BBBI - 2017.11.01 - God’s Repentance and Our Salvation (Gen. 6)
C. Jason Walker
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Introduction
Introduction
And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years. There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown. 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 the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them. But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.
“And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.” What an amazing statement! Again, God says in the next verse, “...for it repenteth me that I have made them.”
It really strikes me hard to think that God actually said, “...for it repenteth me that I have made them.” What was it that God was saying?
- Was He saying that He wished that He had never made man?
- Was He saying that He had sinned in making man?
- Was He saying that He had made a mistake?
- Was this a sin that God had to forsake?
It was none of these. When God said, “...for it repenteth me that I have made them,” He was saying that He was grieved in His heart that since the creation of Adam and Eve, mankind had messed up and brought much heartache and grief to Him. The word “repent” here means a number of things, but nothing reminds us of what we may think it means. It means “to be sorry, to suffer grief.”
Body
I. Can God be Grieved?
I. Can God be Grieved?
The Bible seems to teach very clearly that He can be grieved:
And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
- “Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.” (Psalm 69:20)
Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness:
And I looked for some to take pity, but there was none;
And for comforters, but I found none.
Oh yes, the Lord can be grieved! In Genesis, He was grieved and filled with sorrow over the sinfulness of His creation made in His own image!
Our sin affects God very much. We may think little of our sinfulness and rebellion, but our sin cost God His son. He died on Calvary’s hill for the sins of the whole world. Perhaps, the most striking verse in the Word of God about how sin affects God is:
God judgeth the righteous,
And God is angry with the wicked every day.
II. The Lord Takes Sin Very Seriously:
II. The Lord Takes Sin Very Seriously:
- Lucifer lost his exalted place in Heaven because or rebellion, and took a third of the angels with him.
- He destroyed the earth with a flood in Noah’s day because of man’s wickedness.
Excursus on Nethinim
- He destroyed the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, two cities filled with every wickedness man could practice.
And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly; And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly; And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked: (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;) The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
Is it no wonder why God was and is sorrowful and grieved so deeply over the sins of mankind.
But wait! There is something else to God’s repentance in Genesis 6. The word God used also means “to be moved to pity, to have compassion.” Pity is the expression of “favorable and tender regard.” It means “to be soft and tender and to treat with tenderness.” It also means “to spare and to show mercy.”
Did you know that Moses told God to repent?
Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.
God uses the same word here as He does in Genesis and numerous other places in the Bible. Moses wanted God to have pity and be merciful.
All of that to bring us to this wonderful truth in the Bible:
- Even though
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.
- Even though
God judgeth the righteous,
And God is angry with the wicked every day.
- Even though
Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.
The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
- Even though
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
- Even though God has reserved “the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished.” (2 Peter 2:5-9)
III. God Still Loves Mankind
III. God Still Loves Mankind
It’s the sin and what it has done to mankind that He hates!
- “The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.” (John 1:7)
The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.
- “And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.” (John 12:32)
And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.
- “Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life.” (Romans 5:18)
Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life.
- “For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.” (Romans 11:32)
For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.
- “Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.” (1 Timothy 2:4)
Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
- “The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.” (2 Peter 3:9)
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
- “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.” (John 3:16-17)
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
- “And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.” (John 4:42)
And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.
- “And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.” (John 12:47)
And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.
- “Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.” (1 Timothy 2:6)
Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.
- “For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe.” (1 Timothy 4:10)
For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe.
- “But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.” (Hebrews 2:9)
But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.
- “My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.” (1 John 2:1-2)
My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
- “And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.” (1 John 4:14)
And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
Conclusion
Conclusion
This is the reason for Romans 6:23b, “...the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
This is the reason for Romans 5.8, “But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”
Yes, it repented God that He had made man; but that repentance brought pity, compassion, a favorable and tender regard, tenderness, and mercy to sinners who would repent and trust the Saviour.
God hates sin, and sin caused God to repent that He had made man, but through that repentance, sinful man can experience the forgiveness and love of a Holy God Who wants all men the come to repentance and to be saved!
[Outline From - Dan Parton, The Sermons of Timberline Baptist Church, June 30, 2013.]