WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.339 Genesis chapter 6, we're going to have a special group in a couple of weeks sing the 00:00:06.339 --> 00:00:12.500 Don't Sing a Bit people, people that sit out there with their arms crossed and never sing a word. 00:00:12.599 --> 00:00:17.640 We're going to pull you out, we got you on camera, and we're going to bring you up here and see how you do. 00:00:17.640 --> 00:00:32.079 We'll never have all of our questions answered about historical events of history that are recorded in the Bible. 00:00:33.740 --> 00:00:39.159 We'll never get all the questions answered about any history, quite honestly. 00:00:39.159 --> 00:00:53.419 Biblical history is extra tough because God told us what we need to know, but He didn't necessarily tell us everything we want to know, everything we're curious about. 00:00:54.500 --> 00:01:06.299 But I want us to dive in this morning, look at some answers, go deep into the flood, and explore some common questions about the flood. 00:01:06.299 --> 00:01:09.039 Are there clear answers about it? 00:01:09.159 --> 00:01:09.759 Sometimes. 00:01:10.899 --> 00:01:17.359 Let me tell you some of what I think, but more importantly, what I know and why I know it. 00:01:17.459 --> 00:01:21.140 Genesis chapter 6, beginning in verse 11, says, 00:01:21.299 --> 00:01:25.099 Now the earth was corrupt in God's sight, and the earth was filled with violence. 00:01:26.140 --> 00:01:34.859 God saw the earth, and behold, it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth. 00:01:34.859 --> 00:01:41.560 And God said to Noah, I have determined to make an end of all flesh, for the earth is filled with violence through them. 00:01:42.200 --> 00:01:44.400 Behold, I will destroy them with the earth. 00:01:45.980 --> 00:01:48.280 Make yourself an ark of gopher wood. 00:01:49.319 --> 00:01:52.780 Make rooms in the ark and cover it inside and out with pitch. 00:01:52.780 --> 00:01:55.320 This is how you are to make it. 00:01:55.320 --> 00:01:58.900 The length of the ark, 300 cubits. 00:01:59.960 --> 00:02:02.240 Its breadth, 50 cubits. 00:02:02.700 --> 00:02:05.219 And its height, 30 cubits. 00:02:06.019 --> 00:02:08.039 Make a roof for the ark. 00:02:08.039 --> 00:02:20.519 Make it with lower, second, and third decks. 00:02:20.519 --> 00:02:29.819 For behold, I will bring a flood of water upon the earth to destroy all flesh in which it is the breath of life under heaven. 00:02:29.819 --> 00:02:33.699 Everything that is on the earth shall die. 00:02:34.699 --> 00:02:42.400 But I will establish my covenant with you, and you shall come into the ark, you, your sons, your wife, and your son's wife, with you. 00:02:42.859 --> 00:02:50.459 And of every living thing of all flesh, you shall bring two of every sort into the ark to keep them alive with you. 00:02:50.939 --> 00:02:53.759 They shall be male and female. 00:02:53.759 --> 00:02:56.560 Of the birds, according to their kinds. 00:02:57.159 --> 00:02:59.400 And of the animals, according to their kinds. 00:02:59.819 --> 00:03:04.340 And of creeping thing of the ground, according to its kind. 00:03:04.900 --> 00:03:10.579 Two of every sort shall come in to you to keep them alive. 00:03:11.599 --> 00:03:16.459 Also, take with you every sort of food that is eaten and store it up. 00:03:17.180 --> 00:03:20.079 It shall serve as food for you and for them. 00:03:21.159 --> 00:03:22.799 And Noah did this. 00:03:23.719 --> 00:03:25.340 It's an important passage right here. 00:03:25.340 --> 00:03:30.000 He did all that God commanded him. 00:03:31.620 --> 00:03:38.500 Now, the story is that God told Noah to build an ark. 00:03:38.680 --> 00:03:42.099 And Noah was to put these animals in the ark. 00:03:42.500 --> 00:03:48.539 It goes on to tell us that he was to put seven pair of clean animals in the ark. 00:03:48.539 --> 00:03:55.419 And once all those were in the ark, God shut the door, as Scripture says. 00:03:56.060 --> 00:03:59.780 And seven days later, the rain came. 00:04:00.819 --> 00:04:05.239 And it rained and it flooded for 40 days and 40 nights. 00:04:06.180 --> 00:04:10.139 Scripture says that the fountains of the great deep burst forth. 00:04:10.139 --> 00:04:15.319 And the windows of heaven also came. 00:04:15.659 --> 00:04:19.099 So, water was coming up and water was coming down. 00:04:20.639 --> 00:04:22.360 And it stayed flooded. 00:04:22.719 --> 00:04:24.159 Rain for 40 days and 40 nights. 00:04:24.419 --> 00:04:27.560 The earth stayed flooded for 150 days. 00:04:27.560 --> 00:04:34.620 After 150 days, the ark landed on Mount Ararat. 00:04:36.139 --> 00:04:38.060 And he sent a raven out. 00:04:39.120 --> 00:04:40.459 And then he sent a dove out. 00:04:40.860 --> 00:04:44.079 And after the dove had been out for a while, it came back with an olive leaf. 00:04:44.160 --> 00:04:45.699 And he knew they were getting somewhere then. 00:04:46.259 --> 00:04:47.660 He sent it back out. 00:04:47.779 --> 00:04:49.319 And it never came back. 00:04:49.480 --> 00:04:53.340 And he knew then that the flood was over. 00:04:53.339 --> 00:05:02.079 So, some questions that people often ask or at least think. 00:05:03.639 --> 00:05:08.139 One is, was the flood really worldwide? 00:05:10.399 --> 00:05:14.199 The Smithsonian Magazine released an article in 2000 00:05:14.199 --> 00:05:19.799 that discussed that there was a worldwide flood thousands of years ago. 00:05:19.800 --> 00:05:24.180 And two Columbia University geologists. 00:05:24.280 --> 00:05:25.300 You ever heard of Columbia University? 00:05:26.020 --> 00:05:27.319 Okay, you got the picture. 00:05:27.939 --> 00:05:34.460 Two Columbia University geologists took core samples out of the Black Sea 00:05:34.460 --> 00:05:39.519 and noticed that in those samples were uncharacteristic river mud. 00:05:40.519 --> 00:05:44.400 And there was shell hash there as well. 00:05:44.960 --> 00:05:48.860 Both of them spoke of that being salt water. 00:05:48.860 --> 00:05:55.420 And at some point, salt water and fresh water mixed together due to a flood. 00:05:56.319 --> 00:06:01.139 And they said with such a flood as that, that the bedrock was cut 00:06:01.139 --> 00:06:06.860 and channels were dug as deep as 300 feet deep. 00:06:07.580 --> 00:06:12.439 And the remains of animals were left in the bottom of that lake. 00:06:12.439 --> 00:06:18.779 Scientists also say that salt water in that same occurrence 00:06:18.779 --> 00:06:26.899 gushed in creating a waterfall 200 times the volume of Niagara Falls 00:06:26.899 --> 00:06:35.120 with enough cascading water coming forth to cover Manhattan 00:06:35.120 --> 00:06:43.699 to a depth, this article in 2000, to a depth two times the height of the World Trade Center. 00:06:44.800 --> 00:06:48.600 And the height of the World Trade Center was right at 1,800 feet. 00:06:49.819 --> 00:06:52.800 So in other words, 3,600 feet deep. 00:06:52.800 --> 00:07:01.639 The rush of water for such as that would have been heard 100 miles away. 00:07:02.360 --> 00:07:07.340 ABC News reported in 2012 that Robert Ballard, 00:07:08.080 --> 00:07:10.259 who is the man who found the Titanic, 00:07:11.259 --> 00:07:16.900 wanted to question these theories of these Columbia University geologists. 00:07:16.899 --> 00:07:21.120 He is an oceanography archaeologist. 00:07:22.079 --> 00:07:27.219 And he affirmed that there was evidence of a catastrophic flood 00:07:27.219 --> 00:07:32.560 that changed the shorelines and that appeared to happen about, 00:07:32.639 --> 00:07:35.500 in his words, 5,000 years ago. 00:07:36.739 --> 00:07:40.179 Now, you read up on that, not while I'm preaching but later, 00:07:40.500 --> 00:07:45.500 and you'll find that the science community does not like that talk a whole lot. 00:07:45.500 --> 00:07:47.079 They don't deal with that. 00:07:47.939 --> 00:07:52.000 So how do you trust that the flood was worldwide? 00:07:53.060 --> 00:07:54.660 Because I trust the Bible. 00:07:55.279 --> 00:07:56.240 That's why. 00:07:57.220 --> 00:07:58.420 Notice what it says. 00:07:58.800 --> 00:08:05.800 In Genesis 7, verse 19, it says that all the mountains were covered with water 00:08:05.800 --> 00:08:09.639 by as much as 15 cubits. 00:08:10.300 --> 00:08:12.000 A cubic is a foot and a half. 00:08:12.000 --> 00:08:17.120 So all mountains were covered with at least 22 feet of water. 00:08:18.079 --> 00:08:20.180 Verse 20 tells us about that depth. 00:08:21.079 --> 00:08:26.339 It continues to tell us that every living land animal and human died 00:08:26.339 --> 00:08:28.899 and was blotted out except that that was on the ark. 00:08:29.540 --> 00:08:32.440 Further evidence is that it was worldwide, 00:08:33.000 --> 00:08:35.480 is found in the size of the ark. 00:08:35.580 --> 00:08:36.399 Think about this for a minute. 00:08:36.399 --> 00:08:40.819 Why do you save all the animals and their species 00:08:40.819 --> 00:08:45.919 if they could have escaped because the flood was not worldwide? 00:08:47.360 --> 00:08:49.459 But Genesis chapter 6, verse 1, 00:08:49.980 --> 00:08:53.620 gives us indication that the whole earth was populated. 00:08:55.199 --> 00:08:57.639 And Genesis 7, verse 21 tells us 00:08:57.639 --> 00:09:01.779 that nobody was left except those on the ark when it was done. 00:09:01.779 --> 00:09:05.199 Genesis chapter 8, verse 15 tells us 00:09:05.199 --> 00:09:11.379 that God promises not to destroy all living things with the flood again. 00:09:12.480 --> 00:09:13.459 Listen, my friend. 00:09:14.079 --> 00:09:15.759 God would not have needed to promise 00:09:15.759 --> 00:09:19.000 to not destroy all living things in a flood again 00:09:19.000 --> 00:09:22.319 unless he had destroyed all living things in a flood previously. 00:09:22.320 --> 00:09:27.480 Actually, the global extent of the flood 00:09:27.480 --> 00:09:32.660 is referred to 30 times in Genesis chapter 6 00:09:32.660 --> 00:09:34.720 through Genesis chapter 9. 00:09:35.700 --> 00:09:38.020 I'm telling you, my friend, it was global. 00:09:39.100 --> 00:09:41.020 Second question sometimes people ask me is, 00:09:41.140 --> 00:09:42.040 was the ark real? 00:09:42.940 --> 00:09:43.520 I mean, really? 00:09:43.600 --> 00:09:44.780 Did he really build that boat? 00:09:44.840 --> 00:09:45.740 I know there's one in Kentucky, 00:09:45.860 --> 00:09:48.660 but I mean, did Noah really build that boat, you know? 00:09:48.659 --> 00:09:54.179 Well, Scripture tells us that it stopped on the mountains of Ararat. 00:09:54.620 --> 00:09:56.360 That's in Genesis 8, verse 4. 00:09:57.819 --> 00:10:00.439 There have been many sightings on that mountain 00:10:00.439 --> 00:10:03.719 or in the surrounding area of what looked like an ark, 00:10:03.839 --> 00:10:06.600 none of which have been proven true or false. 00:10:08.219 --> 00:10:11.279 Josephus, which was a historian contemporary 00:10:11.279 --> 00:10:12.559 with the New Testament, first century, 00:10:12.919 --> 00:10:17.019 Josephus wrote that a generation after the life of Christ 00:10:17.019 --> 00:10:21.039 that Arminians would often get small pieces of the ark 00:10:21.039 --> 00:10:24.539 to wear as an amulet around their neck. 00:10:25.419 --> 00:10:28.699 Several other historians of that time spoke of the same thing. 00:10:29.759 --> 00:10:31.679 There was a monastery that was built. 00:10:32.500 --> 00:10:34.419 It's been destroyed by an earthquake since, 00:10:34.519 --> 00:10:38.259 but it was built to mark the spot where the ark rested 00:10:38.259 --> 00:10:40.600 and to preserve the relics there. 00:10:40.600 --> 00:10:43.940 And there are ancient inscriptions there 00:10:43.940 --> 00:10:47.899 of eight crosses into stones there. 00:10:48.879 --> 00:10:52.279 Now, listen, eight people were on that ark. 00:10:52.879 --> 00:10:57.980 Noah, his wife, his sons, and their wives. 00:10:58.060 --> 00:10:59.960 For those who are slow at math, Noah. 00:10:59.960 --> 00:11:07.639 An Arminian and his father searched the area in 1856 00:11:07.639 --> 00:11:10.700 to disprove the ark. 00:11:11.220 --> 00:11:14.580 They became enraged when they found evidence there. 00:11:15.379 --> 00:11:18.019 They tried to destroy it, but it was too big, 00:11:18.540 --> 00:11:19.620 and it was petrified. 00:11:20.620 --> 00:11:23.259 And his dying confession of his find 00:11:23.259 --> 00:11:27.720 was recorded in 1918 in an English newspaper. 00:11:27.720 --> 00:11:32.700 In 1876, a distinguished British author 00:11:32.700 --> 00:11:37.580 found a four-foot-long piece of hand-tooled timber 00:11:37.580 --> 00:11:42.000 while climbing at 13,000 feet. 00:11:43.639 --> 00:11:47.759 Ararat is 16,800 feet tall. 00:11:48.940 --> 00:11:52.379 In 1883, after an earthquake 00:11:52.379 --> 00:11:56.680 that caused huge quantities of rock and ice 00:11:56.679 --> 00:11:58.899 to be dislodged from the mountain, 00:11:59.599 --> 00:12:02.620 the British paper, Prophetic Messenger, 00:12:03.339 --> 00:12:04.839 carried the following story. 00:12:05.579 --> 00:12:06.099 It said, 00:12:06.219 --> 00:12:08.159 We have received from our correspondent 00:12:08.159 --> 00:12:11.239 of the return of the commissioners 00:12:11.239 --> 00:12:13.500 appointed by the Turkish government 00:12:13.500 --> 00:12:17.039 to inquire into the reported destruction 00:12:17.039 --> 00:12:20.059 of three cities by avalanches. 00:12:21.059 --> 00:12:23.319 The expedition was fortunate 00:12:23.320 --> 00:12:24.660 in making a discovery 00:12:24.660 --> 00:12:26.480 that cannot fail to be of interest 00:12:26.480 --> 00:12:28.080 to the whole civilized world, 00:12:28.480 --> 00:12:29.800 for among the vastness 00:12:29.800 --> 00:12:32.040 of one of the glens of Mount Ararat, 00:12:32.540 --> 00:12:33.780 glens of Mount Ararat, 00:12:34.060 --> 00:12:38.480 there came upon a gigantic structure 00:12:38.480 --> 00:12:40.080 of very dark wood 00:12:40.080 --> 00:12:43.200 embedded at the foot of one of the glaciers 00:12:43.200 --> 00:12:45.400 with one end protruding, 00:12:45.920 --> 00:12:47.740 in which they believed to be none other 00:12:47.740 --> 00:12:49.280 than the old ark in which Noah 00:12:49.280 --> 00:12:51.340 and his family navigated the waters 00:12:51.340 --> 00:12:52.440 of the deluge. 00:12:53.440 --> 00:12:55.600 The place where discovery was made 00:12:55.600 --> 00:12:57.500 is about a five-day's journey 00:12:57.500 --> 00:13:00.139 from Trebizoran 00:13:00.139 --> 00:13:02.680 in the Department of Van 00:13:02.680 --> 00:13:04.040 in Armenia, 00:13:04.519 --> 00:13:05.780 about four leagues 00:13:05.780 --> 00:13:08.280 from the Persian frontier, 00:13:08.420 --> 00:13:08.920 end of quote. 00:13:09.920 --> 00:13:10.980 This report, 00:13:11.460 --> 00:13:13.399 only a portion of which is cited here, 00:13:13.879 --> 00:13:15.420 was picked up and commented 00:13:15.420 --> 00:13:17.540 at that time by the New York Herald 00:13:17.539 --> 00:13:19.539 and by the world 00:13:19.539 --> 00:13:21.539 and by the Chicago Tribune. 00:13:22.799 --> 00:13:23.879 In 1887, 00:13:24.759 --> 00:13:26.759 an explorer discovered pieces of it. 00:13:27.459 --> 00:13:28.919 He made three climbs up there, 00:13:29.500 --> 00:13:30.500 presented his evidence 00:13:30.500 --> 00:13:33.339 at Chicago's World Fair in 1893. 00:13:34.399 --> 00:13:36.879 Belgian explorers got interested in it, 00:13:37.439 --> 00:13:38.559 wanted to go see it, 00:13:38.819 --> 00:13:40.139 but the Turkish government, 00:13:40.139 --> 00:13:42.360 which is common in this situation, 00:13:42.860 --> 00:13:43.899 would not allow them 00:13:43.899 --> 00:13:45.240 to obtain permits 00:13:45.240 --> 00:13:47.840 for further expeditions. 00:13:48.939 --> 00:13:50.500 Six Turkish soldiers 00:13:50.500 --> 00:13:52.500 claimed to have spotted it 00:13:52.500 --> 00:13:54.059 in 1916. 00:13:54.500 --> 00:13:55.840 In 1936, 00:13:55.939 --> 00:13:57.139 an archaeologist found 00:13:57.139 --> 00:13:58.639 hand-carved timber 00:13:58.639 --> 00:14:00.740 on top of Ararat. 00:14:01.659 --> 00:14:02.720 During World War II, 00:14:03.340 --> 00:14:04.879 two American aviators 00:14:04.879 --> 00:14:05.559 took pictures 00:14:05.559 --> 00:14:07.000 of what they believed 00:14:07.000 --> 00:14:08.600 to be the ark. 00:14:09.480 --> 00:14:10.639 And an AP article 00:14:10.639 --> 00:14:14.779 was recorded about the following 00:14:14.779 --> 00:14:15.679 in 1948. 00:14:15.879 --> 00:14:16.399 It said this. 00:14:16.919 --> 00:14:17.220 It said, 00:14:17.319 --> 00:14:18.620 The petrified remains 00:14:18.620 --> 00:14:19.399 of an object 00:14:19.399 --> 00:14:20.939 which peasants insist 00:14:20.939 --> 00:14:22.019 resemble a ship 00:14:22.019 --> 00:14:23.419 have been found 00:14:23.419 --> 00:14:25.080 high on Mount Ararat, 00:14:25.659 --> 00:14:27.439 biblical landing place 00:14:27.439 --> 00:14:28.279 of Noah's Ark. 00:14:28.860 --> 00:14:30.519 Apparently hidden for centuries, 00:14:30.899 --> 00:14:31.939 it came to light 00:14:31.939 --> 00:14:32.759 last summer 00:14:32.759 --> 00:14:35.019 when unusually warm weather 00:14:35.019 --> 00:14:36.039 melted away, 00:14:36.580 --> 00:14:37.860 an ancient mantle 00:14:37.860 --> 00:14:39.639 of ice and snow. 00:14:39.639 --> 00:14:41.840 While various persons 00:14:41.840 --> 00:14:42.679 from time to time 00:14:42.679 --> 00:14:43.659 have reported objects 00:14:43.659 --> 00:14:44.980 resembling a house 00:14:44.980 --> 00:14:46.080 or ship 00:14:46.080 --> 00:14:47.139 on the mountain, 00:14:47.799 --> 00:14:48.740 Turks who have seen 00:14:48.740 --> 00:14:49.500 this new find 00:14:49.500 --> 00:14:50.600 professed for it to be 00:14:50.600 --> 00:14:52.600 the only known object 00:14:52.600 --> 00:14:53.659 which could actually 00:14:53.659 --> 00:14:54.319 be taken 00:14:54.319 --> 00:14:56.000 as the remains 00:14:56.000 --> 00:14:57.259 of ship. 00:14:58.580 --> 00:14:59.759 George Green 00:14:59.759 --> 00:15:01.559 was a geologist 00:15:01.559 --> 00:15:03.419 that took pictures 00:15:03.419 --> 00:15:05.000 of an ark-like item 00:15:05.000 --> 00:15:06.059 in 1953 00:15:06.059 --> 00:15:08.080 and brought them back 00:15:08.080 --> 00:15:09.660 to try to find funding 00:15:09.660 --> 00:15:10.680 for an expedition. 00:15:10.680 --> 00:15:11.680 He was unsuccessful 00:15:12.259 --> 00:15:12.879 with that 00:15:12.879 --> 00:15:14.160 and his pictures 00:15:14.160 --> 00:15:15.400 perished with him 00:15:15.400 --> 00:15:16.520 in a crash. 00:15:17.940 --> 00:15:19.080 Listen to this. 00:15:19.639 --> 00:15:20.700 Late last year, 00:15:21.300 --> 00:15:22.400 Popular Mechanics 00:15:22.400 --> 00:15:24.080 and the New York Post 00:15:24.080 --> 00:15:26.379 spoke of that same area, 00:15:26.840 --> 00:15:27.900 what is now called 00:15:27.900 --> 00:15:30.060 the Dura-Pinor Formation. 00:15:30.540 --> 00:15:32.000 And this formation is, 00:15:32.060 --> 00:15:32.540 and I quote, 00:15:32.539 --> 00:15:36.839 a 538-foot geographical feature 00:15:36.839 --> 00:15:39.699 made of laminate 00:15:39.699 --> 00:15:41.519 believed by some 00:15:41.519 --> 00:15:43.059 to be petrified remains 00:15:43.059 --> 00:15:44.259 of Noah's Ark. 00:15:45.059 --> 00:15:46.639 Researchers now believe 00:15:46.639 --> 00:15:48.279 they found evidence 00:15:48.279 --> 00:15:49.860 of human activity 00:15:49.860 --> 00:15:52.500 near the boat-shaped formation 00:15:52.500 --> 00:15:53.579 in the mountains 00:15:53.579 --> 00:15:55.620 from between 550, 00:15:56.299 --> 00:15:57.000 excuse me, 00:15:57.120 --> 00:16:00.379 5500 and 300 B.C. 00:16:00.379 --> 00:16:02.000 This phenomenon 00:16:02.000 --> 00:16:04.259 is surrounded by soil 00:16:04.259 --> 00:16:05.200 that is filled 00:16:05.200 --> 00:16:09.840 with marine materials 00:16:09.840 --> 00:16:14.039 and seafood remains. 00:16:15.720 --> 00:16:16.860 This formation 00:16:16.860 --> 00:16:18.620 is not at all far 00:16:18.620 --> 00:16:19.299 from the peak 00:16:19.299 --> 00:16:20.639 of Mount Ararat. 00:16:21.759 --> 00:16:23.100 My friend, 00:16:23.600 --> 00:16:25.419 I know it's real 00:16:25.419 --> 00:16:28.080 and I know where it landed, 00:16:28.080 --> 00:16:30.920 not because of these reports, 00:16:31.040 --> 00:16:31.259 though. 00:16:31.960 --> 00:16:33.080 I know where it landed 00:16:33.080 --> 00:16:34.340 because I trust 00:16:34.340 --> 00:16:34.960 the Word of God. 00:16:35.759 --> 00:16:36.980 I trust the Bible. 00:16:38.180 --> 00:16:39.379 What about all those animals? 00:16:40.580 --> 00:16:41.300 What about that? 00:16:42.379 --> 00:16:43.180 Scripture says 00:16:43.180 --> 00:16:43.759 there were two 00:16:43.759 --> 00:16:45.280 of every kind of bird, 00:16:45.520 --> 00:16:46.020 animal, 00:16:46.200 --> 00:16:47.520 or ground creature. 00:16:47.639 --> 00:16:48.680 There were seven pairs 00:16:48.680 --> 00:16:50.160 of the clean ones. 00:16:50.960 --> 00:16:51.680 It says, 00:16:51.860 --> 00:16:53.160 according to their kind. 00:16:54.300 --> 00:16:54.620 So, 00:16:54.820 --> 00:16:55.900 what does it mean 00:16:55.900 --> 00:16:56.740 by kind? 00:16:56.740 --> 00:16:58.919 Does it speak 00:16:58.919 --> 00:17:00.279 of the modern classification 00:17:00.279 --> 00:17:01.340 of families, 00:17:01.539 --> 00:17:02.139 of animals? 00:17:02.860 --> 00:17:04.240 If that's the case, 00:17:05.120 --> 00:17:06.559 that's about 700. 00:17:07.440 --> 00:17:09.779 700 families of animals. 00:17:09.920 --> 00:17:10.660 Or does it speak 00:17:10.660 --> 00:17:11.160 of species? 00:17:12.160 --> 00:17:12.620 If so, 00:17:12.680 --> 00:17:13.599 there's so much debate 00:17:13.599 --> 00:17:14.680 about how many species 00:17:14.680 --> 00:17:15.339 there are. 00:17:16.240 --> 00:17:17.759 One world-renowned 00:17:17.759 --> 00:17:19.000 taxonomist 00:17:19.000 --> 00:17:20.960 estimated slightly more 00:17:20.960 --> 00:17:22.359 than a million species. 00:17:23.500 --> 00:17:24.460 A million species 00:17:24.460 --> 00:17:25.180 of animals, 00:17:25.180 --> 00:17:25.560 however, 00:17:25.680 --> 00:17:26.560 a vast majority 00:17:26.560 --> 00:17:26.980 of them 00:17:26.980 --> 00:17:28.259 didn't have to be 00:17:28.259 --> 00:17:29.120 on a boat to survive. 00:17:29.240 --> 00:17:30.140 The ocean holds 00:17:30.140 --> 00:17:30.860 most of them. 00:17:32.240 --> 00:17:33.240 It's been estimated 00:17:33.240 --> 00:17:34.299 that there are 00:17:34.299 --> 00:17:35.420 35 species 00:17:35.420 --> 00:17:36.400 that were needed 00:17:36.400 --> 00:17:37.620 to be on the boat. 00:17:38.660 --> 00:17:39.500 With a pair 00:17:39.500 --> 00:17:40.480 of each of those, 00:17:40.940 --> 00:17:41.620 that makes 00:17:41.620 --> 00:17:44.000 for 70,000 animals. 00:17:44.920 --> 00:17:45.220 Now, 00:17:45.360 --> 00:17:46.420 when you think animals, 00:17:46.519 --> 00:17:47.100 you may be thinking 00:17:47.100 --> 00:17:48.660 about giraffes 00:17:48.660 --> 00:17:49.519 and elephants 00:17:49.519 --> 00:17:50.660 and such as that. 00:17:50.660 --> 00:17:52.420 But the reality is 00:17:52.420 --> 00:17:53.740 the average size 00:17:53.740 --> 00:17:54.620 of a land animal 00:17:54.620 --> 00:17:55.840 is about the size 00:17:55.840 --> 00:17:56.519 of a sheep. 00:17:57.460 --> 00:17:59.700 And you can fit, 00:17:59.800 --> 00:18:00.740 not that I want to, 00:18:01.019 --> 00:18:01.720 but you can fit 00:18:01.720 --> 00:18:03.300 240 sheep 00:18:03.300 --> 00:18:04.460 in a double-decker 00:18:04.460 --> 00:18:05.779 railroad car 00:18:05.779 --> 00:18:06.920 comfortably. 00:18:07.600 --> 00:18:08.680 They've asked the sheep 00:18:08.680 --> 00:18:09.340 and they told them 00:18:09.340 --> 00:18:09.840 they were comfortable. 00:18:12.519 --> 00:18:13.480 You can fit 00:18:13.480 --> 00:18:14.779 70,000 00:18:14.779 --> 00:18:16.400 sheep-sized animals. 00:18:17.040 --> 00:18:17.460 Remember, 00:18:17.460 --> 00:18:18.259 that's the average 00:18:18.259 --> 00:18:18.759 of all, 00:18:19.000 --> 00:18:19.640 so that includes 00:18:19.640 --> 00:18:20.120 elephants 00:18:20.120 --> 00:18:21.880 and mice. 00:18:22.279 --> 00:18:23.000 Wouldn't bother me 00:18:23.000 --> 00:18:23.680 if God wouldn't 00:18:23.680 --> 00:18:24.680 allow them to survive, 00:18:24.799 --> 00:18:25.200 but anyway. 00:18:26.519 --> 00:18:26.940 You can fit 00:18:26.940 --> 00:18:29.440 70,000 sheep-sized animals 00:18:29.440 --> 00:18:30.799 in about 300 00:18:30.799 --> 00:18:32.759 of those rail cars. 00:18:33.860 --> 00:18:34.519 The boat 00:18:34.519 --> 00:18:35.539 as described 00:18:35.539 --> 00:18:36.299 in Scripture 00:18:36.299 --> 00:18:37.799 could fit 00:18:37.799 --> 00:18:39.940 569 00:18:39.940 --> 00:18:41.799 of those rail cars. 00:18:42.299 --> 00:18:42.900 Yet it would only 00:18:42.900 --> 00:18:43.840 require 300 00:18:43.840 --> 00:18:45.400 to put 70,000 00:18:45.400 --> 00:18:46.079 animals 00:18:46.079 --> 00:18:48.159 which would take up 00:18:48.159 --> 00:18:49.059 really about half 00:18:49.059 --> 00:18:49.559 of the boat, 00:18:50.059 --> 00:18:50.779 leaving the rest 00:18:50.779 --> 00:18:51.419 for people, 00:18:52.199 --> 00:18:52.679 food, 00:18:53.099 --> 00:18:53.500 water, 00:18:53.980 --> 00:18:54.519 storage, 00:18:55.119 --> 00:18:56.460 any needed provisions. 00:18:57.779 --> 00:18:58.039 Now, 00:18:58.299 --> 00:18:59.000 is that the way 00:18:59.000 --> 00:18:59.779 it all went down? 00:19:00.699 --> 00:19:01.639 I don't know. 00:19:02.859 --> 00:19:03.819 Creation science 00:19:03.819 --> 00:19:04.439 tells us 00:19:04.439 --> 00:19:05.099 that when Scripture 00:19:05.099 --> 00:19:07.039 mentions kind, 00:19:07.679 --> 00:19:08.359 that is speaking 00:19:08.359 --> 00:19:10.039 of the family level 00:19:10.039 --> 00:19:11.500 of modern taxonomy, 00:19:12.039 --> 00:19:13.179 that would make 00:19:13.179 --> 00:19:15.039 for only 16,000. 00:19:16.079 --> 00:19:16.399 So, 00:19:16.480 --> 00:19:17.379 not only should you 00:19:17.379 --> 00:19:18.319 consider the floor 00:19:18.319 --> 00:19:18.799 space, 00:19:18.879 --> 00:19:19.079 though, 00:19:19.619 --> 00:19:20.159 remember 00:19:20.159 --> 00:19:21.299 that if you put 00:19:21.299 --> 00:19:22.399 animals in cages, 00:19:22.699 --> 00:19:24.500 you can stack cages. 00:19:25.159 --> 00:19:25.740 And so, 00:19:25.799 --> 00:19:26.899 you can put much more 00:19:26.899 --> 00:19:28.359 than just floor space. 00:19:29.159 --> 00:19:29.399 Now, 00:19:29.599 --> 00:19:30.199 I'll just be honest 00:19:30.199 --> 00:19:30.460 with you. 00:19:30.699 --> 00:19:31.259 I don't know 00:19:31.259 --> 00:19:31.740 about all those 00:19:31.740 --> 00:19:32.319 specifications. 00:19:33.319 --> 00:19:34.500 My point is this. 00:19:35.059 --> 00:19:35.859 I know it could have 00:19:35.859 --> 00:19:36.299 worked. 00:19:37.059 --> 00:19:37.960 And those that have 00:19:37.960 --> 00:19:38.819 studied it more 00:19:38.819 --> 00:19:39.899 than me 00:19:39.899 --> 00:19:40.939 and understand it 00:19:40.939 --> 00:19:41.480 better than me 00:19:41.480 --> 00:19:42.279 can tell you 00:19:42.279 --> 00:19:42.859 more of that. 00:19:42.859 --> 00:19:44.639 it would have 00:19:44.639 --> 00:19:45.000 worked, 00:19:45.359 --> 00:19:46.479 especially 00:19:46.479 --> 00:19:48.339 with the sovereign, 00:19:48.839 --> 00:19:50.179 guiding hand 00:19:50.179 --> 00:19:50.859 of God 00:19:50.859 --> 00:19:51.439 upon it 00:19:51.439 --> 00:19:52.359 all the time. 00:19:52.699 --> 00:19:53.359 And the reason 00:19:53.359 --> 00:19:54.299 why I know 00:19:54.299 --> 00:19:55.000 that it could 00:19:55.000 --> 00:19:56.359 is because 00:19:56.359 --> 00:19:56.879 I trust 00:19:56.879 --> 00:19:57.559 the Word of God. 00:19:58.559 --> 00:19:59.559 I trust the Bible. 00:20:01.019 --> 00:20:01.899 One more question. 00:20:03.500 --> 00:20:04.139 What about 00:20:04.139 --> 00:20:04.719 the dinosaurs? 00:20:08.259 --> 00:20:08.959 There are a lot 00:20:08.959 --> 00:20:09.479 of opinions, 00:20:09.480 --> 00:20:11.279 and the Bible 00:20:11.279 --> 00:20:12.400 does not state it 00:20:12.400 --> 00:20:12.720 clearly. 00:20:14.640 --> 00:20:15.440 I remember 00:20:15.440 --> 00:20:16.360 years ago, 00:20:17.420 --> 00:20:18.019 there was a youth 00:20:18.019 --> 00:20:18.799 group that went 00:20:18.799 --> 00:20:19.640 to a camp 00:20:19.640 --> 00:20:21.380 and I just went 00:20:21.380 --> 00:20:22.240 up for one night. 00:20:22.279 --> 00:20:22.940 I was their pastor 00:20:22.940 --> 00:20:23.559 and I just went up 00:20:23.559 --> 00:20:24.120 for one night 00:20:24.120 --> 00:20:24.660 for worship. 00:20:25.660 --> 00:20:26.940 I like to do that 00:20:26.940 --> 00:20:27.680 when possible. 00:20:28.279 --> 00:20:30.539 And the whole week 00:20:30.539 --> 00:20:31.519 was about creation. 00:20:32.720 --> 00:20:33.720 And that night, 00:20:33.819 --> 00:20:34.860 they sang a song 00:20:34.860 --> 00:20:37.220 called Behemoth, 00:20:37.279 --> 00:20:37.860 which is mentioned 00:20:37.860 --> 00:20:38.980 in Job chapter 40. 00:20:39.500 --> 00:20:40.759 Behemoth was a dinosaur 00:20:40.759 --> 00:20:42.140 and a dinosaur 00:20:42.140 --> 00:20:42.779 was he. 00:20:43.599 --> 00:20:44.539 And I was trying 00:20:44.539 --> 00:20:45.079 to think of how 00:20:45.079 --> 00:20:45.799 that song went, 00:20:45.880 --> 00:20:46.380 but every time 00:20:46.380 --> 00:20:46.940 I thought of it, 00:20:47.000 --> 00:20:47.740 I thought Behemoth 00:20:47.740 --> 00:20:48.440 was a dinosaur, 00:20:48.599 --> 00:20:49.559 a dinosaur was he. 00:20:50.120 --> 00:20:50.839 He climbed up 00:20:50.839 --> 00:20:51.819 in the sycamore tree 00:20:51.819 --> 00:20:52.220 to see what, 00:20:52.559 --> 00:20:52.980 so it's, 00:20:54.019 --> 00:20:56.339 so I got my songs 00:20:56.339 --> 00:20:56.920 mixed up, 00:20:56.980 --> 00:20:57.440 so I'm not going 00:20:57.440 --> 00:20:58.120 to sing it for you, 00:20:58.140 --> 00:21:01.720 but now science 00:21:01.720 --> 00:21:02.579 tells us 00:21:02.579 --> 00:21:04.140 that dinosaurs 00:21:04.140 --> 00:21:05.480 were reptiles, 00:21:06.640 --> 00:21:08.279 some kind of reptile-bird 00:21:08.279 --> 00:21:09.359 combo kind of deal 00:21:09.359 --> 00:21:10.019 is what I've heard, 00:21:10.160 --> 00:21:11.279 but they are 00:21:11.279 --> 00:21:13.619 egg-laying reptiles. 00:21:14.559 --> 00:21:15.619 And reptiles 00:21:15.619 --> 00:21:17.399 never stop growing. 00:21:18.500 --> 00:21:19.700 They don't have 00:21:19.700 --> 00:21:21.180 the growth inhibitors 00:21:21.180 --> 00:21:21.579 in them 00:21:21.579 --> 00:21:22.579 that humans have, 00:21:22.940 --> 00:21:25.119 nor that most animals have. 00:21:26.500 --> 00:21:28.019 Reptiles grow rapidly 00:21:28.019 --> 00:21:29.319 early in their life, 00:21:29.440 --> 00:21:31.139 and then their growth slows, 00:21:31.660 --> 00:21:33.859 but they never stop growing. 00:21:33.859 --> 00:21:34.539 Now, 00:21:35.740 --> 00:21:37.619 why did these different 00:21:37.619 --> 00:21:38.699 form of reptiles 00:21:38.699 --> 00:21:39.479 named dinosaurs 00:21:39.479 --> 00:21:41.319 grow so large 00:21:41.319 --> 00:21:42.619 before the flood? 00:21:43.519 --> 00:21:45.059 Because living things 00:21:45.059 --> 00:21:46.519 lived much longer 00:21:46.519 --> 00:21:47.639 before the flood. 00:21:49.419 --> 00:21:50.579 Methuselah lived 00:21:50.579 --> 00:21:53.619 969 years. 00:21:54.859 --> 00:21:55.479 I don't believe 00:21:55.479 --> 00:21:56.479 it's a different measurement 00:21:56.479 --> 00:21:57.059 of the year. 00:21:57.719 --> 00:21:58.399 I believe the man 00:21:58.399 --> 00:21:58.939 lived in there 00:21:58.939 --> 00:21:59.759 almost 1,000. 00:21:59.759 --> 00:22:02.859 How big 00:22:02.859 --> 00:22:04.460 does a reptile grow 00:22:04.460 --> 00:22:05.759 if it lives 00:22:05.759 --> 00:22:07.740 1,000 years? 00:22:09.379 --> 00:22:09.920 Well, 00:22:10.099 --> 00:22:10.839 about like a dinosaur. 00:22:11.720 --> 00:22:12.440 Let me give you 00:22:12.440 --> 00:22:13.279 an example. 00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:14.200 So, 00:22:15.519 --> 00:22:16.059 they tell me 00:22:16.059 --> 00:22:16.839 that snakes 00:22:16.839 --> 00:22:17.440 live 00:22:17.440 --> 00:22:19.420 20 to 30 years, 00:22:19.539 --> 00:22:19.819 okay? 00:22:20.339 --> 00:22:21.180 I don't think 00:22:21.180 --> 00:22:21.759 a snake 00:22:21.759 --> 00:22:22.480 ought to live 00:22:22.480 --> 00:22:23.079 two minutes 00:22:23.079 --> 00:22:23.980 after you see it, 00:22:24.039 --> 00:22:24.759 personally, 00:22:25.019 --> 00:22:25.259 okay? 00:22:26.220 --> 00:22:27.440 They live way too long. 00:22:27.440 --> 00:22:29.580 Komodo dragons. 00:22:29.660 --> 00:22:29.860 You know what 00:22:29.860 --> 00:22:30.820 a Komodo dragon is? 00:22:32.000 --> 00:22:32.840 It's a 40-year-old 00:22:32.840 --> 00:22:33.480 dinosaur is what 00:22:33.480 --> 00:22:34.120 I believe it is, 00:22:34.160 --> 00:22:34.539 but anyway, 00:22:34.840 --> 00:22:35.660 they lived to be 00:22:35.660 --> 00:22:37.059 about 40 years old. 00:22:38.140 --> 00:22:38.700 If you want to know 00:22:38.700 --> 00:22:40.000 what one would look like 00:22:40.000 --> 00:22:40.980 that would live 00:22:40.980 --> 00:22:42.000 1,000 years, 00:22:42.740 --> 00:22:43.039 you can look 00:22:43.039 --> 00:22:43.559 at the dinosaur. 00:22:44.799 --> 00:22:45.100 Therefore, 00:22:45.220 --> 00:22:45.740 it appears 00:22:45.740 --> 00:22:46.840 that Noah put 00:22:46.840 --> 00:22:48.019 small ones on the ark. 00:22:48.080 --> 00:22:48.880 When the flood came, 00:22:48.940 --> 00:22:49.960 the larger ones died. 00:22:52.059 --> 00:22:52.500 Why 00:22:52.500 --> 00:22:55.120 do we not live 00:22:55.120 --> 00:22:55.900 as long as people 00:22:55.900 --> 00:22:56.880 did before the flood? 00:22:57.440 --> 00:22:57.840 Well, 00:22:59.039 --> 00:22:59.860 there's an interesting 00:22:59.860 --> 00:23:00.759 passage of Scripture 00:23:00.759 --> 00:23:01.640 that theologians 00:23:01.640 --> 00:23:02.600 are split right 00:23:02.600 --> 00:23:03.400 down the middle on. 00:23:03.500 --> 00:23:03.640 I mean, 00:23:03.700 --> 00:23:03.940 guys, 00:23:04.019 --> 00:23:04.539 I trust 00:23:04.539 --> 00:23:05.420 and I read a lot. 00:23:05.519 --> 00:23:05.900 They're split 00:23:05.900 --> 00:23:06.660 right down the middle 00:23:06.660 --> 00:23:07.059 on this. 00:23:07.380 --> 00:23:08.039 It's in Genesis 00:23:08.039 --> 00:23:09.259 chapter 6, 00:23:09.340 --> 00:23:09.779 verse 3, 00:23:09.820 --> 00:23:10.539 and it says this. 00:23:11.220 --> 00:23:12.460 Then the Lord said, 00:23:12.620 --> 00:23:13.220 my spirit, 00:23:13.299 --> 00:23:14.259 this is before the flood, 00:23:14.640 --> 00:23:15.740 my spirit shall not 00:23:15.740 --> 00:23:16.980 abide in man forever 00:23:16.980 --> 00:23:17.880 for his flesh. 00:23:18.539 --> 00:23:19.940 His days will be 00:23:19.940 --> 00:23:22.680 120 years. 00:23:23.820 --> 00:23:23.980 Now, 00:23:24.039 --> 00:23:24.940 theologians are split 00:23:24.940 --> 00:23:25.500 on what that, 00:23:25.559 --> 00:23:26.100 leave that passage 00:23:26.100 --> 00:23:26.559 up for a moment. 00:23:26.559 --> 00:23:28.339 They are split 00:23:28.339 --> 00:23:29.559 on what that passage 00:23:29.559 --> 00:23:30.379 means. 00:23:31.579 --> 00:23:32.179 Some believe 00:23:32.179 --> 00:23:32.980 that it means 00:23:32.980 --> 00:23:35.019 that from the time 00:23:35.019 --> 00:23:36.179 God told Noah 00:23:36.179 --> 00:23:37.319 a flood was coming, 00:23:37.419 --> 00:23:37.859 that he needed 00:23:37.859 --> 00:23:38.619 to build a boat, 00:23:39.220 --> 00:23:39.700 that he had 00:23:39.700 --> 00:23:40.980 120 years 00:23:40.980 --> 00:23:41.899 to do it. 00:23:42.960 --> 00:23:43.879 Meaning that 00:23:43.879 --> 00:23:45.159 his spirit 00:23:45.159 --> 00:23:45.700 would not abide 00:23:45.700 --> 00:23:46.339 in man forever 00:23:46.339 --> 00:23:46.859 his flesh. 00:23:46.919 --> 00:23:47.859 His days shall be 00:23:47.859 --> 00:23:48.639 120. 00:23:48.779 --> 00:23:49.839 He only got 120 years 00:23:49.839 --> 00:23:51.179 later before the flood's come. 00:23:51.180 --> 00:23:53.220 As well, 00:23:53.299 --> 00:23:54.500 theologians look at it 00:23:54.500 --> 00:23:56.580 and say that in reality 00:23:56.580 --> 00:23:57.640 what he's saying is 00:23:57.640 --> 00:23:59.220 that people's lives 00:23:59.220 --> 00:24:00.140 are going to be limited 00:24:00.140 --> 00:24:01.940 to 120 years. 00:24:02.500 --> 00:24:03.140 They're not going to live 00:24:03.140 --> 00:24:03.860 longer than that. 00:24:04.680 --> 00:24:05.900 And if that's what it means, 00:24:05.960 --> 00:24:06.900 and theologians are quite 00:24:06.900 --> 00:24:07.600 split on that, 00:24:08.120 --> 00:24:09.720 you can see that happen. 00:24:11.180 --> 00:24:13.060 Lifespans drop rapidly 00:24:13.060 --> 00:24:14.720 after the flood. 00:24:14.720 --> 00:24:15.579 It's not immediate. 00:24:16.640 --> 00:24:17.500 It's gradual. 00:24:18.500 --> 00:24:20.059 But it is amazing to see. 00:24:20.559 --> 00:24:21.400 Not right now, 00:24:21.559 --> 00:24:22.140 but later. 00:24:22.500 --> 00:24:23.799 Look at the genealogy 00:24:23.799 --> 00:24:25.259 in Genesis chapter 5. 00:24:26.299 --> 00:24:27.960 And then look at the genealogy 00:24:27.960 --> 00:24:29.259 in Genesis chapter 11 00:24:29.259 --> 00:24:30.539 at the end of chapter 11. 00:24:31.400 --> 00:24:32.279 And you'll see folks 00:24:32.279 --> 00:24:34.339 go from 900 and 600 00:24:34.339 --> 00:24:35.600 and 500 years 00:24:35.600 --> 00:24:37.720 down to 205 years. 00:24:38.259 --> 00:24:39.440 By the time you get 00:24:39.440 --> 00:24:40.700 to the end of Genesis, 00:24:40.900 --> 00:24:42.480 Joseph only lived 110 years. 00:24:42.920 --> 00:24:44.440 Moses lived 120 years. 00:24:44.440 --> 00:24:46.259 We don't hear beyond that 00:24:46.259 --> 00:24:47.620 beyond that fact. 00:24:47.740 --> 00:24:49.140 And there's very few exceptions. 00:24:49.400 --> 00:24:52.220 As a man who collected 00:24:52.220 --> 00:24:53.640 Guinness Book of World Records 00:24:53.640 --> 00:24:54.460 when I was a kid, 00:24:55.360 --> 00:24:57.120 I know that the oldest person, 00:24:57.320 --> 00:24:58.259 at least at that time, 00:24:58.740 --> 00:24:59.380 30 years ago, 00:24:59.440 --> 00:25:01.860 was 143 years old. 00:25:02.380 --> 00:25:03.720 But nobody had a birth certificate 00:25:03.720 --> 00:25:05.299 made of stone. 00:25:06.460 --> 00:25:07.920 And nobody really knew 00:25:07.920 --> 00:25:09.400 exactly how old they were. 00:25:09.759 --> 00:25:11.299 So I believe, as some do, 00:25:11.960 --> 00:25:13.660 that the reason why 00:25:13.660 --> 00:25:15.080 people don't live as long 00:25:15.080 --> 00:25:16.660 as they did before the flood 00:25:16.660 --> 00:25:19.759 was because the atmosphere 00:25:19.759 --> 00:25:20.840 changed after the flood. 00:25:22.580 --> 00:25:24.400 When the, as Scripture says, 00:25:24.480 --> 00:25:25.880 the windows of heaven 00:25:25.880 --> 00:25:27.180 were poured out, 00:25:28.180 --> 00:25:30.180 I believe we lost some kind 00:25:30.180 --> 00:25:31.800 of atmospheric protection 00:25:31.800 --> 00:25:32.440 of sorts. 00:25:32.960 --> 00:25:34.779 The incubator of the earth 00:25:34.779 --> 00:25:36.100 where it hadn't rained before, 00:25:36.360 --> 00:25:37.660 but yet stayed watered. 00:25:37.660 --> 00:25:40.580 That canopy of sorts 00:25:40.580 --> 00:25:41.500 were torn away. 00:25:42.380 --> 00:25:43.440 And the purity of that 00:25:43.440 --> 00:25:44.960 was gone that previously 00:25:44.960 --> 00:25:46.360 allowed people to live so long. 00:25:47.380 --> 00:25:48.440 Therefore, the constant 00:25:48.440 --> 00:25:49.519 growing reptile 00:25:49.519 --> 00:25:50.720 would no longer live 00:25:50.720 --> 00:25:52.200 1,000 years. 00:25:53.300 --> 00:25:54.600 Its growth would be limited 00:25:54.600 --> 00:25:56.580 to a much shorter lifespan. 00:25:57.680 --> 00:25:59.759 How big would a lizard be 00:25:59.759 --> 00:26:01.500 if it grew for 900 years? 00:26:01.500 --> 00:26:03.960 Well, you can find their fossils 00:26:03.960 --> 00:26:06.559 in the Natural History Museum 00:26:06.559 --> 00:26:07.340 in New York City. 00:26:08.720 --> 00:26:10.240 That explains dinosaurs, 00:26:10.319 --> 00:26:11.000 at least to me. 00:26:12.180 --> 00:26:13.559 I don't pretend to know 00:26:13.559 --> 00:26:14.259 all the answers, 00:26:14.440 --> 00:26:15.600 and I've already told you 00:26:15.600 --> 00:26:17.819 that I am science-deprived. 00:26:20.200 --> 00:26:22.500 But I know and trust 00:26:22.500 --> 00:26:24.400 the one who does. 00:26:25.400 --> 00:26:27.019 And I trust him 00:26:27.019 --> 00:26:29.340 even with the matters 00:26:29.340 --> 00:26:32.039 that are not directly addressed 00:26:32.039 --> 00:26:33.639 in the Bible. 00:26:34.899 --> 00:26:35.940 And do you know why? 00:26:37.279 --> 00:26:38.920 Because the Bible tells me 00:26:38.920 --> 00:26:40.899 that I can trust him. 00:26:42.379 --> 00:26:44.259 Proverbs 3, 5, and 6 says, 00:26:45.180 --> 00:26:46.119 Trust in the Lord 00:26:46.119 --> 00:26:48.059 with all your heart 00:26:48.059 --> 00:26:49.879 and do not lean 00:26:49.879 --> 00:26:51.920 on your own understanding. 00:26:54.139 --> 00:26:55.579 In all your ways, 00:26:55.680 --> 00:26:56.500 acknowledge him 00:26:56.500 --> 00:26:59.779 and he'll make your paths straight. 00:26:59.779 --> 00:27:01.220 I don't know what questions 00:27:01.220 --> 00:27:02.119 you have today 00:27:02.119 --> 00:27:04.559 about the flood 00:27:04.559 --> 00:27:07.519 or about life. 00:27:08.759 --> 00:27:10.359 But I can promise you one thing. 00:27:11.079 --> 00:27:12.579 You can trust the Lord Jesus. 00:27:13.460 --> 00:27:14.839 You can rest in him. 00:27:15.299 --> 00:27:16.079 I want to be clear. 00:27:17.039 --> 00:27:18.180 We don't have to agree 00:27:18.180 --> 00:27:18.920 on all this. 00:27:20.259 --> 00:27:21.460 The details are not 00:27:21.460 --> 00:27:22.700 all given to us. 00:27:23.779 --> 00:27:24.519 Let me tell you 00:27:24.519 --> 00:27:25.599 what we need to agree on 00:27:25.599 --> 00:27:28.559 or what you need 00:27:28.559 --> 00:27:29.420 to agree with me on. 00:27:29.420 --> 00:27:32.180 And that is the authority 00:27:32.180 --> 00:27:33.600 of the word of God. 00:27:35.120 --> 00:27:37.480 2 Timothy 3, 16 and 17 says, 00:27:37.779 --> 00:27:39.940 All scripture is breathed out 00:27:39.940 --> 00:27:41.120 by God 00:27:41.120 --> 00:27:42.980 and profitable for teaching 00:27:42.980 --> 00:27:44.120 for abuse and correction 00:27:44.120 --> 00:27:45.840 and for training in righteousness 00:27:45.840 --> 00:27:46.900 that the man of God 00:27:46.900 --> 00:27:48.400 may be complete, 00:27:48.980 --> 00:27:50.800 equipped for every good work. 00:27:50.940 --> 00:27:51.240 In other words, 00:27:51.420 --> 00:27:53.100 we can trust his word. 00:27:53.860 --> 00:27:55.240 And the cool thing is 00:27:55.240 --> 00:27:57.200 he'll use his word 00:27:57.200 --> 00:28:00.140 to work and move in us. 00:28:00.140 --> 00:28:03.460 Hebrews chapter 4, 12 and 13 says, 00:28:03.660 --> 00:28:04.620 For the word of God 00:28:04.620 --> 00:28:06.140 is living and active, 00:28:07.240 --> 00:28:09.059 sharper than any two-edged sword, 00:28:09.480 --> 00:28:10.840 piercing to the division 00:28:10.840 --> 00:28:12.240 of soul and of spirit, 00:28:12.340 --> 00:28:13.559 of joints and of marrow, 00:28:13.900 --> 00:28:14.220 listen, 00:28:14.539 --> 00:28:16.640 and discerning the thoughts 00:28:16.640 --> 00:28:18.860 and intentions of the heart. 00:28:18.859 --> 00:28:20.899 And no creature, 00:28:22.279 --> 00:28:23.459 including you and I, 00:28:24.679 --> 00:28:26.619 are hidden from his sight. 00:28:27.419 --> 00:28:28.839 All are naked and exposed 00:28:28.839 --> 00:28:29.979 to the eyes of him 00:28:29.979 --> 00:28:32.679 to whom we must give account. 00:28:33.759 --> 00:28:34.839 God sees us. 00:28:36.119 --> 00:28:37.059 He knows us better 00:28:37.059 --> 00:28:37.939 than we know ourselves. 00:28:38.159 --> 00:28:40.179 And God uses the word of God 00:28:40.179 --> 00:28:41.519 to show us 00:28:41.519 --> 00:28:42.879 what the most important thing 00:28:42.879 --> 00:28:44.079 we must do in life. 00:28:44.079 --> 00:28:47.139 The Gospel of John, 00:28:47.220 --> 00:28:48.299 somebody texted me yesterday 00:28:48.299 --> 00:28:48.720 and said, 00:28:48.819 --> 00:28:49.699 I want to begin 00:28:49.699 --> 00:28:53.119 to read scripture daily. 00:28:53.279 --> 00:28:54.439 Where should I start? 00:28:54.539 --> 00:28:54.960 And I said, 00:28:55.039 --> 00:28:56.319 start in the Gospel of John. 00:28:57.339 --> 00:28:58.220 It's good stuff. 00:28:58.919 --> 00:29:00.119 I love to watch 00:29:00.119 --> 00:29:02.819 how Jesus worked and moved 00:29:02.819 --> 00:29:03.679 and how he interacted 00:29:03.679 --> 00:29:04.319 with folks. 00:29:04.419 --> 00:29:05.279 And John gives you 00:29:05.279 --> 00:29:06.399 the theology behind 00:29:06.399 --> 00:29:07.639 why he did what he did. 00:29:08.079 --> 00:29:09.099 It's good stuff. 00:29:11.299 --> 00:29:12.599 John wrote that account, 00:29:12.859 --> 00:29:13.799 the Gospel of John. 00:29:14.079 --> 00:29:15.819 And when he got toward the end, 00:29:16.799 --> 00:29:18.480 he said this in John chapter 20, 00:29:18.559 --> 00:29:19.539 verse 30 and 31. 00:29:20.419 --> 00:29:22.139 Now Jesus did many other signs 00:29:22.139 --> 00:29:23.460 in the presence of the disciples, 00:29:23.919 --> 00:29:25.639 which are not written in this book, 00:29:26.359 --> 00:29:27.319 but these are written 00:29:27.319 --> 00:29:28.919 so that you may believe 00:29:28.919 --> 00:29:30.639 that Jesus is the Christ, 00:29:30.720 --> 00:29:31.539 the Son of God, 00:29:32.159 --> 00:29:33.359 and that by believing, 00:29:34.220 --> 00:29:36.919 you may have life in his name. 00:29:38.559 --> 00:29:39.919 I don't know what questions 00:29:39.919 --> 00:29:40.879 you have this morning. 00:29:42.019 --> 00:29:43.559 Whether it's about the flood, 00:29:44.079 --> 00:29:45.919 or it's about life, 00:29:46.539 --> 00:29:46.960 or it's about life, 00:29:46.960 --> 00:29:48.579 but I can tell you 00:29:48.579 --> 00:29:49.460 who has the answers, 00:29:50.139 --> 00:29:51.319 and I can tell you 00:29:51.319 --> 00:29:52.299 who you can trust in, 00:29:52.899 --> 00:29:54.079 and I can tell you 00:29:54.079 --> 00:29:54.819 who knows you better 00:29:54.819 --> 00:29:55.559 than yourself, 00:29:55.960 --> 00:29:57.339 and I can tell you 00:29:57.339 --> 00:29:57.919 who gives you 00:29:57.919 --> 00:29:58.980 the Word of God 00:29:58.980 --> 00:30:01.439 so that you may believe 00:30:01.439 --> 00:30:02.399 in the Son of God 00:30:02.399 --> 00:30:04.720 and that by believing in him, 00:30:05.419 --> 00:30:06.819 you may have life 00:30:06.819 --> 00:30:08.700 in Jesus' name. 00:30:10.039 --> 00:30:11.259 I have no hope 00:30:11.259 --> 00:30:13.279 greater for you today 00:30:13.279 --> 00:30:14.759 than you know 00:30:14.759 --> 00:30:16.059 the Lord Jesus personally 00:30:16.059 --> 00:30:17.599 in your life. 00:30:18.279 --> 00:30:19.839 And if there's never been a time 00:30:19.839 --> 00:30:20.579 when you've confessed 00:30:20.579 --> 00:30:21.559 your sins to God 00:30:21.559 --> 00:30:22.839 and asked him 00:30:22.839 --> 00:30:23.859 to forgive you of your sins 00:30:23.859 --> 00:30:24.720 and to come into your life 00:30:24.720 --> 00:30:25.559 and to cleanse you, 00:30:26.059 --> 00:30:27.279 I want you to know 00:30:27.279 --> 00:30:29.599 Jesus Christ will save you today 00:30:29.599 --> 00:30:30.139 if you'll surrender 00:30:30.139 --> 00:30:30.899 your life to him, 00:30:31.559 --> 00:30:32.480 if you'll trust him 00:30:32.480 --> 00:30:33.319 as your Lord and Savior, 00:30:33.319 --> 00:30:34.839 if you'll say, 00:30:34.899 --> 00:30:35.839 God, I know I'm a sinner. 00:30:36.379 --> 00:30:37.980 I know I desperately need 00:30:37.980 --> 00:30:38.639 the salvation 00:30:38.639 --> 00:30:39.159 that's going to only 00:30:39.159 --> 00:30:39.799 come from God. 00:30:40.619 --> 00:30:42.259 He'll wash away your sins. 00:30:42.859 --> 00:30:44.319 He'll remove them, 00:30:45.799 --> 00:30:48.779 and Peter talks about 00:30:48.779 --> 00:30:49.599 the flood being like 00:30:49.599 --> 00:30:50.139 a baptism. 00:30:50.399 --> 00:30:51.119 It cleanses, 00:30:51.599 --> 00:30:52.539 and I thank God 00:30:52.539 --> 00:30:53.299 the blood of Christ 00:30:53.299 --> 00:30:54.379 cleanses us 00:30:54.379 --> 00:30:55.659 when we surrender 00:30:55.659 --> 00:30:56.919 our lives to follow him. 00:30:57.700 --> 00:30:59.099 Not only will he remove 00:30:59.099 --> 00:31:01.379 your past spiritually 00:31:01.379 --> 00:31:02.139 from your life, 00:31:02.140 --> 00:31:03.900 but beyond that, 00:31:03.980 --> 00:31:04.900 he'll empower you 00:31:04.900 --> 00:31:06.320 with the Holy Spirit of God 00:31:06.320 --> 00:31:08.280 to live your life 00:31:08.280 --> 00:31:10.560 abundantly for him. 00:31:11.259 --> 00:31:12.460 If you've never given 00:31:12.460 --> 00:31:13.120 your heart and life 00:31:13.120 --> 00:31:13.580 to the Lord, 00:31:14.220 --> 00:31:14.860 you come today, 00:31:14.920 --> 00:31:16.200 I'd love to guide you in that. 00:31:16.980 --> 00:31:18.100 Maybe you're here this morning 00:31:18.100 --> 00:31:19.220 and you have done that, 00:31:19.480 --> 00:31:20.780 but you've never acknowledged 00:31:20.780 --> 00:31:21.520 that publicly 00:31:21.520 --> 00:31:22.500 through baptism. 00:31:23.220 --> 00:31:23.880 You've never told 00:31:23.880 --> 00:31:24.660 anybody about it, 00:31:24.700 --> 00:31:25.620 and Jesus tells us 00:31:25.620 --> 00:31:26.380 by his example 00:31:26.380 --> 00:31:27.160 and by his commission 00:31:27.160 --> 00:31:28.380 that we're to follow that up 00:31:28.380 --> 00:31:29.440 with baptism. 00:31:29.960 --> 00:31:31.040 We'd love to guide you 00:31:31.040 --> 00:31:31.680 in that process. 00:31:31.680 --> 00:31:33.220 Maybe God's drawing you 00:31:33.220 --> 00:31:34.120 to this church. 00:31:34.900 --> 00:31:36.019 You want to be a part 00:31:36.019 --> 00:31:36.440 of a church 00:31:36.440 --> 00:31:37.820 that believes the word of God, 00:31:38.160 --> 00:31:39.500 that rests in the word of God, 00:31:39.980 --> 00:31:41.259 where you can invest your life 00:31:41.259 --> 00:31:42.460 and they can invest in you. 00:31:42.840 --> 00:31:43.680 If God's leading you 00:31:43.680 --> 00:31:44.100 in that way, 00:31:44.160 --> 00:31:44.620 you come. 00:31:46.560 --> 00:31:48.180 Probably beyond that, 00:31:48.820 --> 00:31:50.720 I know there's people in here 00:31:50.720 --> 00:31:52.279 who have questions 00:31:52.279 --> 00:31:52.980 in your life. 00:31:53.840 --> 00:31:54.740 It may not be at all 00:31:54.740 --> 00:31:55.480 about the flood. 00:31:56.180 --> 00:31:56.960 It may not be about 00:31:56.960 --> 00:31:58.100 some particular passage. 00:31:58.099 --> 00:32:01.319 It's just stuff in life. 00:32:03.119 --> 00:32:04.359 Struggle with the questions 00:32:04.359 --> 00:32:05.319 that you have. 00:32:06.459 --> 00:32:07.939 I want you to know today 00:32:07.939 --> 00:32:10.099 God knows more 00:32:10.099 --> 00:32:11.019 about your questions 00:32:11.019 --> 00:32:12.299 and he knows the answers 00:32:12.299 --> 00:32:13.480 beyond anything 00:32:13.480 --> 00:32:14.379 that you can imagine. 00:32:15.159 --> 00:32:16.219 And you can trust him. 00:32:17.039 --> 00:32:18.319 You can rest in him. 00:32:19.339 --> 00:32:20.439 And so I encourage you 00:32:20.439 --> 00:32:21.000 this morning 00:32:21.000 --> 00:32:22.279 to lay that down 00:32:22.279 --> 00:32:22.819 before the Lord. 00:32:22.879 --> 00:32:23.500 You need a pastor 00:32:23.500 --> 00:32:24.119 to pray with you, 00:32:24.179 --> 00:32:24.639 I'll be happy 00:32:24.639 --> 00:32:25.240 to pray with you. 00:32:25.480 --> 00:32:26.519 You need to come to this altar 00:32:26.519 --> 00:32:27.139 and lay it down 00:32:27.139 --> 00:32:27.700 before the Lord. 00:32:27.819 --> 00:32:28.519 Lay your questions 00:32:28.519 --> 00:32:29.059 down before the Lord. 00:32:29.180 --> 00:32:29.960 He can handle it. 00:32:30.160 --> 00:32:30.940 I promise you. 00:32:31.359 --> 00:32:32.180 He'll work and move 00:32:32.180 --> 00:32:32.599 in your life. 00:32:32.660 --> 00:32:33.139 You can do that 00:32:33.139 --> 00:32:34.339 right where you sit as well. 00:32:36.099 --> 00:32:37.059 I just want you 00:32:37.059 --> 00:32:37.579 to be obedient 00:32:37.579 --> 00:32:38.700 to what God tells you to do. 00:32:39.339 --> 00:32:41.139 I'll never ask you 00:32:41.139 --> 00:32:42.259 to do more than that. 00:32:42.799 --> 00:32:43.740 And I hope you're 00:32:43.740 --> 00:32:44.799 never satisfied 00:32:44.799 --> 00:32:46.339 with less than that. 00:32:46.779 --> 00:32:47.559 Just do what God 00:32:47.559 --> 00:32:48.279 tells you to do. 00:32:48.819 --> 00:32:49.539 Let's pray together. 00:32:49.879 --> 00:32:50.279 Lord Jesus, 00:32:50.420 --> 00:32:51.519 I love you and thank you 00:32:51.519 --> 00:32:53.099 for your love for us. 00:32:53.200 --> 00:32:53.460 God, 00:32:53.460 --> 00:32:54.819 will you guide us right now 00:32:54.819 --> 00:32:55.859 to simply be obedient 00:32:55.859 --> 00:32:56.959 as you speak to our hearts 00:32:56.959 --> 00:32:57.679 and lives, Father. 00:32:58.339 --> 00:32:59.799 In Jesus' precious name, 00:33:00.579 --> 00:33:00.819 amen. 00:33:01.079 --> 00:33:01.939 Stand together if you will. 00:33:02.019 --> 00:33:02.479 We're going to sing. 00:33:02.579 --> 00:33:02.959 More importantly, 00:33:03.059 --> 00:33:03.599 you obey God 00:33:03.599 --> 00:33:04.419 as he speaks to your heart 00:33:04.419 --> 00:33:04.740 and life. 00:33:04.740 --> 00:33:05.240 Amen. 00:33:05.240 --> 00:33:05.639 Amen. 00:33:05.639 --> 00:33:05.699 Amen. 00:33:05.699 --> 00:33:05.719 Amen. 00:33:05.719 --> 00:33:05.740 Amen. 00:33:05.740 --> 00:33:05.759 Amen. 00:33:05.759 --> 00:33:05.799 Amen. 00:33:05.799 --> 00:33:05.819 Amen. 00:33:05.819 --> 00:33:05.839 Amen. 00:33:05.839 --> 00:33:05.859 Amen. 00:33:05.859 --> 00:33:06.299 Amen.