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Intro
AG: Humanity is arrogant.
TS: We last looked at the aftermath of the global flood
Why did God send the flood?
After the flood:
They were to repopulate and spread across the Earth
Sadly, wickedness traveled with man on the ark and they once again rebel against God.
This will be a consistent theme throughout Scripture.
Rebellion is tied to our sin nature.
RS: We must admit, we too are prone to doing things our way and not God’s way.
Arrogance of Man
Gen 11:
God had told them to spread out and fill the earth.
They choose to stick together under Nimrod.
In arrogance, they choose to attempt to build a tower to heaven.
In arrogance, they choose to attempt to build a tower to heaven.
This was a man made religion
They were making a memorial to themselves
They were glorifying themselves.
Some have suggested an attempt to actually reach heaven
this is less likely, but possible
Probably more a focus on themselves with little to no thought of God
They were attempting to make a name for themselves
It was false and apostate,
They worshiped themselves rather than God
because it wasn’t the way God wanted to be worshipped.
They refused to move on and were thus in defiance of God.
In making this monument to themselves, they were attempting to steal God’s glory
Judgment of God
They were united in defiance and would do all they choose to do.
Gen 11:5-9
They would continue to defy God.
Their wickedness would grow.
Wickedness was still in the heart of man and God would not tolerate it.
To accomplish His will, God confused their language and drove them apart.
This account explains why people groups were scattered and how languages grew so diverse.
Love in any language
Right to left, left to right, up and down.
Different sounds and dialects.
Not even the same number of sounds used.
God forced them apart.
Lessons Learned
What lessons can we learn from the tower of Babel.
1. Human efforts will never reach heaven.
This was about convenience, not obedience
Man made religions are always about our convenience
We think we find a better way
We think we have it figured out.
We are inadequate and can’t seem to figure it out.
Nothing we can invent will ever take the place of obeying God
We are saved God’s way
We live God’s way
God calls us to put away our old lifestyles
Rom 12
God calls us to no longer conform to this world, but be transformed.
2. This is also a lesson on the power of unity.
God mentioned that in His judgment
nothing will be impossible
God knows the power, for good or evil, of unity
God wants the church unified
1 cOR 1:12-13
We can work wonders with God’s power as a unified body.
However, divided, we will be much like the men of Babel.
It will all fall apart.
Conclusion:
Live for God’s glory by living God’s way.
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