"AS THE DAYS OF NOAH WERE"
Intro: Jesus walking through Temple precincts with disciples. Not one stone left standing.
"What will be the sign of these things and thy coming . . ."
I. POPULATION EXPLOSION "MEN BEGAN TO MULTIPLY UPON THE FACE OF THE EARTH."
A. You may figure by a mathematic formula the population in a given number of years
if you know the average family size and average generation.
1. Assume average family 4 grandparents lived to see grandchildren.
a. 5 generations 96 people.
b. 10 " 3,070 people.
c. 20 " 3,150,000 people.
d. 30 " 3,220,000,000 people.
2. From Adam to Noah, 1,656 years. Men lived to great ages. Average 900
years. Each family had 6 children generation, 100 years average life
span, 500 years.
a. Population at flood -- 235,000,000.
3. If average family eight, average generation - 93.
a. At Adam's death -- 2,800,000.
b. At flood -- 137,000,000.
II. "GOD SAW THE WICKEDNESS OF MAN WAS GREAT IN THE EARTH, AND THAT EVERY IMAGINATION OF THE
THOUGHTS OF HIS HEART WAS ONLY EVIL CONTINUALLY."
A. Look at our world today outside of Christ.
1. Listen to their conversations.
2. "That righteous man Lot vexed by their manner of living."
a. The type of stories being written.
b. The type of pictures being shown.
c. The type of magazines being sold.
d. The type of jokes being told.
B. The imagination of the thoughts of his heart only evil continually.
III. THE EARTH ALSO WAS CORRUPT BEFORE GOD, AND THE EARTH WAS FILLED WITH VIOLENCE.
A. A look at your newspaper or news magazines will reveal same thing today.
1. Alarming rate of increase in crimes of violence.
a. Majority being committed by teenagers.
2. Describe for me the political scene today. Corrupt.
3. Describe the world scene - "Filled with violence."
IV. BLIND AND SCOFFING AT THE IMPENDING JUDGMENT.
A. They ignored the warnings of Noah.
1. They went right on with business as usual.
a. As Jesus described it, eating, drinking, marrying and giving in
marriage until the day that Noah entered into the Ark. And knew
not till the floods came and took them all away.
B. Try to warn people today of God's impending judgment.
1. They laugh and scoff.
As the days of Noah were, so surely are they today. Jesus is coming soon.
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Chuck Smith (1927 - 2013)
Pastor Chuck was used in the Jesus People revival where he was used along with others to minister to the hippy young people. They saw a work of the Spirit where many were added to the church and discipled. He has raised up many pastors who are a part of the Calvary Chapel movement now and where he pastors the large Costa Mesa church in California.The Calvary Chapel movement is based of simple principles that Chuck Smith taught over the years such as: The priority of agape love, Simple fellowship amongst the saints, the breaking of bread, the teaching of God's word chapter by chapter and verse by verse. And lastly and most importantly the principle not by might nor by power but by my spirit saith the Lord.