Why the Flood?
A. (
GEN 6:11) The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
1. corrupt: as pa. pple. Corrupted, depraved, spoiled.
a. The total depravity of man was on full display.
ROM 3:9,
15-18.
b. True religion was, except for Noah, gone. Corrupt religion lends itself to
violence.
GEN 4:8;
PSA 106:35-38.
c. The condition was universal: “...all flesh had corrupted his way...” (
GEN 6:12).
2. Prior to the Flood, there had been no law given for capital punishment.
GEN...