God's covenant with Noah--and, through him, every living creature for all future generations--had no stipulations.
Noah didn't have to do a thing to receive it, nor do we have to do anything now to keep it. God just said, once and for all, "Never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of the flood" (Genesis 9:11-12).
Now that's some grace--grace that every living human is experiencing right now, whether they believe it or not.
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Added to that, God also recognized that the Flood did not wipe out evil as the center of man's intentions from his youth - this before the covenant was made! It's humbling to know that what greived God's heart in 6:6 was the object of God's mercy in 8:21-22. We deserve none of this. I've a lot to learn about mercy.
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