AS IT WAS IN THE DAYS OF NOAH
As in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark.--Matthew 24:38
Because of his holy integrity and unwavering adherence to God's commands, [Noah] was counted singular indeed and made himself an object of contempt and derision by answering to the claims of God without a questioning doubt. What a contrast to the prevailing unbelief and universal disregard of His law!
Noah was tested and tried thoroughly, and yet he preserved his integrity in the face of the world--all, all against him. Thus will it be when the Son of man shall be revealed. The saved will be few, as is represented by Noah and his family. The world might have believed the warnings, God's Spirit was striving with them to lead them to faith and obedience, but their own wicked hearts turned aside the counsel of God and resisted the pleadings of infinite love. They continued their empty ways as usual, eating, drinking, planting, and building, up to the very day Noah entered into the ark....
The class who professed to acknowledge God were the ones who took the lead in rejecting the preaching of Noah and through their influence leading others to reject it.
To everyone comes the time of test and trial....
The men before the flood sought to quiet their consciences that the Spirit of God had aroused by arguing how impossible it was for the message of Noah to be true and a flood to deluge the world, which would turn nature out of her course.
The same reasoning is heard today. "Why, the world will not be destroyed by fire." The siren song is sung, " 'All things continue as they were from the beginning.' No need to pay any regard to this preaching that the world's history will soon close. Why, the laws of nature show the inconsistency of this." [2 Peter 3:3, 4.] He who is Lord of nature can employ it to serve His purpose, for He is not the slave of nature. (Manuscript 5, 1876)
REFLECTION: How foolish it is for humans to decide what is possible for God to do, or not. God's Word was, is, and always will be truth. We would do well to believe every word and take it to heart.
As in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark.--Matthew 24:38
Because of his holy integrity and unwavering adherence to God's commands, [Noah] was counted singular indeed and made himself an object of contempt and derision by answering to the claims of God without a questioning doubt. What a contrast to the prevailing unbelief and universal disregard of His law!
Noah was tested and tried thoroughly, and yet he preserved his integrity in the face of the world--all, all against him. Thus will it be when the Son of man shall be revealed. The saved will be few, as is represented by Noah and his family. The world might have believed the warnings, God's Spirit was striving with them to lead them to faith and obedience, but their own wicked hearts turned aside the counsel of God and resisted the pleadings of infinite love. They continued their empty ways as usual, eating, drinking, planting, and building, up to the very day Noah entered into the ark....
The class who professed to acknowledge God were the ones who took the lead in rejecting the preaching of Noah and through their influence leading others to reject it.
To everyone comes the time of test and trial....
The men before the flood sought to quiet their consciences that the Spirit of God had aroused by arguing how impossible it was for the message of Noah to be true and a flood to deluge the world, which would turn nature out of her course.
The same reasoning is heard today. "Why, the world will not be destroyed by fire." The siren song is sung, " 'All things continue as they were from the beginning.' No need to pay any regard to this preaching that the world's history will soon close. Why, the laws of nature show the inconsistency of this." [2 Peter 3:3, 4.] He who is Lord of nature can employ it to serve His purpose, for He is not the slave of nature. (Manuscript 5, 1876)
REFLECTION: How foolish it is for humans to decide what is possible for God to do, or not. God's Word was, is, and always will be truth. We would do well to believe every word and take it to heart.
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