“Human Pride” Sermon. Sunday, 3/15/2026.

Globalism

Building a Life

Tower of Babel

The only true foundation

Sermon Series: Lessons in Genesis

Scripture Title: Human Pride

Pastor Greg Wiest

Scripture Reading: Genesis‬ ‭11‬:‭1‬-‭8‬ ‭ “Now the whole world had one language and a common speech. As people moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there. They said to each other, “Come, let’s make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” They used brick instead of stone, and tar for mortar. Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves; otherwise we will be scattered over the face of the whole earth.” But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower the people were building. The Lord said, “If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them. Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other.” So the Lord scattered them from there over all the earth, and they stopped building the city.”

Sermon Summary: After the flood, everyone spoke the same language and settled in the same area on the plain of Shinar. They built a city and a tower to the heavens to make their name great. The Lord knew that with a sinful nation, a single language and a unified culture, human beings do terrible things to one another and would leave God out of the picture. They would replace God with themselves. So God gave them all different languages so that they could not communicate with one and scattered them over the earth. Humans still try to build their own towers to heaven by good works, by their own philosophies, by their own man made religions. But Christ says that he is the only gateway to heaven. In today’s world we think we can fix everything through our ingenuity and technology. We don’t think we need God. We think we are just fine all on our own. None of us are building towers of brick and mortar but we are building a life. And that life is based on what we believe to be true about the world and the reason for our existence. Some of us have a life build on material possessions. Others build a life based on achievement. Any life that we build that leaves out God is an idol to ourselves. Paul tells us in 1 Corinthians 3:11 that the only true foundation of any life is Jesus Christ. And on top of that foundation should be a life that is dedicated to the Lord It’s this kind of life that will stand the test of time, that will weather the storms that come our way, and receive that reward in heaven when Christ says, “Well done, good and faithful servant!”

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