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GENESIS. PART #12. IN THE BEGINNING. GENESIS. THE MURDRE OF ABEL - (Gen. 4:8-15). GENESIS. GENESIS. THE MURDER OF ABEL - (Gen. 4:8-15). GENESIS. Introduction:. DEFINITION OF MUDERS:. Murder is the unlawful premeditated KILLING of one person by another. MURDER STATISTICES:.
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GENESIS PART #12
GENESIS THE MURDRE OF ABEL - (Gen. 4:8-15) GENESIS
GENESIS THE MURDER OF ABEL - (Gen. 4:8-15) GENESIS Introduction: DEFINITION OF MUDERS: Murder is the unlawful premeditated KILLING of one person by another. MURDER STATISTICES: 55.000 murders in Brazil yearly 30.000 murders in Russia yearly
GENESIS THE MURDER OF ABEL - (Gen. 4:8-15) GENESIS 16,292 murders in the us in 2007 (compare to) 9110 murders in the US in 1960 580 murder in Canada yearly 15.000 murders in Mexico yearly Globally - 520.000 murders per year IT ALL STARTED IN GENESIS 4:8 Now Cain talked with Abel his brother; and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and killed him.
GENESIS THE MURDER OF ABEL - (Gen. 4:8-15) GENESIS CAIN'S PROFILE 1. He was the first BORN of Adam and Eve 2. He was a TILLER of the ground. 3. He brought an offering of the FRUIT of the ground to the Lord. This was the work of his hands. 4. His offering was REJECTED by God. 5. He became very ANGRY at Able.
GENESIS THE MURDER OF ABEL - (Gen. 4:8-15) GENESIS CAIN'S PROFILE 6. His FACE showed his anger. 7. He REFUSE to bring the right offering of blood. 8. Sin KNOCKED on his door and he let it in. 9. He failed to RULE over sin. 10. He KILLED Abel his brother. 11. He went for the PRESENCE of the Lord to the land of Nod.
GENESIS THE MURDER OF ABEL - (Gen. 4:8-15) GENESIS CAIN & ABLE STAND FOR TWO CLASSES OF PEOPLE: 1. The LOST and the SAVED – 2. The SELF-RIGHTEOUS and the BROKEN-SPIRITED 3. People who rely on their OWN GOOD WORKS to get to heaven, and those who TRUST in the finished work Christ – 4. People who rely on HUMAN MERIT for their salvation, and those who are rely on GOD’SGRACE.
GENESIS THE MURDER OF ABEL - (Gen. 4:8-15) GENESIS 5. Those who ignore the CALL OF GOD, and those who ANSWER the call of God - 6. Those who LOVE God and those who HATE God – PLEASENOTE - Both Cain and Abel were BORN SINNERS, for Eve’s womb, which makes them children of wrath – (Eph. 2:1-2) Both Cain and Able needed to be SAVED, but only ONE seen his need.
GENESIS THE MURDER OF ABEL - (Gen. 4:8-15) GENESIS GENESIS It’s sad, but Cain DENIED his need for salvation and will suffer Divine consequences – (Rev. 20:11-15) WHAT WAS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO MEN? 1. Cain DENYED God's grace - 2. Abel RECEIVED God's grace -
GENESIS THE MURDER OF ABEL - (Gen. 4:8-15) GENESIS ABEL BOWED HIS KNEE AND TRUSTED GOD Able placed his FAITH is a sacrificial substitute, pointing to Jesus Christ’s future sacrifice on the Cross, and he was accounted righteousness before God. Able knelt on the ground, received God’s grace, CONFESSED his sin and received forgiveness.
GENESIS THE MURDER OF ABEL - (Gen. 4:8-15) GENESIS Looking forward to the cross
GENESIS THE MURDER OF ABEL - (Gen. 4:8-15) GENESIS GENESIS Looking back to the cross
GENESIS THE MURDER OF ABEL - (Gen. 4:8-15) GENESIS ==== CAIN'S HORRIBLE MISTAKE ==== Gen 4:6-7 So the LORD said to Cain, "Why are you angry? And why has your countenance fallen?7 "If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin lies at the door. And its desire is for you, but you should rule over it." Verse seven tell us that Cain REFUSED to comply with God’s divine threat. Cain made his choice just like people today, they refuse Jesus Christ, and will suffer the divine consequences for sin (Rom. 6:23)
GENESIS THE MURDER OF ABEL - (Gen. 4:8-15) GENESIS ==== CAIN'S HORRIBLE MISTAKE ==== When Cain gave into sin, he was giving into Satan. He let SIN and SATAN take Him down the BROAD ROAD TO DISTRUCTION (Matt. 7:13-14) "Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it.14 "Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.
GENESIS THE BROAD & NARROW ROAD GENESIS
GENESIS THE MURDER OF ABEL - (Gen. 4:8-15) GENESIS Application: Sin can DEFILE our walk with God, and we need God’s BAR OF SOAP to keep us clean. 1 John 9:9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
GENESIS THE MURDER OF ABEL - (Gen. 4:8-15) GENESIS WHAT WAS THE PATTERN LEADING INTO CAIN'S SIN: Hate in Cain HEART leads to murder in His HANDS If there were no Laws crime would FLOURISH, even with the law it’s bad enough. 1. DISAPPOINTMENT - 2. ANGER - 3. JEALOUSY - 4. MURDER -
GENESIS THE MURDER OF ABEL - (Gen. 4:8-15) GENESIS Genesis 4:8 Now Cain talked with Abel his brother; and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and KILLED him.
GENESIS THE MURDER OF ABEL - (Gen. 4:8-15) GENESIS DID CAIN HAVE A DEEPER MOTIVE FOR THE MURDER OF ABLE? According to Biblical students, they say, “That Cain did not like the thought of losing the place of privilege of the FIRST BORN. When he refused to bring the right offering (v. 7) he knew that Abel would RULE over him, and this was unacceptable to him. The only way out was to KILL him, and that’ what he did. Murder is the unlawful premeditated KILLING of one person by another.
GENESIS THE MURDER OF ABEL - (Gen. 4:8-15) GENESIS CAIN'S PLAN FOR ALEL'S MURDER: 1. I'll TALK to my brother - (4:8a) Cain went to the field and express how DISAPPOINTED he was over the sacrifice that God did not accept.
GENESIS THE MURDER OF ABEL - (Gen. 4:8-15) GENESIS 2. I'll wait until he's in the FIELD - (4:8b) Heb. 4:13 And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account. Cain waited until Abel was in the field, he said, ” I’ll kill him there so nobody will SEE me.”
GENESIS THE MURDER OF ABEL - (Gen. 4:8-15) GENESIS 3. Then I'll KILL him - (4:8c) If Cain would have listened to what God had said, he would have known the OUTCOME – (v.7) SIN LIES AT THE DOOR PREMEDITATED MURDER
GENESIS THE MURDER OF ABLE - (Gen. 4:8-15) GENESIS CAIN'S HARDEN HEART - (4:9) Genesis 4:9 Then the LORD said to Cain, "Where is Abel your brother? “He said, "I do not know. Am I my brother’s keeper?" Cain’s harden heart unveils his TEMPER. His heart was full of anger for his brother. “Am I my brother Keeper.” Cain had a wicked heart!
GENESIS THE MURDER OF ABEL - (Gen. 4:8-15) GENESIS Verse nine brings out the continual EVIL of a Cain’s heart – (Jer. 17:9) Jeremiah. 17:9 "The heart is DECEITFUL above all things, And desperately WICKED; Who can know it?
GENESIS THE MURDER OF ABEL - (Gen. 4:8-15) GENESIS THE PRINCIPLE OF SOWING & REAPING Galatians 6:7 Do not be deceived, God is not MOCKED; for whatever a man SOWS, that he will also REAP. Numbers 32:23 “ The land . . . be your possession before the LORD. 23 "But if you do not do so, then take note, you have sinned against the LORD; and BE SURE YOUR SIN WILL FIND YOU OUT.
GENESIS THE MURDER OF ABEL - (Gen. 4:8-15) GENESIS CAIN'S HEART WAS CONTINUALLY EVIL: 1. Had no LOVE for his brother - 2. Had no CONVICTION of sin -
GENESIS THE MURDER OF ABEL - (Gen. 4:8-15) GENESIS ABEL'S BLOOD CRIED OUT - (4:10) And He said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground. Cain’s wicked heart shed INNOCENT blood, and that blood cried aloud to God.How this speaks of the to us of the precious blood of Christ – (1 Pet. 1:18)
GENESIS THE MURDER OF ABEL - (Gen. 4:8-15) GENESIS CAIN'S PUNISHMENT FOR HIS CRIME - (4:11-12) Genesis 4:11-12 "So now you are cursed from the earth, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.12 "When you till the ground, it shall no longer yield its strength to you. A fugitive and a vagabond you shall be on the earth."
GENESIS THE MURDER OF ABEL - (Gen. 4:8-15) GENESIS CAIN'S PUNISHMENT - (4:11-12) 1. He was cursed from the EARTH – (4:11) 2. He lost the STRENGHT of the ground – (4:12) 3. He was pounced by God a FUGITIVE – (4:12b) 5. He was pounced by God a VAGABOND – (4:12c)
GENESIS THE MURDER OF ABEL - (Gen. 4:8-15) GENESIS CAIN'S RESPONSE TO THE PUNISHMENT - (4:14-15) Genesis 4:14-15 "Surely You have driven me out this day from the face of the ground; I shall be hidden from Your face; I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond on the earth, and it will happen that anyone who finds me will kill me."15 And the LORD said to him, "Therefore, whoever kills Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. “And the LORD set a mark on Cain, lest anyone finding him should kill him.
GENESIS THE MURDER OF ABEL - (Gen. 4:8-15) GENESIS THREE CURSES IN GENESIS 3&4 1. God cursed the SERPENT - (Gen. 3:14) 2. God cursed the GROUND - (Gen. 3:17) 3. God cursed CAIN - (Gen. 4:11)
GENESIS THE MURDER OF ABEL - (Gen. 4:8-15) GENESIS Conclusion & Application: 1. Sin SEPARATE us from God – 2. Sin had great CONSEQUENCES – 3. Sin DESTROYS families – 4. Sin can lead to MURDER – 5. Sin DARKENS our mind – 6. Sin LIES at the door of our lives – 7. Sin with try to RULE your life - 8. Sin was DEALT with at the cross –
GENESIS THE MURDER OF ABEL - (Gen. 4:8-15) THE END