Genesis 7:17–24
The Bible4Jesus.com Podcast
About this episode
We live in a sentimental age, an age that has tried to domesticate God. We want a God who is a celestial grandfather, endlessly indulgent, who pats us on the head and assures us that everything will be fine, regardless of how we live. The modern mind is allergic to the concept of divine judgment. We want a God of love, but we want to define that love in our own treacly, insipid terms. We want a love without holiness, a grace without justice, and a savior without wrath. But such a God is an idol, a figment of our rebellious imagination. The story of the great Flood is a bucket of ice water thrown on this sleepy, self-satisfied view of God. Here, in the book of beginnings, God reveals Himself not only as the Creator, but as the Judge.