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Genesis 11:4 · BSB
11:4 “Come,” they said, “let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth.”
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…the most famous construction project in the Bible. On the plain of Shinar, people gather to build a city with a tower, and the reason they give inGenesis chapter 11 verse 4is so that they may make a name for themselves and not be scattered. Same fear, same solution, same result. Here is what nobody tells you about…
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…building on. So we've got the problem of disobedience and the problem of autonomy, but then finally we've got the problem of self-glorification.Genesis 11:4. And they said, Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its tops to the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be…
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…the most famous construction project in the Bible. On the plain of Shinar, people gather to build a city with a tower, and the reason they give inGenesis chapter 11 verse 4is so that they may make a name for themselves and not be scattered. Same fear, same solution, same result. Here is what nobody tells you about…
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…next week, but he'll be talking about the Tower of Babel. And if you're familiar with the story, jump over to Genesis 11, just the chapter after.Genesis 11, verse 4, it says, And they said, Go, let us build a city and a tower whose top may reach unto heaven, and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered…
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…is not Jacob who built anything, but it is God who was doing it by himself. It is God doing it by himself. And we see also, The opposite of this isGenesis 11, verse 4. Let's go back to Genesis 11. We have not finished. And we see the word scattered abroad, the phrase scattered abroad, which means to break.…
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…of man's sin. Sinful men decide to build a great city and a tower. And the Bible helpfully tells us why. It records their motivation. And down inGenesis chapter 11, verse 4, we hear the words of pride and arrogance and boasting. Look at verse 4. The people said, Let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in…
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…Humanity at one point forgot about God. Humanity was living their lives without the Lord and in essence tried to become like him. And we read inGenesis chapter 11, verse 4, we see this. Then they said, the humanity, humanity said this, come, let us build ourselves a city with a tower to reach the heavens, so that we…
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…give our hearts and minds to the Spirit and see if we can sense the Spirit today. Our Hebrew Bible reading for this morning is from the book ofGenesis, chapter 11, verses 1 through 9. Let's listen together for God's word to us today. All people on the earth had one language in the same words. When they traveled east, they found…
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…know? I'll give you a hint. It's all the way back in Genesis. Anybody know where it would have been? The Tower of Babel. Babylon, right? Babylon.Genesis 11, verses 1 through 9. Listen to it quickly. Now, the whole earth used the same language and the same words. It came about as they journeyed east that they found a plain…
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…Arosuniega and I'm part of the El Cerrito Kensington Community Group and Oikos Group and the Deacon. Today's scripture reading is from the book ofGenesis, chapter 11, verses 1-9, and chapter 12, verses 1-9, as printed in your liturgy. A reading from the book of Genesis. Now the whole world had one language and a common…
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…that's just started along with its partner, religious Babylon, the false religious harlot of religion. It has had a lust filled relationship sinceGenesis Chapter 11, verse 4back there. It's the people there gathered in Babylon and said come, let us build ourselves a city. You know what a city is? A place where we'll…
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…and values that begin to determine their action. There are beliefs and values that begin to determine their actions. You see that as early asGenesis 11, verse 4, where God had specifically told Adam and his descendants, that listen, go forth, multiply, replenish the earth. It was a distribution. And yet in…
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…Genesis 11? Two chapters later, after being told to be fruitful and fill the earth, spread yourselves out, fill the earth with my glory, we read inGenesis 11, verse 4, they say this, come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens. Let us make a name for ourselves lest we be dispersed…
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the Old Testament reading this morning is fromGenesis 11 verses 1-9now the whole earth had one language and the same words and as people migrated from the East they found a plane in the land of shinar and settled…
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…4, 1, and Satan, of course, in 1 Timothy 5. But though God scattered this kingdom, where did he scatter this kingdom? Do you remember back inGenesis 11, verses 1 through 9? Where did he scatter it? The Tower of Babel. Satan still rules over the pieces of the once united kingdom. And while God ordains human governments…
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…the opportunity he's given us, but it's actually to make a name for ourselves is to put ourselves in the place of God. And so in Genesis 11 chapterGenesis 11 verse 4, excuse me, we read simply this, the nations are talking, trying to metaphorically build a temple up to the heavens. Let us make a name for…
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…You can learn more about us and find contact info at newsongportperry.ca. Our first lesson this morning is from the Old Testament, the book ofGenesis, chapter 11, verses 1 to 9. Now the whole earth had one language and the same words. And as people migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and…
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…us. The Bible says, the people built this tower not so that they could call upon the name of the Lord, like the faithful line of Seth. In fact,Genesis 11:4says, let us make a name for ourselves. But the presumption, if you think about it, even this early on in the Bible, is for humanity who have been…
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…power to craft your identity and purpose. Hashtag authenticity. Now, as crazy as that sounds, this is exactly what you see being played out inGenesis 11, verse 4. Look at what they said. People respond to their fear. You should ask yourself, what are your core fears? What are the fears that concern you, that…
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…that person to endure it. That makes sense. Go to Genesis 11 with me in this Bible study quickly. I want you to see an example of what I'm saying.Genesis 11 verse 4. What do we read here? This is about the Tower of Babel. Now look at, this is an amazing comparison. In Genesis 11 4, we read then. They said, come…
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