We have seen up to this point that man has a nature of sin. We can ask ourselves if this disqualifies us from service. Can man be restored and made whole again? Jesus never wastes anything. When we come to him we become his workmanship that he creates unto good works, Ephesians 2:10. So man has fallen, now what? Many of the greatest heroes of the bible fell hard. Moses committed murder, David committed Adultery, and Paul struggled with doing the right thing. We all fall short, but Jesus can pick us up, dust us off, and start using us again. This chapter is about getting back up and walking after you have fallen. Jesus never intends for us to stay where we are, but he always desires that we stand up, get up, and walk by faith towards all that he promises. Stand up, praise God, and walk in the original condition that God created you to live in, live by faith in Jesus!

Genesis 5:22-6:8

 

22.  Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.

23. And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:

24. And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.

25. And Methuselah lived a hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech.

26. And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred and eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters.

27. And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years.

28. And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:

29. And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the Lord hath cursed.

30. And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters:

31. And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years; and he died.

32. And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

 

6:1 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,

2. That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all that they chose.

3. And the Lord said, my spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he is also flesh: yet his days shall be a hundred and twenty years.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.

7. 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.

8. But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.

 

Is it possible that we can hurt God? He is the Almighty! When we talk about falling its not to say that we have stumbled off of our feet and have fallen onto the ground below, nor is it to say that we have lost our balance and are now lying on the ground, instead when we talk about falling we are talking about a moving away from God, a falling away from Gods ways. When we fall away from God it hurts, it hurts us and it hurts him! To think that we have the ability to hurt God is intense, God has a heart, a heart that is grieved, and a heart that hurts because we have chosen to listen and follow another. Mans fall started in the garden and has continued ever since. Since the time of Adam and Eve there has been actions that we have taken that hurt God because of the choice to listen and follow someone else. These actions are called SIN. Our sin(s) hurt God and cause us to be separated from God to live in a fallen state. We are all guilty, and we all have fallen. Behold all we like sheep have gone astray! What can be done about this?

 

After reading these verses what questions do you have?

 

Answer the following questions:

What was the condition of man