I would suppose that great ark stood open for the seven days. That is an invitation of mercy to those who rejected mercy all those years. I suppose they had committed the unpardonable sin in that they had so set their hearts against God that they now could not be moved. They had become so settled in their rejection of Christ that they felt no conviction, no turning of repentance. Long ago they had turned away for good. But the unpardonable sin does not change God; it changes sinners. It does not close the offer of mercy; it simply makes the man who commits that sin unable to want mercy, unable to turn for mercy; he has passed the place of forgiveness and the opportunity is gone forever. - John R. Rice [Genesis, pg. 201-202]
"And God remembered Noah." Genesis 8:1
How wonderful that God never forgets His own! The man who obeyed God's command about the ark is perfectly safe. He may be sure that God will see the thing through. God does not repent of His promises. God does not welsh on His obligations. God remembers His own. - John R. Rice [Genesis, pg. 206]
Does someone have a promise of God? Then call it to God's attention. He will remember, He will honor His word. Faith is believing that God will do what He said He would, and risking Him to do it. - John R. Rice [Genesis, pg. 206-207]
God remembered Noah! And, oh, my heart rejoices that He remembers me. I am His child. "He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things." God remembers His own. - John R. Rice [Genesis, pg. 207]
Let every man take heed. Your very breath is in the hand of the Lord. You live not a heartbeat but at His permission. The sick may die and the well may die. Old people die and young people die. Your life is in the hands of the Lord. What a foolish and wicked thing it is to ignore the God whose hand holds our breath! - John R. Rice [Genesis, pg. 338-339]
Some people think that a vegetable diet is more suitable. God does not think so. The Scripture says, ". . .eat such things as are set before you" (Luke 10:8), and again the Lord commands, "For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving and prayer (I Tim. 4:4, 5). - John R. Rice [Genesis, pg. 232-233]
Does God care for His own only when they are in His perfect will? No, God had protected Abraham and Sarah down in Egypt when their folly put them in danger. Here [Gen. 20:3-7] again they are not praiseworthy in their actions, yet God delivers them. If God cared for us only when we are perfect, there would be little occasion for His mercy. - John R. Rice [Genesis, pg. 339]
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