How can a hopeless sinner ever gain moral control over his life and defeat sin? And Abel, on his part, also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of their fat portions. When you cultivate the ground, if you try, itll no longer yield its strength to you. Youre never going to be able to produce anything out of the ground. He lured him in and killed him. Pauline Epistles conservative Christian faith, which includes a firm belief in the inerrancy GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select an Ending Point I repent. John MacArthur Sermon:The First Sacrifice (Genesis 3:20-24). Questions and answers with John Piper. Eve and Adam had other children, and they intermarried, and they produced children and more and more children. And He said, What have you done? John MacArthur Sermon Archive - Logos Bible Software Eve recognized that with the help of the Lord, she had been given a son. Genesis 1250 (patriarchal history) explained to Israel how they came into existence as a family whose ancestry could be traced to Eber (hence the Hebrews; Gen. 10:24, 25) and even more remotely to Shem, the son of Noah (hence the Semites; Gen. 10:21). Theres more, another thought that comes out of this text, and well hurry to a conclusion. If youre going to let me live, then I repent. He doesnt do that. For details about this sermon and for related resources, click here: https://www.gty.org/library/sermons-library/90-379 To receive John MacArthurs monthly letter, as well as free resources by mail, click here: https://www.gty.org/home/newtogty/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gracetoyou Twitter: https://twitter.com/gracetoyou Google +: https://plus.google.com/+gracetoyou Copyright 2009, Grace to You. This article is also available and sold as a booklet. He said to the Lord in verse 13, My punishments too great to bear. Youre not fair. And lust, when it conceives, brings forth what? Theyre like that false prophet, Balaam, who could be bought and who would prophesy for hire to the highest bidder. That is the grace that God extends to every reprobate, every ungodly person, every wicked sinner, every unbeliever, every doomed person. God had given him a curse and yet protected him from death, which would have given him an opportunity to say, Im sorry. And its desire is for you; you must master it. Now, at this point, we need to ask the question: Why didnt God just kill him? Ive read paragraph after paragraph about what it is, page after page, nobody knows what it is. He hated the fact that Abel was righteous, and the righteous are always a rebuke to the self-righteous. Saturday, 09 July 2022 07:25. He loved the world, so the love of God was not in him, 1 John 2. Isnt it true that if you take a life, you give a life? Verse 10, here we have God as the investigator, first of all, the interrogator. And it was going to bring forth a deadly sin. Here is the first example of self-righteousness. This is a murder done out of envy, this is a murder done out of jealousy, done out of hatred. Yes, it is. And this sinner rejected the Word of God, just like they all do. Rather, Israels God distinguished Himself clearly from the alleged gods of her neighbors. He is the original apostate who, when confronted by God with the opportunity for forgiveness and the opportunity for deliverance, refuses. Listen to John MacArthur Sermons - Grace to You Radio - Oneplace.com 5:20). All Sermons | Grace to You - SermonAudio And I agree with capital punishment. Pastor John MacArthur. The historical background for the early events in Genesis is clearly Mesopotamian. Bible Introductions - Genesis by John MacArthur - Blue Letter Bible Because we dont want you to incur expenditure for which you are not prepared, could you please confirm whether you are willing to pay this charge, if necessary? Why doesnt God just kill Cain? They may even reclassify it as personal expression of individual freedom. Genesis by content is comprised of two basic sections: 1) Primitive history (Gen. 111) and 2) Patriarchal history (Gen. 1250). That is the settled conclusion to the matter. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation. Since the text and audio content provided by BLB represent a At that time, they will partake, wearing robes washed in the blood of the Lamb (Rev. This is direct revelation from God, God speaking pointedly, specifically, to no one but Cain. Since the UK is now no longer a member of the EU, you may be charged an import tax on this item by the customs authorities in your country of residence, which is beyond our control. The voice of your brothers blood is crying to me from the ground. Genesis covers more time than the remaining books of the Bible combined. He gets mad at them and he gets furious with God. If we lived in a society without government, without police, if we lived in an anarchy, murder would be going on all the time. And it came about when they were in the field that Cain rose up against Abel, his brother, and killed him. Thank you for registering. Here were two sons, two seeds, one on the side of God, one on the side of Satan. But for Cain and for his offering, He had no regard. Donate Now; Automatic Giving; Legacy Giving; Ways to Give; Unleashing God's Truth, One Verse at a Time . This is obvious, but its laid out right here for us. The Gospels Please login or create an account to use this feature, Learn More | Livestream | Bulletin The Whole Bible Understanding the Sabbath | Grace Pulpit | Grace Community Church 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. The curse on the marriage was conflict. Sun Valley, CA 91352, MF 8:00 am5:00 pm Number four. There must be adults in the world who would kill him. 1236); and 3) Egypt (chaps. The right of capital punishment belongs to a duly constituted government and is never, ever to be an act of personal, private vengeance. The word can even mean a smith or a refiner or a craftsman who makes something. Cain married his sister, and out of his loins came the population that follows. The first point is this: The doomed have hopeful beginnings. Heres God, confronts Cain and says, Where is Abel, your brother? which means that Abel wasnt right there, which means that Cain had run. 22:3). From Abraham on, the pattern is to focus on Gods redemption and blessing. John MacArthur's Collection of sermons and other writings Note: "After 24 years of association with the Ministry of John MacArthur, we have now been asked by Grace To You to no longer maintain John's resources directly on Bible Bulletin Board. And the Lord had regard for Abel and for his offering. First John 3, Cain, who was of the evil one, slew his brother. Wisdom Literature Pentateuch He doesnt allow blood revenge. in the resource materials are not necessarily affirmed, in total, by this ministry. Over four decades of ministry, John has written dozens of bestselling books, including The . He comes in an attitude of self-righteousness based upon human achievement, and he worships God in a false way, offering hypocritical worship. All you have to do is just get up in the church and preach judgment, preach the judgment of God, hell, damnation, and all of that, and sinners resent that. We are in Genesis chapter 4. Nothing they ever touch has any eternal value, nothing they ever touch has any lasting meaning. First for Abel, and when it says He had regard for Abel, it meant that God saw the heart of Abel was in exercising pure worship. Minor Prophets The Lord said to Cain. Now, I want to stop there for a moment just to say this is really the direct Word of God- no more direct than the Bible, but this is the direct Word of God, right from Gods mouth to Cain. On a larger scale, Gen. 111 set forth a singular message about the character and works of God. Because his deeds were evil and his brothers were righteous. It just ground on him that Abel was righteous. Rom. General Epistles The New Testament And judge. God pulls him into the court. So it came about in the course of time that Cain brought an offering to the Lord of the fruit of the ground. Thats a figure of speech to indicate that every sin rises to God, and all sin offends Him and is known to Him. Minor Prophets Just do whats right. Under the famous rabbi, Gamaliel, Paul received a thorough training in the OT Scriptures and in the rabbinic traditions at Jerusalem ( Acts 22:3 . You got to be kidding. He will hold onto that sin even if it means he has to live an unfulfilled life of a wanderer under a divine death sentence. God cant do that. They resent that message. 17:14; Num. And because of what you did, theyre going to seek to kill you. Here at Grace to You Europe we take our data protection responsibilities very seriously and, as you would expect, have undertaken a significant programme of work to ensure that we are ready for this important legislative change. Individual instructors or editors may still require the use of URLs. Everybody worships at some shrine, everybody has some god. That is the final statement. Thats the best we can say, God didnt kill him because of grace, He didnt kill him because there hadnt been government and duly appointed courts established, and God wasnt going to set an example for personal vengeance. The Whole Bible I dont know what it is. Has a hopeful beginning but soon offers unacceptable worship in his self-styled religion. Grasping the individual messages of Genesis which make up the larger plan and purpose of the book presents no small challenge since both the individual accounts and the books overall message offer important lessons to faith and works. Patriarchal history spotlights 4 great men: 1) Abraham (Gen. 12:125:8); 2) Isaac (Gen. 21:135:29); 3) Jacob (Gen. 25:2150:14); and 4) Joseph (Gen. 30:2250:26). He didnt say, Hes over there, just where I left him after I killed him. He says, I dont know. Oh, the sinner, in his need for self-righteousness, runs from the scene of his crime, tries to hide his sin. Secondly, government. For a brief biographical sketch of Moses read Ex. And the divine sentence comes in verse 11. He chooses to live apart from God. - their deeds are evil. They love their sin. Series (High Quality) Series (Low Quality) Major Prophets Cain shows us that even the lost and the damned have hopeful beginnings. He has been the pastor-teacher of Grace Community Church in Los Angeles, California since February 9, 1969 and also currently is the president of The Master's College in Newhall, California and. General Epistles So here what you have is the first example of false worship of the true God. Sin is in us, but its not inevitable that we be always mastered by sin unless we choose not to do whats right. John and his wife, Patricia, live in Southern California and have four married children: Matt, Marcy, Mark, and Melinda. I mean there were only the two of them and their parents. He had a right heart attitude of the sinner who knew he needed and deserved death and needed a substitute to die in his place. Doesnt tell us, but there are several thoughts. But in the case of Cain, if you dont do whats right, if you dont embrace true worship, youre going to have a predatory lion crouched at your door your whole life, devouring you. Pentateuch 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. 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. God is saying to them, I do not accept you. That terrible, dreadful, disastrous, deadly serpent who had led the human race into sin needed to be destroyed. Starting in chapter 2, verse 4, you start to follow the history of man. 9:11, 13; Mal. But were going to seek the goodness of God to allow us to do that as we come to this most significant and important chapter in Genesis chapter 4. You are the killer. The modern definition of sin is righteousness. If you continue the way youre going, youve got a life of conflict and youll lose. In fact, He becomes the protector of the killer, becomes the protector of Cain. Everybody is a worshiper. Enter your email address and we will send you instructions on how to reset your password. Were all in the same situation.