{"id":5470,"date":"2023-01-11T17:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T00:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/?p=5470"},"modified":"2023-01-07T10:18:21","modified_gmt":"2023-01-07T17:18:21","slug":"blamelessness-empowered-obedience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drbobewell.com\/?p=5470","title":{"rendered":"Blamelessness…empowered obedience"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Yesterday we observed that Enoch walked with God<\/a> in the midst of real life. So did Noah. And Noah was “blameless” in the midst of sin all around (sort of like Pat Boone<\/a>!). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually<\/strong>. And the LORD regretted that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart. So the LORD said, \u201cI will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land, man and animals and creeping things and birds of the heavens, for I am sorry that I have made them.\u201d But Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD. These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation<\/strong>. Noah walked with God. And Noah had three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (Genesis 6.5 – 10, ESV, emphasis mine)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

But unlike Enoch who walked with God and left the earth to be with God relatively early (see Genesis 5.21 – 24<\/a>), Noah had work to do:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Make yourself an ark of gopher wood…and you shall come into the ark, you, your sons, your wife, and your sons\u2019 wives with you. And of every living thing of all flesh, you shall bring two of every sort into the ark to keep them alive with you. (Genesis 6.14, 18, 19, ESV)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And one theme of Genesis 6 and 7 is that when God asked Noah to do something, Noah did it! Fancy that. I think it’s called “obedience.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Noah did this; he did all that God commanded him. (Genesis 6.22, ESV) And Noah did all that the LORD had commanded him. (Genesis 7.5, ESV)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By the way, how did Noah pull that off? Gathering two of every creature? Answer: <\/p>\n\n\n\n