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Spring Baptist Church
"Don't Be A Nimrod" - Genesis 11:1-9
Dr. Mark Estep | Part 8 of Series "In The Beginning"
Locations & Times
Spring Baptist Church - Klein Campus
21825 Bridgestone Ln, Spring, TX 77388, USA
Sunday 11:00 AM
Genesis 11:1-2
“At one time all the people of the world spoke the same language and used the same words. As the people migrated to the east, they found a plain in the land of Babylonia and settled there.”
“At one time all the people of the world spoke the same language and used the same words. As the people migrated to the east, they found a plain in the land of Babylonia and settled there.”
A. WHEN PEOPLE REJECT GOD, THEY FIND SOMETHING ELSE TO LIVE FOR
Genesis 11:1-4
“At one time all the people of the world spoke the same language and used the same words. As the people migrated to the east, they found a plain in the land of Babylonia and settled there. They began saying to each other, ‘Let’s make bricks and harden them with fire.’ (In this region bricks were used instead of stone, and tar was used for mortar.) Then they said, ‘Come, let’s build a great city for ourselves with a tower that reaches into the sky. This will make us famous and keep us from being scattered all over the world.’”
Genesis 11:1-4
“At one time all the people of the world spoke the same language and used the same words. As the people migrated to the east, they found a plain in the land of Babylonia and settled there. They began saying to each other, ‘Let’s make bricks and harden them with fire.’ (In this region bricks were used instead of stone, and tar was used for mortar.) Then they said, ‘Come, let’s build a great city for ourselves with a tower that reaches into the sky. This will make us famous and keep us from being scattered all over the world.’”
1. The People Migrated to Shinar
2. They Wanted Security
Genesis 11:4
“Otherwise we will be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.”
Genesis 11:4
“Otherwise we will be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.”
3. When God Gives Directions
B. THEY DISCOVERED THE POWER OF UNITY WITHOUT THE POWER OF GOD
Genesis 11:3-4
“They began saying to each other, ‘Let’s make bricks and harden them with fire.’ (In this region bricks were used instead of stone, and tar was used for mortar.) Then they said, ‘Come, let’s build a great city for ourselves with a tower that reaches into the sky.’”
Genesis 11:3-4
“They began saying to each other, ‘Let’s make bricks and harden them with fire.’ (In this region bricks were used instead of stone, and tar was used for mortar.) Then they said, ‘Come, let’s build a great city for ourselves with a tower that reaches into the sky.’”
1. The People Had a Lot Going for Them
2. Unity By Itself Isn't Necessarily Righteousness
3. One of the Greatest Dangers of Christian Life
C. THEIR GREATEST PROJECT WASN'T THE TOWER - IT WAS THEIR REPUTATION
Genesis 11:4
“This will make us famous and keep us from being scattered all over the world.”
Genesis 11:4
“This will make us famous and keep us from being scattered all over the world.”
1. They Wanted a Name for Themselves
2. We All Want Our Lives to Matter
D. THE BIGGEST THREAT TO OUR SPIRITUAL LIFE MAY BE OUR SUCCESS
Genesis 11:5-6
“But the LORD came down to look at the city and the tower the people were building. ‘Look!’ he said. ‘The people are united, and they all speak the same language. After this, nothing they set out to do will be impossible for them!’”
Genesis 11:5-6
“But the LORD came down to look at the city and the tower the people were building. ‘Look!’ he said. ‘The people are united, and they all speak the same language. After this, nothing they set out to do will be impossible for them!’”
1. Notice - 'Nothing they set out to do will be impossible for them!'
2. All WE Build Can Be Gone in an Instant
E. GOD'S 'NO' CAN SOMETIMES BE HIS MERCY
Genesis 11:7-8
“‘Come, let’s go down and confuse the people with different languages. Then they won’t be able to understand each other.’ In that way, the LORD scattered them all over the world, and they stopped building the city.”
Genesis 11:7-8
“‘Come, let’s go down and confuse the people with different languages. Then they won’t be able to understand each other.’ In that way, the LORD scattered them all over the world, and they stopped building the city.”
1. God Confused Their Language
2. God Interrupted to Stop Their Rebellion
F. GOD WILL NOT ALLOW HUMAN PRIDE TO HAVE THE FINAL WORD
Genesis 11:9
“That is why the city was called Babel, because that is where the LORD confused the people with different languages. In this way he scattered them all over the world.”
Genesis 11:9
“That is why the city was called Babel, because that is where the LORD confused the people with different languages. In this way he scattered them all over the world.”
1. They Wanted a Name for Themselves
2. Look At This Contrast