Mocking Noah?

For years I was told that the people mocked Noah for claiming there would be a flood. I was challenged about this a few years ago and realized those who challenged me were right that the Bible does not say that the people mocked and laughed at Noah.

Nothing in the Bible proves they laughed at Noah. However, they probably did because they mock us today and people haven’t changed.

I think it is alright to say "the people probably mocked and laughed at Noah" just because of the fact that mankind is the same in every generation, in our day they mock us about the rapture, about the flood and about many things we believe in the Bible.

Since the people of Noah's day were just as ungodly as in our day it makes sense that the devil would manipulate their minds the way he manipulates the minds of people today. He works the same way in every generation.

So lets not become too concerned whether or not the people mocked Noah, lets just believe God when He said the people below the boat perished because of their intensely wicked sinfulness.

Genesis 6:11 "11 Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and the earth was filled with violence. 12 And God looked on the earth, and behold, it was corrupt; for [b]humanity had corrupted its way upon the earth."

I cannot imagine a wicked and perverse generation that did not laugh at the things of God, they always do.

If You are Complaining you are not loving!

If a man is writing a post to complain about women, avoid these men. My guess is they are not showing respect themselves to the women.

Do they stand up when a woman walks in the room?

Do they take off their hat in the presence of a woman?

Do they pull out the chair for the woman?

Do they hold her arm when going down the stairs?

Do they speak respectfully all the time to the woman?

Do they treat their mother-in-law with respect?

Do they prefer their wife over their mothers?

Do they bless their wives with affection even during a disagreement?

Do they speak well of their own wives when the wife is not around to hear?

Do they foster respect for the wife in front of the children?

I could make this list longer, but my guess is that the man who complains about his wife is not following the scriptural mandate to treat his wife with tenderness as the weaker vessel, protecting her from those who are disrespectful including their children.

1 Peter 3:7 "You husbands in the same way, live with your wives in an understanding way, as with someone weaker, since she is a woman; and show her honor as a fellow heir of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered."

Gentlemen, if you are doing all these things, acting with great kindness to your wife then this is not for you, but if you fail in any one of these things you need to pray to become the man God told you to be for the sake of your wife.

Women respond well to this kind of love!

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Christ Paid it All

Christ paid the debt we owed, it is finished because He said so!!!! You cannot help Him pay this debt, it was His alone for us!!!

The Rainbow of God

One Christian leader whose name escapes me right now, suggested that we fight back with the rainbow flag. The logic was that the real flag has 7 colors and the LBGQ flag has 6 colors.

It makes sense that the rainbow would have 7 colors since God's number is 7. And, it makes sense that the flag of the perverted has 6 because six is the number of man.

My response to this suggestion that we put up a rainbow flag depicting the real rainbow of God is that we do not fight against flags or flesh and blood.

Ephesians 6:12 "12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world’s darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. "

Satan loves to see us fighting people instead of bringing them the gospel.

If you fly the flag depicting the colors of God most people will not know what you are doing and think you have aligned yourself with the gay agenda.

We have no need to do the "one-upmanship" thing with others just to tweak their feelings.

My objective is not to fight with others about silly things like banners. My suggestion is to completely ignore their foolish banter to show off and do what we know to be right.

It is better to speak the gospel of Jesus Christ to an unsaved person than to do the "banner for banner" thing. We are not to fight against or mock people, it does not win them to Christ and may even make them more resistant.

I am more likely to mock a Christian who is resisting the truth than an unsaved person who won't know better.

1 Corinthians 15:50

"Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption."

When we love as Christ loved our objective in life ought not to be to wrangle against others over foolish things, but to remain staunch in the truth without an attitude of superiority.

Proverbs 26: 4-5 – "Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself. Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes. The self-confident fool thinks too highly of himself and his opinions, and he shares them freely."

We are not to be like the fool, that is thinking too highly of ourselves, that we would not bother to share the gospel with the unsaved. We were just like the fool before we became born-again.

If we have the fruit of the Spirit of Christ we will have empathy for those who are perishing.

1 Corinthians 1:18-19 "18 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved, it is the power of God. 19 For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”

If we engage with foolish people according to their taunts and antics we are becoming just like them, it only makes them feel justified and solidifies their resolve to resist what we have to offer.

Jesus Christ mocked the religious leaders because they should have known better and they loved their power over others more than they loved God.

Matthew 23:4-6 "…4They tie up heavy, burdensome loads and lay them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them. 5 All their deeds are done for men to see. They broaden their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels. 6They love the places of honor at banquets, the chief seats in the synagogues,…"

Showing off is a sign of pride even if only to put up a flag to say "we are better than you."

If you disagree or agree let me know in the comments.