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Sin is not a popular topic, but if we are to understand ourselves, God, Jesus, and why the Cross is necessary we will have to dig deep on the subject.
It has been said that sin will take you further than you want to go, cost you more than you want to pay, and keep you longer than you wanted to stay.
Adam and Eve sinned.
We saw in Chapter 3 the shame, the blame, and the consequences God judged them with.
Today we will see how their sin nature was passed on to their children.
The downward spiral of sin and its consequences cannot be overstated.
The Backstory that led to murder
Cain’s name sounds like the Hebrew word for gotten.
One a shepherd, the other a gardener.
Verses 3-7
Abel’s offering was accepted and Cain’s was not.
Maybe because of blood sacrifice, but there are first fruit sacrifices too.
Hebrews says that Abel’s sacrifice was accepted because it was made ‘by faith’ God looks for us to offer to Him from the heart, not out of our own flesh.
Cain got mad about it.
Isn’t interesting how many times people get angry at the thought that they aren’t acceptable to God.
They get angry at the thought that they must accept Jesus, and that there is no other way to God.
Cain had two options.
Correct his offering
Get mad at the thought that his offering was not acceptable.
God pursued him with three questions
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Why are you angry
2. Why is your face turned down
3. why not do the right thing
God made three observations
Sin is crouching
sin is against (next verse says Cain rose up against his brother)
Sin must be ruled or it will rule.
The Murder
Here is the climax of the story, It is short, but powerful.
7 verses have led up to it and 7 verses will follow, but only 1 verse tells the tale.
We see the murder is premeditated.
How long we don’t know?
but we are reminded again of what James said about sin maturing and bringing forth death.
We see the murder is performed
Here me well.
I am not trying to say everyone in this room is or will be a murderer.
But if you don’t take your sin seriously you will die and go to Hell.
And if you know the Lord and don’t take your sin seriously you will walk at a guilty distance, not enjoying all that God has for you.
This is a call to walk CLOSE AND CLEAN.
Think of the heart break their parents felt.
No doubt, they were realizing the fall-out of their sin passed on to their children.
Things have unraveled in one generation to the point of murder.
God’s Response to the murder
Cain misses a chance to come clean verse 9
Two judgments 10-12
God speaks of the land as crying out.... Holy Land.
Cain loses the cooperation of the soil 11-12
Cain becomes a fugitive and wanderer.
Once again there is mercy in 13-15
I can’t do this.
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You will not die 15
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