:06
  that every imagination of the thoughts
• 31:08
  of his heart. Sin was a blanket problem.
• 31:12
  But let me say this. It was also
• 31:14
  personal.
• 31:15
  >> You're right.
• 31:16
  >> In every man's heart, look what your
• 31:18
  Bible says.
• 31:20
  The imagination of the thoughts. Notice
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  this. I'm going to give you this. All
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  right. Stay with me. I don't want you to
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  lose me. Verse five. That word
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  imagination there speaks of the
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  purposes, the intentions.
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  He saw that the wickedness of man was
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  great in EARTH THAT EVERY IMAGINATION
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  totally
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  every purpose. Let me ask you what
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  drives you.
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  >> What's your purpose?
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  >> Come on.
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  >> God says that EVERY IMAGINATION, EVERY
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  INTENTION, EVERY PURPOSE was wicked.
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  >> Not only that, but not only the purposes
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  were wicked, but the plan was wicked.
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  Notice the text. That every imagination
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  of the thoughts.
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  >> The thoughts. You say, "Well,
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  imagination and thoughts are the same
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  thing." No other not
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  >> right
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  >> the imagination is that intent behind
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  your thoughts
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  >> right
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  >> you see I can think right but if my mode
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  is wrong you know what that tells me my
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  imagination's not in check
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  >> what does the Bible say about the
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  weapons of our warfare are not carnal
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  but are mighty through God to the
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  pulling down of strongholds casting down
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  imaginations
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  and every high thing that exalteth
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  itself against the knowledge of Christ
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  our savior here. Problem we have in this
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  day and time is people are doing the
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  right thing with the wrong intention.
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  >> Right.
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  >> You can come to church tonight. Why you
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  here?
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  >> RIGHT.
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  >> WHY? WHY DO I PREACH? WHY DO I DO WHAT I
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  DO? HEY, IT matters all it matters as
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  much why you do what you do as what you
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  do.
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  >> You're right.
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  >> He said the purpose was wicked. The
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  imagination, the plan was wicked. His
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  intent was wicked. The what he what HE
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  WAS GOING TO DO, the thoughts. Notice
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  this. Not only the purpose, the plan,
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  BUT NOTICE THE PASSION. Look at the
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  place there of his heart.
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  That deep inner man, that part WHERE WE
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  TRUST CHRIST, THAT PART WHERE WE KNOW
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  GOD, THE PASSION THAT WE HAVE FOR HIM
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  PROCEEDS OUT OF THE HEART. BUT YET AT
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  THE SAME TIME, GOD LOOKED AT A
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  GENERATION AND SAID, "THEIR EVERY
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  THOUGHT, THEIR EVERY PURPOSE, THEIR
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  EVERY PLAN, THEIR EVERY PASSION IS
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  WICKED."
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  >> RIGHT? That's right.
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  >> That's why Jeremiah said in Jeremiah 17,
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  he said, "The heart is deceitful ABOVE
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  ALL THINGS AND DESPERATELY WICKED. WHO
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  CAN KNOW IT?"
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  >> RIGHT?
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  >> Let me remind you, this didn't change
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  after the flood.
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  >> Yes.
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  >> WHEN NOAH STEPPED OFF THE ARK, GOD, HE
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  saw
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  that the thoughts of man's heart was
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  evil continually from his youth.
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  >> Right?
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  >> But I'm describing to you what preceded
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  judgment. You understand? We are headed
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  for judgment.
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  >> JUDGMENT is coming.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> Their per their purpose, their plan,
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  their passion was perverse. Notice the
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  text.
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  Every imagination of the thoughts of his
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  heart was only evil, SINGULAR. THERE WAS
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  NO GOOD IN THEIR THOUGHTS. NOW, I'LL BE
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  HONEST with you. I've had a lot of bad
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  thoughts over the years, but I couldn't
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  imagine
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  every day
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  >> totally depraved.
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  >> You're right.
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  >> And you know what? We have wrong
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  thoughts.
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  >> We say things that are wrong. Out of the
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  bunch of the heart, mouth speaketh.
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  >> We have wrong thoughts. We say wrong
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  things. But God looked at a generation
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  and he said,
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  >> "Everything that they think about,
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  everything that they want to do, and
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  everything that they are is wicked."
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  That's
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  >> right. Yeah.
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  >> You know what that is? That's a
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  description of lost world that's under
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  control of Satan.
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  >> Right?
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  >> You say, "What do you mean by that?"
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  Well, and don't fall out with me what
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  I'm fixing to say.
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  A lost man
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  in one sense can only do wickedness. He
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  can do no good. All righteousness is as
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  filthy rags.
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  >> Right? But you understand there are
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  morally good people who are lost.
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  >> You're right.
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  >> And not everything they do in their life
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  is bad. That's
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  >> right.
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  >> The only people who can be completely
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  and totally depraved and wicked all the
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  time in their thoughts is somebody who's
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  controlled by the devil.
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  >> That's right.
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  >> Notice the text. They're perverse. And
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  the Bible said it was only evil
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  continually. This sinfulness was
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  perpetual.
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  It did not end.
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  And the Bible says in verse six, it
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  repented the Lord that he made man.
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  Means he was sorrowful.
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  >> Right?
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  >> He was sorry that he made man. Could you
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  imagine that God was sorrowful
• 35:57
  concerning the state of his people that
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  he made? Not only was he sorrowful, but
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  he was sick. Look what the Bible says.
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  that he had made man on the earth and it
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  grieved him at his heart. I'm talking
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  about an entire generation, all of
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  humankind, save one family.
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  Verse seven, he's going to bring
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  destruction. I'm going to give you the
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  message. I'm done. He's going to bring
• 36:19
  destruction. Verse seven, I will destroy
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  man. Verse seven, he talks about their
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  defilement. He said, I've created whom
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  from the face of the earth, both man and
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  beast and creeping thing, the fouls
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  there, for it repenteth me that I've
• 36:30
  made them. You know why he was going to
• 36:31
  destroy the entirety of creation was?
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  Because the sinfulness of man had
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  infected creation.
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  >> You're right.
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  >> God destroyed animal life and plant life
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  and all the human race because of the
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  sin of man.
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  >> You're right.
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  >> Your sin affects the world around you.
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  >> Right.
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  >> Destruction,
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  defilement,
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  disappointment.
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  For it repenteth me that I have made
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  them. You say, "Preacher, what's the
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  message?" You see, the shame of sinful
• 37:03
  men bought brought judgment. God was
• 37:06
  disappointed with his creation. And you
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  know what the truth is? If you're here
• 37:10
  tonight in your loss, there is nothing
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  you can do to please God. That's
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  >> right.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> Hebrews 11:5 said talked about Enoch. He
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  had this testimony that he pleased God.
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  Verse six, he said, "Without faith, it's
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  impossible to please him."
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  >> For he that cometh to God must believe
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  that he is and that he's a rewarder of
• 37:28
  them that diligently seek him. You say,
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  "Preacher, what's the message of hope?"
• 37:32
  Notice the next verse, verse eight.
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  What's them first two words?
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  >> But Noah,
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  an entire generation was going to be
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  wiped off the face of the earth because
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  of their sin. In spite of their
• 37:46
  defilement, in spite of their
• 37:48
  disappointment, there was one person who
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  was different.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> Did you hear what I said?
• 37:53
  >> Come on.
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  >> Let me say this to you children. Listen
• 37:56
  to me. In spite of the defilement around
• 37:59
  you and the disappointment of sin and
• 38:01
  people around you, you can be different.
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  >> That's right.
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  >> You do not have to live like the world
• 38:07
  around you.
• 38:08
  >> And the Bible says, "But Noah found
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  grace in the eyes of the Lord." And you
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  know why he found grace? Notice the
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  verse. He found grace in the eyes of the
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  Lord. Verse number nine, these are the
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  generations of Noah. Noah's a just man,
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  perfect in his generations. And Noah
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  walked with God. Amen.
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  >> There was only two men in the
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  antidolivian age that had that
• 38:30
  description. It was Enoch and Noah. And
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  you know what happened to both of them?
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  They were delivered from judgment.
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  >> Right?
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  >> Enoch got raptured out. Noah got
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  delivered through.
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  And you say, "What's the emphasis,
• 38:45
  preacher?"
• 38:48
  Are you going to go with the crowd?
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  >> Come on, preacher.
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  >> Two people. Peter said it this way. He
• 38:54
  said, "Whereas eight souls were saved by
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  water." Noah, his two sons, and their
• 38:59
  wives, eight souls,
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  watching people walk away
• 39:15
  because they're tired of it,
• 39:17
  >> right?
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  >> Tired of what we believe. Tired of how
• 39:19
  we behave.
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  >> Yeah.
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  >> Tired of how we want to live.
• 39:24
  God said, "Straight's the way.
• 39:27
  >> Straight is the gate. Narrow is the
• 39:28
  way."
• 39:30
  >> That's not changed.
• 39:31
  >> Right?
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  >> The shame of sinful men has always been
• 39:35
  the same.
• 39:37
  >> In spite of their size, IN SPITE OF
• 39:39
  THEIR STRENGTH, IN SPITE OF THEIR SOCIAL
• 39:41
  STANDING, GOD SAYS, "YOUR SIN IS GREATER
• 39:43
  TO ME THAN THAT."
• 39:44
  >> RIGHT?
• 39:46
  There's not a doubt in my mind God could
• 39:48
  take somebody with a lot more or or
• 39:50
  experience THAN MYSELF AND PROBABLY
• 39:52
  PREACH a better message in the sense OF
• 39:54
  THE THEOLOGICAL PART. BUT THE TRUTH IS,
• 39:57
  MAN, I'M TELLING YOU, PEOPLE WHO ARE
• 39:59
  GREAT IN THIS WORLD ARE NOT GREAT WITH
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  GOD.
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  >> YOU'RE RIGHT.
• 40:02
  >> That's right.
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  >> If you're GOING TO BE GREAT IN THE
• 40:04
  WORLD, YOU WILL NOT BE GREAT WITH GOD.
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  JESUS SAID, "MARVEL NOT THAT THE WORLD
• 40:08
  HATES YOU."
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  >> RIGHT? DECIDE, YOUNG PEOPLE. DECIDE
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  TODAY THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GO WITH GOD
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  IN SPITE OF THE CROWD, IN SPITE OF THE
• 40:16
  CHARISMA, IN SPITE OF WHAT THE DEVIL
• 40:19
  SAYS AND TRIES TO PUT IN YOUR HEART.
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  >> That's right.
• 40:23
  >> I'm tired of watching them walk away.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> My plea to you is this tonight. Every
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  heads bowed, every eyes closed. The
• 40:33
  shame of sinful men's always been the
• 40:35
  same, church.
• 40:38
  Doesn't matter how good you are. God's
• 40:40
  not going to be pleased with that.
• 40:41
  >> Right?
• 40:42
  >> Let me say this to you tonight.
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  God will accept.
• 40:49
  You say, "Preacher, that's all I've got.
• 40:50
  All I've got is what I've done in this
• 40:53
  life." Well, the Bible said, David said
• 40:54
  this, Psalm 51, he said, "A broken and
• 40:56
  contrite heart, thou will not despise."
• 40:58
  Broken and contrite spirit, they will
• 40:59
  not despise. If you realize that all you
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  have is what you think are good works
• 41:03
  right now, if all you have is your life
• 41:05
  on this earth to live to get you to
• 41:06
  heaven, you'll die and go to hell.
• 41:08
  Right?
• 41:09
  Let me say this tonight. If you come to
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  God with a broken heart, he'll forgive
• 41:13
  you.
• 41:15
  He'll save you. He'll cleanse you. And
• 41:18
  he'll make a difference in your life.
• 41:20
  This altar is open tonight. Let me say
• 41:22
  this for you children of God. Dare to be
• 41:24
  different.
• 41:26
  Dare to be different. Decide to be
• 41:29
  different. And let me say this. If you
• 41:32
  dare to be different, decide to be
• 41:34
  different. You'll declare that you are
• 41:36
  different. When that friend, when that
• 41:40
  person tries to get you to do something
• 41:41
  that you know you ain't supposed to do,
• 41:44
  if you've already decided in your heart
• 41:46
  before you get there, you know what
• 41:47
  you'll do? You won't be afraid to tell
• 41:48
  them, "Hey, I'm not going to do that."
• 41:51
  You know, when Daniel got to Babylon,
• 41:53
  you know what? They couldn't beat
• 41:55
  Jerusalem out of Daniel because when
• 41:58
  Daniel got there, you know what he did?
• 42:00
  He purposed in his heart back at
• 42:03
  Jerusalem
• 42:04
  that he would not defile himself with
• 42:06
  the king's meat.
• 42:08
  And Daniel watched king after king after
• 42:10
  king rise and fall, rise and fall. But
• 42:14
  you know what? Daniel had a steady life
• 42:15
  of faith
• 42:17
  through every rise of leadership
• 42:20
  and every fall of leadership.
• 42:24
  Let me say this to you tonight, child of
• 42:26
  God. This country may go under.
• 42:29
  I don't know where we'll be in the next
• 42:30
  20 years. God forbid it go under. I'm
• 42:34
  thankful for the liberties and freedom
• 42:35
  that we have. But I do know this. God's
• 42:37
  grace will be sufficient
• 42:41
  should what we have enjoyed as the
• 42:43
  American people go under. I just want to
• 42:46
  remind you God's grace is not going to
• 42:48
  change.
• 42:51
  But it might be the truth of the fact
• 42:52
  that this nation going under might spark
• 42:54
  the greatest revival
• 42:57
  that we've ever known.
• 42:59
  Let me ask you, are you going to serve
• 43:02
  God in spite of the crowd?
• 43:07
  You going to be you going to dare to be
• 43:08
  different.
• 43:10
  You're going to decide to be different.
• 43:13
  Boy, I'm glad tonight I can declare that
• 43:16
  I am different. And Paul said it this
• 43:19
  way. He said, "I am what I am by the
• 43:23
  grace of God." It's not your pride that
• 43:27
  says you're different, but it's God on
• 43:30
  the inside that has made a difference.
• 43:32
  Father,
• 43:34
  Lord, thank you for this truth tonight.
• 43:35
  I thank you for these young people
• 43:37
  that's coming to pray. Lord, parents
• 43:38
  need to come pray because Lord, the
• 43:41
  truth is it's not just the young ones,
• 43:42
  but it's all of us.
• 43:44
  God, if there's ever been a day we need
• 43:46
  to decide.
• 43:47
  We're going to be different. We're going
• 43:49
  to stand. We're going to stay. We're
• 43:51
  going to serve. It's this day
• 43:55
  because Lord, that rich man's still
• 43:56
  burning in hell. And we know that the
• 43:59
  shame of sinful men
• 44:02
  is going to be perpetual.
• 44:05
  But Lord, I'm thankful the the blessing
• 44:09
  of those who are saved. There'll never
• 44:12
  be a moment that they can't rejoice in
• 44:15
  heaven's fair land because they chose to
• 44:18
  junk everything on this side.
• 44:21
  that to let go of everything on this
• 44:23
  side so that they could live with you on
• 44:26
  that side. Father, I thank you so much
• 44:30
  for this precious truth tonight. May we
• 44:32
  take it and apply it to our hearts and
• 44:33
  lives.
• 44:35
  Lord, I love you. Thank you for these
• 44:37
  this church and these people. We'll
• 44:39
  thank you for what you do because we ask
• 44:40
  it in Jesus name. God's children said,
• 44:44
  >> "Amen."
• 44:45
  >> Amen.
• 44:45
  >> Thank you for joining our service today.
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  We'd love it if you join us in person
• 44:50
  the next time you are able at Meadows
• 44:52
  Baptist Church. Our physical address is
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  2988 Stewart Road in Walnut Cove, North
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  Carolina. Our service times are Sunday
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  school at 10:00 a.m., Sunday morning
• 45:04
  worship at 11:00 a.m., Sunday evening
• 45:07
  worship at 6:00 p.m. and Wednesday
• 45:09
  evening Bible study at 700 p.m. For more
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  information, visit us at
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  meadowsbaptisturch.com.
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  Thanks again for tuning in.