Gordon Johnson

Genesis 6:8 "But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord."

Who was Noah?-

     In honoring our veterans of the faith, we definitely have to include Noah. This is part 2 of Noah. I encourage you to watch part 1, click here- https://sherylmariefranks.blogspot.com/2022/07/blog-post.html

Noah was the tenth in line behind Adam. Noah's Dad's name was "Lamech". His Dad gave him the name of Noah, saying, Genesis 5:29 says, "And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the Lord hath cursed." Lamech prophesied to Noah when he gave him his name. He said This one will comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the Lord hath cursed. See, when we go back ten generations to Adam, the ground was cursed because of Adam and Eve's sin. Because of the curse, a man had to work hard by the sweat on his brow. Genesis 3:17-19 "And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shall not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shall thou eat of it all the days of thy life; 18. Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb (plants) of the field; 19. In the sweat of thy face shall thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it was thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return." 

     Working hard and toiling by the sweat of your brow was under the curse. God chose Noah to be the one to change history back then. It took a hundred years to build that ark, but on God's appointed time, it happened. God washed them all away with the flood. All who didn't heed the warnings. God started over.

Could you imagine a hundred years of building, and to see the promise of God finally fulfilled? Here I am getting upset about waiting forty-three years. Of course, they had a hundred years, because back in those days they lived for what, 500, 800 years? So, forty years is like a hundred to us. To God be all the Glory, Honor, and Praise, for it was his faithfulness that kept Noah going, and he keeps us going, as well.

"He's Faithful"

Oh!, Jesus, you're so faithful.

I have to express my gratitude.

For your promises are true.

When I think of faithfulness,

Dear Lord, I think of you.

I can't be quiet for all you've done for me.

Everyone has to know, 

and the whole world has to see.

For if it wasn't for your faithfulness,

I don't know where I would be.

I thank you for your faithfulness,

for I could never do anything,

to make you love me less.

Thank you for your faithfulness

and washing me clean,

when I simply just confess. 

      God's faithfulness kept Noah afloat before he even finished with that ark. God just raised Noah and his family to a new level when he finally completed that ark. The people in Noah's day were already drowning, and didn't even realize it.

     Another thing that kept Noah going was that he couldn't wait to finish that boat. I am sure he probably could not wait to get away from the violence and perversion, from the people causing it! I can so relate to that, because every book I write, I write in hopes that this is  "the one" that takes off. So I can move and have the freedom to serve my Lord fully without hindrances or distractions. I am about done with another, and I believe it's going to be the "one" to help me get away from sinful people around me. Father God understands! He felt the same way. The fallen angels had children with the daughters of men, producing giants in those days. That created something that God did not create. Genesis 6:3 says, "And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh; yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years." In verses 5,6, it says, "And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 6. And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart."

     God saw that the wickedness was great in the earth, and every imagination of the thoughts was on evil continually. 8. But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord." In verse 13, God had had enough! " He has a little talk with Noah. See, that is what God wants with us. He wants us to "Have a Little Talk With Jesus." That is an old church song, and that is one of my favorites. Have you ever heard it? I will leave a link below. God just wants to fellowship with us and talk to us. He would have with any of those people on that day, if they had seen their sin and repented. God would have given them grace, as well. They had a hundred years to turn and be able to have that talk with him and Noah, but they mocked instead. Proverbs 28:13 says, "He that covereth his sins shall not prosper; But whoso confesses his sins, and forsaketh them shall have mercy." That's what God wants, but sin grieves him. God delights in mercy. "Mercy is a joy against judgment." Getting back to 6:13, "And God said unto Noah, 'The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth."

     God said, 12. "The earth was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth." 

What does the word, corrupt mean? The Merriam Webster Dictionary: corrupt means: 1. to change from good to bad in morals, manners, and actions. Example: The officials were corrupted by greed. Example: was accused of corrupting the youth. 

2. Rot; Spoil

3. to subject (a person) to corruption of blood.

4. to alter from the original or correct form or version. Example- the file was corrupted.

 God says, "Give honor to whom honor is due." Noah deserves honor for his resilience, persistence, faithfulness, and long-suffering. Because of his obedience, we can endure, as well. Nothing is impossible with God.   

     

 

 

All Lives Matter to God!

     God is wanting the violence, rioting, and racism to stop! This is a warning from a loving God! Jesus says, "As in the days of Noah so shall the coming of the Son of Man be!" Genesis 6: 11-13, "The earth also was 'corrupt (wasting) before God, and the earth was filled with violence. 12. And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. 13. And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh has come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them from the earth."

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     This blog post is concerning the recent event of a man named, "George Floyd", who was murdered by the hands of policemen. It is also about another man named "Tony Timpa", (links above). Please watch the video. This man called the cops for help! He was not a criminal. He was sick and needing help. The cops should all be charged in both of these cases, not just George Floyd's but also for what they had done to Tony Timpa! His life mattered to God, as well. Yes, the police should have been charged for cold-blooded in both cases, but two wrongs do not make a right! I am talking about rioting and violence does not give anyone justice! God who is the judge of all, is not in the rioting and violence "Black Lives Matter" are doing! God has had enough of the "flesh"! Let me explain what "flesh" means. The flesh is anything we are doing that is "not" led by God's Holy Spirit! Galatians 5;14-24 KJV says, "For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself. 15. But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not 'consumed (destroyed) by one another. 16. This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. 17. For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. 18. But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law. 19. Now the works of the flesh are 'manifest (plain), which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness. 20. Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, 'emulations (jealousies), wrath, strife, 'seditions (divisions), heresies, 21. Envyings, murder, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God."

     God tells us right there murder is of the flesh, but also 'seditions (divisions), hatred, wrath, strife also! You love doing those things you will not inherit the kingdom of God!

     I am going to say this and I do not care if anyone gets mad at me or not! I am a white woman and proud of it! My parents did not teach us "racism"! We were taught to love and respect all colors! We didn't really look at skin color! I was taught "racism" by black people! God's truth! That is my experience! Since I was in the second grade. Just a child I was taught "racism" by fellow "black" students!

     My mother was a bus driver. We rode her bus to school until we had to ride another school bus for a season. This particular bus was 90% Blacks. My brother, sister, and I and also a few white neighbors/friends were the only white people on the bus. The rest were blacks. None of us "white" people said anything to the black people at all. From the minute we got on the bus until the minute we got to school we were persecuted by the "blacks" for being "white". We were called, "White Cracker", the whole way to school. I was about 8 in the second grade, my sister was 9 in the third grade and my brother was 11 in fifth grade. I will never forget it! Get this picture if you will. I was a little child, innocent, not understanding the difference in the color of skin. Like I said already, we were taught to respect people, period! One particular day our bus pulled up at our elementary school and when we "white crackers" got off the bus we were pinned up against it, by all of the "blacks", wanting to "fight us" because we were white. Little did they know our Mother was on the bus ahead of us at the school. She happened to be looking in her rearview mirror to watch for us to get off the bus. She saw us surrounded by all of the blacks. Actually, she couldn't even see us at first but just seen a lot of black children in a circle beside the bus. Then she finally saw one of us and she jumped off of her bus to protect us. Momma bear started swinging, but then they all ran. She ran after them! She managed to get ahold of one of the black girls who were "mixed" (half black/half white), and she tore her shirt. The black children that were trying to fight us, didn't get in trouble. My mother did after she was called to the principal's office at the school. 

You tell me what was wrong with that picture! Leave a comment if you like!

Throughout my life, God as my witness, every time I heard the word "racism", it came from a "black" person first! 

       Yes, black people were slaves and treated wrong in the past, but so were white people!

There were white slaves also! White people have also been murdered at the hands of the law! There are Christians of all colors, who have been persecuted in the past (read the links below), and are being persecuted every day! God sees!

God also sees the babies who have been aborted! I am a white woman who grew up middle-class. I have had a gun to my head three times in my lifetime! I have been beaten multiple times! I have been strangled and spent four days in the hospital. I have an injured leg from physical abuse many times over! I have had a head concussion from physical abuse and spent three days and nights in a hospital not knowing anyone, not even my dad, mom, sons, or grandbabies. Even right now my life is being threatened by someone I deeply love! You want to know what "I" do to cope? I for sure as heck don't go out and cause riots or blow everybody up! No! I pray! I let God Almighty avenge me! He sees He has seen every murder whether Black, White, Asian, Indian. Whether it was a woman, man, boy, or girl, he has seen and judgment is coming! Jesus says, "As in the Days of Noah, so shall the coming of the Son of Man be." Read Genesis 6:11-13

So stop the Racism, hatred, violence, and riots! God does not look at the color of our skin. He only wants to see the red blood of his dear Son Jesus flowing through our veins! That is all that is going to matter! Whether we are covered by the blood of Jesus or not. Read Exodus 12 KJV When the death angel passed through he did not stop and look at the color of anyone's skin! All he was ordered to look for was the spotless blood of a lamb! When God brings judgment on this whole world he is not looking at the color of people's skin! He will be looking to see if we have the blood of his dear Son Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior on us or not!

You better be covered with the red blood of Jesus on the inside and out or you will be damned to a burning Hell whether you are white, red, yellow, or black! In Jesus' name, you better heed to the Spirit of the Lord right now! He that has ears to hear let him hear what the Spirit says!

God sees us as "souls" that are precious to him! Like a song we used to sing in church when I was a little girl, "Red and Yellow. Black and White. They are precious in his sight! Jesus loves all the little children in the world." Point is, we have all been hurt! Satan is out to steal, kill, and to destroy us all. But All Lives Matter to God! God looks at us as "souls", that are either loving Jesus and on their way to Heaven, or "souls" who are living for themselves and not him who are on their way to a Devil's Hell. He sees us as living breathing souls who controls our every breath! Genesis 2:4-7 Genesis 7:22 Genesis 46:15, 22, 25, 26, 27

I think people better start "Fearing God".

https://news.osu.edu/when-europeans-were-slaves--research-suggests-white-slavery-was-much-more-common-than-previously-believed/ https://www.amazon.com/They-Were-White-Slaves-Enslavement/dp/0929903056 While all of the riotings are going on concerning black lives, there are Black women and children, Asian women and children, American Indian women and children, and White women and children possibly boys as well held captive right now at the hands of evil men and women! right now by human trafficking that we need to focus on delivering them and stop fighting over what color is more important! We All Are Important! God Bless You All. If you need prayer email me: hopefulhappyandwhole@gmail.com