DCLM Sincere Milk 15 August 2025 — The Deluge
DCLM Sincere Milk 15 August 2025 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — The Deluge
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Topic: The Deluge
Text: Genesis 7:11-24
In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
12And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
13In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah’s wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark;
14They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort.
15And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life.
16And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in.
17And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.
18And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.
19And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
20Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.
21And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man:
22All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.
23And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.
24And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days.
Key Verse: “And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.” Genesis 7:12
Message
The dictionary simply defines a deluge as a great flood or rain. It is a type of rainfall that causes destruction. Can you imagine rain falling continuously for 5 days, 10 days, 15 days, 30 days or 40 days and 40 nights. From the beginning of January 2024, many nations of the world experienced serious flood causing loss of lives, properties and valuable materials.
Also Read: DCLM Sincere Milk 14 August 2025 – A New Life
In the time of Noah, the people’s wickedness was getting worse and worse. God decided to use a flood to give goodness a chance to rule on the earth again. At that time only Noah was good – and he was already old. What do you think could have happened if Noah died and only the wicked were left to rule the earth?
Floods and other natural disasters happening in the world today are not the same as God’s judgment in Noah’s time. God has promised that He will not destroy the world with flood anymore but with fire. Before the end will come, we are to live a righteous life like Noah so as to escape the “deluge of fire”. Also, you are to warn sinners of the danger of remaining in their sin. Remember, you must escape for your life.
Further Reading: 2 Peter 3:5-11
Prayer for today: Lord, I surrender my life unto You, keep me in Your Ark of salvation.
1. Admit that you are a sinner. "For all [humans] have sinned, and comes short of the glory of God....[and] the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 3:23)
2. Repent now. "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out ...[for] if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness " (Acts 3:19, 1 John 1:9)
3. Believe that God loves you and Jesus died for you. "God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet Sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8)
4. Invite Jesus into your life through prayer of faith. Jesus says, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me" (Revelation 3:20)
