THE TOWER OF POWER GENESIS 11:1-9

THE TOWER OF POWER GENESIS 11:1-9

I. TOWER OF POWER: MAN S PRIDE IN HUMAN ACHIEVEMENT Genesis 11:1-4 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.

A.HUMAN SECURITY APART FROM GOD 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.

B.HUMAN ACHIEVEMENT APART FROM GOD 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. 4a Then they said, Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower

C. HUMAN REBELLION AGAINST GOD 4b with its top in the heavens,

D. HUMAN RECOGNITION APART FROM GOD 4c and let us make a name for ourselves,

E.HUMAN CONTROL APART FROM GOD 4d lest we be dispersed over the face of the whole earth.

II. BALL OF CONFUSION: GOD S JUDGMENT OF CONFUSION AND DISPERSION Genesis 11:5-9 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.

A. MAN CONSPIRES, GOD RETIRES 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.

Proverbs 19:21 Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand.

B. MAN MISUSES, GOD CONFUSES 7 Come, let us go down and there confuse their language, so that they may not understand one another's speech. 9a Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth. confuse = Heb. balal

LANGUAGES TODAY 6,900 languages spoken in our world today 94 different language families 44% of world speak an Indo-European language

http://www.vistawide.com/languages/language_families_statistics1.htm

TOP 11 LANGUAGES SPOKEN IN THE WORLD Chinese 1.2 billion Spanish 400 million English 360 million Hindi most spoken among India s official 23 languages Arabic 250 million Portuguese 215 million Bengali 170 million Russian 170 million Japanese 130 million Punjabi/Landha 100 million German https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/the-10-most-spoken-languages-in-the-world

C. MAN SUBVERTS, GOD DISPERSES 8 So the Lord dispersed them from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city. 9b And from there the Lord dispersed them over the face of all the earth.

NATIONS THEN AND NOW 70 nations in Genesis 10 11,489 people groups in world today 6,832 have a population less than 2% Christian 3,264 have no Christian witness

CONCLUSION

1. GOD HAS A GREAT PLAN FOR THE NATIONS TO SAVE THEM IN CHRIST. Matthew 28:18 20 Go, therefore and make disciples of all nations Luke 24:46 Thus it is written that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations beginning in Jerusalem. Acts 1:8 You will be my to the end of the earth.

2. GOD HAS A GREAT PURPOSE FOR THE NATIONS TO UNITE AS ONE CHURCH IN CHRIST Acts 2:5-11 5 Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation under heaven. Galatians 3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

3. GOD HAS A GREAT ROLE FOR THE NATIONS TO HAVE DOMINION ON THE EARTH FOR GOD S GLORY. Revelation 5:9-10 9 And they sang a new song, saying, Worthy are you to take the scroll and to open its seals, for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation, 10 and you have made them kingdom and priests to our God, and they shall reign on the earth.

4. GOD HAS A GREAT FUTURE FOR THE NATIONS TO WORSHIP CHRIST TOGETHER FOREVER.