No Fear of God (5/29-31)

29-31 May 2015 - No Fear of God – Manna by Dorothy Callies

By faith Noah, was moved with fear, prepared an ark to save his family (Heb.11:6).

The best example that I could think about was Noah’s day, when the people had no “fear of God” in them. So what’s the story then? The generations grew from Adam and Eve, along with Cain’s generations until it grew in a very great numbers. Most of them lived to be 900-year-old and they were vegetarian people who ate fruits and grain food.

Adam and Eve had a son, Seth and the generations were godly. Then they met with Cain’s generations, their daughters were so beautiful that Seth’s generation fell into temptation and married them. Then they were led astray from God. “And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually” (Gen.6:5). The earth was so corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence (Gen.6:11).

The Scripture said: “It repented the Lord that He made man on the earth, and it grieved him at His heart” (Gen. 6:6). And the Lord said, “My spirit shall not always strive with man, for he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years” (Gen. 6:3). God had shortened man’s days from 900 years and reduced to 120 years.

God found one man, Noah who found grace in the eyes of the Lord. Noah was a just man and he was perfect in his generations. Noah walked with God. And God said to Noah that time has come to end all flesh before Him because the earth was filled with violence through them (Gen.6:13). God decided to bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh … (Gen. 6:17). Why? They had “no fear of God.”

So God told Noah to build Him a boat, an ark. So we know the story of how the ark was completed and eight people went into the ark. The flood came on the whole earth and destroyed all the people who had “no fear of God” in them.

What’s the point of this story? Jesus mentioned Noah. But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark. And they knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall the coming of the Son of man be (Matt.24:37-39). Watch therefore for you do not know when Jesus will come to take you home soon (Matt 24:40-41).

Jesus explained that there will be people whose thoughts of heart was only evil continually just like in the days of Noah. They had “no fear of God,” no respect for God at all. These are the signs that we are seeing which Jesus warned us to watch for yourself just like Noah was perfect. Noah kept himself separate from the moral evil of the society around him. Because Noah was a righteous man who feared God and set his face against popular public and conduct, Noah found favor with God.

Now what will happen to those people who had “no fear of God” in them? Paul mentioned that “God gave them up” three times in Roman 1:24, 26, and 28. God gave them up to their own uncleanness, vile affections and to a reprobate mind which means they are doom to hell. Their time will come and the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men (Rom.1:18). Also check May 19-21 Manna, the example of what happened to people who mocked God. 

So what do we do now while we are seeing Media news tells of many tragedies around the world? Like Jesus said to watch and pray, build ourselves through the Word of God. We are to be like Noah who stood strong and prepare ourselves for the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ.