762 - Les Feldick Bible Study - Lesson 2 Part 2 Book 64 - But God! - Part 2

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 2 * PART 2 * BOOK 64 BUT GOD! - PART 2 Had God not intervened, then things would have never gone as they have. The human race has been left with a free will, and yet, by His Sovereign design, everything has fallen into place exactly as God blueprinted it. All right, now let’s start here at Genesis chapter 6. It’s the chapter that brings in Noah’s Flood. Genesis 6:8 "But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD." As soon as Adam and Eve fall, Satan becomes the god of this world. The human race becomes sin-natured. All right, let’s go back to verse 5, and we’ll build up to verse 8. Genesis 6:5 "And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart (That is, of every individual human being.) Genesis 6:6 Because man’s made such a mess of it. Because God left him with a free will. Had God made him a robot, it would have never happened, but we’re not robots. What must God have thought, even as He looks at the world today? All right, now look at verse 7. Genesis 6:7 Genesis 6:8a "But Noah…" Here’s one man that is still remaining true to the Creator. Consequently, God condescended to this man because of his steadfastness in his behavior and his faith toward the Creator. Consequently, instead of destroying every last human being, God spared Noah and his family. An act of God? Absolutely! Come down to verse 11. Genesis 6:11 "The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence." Now, I think we’re all aware that the term violence is when men kill men. All right, now let’s tie that up with our New Testament account, if you will. I think God is giving some wake-up calls with some of these horrendous disasters. Matthew 24:37 Always remember that. Matthew 24:38-39a The end of the world? All right, now read on. Matthew 24:39 Noah was preaching it to them.) I can’t help but remind people, is it His fault? The human race won’t listen. The human race will not turn from their sin and their wickedness. It’s a sign of the times. All right, let’s read on, verse 40. Matthew 24:40 Raptured? Matthew 24:41 Well, the one that’s taken is the unbeliever, because you see, it’s time for Christ’s return and the setting up of the Kingdom, and no unbelievers go into the Kingdom – only the believer. All right, we’ll start at verse 31. Matthew 25:31a "When the Son of man shall come in his (What?) glory,…" What are we talking about? Matthew 25:31-34 From every nation under heaven.) 34. Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, (the believer) Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit (or partake of) the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:" What’s the Kingdom? All right, what happens to the believers? Verse 41. Matthew 25:41 Matthew 25:46 All right, now come back to chapter 24 and pick up what we’re talking about. All right, verse 42 and then we’ll go back to our account of Noah. Matthew 24:42 Genesis 6:8a "But Noah…" In spite of everybody else going down the tube, one man and his family stayed true to the Creator God. Destroy the whole creation. It was a tremendous point in time. Okay, let’s pick up the next one in Genesis chapter 45. All right, here’s another one, Genesis chapter 45. Genesis 45:8a "So now (Joseph says) it was not you (It wasn’t you eleven men.) that sent me hither, (What are the next two words?) but God:…" But God. Dreams that just utterly provoked his brothers. Again, you all know the life story of Joseph. How he spent years in the dungeon, and finally came out, and by God’s intervention, by God’s providence, Joseph became the second leading man in that Gentile nation. How Joseph, of course, supplied their needs. This time, of course, Joseph reveals who he is. We’ll start at verse 1, because this is what’s leading up to the "but God" that we’re looking at in verse 8. God is! Everything! How does God do it? Iraq! Genesis 45:1-4 3. And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father yet live? (Because, after all, Joseph is the second top man in Egypt.) 4. And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. Genesis 45:5 "Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life." God caused them to sell him into slavery. Now verse 6: Genesis 45:6-8a 7. And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance. 8. So now it was not you, that sent me hither, but God:…" This is what we want to see in all these "but God’s" as we come up through Scripture, how a Sovereign God is always in total control. #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible