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Genesis 8:20-22 Day 8

 Good afternoon friends,

Collapsed in bed last night without realizing I had not updated the blog.  Men's Devotion, work day and getting thinking about prayer for this morning ate up the day.  Excuses, excuses.  So I will do two for today.

This morning was start of Sunday School for children and adults.  After missing last year due to Covid, it was good to resume.  I was thinking about my Sunday School experience many years ago.  Grew up in what turned out to be a liberal Presbyterian church.  No adult Christian Ed and children ended at 5th or 6th grade.  Like you learn everything you really need to know about God by then.  So we are blessed to have both adult and children/teenage classes through high school.

Blessings

Jeff

Noah or Moses gets another insight into God's heart. This is the opposite of regret and grief.  T.he flood has not changed the condition of man's heart. But some how Noah's offering is a pleasing aroma.  The Lord makes a covenant to never again strike down man by a flood.  While the earth remains,  the seasons will continue.  The theme of God providing a sacrifice. Noah brought the extra clean animals along for the purpose of sacrifice. Noah didn't raise them. He merely offred whnat God had provided. Obedience in response to preservation is deemed acceptable by God. It is a picture of what the better Noah would do in the future. It is his faith in the future truly acceptable sacrifice that makes the present imperfect sacrifice acceptable. 

Instruction. Imperfect sacrifice prior to the perfect was acceptable by grace. Additional Imperfect sacrifice (works) after the perfect is unacceptable.  

T - the purpose of events before the fullness of time had come.  The Trinity was at work in each precursor to the Messiah, the one promised in 3:15. Remember the past, look ahead to future and obey in  the present. 

C - allowing "pressing needs" such as blood drive, grocery shopping, and gift for new mom of our grandsons being born tomorrow to take precedence.(Our grandsons were born by C section on 9/9/2020.  So I guess I did this late in the day)

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