Questions:
7.
a.
Confused their language and scattered them
b.
Continuously. God’s hand is in all things. He does not prevent man from sinning, but He limits it now as always. He does it by allowing the repercussions of sin to play out (greed, lust, hiding, cheating) By our actions we make our towers fall
8.
God is love. It is only through communion with God that we gain insight into communion with others. Without God, we find the primary focus of our love to be self-love which leads to greed, self-serving, objectification of people, etc…
9.
a.
There are about 6800 spoken languages in the world today. But God has the power to touch the lips and ears of all people so they can hear His truth being spoken clearly
b.
Speak the truth in my language to all who I come in contact. Speak the truth in my actions to all who I come in contact. Speak the truth to myself about God. Speak the truth to God about himself, me and all those who I come in contact. Daily walk with God.
My Daily Journal:
I’ve struggled with the main message of this week, but today’s lesson helped it become clear.
The key phrase that I picked up on that was repeated 3 times is “come, let us”.
The people of this land and this time were trying to form a community without God. They wanted to make their own kingdom inside God’s kingdom but without God in it. It centers around them and what they want and how great they are, not God.
God longs for community with His creation. That is why we were created. That is what God is. The Trinity is a divine community and God welcomes us in to it, he seeks us out and saves us so we can join. Christ’s mission was to bring mankind back into the unity of the original creation before sin. When ever 2 or more are gathered in His name, He is present. God loves community, friendships, marriage, relationships, all with Him.
But we don’t include God in all of our communities, do we? We compartmentalize Him. God is great for our church community, but don’t talk about Him at work or school. This is a sports team, not a Sunday school class. My neighbors don’t go to church or believe but they are fun to hang around with. If I want to be in the “in group” at school/work, then I need to tone down my chistian-speak.
We also hear it in the works that we do in “the community.” We are welcoming to churches and church groups, but don’t push religion while you are doing the work, don’t proselytize. Just be quiet and do the work, feed the people, build the homes, help the sick, but don’t bring God into it and you are welcome.
I particularly see it at this time of year because so many “community organizations” are collecting things for “the holidays.” You know, the one day holiday where people get together and exchange gifts. Don’t say the word – we don’t want any of that church stuff in our community, we just want the holy days, uh, holidays for our community without God.
In my opinion, it wasn’t the tower that pained God. It was that they were using His word to form communities without Him. They were using his word to confuse people into joining communities that excluded him.
So what does He do? They wish to be confused and spread confusion, let them be confused – they aren’t using God’s Word to do it though. They want to bond together without God, scatter them.
Want to feel less scattered and confused? Bring God back into all your communities. Commune with others and God.
The Notes are Good 