DCLM Sincere Milk 3 August 2025 — Two By Two
Topic: Two By Two
Text: Genesis 7:1-9
1And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.
3Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.
4For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.
5And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him.
6And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
7And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
8Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
9There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
Key Verse: “There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.” Genesis 7:9
Message
Noah did everything the Lord told him to do. He and his family went into the boat and with them every kind of animal you can think of – one male, one female of every living creature. Then God shut the door! God, the Creator of the universe has power over all He has made. God holds the whole of creation together. He makes
sure that the sun rises and sets, that rain falls on dry ground, and that every creature- from the biggest to the smallest- has its place in His creation.
Because God created animals He has the power to make them do whatever He wants them to. However, animals cannot choose to obey or disobey God like we can. They are not aware of God the way we are because they do not have a spirit. God does not speak to animals the way He speaks to us. When animals do what God wants them to, they do it without having to think about it.
Can you think of a time that God used birds to feed His servant in the desert? (1 Kings 17:4) If animals can obey God’s command, we as human beings should do better. We are made in God’s image, therefore we are called to do His will.
Further Reading: Genesis 7:10-16
Prayer for today: Lord, make me an obedient child
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)
