People say to me so often, you know, Why doesnt someone come to Christ? He lured him in and killed him. 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. For details about this sermon and for related resources, click here: https://www.gty.org/library/sermons-library/90-379 To receive John MacArthur's monthly l. Weve covered a lot and yet weve covered only one thing, one great subject, what it is to be an unbeliever, with all of its facets. He settled in the world. John 3:16, Jesus faith love), Select a Beginning Point Do whats right in your heart before me. And he settles- I like that word, he settles- in the land of Nod, east of Eden. Where is that? Thank you for registering. The curse was on the woman. The Old Testament What this does reveal is that Cain was no longer near the body. And he couldnt resist it. Johannine Writings In the book of Revelation, the paradise which was lost in Genesis will be regained. When hes rejected, he resents those that are truly righteous, that truly belong to God. They are ultimately indicted by God and under judgment and, inevitably, they protest divine judgment. When you cultivate the ground, it shall no longer yield its strength to you. You are the killer. Ive read paragraph after paragraph about what it is, page after page, nobody knows what it is. Poetical Books Passwords should have at least 6 characters. From the Theology of Creation series. Tune in to Grace Stream. In biblical words, the more sin abounded the more did Gods grace abound (cf. And the blood of dead Abel, obviously, couldnt actually speak, but the fact that there was blood on the ground spoke volumes to God. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Use semicolons to separate groups: 'Gen;Jdg;Psa-Mal' or 'Rom 3-12;Mat 1:15;Mat 5:12-22', There are options set in 'Advanced Options', The Whole Bible And were in chapter 4, and the story is the famous story of Cain and Abel. Well, of course, there were only two people in the world. And this sinner rejected the Word of God, just like they all do. God didnt establish an illustration of personal vengeance here. And the divine sentence comes in verse 11. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select an Ending Point This is what youre doing to me. On a larger scale, Gen. 111 set forth a singular message about the character and works of God. Major Prophets Throughout the Bible, you read about that, too. 22:114). So he made his choice. Johannine Writings Copyright 2007, Grace to You. We began last Lords Day, and let me remind you that only the first point is positive. The first point is this: The doomed have hopeful beginnings. Minor Prophets I repent. He was angry. Did you find incorrect or missing information related to a sermon? The initial setting for Genesis is eternity past. Therefore, do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey its lusts. This is a flat-out rejection of what he knows to be the Word of God. Do whats right from the heart and in the behavior. No compelling reasons have been forthcoming to challenge Mosaic authorship. He loved his sin and he was fulfilled by his sin. All Rights Reserved. God made mankind the crowning point of His creation, i.e., 2:3; 2 Kin. And when there was no court to sentence him to death, God graciously allowed him to live. 1405 B.C.). Copyright 2023 Grace Community Church. The New Testament Since the text and audio content provided by BLB represent a The government found out that after the meal, there was a chapel service and immediately cut off all the funds because in the chapel service, the Bible was being preached. Minor Prophets Boy, He says, youve got a choice. If you bring the Bible into anything, theyre going to throw you out. Whoever finds me will kill me. Genesis chapter 4. May well have been that she believed this was that fulfillment in her son. If Cain doesnt repent in faith, if he doesnt trust God to save him and not his own righteousness, if Cain doesnt admit his disobedience to the prescribed heart attitude of faith and obedience to the prescribed sacrifice, if Cain doesnt do that, if he doesnt do whats right, then sin, like a lion, is just waiting at the door to pounce and try to destroy him, and hes going to try to have to master that. In Johns own words, And there shall be no more curse (Rev. Your partnership makes all we do possible. Error: Passwords should have at least 6 characters, Error: Usernames should only contain letters, numbers, dots, dashes, or underscores. Eight. And your whole life is going to be a battle to master sin.. The Gospels This underscored Israels mission to be a light to the Gentiles (Is. That ground, which has received your brothers blood, that ground which yielded you the crops will be reluctant to yield its bounty to you from now on. Were constantly threatened with that in the public discourse. There is no reason to question the internal claims that the apostle Paul wrote Galatians ( 1:1; 5:2 ). And Im going out and Im going to hide from your presence. General Epistles Cain is presented here as the prototype of the doomed. Here it is: Have a hopeful beginning but offer unacceptable, hypocritical, self-righteous worship; resent God and His people, reject Gods Word and refuse to obey it, hide your sin by denial or redefinition, be obstinate when confronted by the divine judge, and when being delivered from immediate death, make no repentance, protest only Gods judgment and refuse to be broken under it, fail to appreciate Gods common grace, which lets you live and enjoy His wonderful world, and settle defiantly into the system of Satan. Why are you angry? This is that pattern that you see in the sinner who will not acknowledge his sin. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, (Hebrew/Greek Search by English Definition), * 'Number Delimiters' only apply to 'Paragraph Order', Search verses, phrases, and topics (e.g. You got to be kidding. range of evangelical traditions, all of the ideas and principles conveyed John Macarthur Sermons - YouTube Poetical Books He was the evangelist, and then He became the interrogator and the investigator and the prosecutor. They are wandering stars for whom the black darkness has been reserved forever.. Thats what seems to be the way you do it today. God would have still applied the sacrifice of Christ to Cain and forgiven him if he had repented. Where is Abel, your brother? And he said, I do not know. He not only flees the scene but he lies to cover. How can a hopeless sinner ever gain moral control over his life and defeat sin? Why should I know where he is? Poor Eve. Now, the man had relations with his wife, Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain. I read this week theres a mission in Florida that serves meals to homeless people, and the government has been providing them money, a portion of money to give those meals to the homeless. Stephen's Powerful Sermon, Part 2: Acts 7:17-53: 12/17/1972: What Child is This? Be penitent and Ill lift up your face. God would have applied right then and right there the sacrifice of Jesus, who wouldnt die for thousands of years. Genesis presents creation by divine fiat, ex nihilo, i.e., out of nothing. Three traumatic events of epic proportions, namely the Fall, the universal Flood, and the Dispersion of nations are presented as historical backdrop in order to understand world history. He brings what God wants, he comes in obedience, he offers God the sacrifice, which is a way the sinner can say, Im not good, I know Im a sinner. Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year. But then, because of his humiliation, because of his honest repentance, he was forgiven, and the man went home justified. MacArthur explains Genesis 1:1, and correlates this verse with the 5 areas of the "knowable" from notes 20th century s. Johannine Writings Can you imagine how tough it would be to live? 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And we saw last time, importantly so, verse 4, The Lord had regard for Abel and his offering, but for Cain and for his offering, He had no regard.. Error: Passwords should have at least 6 characters, Error: Usernames should only contain letters, numbers, dots, dashes, or underscores. On the case of Cain, God had no regard for Cain or his offering. 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. Luke-Acts General Epistles He gets mad at them and he gets furious with God. The population was growing and developing, and Cain was going to live a long time- a long time. 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). After graduating from Talbot Theological Seminary, John came to Grace Community Church in 1969. The Old Testament 9:9; 2 Cor. He knows all that. If you do well, will not your countenance be lifted up? Therefore whoever kills Cain- or whoever would kill Cain- vengeance will be taken on him sevenfold. Seven is sort of the number of completion. Look at this in verse 15. 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. 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. Would you prayerfully consider a gift of support today? 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. Sin is in us, but its not inevitable that we be always mastered by sin unless we choose not to do whats right. These are the only four people on the planet. Oh, how I pray for any who are in the way of Cain. This is typical of the sinner. And this, again, is the pattern for the unbeliever, for the lost person. John and his wife, Patricia, live in Southern California and have four married children: Matt, Marcy, Mark, and Melinda. Acts 7:22). John MacArthur is the pastor-teacher of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California, as well as an author, conference speaker, president of The Masters University and Seminary, and featured teacher with the Grace to You media ministry. 2023 Grace to You. And so God is saying essentially to Cain, Take a look at your motives. We are in Genesis chapter 4. And the last point is the doomed settle defiantly outside the presence of God. And it came about when they were in the field that Cain rose up against Abel, his brother, and killed him. Minor Prophets I dont know what it is. You will never be able to do anything but wander just to eke out survival. John MacArthur is the pastor-teacher of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California, president of The Master's College and Seminary, and featured teacher with the Grace to You media ministry. Why doesnt He just slay him on the spot? Why doesnt God just kill Cain? In the sequence of accounts which make up these chapters of Scripture, a pattern emerges which reveals Gods abundant grace as He responded to the willful disobedience of mankind. Cain had absolutely no appreciation for that whatsoever- absolutely none. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select a Beginning Point 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. Though its not recorded in the book of Genesis, we can certainly assume that it happened, that Cain is responding to some command and some direction to worship God. You see, in the words of James 1, lust was at work in him. Its out of His presence. So it came about in the course of time that Cain brought an offering to the Lord of the fruit of the ground. In this book of beginnings, God revealed Himself and a worldview to Israel which contrasted, at times sharply, with the worldview of Israels neighbors. And God said He would take away the anger and the bitterness of his heart, and He would lift up his face, and Cain said, Sorry, I dont want your righteousness, I dont want your forgiveness, I dont want a relationship with you, I want my sin. So he plotted it all. God designed capital punishment to be carried out by society, not as a matter of personal vengeance. Why do people reject? And the answer is very simple: They love their sin. And the sad reality is, by the time you get through that first generation, theyre so bad that God only saves how many from the flood? Your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you. Its the exact same phrase. We pray in your Sons name. And you remember that God had already instituted that back in chapter 3, verse 21, when God killed the first animal to make coverings to cover Adam and Eve in their sinful shame. 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. You will be a fugitive, a nawanod, a wandering wanderer, a wandering fugitive. You will never be able to survive as a farmer. 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? He can bring God something of his own achievement. Am I my brothers keeper? And He said, What have you done? Remember the book of Jude, verse 11? Youre the only- theres only a few people. God says, Whoever kills Cain, vengeance is going to be taken on him sevenfold. And the Lord appointed a sign for Cain, lest anyone finding him should slay him. Now, people always ask, What is that sign? 3750). Why has your face slumped? Help Grace to You bring important resources like this to people in your community and beyond, free of charge. Pauline Epistles Sermons from the Book of Genesis | Grace to You - SermonAudio And he adds this: Itll come about that whoever finds me will kill me. I know whatll happen. Register. Amen. 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You can do whats right, which means acknowledge your sin, acknowledge your self-righteousness, acknowledge your wretched hypocrisy, acknowledge that you have not been willing to see yourself as a sinner, and then obey what I told you and bring a proper sacrifice to me. Isnt it true that even Jesus said to Peter, Put down the sword. And its desire is for you; you must master it. Minor Prophets All rights reserved. These are the only four people on the planet. John is also president and featured teacher with Grace to You. That is an assault on Gods fairness, that is an assault on Gods kindness and Gods justice. Youll just be a vagrant. His focus is upon the effects of the Fall in the undoing of creation and the manner in which God rids His creation of the curse effect. Individual instructors or editors may still require the use of URLs. Pentateuch There were only four people on the planet, and he knew who was talking to him. Doesnt tell us, but there are several thoughts. 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Not surprisingly, in the final chapter of Gods Word, believers will find themselves back in the Garden of Eden, the eternal paradise of God, eating from the tree of life (Rev. Why are you so angry at me and angry at your brother? And then He says to him in very gracious words, This doesnt have to be the end of the story, this doesnt have to be the way it is. Look at verse 7. He is the first unbeliever who ever lived. Without exception, in each account God increased the manifestation of His grace. And may they turn and seek forgiveness and not just in anger settle finally into the world out of your presence. 22:14). Because they were all related to Abel. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select an Ending Point Their feet are swift to shed blood. Because in verse 10, God said, The voice of your brothers blood is crying to me from the ground, so God knew what had happened. Series (High Quality) Series (Low Quality) Genesis was written after the Exodus (ca. And it works feverishly and angrily to obliterate the God of the Bible and the people who proclaim the Bible from social influence and public discourse. You can copy the order of your preferred Bible translations from the Bibles Tab to the Version Picker (this popup) or vice versa. Enter your email address and we will send you instructions on how to reset your password. John MacArthur is the pastor-teacher of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California, as well as an author, conference speaker, president of The Master's University and Seminary, and featured teacher with the Grace to You media ministry. Let me remind you of it by reading the text to you. The Whole Bible This is the sinners obstinate rebelliousness. 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. Subscribe and Get Sermons and Live Streams by John MacArthur DIRECTLY TO YOUR INBOX! Adam was a believer, as weve learned, Eve was a believer, and this passage indicates to us that Abel was a believer. in the resource materials are not necessarily affirmed, in total, by this ministry. John MacArthur Sermon:The First Sacrifice (Genesis 3:20-24) Same with us. Sin. Even though sin is inherited and actual, it can be defeated- but only as we come to God on His terms, embracing His sacrifice for us, with no hope of self-righteousness. 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. He says, How could you have done this? essentially. 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