The Tower of Babel

Finding God in Chaos: We Can Only Be United In Christ

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Genesis 10

21 To Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber… 25 To Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided… 31 These are the sons of Shem, by their clans, their languages, their lands, and their nations. 32 These are the clans of the sons of Noah, according to their genealogies, in their nations, and from these the nations spread abroad on the earth after the flood.

Genesis 11

1 Now the whole earth had one language and the same words. 2 And as people migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there. 3 And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” And they had brick for stone, and bitumen for mortar. 4 Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be dispersed over the face of the whole earth.”

5 And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of man had built. 6 And the Lord said, “Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language, and this is only the beginning of what they will do. And nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them.

7 Come, let us go down and there confuse their language, so that they may not understand one another’s speech.” 8 So the Lord dispersed them from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city. 9 Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth. And from there the Lord dispersed them over the face of all the earth.

When We Don’t Trust The Lord:
1. We trust ourselves… alone
2. We think we can be God… fail
3. We don’t lift up God’s name… lack of purpose, empty, unfulfilled

When We Trust The Lord:
1. We join others… in the church
2. We know we need God… success
3.We worship Jesus… on mission fulfilled with purpose

Acts 2

1 When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. 2 And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. 3 And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them. 4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.

TRUTH TO TAKE HOME
We Can Only Be United In Christ

About John Harris

I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
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