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Read Through the Bible
Day 3: Genesis 5-7
Genesis 5 covers the family line from Adam to Noah. Genesis 6 and 7 provide the account of the flood.
“And Noah did according unto all that the Lord commanded him” (Genesis 7:5).
Here we have a model of obedience given to us in the Old Testament: Noah. Noah received what God told him and did according to God’s instructions. We are told “Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations and Noah walked with God” (Genesis 6:9). Contrast this with the men of Noah’s time, who was wicked and “every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually” (Genesis 6:5).
Later, Christ came as the ultimate model of obedience, even unto death. Christ knew God’s word intimately and was able to counter Satan’s misuse of it, when being tempted, and understand and employ God’s word correctly. Christ was a man of prayer, often going off alone to pray. In his final hours with his disciples at the Mount of Olives, he instructed them, “Pray that ye not enter into temptation” (Luke 22:40).
Heeding Christ’s command is essential in life. In order to avoid being like those, who died in the flood during the days of Noah and whose every thought was evil continually, we must seek to be in prayer and occupied with things of God, so we avoid temptation.
Lord, help me to bring into captivity every thought and pray continually, so that my mind is fixed on You and things above. In Jesus name I pray. Amen.
Henry, Matthew. “Volume 1: Genesis.” Matthew Henry’s Commentary On the Whole Bible: New Modern Edition. Hendrickson Publishers, Inc., March 1996.
Holy Bible: Giant Print with Study Aids. Dugan Publishers, Inc., 1984.
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