Genesis 6:5-6
Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. The Lord was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.
Did you know that God can be grieved? The word for grieved is used 15 times in the Old Testament and signifies being in some sort of pain. Joseph, trying to console his brothers after they sold him into slavery, told them to not "grieve" about what they did (Genesis 45:5). In the above verse God is grieved because mankind was so sinful after the fall. God was so grieved that He brought a flood on the earth to destroy man. We are told in this verse that God so the evil man not only did, but He saw what man thought. Man was so sinful that the very intent of his heart is only evil. In Psalm 14:1-4 we are told that man's heart is continuously evil in their thoughts. God can see our hearts thoughts and knows the corruptness of them. Preachers from long ago would tell us that even the best and holy thoughts are still self-serving and anti-God. God is grieved by our sin. In Ephesians 4:30 we are told that the Holy Spirit, who seals us until the day of redemption (meaning He is our seal that we WILL BE redeemed) can be grieved our sin. We might fill guilty, but God is grieved. We might forget about it, but God is grieved. God is grieved in His Heart. God is grieved because of the grace He gives man and the fact that He created him and yet man rejects God by sinning against Him. We grieve God when we spurn His free grace.
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