1 00:00:00,560 --> 00:00:04,720 Genesis 918 The sons of Noah who went forth from the ark were 2 00:00:04,720 --> 00:00:08,160 Shem, Ham and Japheth. Ham was the father of Canaan. 3 00:00:08,800 --> 00:00:10,520 These three were the sons of Noah. 4 00:00:10,600 --> 00:00:14,040 And from these the people of the whole earth were dispersed. 5 00:00:14,120 --> 00:00:18,560 Noah began to be began to be a man of soil, and he planted a 6 00:00:18,560 --> 00:00:21,160 vineyard. And he drank of the wine, and 7 00:00:21,160 --> 00:00:23,640 became drunk, and lay uncovered in his tent. 8 00:00:24,200 --> 00:00:27,440 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father 9 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:29,840 and told his two brothers outside. 10 00:00:30,280 --> 00:00:33,800 Then Sham and Japheth took a garment, laid it both on both 11 00:00:33,800 --> 00:00:36,640 their shoulders, and walked backward and covered the 12 00:00:36,640 --> 00:00:39,640 nakedness of their father. Their faces were turned 13 00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:42,120 backward, and they did not see their father's nakedness. 14 00:00:42,560 --> 00:00:46,360 When Noah woke from his wine and knew what his youngest son had 15 00:00:46,360 --> 00:00:49,960 done to him, he said, cursed be Canaan, a servant of servants 16 00:00:49,960 --> 00:00:53,680 shall he be to his brothers. He also said, Blessed be the 17 00:00:53,680 --> 00:00:57,440 Lord, the God of Shem, and let Canaan be a servant, and May God 18 00:00:57,440 --> 00:01:00,880 enlarge Japheth and let him dwell in the tents of Shem, and 19 00:01:00,880 --> 00:01:04,120 let Canaan be a servant. And after the flood, Noah lived 20 00:01:04,120 --> 00:01:09,160 350 years, and all the days of Noah were 950 years, and he 21 00:01:09,160 --> 00:01:12,080 died. He may be seated, and May God 22 00:01:12,080 --> 00:01:14,280 have his blessing at the reading of his word. 23 00:01:15,320 --> 00:01:16,760 Let's pray together this morning. 24 00:01:18,160 --> 00:01:21,680 Gracious Father, we think we've strung about the name of Jesus a 25 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:24,320 lot this morning. We thank you for the power 26 00:01:24,320 --> 00:01:26,960 that's in his name. We thank you for the power 27 00:01:26,960 --> 00:01:30,640 that's in the word that we're about to open up and speak to. 28 00:01:30,640 --> 00:01:33,240 Lord, I pray that you would allow it to speak to our hearts 29 00:01:33,240 --> 00:01:36,440 and our lives and be an application to how we live 30 00:01:36,440 --> 00:01:38,840 Monday through Saturday of this coming week. 31 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:41,360 We pray and ask in Jesus name, Amen. 32 00:01:42,320 --> 00:01:46,320 Well, Norfolk, VA, at First Baptist Church, Pastor Ken, on 33 00:01:46,320 --> 00:01:49,800 sunny, sunny days, Sunday days, he would go out and greet people 34 00:01:49,800 --> 00:01:52,800 as they were getting out of their cars and coming in for 35 00:01:52,840 --> 00:01:55,560 worship. And he noticed that day, the 36 00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:59,320 third in line was a tall guy with a with a golf shirt, golf 37 00:01:59,320 --> 00:02:03,160 pants and a teenage son. And as he was getting ready to 38 00:02:03,160 --> 00:02:06,360 shake hands with people, as I said they were third in line, he 39 00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:09,560 could hear them complaining, the grant, the teenager complaining 40 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:12,200 about why do I have to go to church? 41 00:02:12,440 --> 00:02:15,800 Why do I have to go to church? And finally the exasperated 42 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:19,360 father said, well, you have to go to church because my daddy 43 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:21,960 made me go to church when I was a kid. 44 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:25,280 And the teenage son said, well, I guess it didn't do much good 45 00:02:25,280 --> 00:02:28,360 for you, did it? Because he was head off to play 46 00:02:28,360 --> 00:02:31,040 golf. Well, as we think about that, 47 00:02:31,040 --> 00:02:35,400 that story, it reminds us of some influences and the legacy 48 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:40,720 that we leave behind. For example, fathers who go to 49 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:45,640 church 3 * a month, who share biblical values in a 50 00:02:45,960 --> 00:02:51,040 conversation over time with their sons, and who also 51 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:55,040 practice to the best of their ability what they believe, have 52 00:02:55,040 --> 00:02:58,000 a greater chance of their son continuing to walk in their 53 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:00,600 faith. But it's also been proven 54 00:03:00,640 --> 00:03:03,760 through those studies that if a father doesn't do any of those 55 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:07,280 things, then the faith becomes irrelevant to the son. 56 00:03:07,920 --> 00:03:11,600 So how important it is it to set the example and to set the 57 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:13,800 legacy? We're going to talk about Noah's 58 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:17,040 legacy here in a moment. But an engineer had this note 59 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:19,480 taped inside his desk drawer at his office. 60 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:22,680 This was found after he died in a car accident. 61 00:03:23,240 --> 00:03:25,760 The family found it and it said, this is not my life. 62 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:28,680 This is not my job. Christ is my life. 63 00:03:29,760 --> 00:03:32,160 So what kind of example are you setting for your kids and your 64 00:03:32,160 --> 00:03:34,640 grandkids when it comes to your walk with Jesus? 65 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:38,680 What do you want your kids and your grandkids to remember about 66 00:03:38,680 --> 00:03:40,160 you when you pass from this life? 67 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:43,520 We're going to look at the legacy of Noah and what he left 68 00:03:43,520 --> 00:03:46,320 to his children. So let's look at the early part 69 00:03:46,320 --> 00:03:49,960 of Chapter 9, just to review a little bit as Pastor Drew's been 70 00:03:49,960 --> 00:03:53,000 preaching through it and the story of Noah. 71 00:03:53,520 --> 00:03:56,000 Chapter 9 gives us some very important information and 72 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:59,320 context in preparation for the end of the chapter. 73 00:03:59,840 --> 00:04:02,600 We read and heard in Pastor Drew's sermon last week that God 74 00:04:02,600 --> 00:04:06,360 was ready to replenish the earth after he had destroyed it. 75 00:04:07,360 --> 00:04:10,120 He said to them be fruitful and multiply. 76 00:04:10,880 --> 00:04:13,960 Some people have said that God is a cosmic kill joint. 77 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:18,240 Some pastors teach that sex is not right, it's wrong. 78 00:04:18,240 --> 00:04:21,720 But here God is saying in the context of marriage, have sex, 79 00:04:21,720 --> 00:04:24,960 have lots of it, have lots of it, and have lots of children. 80 00:04:25,840 --> 00:04:28,560 He said the same thing about animals, to be fruitful and 81 00:04:28,560 --> 00:04:31,360 multiply. Those animals that fly, those 82 00:04:31,360 --> 00:04:35,000 that walk on the ground, and the fish in the sea, and man has 83 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:37,120 promised to have dominion over them. 84 00:04:37,120 --> 00:04:41,560 Many animals would fear mankind and their presence as they do 85 00:04:41,560 --> 00:04:45,360 now since the flood. Thank God gives Noah the decree 86 00:04:45,360 --> 00:04:49,440 for capital punishment. A life destroyed means that the 87 00:04:49,440 --> 00:04:51,880 one who destroys life is killed for the offense. 88 00:04:52,880 --> 00:04:55,920 We see that repeated in Genesis 96. 89 00:04:55,920 --> 00:05:00,560 Whoever sheds the blood of man by man shall his blood be shed, 90 00:05:00,560 --> 00:05:03,960 for God made man and his own image. 91 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:07,960 There's benefits to enforcing capital punishment in our 92 00:05:07,960 --> 00:05:10,880 culture. A just society requires the 93 00:05:10,880 --> 00:05:13,920 taking of 1's life. If they have taken someone 94 00:05:13,920 --> 00:05:18,320 else's life, it would immediately reduce murder rates. 95 00:05:18,880 --> 00:05:21,440 If capital punishment was experienced quickly, it would 96 00:05:21,440 --> 00:05:23,760 add more power to the enforcement of the law. 97 00:05:24,440 --> 00:05:27,320 But there's a risk in executing the death penalty. 98 00:05:27,320 --> 00:05:30,960 The risk is that you could possibly execute someone who is 99 00:05:30,960 --> 00:05:35,120 innocent, but I believe if all is done to make the case that a 100 00:05:35,120 --> 00:05:38,520 person has committed murder, the evidence proves that a jury 101 00:05:38,520 --> 00:05:41,400 convicts and the judge pronounces the sentence, then 102 00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:43,560 leave it up to God. It's worth that risk. 103 00:05:44,040 --> 00:05:46,400 Remember that someone who murders is murdering someone 104 00:05:46,400 --> 00:05:50,640 who's created, created in the image of God. 105 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:55,560 That is how serious murder is. Lastly, before we get to this 106 00:05:55,560 --> 00:05:59,400 text, God gives us an unconditional promise that He 107 00:05:59,400 --> 00:06:01,920 will never destroy the earth again by flood. 108 00:06:02,520 --> 00:06:05,720 The sign is still seen even to this day. 109 00:06:06,440 --> 00:06:08,960 When you see a rainbow, and sometimes a double rainbow, 110 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:12,480 you're reminded that there's a loving and merciful God whose 111 00:06:12,480 --> 00:06:16,240 promised never to destroy the earth again by flood. 112 00:06:16,720 --> 00:06:19,120 And when God makes a promise, He will keep it. 113 00:06:20,240 --> 00:06:25,160 Think about some of the promises in Genesis chapter 14 that God 114 00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:29,520 made with Abraham when he cut the animals in half and he had a 115 00:06:29,520 --> 00:06:31,320 smoking Lantern and went between them. 116 00:06:31,320 --> 00:06:34,360 And he said, if I keep this covenant that you're going to be 117 00:06:34,360 --> 00:06:37,360 a father of many, a great nation, and you're going to have 118 00:06:37,360 --> 00:06:41,080 the promised land. He said as sure as you can't put 119 00:06:41,080 --> 00:06:43,200 these animals back together to bring life. 120 00:06:43,600 --> 00:06:45,720 I'm making this unconditional promise. 121 00:06:46,400 --> 00:06:49,400 We think of the promise of salvation first. 122 00:06:49,400 --> 00:06:52,920 John 513 I write these things to you who believe in the name of 123 00:06:52,920 --> 00:06:57,240 the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life. 124 00:06:58,280 --> 00:07:02,120 And then the promise he won't recreate the world by the flood, 125 00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:05,440 but by fire. It tells us the new heavens and 126 00:07:05,440 --> 00:07:09,080 new earth will be created as God brings fire to destroy what's 127 00:07:09,080 --> 00:07:12,360 here and rebuild it. In second Peter 310 it says, But 128 00:07:12,360 --> 00:07:15,560 the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the 129 00:07:15,560 --> 00:07:18,320 heavens will pass away with the roar, and the heavenly bodies 130 00:07:18,320 --> 00:07:21,480 will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that 131 00:07:21,480 --> 00:07:25,240 are done on it will be exposed. Since all these things are thus 132 00:07:25,240 --> 00:07:29,200 to be dissolved, what sort of people ought you to be in lives 133 00:07:29,200 --> 00:07:33,280 of holiness and godliness, waiting for and hastening the 134 00:07:33,280 --> 00:07:36,680 coming of the day of God? Because of which the heavens 135 00:07:36,680 --> 00:07:39,400 will be set on fire and dissolved, and the heavenly 136 00:07:39,400 --> 00:07:43,040 bodies will melt as they burn. But according to His promise, we 137 00:07:43,040 --> 00:07:45,120 are waiting for new heavens and a new earth. 138 00:07:45,440 --> 00:07:48,720 And which righteousness dwells? How many looking forward to that 139 00:07:48,720 --> 00:07:52,560 day? Yes, righteousness will dwell, 140 00:07:52,920 --> 00:07:56,880 sin will be no more, and we'll be with God ever present with 141 00:07:56,880 --> 00:07:59,000 Him. So let's move to our text for 142 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:00,760 today. First thing on your outline, I 143 00:08:00,760 --> 00:08:04,040 encourage you to take out your outline and fill in these 144 00:08:04,040 --> 00:08:07,320 blanks. We see that the patriarchs of 145 00:08:07,320 --> 00:08:11,400 the renewed human race, the patriarchs of the renewed human 146 00:08:11,400 --> 00:08:17,560 race, everybody was destroyed but Noah and his three sons with 147 00:08:17,560 --> 00:08:19,760 the opportunity to multiply the earth. 148 00:08:20,360 --> 00:08:24,360 So they become the patriarchs. So the sons of Noah, it says in 149 00:08:24,360 --> 00:08:27,640 verse 18, who went forth from the ark were Shem Ham and 150 00:08:27,640 --> 00:08:30,400 Japheth. Ham was the father of Canaan. 151 00:08:30,960 --> 00:08:32,720 These three were the sons of Noah. 152 00:08:32,720 --> 00:08:36,480 And from these the people of the whole earth were dispersed. 153 00:08:37,360 --> 00:08:40,600 Now this section of Chapter 9 has several interpretive 154 00:08:40,960 --> 00:08:44,440 problems that have always plagued biblical scholars for 155 00:08:44,440 --> 00:08:48,920 many years, but this passage has a direct reference to the nature 156 00:08:49,200 --> 00:08:52,200 and the destiny of the Canaanites, which were Israelite 157 00:08:52,200 --> 00:08:56,680 Israel's antagonists. So Noah had three sons who would 158 00:08:56,680 --> 00:08:59,440 multiply the earth's Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 159 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:02,160 Japheth first one we talked about is Shem. 160 00:09:02,840 --> 00:09:06,480 Shem's descendants would become the nation of Israel. 161 00:09:07,680 --> 00:09:10,800 Through him, Abraham would be born and be one of his 162 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:14,560 descendants. Then we read about Ham, and Ham 163 00:09:14,560 --> 00:09:17,600 would become the father of the Canaanite nation which would 164 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:20,200 oppose Israel and live very wicked lives. 165 00:09:20,720 --> 00:09:23,680 Notice that of all three brothers mentioned that Ham is 166 00:09:23,680 --> 00:09:25,920 mentioned as the father of Canaan. 167 00:09:26,480 --> 00:09:30,760 This becomes a significant part of the story as it unfolds. 168 00:09:31,480 --> 00:09:35,360 And then Japheth. Among Muslim historians, Japheth 169 00:09:35,360 --> 00:09:39,880 is usually regarded as the ancestor of Gog and Magog tribes 170 00:09:40,400 --> 00:09:44,160 at the times of the Turks, the Khazars, and the Sloths. 171 00:09:45,280 --> 00:09:49,400 Notice of verse 19, we see the first use of the word dispersed. 172 00:09:50,080 --> 00:09:53,640 You'll see that again when Pastor Drew preaches on Genesis 173 00:09:53,640 --> 00:09:57,160 Chapter 11. The Tower of Babel and the world 174 00:09:57,160 --> 00:10:00,400 will be divided geopolitically and by language groups. 175 00:10:00,840 --> 00:10:04,400 But God had a plan for Noah and his family, but it was revealed 176 00:10:04,400 --> 00:10:09,400 to them one day at a time. Now we need to understand that 177 00:10:10,440 --> 00:10:14,280 when we become a believer in Christ, the day, the moment we 178 00:10:14,520 --> 00:10:18,360 cross that line of faith, how many of us would really want to 179 00:10:18,360 --> 00:10:21,320 know the entirety of God's will for our life? 180 00:10:21,320 --> 00:10:25,440 I think we'd be scared out of our wits if we saw that on the 181 00:10:25,440 --> 00:10:28,720 day that we got saved. I think that's important. 182 00:10:28,720 --> 00:10:32,080 But what does God do? He unfolds the scroll of His 183 00:10:32,080 --> 00:10:35,920 will on a daily basis, and I think it's important that He 184 00:10:35,920 --> 00:10:40,120 does that because then it causes us to be dependent upon Him as 185 00:10:40,120 --> 00:10:44,200 we walk this journey through life and build dependence upon 186 00:10:44,200 --> 00:10:48,040 Him. Noah had no idea how long he 187 00:10:48,040 --> 00:10:51,320 would be in the ark and what the world would look like when he 188 00:10:51,320 --> 00:10:54,440 got out of the ark and what his role would be after the flood, 189 00:10:54,440 --> 00:10:59,160 but he faithfully followed God. So here's our first application. 190 00:10:59,160 --> 00:11:04,160 God has a plan for us if we will, but trust Him to reveal to 191 00:11:04,200 --> 00:11:09,680 US one day at a time. It's not always easy to do. 192 00:11:10,160 --> 00:11:12,160 Sometimes we want to see the big picture. 193 00:11:12,760 --> 00:11:15,400 Sometimes we see a decision coming down the road and we'd 194 00:11:15,400 --> 00:11:19,520 like God to reveal to us exactly what we're supposed to do days 195 00:11:19,520 --> 00:11:22,040 and weeks ahead. But God is faithful. 196 00:11:22,480 --> 00:11:27,320 He's never late, and He always shows up and shows us exactly 197 00:11:27,320 --> 00:11:29,800 what we need to do. So we need to be dependent upon 198 00:11:29,800 --> 00:11:33,400 Him. Second, we see the problem that 199 00:11:33,400 --> 00:11:38,160 came because of Him seeing Noah naked, the problem with Ham and 200 00:11:38,160 --> 00:11:41,160 Noah. Look at verse 20. 201 00:11:41,360 --> 00:11:45,560 Noah began to be a man of the soil, and he planted a vineyard, 202 00:11:46,040 --> 00:11:49,080 and he drank of the wine and became drunk and lay uncovered 203 00:11:49,080 --> 00:11:51,880 in his tent. And Ham, the father of Canaan, 204 00:11:51,880 --> 00:11:55,280 saw the nakedness of his father and told his two brothers 205 00:11:55,280 --> 00:11:57,920 outside. Then Sham and Japheth took a 206 00:11:57,920 --> 00:12:02,520 garment, laid it on both their shoulders, and walked backward 207 00:12:02,520 --> 00:12:05,160 and covered their nakedness, the nakedness of their father. 208 00:12:05,800 --> 00:12:08,720 Their faces were turned backward and they did not see their 209 00:12:08,720 --> 00:12:12,160 father's nakedness. Verse 24, When Noah woke from 210 00:12:12,160 --> 00:12:16,040 his wine and knew what his youngest son had done to him. 211 00:12:16,240 --> 00:12:18,520 And we'll talk about what that is in the next point. 212 00:12:19,280 --> 00:12:22,560 But notice that Noah was a successful farmer. 213 00:12:23,080 --> 00:12:25,560 Notice it says he was a man of soil. 214 00:12:26,320 --> 00:12:30,560 And so at the beginning of creation, agriculture sprung up, 215 00:12:30,560 --> 00:12:34,720 and now after the flood, agriculture begins to blossom 216 00:12:34,720 --> 00:12:37,600 once again. If you look at verses 20 through 217 00:12:37,600 --> 00:12:41,560 27, you see the similarities to the first creation and the 218 00:12:41,560 --> 00:12:46,480 establishment of man on earth. First of all, the planting of a 219 00:12:46,480 --> 00:12:49,640 specifically cultivated area, a vineyard. 220 00:12:50,160 --> 00:12:54,280 We see that here in verse 20. We see that in Genesis 28, we 221 00:12:54,280 --> 00:12:57,560 see the partaking of the fruit, specially cultivated areas 222 00:12:57,560 --> 00:13:00,720 producing wine. And we see this in this passage 223 00:13:00,720 --> 00:13:07,400 where Noah is drinking wine that he has been able to harvest the 224 00:13:07,400 --> 00:13:10,320 grapes and make into wine. And we see the result was 225 00:13:10,320 --> 00:13:14,440 nakedness in Genesis 37. And then we see the nakedness 226 00:13:14,440 --> 00:13:18,800 had to be covered in Genesis 321 when God had to kill animals and 227 00:13:18,800 --> 00:13:24,520 put skins over Adam and Eve. So the brothers covered Noah's 228 00:13:24,520 --> 00:13:27,040 nakedness and then the pronouncement of a curse against 229 00:13:27,040 --> 00:13:30,200 the snake, the ground, and the pains of childbirth, to name a 230 00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:33,920 few consequences of sin. And we're going to see a curse 231 00:13:34,440 --> 00:13:37,320 proclaimed and declared by Noah in just a moment. 232 00:13:38,080 --> 00:13:40,920 But one thing we keep mentioning for emphasis is that the flood 233 00:13:40,920 --> 00:13:43,360 did not resolve the depravity of man. 234 00:13:43,800 --> 00:13:48,160 You would think in a generation or two after this great flood, 235 00:13:49,360 --> 00:13:52,840 and it whittled it down to just eight people, that people would 236 00:13:52,840 --> 00:13:57,440 remember and think about it. But no man became more and more 237 00:13:57,440 --> 00:14:00,080 and more depraved as time went on. 238 00:14:00,760 --> 00:14:02,760 It's just like us. If we're not careful, we can 239 00:14:02,760 --> 00:14:07,360 develop spiritual amnesia. We see God do miraculous things 240 00:14:07,360 --> 00:14:11,040 in our life, and sometimes when we get to the next circumstance, 241 00:14:11,040 --> 00:14:13,240 it's difficult. The next trial or the 242 00:14:13,240 --> 00:14:18,360 tribulation, we kind of forget about what God did in the past 243 00:14:18,360 --> 00:14:21,320 in a miraculous way. We need to be constantly 244 00:14:21,320 --> 00:14:23,800 reminding ourselves, and that's what the Scriptures do, 245 00:14:24,120 --> 00:14:27,800 especially in the Old Testament. But in this narrative we see the 246 00:14:27,960 --> 00:14:32,200 first major act of depravity, depravity after the flood. 247 00:14:32,800 --> 00:14:35,640 Noah's success led to personal sin. 248 00:14:37,440 --> 00:14:38,880 He was really good at what he did. 249 00:14:38,880 --> 00:14:41,520 He developed his vineyard. He grew the grapes. 250 00:14:41,520 --> 00:14:43,400 He pressed them, made them into wine. 251 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:47,080 But now he becomes drunk with wine. 252 00:14:47,080 --> 00:14:50,360 Now the Bible is very clear in Ephesians 517. 253 00:14:50,360 --> 00:14:54,480 It's OK to drink alcohol in moderation, but drunkenness is a 254 00:14:54,480 --> 00:14:57,800 sin. And so it appears that Noah, as 255 00:14:57,800 --> 00:15:02,520 he became successful, he began to drink, and he was in a 256 00:15:02,520 --> 00:15:05,800 drunken stupor, as we read here, while he was sleeping. 257 00:15:05,800 --> 00:15:09,160 And Ham came into the tent and discovered that his father was 258 00:15:09,160 --> 00:15:12,400 naked. In the Hebrew it says that Ham 259 00:15:12,520 --> 00:15:16,360 went to his brothers and gloated over his dad's drunken state and 260 00:15:16,360 --> 00:15:19,840 nakedness. In Habakkuk 215 it says woe to 261 00:15:19,840 --> 00:15:21,800 him who makes his neighbors drink. 262 00:15:22,280 --> 00:15:25,840 You pour out your wrath and make them drunk in order to gaze at 263 00:15:25,840 --> 00:15:29,040 their nakedness. Proverbs 20 verse one. 264 00:15:29,040 --> 00:15:32,720 Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, and whoever is LED 265 00:15:32,720 --> 00:15:37,240 astray by it is not wise. To the ancients, however, even 266 00:15:37,240 --> 00:15:40,520 seeing one's father naked was a breach of family ethic. 267 00:15:40,960 --> 00:15:43,600 The sanctity of the family was destroyed and the strength of 268 00:15:43,600 --> 00:15:46,200 the father was made into a mockery. 269 00:15:46,640 --> 00:15:49,920 Him apparently stumbled on this accidentally, but went out and 270 00:15:49,920 --> 00:15:54,040 joyfully told his two brothers if it as if he had triumphed or 271 00:15:54,040 --> 00:15:58,320 had something on his father. The wine is said to cheer the 272 00:15:58,320 --> 00:16:04,160 heart in Jude 9, Jude yeah in Jude 9, and then Psalm 10415 and 273 00:16:04,640 --> 00:16:07,400 alleviate the pain of the curse in Proverbs 31. 274 00:16:07,400 --> 00:16:09,760 Six. But it's also clear that has 275 00:16:09,760 --> 00:16:13,560 disturbing effects. What seems to be a trivial 276 00:16:13,560 --> 00:16:17,760 incident becomes a major event. Noah's drunkenness and nakedness 277 00:16:17,760 --> 00:16:21,800 showed that the natures of his three sons would be perpetuated 278 00:16:22,080 --> 00:16:25,480 by their descendants. And Noah's strength and success 279 00:16:25,480 --> 00:16:29,400 and growing grapes led him to lack of self-control and 280 00:16:29,400 --> 00:16:35,040 ultimately to sin. My good friend Scott Pearson, 281 00:16:35,040 --> 00:16:38,640 who was retired pastor from Cornerstone, he said this a 282 00:16:38,640 --> 00:16:41,520 number of years ago and I wrote it down and I've kept it in my 283 00:16:41,520 --> 00:16:44,480 quotes. It says an unguarded strength is 284 00:16:44,480 --> 00:16:48,240 a double weakness. You see, when we think we have 285 00:16:48,240 --> 00:16:51,720 this natural talent OR this great spiritual gift and we're 286 00:16:51,720 --> 00:16:55,720 successful at it, one of the dangers is, is we get proud and 287 00:16:55,720 --> 00:16:58,560 at some point we crossover and think it's all about me. 288 00:16:59,360 --> 00:17:01,760 And then we're vulnerable to sin. 289 00:17:02,760 --> 00:17:05,440 We're vulnerable because we don't see that that's a 290 00:17:05,440 --> 00:17:08,280 weakness, being proud in our strength. 291 00:17:08,800 --> 00:17:10,640 And so we have to guard our hearts. 292 00:17:11,119 --> 00:17:13,960 And so our application here is when our strength becomes our 293 00:17:13,960 --> 00:17:18,000 weakness, we cannot control the consequences of our personal 294 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:21,520 sin. Be careful, don't gloat. 295 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:25,800 Always give glory to God. Always depend upon Him and thank 296 00:17:25,800 --> 00:17:28,840 Him for what he has given you, what He's gifted you to do 297 00:17:28,840 --> 00:17:31,640 naturally or with your spiritual gifts. 298 00:17:32,760 --> 00:17:36,800 Third, because of what happened during the time of Noah's 299 00:17:36,800 --> 00:17:40,640 drunken stupor, the punishment was declared on Canaan. 300 00:17:41,400 --> 00:17:44,400 Look at verses 25 to 27 of Genesis 9. 301 00:17:44,400 --> 00:17:48,480 He, Noah, said cursed be Canaan, a servant of servants shall he 302 00:17:48,480 --> 00:17:51,760 be to his brothers. He also said, Blessed be the 303 00:17:51,760 --> 00:17:56,320 Lord, the God of Shem, and let Canaan be his servant. 304 00:17:57,080 --> 00:18:01,600 May God enlarge Japheth and let him dwell in the tents of Shem, 305 00:18:02,440 --> 00:18:09,320 and let Canaan be his servant. No Notice Noah's curse, Noah's 306 00:18:09,320 --> 00:18:12,680 curse. Noah in his curse references 307 00:18:12,680 --> 00:18:15,440 Canaan, which would have been Ham's youngest son. 308 00:18:16,320 --> 00:18:19,120 Now, some say the punishment was given because of one of four 309 00:18:19,120 --> 00:18:23,000 things that may have occurred. And by the way, we don't know 310 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:27,680 exactly what happened even very clearly through the text in 311 00:18:27,680 --> 00:18:30,320 Hebrew. But here's some thoughts that 312 00:18:30,320 --> 00:18:32,360 some people have, some commentators. 313 00:18:32,640 --> 00:18:34,960 First of all, Ham slept with his mother. 314 00:18:35,880 --> 00:18:39,080 That's the phrase saw the nakedness or uncovered the 315 00:18:39,080 --> 00:18:42,440 nakedness of his father. But we have no evidence or proof 316 00:18:42,440 --> 00:18:45,400 of that from the text. Ham or Kanan could have 317 00:18:45,400 --> 00:18:48,680 castrated Noah. Could be true, maybe, but 318 00:18:48,680 --> 00:18:50,960 there's no proof of that. But Noah didn't have any 319 00:18:50,960 --> 00:18:54,080 children after this. Some believe that Kanan, the 320 00:18:54,080 --> 00:18:58,280 youngest grandson, committed a perverse sexual act with his 321 00:18:58,280 --> 00:19:01,240 grandfather. Others have said that Ham was 322 00:19:01,240 --> 00:19:04,520 involved in a preferred sexual act on his father. 323 00:19:04,520 --> 00:19:07,160 But the Hebrew expression here means what it says. 324 00:19:07,520 --> 00:19:11,960 It simply says Ham saw his father's nakedness in verse 22. 325 00:19:12,520 --> 00:19:15,120 He was not involved with Noah sexually because that is a 326 00:19:15,120 --> 00:19:17,720 different Hebrew word altogether. 327 00:19:18,320 --> 00:19:21,720 Instead, Noah had already uncovered himself and Ham saw 328 00:19:21,720 --> 00:19:24,240 him that way. And so that's how we should 329 00:19:24,240 --> 00:19:27,080 accept what this text is telling us. 330 00:19:27,680 --> 00:19:30,840 So Sham and Ham Japheth go backward with a covering to 331 00:19:30,840 --> 00:19:33,800 cover Noah's nakedness in verse 23. 332 00:19:34,440 --> 00:19:37,640 But in verse 24, Noah awakens from his drunken stupor and 333 00:19:37,640 --> 00:19:41,480 realizes something has happened. Maybe Shem and Japheth informed 334 00:19:41,480 --> 00:19:43,640 him of what happened. We don't know. 335 00:19:43,640 --> 00:19:47,680 But then we see the curse Noah puts on Canaan, his grandson. 336 00:19:48,440 --> 00:19:52,240 Some have said that the verses 24 through 27 give us a glimpse 337 00:19:52,240 --> 00:19:55,680 of Israel's foreign policy going forward. 338 00:19:56,280 --> 00:19:59,800 We see here the third of three curses mentioned in Genesis. 339 00:20:00,200 --> 00:20:04,520 The curse of the serpent, the curse of Cain, and now the curse 340 00:20:04,520 --> 00:20:07,800 of Canaan. Canaan became the father. 341 00:20:08,440 --> 00:20:12,800 Of the Canaanites who became severely sexually deviant people 342 00:20:12,800 --> 00:20:17,480 according to Genesis 10 and Leviticus 18, they were there 343 00:20:17,480 --> 00:20:21,080 and Sodom, Gomorrah, they're part of the the group of people 344 00:20:21,640 --> 00:20:24,320 who were created the immoral wickedness there. 345 00:20:24,320 --> 00:20:27,560 Joshua conquered the Canaanites and made them slaves to the 346 00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:31,680 nation of Israel, which Sham founded through his descendants. 347 00:20:32,120 --> 00:20:34,520 We see the sins of Canaan were passed down to future 348 00:20:34,520 --> 00:20:37,560 generations. It's interesting that Ham is not 349 00:20:37,560 --> 00:20:40,000 mentioned in the curse but his son. 350 00:20:40,520 --> 00:20:44,320 Ham's disposition toward moral abandoned thus bore fruit in the 351 00:20:44,320 --> 00:20:47,720 immoral acts of his descendants the Canaanites. 352 00:20:48,280 --> 00:20:51,680 And according to Leviticus 18, the Canaanites became very 353 00:20:51,680 --> 00:20:55,880 immoral and practiced the habitual life of sexual sin. 354 00:20:56,440 --> 00:20:59,480 No also stated in this curse on Canaan, the Canaan's people 355 00:20:59,480 --> 00:21:02,720 would live in slavery to Shams descendants. 356 00:21:02,720 --> 00:21:07,800 We see that prophecy there in Noah's curse, Leviticus 18 three 357 00:21:07,800 --> 00:21:11,640 says you should not do, God said as they do in the land of Egypt 358 00:21:11,920 --> 00:21:14,280 where you lived and where you shall not do as they do in the 359 00:21:14,280 --> 00:21:17,600 land of Canaan, to which I'm bringing you, you shall not walk 360 00:21:17,600 --> 00:21:21,760 in their statutes. God said from this, don't be a 361 00:21:21,760 --> 00:21:26,160 part of those who disobey me as you go into the promised land. 362 00:21:27,960 --> 00:21:33,000 Now, I grew up for what, 15-16 years in the South? 363 00:21:33,160 --> 00:21:38,200 Maybe some of you've never heard this taken from this passage of 364 00:21:38,200 --> 00:21:42,360 Scripture, but there's a serious misinterpretation of the curse 365 00:21:42,360 --> 00:21:46,880 on Ham's grandson that's led to horrific teaching by too many 366 00:21:46,880 --> 00:21:50,880 Christian pastors and teachers. When I was in seminary, one of 367 00:21:50,880 --> 00:21:54,880 the commentators that they want us to read was Jameson Fawcett 368 00:21:54,880 --> 00:21:56,880 Brown. And when I looked at his 369 00:21:56,880 --> 00:22:00,120 commentary on these verses, look at what he says. 370 00:22:00,120 --> 00:22:03,160 This doom has been fulfilled and the destruction of the 371 00:22:03,160 --> 00:22:07,160 Canaanites and the degradation of Egypt and the slavery of the 372 00:22:07,160 --> 00:22:09,200 Africans, the descendants of Ham. 373 00:22:10,040 --> 00:22:14,320 You see they believe the curse of Ham caused the African people 374 00:22:14,320 --> 00:22:19,200 to be black and to be LED into slavery and that was part of 375 00:22:19,200 --> 00:22:23,360 God's will because of the curse. This is a false interpretation. 376 00:22:23,840 --> 00:22:26,440 Ham's youngest grandson was cursed and resulted his 377 00:22:26,440 --> 00:22:29,560 descendants were black skinned and became African people. 378 00:22:30,120 --> 00:22:32,360 And the thought is because of this curse, they're deemed 379 00:22:32,360 --> 00:22:35,600 inferior and condemned to a life of slavery for coming 380 00:22:35,920 --> 00:22:38,840 generations. This is where Christians and 381 00:22:38,840 --> 00:22:41,360 other countries and in the beginning of our country 382 00:22:41,360 --> 00:22:44,920 justified slavery. The curse of Ham it's called. 383 00:22:45,280 --> 00:22:48,080 It's an erroneous teaching. And I wish I had more time to 384 00:22:48,080 --> 00:22:51,800 talk about this, but this is what justified in some ways, the 385 00:22:51,800 --> 00:22:55,520 South supporting slavery heading into the Civil War. 386 00:22:55,920 --> 00:23:00,040 They use this verse, this passage to support their reasons 387 00:23:00,040 --> 00:23:02,120 for it. But here's what we should 388 00:23:02,120 --> 00:23:06,040 believe as believers in Christ. First of all, you'll see these 389 00:23:06,040 --> 00:23:09,160 on the screen. All men and women are created 390 00:23:09,160 --> 00:23:14,360 equal and made in the image of God all across the board. 391 00:23:14,360 --> 00:23:18,000 There's no room for prejudice for us as Christians. 392 00:23:18,240 --> 00:23:21,240 Second of all, we're all one race, the human race with 393 00:23:21,240 --> 00:23:25,000 diverse ethnicities. Thirdly, the cross and the 394 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:28,640 gospel in Ephesians 2 is the only hope for reconciliation 395 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:32,520 between ethnicities. This is important. 396 00:23:32,960 --> 00:23:36,440 In Ephesians 2 it says that Christ died on the cross and he 397 00:23:36,440 --> 00:23:39,200 tore down the dividing wall of hostility. 398 00:23:39,880 --> 00:23:44,240 The Jews were not supposed to be with the Gentiles, but now that 399 00:23:44,240 --> 00:23:47,520 has changed. They're now Jewish believers and 400 00:23:47,520 --> 00:23:51,280 Gentile believers are allowed to worship together, to break bread 401 00:23:51,280 --> 00:23:53,840 together, to fellowship with one another. 402 00:23:54,280 --> 00:24:00,040 And so we see the breaking of the divide between ethnicities. 403 00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:03,280 And fourthly, were to accept diversity of cultures and 404 00:24:03,280 --> 00:24:07,600 ethnicity as God's creative work among his special creation. 405 00:24:08,160 --> 00:24:13,120 It's great to go to African American church or a charismatic 406 00:24:13,120 --> 00:24:17,200 church or different cultures. I've been to Kenya and to see 407 00:24:17,200 --> 00:24:22,040 them dance in their beautiful outfits, the ladies and a guy 408 00:24:22,040 --> 00:24:25,960 beating a bucket with his drumsticks and worshipping. 409 00:24:26,280 --> 00:24:29,000 There's all kinds of ways and we gather around the throne. 410 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:32,600 It says in Roman and Revelation chapter 5, we're going to 411 00:24:32,800 --> 00:24:37,840 celebrate who God is from every tribe and every nation and every 412 00:24:37,920 --> 00:24:41,160 language together. So diversity is good. 413 00:24:42,320 --> 00:24:45,200 We should celebrate that. We should encourage that. 414 00:24:45,880 --> 00:24:49,120 Let's look. Lastly and Noah's blessing. 415 00:24:49,440 --> 00:24:52,440 We saw his curse, but he did give a blessing here as well. 416 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:57,680 Noah's words elevate his first son, Shem, and who would be 417 00:24:57,680 --> 00:25:01,600 Keenan, subsequent master. This shows that there will be 418 00:25:01,600 --> 00:25:05,160 strife among the siblings. Japheth, who is the youngest 419 00:25:05,160 --> 00:25:08,320 son, is giving a blessing that his descendants will populate 420 00:25:08,320 --> 00:25:13,240 much of the land and prosper. Notice the words enlargement and 421 00:25:13,240 --> 00:25:16,480 dwell in tents. They would be nomadic people 422 00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:20,000 traveling, but they would have vast amounts of land. 423 00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:23,440 And let's look at the last two verses in this chapter. 424 00:25:23,440 --> 00:25:28,480 As we wrap this chapter up, says after the flood, Noah lived 350 425 00:25:28,480 --> 00:25:32,200 years. All the days of Noah were 950 426 00:25:32,200 --> 00:25:38,080 years, and he died. This present document between 427 00:25:38,080 --> 00:25:42,440 the old world and the new, IT has a double character being the 428 00:25:42,440 --> 00:25:46,840 close of history before the flood and now the beginning of 429 00:25:46,840 --> 00:25:50,280 life after the flood. As the civilization, 430 00:25:50,400 --> 00:25:53,960 civilization grew and they continued to walk with God after 431 00:25:53,960 --> 00:25:57,080 the flood. Noah was a hero in the Bible, 432 00:25:57,080 --> 00:26:01,040 but like many as he got older he gave in to the temptations of 433 00:26:01,040 --> 00:26:05,160 the flesh and he had the 1 scar in his life that we remember. 434 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:09,360 That's why Paul writes in First Corinthians chapter 10 and verse 435 00:26:09,360 --> 00:26:12,800 11. Now these things happen to them 436 00:26:12,800 --> 00:26:17,320 as an example, but they were written down for our instruction 437 00:26:17,720 --> 00:26:20,600 on whom the end of the ages has come. 438 00:26:21,760 --> 00:26:25,560 One of the great things that was instilled in me as a young 439 00:26:25,560 --> 00:26:31,080 believer in Christ was the idea that when you read the Bible, 440 00:26:31,640 --> 00:26:35,720 you see the scars of great men and women to learn from their 441 00:26:35,720 --> 00:26:39,680 example so you can avoid the consequences of sin, the 442 00:26:39,680 --> 00:26:44,080 heartache of disobedience, and the results of those actions in 443 00:26:44,080 --> 00:26:47,280 your life. We think of David, a man after 444 00:26:47,280 --> 00:26:49,480 God's own heart. That's what God called him. 445 00:26:50,200 --> 00:26:54,760 And then he got into adultery and murder and he sought 446 00:26:54,760 --> 00:26:57,160 forgiveness. In Psalm 51, at the end of his 447 00:26:57,160 --> 00:27:00,440 life, God said he was still a man after his own heart. 448 00:27:01,320 --> 00:27:05,760 I think it's all allowing Christians to be killed, putting 449 00:27:05,760 --> 00:27:11,080 them in prison, and yet he becomes Paul and does miraculous 450 00:27:11,080 --> 00:27:15,040 things. And so God can redeem the things 451 00:27:15,040 --> 00:27:18,040 in our lives. But if we look at our lives and 452 00:27:18,040 --> 00:27:21,680 look at what the Bible says, we can avoid those consequences, 453 00:27:21,680 --> 00:27:25,640 those heartaches, if we learn from the examples that are 454 00:27:25,640 --> 00:27:28,760 written therein. So this begs the question, what 455 00:27:28,760 --> 00:27:31,640 kind of legacy will we leave behind? 456 00:27:32,360 --> 00:27:34,760 What kind of legacy will we leave behind? 457 00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:39,280 The application, The integrity or sin of a person will affect 458 00:27:39,280 --> 00:27:43,200 future descendants. How you live your life. 459 00:27:44,320 --> 00:27:48,120 What do you want your kids and your grandkids to remember when 460 00:27:48,120 --> 00:27:52,360 they shuffle through your papers, your pictures, the 461 00:27:52,360 --> 00:27:55,240 memories in their minds? What do you want them to 462 00:27:55,240 --> 00:27:59,800 remember about you? Yes, you've done some things 463 00:27:59,800 --> 00:28:01,720 wrong. Yes, you forgot forgiveness. 464 00:28:01,720 --> 00:28:06,080 Now you're walking blameless, but what kind of a legacy are 465 00:28:06,080 --> 00:28:08,560 you leaving behind? And as we look at our key 466 00:28:08,560 --> 00:28:13,280 thought just before we pray, God will bless us if we exhibit 467 00:28:13,280 --> 00:28:18,440 self-control over our sinful flesh and stay obedient to Him. 468 00:28:19,280 --> 00:28:23,520 God will bless us if we exhibit self-control over our sinful 469 00:28:23,520 --> 00:28:26,000 flesh and stay obedient to Him. God will bless us if we exhibit 470 00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:28,440 self-control over our sinful flesh and stay obedient to Him. 471 00:28:28,480 --> 00:28:30,320 As we pray, let's bow our heads and our hearts. 472 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:33,600 I just want to give you a challenge today. 473 00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:37,760 Maybe you're here today. Maybe you want to say from this 474 00:28:37,760 --> 00:28:40,120 day forward, I want to be more intentional. 475 00:28:40,120 --> 00:28:46,640 Intentional and living out my faith as an example for my kids, 476 00:28:46,760 --> 00:28:50,280 for my grandkids. Some of us in here, we've lived 477 00:28:50,280 --> 00:28:54,440 a pretty long life of sin, but God has forgiven us and washed 478 00:28:54,440 --> 00:28:57,960 that all the way and we can move forward from here we are today. 479 00:28:58,720 --> 00:29:03,280 For others of us that may be just to rededicate ourselves to 480 00:29:03,960 --> 00:29:07,760 going to church, to having conversations with our kids and 481 00:29:07,760 --> 00:29:11,640 our grandkids and then walking the talk as I talked about the 482 00:29:11,640 --> 00:29:15,800 very beginning of the service in the illustration to make an 483 00:29:15,800 --> 00:29:21,040 impact and a difference in your kids and grandkids lives never 484 00:29:21,040 --> 00:29:23,720 get bad and every eye closed. Maybe here today, maybe say, you 485 00:29:23,720 --> 00:29:28,080 know, I want to continue to dedicate myself to do that, or 486 00:29:28,080 --> 00:29:31,160 today I want to begin to dedicate myself to do that. 487 00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:33,560 Just slip your hand up so I can pray for you. 488 00:29:33,560 --> 00:29:38,720 Say I want to build a legacy that my kids, yes, will find me. 489 00:29:38,720 --> 00:29:42,360 Yes, will find me faithful. Then when I look through all 490 00:29:42,360 --> 00:29:46,520 this stuff and look through our Bibles, they'll see that we had 491 00:29:46,520 --> 00:29:49,320 a relationship with God. Anyone else before we pray 492 00:29:49,320 --> 00:29:53,160 today? Yes, Father, you see these 493 00:29:53,160 --> 00:29:54,640 hands. You know the hearts. 494 00:29:54,640 --> 00:29:57,560 Lord, I just thank you, Lord, that we can learn. 495 00:29:58,240 --> 00:30:00,760 We can learn from so many people in Scripture. 496 00:30:00,760 --> 00:30:03,720 And Noah's a simple one of the cases. 497 00:30:03,720 --> 00:30:06,440 Lord, as we looked at today, what a great man. 498 00:30:06,960 --> 00:30:09,960 He found the favor and grace of God when it was time to build an 499 00:30:09,960 --> 00:30:12,280 ark when no one knew what rain was. 500 00:30:12,280 --> 00:30:16,640 And he must have been laughed at and mocked at for 120 years as 501 00:30:16,640 --> 00:30:20,760 he built this ark. And then God closed the door 502 00:30:20,760 --> 00:30:25,680 with his family members and the animals, and he was found 503 00:30:25,680 --> 00:30:30,360 faithful to do what you wanted. And Lord, despite this blemish, 504 00:30:31,080 --> 00:30:34,240 he leaves a godly legacy. May us, despite our blemishes, 505 00:30:34,760 --> 00:30:39,720 be found forgiven and blameless and setting the example for the 506 00:30:39,720 --> 00:30:43,600 next generation and the next generations to come through our 507 00:30:43,600 --> 00:30:46,400 descendants. We pray and ask these things in 508 00:30:46,400 --> 00:30:49,960 the powerful name of Jesus. Amen.