Jill: Hello, I'm Jill Morikone
and I just want to welcome you
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to Lesson Number 3 of our
study of the book of Genesis.
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This lesson is
titled: Cain and His Legacy.
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We'll be looking
at Genesis chapter 4.
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Join us now as we
study the Word of God.
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Music...
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Jill: We just
love this time together
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where we get to open up
the Word of God this Quarter
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in the book of Genesis...
the first book in the Bible
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and study with you at home.
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Thank you for being
part of our family...
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thank you for
studying along with us
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and I have some of
my family here with me.
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To my left... Shelley Quinn...
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always a joy to have you here.
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Shelley: Always a
joy to break bread
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and open up the
Word of God together.
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We're glad you're here.
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Jill: Amen... to your
left, Pastor James Rafferty
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with a nice sweater
today, we like this.
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James: Yeah, thank you...
reminds me of my school days
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where we used to
wear sweaters and Gaps.
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Shelley: Very
British. James: Very British.
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Jill: To your left,
Pastor Johnny Dinzey
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so glad you're here, Pastor.
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Dinzey: It's a
blessing to be here once again.
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Jill: Amen... last but not least
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the Singer in
Israel... Pastor Ryan Day
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so glad you're here.
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Ryan: Amen always a
blessing to be a part of this
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wonderful Panel.
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Jill: Amen and Ryan,
would you pray for us?
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Ryan: Sure, absolutely.
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Ryan: "Our Father in heaven,
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Lord, we dare not go any further
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into the study of Your Word
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without the leadership and
guidance of Your Holy Spirit
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and so, Father, we ask
now just pour it out upon us
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that all the words that
are expressed and spoken...
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the thoughts that are
expressed here today, Lord,
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are Your thoughts... Your ideas
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straight from Your Word.
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May we bring glory to You
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and may so many be blessed
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because of this
lesson this week.
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Draw us closer to You Jesus,
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we ask in Jesus'
holy name, amen. "
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Panel: Amen.
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Jill: If you've been
following week to week,
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you know that last
week we studied: The Fall.
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We looked at the serpent
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and the temptation that
came to Eve and then to Adam.
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We look at the entrance of sin
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and the
consequences of that sin...
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the judgment that came from God
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but then, the redemption
and salvation that was offered
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in that first Messianic
promise in Genesis 3 verse 15.
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This week, we'll look
at Cain and his legacy.
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Genesis chapter 4...
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so, as we start out, I
want to do a quick comparison
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between Genesis 3 and Genesis 4.
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You see several
similarities between the two.
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We see a
description of sin in Genesis 3.
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Eve coveted the
fruit... did she not?
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and she took of the
fruit in direct violation
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of God's command.
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Adam and Eve
experienced fear and guilt
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as Pastor Johnny brought out so
clearly last week in our lesson.
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If we look at the description
of sin in Genesis chapter 4,
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we see that Cain becomes angry
with God and then his brother
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and enough to
murder his brother, Abel.
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We'll study that this week.
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We see, also, God questioning
those who have sinned.
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In Genesis 3, He says
to Adam, "Where are you?
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Why did you hide yourself?"
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In Genesis 4, God asks
Cain, "Why are you angry?"
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We also see the
curse as a result of sin.
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In Genesis 3, we saw
that the serpent was cursed
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and the ground was cursed.
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In Genesis 4, we discover
that Cain himself is cursed.
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We see the
expulsion in Genesis 3...
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Shelley talked
about it last week...
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Adam and Eve being driven
out from the Garden of Eden
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so that they would never again
have access to the Tree of Life
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which would perpetuate life.
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In Genesis 4, the same
Hebrew word: Garash is used
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in reference to
Cain being driven out...
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being
disconnected from the ground.
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We see the progression of sin.
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In Genesis 3...
there's perfection
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and then sin enters
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and we see them
partaking of the fruit.
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By the time we get to Genesis 4,
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it's not just
eating fruit, is it?
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It's killing people
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and then, we get down to Lamech
and we see that he even...
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you could say,
"Spits in God's face. "
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He laughs in God's face.
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So, you see this downward spiral
from Genesis 3 to Genesis 4...
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this progression of sin.
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We see though in
Genesis 3 and Genesis 4,
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the promise of redemption...
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the promise of hope that
God does not leave this world
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in the sinful mess that
they created for themselves...
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they chose to step into sin
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but God doesn't
leave them there.
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We see Genesis 3:15
with that Messianic prophecy
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and in Genesis 4, we
see the birth of Cain
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and we're going to
discover that Eve thought...
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maybe this would be the
promised looked-for Messiah
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and then she
discovered it wasn't
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but then we see
the birth of Seth
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and the righteous
seed coming from him
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and we see that there is still
hope because God is at work
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in people's hearts and lives.
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Yes, there's free choice...
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yes, we have a choice... do
we want to follow Him or not
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but for those who
choose to follow Him...
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for those who walk
in repentance toward Him
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that God is at
work redemptively.
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Let's look at our memory text...
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we're in Genesis 4
verse 7 is our memory text.
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"If you do well,
will you not be accepted?
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And if you do not do
well, sin lies at the door.
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And its desire is for you,
but you should rule over it. "
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On Sunday's lesson,
we look at Cain and Abel
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and I have two verses
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that's it... and I won't
hopefully step on Shelley
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because she has one
of the verses I have too.
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But all I have is
Genesis 4 verses 1 and 2
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and let's read those verses
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and then we'll unpack it
with only four takeaways today.
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Genesis 4:1 and 2,
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"Now Adam knew his wife,
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and Adam knew Eve his wife,
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and she conceived and bore Cain,
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and said, "I have
acquired a man from the Lord. "
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Then she bore again,
this time his brother Abel.
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Now Abel was a keeper of sheep,
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but Cain... he was a
tiller of the ground. "
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The first event after
the expulsion from Eden
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was a birth.
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If you read Genesis
chapter 3 the very last verse...
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Adam and Eve are
cast out of the garden
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and then we get to Genesis
chapter 4 and we see a birth.
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That's the first event
that is mentioned here.
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So, Takeaway Number 1
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is that God always
brings hope after judgment.
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They could have
thought... Adam and Eve...
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that they were in despondency
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and they were driven
from the place they loved.
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I can't even imagine
being in their shoes.
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Can you imagine never
having seen a flower die?
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Never watching leaves
fall from the tree in the fall?
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Never experiencing death
of an animal or a person...
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never seeing any of that.
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I can't even
imagine seeing perfection
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and then seeing
that perfection marred
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and yet, after the judgment
that was pronounced upon them,
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the consequences
of their own sin...
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their own choice or free will.
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God brings hope.
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You see, we're
never left in our sins
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unless of course you
or I choose to sit there.
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We're never left in
a place of judgment.
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Psalm 30:5... I love it,
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"For His anger is
but for a moment...
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weeping may endure for a night,
but joy comes in the morning. "
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God brings hope after judgment.
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Now, let's look
at Eve's response...
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it's very significant
in Genesis 4 verse 1,
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Eve's response
after burying Cain.
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What did she say?
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"I have acquired a
man from the LORD."
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The literal translation...
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the lesson brought
this out very clearly.
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The literal
translation would be:
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I have acquired a
man... indeed the Lord Himself.
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The word for "man" used
there is linked with the word
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for a Lord or
Yahweh... Y H W H... Yahweh.
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So, literally Eve thought
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that this could be
the promised Messiah.
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She knew God had instructed
Adam and Eve... Genesis 3:15,
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they knew that
Messianic promise...
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they knew that the
Messiah would come eventually
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and so she has
Cain and she thinks,
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"Could he be the
one... is he the one?"
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Is he going to be the Messiah?
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And Desire of Ages
page 31 confirms this.
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It says, "The Saviour's
coming was foretold in Eden.
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When Adam and Eve
first heard the promise,
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they looked for its
speedy fulfillment. "
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They thought it was
going to happen right away.
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"They joyfully
welcomed their first-born son,
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hoping that he
might be the Deliverer. "
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This leads us to
Takeaway Number 2.
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False hope and expectations
leads to disappointment.
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It leads to disillusionment.
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It leads to discouragement.
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I don't know if you are a parent
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but if you are a parent and your
child has walked away from God,
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is that painful?
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What about a parent... and
your child's become a murderer?
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With that be even more painful?
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What about...
if you are a parent
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and you expected that
child to be the Deliverer...
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the coming One... the Messiah?
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Maybe the Savior
who would help you
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and then, that child
turns out to be a murderer?
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Job 30:26,
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"When I looked for
good, evil came to me;
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when I waited for
light, then came darkness. "
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I can't even imagine the
disappointment that they felt
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as we walk through the story
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and discover that their son
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that they thought maybe
could be the promised One
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became a murderer.
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It's also interesting...
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in this passage we see Eve's
comparison with Cain and Abel.
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So, she mentions Cain...
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his name in the
Hebrew means: to acquire.
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It denotes the acquisition...
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the possession of
something precious and powerful
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and we already
established that she thought
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this might have
been the Messiah.
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Abel's name by contrast
means: vapour or breath.
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It denotes
elusiveness... emptiness...
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lack of substance.
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It's the same word used
in Ecclesiastes for vanity.
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All is vanity.
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So, to me this is just
Jill's mind working here.
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Does that mean that Adam
and Eve favored Cain over Abel?
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We don't know that...
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the Bible doesn't say
whether they did or not.
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It does say... it
doesn't even mention...
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it just says, "She bore again
this time his brother Abel. "
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There was nothing significant
mentioned in the text.
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We know Abraham and Sarah
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clearly favored
Isaac over Ishmael.
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We know Rebecca
clearly favored Jacob
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and Esau... Isaac
clearly favored Esau.
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We know that Jacob favored
Joseph and later Benjamin.
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Could they have favored Cain
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and if they did, would
that lead them to regret?
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These are just
questions I ask in my own mind.
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Takeaway Number 3:
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Live today... so you
don't have regrets tomorrow.
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Shelley: Amen.
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Jill: Finally,
Takeaway number 4:
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Make choices for God.
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What are we supposed to choose?
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I went through the Word of God
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and just found
some of the things
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that we are offered choices in.
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So, we're going
to go very quickly
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through quite a
few different verses
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and just look at the choices
that God offers to us today.
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Hebrews 3:15, "Today
if you hear His voice,
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do not harden your hearts. "
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We are offered the choice
to accept Jesus Christ today.
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We're offered the choice
to choose the armor of God,
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Ephesians 6.
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We can choose to set our mind
on things above, Colossians 3.
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We can choose to put on
kindness... Ephesians 4.
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We can choose to put on humility
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and patience and
forgiveness, Colossians 3.
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We can choose to put on
the fruit of the Spirit,
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Galatians 5.
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We can choose to be dead to
sin and alive to God, Romans 6.
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We can choose to walk in
the Spirit... that's Romans 8.
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We can choose to become a
new creation in Christ Jesus,
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2nd Corinthians 5.
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We can choose to show Christ
to the world... 1st Peter 2.
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We can choose to shine
our light... that's Matthew 5.
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We can choose to let
His glory arise over us...
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that's Isaiah 60.
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We can choose not to walk
in fear... 1st John chapter 4.
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We can choose to
have the mind of Christ...
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that's Philippians chapter 2.
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We can choose to be
blameless and harmless...
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the sons and daughters of God...
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that's also
Philippians chapter 2.
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We can choose to pray
always... 1st Thessalonians 7.
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We can choose to
rejoice in everything...
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that's also 1st
Thessalonians chapter 5.
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We can choose to practice
contentment... Philippians 4.
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We can choose to focus on Him
and walk in peace... Isaiah 26.
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We can choose to practice
courtesy toward others...
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that's Titus chapter 3.
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We can choose to trust God with
our decisions... Proverbs 3.
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We can choose the
road that leads to life...
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Matthew chapter 7.
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We can choose to
deny ourselves...
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take up our cross and follow
Jesus... that's Matthew 16.
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We can choose God's approval
not man's... that's Galatians 1.
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We can choose to look unto
Jesus... Hebrews chapter 12
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to press toward
the goal... to press...
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to present our
bodies as a living sacrifice
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to allow God to transform
us by the renewing of our mind
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to be holy... to
walk worthy of the Lord...
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to accept God's way of escape
when dealing with temptation...
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to walk in the
works He's prepared for us
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and to accept His
gift of salvation by faith.
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So, choose
today to follow Jesus.
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Panel: Amen... amen.
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Shelley: Amen, praise the Lord.
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You can get so much into
ten minutes, Jill, it's amazing.
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My name is Shelley
Quinn... I have Monday's:
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The Two Offerings
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and I hope that
we're going to put to rest
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some of the...
how can I say this?
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there are arguments
about this particular chapter
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and... and they... people are...
00:14:36.97\00:14:39.47
what's the word
that I'm looking for?
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They cast a... misconceptions
00:14:41.84\00:14:43.95
but they are casting a
shadow on the character of God.
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So, we'll look at this.
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What happens in Genesis 4?
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This details the tragic results
of the consequences of the fall.
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Sin is not just growing...
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it's metastasized like a cancer
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and each descendant...
I'm speaking to you today...
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"Choose you this day
whom you will serve. "
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Each descendant of Adam and
Eve must choose for themself
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whether we are
going to listen to God
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or rebel against Him.
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So, here we have
these two sons in Genesis 4.
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One acts in obedience
and we're going to prove that
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while the other acts
in disdain and rebellion.
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I think the human race can
be divided into two groups.
00:15:31.76\00:15:37.20
There is the Godly
who choose to obey God
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and walk in obedience
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and the ungodly who
choose to reject Him
00:15:42.67\00:15:45.37
and foolishly do their own will.
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What Cain... we're going
to see how Cain rejects God
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and his rejection
starts a wicked generation
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that lays these people's
hearts toward evil all the time
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and this lays the foundation
for the destruction of the world
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in the universal
flood... so, let's go...
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Genesis 4 verse 1, "Now
Adam knew Eve his wife... "
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this is... means
that as a married couple,
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they had sexual relations.
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"She conceived and bore Cain,
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'I have acquired a man
from the LORD Himself. '"
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As Jill said, she thought this
Cain was the promised Seed...
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the Deliverer...
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"Then she bore again,
this time his brother Abel.
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Abel was a keeper of the sheep,
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but Cain was a
tiller of the ground. "
00:16:46.60\00:16:49.90
Now, both were
respectable occupations.
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But now, notice verse 3,
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"And in the process of time... "
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I've just got to pause here...
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remember what we've learned...
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the first 11 chapters of Genesis
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are a very
condensed distillation
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of the first
2,000 years of history.
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Can you imagine somebody saying,
00:17:14.83\00:17:17.57
"Hey, I want you to write
this history on the 2,000 years
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of... of the earth
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and you try to put it
down into eleven chapters. "
00:17:22.40\00:17:26.41
So... so, in
the process of time,
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this is moving the
narrative a long time after
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the initial events in
these first few verses.
00:17:36.65\00:17:40.56
Adam and Eve
lived many generations,
00:17:40.59\00:17:44.79
they had multiple children.
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He lived to be 930 years old.
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So, the additional
children in the process of time
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that Adam and Eve had
00:17:55.37\00:17:57.24
account for the
wife that Cain takes
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and why he was afraid
that he might be murdered
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following the
death of his brother.
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So, the verse says,
00:18:07.22\00:18:08.68
verse 3... Genesis 4 verse 3,
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"In the process of
time it came to pass
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that Cain brought an offering
of the fruit of the ground
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to the LORD.
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Abel also brought of
the firstborn of his flock
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and of their fat.
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And the LORD respected Abel... "
00:18:23.53\00:18:27.64
He respected
this animal sacrifice
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but He did not
respect Cain bringing Him
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the fruit of the ground...
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"and Cain was angry
his countenance fell. "
00:18:37.68\00:18:41.42
So, let's look at the
contrast between the two.
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Cain was a
tiller of the ground...
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this required hard physical work
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because the
ground had been cursed.
00:18:50.36\00:18:54.00
Cain worked to
acquire what he produced
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and he just thought to himself,
00:18:57.67\00:19:00.24
"I'm going to bring
an offering to the Lord
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of what I've acquired. "
00:19:02.70\00:19:05.41
This is... you could
say, "Salvation by works... "
00:19:05.44\00:19:07.94
Jill: Yeah.
00:19:08.01\00:19:09.34
Shelley: So, God
didn't respect this offering.
00:19:09.38\00:19:12.78
Abel is a keeper of the sheep.
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Now, wouldn't you
think "keeper of the sheep"
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you think somebody that's
a little more compassionate
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maybe sensitive...
00:19:21.06\00:19:22.66
he was careful to keep
00:19:22.69\00:19:26.33
that which he had received
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but he brings the best
of his flock to the Lord
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and God respects it.
00:19:33.50\00:19:35.47
So, the question is:
00:19:35.50\00:19:37.41
"Why did God
accept Abel's offering
00:19:37.44\00:19:41.68
and reject Cain's offering?"
00:19:41.71\00:19:43.75
I've heard all
kinds of theories on this
00:19:43.78\00:19:46.45
but please listen to
what I'm about to say.
00:19:46.51\00:19:50.69
The abbreviated
narrative of Genesis...
00:19:50.72\00:19:53.22
the only way to
understand Genesis 1 through 11
00:19:53.25\00:19:57.19
is by comparing it to passages
of the rest of the Bible.
00:19:57.23\00:20:02.86
Even, I mean,
Genesis 12 through 50
00:20:02.90\00:20:06.84
because... and let
me give you an example.
00:20:06.87\00:20:08.64
In Genesis 22:2... here's...
here's a perfect example
00:20:08.67\00:20:13.58
of what I'm about to tell you.
00:20:13.61\00:20:14.94
It has nothing to
do with Cain and Abel
00:20:14.98\00:20:17.55
but it has... it's a parallel
00:20:17.58\00:20:19.05
of how we've got to
understand the Bible.
00:20:19.08\00:20:21.38
In Genesis 22:2
God says to Abraham,
00:20:21.45\00:20:26.05
"Take your son,
your only son Isaac... "
00:20:26.09\00:20:30.19
and... and that "only son" means
he was the son of the promise,
00:20:30.23\00:20:34.10
son of the covenant
00:20:34.13\00:20:35.60
because, of
course, he had another son
00:20:35.63\00:20:37.87
but that's a covenant term.
00:20:37.90\00:20:39.80
"Take your only son
Isaac, whom you love...
00:20:39.83\00:20:42.27
go to the land of Moriah,
00:20:42.30\00:20:43.67
offer him there as
a burnt offering... "
00:20:43.71\00:20:45.87
well, you know
first time I read that
00:20:45.91\00:20:48.04
I'm like, "What?
00:20:48.08\00:20:50.05
God told them not to burn
their children as sacrifices...
00:20:50.08\00:20:53.55
and I was just thinking
about Abraham's wife Sarah.
00:20:53.58\00:20:58.59
If he came to her
and said, "Hey... "
00:20:58.62\00:21:00.89
If... if JD came to me and said,
"God said I need to sacrifice,
00:21:00.92\00:21:05.33
you know, one of our
kids... " or something,
00:21:05.36\00:21:07.60
I'd be going, "You'd
better be listening... "
00:21:07.63\00:21:09.00
thinking... is that your thought
00:21:09.03\00:21:10.90
or is that God's thought?
00:21:10.93\00:21:12.60
But look at
Hebrews 11:17 through 19,
00:21:12.63\00:21:16.50
because it sounds so ridiculous
00:21:16.54\00:21:18.47
but here Abraham just gets up
00:21:18.51\00:21:20.38
and he takes the
boy up the mountain
00:21:20.41\00:21:22.04
and tells the servants,
"We're going up here...
00:21:22.08\00:21:23.68
we will return. "
00:21:23.75\00:21:25.08
But Hebrews 11:17 through 19,
00:21:25.11\00:21:27.78
"By faith Abraham,
when he was tested,
00:21:27.82\00:21:29.68
offered up Isaac,
00:21:29.72\00:21:31.05
he had received the promises
00:21:31.09\00:21:32.69
offered up his
only begotten son,
00:21:32.72\00:21:34.52
of whom it was said,
00:21:34.56\00:21:35.89
'In Isaac your seed
shall be called... '"
00:21:35.92\00:21:38.99
Isaac was the key to
the covenant blessings.
00:21:39.03\00:21:42.33
but look at what verse 19 says,
00:21:42.36\00:21:44.90
"Abraham concluded that
God was able to raise him up,
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even from the dead,
00:21:51.24\00:21:52.57
from which he also did receive
him in a figurative sense. "
00:21:52.61\00:21:56.28
What do you mean?
00:21:56.31\00:21:57.85
There had never been a
resurrection of the dead
00:21:57.88\00:22:00.32
before Abraham's time.
00:22:00.38\00:22:01.82
But see, John 8:56...
Jesus tells the Pharisees,
00:22:01.85\00:22:06.72
"Your father Abraham saw my day:
00:22:06.76\00:22:10.66
he rejoiced in my day...
00:22:10.69\00:22:12.89
he saw... and he was glad. "
00:22:12.93\00:22:15.23
So, in this extremely condensed
narrative of 50 chapters
00:22:15.26\00:22:22.70
in Genesis covering 2300 years,
00:22:22.77\00:22:25.41
there are some things that we...
00:22:25.44\00:22:28.01
they're not pointed
out in the narrative
00:22:28.04\00:22:31.08
but we find it on down the road
00:22:31.11\00:22:33.62
so, I believe it was Genesis 15
00:22:33.65\00:22:36.08
when God was cutting
the covenant with Abraham...
00:22:36.12\00:22:39.92
when he was
ratifying the covenant...
00:22:39.95\00:22:42.66
I believe when he put
Abraham into a deep sleep,
00:22:42.72\00:22:45.86
that's when
Abraham saw Christ's day...
00:22:45.89\00:22:48.40
he knew God was going to
come down... become a man...
00:22:48.43\00:22:51.43
die on the
cross... be resurrected...
00:22:51.50\00:22:53.94
and... and so, there we go.
00:22:53.97\00:22:56.07
Now, let's take that same
principle and apply it to Abel.
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In Hebrews 11:4...
talking about Cain and Abel,
00:23:00.74\00:23:05.31
it says, "By faith... by faith
00:23:05.35\00:23:08.58
Abel offered to God a more
excellent sacrifice than Cain. "
00:23:08.62\00:23:13.76
now, first of
all... some people say,
00:23:13.82\00:23:15.56
"Oh, it wasn't
sacrificial offering... "
00:23:15.59\00:23:16.93
yes it was...
00:23:16.96\00:23:18.29
"through which he obtained
witness that he was righteous. "
00:23:18.33\00:23:22.63
What does that mean?
00:23:22.66\00:23:24.00
He was in right
standing with God...
00:23:24.03\00:23:25.90
he was following God's
way that was prescribed
00:23:25.93\00:23:29.70
and it says, "God testifying
of it... of his gifts:
00:23:29.74\00:23:34.71
and through it he
being dead still speaks. "
00:23:34.74\00:23:38.61
See, Abel acted in faith...
00:23:38.65\00:23:41.78
his sacrifice was
offered according to...
00:23:41.82\00:23:45.55
we don't see in the narrative
00:23:45.59\00:23:47.89
where God explained the
whole sacrificial system
00:23:47.92\00:23:51.19
to Adam and Eve
00:23:51.23\00:23:52.56
but like you
said... the heartbreak...
00:23:52.59\00:23:54.26
they had to see an animal die
to provide coverings for them.
00:23:54.30\00:23:58.37
Obviously, they did understand
the sacrificial system.
00:23:58.40\00:24:02.10
Obviously, if we look at
the rest of the Scripture,
00:24:02.14\00:24:06.54
they taught Cain and
Abel what God had commanded
00:24:06.57\00:24:10.75
and... and this is
something that, you know,
00:24:10.78\00:24:14.28
Jesus referred to
Abel as a righteous man
00:24:14.32\00:24:17.79
who did what was right
in the sight of the Lord.
00:24:17.82\00:24:21.62
So, we see that Hebrews actually
supports the righteousness
00:24:21.69\00:24:27.00
of Abel but look at
1st John 3:11 and 12,
00:24:27.03\00:24:30.57
because we've got to
see what the New Testament
00:24:30.60\00:24:32.40
is saying about Cain.
00:24:32.43\00:24:34.77
1st John 3:11... "Cain
was one of the wicked one
00:24:34.80\00:24:39.07
and he murdered his brother.
00:24:39.11\00:24:41.04
Why did he murder him?
00:24:41.08\00:24:42.48
Because his works were evil... "
00:24:42.54\00:24:45.01
they were disobedient and
his brother's were righteous.
00:24:45.05\00:24:48.88
Let me tell you something,
00:24:48.92\00:24:50.25
Cain disdained
God's divine instruction.
00:24:50.29\00:24:54.86
He decided for himself
how he was going to worship
00:24:54.89\00:24:58.09
and what would be admissible
00:24:58.13\00:24:59.53
and when God found...
00:24:59.56\00:25:02.26
you know, let me
tell you something,
00:25:02.30\00:25:04.63
God will never
ask us to do something
00:25:04.67\00:25:06.97
that hasn't been explained to us
00:25:07.00\00:25:09.10
so, we know that when
God found him in error,
00:25:09.14\00:25:14.11
God even said, "If you do
right, won't you be found?
00:25:14.14\00:25:17.05
You know, why are you sulking?
00:25:17.08\00:25:19.21
Why are you in self-pity?
00:25:19.25\00:25:20.65
Our point is: Let's worship God
00:25:20.68\00:25:24.29
the way He prescribes.
00:25:24.32\00:25:26.12
Jill: Amen, that's
beautiful Shelley, I love that.
00:25:26.15\00:25:28.89
We're going to
take a short break,
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Jill: Welcome back to our
study of Genesis Lesson Number 3
00:26:06.73\00:26:11.53
as we study Cain and his legacy,
00:26:11.57\00:26:13.03
we're going to kick it over
to Pastor James and Tuesday.
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James: Thank you
Jill... thank you Shelley...
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I am on Tuesday's lesson
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and the title of Tuesday's
lesson is: The Crime...
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The Crime and it's based
on Genesis chapter 4 again,
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this time we have
verses 3 through 8
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so, we've touched
on a little bit of this
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but we'll build on
it a little bit more.
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The question that is asked
here as we read Genesis 4:3-8,
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what is the process that
led Cain to kill his brother...
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what is the process that
led Cain to kill his brother?
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And a supportive verse is
given in first John verse 3:12,
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which you touched on there
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so it's already... we've
already kind of moved into this,
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but we're just going
to outline this process
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as we read about it
here in Genesis chapter 4.
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Let's just read the
verses to begin with...
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Genesis 4:3 through 8,
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It says, "In the
process of time it came to pass,
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that Cain brought
the fruit of the ground
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an offering unto the Lord. "
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Verse 4...
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"And Abel, he also brought
of the firstlings of the flock
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and of the fat thereof.
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And the Lord had respect
unto Abel and to his offering. "
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Verse 5... "But unto
Cain and to his offering
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He had not respect.
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And Cain was very wroth,
and his countenance fell.
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And the Lord said unto
Cain, 'Why art thou wroth?
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and why is thy
countenance fallen?'"
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Verse 7... "If thou doest well,
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shalt thou not be accepted?
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and if thou doest not
well, sin lieth at the door.
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And unto thee
shall be his desire,
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and thou shalt rule over him. "
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And Verse 8... "And Cain
talked with Abel his brother:
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and it came to pass,
when they were in the field,
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that Cain rose up against Abel
his brother, and slew him. "
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So, like you said, Shelley,
and I really appreciated this,
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you know, the details
aren't always in the verses,
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you know, you kind of
have to go out of the verses
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to the New Testament...
maybe to the rest of Genesis
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and kind of build a
little bit of the story
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put it... a little
bit of the story in there
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so, what is the
process the Quarterly asks
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that led Cain to
kill his brother?
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We know the first step in
the process was: Disobedience.
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That was the first
step in the process
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and that's taking
us all the way back
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to Adam and Eve in the garden.
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You know, disobedience...
that's what Satan is all about.
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He's all about us
getting to disobey God's Word...
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to turn away from God's Word.
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Cain brought fruit of the
ground and as you said, Shelley,
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and I... and I see
that so... so clearly...
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the fruit of the
ground was self-righteousness.
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He brought
himself... his works to God
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and the works of his
hands were to replace
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the sacrifice of the lamb.
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The sacrifice of the lamb
is what God had established
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with Adam and Eve
right from the beginning
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when he made, you know,
them skins for clothing...
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it pointed to the
sacrifice of the lamb
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and, of course,
Revelation chapter 13 verse 8,
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Jesus Christ is the lamb slain
from the foundation of the world
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love that God put
that right in Revelation 13
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because it
points us to the cross.
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So, Cain is not
looking to the cross...
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he's not looking to the lamb...
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he's not looking to Jesus...
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he's not looking to
the sacrifice of Christ,
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he's looking to the
sacrifice from himself.
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That ground was
cursed... it was hard work
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and Cain brought the
best that he could bring...
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his hard work...
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his hard-earned
works or fruits to God.
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Oh, he was not happy...
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he was rejected... that's
the 2nd step... rejection.
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This is the second
step in the process...
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Cain's offering
was not accepted by God
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and he did not appreciate that
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and it's a lot of times the
problem is not just our works
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but the fact that our
works aren't accepted with God
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that causes us to have a
little bit of agitation...
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a little bit of problem
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especially when we look
around, we see, you know,
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other people's works
are accepted of the Lord...
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they are being blessed...
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they... God is, you
know, communicating to them
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with a positive attitude...
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a positive
spirit and not with us.
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That's the time when we
need to search our hearts...
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that's the time when
we need to ask ourselves,
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"Have we done things the
way God wanted us to do them?"
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You know, that's why David
was a man after God's own heart
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because when they
brought forth the Ark, you know,
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and they had it on a cart
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and Uzzah, you know,
went to steady that cart
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and boom! he
was dead in a flash.
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David went back
and searched his heart
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and he figured out, you know...
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"I didn't do things the way
I was supposed to do them...
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I didn't do things
according to God's Word...
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we need to do
this differently. "
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It was okay for the heathen...
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the Philistines to
put the ark on a cart
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but it wasn't
okay for God's people
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because God's
people knew better.
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God's people had been told
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how they were to
transport this ark
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and it wasn't
putting it on a cart.
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The Levites were
supposed to carry it.
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And then we have
the next step is: anger.
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Anger is something... it
might be surprise to you...
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anger is something that
is expressed in the Bible
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by God more than
by any other person.
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Anger is not
necessarily a bad thing.
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God is often
angry in the Bible...
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we need to recognize
that it's not anger so much
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as why we're angry
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and what we do with the
anger that's the problem.
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So, God has... what we call a...
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a righteous indignation.
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But our anger James says
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does not work the
righteousness of God
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and definitely
Cain's anger was not working
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the righteousness of God.
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He was very angry and
that word actually means,
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he was jealous
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and that was a...
a selfish jealousy.
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You know, the Bible
talks about "Godly jealousy"
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2nd Corinthians
chapter 11 verse 2...
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in fact... the Ten-Commandment
chapter... Exodus 20 tells us
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that God is a jealous God.
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And then there's
a "selfish jealousy"
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and that's what
we see with Cain.
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He was angry and
jealous because of him.
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He was selfish...
he was thinking about,
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"I got rejected and my works...
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my... my fruit didn't get
accepted and his did and... "
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and whereas God's
jealousy is always looking out
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for the other person.
Panel: Yeah, hmmm... hmmm.
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God's jealousy is
directed toward others.
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He's concerned for us
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and wants to
protect us from harm
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and the consequences
of our wrong actions.
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So, he was rejected of God...
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he was disobedient to God...
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he became angry
in that rejection
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and then he
went into depression.
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We might say... this was
the first account of depression
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in the Bible... I don't
know, it seems like it was...
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his countenance
was fallen, you know.
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You know, when you get depressed
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you're just like... hmmmm...
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just sulking, you know, I mean.
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Jill: Pity party...
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James: Yeah... pity
party... it's all about you
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and that, of course, is the
fourth step that we see here.
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Cain's countenance is fallen...
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and... and he... because of the
consequence of his rejection,
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his disobedience... his anger...
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he becomes depressed
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and in that context, we
go into this fifth step,
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now, in this fifth
step, God actually steps in
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and God speaks to Cain
and I love this because
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God is always seeking
to intercede on our behalf.
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He is always seeking to save
us primarily from ourselves...
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from our own selfishness...
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from our own anger...
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from our own
negativity and depression
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and so He steps in
and God speaks to Cain
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and He exhorts him.
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You know, He tells him
that you can do what's right...
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that you don't
have to do what's wrong
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and you don't have to let
disobedience rule over you.
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You don't have to let sin
rule over you and I love that...
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that's the
message of the gospel.
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Jesus didn't come
just to die for our sins...
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Jesus came to set
us free from our sins.
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Shelley: Amen.
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James: It's a
miserable experience
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to be sinning and repenting...
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sinning and repenting
than to be free from the sins.
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God has the power to
free us from those sins.
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And so, God steps
in... God rebukes Cain...
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God exhorts Cain...
that's Step Number 5...
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Step Number 6: Coercion.
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This is the next step...
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so, when Cain refuses
or resists God's rebuke,
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he goes to talk to his brother
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and, you know, it
doesn't again fill it in there
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but you can tell
that in the conversation,
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there's a little
bit of coercion...
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there's a little bit of force
that Cain is the older brother,
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the... the potential Messiah
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is bringing
against his younger brother
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who was just like
lighter than vanity
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in the eyes of
the parents, right?
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You got some
favoritism that comes into this
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and in this sense
Cain speaks to Abel
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and expects Abel to
listen to him and to obey him
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and, of course, that's
the way we come across too.
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We follow these
progressive steps
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and we come across to
others in exactly the same way.
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That's where this
"coercion religion" comes from.
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"You're going to
do things my way... "
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in fact, look at the
story of Cain and Abel
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and we can parallel it
to Revelation chapter 13
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in more ways than one.
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Panel: Hmmm...
that's good... yeah...
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James: We can see
the big picture there
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that's taking place
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and then,
finally, Cain cancels Abel.
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You know, we're
living in a cancel culture.
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We're living in a culture
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where we just want
to cancel people out
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who annoy us... who
don't agree with us...
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who go against us... who
are not in harmony with us,
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it's very opposite of...
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this is very
opposite to the principles
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upon this country
was founded, you know,
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principles of this freedom
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where we allow other
people to have opinions
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that are
different than ours, right?
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We have that
freedom of conscience...
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really it's... it's the
principle of Christianity
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it's okay but cancels
out Abel, he ends Abel's life
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and he thinks things
are going to be better
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but they're not
going to be better
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because wherever
you go... there you are.
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Panel: Amen.
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James: As long as self is alive,
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we're going to be struggling
with the same principles
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so, these are the basic
steps that Cain goes through
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and I just pray and hope for
those of us who are listening...
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for each one of us
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that we won't
follow these steps...
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that we'll start
with obeying God...
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we'll start with
accepting what He says to us...
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letting Him have our
anger... processing through that
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all of that...
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giving it to God
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and then, letting Him
lift us from depression...
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listening to his rebuke...
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not falling into coercion
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and definitely
not canceling others.
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Panel: Amen...
amen... amen... amen.
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Dinzey: Praise the Lord,
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now we are on
Wednesday's part of the lesson,
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my name is John Dinzey
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and I encourage
you to follow along
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as we continue this...
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Genesis chapter 4
beginning in verse 9,
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"Then the Lord said to Cain,
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'Where is Abel your brother?'
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He said, 'I do not know,
Am I my brother's keeper'?"
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And, you know, I love that you
brought out that, James, that
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the Lord approached Cain
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before he made this horrible
act of killing his brother.
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See, it shows that God
is concerned about us...
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concerned about our feelings...
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concerned about the
things that we are facing...
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the challenges we're facing,
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so, I encourage you to believe
that God is concerned about you
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and He was concerned about Cain
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because God knows
what we're thinking
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and so, He was
trying to help Cain
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so that he doesn't
do what Cain was already
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working in his mind apparently.
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But the question to Cain was,
"Where is Abel your brother?"
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The Lord did not
ask, "Where is Abel?"
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The Lord asked him,
"Where is Abel your brother?"
00:36:51.61\00:36:55.34
And that has more significance
00:36:55.38\00:36:58.45
understanding that
He's part of you...
00:36:58.48\00:37:00.22
he's a part of your family
00:37:00.25\00:37:01.58
and we have now
the answer of Cain,
00:37:01.62\00:37:05.22
"I do not know. "
00:37:05.25\00:37:07.46
So, what do we
have here but a lie...
00:37:07.49\00:37:10.36
the first recorded
lie by a human being
00:37:10.39\00:37:13.23
is made by Cain.
00:37:13.26\00:37:14.90
Cain becomes the first
murderer and the first liar
00:37:14.93\00:37:18.63
upon the face of the earth.
00:37:18.67\00:37:20.57
So, what is he doing?
00:37:20.60\00:37:22.04
He's identifying with the devil
00:37:22.10\00:37:24.24
who is a liar and a murderer.
00:37:24.27\00:37:26.81
So, he's not
identifying with God,
00:37:26.84\00:37:29.04
he's beginning to
choose his own thing...
00:37:29.11\00:37:30.75
wants to worship according
to what the way he wants.
00:37:30.78\00:37:33.21
He is identifying
with Satan's kingdom
00:37:33.25\00:37:35.98
instead of God's kingdom.
00:37:36.02\00:37:37.39
So, this is... it was
just a dangerous road to go on.
00:37:37.42\00:37:42.42
Let's go to
Genesis chapter 4 verse 10,
00:37:42.46\00:37:44.53
"And He said... " that is God...
00:37:44.56\00:37:47.20
"What have you done?"
00:37:47.23\00:37:49.46
Notice... "The voice
of your brother's blood
00:37:49.50\00:37:53.23
cries out to Me
from the ground. "
00:37:53.27\00:37:55.84
You see, God is connected
to each one of His children.
00:37:55.87\00:37:59.84
He knows your heartbeat...
00:37:59.87\00:38:01.91
He knows the sound you make...
00:38:01.94\00:38:03.58
He knows how you smell...
00:38:03.61\00:38:04.95
He knows the very
hairs upon your head
00:38:04.98\00:38:06.88
and any little
amount of suffering,
00:38:06.92\00:38:09.68
God feels it...
God knows about it
00:38:09.72\00:38:12.09
and here He
personifies the blood by saying,
00:38:12.12\00:38:15.89
"Your brother's voice cries
out to Me from the ground. "
00:38:15.92\00:38:18.53
And how many...
how many times a day
00:38:18.56\00:38:21.43
does God have to
face this type of thing
00:38:21.46\00:38:24.27
because we're living in
the culture like you said,
00:38:24.30\00:38:26.37
of canceling
people... killing people
00:38:26.40\00:38:28.10
for whatever reason
00:38:28.17\00:38:29.50
and this is a
dangerous time we're living in
00:38:29.54\00:38:33.07
and so, we have here...
00:38:33.11\00:38:35.11
"The voice of
your brother's blood
00:38:35.14\00:38:37.65
cries out to Me
from the ground. "
00:38:37.71\00:38:39.18
And you know, the Lord
says, "Vengeance is mine. "
00:38:39.21\00:38:42.95
Everyone will have to answer
for the things they have done.
00:38:42.98\00:38:47.19
Let's go to
Genesis chapter 4 verse 11,
00:38:47.26\00:38:49.06
because we're talking
about Cain's punishment.
00:38:49.09\00:38:52.09
The punishment of Cain is
the title of Wednesday's lesson.
00:38:52.13\00:38:55.73
Genesis 4:11 says,
00:38:55.76\00:38:57.47
"So now you are
cursed from the earth,
00:38:57.50\00:39:01.50
which has opened its mouth
to receive your brother's blood
00:39:01.57\00:39:05.74
from your hand. "
00:39:05.77\00:39:07.31
God is putting
the responsibility
00:39:07.34\00:39:10.78
directly upon Cain.
00:39:10.81\00:39:12.35
"You have done this
act... you are denying it
00:39:12.38\00:39:15.55
and notice, he...
Cain did not only lie...
00:39:15.58\00:39:18.75
it's one thing to lie to people
00:39:18.79\00:39:20.26
which you think you can deceive
00:39:20.29\00:39:21.66
but he lied to God
that knows everything.
00:39:21.72\00:39:25.49
He apparently was beginning
to lose his reverence for God
00:39:25.56\00:39:30.10
and thinking...
00:39:30.13\00:39:31.47
"I can treat Him
just like anyone else. "
00:39:31.50\00:39:32.83
He lied to God
that knows all things
00:39:32.87\00:39:35.87
and we cannot lie to God...
00:39:35.90\00:39:38.44
God knows... even
before you even express it,
00:39:38.47\00:39:41.34
God already knows.
00:39:41.44\00:39:42.78
So, here we have Cain
on very dangerous ground.
00:39:42.81\00:39:47.58
"The earth has
opened up its mouth
00:39:47.62\00:39:49.35
to receive your
brother's blood from your hand.
00:39:49.38\00:39:51.05
When you till the ground,
00:39:51.09\00:39:53.69
it shall no longer
yield its strength to you.
00:39:53.72\00:39:57.16
A fugitive and a vagabond
you shall be on the earth. "
00:39:57.23\00:40:01.40
We don't use
that word often here,
00:40:01.43\00:40:03.26
"You vagabond... "
00:40:03.30\00:40:04.63
you know, it's...
what is a vagabond?
00:40:04.67\00:40:06.47
And it's... the whole...
00:40:06.50\00:40:08.40
the whole
expression talks about...
00:40:08.44\00:40:10.44
the person is... is
just roaming about the earth,
00:40:10.47\00:40:14.04
having no stability
00:40:14.08\00:40:15.58
and a fugitive...
00:40:15.64\00:40:17.05
because Cain had killed
a member of his own family
00:40:17.11\00:40:21.95
and so, here we
have that Cain's crime
00:40:21.98\00:40:26.69
made him the first
murderer upon the earth.
00:40:26.72\00:40:28.76
What was the reaction?
00:40:28.79\00:40:30.43
Cain's murder was known...
00:40:30.46\00:40:32.03
we already heard
earlier that Eve says,
00:40:32.09\00:40:35.40
that I have gotten
a man from the Lord
00:40:35.46\00:40:38.73
and she says that the
Lord gave Seth to replace Abel
00:40:38.77\00:40:44.31
whom Cain had killed.
00:40:44.37\00:40:46.57
So, we have this
innocent blood...
00:40:46.61\00:40:50.31
notice... Cain
shed innocent blood.
00:40:50.35\00:40:54.58
We shed
00:40:54.62\00:40:56.69
the innocent blood of Jesus.
00:40:56.72\00:40:58.89
Panel: Hmmm...
Dinzey: So, you see..
00:40:58.92\00:41:00.36
we ourselves, in a
sense, are murderers...
00:41:00.42\00:41:05.36
we have participated in
the murder of Jesus Christ.
00:41:05.39\00:41:08.96
Jesus Christ became
a sacrifice to save us
00:41:09.00\00:41:12.57
but it's our sins
that created the situation
00:41:12.60\00:41:16.14
for Jesus to die for us.
00:41:16.17\00:41:18.01
We already read
Hebrews chapter 11 verse 4,
00:41:18.04\00:41:19.94
I'll read it again,
00:41:19.97\00:41:21.31
"By faith Abel offered unto
God a more excellent sacrifice
00:41:21.34\00:41:25.21
than Cain, by
which he obtained witness
00:41:25.25\00:41:27.28
that he was righteous... "
00:41:27.32\00:41:28.65
he was innocent.
00:41:28.68\00:41:30.02
"God testifying of his gifts;
00:41:30.05\00:41:31.39
and by it he being
dead yet speaketh. "
00:41:31.45\00:41:35.06
Cain continues to speak...
00:41:35.12\00:41:36.83
Cain continues to be a... a...
an example of what we should do.
00:41:36.86\00:41:41.73
In Genesis chapter 4 verse 13,
00:41:41.76\00:41:44.43
by the way, Cain
became the first martyr
00:41:44.47\00:41:47.34
and there after Cain
had been many martyrs.
00:41:47.37\00:41:49.97
What is a martyr?
00:41:50.01\00:41:51.41
It's a person that dies
not deserving of death...
00:41:51.44\00:41:56.71
a person that has
done the right thing
00:41:56.75\00:41:59.71
and then he suffers...
00:41:59.75\00:42:01.98
Panel: corrects him... Abel...
00:42:02.02\00:42:03.45
Dinzey: Abel...
thank you very much...
00:42:03.49\00:42:04.82
Abel... thank you very much.
00:42:04.85\00:42:06.19
And so, Genesis
chapter 4 verse 13 brings out
00:42:06.22\00:42:11.06
something that Cain said.
00:42:11.09\00:42:12.96
I'd like to read that to you,
00:42:12.99\00:42:14.43
"And Cain said to the LORD,
00:42:14.46\00:42:15.86
'My punishment is
greater than I can bear!'"
00:42:15.90\00:42:21.00
What is Cain
saying to the Lord now?
00:42:21.04\00:42:23.64
He is saying, "This
seems to be unfair...
00:42:23.67\00:42:26.68
my punishment is great...
00:42:26.71\00:42:28.34
I deserve to be
punished less... "
00:42:28.41\00:42:30.11
is implied here.
00:42:30.15\00:42:31.61
But Cain apparently
is not understanding
00:42:31.65\00:42:35.15
the enormity of
what he has done.
00:42:35.18\00:42:37.55
Because he is
looking at what he has lost
00:42:37.59\00:42:40.92
and... because notice...
00:42:40.96\00:42:43.56
Cain was a tiller of the ground.
00:42:43.59\00:42:45.53
He loved to work
with the ground...
00:42:45.56\00:42:47.43
he loved to plant the seeds...
00:42:47.50\00:42:49.50
he loved to see things growing,
00:42:49.53\00:42:51.50
he loved to take
care of these things
00:42:51.53\00:42:53.60
and to see the harvest coming in
00:42:53.64\00:42:55.60
and the harvest is
really a blessing from the Lord.
00:42:55.64\00:42:58.71
He has lost that opportunity.
00:42:58.77\00:43:00.38
The Lord took that from him...
00:43:00.41\00:43:01.98
that joy that he would
have working with the ground
00:43:02.01\00:43:04.78
is now gone because
the ground, said the Lord,
00:43:04.81\00:43:08.15
would not yield
its strength to him.
00:43:08.18\00:43:10.25
Now, he feels...
they've taken away from me
00:43:10.29\00:43:13.89
all the things that I love
00:43:13.92\00:43:15.66
and so, Cain thinks that
his punishment is great...
00:43:15.69\00:43:20.10
he is complaining.
00:43:20.13\00:43:21.46
So, it is evident that
Cain does not even deny
00:43:21.50\00:43:24.40
that he should be
punished because he says,
00:43:24.43\00:43:27.34
"My punishment... "
00:43:27.37\00:43:28.70
he's not saying, "I don't
deserve to be punished... "
00:43:28.74\00:43:30.84
he begins to understand,
"I deserve to be punished... "
00:43:30.87\00:43:33.34
and so, we have here
that Cain understands
00:43:33.38\00:43:38.35
and we have something
that is very interesting,
00:43:38.38\00:43:40.95
I want to read
about it in a moment
00:43:40.98\00:43:42.32
because the Lord
was merciful to Cain...
00:43:42.35\00:43:45.55
He allowed him opportunity...
00:43:45.59\00:43:48.29
He allowed him
to continue to live
00:43:48.32\00:43:50.69
because, you know, we
have an eye for an eye,
00:43:50.73\00:43:52.99
a tooth for a tooth,
00:43:53.03\00:43:54.60
a life for a life.
00:43:54.63\00:43:56.16
Cain deserved to die
00:43:56.20\00:43:57.93
but God allowed him to
live giving him the opportunity
00:43:57.97\00:44:01.24
to reform his way... to
walk in the ways of the Lord
00:44:01.27\00:44:04.51
and to change his way
00:44:04.54\00:44:07.28
because he was going
in a dangerous direction
00:44:07.31\00:44:10.75
and so, there was no remorse,
00:44:10.78\00:44:13.72
there was no... he only
felt anguish and... and...
00:44:13.75\00:44:18.25
"Oh, I have to face this now. "
00:44:18.29\00:44:20.42
Genesis chapter 4 verse
14, notice what Cain says,
00:44:20.46\00:44:24.46
"Surely You have
driven me out this day
00:44:24.49\00:44:27.66
from the face of the ground... "
00:44:27.73\00:44:29.16
and notice what Cain says,
00:44:29.20\00:44:31.03
"I shall be
hidden from Your face;
00:44:31.10\00:44:34.00
I shall be a fugitive
and a vagabond on the earth,
00:44:34.04\00:44:37.11
and it will happen... "
00:44:37.14\00:44:38.47
now he presents his fear...
00:44:38.51\00:44:39.84
"that anyone who
finds me will kill me. "
00:44:39.87\00:44:43.04
Cain is now afraid.
00:44:43.08\00:44:45.05
Cain is now thinking,
00:44:45.08\00:44:46.98
"Whoever finds me
is going to kill me. "
00:44:47.02\00:44:48.82
And the Bible
reveals that verse 15...
00:44:48.85\00:44:51.52
Genesis 4:15, "And
the Lord said to him,
00:44:51.55\00:44:54.16
'Therefore, whoever kills Cain,
00:44:54.19\00:44:56.02
vengeance shall be
taken on him sevenfold. '
00:44:56.06\00:44:58.93
And the Lord set a mark on Cain,
00:44:58.96\00:45:01.40
lest anyone finding
him should kill him. "
00:45:01.43\00:45:05.03
So, what that
"mark" was we are not told,
00:45:05.07\00:45:08.34
we would enter into speculation
to say what that "mark" was.
00:45:08.37\00:45:11.64
But I want to
read something to you
00:45:11.67\00:45:14.51
that, to me, was impacting...
00:45:14.54\00:45:17.45
oh, I guess I
would have to leave this
00:45:17.48\00:45:19.98
in case we have time later.
00:45:20.02\00:45:21.35
I want to say this because
this impacts every one of us.
00:45:21.38\00:45:23.99
Ecclesiastes 12:14 says,
00:45:24.02\00:45:26.45
"For God shall bring
every work into judgment,
00:45:26.49\00:45:29.72
with every secret thing,
00:45:29.76\00:45:31.53
whether it be good
or whether it be evil. "
00:45:31.56\00:45:33.86
Do not think
you're going to get away
00:45:33.90\00:45:35.86
with doing any type of sin.
00:45:35.90\00:45:38.13
Every one of us
will have to answer
00:45:38.17\00:45:40.87
for everything we
have said and done
00:45:40.90\00:45:43.54
and God will bring
every work into judgment.
00:45:43.57\00:45:46.14
The only way you
can get out of this is
00:45:46.17\00:45:48.18
by confessing your
sins to the Lord...
00:45:48.24\00:45:50.21
giving your life to Jesus Christ
00:45:50.25\00:45:51.85
because He has
already paid for our sins.
00:45:51.88\00:45:54.58
Panel: Amen.
00:45:54.62\00:45:55.95
Ryan: Hmmm... amen,
thank you so much Pastor,
00:45:55.98\00:45:57.45
appreciate that.
00:45:57.49\00:45:58.82
I am Ryan Day and I
have Thursday's lesson
00:45:58.85\00:46:01.66
which is entitled:
The Wickedness of Men
00:46:01.69\00:46:04.23
and I'm excited
because I get those verses
00:46:04.26\00:46:06.76
that most people
just skip right over
00:46:06.80\00:46:09.13
reading through Genesis.
00:46:09.16\00:46:10.50
It's interesting because
I've committed... many times
00:46:10.53\00:46:12.83
in my early
years starting Genesis
00:46:12.87\00:46:14.34
and read the
whole Bible, right...
00:46:14.37\00:46:16.30
you get, you know,
four chapters in...
00:46:16.34\00:46:18.21
you read about the
murder of... of Abel
00:46:18.24\00:46:19.61
you know, the whole
story of Cain and Abel
00:46:19.64\00:46:20.98
and then you get to all
these so and so begot so and so,
00:46:21.01\00:46:23.51
so and so begot so and so
00:46:23.55\00:46:24.88
and you get into all
those begots, begots, begots
00:46:24.91\00:46:26.35
and so you tend to...
00:46:26.38\00:46:27.72
a lot of us tend to skip
the latter verses of Genesis 4
00:46:27.75\00:46:30.52
and we tend to entirely skip the
whole fifth chapter of Genesis
00:46:30.55\00:46:33.96
but my Friends,
these are huge...
00:46:33.99\00:46:35.32
there's a reason why God
put these genealogies in there.
00:46:35.36\00:46:38.46
I'm going to start first...
00:46:38.49\00:46:39.83
let's read... let's
just read the Scripture,
00:46:39.86\00:46:41.20
let's go to Genesis chapter
4 and read verses 16 to 24
00:46:41.23\00:46:44.30
because, again, we're talking
about the wickedness of man,
00:46:44.33\00:46:47.44
this is a huge thing
00:46:47.47\00:46:48.80
because if you don't
comprehend what's happening
00:46:48.84\00:46:50.81
in the latter
portions of chapter 4
00:46:50.84\00:46:53.81
and, of course, what's
happening also in chapter 5,
00:46:53.88\00:46:55.58
with this genealogy...
00:46:55.64\00:46:56.98
by the time you get to the
beginning verses of chapter 6,
00:46:57.01\00:46:59.38
there can be
some confusion there
00:46:59.41\00:47:01.05
if you don't
fully understand that.
00:47:01.08\00:47:02.42
So, we're going to start in
verse 16 of Genesis chapter 4
00:47:02.45\00:47:05.69
notice what the Bible says,
00:47:05.72\00:47:07.06
it says, "Then Cain went out
from the presence of the Lord
00:47:07.09\00:47:09.59
and dwelt in the land
of Nod on the east of Eden.
00:47:09.62\00:47:12.93
And Cain knew his wife,
00:47:12.96\00:47:14.73
and she
conceived and bore Enoch.
00:47:14.76\00:47:16.26
And he built a city,
00:47:16.33\00:47:17.73
and called the name of the city
00:47:17.80\00:47:19.17
after the name
of his son... Enoch.
00:47:19.20\00:47:21.30
To Enoch he bore Irad;
00:47:21.40\00:47:23.41
and Irad begot Mehujael,
00:47:23.44\00:47:25.34
and Mehujael begot Methushael,
00:47:25.37\00:47:27.48
and Methushael begot Lamech. "
00:47:27.51\00:47:29.54
Okay, we're already
getting into these "begots. "
00:47:29.58\00:47:31.21
Notice now we get down to
the great, great, great-grandson
00:47:31.28\00:47:34.38
of Cain which is Lamech.
00:47:34.42\00:47:36.38
Verse 19, "Then Lamech
took for himself two wives:
00:47:36.42\00:47:39.39
the name of one was Adah,
00:47:39.42\00:47:41.32
and the name of
the second was Zillah.
00:47:41.36\00:47:43.12
And Adah bore Jabal.
00:47:43.16\00:47:45.09
And he was the father
of those who dwell in tents
00:47:45.13\00:47:48.26
and have livestock.
00:47:48.30\00:47:49.63
His brother's name was Jubal.
00:47:49.66\00:47:51.03
And he was the father of
00:47:51.07\00:47:52.77
all those who play
the harp and flute.
00:47:52.83\00:47:54.87
And as for Zillah, she
also bore Tubal-Cain... "
00:47:54.90\00:47:58.74
which, of course,
00:47:58.77\00:48:00.18
"an instructor of every
craftsman in bronze and iron.
00:48:00.21\00:48:02.68
And the sister of
Tubal-Cain was Naamah. "
00:48:02.71\00:48:05.58
And then notice this...
this very arrogant message...
00:48:05.61\00:48:08.48
it's coming from the
heart of Lamech here,
00:48:08.52\00:48:10.42
it says, "Then
Lamech said to his wives,
00:48:10.45\00:48:12.32
'Adah and Zillah, here my voice;
00:48:12.35\00:48:14.19
wives of Lamech,
listen to my speech!
00:48:14.22\00:48:16.66
For I have killed a
man for wounding me,
00:48:16.69\00:48:19.09
even a young man for hurting me.
00:48:19.13\00:48:21.33
If Cain shall be
avenged sevenfold,
00:48:21.36\00:48:23.97
then Lamech
seventy-sevenfold. '"
00:48:24.00\00:48:26.47
Okay, you can just...
00:48:26.50\00:48:27.84
you can already see
there's a great transition
00:48:27.87\00:48:30.34
starting to take place
three generations after Cain.
00:48:30.37\00:48:33.58
Of course, we know
it started with Cain.
00:48:33.61\00:48:35.34
Cain opened the
door to something...
00:48:35.41\00:48:37.21
well, really we
know Adam and Eve did
00:48:37.25\00:48:38.98
but Cain, of course,
launched it even further
00:48:39.01\00:48:41.12
into this
generational degradation
00:48:41.15\00:48:43.32
of more and more and
more amplification of sin
00:48:43.35\00:48:46.05
and that's what basically
Thursday's lesson is...
00:48:46.09\00:48:48.46
is highlighting.
00:48:48.49\00:48:49.82
In fact, it starts off by
making an interesting connection
00:48:49.86\00:48:52.73
or comparison
between Cain and Lamech.
00:48:52.76\00:48:55.13
We know that Cain was a sinner,
00:48:55.16\00:48:56.50
we know what he done
00:48:56.53\00:48:57.87
as we've been
studying is horrible...
00:48:57.90\00:48:59.23
but by the time
you get to Lamech,
00:48:59.27\00:49:00.60
now, it's time to make
the very clear comparisons
00:49:00.64\00:49:03.00
as to who Lamech is really,
00:49:03.07\00:49:04.44
what kind of person he is
00:49:04.47\00:49:06.24
and how sin has completely
basically just eroded away
00:49:06.27\00:49:10.81
at his family and his lineage.
00:49:10.85\00:49:12.18
So, notice here, the
lesson brings out that Cain
00:49:12.21\00:49:14.25
keeps relatively
silent about his crime.
00:49:14.28\00:49:16.42
We know he committed the crime
00:49:16.45\00:49:17.89
but there's not much talk
about how he responds to that.
00:49:17.92\00:49:20.39
Then, by the time
you get to Lamech,
00:49:20.42\00:49:22.02
Lamech seems to
be boasting about it
00:49:22.06\00:49:23.63
in his words there at the end.
00:49:23.66\00:49:25.16
He's boasting about,
"I killed this man...
00:49:25.19\00:49:26.90
I killed a young man... "
00:49:26.93\00:49:28.26
you can just see the
heart of this... of this man.
00:49:28.30\00:49:29.86
Cain asks for mercy...
00:49:29.90\00:49:31.93
Lamech doesn't seem
to be interested in mercy
00:49:31.97\00:49:34.44
because there's no record there
of him calling out for mercy.
00:49:34.47\00:49:36.77
Cain is avenged
seven times by God
00:49:36.81\00:49:38.87
but, of course,
the lesson brings out
00:49:38.91\00:49:40.94
that Lamech knows...
obviously knows he's guilty
00:49:40.98\00:49:43.35
but, of course,
in his arrogance...
00:49:43.38\00:49:44.78
his arrogance leads him to
declare that he's going to be
00:49:44.81\00:49:47.18
presumptuously, of
course, avenged 77 times, right?
00:49:47.22\00:49:50.29
and then, of course, it
also brings out that Cain
00:49:50.32\00:49:52.82
was monogamous and...
you know, I've never...
00:49:52.85\00:49:55.36
I've read through
this so many times
00:49:55.39\00:49:56.73
I never really looked back
to find the origin of polygamy
00:49:56.76\00:50:00.13
but we see it
right here with Lamech.
00:50:00.20\00:50:02.40
Lamech introduces us to polygamy
00:50:02.43\00:50:04.60
and we see that there
in Genesis chapter 4:19
00:50:04.63\00:50:07.30
where he took two wives.
00:50:07.34\00:50:08.87
Now, take all of
that into consideration
00:50:08.90\00:50:11.97
because immediately after
this it starts to go into...
00:50:12.01\00:50:14.71
the latter couple of verses of
chapter 4 where it talks about
00:50:14.74\00:50:17.51
Adam and Eve bore a new son.
00:50:17.55\00:50:19.48
Now, let's just set...
set the groundwork here
00:50:19.51\00:50:21.92
before we get into
this... this last section
00:50:21.98\00:50:24.32
and then into the
beginning verses of Genesis 6.
00:50:24.35\00:50:26.69
It's important to understand
00:50:26.72\00:50:28.39
that all that's happening
in chapter 4 and chapter 5,
00:50:28.42\00:50:31.83
is a result of what had
already happened in Genesis 3.
00:50:31.86\00:50:35.20
Now, what I mean by this is
00:50:35.23\00:50:37.07
really, I've said this in many,
many different lessons before
00:50:37.13\00:50:40.17
even many
sermons that I preached,
00:50:40.20\00:50:41.54
one of the foundational...
00:50:41.57\00:50:42.90
if not the most foundational
text in all the Bible
00:50:42.94\00:50:45.17
is Genesis 3:15.
00:50:45.21\00:50:46.98
So, let's be reminded
of what Genesis 3:15 says,
00:50:47.01\00:50:49.71
it says... and
this is Jesus speaking,
00:50:49.74\00:50:51.81
"And I will put enmity
between you and the woman,
00:50:51.85\00:50:53.58
and between your
seed and her Seed... "
00:50:53.62\00:50:55.88
this is great controversy...
00:50:55.95\00:50:57.29
"He... " that's
Jesus... speaking of the Seed...
00:50:57.32\00:51:00.69
"He shall bruise your head,
and you shall bruise His heel. "
00:51:00.72\00:51:03.96
So, this is talking
about the serpent...
00:51:03.99\00:51:05.33
the Seed of the serpent...
00:51:05.36\00:51:06.70
the Seed of the woman
which we know is Jesus Christ.
00:51:06.73\00:51:08.46
There's this great
controversy battle.
00:51:08.50\00:51:10.53
Jesus has declared...
00:51:10.57\00:51:11.97
"From this point on
there's going to be war...
00:51:12.00\00:51:13.84
there's going to be strife...
00:51:13.87\00:51:15.20
there's going to be a struggle,
00:51:15.24\00:51:16.57
these two seeds
are going to butt heads
00:51:16.60\00:51:17.94
but that Jesus has
been... make no mistake,
00:51:17.97\00:51:19.37
the Seed of the woman
which we know is Christ...
00:51:19.41\00:51:21.41
He will crush
your head in the end.
00:51:21.44\00:51:24.31
Now, coming out of
the garden in Genesis 3,
00:51:24.35\00:51:27.02
what do you think is
on the mind of the devil?
00:51:27.05\00:51:28.38
He's... he's... my Friends,
let me make it clear for you,
00:51:28.42\00:51:31.79
for the rest of
the Old Testament,
00:51:31.82\00:51:33.56
all the way into
the New Testament
00:51:33.59\00:51:34.96
until Jesus shows up,
00:51:34.99\00:51:36.32
what do you think all of
the record of the Old Testament
00:51:36.36\00:51:37.69
is about?
00:51:37.73\00:51:39.06
It's all about
trying to destroy this Seed.
00:51:39.09\00:51:40.93
What do you think
all the wars are about?
00:51:40.96\00:51:42.33
All of the strife...
00:51:42.36\00:51:43.70
all of the issues with...
between Israel and God...
00:51:43.73\00:51:45.47
Israel and God...
00:51:45.50\00:51:46.84
it's all about trying to snuff
out and get rid of that Seed.
00:51:46.87\00:51:49.17
So now, when you
go into Genesis 4,
00:51:49.20\00:51:51.67
and you have Cain and Abel...
00:51:51.71\00:51:53.91
wonder where you think Cain
got the idea to murder Abel?
00:51:53.94\00:51:56.85
Panel: Hmmm... hmmm...
00:51:56.88\00:51:58.21
Ryan: Because the devil said he
might know which one of the a...
00:51:58.25\00:52:00.48
you know, what Cain
looks a little bit...
00:52:00.52\00:52:02.02
"He seems to be a
little bit more like me...
00:52:02.05\00:52:03.62
Abel's more
like... you know, Him. "
00:52:03.65\00:52:05.45
He decided he's going
to try to get rid of Abel
00:52:05.49\00:52:07.49
because he thought, "I'm
going to get rid of the Seed. "
00:52:07.52\00:52:09.02
Now, that's why you get
to the latter verses of...
00:52:09.06\00:52:11.43
of Genesis 4 and you
see that God... He... He...
00:52:11.46\00:52:13.70
He brings about the
plan of bringing in Seth.
00:52:13.73\00:52:15.90
Seth was the righteous
seed in which God would bring
00:52:15.93\00:52:19.13
you know, the
lineage of Christ through
00:52:19.17\00:52:20.90
and so, now when you
get into Genesis chapter 5,
00:52:20.94\00:52:23.81
there's the lineage of
Adam through the line of Seth
00:52:23.84\00:52:26.68
under which, of course, we know
00:52:26.71\00:52:28.04
brings about the
righteous Seed of Jesus.
00:52:28.08\00:52:29.84
But nonetheless,
it's interesting here,
00:52:29.88\00:52:31.71
taking in consideration
the immediate previous context
00:52:31.75\00:52:34.45
from Genesis
six's perspective...
00:52:34.48\00:52:36.79
Genesis 3...
Genesis 4... Genesis 5
00:52:36.82\00:52:38.55
and all that's
happening there...
00:52:38.59\00:52:40.32
now, it begins to make
a little bit more sense
00:52:40.36\00:52:42.99
when you come to John...
00:52:43.02\00:52:45.09
excuse me... when you
come to Genesis chapter 6
00:52:45.13\00:52:47.03
verses 1, 2 and 5.
00:52:47.06\00:52:48.43
Notice what the Bible
says here in Genesis chapter 6
00:52:48.46\00:52:50.93
verses 1, 2 and 5,
this is the aftermath...
00:52:50.97\00:52:53.23
this is the results... the
effect of the lineage of Cain
00:52:53.30\00:52:56.04
and after Lamech and
how... you know, really
00:52:56.07\00:52:58.71
if you want to
consider it's about...
00:52:58.74\00:53:00.08
almost about
1500 years has passed
00:53:00.18\00:53:01.91
since God created Adam and Eve.
00:53:01.94\00:53:03.65
So, this is 1500 years and
notice what we're reading here,
00:53:03.68\00:53:06.45
it says, "Now it came to pass,
00:53:06.48\00:53:07.95
when men began to multiply
of the face of the earth,
00:53:07.98\00:53:09.85
and daughters were born to them,
00:53:09.88\00:53:11.95
that the sons of God
saw the daughters of men,
00:53:11.99\00:53:16.12
that they were beautiful;
00:53:16.19\00:53:17.56
that they took
wives for themselves
00:53:17.59\00:53:19.33
all whom they chose.
00:53:19.36\00:53:20.70
Then the Lord saw
that the wickedness of man
00:53:20.73\00:53:22.66
was great on the earth,
00:53:22.70\00:53:24.03
and that every intent of
the thoughts of his heart
00:53:24.07\00:53:26.03
was only evil continually. "
00:53:26.07\00:53:29.70
Okay, so notice how...
Shelley brought this out earlier
00:53:29.74\00:53:31.94
there's two groups of people
all throughout the Bible...
00:53:31.97\00:53:33.88
there's the righteous
00:53:33.91\00:53:35.24
there's the unrighteous...
00:53:35.28\00:53:36.61
and, of course, you have
the... the Seed of the woman...
00:53:36.64\00:53:39.08
you have the seed
obviously of the serpent.
00:53:39.11\00:53:40.92
We see this even all the
way through the book of Genesis
00:53:40.95\00:53:43.32
more than probably
any other book there is.
00:53:43.39\00:53:45.52
We obviously see
the Seed of the woman...
00:53:45.55\00:53:46.99
the seed of the
serpent there in Genesis 3:15.
00:53:47.02\00:53:48.92
We see Cain and Abel...
00:53:48.96\00:53:50.69
there's the two
opposing seeds right?
00:53:50.73\00:53:52.26
You see, right
here in Genesis 6,
00:53:52.29\00:53:53.76
the sons of God and
the daughters of men.
00:53:53.80\00:53:56.16
You know, when we
get to Genesis 11,
00:53:56.20\00:53:57.80
we'll get there, how the
builders of the Tower of Babel
00:53:57.83\00:54:00.67
and you have
Abraham and his descendants.
00:54:00.74\00:54:02.77
Then you have Isaac and Ishmael
00:54:02.80\00:54:05.54
and you have Jacob and Esau
00:54:05.57\00:54:08.21
and you have
Joseph and his brothers
00:54:08.24\00:54:10.38
and this continues on
00:54:10.41\00:54:11.75
all throughout
the... the Old Testament
00:54:11.78\00:54:13.11
but the point we're
trying to make here is that
00:54:13.15\00:54:14.95
by the time you
get to Genesis 6,
00:54:14.98\00:54:16.42
the sons of God and
the daughters of men...
00:54:16.48\00:54:17.89
there's so much that
could be said about this.
00:54:17.92\00:54:19.49
I wish I had more
time pray for that clock.
00:54:19.52\00:54:21.06
Panel: Laughter.
00:54:21.09\00:54:22.42
Ryan: Who are these sons of God?
00:54:22.46\00:54:23.86
Let's just make it clear,
00:54:23.89\00:54:25.23
they're not... they're
not fallen angels, okay.
00:54:25.26\00:54:27.96
I've had a lot of
people who've tried to say,
00:54:28.00\00:54:30.17
"All these are
fallen angels that come
00:54:30.23\00:54:31.67
and they have... you know,
00:54:31.73\00:54:33.07
marital
relations with, you know,
00:54:33.10\00:54:34.57
human women on the earth
00:54:34.60\00:54:36.47
and then they
create these giants...
00:54:36.50\00:54:37.84
they call it the Nephilim
00:54:37.87\00:54:39.21
and there's this big
Nephilim false theory
00:54:39.24\00:54:40.88
that's not based on anything.
00:54:40.91\00:54:42.24
My Friends, in the Bible
the sons of God are mentioned
00:54:42.28\00:54:44.35
a total about 11 times
00:54:44.38\00:54:45.75
and eight of those 11
times is in direct reference to
00:54:45.78\00:54:49.45
them being sons of God
00:54:49.48\00:54:50.92
in reference of God's
holy righteous people.
00:54:50.95\00:54:53.19
Only three times does
it reference to angels...
00:54:53.22\00:54:55.46
it's all in the book of Job.
00:54:55.49\00:54:56.83
But in this case, we
know that the context...
00:54:56.86\00:54:58.56
this is speaking of the
sons of God... God's people
00:54:58.59\00:55:00.90
in the immediate context
00:55:00.93\00:55:02.33
based on what we just
read in Genesis 3:4 and 5,
00:55:02.36\00:55:05.07
we see the...
the lineage of Seth
00:55:05.13\00:55:07.24
and we see the
lineage of Cain...
00:55:07.27\00:55:09.30
the sons of God being
the righteous through Seth
00:55:09.34\00:55:12.04
and, of course,
the daughters of men
00:55:12.07\00:55:13.88
which is again... we're not
talking about a female aspect
00:55:13.91\00:55:16.51
but rather, they're
just talking about the seed
00:55:16.54\00:55:18.31
of the wicked king.
00:55:18.35\00:55:19.68
You'll also go back
and see in Genesis 4 there,
00:55:19.71\00:55:21.85
there are three women mentioned
in the lineage of Cain.
00:55:21.88\00:55:25.55
Each one of those
women's names mean something.
00:55:25.59\00:55:28.16
Names mean
something in the Bible
00:55:28.19\00:55:29.69
when you look up their names,
00:55:29.72\00:55:31.06
it's interesting what it means
because it means, you know,
00:55:31.09\00:55:33.60
Adah... decked with
jewels... ornamentation...
00:55:33.63\00:55:36.10
Zillah... a shadow... a tingle,
a quiver... sensual dancing,
00:55:36.13\00:55:39.40
Naamah... her name
means to be sweet...
00:55:39.43\00:55:41.64
to be lovely... to be
beautiful, to be pleasant...
00:55:41.67\00:55:43.41
speaking of the external beauty
00:55:43.44\00:55:45.27
so, by the time you
show up to Genesis 6,
00:55:45.31\00:55:47.81
things are just falling apart...
00:55:47.84\00:55:49.94
1500 years into
this... the church...
00:55:49.98\00:55:52.38
God's righteous people
are marrying themselves...
00:55:52.41\00:55:55.12
intermarrying themselves...
amalgamating themselves
00:55:55.15\00:55:57.72
to the unrighteous and God says,
00:55:57.75\00:55:59.62
"Look, we can't
do this anymore. "
00:55:59.65\00:56:01.36
And so my Friends,
this is going to...
00:56:01.39\00:56:03.06
we've run out of time but
this is going to set us up
00:56:03.09\00:56:05.29
to next week's lesson
when we get into the flood
00:56:05.33\00:56:07.50
when really this
all comes to fruition
00:56:07.56\00:56:09.76
and God has to do
something about it.
00:56:09.80\00:56:11.97
Jill: Amen, thank you so much,
00:56:12.00\00:56:13.50
I'm just sitting here thinking:
00:56:13.54\00:56:14.97
I've read and
studied this a 100 times
00:56:15.00\00:56:18.21
and I'm
learning new stuff today.
00:56:18.24\00:56:20.24
Praise the Lord for that.
00:56:20.28\00:56:21.64
Thank you for each one of you.
00:56:21.68\00:56:23.01
Give you each a moment
00:56:23.04\00:56:24.38
to share something
about your day, Shelley.
00:56:24.41\00:56:25.75
Shelley: Well, I just want
to repeat Genesis chapter 4
00:56:25.78\00:56:29.12
verse 7 because
these words of God
00:56:29.15\00:56:31.82
echo through... down
through the years of history.
00:56:31.85\00:56:36.09
He says, "If you do
well, will you not be accepted?
00:56:36.12\00:56:40.13
And if you do not do
well, sin lies at the door.
00:56:40.16\00:56:44.13
And its desire is for you,
00:56:44.17\00:56:45.97
but you should rule over it. "
00:56:46.00\00:56:47.74
We should rule over by
the power of the Holy Spirit,
00:56:47.80\00:56:50.87
by the grace of God.
00:56:50.91\00:56:52.31
Panel: Amen... amen.
00:56:52.34\00:56:53.68
James: So, with the crime,
God tells us there's a process,
00:56:53.71\00:56:56.04
you know, we don't disobey God
and then... boom... it's over...
00:56:56.08\00:56:59.08
there's a process we go through
00:56:59.11\00:57:00.62
and God wants to
arrest us in that process...
00:57:00.65\00:57:02.48
He wants to stop
us in that process
00:57:02.55\00:57:03.92
so, listen to the voice of God
00:57:03.95\00:57:05.29
when you're making these
steps toward past disobedience
00:57:05.32\00:57:08.52
and toward the ultimate crime
that God wants to keep you from.
00:57:08.56\00:57:11.99
Panel: Hmmm... hmmm... amen.
00:57:12.03\00:57:13.36
Dinzey: I am reading to you from
Patriarchs and Prophets page 78,
00:57:13.40\00:57:16.60
"In sparing the life
of the first murderer,
00:57:16.63\00:57:19.07
God presented
before the whole universe
00:57:19.10\00:57:20.84
a lesson bearing upon
the great controversy.
00:57:20.87\00:57:23.24
The dark history of
Cain and his descendants
00:57:23.27\00:57:25.67
was an illustration of
what would have been the result
00:57:25.71\00:57:28.64
of permitting the
sinner to live on forever,
00:57:28.68\00:57:30.95
to carry out his
rebellion against God. "
00:57:30.98\00:57:33.08
Panel: Hmmm...
00:57:33.11\00:57:34.45
Ryan: Real quick...
Romans chapter 8 verse 14,
00:57:34.48\00:57:36.69
"For as many as are
led by the Spirit of God,
00:57:36.72\00:57:39.02
these are the sons of God. "
00:57:39.05\00:57:40.66
We know that fallen
angels weren't the sons of God
00:57:40.72\00:57:43.09
because they are not
led by the Spirit of God.
00:57:43.12\00:57:45.56
Jill: Amen, thank
you Pastor Ryan...
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Pastor Johnny...
Pastor James and Shelley...
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thank you for
study of the Word...
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and we thank you for joining us.
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Thank you for being
part of the 3ABN Family
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and what I love most
about the study of the Word
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is that there is
always redemption...
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there is always hope.
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We find that next week
when there is a flood, yes,
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but God brings deliverance.
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Panel: Amen.
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