So the LORD said, “I will blot out man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth—every man and beast and crawling creature and bird of the air—for I am grieved that I have made them.”Yahweh said, “I will destroy man whom I have created from the surface of the ground—man, along with animals, creeping things, and birds of the sky—for I am sorry that I have made them.”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.And Jehovah said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the ground; both man, and beast, and creeping things, and birds of the heavens; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
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… at all the time. The Lord regretted that he had made human beings on earth and his heart was deeply troubled. So the Lord said, I will wipe from the face of the earth, the human race I have created and with them, the animals, the birds and the creatures that move along the ground. For I regret that I have made them. Verse eight, last verse, but Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord. I want to preach a message today. Write down the title. It's called Flooded with Grace. And I just want to encourage you today that you are sinking in the grace and the blessing and the strength of God today. That God is not going to flood you with anything but his best because of the future deliverance that he sent through his son, Jesus. Clap if you're thankful today, that you're flooded. Come on. This is the second service now. Come on. Flooded with grace. I like that. Flooded with grace. God saw how evil, God saw how wild the world had become. God saw that every thought that the man had was wrong and bad and against his ways. In fact, write down point number one, the world had gone wild. The world, the whole world had gone wild. It's like my kids when I'm trying to put them to bed. And they were good until the world, all of a sudden, every thought, every desire, everything was bad. And did you hear what it said? And the Lord …
… and he was grieved in his heart. So the Lord said, I'll destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth, both man and beast, creeping thing and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them. But, but, but is the conjunction of grace. but Noah not perfect but it says a few verses down that he was a righteous man in his heart Noah found what grace the first time this word appears in the bible in the eyes of the Lord and so Noah had to work and he had to build a boat and he did he built an ark he did the work of building the ark. I don't know what the ark looked like. I haven't been to the museum yet to see it. A little door and a little ramp so people can go up. Noah built the ark, but God saved the ark in the waters for 40 days and 40 nights. Grace in the eyes of the Lord. …
… earth and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually and the Lord regretted that he had made man on the earth and it grieved him to his heart. So the Lord said, I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land, man and animals and creeping things and the birds of the heavens, for I am sorry that I made them. But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord. Now, almost all of us, when we read that, there's a sense of shock. One, that God was grieved at that. The people got so evil that God was grieved. I mean, understand that God is not just this machine up there that feels nothing. We were created in his image. And so here he's grieved that he ever made man. But then it's also shocking that the Lord says, you know what? I'm just going to blot them all out. I'm going to destroy them all. …
… and it grieved him in 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 things and the fowls of the air, for it repenteth me that I have made them. But now here's our verse, look at it. But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. Now, ladies and gentlemen, that's the first time the word grace is used in the Bible. But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations. And Noah walked with God. And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. The earth also was corrupt before God. And the earth was filled with violence. And God looked upon the earth, and behold, it was corrupt. for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh has come before me, for the earth is filled with violence through them, and behold, I will destroy them with the earth. …