We always do what we can to save mankind. Even Noah did.
Think about what you are saying. You are literally saying that we know better than God, how to deal with sin. You say he has decided to send disasters to America, as punishment. You say we should try to reduce the severity of those disasters by saving people from them. How is this anything other than working against God's will?
Noah saved his family, as God told him. Did he try to save anyone else? I don't see it, but I may be missing it. Is this one of those fractured Bible stories? The Sunday School version always has Noah preaching to his neighbors, who just laugh at him for building a big boat. I don't see the laughing, either.
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Hebrews 13:23 Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty
Think about what you are saying. You are literally saying that we know better than God, how to deal with sin. You say he has decided to send disasters to America, as punishment. You say we should try to reduce the severity of those disasters by saving people from them. How is this anything other than working against God's will?
Sorry don't agree with you here. In no way does it say we know more than God. The Bible says it rains on the just and the unjust. How do you know you would not be helping the one that God wants spared?
Noah saved his family, as God told him. Did he try to save anyone else? I don't see it, but I may be missing it. Is this one of those fractured Bible stories? The Sunday School version always has Noah preaching to his neighbors, who just laugh at him for building a big boat. I don't see the laughing, either.
Noah preached don't you think that would be trying to save others?
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Noah preached don't you think that would be trying to save others?
Sorry, can you show me where Noah preached? I can't find it. I know that's always how I've heard the story told, and you could be right. Not being a smart alec!
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Sorry, can you show me where Noah preached? I can't find it. I know that's always how I've heard the story told, and you could be right. Not being a smart alec!
Can't right now, but will get back to you later.
I am at work.
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There is no evidence Noah preached to the unsaved in Genesis 6 or 7...
There is only this reference in 2 Peter that can be interpreted in various ways ...
2 Peter 2:5For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment; 5: And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly.
I guess one can say that the ark itself was a testament .... of what was going to happen ... I'm sure he got questioned about it.
There is no evidence Noah preached to the unsaved in Genesis 6 or 7...
There is only this reference in 2 Peter that can be interpreted in various ways ...
2 Peter 2:4For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment; 5: And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly.
I guess one can say that the ark itself was a testament .... of what was going to happen ... I'm sure he got questioned about it.
What is a herald?
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There is no evidence Noah preached to the unsaved in Genesis 6 or 7...
There is only this reference in 2 Peter that can be interpreted in various ways ...
2 Peter 2:5For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment; 5: And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly.
I guess one can say that the ark itself was a testament .... of what was going to happen ... I'm sure he got questioned about it.
Sorry, can you show me where Noah preached? I can't find it. I know that's always how I've heard the story told, and you could be right. Not being a smart alec!
Wow! Excellent point! I never realized that the Bible doesn't specifically say that Noah "preached", or even tried to get anyone else to come into the ark!
You learn something new every day..............great insight, Timmy.
__________________ "Many people view their relationship with God like a "color by number" picture. It's easier to let someone else define the boundaries, tell them which blanks to fill in, and what color to use than it is for them to take a blank canvas and seek inspiration from the Source in order to paint their own masterpiece"
Sorry, can you show me where Noah preached? I can't find it. I know that's always how I've heard the story told, and you could be right. Not being a smart alec!
2Pe 2:5 KJV And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
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