Genesis 6:5-9

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. And the LORD was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. 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.’ But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD. This is the genealogy of Noah. Noah was a just man, perfect in his generations. Noah walked with God.

Q. Why the flood?

A. God is the sovereign Creator and therefore has the right to do what He pleases (Psalms 135:6).

• God is holy, just, righteous, gracious, merciful, compassionate, and loving (Isaiah 6:3; Genesis 18:25; Exodus 34:6–7; John 3:16).
• God created a very good world (Genesis 1:31).
• The world we now live in is a fallen, sin-cursed world (Genesis 3).
• There are no truly good people (i.e., good by God’s standard) since we have all sinned and fallen short of God’s glory (Romans 3:9–18, 23).
• We do not deserve God’s mercy; we deserve God’s justice and wrath (Psalm 103:10, 130:3; Romans 6:23).