February 8, 2026 | Lorain Fellowship
NKJV Genesis 6:1-13           
The Evil Spirits Mingling with Man and Man Becoming Flesh
6:1-4
1 Now it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them,
2 that the sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves of all whom they chose.
3 And the Lord said, “My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, for he is indeed flesh; yet his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.” 
4 There were giants on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men and they bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.
God Dealing with Man’s Third Fall — Blotting Out Man from the Earth
6:5-7
5 Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
6 And the Lord was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. 
7 So the Lord said, “I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth, both man and beast, creeping thing and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them.”
Walking with God
6:8-10
8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.
9 This is the genealogy of Noah. Noah was a just man, perfect in his generations. Noah walked with God. 
10 And Noah begot three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
12 So God looked upon the earth, and indeed it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.
13 And God said to Noah, “The end of all flesh has come before Me, for the earth is filled with violence through them; and behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
A Sketch of Genesis
Two Lines of Mankind
A new covenant
The time of Noah marks the beginning of a new relationship between God and man. When God created Adam, He made him in His own image and commanded him to rule over all the earth (Gen. 1:27–28). God wanted man to fulfill His purpose of ruling for Him. However, at Noah’s time, the earth had become corrupt before God and filled with violence (6:11). Man had been exposed as being completely unable to fulfill God’s purpose. After Noah, God placed the demand on Himself. He made a new covenant with man and set the rainbow in the sky as the sign of this new covenant (9:12–17). When God sees the rainbow, He knows that the demand is all upon Him. 
Mixture
Man fell in Adam, and that fall continued. It reached its lowest point with the mixture of spirit and flesh: “The sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves, whomever they chose....The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, and they bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown” (Gen. 6:2, 4). This mixture of the sons of God (fallen angels, Jude 6–7) with the daughters of men produced the Nephilim, or giants, the mighty men of renown. God hated this mixture. He reacted to it, saying, “My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh” (Gen. 6:3). In God’s creation everything was according to its own kind (1:12, 21, 25). God desires purity. If we love the world as well as God and desire the things on the earth as well as the things above, our situation does not match God’s desire (1 John 2:15–17).
We Christians often serve both in the spirit as well as in the flesh, using our own ways. This is the principle of mixture. We find it hard to walk solely by the spirit, so we mix the spirit with the flesh. This produces “mighty men of renown.” On the one hand we pray with our spirit, and on the other hand, we are full of plans and try our best to handle things according to the flesh. This is mixture. As a result, we build ourselves up, seeking to become mighty men.
Without Christ we will look for outward things to rely on. We shouldn’t seek to become “mighty men of renown,” looking for outward results or praise from others. We should only pay attention to the Christ within us. The early disciples had nothing to rely upon but Christ, even proclaiming, “I do not possess silver and gold, but what I do have I give to you: In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene—walk!” (Acts 3:6). This is not an easy way, but it is the way of salvation.
It is easy for us to search for ways to do things without relying on Christ. We may feel led of the Lord to have a special gospel event or church outing, and yet our planning and doing may be entirely our own effort. We are trying to accomplish a spiritual goal without Christ. This is mixture. The Lord indicated that we may even study the Bible and still miss Him (John 5:39–40).
When we mix the spirit and the flesh or bring the world into the church, God withdraws His hand. He wants to gain those who are pure, one hundred percent for Himself. We should be careful about mixture and be pure. When we read Genesis, we realize that the mighty men are not pleasing to God, yet in our own Christian service, for some reason we desire to produce such mighty men. By mixing the spirit with the flesh, God’s way with man’s way, we marry “the sons of God,” hoping to gain impressive results and be appreciated. Even if we were to baptize twenty people in one day, it should not be to our glory but the Lord’s. We need to have a heart that is purely for the Lord. Like Paul, we should “count all things to be loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord” (Phil. 3:8). If we want to gain the world as well as the Lord, serve with our own goals as well as the Lord’s, and supply others with things from ourselves in addition to things from the Lord, eventually we will discover we are not walking the way of God.
Life Study of Genesis Message 28
Walking with God
Genesis 6:9 tells us that Noah walked with God. Undoubtedly, Noah inherited all the spiritual blessings from his forefathers, such as Adam, Abel, Enosh, Enoch, etc. and he followed his great grandfather, Enoch, to walk with God in a crooked, perverse, and adulterous generation. I do believe that he was much influenced by hearing of his great grandfather Enoch’s godly walk. Noah stood for a strong continuation of the line of life and, with much development, he carried it on further.
Finding Grace in the Eyes of the Lord
Genesis 6:8 says, ‘‘But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.’’ Finding grace in the eyes of the Lord is not a small thing. What does ‘‘finding grace’’ mean? Notice that this verse does not say that God was gracious to Noah, or that the Lord granted grace to Noah. No, it says that Noah found grace. Remember that Genesis is a book filled with spiritual seeds. Here, in 6:8, we have the first mention of grace in the Bible. Noah was able to be what he was because he found grace in the eyes of the Lord.
Hebrews 4:16 tells us to come boldly to the throne of grace that we may obtain mercy and find grace in time of need. When I was young, nearly every day in my prayers I would say, ‘‘Lord, I am coming to the throne of grace. At Your throne of grace I find grace for my timely need. Lord, I need Your grace every minute. I not only need Your grace every year, every week, every day, and every hour, but every minute. Without Your grace, I simply cannot bear anything.’’ Today I still need the Lord’s grace every minute. Perhaps in a few minutes my folks will give me a difficult time, or else one of the brothers will come to bother me. Perhaps I will receive a phone call from a sister. So, I keep on telling the Lord, ‘‘Lord, I need Your grace every minute. I know that You are gracious and that You have grace ready for me. Lord, since grace needs my cooperation, I kneel before the throne of grace to find grace to meet my need.’’ Many times we simply cannot stand our situation and we cannot face what is happening to us. However, there is a place called the throne of grace. Come boldly to the throne of grace that you may find mercy and grace for your time of need.
Footnotes:
Gen 6:81 But
Satan had corrupted man to the uttermost, and God had determined to destroy the man whom He had created for His purpose. Thus, it appeared that God was defeated. But Noah points to the sovereign factor that provided God a way to continue to carry out His original purpose with man. Through Noah’s life and work God gained the victory over His enemy and changed the age. Cf. notes 81 in Dan. 1 and 41 in Eph. 2.
Gen 6:82 favor
Or, grace. Noah was able to walk with God (v. 9) in that crooked, perverted, and adulterous generation because he found grace (cf. Heb. 4:16). Grace is God coming to us to be our life supply, our strength, and our everything (see note 101 in 1 Cor. 15). Such grace enabled Noah to overcome the flesh and to live a righteous life (Ezek. 14:14; cf. Rom. 5:17-21 and notes).
Gen 6:91b walked  -   Gen. 5:22, 24
Like his great-grandfather Enoch (5:22-24), Noah walked with God by faith (Heb. 11:7), which was God’s divine element transfused and infused into him to be his believing ability (Rom. 3:22 and note). As a result, he became heir of God’s righteousness (cf. Rom. 4:3, 9) and a herald of righteousness (2 Pet. 2:5) as a protest against the evil generation. Noah’s righteousness strengthened God’s standing to execute His judgment upon that ungodly generation.