Jim Batterton - That night, January 9, 1989, I paced around my room. All of the memory verses I had ever learned were racing through my mind. I knew I really needed to be saved, and as I became increasingly more upset, I was realizing that I really didn’t know how to be saved...
Memory Verse: Gen. 6:5 Memory Verse Text: God saw that the wickedness of man was great.
Attention Getter: Do you know what I saw? (Perhaps someone stealing, etc.) What do you think I did? What should I have done?
Point 1: Cain was sent away and he eventually married and had children. Hundreds of years passed and men only seemed to get worse. Seth, another of Adam's many sons, also had children. Noah was Seth's great great great (many times) grandson. Point 2: Emphasize the many mentions in Gen. 6 of words like wickedness, evil, corrupt, corrupted, violence. God was grieved; note the mentions of repented, grieved, etc. Point 3: God warned, "My spirit shall not always strive with man." Time was running out. God shortened man's lifetime to 120 years. Point 4: God noticed Noah, he walked with God. God made a difference, why? Noah was still a sinner, but he continued to avail himself of God's provision to cover his sins!
Illustration: Dad took his son to steal apples... he looks each way but up.
Summary: God saw it and God did something about it. He always does!
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Jim Batterton
