Do You Know Jehovah as Did Noah, Daniel, and Job? - Conclusion of NOAH WALKED WITH GOD IN A WICKED WORLD

How accurate knowledge of God benefited Noah. Accurate knowledge gave Noah faith and godly wisdom, which protected him from harm, especially spiritual harm.  For instance, because Noah walked with the true God, he did not walk, or associated, with the ungodly.  He was not fooled by the materialized demons, who surely impressed faithless, gullible humans with their superhuman abilities-perhaps even to the point of being objects of idolatry.   (Genesis 6:1-4, 9) Also, Noah knew that humans were told to reproduce to fill the earth.  (Genesis 1:27, 28)  Hence, he must have known that sexual unions between women and materialized spirits were both unnatural and wrong. That conclusion was no doubt confirmed when those unions produced abnormal offspring.  In time. God warned Noah that He was going to bring a flood upon the earth. Noah's faith in that warning moved him to build an ark, thus saving his household. - HEBREWS 11:7. 

How we cultivate faith like Noah's. The key is to be good students of God's Word, to take to heart what we learn, and to let that knowledge mold us and guide us. (1 Peter 1:13-15) Then faith and godly wisdom will protect us from Satan's clever designs and from the world's evil spirit.  (2 Corinthians 2:11) That spirit fosters a love for violence and immorality. And it impels people to focus on fleshly desires.  (1 John 2:15, 16) It may even move the spiritually weak to ignore the evidence of the closeness of God's great day.  Note that when Jesus compared our time with Noah's, he focused , not violence or immorality, but on the dangers of spiritual apathy. Read MATTHEW 24:36-39. 

Ask yourself: 'Does my way of life  indicate that I truly know Jehovah?  Does my faith impel me not only to live in harmony with God's righteous standards but also o proclaim them? May your answers show that you too walk with the true God.'

Note: When they say the true God, that means not traditions-no holidays, no birthdays, these things do not include Jehovah because he disapproves of them.  Graduations and anniversaries are okay, but any so-called holidays or birthdays.

Next time: Do You Know Jehovah as Did Noah, Daniel, and Job? -  DANIEL SHOWED GODLY WISDOM IN PAGAN BABYLON

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