Noah Found Favor in God’s Eyes

“The sons of God saw that the daughters of humans were beautiful, and they married any of them they chose. Then the Lord said, ‘My Spirit will not contend with humans forever, for they are mortal; their days will be a hundred and twenty years.’” [1]

They married women according to their outward beauty rather than for their inward hearts for God and for raising godly children.

“The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughters of humans and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown.” [2]

Were the Nephilim evil spirits that clothed themselves in the form of beautiful women to seduce the sons of God away from God?

Balaam was unable to curse the people God had blessed, so he advised their enemy to send women into their camp to seduce them into sexual sin. [3] Many sons of God were conquered by the seduction.

Today, many are falling to fleshly to seduction of sensual pleasures. It is called Hedonism. Hedonism is literally the love of pleasure.

Movie heroes are popular these days. Humanism is the exaltation of human-like figures with special powers to do signs and wonders. But man was created for God’s glory not his own.

“The Lord saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time. The Lord regretted that He had made human beings on the earth, and His heart was deeply troubled. So the Lord said, ‘I will wipe from the face of the earth the human race I have created—and with them the animals, the birds and the creatures that move along the ground—for I regret that I have made them.’” [4]

“But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord… Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked faithfully with God.” [5]

The Lord noticed Noah doing what was right. He walked with God.

“God said to Noah, ‘I am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. I am surely going to destroy both them and the earth. So make yourself an ark…’” [6]

The ark is a type of Christ. People are not gods unto themselves. We need a Savior. We need One who protects us from the world's temptations. Christ is the One God has appointed.

Not all religions lead to God. God has appointed one Savior for the human race. He is Christ. Only Christ can take a human heart bent on self and turn it into a heart bent on loving God and neighbor.

Throughout His earthly ministry Christ always did what pleased God. As we abide in Christ, He does God’s work in and through us.

Jesus Christ resurrected from the dead. No other leader of religion did that. Jesus Christ is the resurrection and the life. [7] All who believe in Him, even though they die, are raised to life with God for all eternity. Those who refuse to enter the ark of God (Christ) will perish with the world. Don’t wait! Don’t harden your heart towards Christ. Believe in Him! Receive Him today!

[1] Genesis 6:2-3
[2] Genesis 6:4
[3] Numbers 22-24; Numbers 31:16
[4] Genesis 6:5-6
[5] Genesis 6:8-9
[6] Genesis 6:11-14
[7] John 11:25