JUSTCOR.com theme verse
Acts 19:32
The assembly was in confusion: Some were shouting one
thing, some another. Most of the people did not even
know why they were there.
Genesis 1:1
1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Life in the Garden of Eden
Genesis 2:4-25
BASSANO, Jacopo, Garden of Eden
1570-73, Oil on canvas, 77 x 109 cm, Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Rome
The Command
Genesis 2:16-17
16And the LORD God commanded the man, “You are free
to eat from any tree in the garden; 17 but you must not
eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for
when you eat of it you will surely die.”
The Fall of Mankind:
It’s no longer the way it is supposed to be
Genesis 3
Sin
Genesis 3:6
6When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was
good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable
for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also
gave some to her husband, who was with her,
and he ate it.
Banishment
Genesis 3:22
22And the LORD God said, “The man has now become
like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be
allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree
of life and eat, and live forever.”
What happened!?!?
A look at what happened in Genesis 3
1. God did not “create” evil
2. Shame entered into the world
3. Fear now gripped Adam and Eve
4. Childbearing is to be painful
5. There will be no perfect relationships
6. The whole earth (ground) is cursed
7. Work will be hard and life a struggle
8. Death enters into the world
9. They were banished from the very place they were created to
be - the Garden of Eden
10. Their relationship with God is now broken
Cain and Abel
Cain and Abel
Genesis 4:1-11, 25
1 Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and
bore Cain, saying, “I have gotten a man with the help of
the Lord.” 2 And again, she bore his brother Abel.
Now Abel was a keeper of sheep,
and Cain a worker of the ground.
Cain and Abel
Genesis 4:1-11, 25
3 In the course of time Cain brought to the Lord an
offering of the fruit of the ground, 4 and Abel also
brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat
portions. And the Lord had regard for Abel and his
offering, 5 but for Cain and his offering he had no
regard. So Cain was very angry, and his face fell.
Cain and Abel
Genesis 4:1-11, 25
6 The Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry, and why
has your face fallen? 7 If you do well, will you not be
accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at
the door. Its desire is for you, but you must rule over it.”
Cain and Abel
Genesis 4:1-11, 25
8 Cain spoke to Abel his brother. And when they were in
the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and
killed him. 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 and Abel
Genesis 4:1-11, 25
10 And the Lord said, “What have you done? The voice
of your brother's blood is crying to me from the ground.
11 And now you are cursed from the ground, which has
opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from
your hand…
Cain and Abel and Seth
Genesis 4:1-11, 25
… 25 And Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a
son and called his name Seth, for she said, “God has
appointed for me another offspring instead of Abel, for
Cain killed him.”
The story of Adam & Eve
continues
Genesis 4:11
Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and
bore Cain, saying, “I have gotten a man with the help of
the Lord.” 2 And again, she bore his brother Abel.
Now Abel was a keeper of sheep,
and Cain a worker of the ground.
Cain the Farmer
& Abel the Rancher
Genesis 4:2
Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and
bore Cain, saying, “I have gotten a man with the help of
the Lord.” 2 And again, she bore his brother Abel.
Now Abel was a keeper of sheep,
and Cain a worker of the ground.
Offering to the Lord
Genesis 4:3-5
3 In the course of time Cain brought to the Lord an
offering of the fruit of the ground, 4 and Abel also
brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat
portions. And the Lord had regard for Abel and his
offering, 5 but for Cain and his offering he had no
regard. So Cain was very angry, and his face fell.
Cain the Farmer
& Abel the Rancher
VS.
The Lord’s regard
Genesis 4:3-5
3 In the course of time Cain brought to the Lord an
offering of the fruit of the ground, 4 and Abel also
brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat
portions. And the Lord had regard for Abel and his
offering, 5 but for Cain and his offering he had no
regard. So Cain was very angry, and his face fell.
BQ: Why did the Lord have regard
for Abel’s offering but not Cain’s?
Genesis 4:3-5
And the Lord had regard for Abel and his offering, 5 but
for Cain and his offering he had no regard.
BQ: Why did the Lord have regard
for Abel’s offering but not Cain’s?
Mark 12:41-44
43 And he called his disciples to him and said to them,
“Truly, I say to you, this poor widow has put in more
than all those who are contributing to the offering box.
44 For they all contributed out of their abundance, but
she out of her poverty has put in everything she had, all
she had to live on.”
BQ: Why did the Lord have regard
for Abel’s offering but not Cain’s?
1 John 3:11-12
11 For this is the message that you have heard from the
beginning, that we should love one another. 12 We
should not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and
murdered his brother. And why did he murder him?
Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's
righteous.
BQ: Why did the Lord have regard
for Abel’s offering but not Cain’s?
Hebrews 11:4
By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice
than Cain, through which he was commended as
righteous, God commending him by accepting his gifts.
And through his faith, though he died, he still speaks.
BQ: Why did the Lord have regard
for Abel’s offering but not Cain’s?
Hebrews 11:4
By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice
than Cain, through which he was commended as
righteous, God commending him by accepting his gifts.
And through his faith, though he died, he still speaks.
Cain’s response
Genesis 4:3-5
3 In the course of time Cain brought to the Lord an
offering of the fruit of the ground, 4 and Abel also
brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat
portions. And the Lord had regard for Abel and his
offering, 5 but for Cain and his offering he had no
regard. So Cain was very angry, and his face fell.
The growth of Hope
“His face fell”
Answer the questions
Genesis 4:6-7
6 The Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry, and why
has your face fallen? 7 If you do well, will you not be
accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at
the door. Its desire is for you, but you must rule over it.”
Sin is crouching at the door
Genesis 4:6-7
6 The Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry, and why
has your face fallen? 7 If you do well, will you not be
accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at
the door. Its desire is for you, but you must rule over it.”
Sin is crouching at the door
It’s desire is against you
Genesis 3:16
To the woman he said,
“I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing;
in
pain you shall bring forth children. Your desire shall be
for (i.e. against) your husband, and he shall rule over
you.”
Cain kills Abel
Genesis 4:8-9
8 Cain spoke to Abel his brother. And when they were in
the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and
killed him.
9 Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is Abel your
brother?” He said, “I do not know; am I my brother's
keeper?”
The blood of Abel
Genesis 4:10-11
10 And the Lord said, “What have you done? The voice
of your brother's blood is crying to me from the ground.
11 And now you are cursed from the ground, which has
opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from
your hand.
The blood of Abel
Matthew 23:34-35
34 Therefore I send you prophets and wise men and
scribes, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and
some you will flog in your synagogues and persecute
from town to town, 35 so that on you may come all the
righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of
righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah the son of
Barachiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary
and the altar.
Themes in Genesis Four
By Faith
Sola Fide
Themes in Genesis Four
By Faith
Faith is the attitude whereby a person abandons all
reliance in his/her own efforts to obtain salvation, be
they deeds of piety, of ethical goodness or anything else.
It is the attitude of complete trust in Christ, of reliance
on him alone for all that salvation means.
~L.L. Morris, Ridley College, Melbourne
Themes in Genesis Four
By Faith
Genesis 15:5-6
5 And he brought Abram outside and said, “Look
toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to
number them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your
offspring be.” 6 And he believed the Lord, and he
counted it to him as righteousness.
Themes in Genesis Four
By Faith
Proverbs 3:5-6
5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean
on your own understanding. 6 In all your ways
acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.
Themes in Genesis Four
By Faith
Romans 1:16-17
16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power
of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the
Jew first and also to the Greek. 17 For in it the
righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith, as it
is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.”
Themes in Genesis Four
By Faith
Hebrews 11:6
And without faith it is impossible to please him, for
whoever would draw near to God must believe that he
exists and that he rewards those who seek him.
Themes in Genesis Four
Blood
Themes in Genesis Four
Blood
Numbers 35:33
You shall not pollute the land in which you live, for
blood pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made
for the land for the blood that is shed in it, except by the
blood of the one who shed it.
Themes in Genesis Four
Blood
Romans 5:8-9
8 But God shows his love for us in that while we were
still sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Since, therefore, we
have now been justified by his blood, much more shall
we be saved by him from the wrath of God.
Themes in Genesis Four
Blood
Colossians 1:20-21
19 For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to
dwell, 20 and through him to reconcile to himself all
things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by
the blood of his cross.
Blood that speaks a better word
Hebrews 12:21-24
21 Indeed, so terrifying was the sight that Moses said, “I
tremble with fear.” 22 But you have come to Mount Zion
and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem,
and to innumerable angels in festal gathering, 23 and to
the assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven,
and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the
righteous made perfect, 24 and to Jesus, the mediator of
a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a
better word than the blood of Abel.
Nothing But the Blood
Matt Redman ©2004 Thank You Music
CCLI #1181771
Your blood speaks a better word
Than all the empty claims I've heard upon this earth
Speaks righteousness for me
And stands in my defense
Jesus it's Your blood
(2x)
Gospel application
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