A God of Second Chances

Deb preached on the famous story of Noah and the flood. Despite being a staple of children’s Bibles, this is an unsettling story about violence and judgment. Yet Deb maintained that at it’s core, it shows us God’s love for sinners.

God’s regrets expressed here are not about his own actions in creation, but in humanity’s actions. If he had wanted to really restore factory settings, he could have made a new Eden, a new Adam and a new Eve. But he didn’t do that. He found a bright spot amid a world that was all evil all the time. That bright spot was Noah and his family. Restarting things with Noah was a fallback plan to the original plan of humanity being faithful. Because humanity had chosen to go against God and become corrupt and violent, it was time to go to Plan B. He is giving humanity a second chance.