God made mankind the crowning point of His creation, i.e., His companions who would enjoy fellowship with Him and bring glory to His name. So now God says, Im going to make sure nobody takes your life. The best way we can handle it is just say, Cain talked to Abel, his brother. They had a conversation. John MacArthur is the pastor-teacher of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California, as well as an author, conference speaker, chancellor of The Master's University and Seminary, and featured teacher with the Grace to You media ministry. Please see Blue Letter Bible's Privacy Policy for cookie usage details. 4:4) and the NT (Matt. And Cain, who the New Testament says (1 John 3) is of the evil one, he was the seed of the serpent. Isnt it true that if you take a life, you give a life? You know, the doomed person can deny his sin all he wants, and we may not see it, but God sees it and knows it. Wisdom Literature Repent, acknowledge your self-righteousness, acknowledge your hypocrisy, acknowledge the failure to recognize your desperate sinfulness and need of a sacrifice, and then go do whats right. And Im just going to wander all over the place all my life as a vagrant and a wanderer in the earth. Pauline Epistles It is part of their attitude to be angry with the Bible, to be angry with the God of the Bible, to be angry with those who believe the Bible. He was angry and his face slumped in despair and in fury. He is the first unbeliever who ever lived. So he made his choice. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select a Beginning Point Some believe they were twins- theres no real, compelling indication in the text of that. The sinner inevitably runs from the scene of the crime and tries to hide the sin. God had already pled with him to make a right choice. He says, How could you have done this? essentially. Unbelievers, even when confronted with the truth- they might come to church- they might not hear the voice of God as Cain did, of course, today- but they might come to church and they might hear a message about sin. So it is reasonable to assume that somewhere along the line- and its hard to be dogmatic about this. As the years develop and as people populate the world, theyre all going to know the story about you. Genesis chapter 4. And this describes the curse, which is the conflict of marriage. You dont have to be brooding, you dont have to have lust conceiving greater deadly sin in your heart. The poison of asps is under their lips, whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness. And sin has pounced, turned him into a murderer, turned him into a liar. 1405 B.C.). 21, 22 where the eternal kingdom of redeemed believers is gloriously pictured. By proceeding, you consent to our cookie usage. Those are the wonderful, wonderful promises of the Bible in many scriptures, but the one that always comes to my mind when I think about that is the sixth chapter of Romans, verse 12. Pauline Epistles This is direct revelation from God, God speaking pointedly, specifically, to no one but Cain. Cant. Youre going to have to try to kill something here or there, try to grab something thats growing off a tree, try to eke out some kind of survival. But also without exception, man responded in greater sinful rebellion. This narrowed their view from the entire world of peoples in Gen. 111 to one small nation, Israel, through whom God would progressively accomplish His redemptive plan. Help Grace to You bring important resources like this to people in your community and beyond, free of charge. Perhaps that child was to be the one who would bring the end of Satan and restore paradise. Am I my brothers keeper? And He said, What have you done? The answer in Romans 2:4 and 5, The patience and forbearance of God is intended to lead you to- what? The apostle John clearly presented the events recorded in his book as future resolutions to the problems which began as a result of the curse in Gen. 3. Here is God saying, You can repent, you can do what Isaiah said, Cleanse your hearts, you sinners. You can go back after youve repented and ask for cleansing and offer God the sacrifice that is acceptable from a right heart. Founded in 1969, Grace to You is the nonprofit organization responsible for developing, producing, and distributing John MacArthur's books, audio resources, and the "Grace to You" radio and television programs. Cookie Notice: He knew it was God speaking to him. You can copy the order of your preferred Bible translations from the Bibles Tab to the Version Picker (this popup) or vice versa. For those of you visiting with us, we are in a study of origins, and Genesis is the book of origins. Is that not amazing? Such are the children of Cain. Then Cain went out from the presence of the Lord and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden. Thats the story of Cain. At that time, they will partake, wearing robes washed in the blood of the Lamb (Rev. Deuteronomy 3, Psalm 94, Romans 12, Hebrews 10, God says, Vengeance is mine, I will repay. God is the avenger. God could have said, Okay, Im going to ask your father, Adam, to kill you. There was no government at this point. Eventually, they all wind up at the bar of God. Rom. Its the way it is for people who hold onto their sin and their self-righteousness, who reject God, loving their sin, loving themselves. They may even reclassify it as personal expression of individual freedom. of Scripture. GDPR is the new European privacy regulation, which will replace the Data Protection Act 1998 in the UK and the equivalent legislation across the EU Member States. Cookie Notice: Thats what that means in the Hebrew, the firstlings of the flock and their fat portions. He brought the very best of the very best, which is obviously what God required. Those who are sinners, those who are broken over their sin, those who confess the need for sacrifice and substitution and a covering, those who realize they deserve nothing and must receive a righteousness not their own, those who are therefore blessed by God are always hated by the self-righteous because the self-righteous are not accepted by God, theyre not accepted as equals. They dont want to be delivered. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select an Ending Point Cassuto, the Hebrew commentator, translates it that way. You either worship the true God in the true way or you worship the true God in a false way or you worship some other gods, who are demons, or you worship yourself. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation. Its reasonable to assume he died somewhere in his teenage years when everybody else potentially lived to be eight or nine hundred years old, so his life was very brief. Sin was deeply embedded in him, it was inherited and it was actual, yet he wasnt inevitably to live under sins mastery. This is a man who was getting a direct evangelistic message from the creator God Himself. Youre thrown out, you go out on your own. So here is false, self-righteous, hypocritical worship. There is no reason to question the internal claims that the apostle Paul wrote Galatians ( 1:1; 5:2 ). God is literally offering the sinner the opportunity to be delivered from his sin. Prophets On the case of Cain, God had no regard for Cain or his offering. The Gospels 9:9; 2 Cor. Hes initiating a conversation, and hes going to the heart. In 1969, after graduating from Talbot Theological Seminary, John came to Grace Community Church. All Rights Reserved. So it came about in the course of time that Cain brought an offering to the Lord of the fruit of the ground. And the blood of dead Abel, obviously, couldnt actually speak, but the fact that there was blood on the ground spoke volumes to God. He hated his righteousness. If you live by the sword, youll die by the sword, which means if you take a life with the sword, then they have a right to take your life? And Abel, on his part, also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of their fat portions. General Epistles Right? We are in Genesis chapter 4. Major Prophets Paul was born in Tarsus, a city in the province of Cilicia, not far from Galatia. Luke-Acts Follow John MacArthur: Contact Information: Phone: 800-55-GRACE Fax: 661-295-5871 Email: [email protected] Mailing Address: PO Box 4000 Panorama City, CA 91412 . Pentateuch Study with him the Genesis of the Gospel to find the answers not only to those big cosmic questions, but also to discover the extraordinary privileges God has given women, what strong male leadership looks like, and how that all ties in to God's ultimate triumph over the tragedies that began in the garden. Thats all he had to say. I confess to you that I usually am pretty good at making a transition mentally from the morning message to the evening message, and they are almost always very divergent subjects- and this is certainly the case today- but this is one of those times when such a transition has been somewhat difficult. Woe to them, meaning false teachers, who have gone the way of Cain, who have rushed headlong into the error of Balaam and perished in the rebellion of Korah. I need to die, I deserve to die, I thank you that you will provide someone to die in my place, even as you slew an animal to cover my parents. So his attitude was right and his act was right. Pentateuch A verification email has been sent to the address you provided. Major Prophets This is characteristic of doomed people. Hes trying to cause Cain to take an honest look at what motivates him, to get him to take a look at his sinful heart and his brooding rage toward his brother and toward God. 1405 B.C.). And God was giving to the sinner two choices: this way, that way. Wisdom Literature So he denies any knowledge of his brothers whereabouts, he denies any killing, he rejects any responsibility for his brothers well-being, and you begin to see, folks, at this point, what terrible progress sin has made since the fall. Unbelievers (or the doomed) reject the Word of God. They may be religious, but theyre false. This article is also available and sold as a booklet. In todays climate, of course, as we said this morning, all religion is to be treated as equal, and nobody is to say, Ours is the truth and yours is not. It is intolerable to the non-Christian, it is intolerable to the doomed people, it is intolerable to the false worshipers for us to say that ours is the only truth and we are the only people of God. Log In And judge. In verse 5, it says Cain became very angry and his countenance (or his face) fell. The Blue Letter Bible ministry and the BLB Institute hold to the historical, Passwords should have at least 6 characters. Verse 6, Then the Lord said to Cain- now this is direct from God. If you try, youre going to get absolutely nothing. Cain was a worshiper, and he even worshiped the true God, the God he knew to be the creator God, but he worshiped Him in a false and wrong way. I myself am going to put a mark on you that signifies that I am your protector. And God- here is God Himself protecting this wicked sinner. You have a choice.. 17:14; Num. He is himself able to approach God without a sacrifice. Selected Scriptures: . Series (High Quality) Series (Low Quality) He needed to be overturned, his power needed to be vanquished, and paradise needed to be regained, and God said there would come a seed out of the woman who would do just that. You did it. That was the Word of God to Cain. Sin. Do whats right in your heart before me. Individual instructors or editors may still require the use of URLs. And thats what the sinner does, he flees the debacle that his sins have left, and he carries on the appearance of being an upstanding and noble person. Founded in 1969, Grace to You is the nonprofit organization responsible for developing, producing, and distributing Johns books, audio resources, and the Grace to You radio and television programs. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation. Because they were all related to Abel. Wisdom Literature And then again, in verse 2, she gave birth to another son. Isnt that what it says in Genesis 9:6? These are the only four people on the planet. That is the grace that God extends to every reprobate, every ungodly person, every wicked sinner, every unbeliever, every doomed person. Verse 11, Now you are cursed. Brought before the divine tribunal, this is the indictment of God, interrogator, investigator, and prosecutor. Doesnt matter where the land of Nod is, it only matters that it was out of the presence of the Lord. He put some mark, some visible mark on Cain, so that everybody would know thats the mark of God, and if you kill him, you will receive the vengeance of God. Stephen's Powerful Sermon, Part 2: Acts 7:17-53: 12/17/1972: What Child is This? Whatever that sin is, it cries to God. Register. He sees into the heart of Abel and recognizes that Abels heart is right toward God, that he comes as a penitent, humble sinner, and not only is his heart right, but therefore his sacrifice is right. God Himself, then, slays the first animal to make the first covering to cover the sinner. He loved the world, so the love of God was not in him, 1 John 2. Your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you. Its the exact same phrase. And even though God had pronounced a curse on Cain, He was still going to extend some grace to him. God promised land, descendants (seed), and blessing. And why has your countenance fallen? No more hypocritical offerings. He said to the Lord in verse 13, My punishments too great to bear. Youre not fair. On a larger scale, Gen. 111 set forth a singular message about the character and works of God. Cain told his brother (could be talked with, spoke with his brother) and the conversation either occurred in the field or set up a meeting in the field. Not somebody who has sort of a mobile tent and moves around. The curse is further explained in verse 12. This is common grace. Same with us. But for Cain and for his offering, He had no regard. He was showing in his physical body the attitude of anger in his mind. The story line of salvation which begins in Gen. 3 is not completed until Rev. Author and Date. Johannine Writings This is ridiculous. Cain (qayin in the Hebrew) means a formed thing, a creature, something made. Do whats right from the heart and in the behavior. From the Theology of Creation series. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select an Ending Point ; and 3) 18971804 B.C. This is obvious, but its laid out right here for us. General Epistles You will never be able to survive as a farmer.
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