The Story of the Unfinished Tower

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Babel

• The Story of the Unfinished Tower
• Genesis 111-9

2
Build It Bigger and Better

• With advancements in human technology comes
  bigger and better projects of mankind
• We have one speech the Internet
• We have a global economy
• The danger accompanying this is pride

3
Background

• Noahs family was to spread out over the earth
  after the flood (Gen. 817 91)
• They chose to stay together instead (Gen. 111-2)
• Building a tower was not wrong, but their motive
  of pride was (Gen. 113-4)
• Their scattering was a punishment of God (Gen.
  115-9)

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Babel the Unfinished Tower

• Their wisdom was advanced, but they did not use
  it to the glory of God (1 Cor. 118ff)
• Their humanism (come let us) dethroned God and
  exalted themselves (Dan. 434ff Lk. 1216ff)
• Their pride lead to their fall (Jer. 1023 Obad.
  3-4 Jer. 4916)
• Their work was seen and punished by God
  (Prov. 153 Heb. 413)

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Pride in the NT

• Jews rejected Jesus because of pride (Jn. 1243)
• Herods pride lead to his fall (Acts 1220-23)
• Pride caused the Gentiles to fall (Rom. 130)
• Laodicean Christians were proud (Rev. 317)
• Pride leads to apostasy (2 Tim. 32-3)

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Lessons Learned

• Gods commands are always in our best interest
  (Eccl. 1213-14)
• Human ingenuity and technology are often abused
  and misused (Gen. 108-12 Rom. 125)
• Pride leads to a fall (Prov. 1618)
• Gods plans will not be frustrated (Isa. 558-11)
• The fear of man will befall him (Phil. 29-10)