Nothing of Unrestraint (Part One) by Dr. Rod Mattoon

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* Genesis 11:6- And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now NOTHING will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. After the Genesis Flood, the world began to recover in its population growth that stemmed from eight people....Noah’s family. God told us the earth was of one language and one speech. John Butler pointed out that according to the scholars who know how to compute population, the "whole earth" was approximately 30,000 in population at this time. The people traveled and settled in the plain of Shinar. They knew how to make bricks and held them together with slime. It was their desire to build a mammoth city with a giant tower that would make them famous for miles around this region. The tower would be a beacon and a good place for a look-out soldier on guard duty. God’s command was for mankind to be “fruitful, multiply, replenish the earth, and subdue it” (Genesis 1:28). These people wanted to settle together in a large city. God was concerned about their disobedience as well as the results of the actions that would stem from their imaginations. Research reveals that Nimrod, the builder of Babel, was familiar with the worship of Satan. If the Lord did not intervene again as He did with the Flood, then NOTHING would be restrained from them. The perversity that took place before the Flood would take place again if God did not intervene at Babel. When we look at our own nation, we see that the unrestrained perversity of societies in America is rapidly escalating into that which is considered to be the normal behavior. Corruption has become common and cute. The April, 2012 issue of Christianity Today stated that the United States still sends out more missionaries per year than any other country At the time of that issue it was 127,000. It is ironic however, that more missionaries are sent to America than any other land....32,400 when the article was printed. The need for spiritual awakening in America seems to be of great concern to those living on distant shores. What a rebuke to us who live in this country. Beloved, when men have no restraints, they are capable of doing the most filthy, foul, foolish, and ferocious deeds toward others. Their expressions toward God can be intensely irreverent, irrelevant, indifferent, and irritating. We will note a few traits of those today who are characterized by unrestraint. Unfortunately, some of these traits are found in the lives of people who PROFESS to be Christians. Such behavior has caused those who are unrestrained to invite trouble into their own lives, but they also damage the cause of Christ by their behavior. This serious issue is addressed in this 24-minute message which was preached on Sunday night, February 13, 2020 at Lincoln Land Baptist Church.