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"Red and Yellow, Black and White" Genesis 8-10

Title: “Red and Yellow Black and White…”

Text:  Genesis 8-10

Theme: God’s Love and Grace for the World

Introduction: 

Genesis 8-10; two key events take place in these chapters. One – God gives us the rainbow to symbolize his covenant with Noah to never again destroy the world with Water. The second is the repopulating of the world and the future Global outreach of the Gospel available to all man regardless of race or nationality. Both major events are two key examples of God’s love and Grace. You are listening to Preach the Word with Dean Carmichael, Jr.

Who? Mankind: 

Up to this point we saw two major lines populate the earth;

• Cain’s Line (Seed of the Serpent)
  • Started out with false religion of rejecting God’s way of Salvation by believing we can work our way to God (Cain)
  • After living a life of wandering he (Cain) knew his wife and built a city
  • Through Cain’s line we see an advancement in agriculture, science, technology and entertainment but stayed separate from God due to sin not being dealt with. 
• Seth’s Line through Adam (Seed of Christ)
  • Genesis 4:25,26 And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.²⁶ And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the Lord.
• Man’s rebellion and destruction:
  • Genesis 6:2 ²That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
  • Genesis 6:5 ⁵And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

What? The Noahic Covenant:

• Genesis 9:9-17
• Covenant = a promise/agreement (also called a testament). Noahic Covenant = God promised to never again destroy the earth with water or a flood and gives us His rainbow as a sign of the promise.

When? Before 2,500 BC

Why? To re-populate the Earth

How? Noah’s Son’s

How Much:

1. Ham (Genesis 9:20-27; 10:6-20) - Hot/Dark, Burnt/Black,  Noah’s Youngest Son

• Descendants inhabit Egypt/Africa 
• Canaan- Phoenicians, Hittites, Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites, hvites, etc.
  Cush- Africans (Ethiopians, Egyptians, Lybian’s,etc.)
• Nimrod-  a great hunter, a hunter of men's souls. He was the founder of the great cities in the land of Shimar. Founder of Babel, tower of babylon. Tried to become a great ruler.
• Ham’s Son Canaan was cursed (Not Ham and his generations)

Genesis 9:20-25 ²⁰And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard: ²¹And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent. ²²And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without. ²³And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness. ²⁴And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him. ²⁵And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.

• It is important to note: the curse is still on the earth. We still have a fallen Nature. The flood did not rid the earth from the cruse. Yes, Noah found Grace in the eyes of God. But notice, it is because of one Word, FAITH.
• By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith. Hebrews 11:7
• Yes, this is a new world, but the old sin is still there. Noah became drunk and was uncovered in his tent. Ham saw his fathers nakedness but Shem and Japheth covered him. Notice “cursed be Canaan” God did not curse Ham, the curse was placed upon his son, Canaan. There is a false statement going around that God cursed the black man. This has nothing to do with the color of a man’s skin. Ham is not cursed. Think of this, through Ham, two great nations would be born (Egyptian and Babylonian) To say that black man is cursed from these scriptures is a misinterpretation. Noah sinned, he got drunk and was exposed to his son, Ham. Because of this Canaan (Ham’s son) would be cursed  because of how his father handled his grandfathers sin. Not exactly sure what he did but we know God was not pleased with it.  God pronounced a curse upon Canaan (the race of Ham’s son) and if you read the OT and look at history the canaanites have disappeared. 

2. Japheth - (increase, expansion) Noah’s Middle Son

• His Descendants go North/West and populate the European content
• Magog- Scythians, slavs, russians, bulgarians, poles, slovaks, croations 
• Medes-Indians, Iranic races
• Madai- Medes, Persians, Afgans, kurds
• Javan- greeks, romans, romance nationalities (french,spanish, prtuguese, italians, etc.)
• Tiras- Thracians, Teutons, Germans ( from that east germanic and european races- scandinavians,angles, saxons, jutes, anglo saxon race, the english people)
  Majority of America descended from these lines.

“Most, if not all, of the notable world powers have sprung from Japheth, including the Assyrian, Medo-Persian, Greek, Roman, British, and American.” – Cloud

The nations that take control after the fall of Babylon come from the line of Japheth and have been in control ever since.

 

 

3. Shem – (Renown)

• Genesis 9:26 ²⁶And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
• Shem was a distinguished man. We read later that the men at Babel “sought to make themselves a name”
• Descendants form the nation Israel
• The genealogy of Jesus Christ passes through Shem

Noah’s three sons would re-populate the earth. This is a very brief summary. There are a lot of ways we can go about this but we are going to focus on the Gospel. To summarize populations, Ham (Africa) Japheth (Europe) Ham (Asia). 

Three Divisions of Mankind: Jew; Gentile; Church

The Scriptures speak of three classes of people on the earth, the Jews, the Gentile, and the Church. The Church is made up of both Jew and Gentile. Outside of the Church all who are not Jews are Gentiles. Up to the call of Abraham all the people of the earth were Gentiles. Abraham was the first Hebrew. His grandson Jacob, whose name was changed to Israel (Gen 32:24-29), had twelve sons. They became the heads of twelve tribes, known as the "Twelve Tribes of Israel." After the death of King Solomon these "Tribes" were divided. Ten of them became known as Israel, and two (Judah and Benjamin) as Judah. In B.C. 721 Israel was carried captive to Assyria, and in B. C, 606 Judah was carried captive to Babylon.”

• Larkin, Clarence. The Jews, The Gentiles And The Church (Clarence Larkin Collection Book 9) . Kindle Edition.

Galatians 3:28 – “There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.”

Boils down to two types of people – Saved and Lost (so many different ethnic groups, races, nations, religions)

Theme of this study – Salvation is not man going to God. Salvation is not man walking with God. Salvation is God coming to man.

It is God’s desire, that fallen man, regardless of where they were populated (nation, race) if they are Jew or Gentile, come to Repentance (change of Mind) and put Faith in Jesus Christ.

2 Peter 3:9 ⁹The LORD is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

 

(Old Testament)

• Shem (Asia) – Abraham came from this line, the God of the Hebrews, they had the scriptures (Monotheistic, Messianic Hope – Jonah example with pagan sailors) Syrian army (Shem) exposed to Elisha
• Genesis 14 with Abraham’s influence on the surrounding kings (when he rescued Lot and met Melchizedek was already the Priest of the most High God.)
• Ham (Africa) Joseph went to Egypt, Daniel captive in Babylon
• Japheth (Europe) Jonah went to Ninevah (Captial of Assyria) 

 

 

 

(New Testament)

• Ethiopian Eunuch (Line of Ham)

Acts 8:29-31 King James Version (KJV) 29 Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot. 30 And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest? 31 And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me?

Peter and Cornielus (line of Japheth)

• Apostle Paul (line of Shem)

“Whosever” in the Bible.

We must come to the Scriptural truth that Salvation is God searching for man (the world) and is available to all and upon all that believe.

 

Galatians 4:4-5 King James Version (KJV) 4 But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, 5 To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.

 

Outline: 

There were many things going on in the world that prepared the way for Jesus to come; (3 groups)

1. Political Contribution of the Romans - People full of idolatry, mystery religions, and emperor worship were used by God to carry out His Will.

• Developed Unity - environment that was receptive to the Gospel (political unity)
• Free Movement about the Mediterranean World would have been hard without Caesar (28 B.C. – A.D. 14) Ancient world was in small jealous units, cities, states or tribes hindered travel. Roman Empire Extension- Peace about the Mediterranean made it easier to spread the Gospel.
• Excellent System of Roads (Roman forum throughout entire empire) Paul used these roads
• The Roman Army – Rome wanted to educate outside unsophisticated provincials because of decline of Roman citizens. So, they would send soldiers out to educate them to take their ideas out to the ancient world. Some soldiers became converts of Christianity so when they went out to all these places, they spread the Gospel.
• Roman Conquest – led to a loss of belief in gods because their gods failed to give them victory. People were unsatisfied with religion.
• Romans and their social and political organization

Rome was known for it’s law and order. Romans prepared the world (unknowingly) but in God’s providence. 

• Emphasis of law and order brought peace in the days Mary gave birth to Christ.
• System of Roads made it easy for travelers to come in and out of the Empire (Jonah)
• Degeneration in moral character and religion. 

Mark – Presents Jesus as a worker, as the servant of God to the Heathen Romans and their decline of morals. “The Gospel of Action”

2. Intellectual Contribution of the Greeks - Romans were the political conquerors of the Greeks, but the Greeks conquered culturally. Rome built roads, bridges, and fine buildings. However, under Greek influence the Roman Empire gave way to intelligent culture.

• Universal Gospel was in need of a universal language (English is the universal language in modern, Latin in medieval, Greek in Ancient. (How the Gospel was spread- what language was the N.T written in?)
• Greek philosophy destroyed older religions. However, it didn’t satisfy so they either became skeptics or turned to the mysterious Roman religions. The Teachings of Socrates and Plato taught this present world is a shadow of a world to come. It never led them to God but the Greeks also taught that they were concerned of man’s eternal future due to right and wrong. By the time Christ came there was a void in the hearts of men and they wanted more than just human reasoning. Christianity introduced a peace that passed all understanding through the forgiveness of sins in saving faith in Christ Jesus. 
• Greeks and their Language

One language and One World! – Ambition of Alexander the Great

Greek was the language of the World at that time. The N.T. was written in Greek.

The Hebrew Old Testament was translated to Greek in 250-150 B.C.

Luke – Presents Jesus Christ as the Son of Man to the intellectual Greeks. Jesus is presented as the ideal human being because the Greek’s were looking for the perfect man.

 

3. The Religious Contribution of the Jews- unlike the Greeks, the Jews did not use human reasoning, but assumed God’s existence through His revealing Himself to Abraham and other great leaders of the race. They were a small nation, but they occupied Palestine, the land bridge that linked Asia, Africa, and Europe. Their central location and captivity by Assyria, Babylonia, and Rome spread their religious ideas throughout the Mediterranean world. 

• Monotheism – Only one God (contradicted false religions)
• Messianic Hope – the hope of a coming Messiah
• Ethical System – High standard of the Ten Commandments
• Jewish Scriptures- Provided the Old Testament
• Philosophy of History – History had meaning(opposed any view that made history a meaningless cycle of evolution) Sovereign God who created all would triumph over sinful man.
• The Synagogue – The synagogue was the Preaching house of early Christianity. They enforced absence at the temple at Jerusalem during the Babylonian captivity and it gave rise to the synagogue. They would meet together outside of the temple and read scriptures.
• Hebrews and their Religion

They had the scriptures. When Christ was born the message was already known. The Messiah wo would one day come was not a new concept.

The Gospel of Matthew – Presents Jesus as the Messiah to the Hebrews and their Religion.

A special thank you to my Friend Michael Barnette for the song "All things new" and to my friend Dave Compton for the opening remarks.

"The Haven of Rest" Genesis 7

This world wants an answer that they agree with to solve the problems that they have identified. Jesus Christ will go to the root of the issue. He will declare us Righteous before an almighty God. 

His life demonstrated what He alone can give us: Temperance not tolerance; Forgiveness not acceptance; Joy not happiness

The World wants to solve problems by creating other problems. Jesus Christ is the only one who can solve the problem (sin problem). He can give our Soul’s Rest and Safety. 

 

Let’s look at the Haven of Rest (Jesus Christ) and how the Ark is a type of His Salvation

 

1. The Incarnation of Christ - Gal 4:4,5 (Gen 3:15)

 

• • Hebrews 11:7 “By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.”
  • The ark was not man’s design, it was supernaturally revealed to man, built by man, but man did not design the Ark. This is a type of the incarnation of Jesus Christ. God, became man, to be the ultimate sacrifice for our sins.
  • “The act of assuming flesh, or of taking a human body, and the nature of man. This is a term commonly used to describe Christ’s birth through the virgin Mary. God was incarnated in human form.” – David Cloud
  • 1 Timothy 3:16 ¹⁶And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
  • “The redeemer of mankind, in order to substitute for man, must Himself be a man. While the Ark was God’s divine design, the Ark itself must be built by the sinner who was to be saved from the flood. The Savior must be both God and man. He must be man to atone for man’s sin; He must be God in order to bear the infinite penalty of man’s sin. Because He was a man, He could stand in man’s place. Because He was God, He could bear in a few hours the eternal, infinite judgment of God upon sin. The spiritually enlightened mind cannot fail to see in this shadow of the incarnation – the part that humanity was to play in preparing the Savior Jesus as the Ark of Safety.” M.R. DeHaan
  • Let’s look at scripture;
  • Galatians 4:4-5 King James Version (KJV) 4 But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, 5 To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. King James Version (KJV) This is a fulfillment of - 
  • Genesis 3:15 ¹⁵And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
  • God, became flesh and dwelt among us. Jesus Christ is known as the last Adam. Why? Because the first Adam failed, and He (Jesus) came and did what Adam couldn’t do. You see, man cannot stand in the gap or make up the hedge. Cain tried that, and failed. So Jesus Christ came. God manifested in the flesh. The incarnate Christ, the creator of all the universe, became a man, born of a Virgin, lived a perfect ife, fulfilled the law and willfully gave His life to be the sacrifice for our sins.. God designed it all – but Noah had to build it!

 

2. The Invitation of Christ – Gen 7:1

Genesis 7:1 ¹And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.

The first time the word “come” is used in the Bible.

God was already present in the Ark before Noah got in – understand this. The presence of God guaranteed the Safety of the Ark. (Eternal security – we are indwelt with the Holy spirit of Christ. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ¹⁹What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? ²⁰For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's. )  If the Ark would have sank it would have went down with God in it. This is impossible. 

 

Matthew 8:25-27 ²⁵And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, LORD, save us: we perish. ²⁶And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm. ²⁷But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!

 

Christ is inviting you to Him

 

Matthew 11:28-29 ²⁸Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. ²⁹Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

 

Key Definitions

• • Heavy Laden – loaded down; heavy; weighted (in this context, loaded down very heavily)
  • Yoke – Harness that secures an animal to a cart or plough; beam where two animals were fastened to any purpose of labor”
  • Meek – Mild of Temper, gentle, not easily provoked or irritated

 

 

3. The Instructions of Christ – 

 

Genesis 7:15 ¹⁵And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life.

 

Matthew 28:18-20 ¹⁸And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. ¹⁹Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: ²⁰Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

A special thank you to my Friend Michael Barnette for the song "All things new" and to my friend Dave Compton for the opening remarks.

 

"The Days of Noah" Genesis 6:1-8

Title: The Days of Noah

Text:  Genesis 6:1-8

Theme: The Times leading up to the Flood

Key Verse: Matthew 24:37 ³⁷But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

What were the days of Noah like? How close are we to the Second Coming of Jesus Christ?  All of this and more as we continue our study in the book of Genesis. Your listening to Preach the Word with Dean Carmichael Jr

Introduction: Matthew 27:37-42

• Who: Mankind
• What: The days of Noah
• Where: Earth
• When: Before the Flood, Before 2500 BC
• Why: Rebellion from God
• How: Matthew 27:37-42

• Jesus is giving his disciples the Olivet Discourse (discourse (sermon) on the mount of Olives) 
• They ask him three questions after Jesus prophesied the destruction of Jerusalem

1. When shall these things be (destruction of the temple) 
2. What shall be the sign of thy coming?
3. What shall be a sign of the end of the age?

• The first question is answered in Luke’s Gospel. He is referring to when the Romans would destroy the temple in A.D. 70.  (Luke 21:20-24) It is not mentioned in Matthew because the Gospel of Matthew is written presenting Jesus as the King “The Gospel of the Kingdom” When did the destruction of the temple happen? The Church Age. It has nothing to do with the Kingdom so it is not presented in Matthew.
• The next to questions are answered in chronological order. He will answer the first last and the last first.
• What shall be a sign of the end of the age?

v.4-8 “The Church Age” 

(go over this on my questions and answers podcast – is COVID 19 in the Bible?)

This is not a specific event that was prophesied in the Bible. However, this is a Generic event that was prophesied in the Bible and falls under the same category as many other events in history.

Notice of the things that come to pass there is "pestilences". Pestilence is defined as "a fatal epidemic".

 

This is not the first global pandemic.

- 1918: Spanish Flu, 675,000 deaths in the U.S.

- 1957 Asian Flu - 69,800 deaths in the U.S.

- 1968: Hong Kong Flu, 33,800 deaths in the U.S.

So yes, COVID-19 is in the Bible under "pestilences" but the specific event of COVID-19 is not something we should spiritualize and say that is must mean something else is about to happen.

 

 

v. 6 “but the end is not yet”

false Christ, wars/rumors of wars, pestilences, famines- these are all events in the Church age. But notice “the end is not yet”

Please note, before we can get into the Tribulation period a specific event has to happen, that is the Day of Christ, The Rapture of the Church. (1 Thessalonians 4 ; 1 Corinthians 15)

 

1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 ¹⁶For the LORD himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: ¹⁷Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the LORD in the air: and so shall we ever be with the LORD.

 

There is a type mentioned in the Book of Genesis for the Rapture of the Church which is found in the man Enoch

 

Jude 14-15 King James Version (KJV)

¹⁴ And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,

¹⁵ To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.

 

Hebrews 11:5 ⁵By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.

 

We will soon discover that in Matthew 24 when Jesus mentions “the days of Noah” He is comparing them to the Tribulation period. Before the tribulation can happen, the Church must be Raptured out. In this story, Enoch is a type of the Church because he is “translated that he should not see death” and taken out of the World.

 

v. 9-22 “The Tribulation”

v.9 “Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted”

This is not the Church

Read v. 13,14

“endure to the end” Tribulation Saints

“Gospel of the Kingdom”

We live in the Church age. We do not preach the Gospel of the Kingdom. What is the Kingdom of Heaven? The Kingdom of Heaven is the rule of the Heavens over the earth. A Theocracy. The Bible tells us that Jesus Christ will return to rule and reign and He will do it with a Rod of Iron (Psalm 2, Revelation 2) The tribulation Saints will preach the Gospel of the Kingdom because the Kingdom of Heaven is soon coming. Jesus is soon returning.  We preach the Gospel of Grace because that is the era in which we live. Is it a different Gospel? No, just with a different emphasis. Jesus and John the Baptist preached the “Kingdom of Heaven is at hand” The Kingdom of Heaven was at hand in the presence of the King. The Gospel of the Kingdom will again be preached in the Tribulation because the King will soon be coming again.

 

 

• What shall be the sign of thy coming?

v. 23-51 The Second Coming

v. 37-42 make the comparison to the Days of Noah

 

1. Spiritual Decay (living is as if God didn’t exist) v.37

Matthew 24:37 ³⁷But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

Genesis 6:5 ⁵And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

2. Shameless Depravity (Gross Immorality)

Matthew 24:38-39 ³⁸For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, ³⁹And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

What is so wrong with what they were doing? They were living as if God didn’t exist.

3. Sorrowful Demise (Ignored God’s warning) v.40 41

Matthew 24:40-41 ⁴⁰Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. ⁴¹Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

Doesn’t that have to do with the Rapture? No, the Rapture has already taken place. We have already been given the type of Rapture of Church in Noah’s Story, Enoch. Jesus in His Olivet Discourse has already changed the attention to the Tribulation period and now sign of His Coming. Let’s look back at previous verse

³⁹And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 

These folks were destroyed in a flood. They were removed by Judgment. When Jesus Christ returns there will be a removal of those in the earth who will not enter the Kingdom (Revelation 19)

 

Outline: “The Days of Noah” Genesis 6:1-13

1. Corruption - 6:1-5

 

Genesis 6:1-5 ¹And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, ²That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. ³And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years. ⁴There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown. ⁵And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

 

There is a disagreement regarding the interpretation of this verse.

• “The sons of God” = Angels; The sons of God were not angels
• Always compare scripture with scripture

 

Chapter 4 – Two lines (1.) Cain = Rebellious man (a type of the see of the serpent) and (2) Seth = “then began men to call upon the name of the Lord” (seed of Christ)

 

Chapter 6: 5 “⁵And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.” This would result in a worldwide judgment = a flood

 

How do you get from Chapter 4 where there are two groups to chapter 6 where there is literally everyone on earth (estimated 7 billion) who were extremely wicked except Noah and his family (8 people)

 

Genesis 6:2 “The sons of God (Seth’s line) saw the daughters of men (Cain’s line) that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.

 

Remember something, salvation is a personal decision. They were the “son’s of God” because like Adam, Abel, Seth, Enoch, Methusalah – they chose to have faith in God. Now, we see them mixing with the world. Just like satan used the woman in the garden to get to Adam, he is using the daughters of Cain to the godly line that came down from Seth. The result was catastrophic. God would end up judging the world in a flood. That’s how far man would get from God. He gave them 120 years to make things right with Him but they rejected Him.

 

The “sons of God” were not angels because the results of this was rebellion and worldwide judgment. Then demons? No, demons would not be referred to as “the Son’s of God.”

 

But they produced Giants? No, Giants were already on the earth and not a direct result “There were giants in the earth in those days”. All of the offspring of man in this day were outstanding individuals. However, that’s all they were, men. This is not the mixing of Angels and women, it is the line of Seth mixing with the line of Cain in Rebellion to God.

 

2. Condemnation – Genesis 6:6,7

“it repenteth the Lord” it means God changed His mind about man. From the beginning of when man sinned against God until now, God is seeking out man. He went searching for Adam. He tried giving Cain a second chance. He is now going to give man 120 years to make things right. However, God cannot accept sin. Yes, He is loving, He is Gracious. He is also perfect. He is also Righteous and Just. The Love of God is not Him tolerating sin The Love of God is Him being longsuffering and giving man opportunities. Do not pass up on the opportunity to give your heart and life to Jesus Christ. You may not get another one.

 

3. Compassion- Genesis 6:8

Genesis 6:8 ⁸But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.

 

Hebrews 11:7 ⁷By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.

 

Why did Adam name the woman Eve?

Why did Abel bring the firstlings of his flock as an offering to God?

Why did Enoch walk with God?

Why did Noah walk with God?

 

Faith.

 

Conclusion:

Ephesians 2:8-9 ⁸For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: ⁹Not of works, lest any man should boast.

A special thank you to my Friend Michael Barnette for the song "All things new" and to my friend Dave Compton for the opening remarks.

"Good versus Evil" Genesis 4:16-5:32

Title:  Good vs Evil

Text:  Gen 4:16-5:32

Theme: The continued struggle of Good and Evil in Genesis 4-6

Genesis 3:15 ¹⁵And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

From the fall of man to the present day, there has been a struggle between good and evil. What is this struggle? Who is good and who is evil? Will one be victorious and how? All this and more as we look at the long struggle of Good and Evil. You are listening to Preach the Word with Dean Carmichael, Jr

Introduction: 

Read Title: Good vs Evil (The long struggle of Good and Evil found in scripture). (Continues in Genesis 4 and is still going on) We are going to look at the two seeds and the result.

There is a period of about 1500 years between the fall and the flood.

John Philips refers to this time period as “A Catastrophe” 

J Vernon Mcgee says “In Genesis 3 we have the root of sin and in Genesis 4 we have the fruit of sin.”

• Who? Good (God) vs Evil (Satan)
• What? The battle of man’s soul. The decision to be in Christ or die as a child of Satan. 
• Where? The entire Scriptures
• When? The Fall of man (Genesis 3) 
• Why? Deception and Disobedience (previous sermons)

Genesis 3:6-7 ⁶And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. ⁷And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.

 

• How: (re-visit Gen 3:15)

Genesis 3:15 ¹⁵And I will put enmity between thee (Satan) and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it (Christ) shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

This verse promises a Redeemer would come, and that He would come from the Human Race (her seed).

Galatians 3:16 ¹⁶Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.

Romans 1:3 ³Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our LORD, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;

1 Timothy 3:16 ¹⁶And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.

This verse also promises that there would be a constant struggle between Satan and Christ.

“The most prominent thought is not the ultimate victory that would come, but the long-continued struggle. This verse reveals the fact that now there is to be a long struggle between good and evil. This is exactly what you will find in the rest of the Scriptures.” – Dr. J. Vernon McGee

Jesus made the distinction between children of God and children of Satan (The Devil)

John 8:44 ⁴⁴Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

John mentions this conflict in 1 Joh 3:10

 

1 John 3:10 ¹⁰In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.

• How Much:

1. Satan’s Attack: 

• Satan has been opposing God's plans for ages. Whatever God plans and hopes for this World, satan opposes it and does anything and everything he can to stop it from happening.

 

• Deception - (of a person) cause (someone) to believe something that is not true, typically in order to gain some personal advantage.

 

• 2Co 11:3 “But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.”

 

• First thing – He Question’s the Word ( He cast a shadow of doubt over God’s Word:)

 

• Second thing – He Denies the Word of God

 

• Last thing – he substitutes his own words for the Word of God

 

• Questioning the Word; denying the Word; and then perverting the Word. That is a tactic Satan has used and is still using today!

 

• NOTE: We must understand something. Satan wants to destroy you. He's a liar, a trickster, a deceiver, and a murderer. He destroys homes, he destroys nations and he destroys lives.

 

• Ephesians 6:12 ¹²For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

 

 

2. Man’s Rebellion: 

• • There were three orders of creation: Angels, Animals, and Man. The animals did not have a choice. We know that Lucifer a created angel rebelled (Satan) and he took 2/3 of the angels with him (Demons). Man also made their decision, and Adam chose to rebel.
  • God created man, man is now away from God, so God must deal and Judge him. God cannot accept sin. The sin problem must be dealt with.

 

3. God’s Salvation: 

• How does fallen man, children of the devil, get victory? Before Christ (looking to the Cross) it was through Obedience in Faith. (Adam, Eve, Abel are examples in Gen 3,4) Today, we look back to the cross but we must still come by Faith. It is all through Grace.
• Salvation is not man’s search for God. We will see that in the upcoming scriptures. Salvation is God’s search for man.
• Genesis 3:9 ⁹And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?
• Genesis 4:6-7 And the Lord said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen? If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
• Romans 3:11 ¹¹There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
• John 15:16 ¹⁶Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

This is the struggle of Good vs Evil. God is searching for man and Satan is deceiving and destroying.

Outline: 

1. Rebellion: Genesis 4:16-25

• Cain’s path- v.16
  • After Cain killed Abel, he went eastward of Eden and Dwelt in the land of Nod (Wandering) We are not sure exactly where Nod was, but it may just be that Cain “wandered” from place to place. 
• His descendants: v.17
  • Cain would know 
• The ungodly line of Cain – v.18-24
  • Enoch, Irad, Mehujael, Methusak, Lamech and his three sons (Jabal, Jubal, and Tubalcain.
  • Of those descendants, the most notable who led them into rebellion against God was Lamech. First thing he did was openly defy God’s ordination of Marriage.

 

One thing that is obvious about the line of Cain – they were in it for themselves. They wanted to prosper on a world that was cursed.  Urbanization (Cain built a city) agriculture, science, technology, music and entertainment, animal domestication, activities, interest, so on and so forth. (illustration of the world before the flood- no telling what all man was able to accomplish) They made all these accomplishments but the only problem was none of them drew them closer to God. Adam sinned and the earth became cursed. Cain and his descendants brought advancements to the earth, but the only problem is the earth is still cursed.

 

2. Responsibility: Gen 4:25-5:32

God promises that there would be a redeemer – Gen 3:15

Adam comes to God by Faith – Gen 3:20

Genesis 3:15 “And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living”

Notice: “the mother of all living” God promised He would send a Redeemer through the seed of the woman. So, Adam named her Eve because, by faith, He trusted that God would send a Redeemer. He could have called her many names at this point, but instead he decided to put Faith in his Father.

God clothes them – v. 24

This is the best part of the story by far. Adam comes to God by Faith, so blood is shed to cover his nakedness.

“There, in Eden, in paradise itself, blood was shed for the very first time. Adam and Eve must have stood there aghast as they saw the creature taken in their stead and slaughtered before their eyes – it’s bloodshed, its covering made theirs. It was the first dramatic illustration of the ultimate cost of Calvary, of the horror and dreadfulness of sin. Sin is a radical disease and it calls for a radical cure.” – Dr. John Philips

 

When Adam realizes he is lost and without hope (those fig leaves weren’t going to cut it!), he comes to God by Faith, and is clothed after the blood of an innocent was shed. God planned man’s redemption before ever forming Adam. 

 

3. Results: Genesis 4:16-5:32

• There was death
• There was Responsibility
• There was a Struggle. 

 

 

 

Conclusion:

How does one declare the victory over Evil? There is a lot of evil in the world. (present time of this recording America is in an absolute mess – Government, Churches, and with Society)

J Vernon McGee (Spiritual Apostacy, Political Anarchy, and Moral Awfulness) In 2020, that has happened in America.

What is the biggest issue of the Church? (The Government infringing upon our rights! No; Financial problems! No; It’s Spiritual Apostacy. A willful ignorance of the Word of God.

Political Anarchy – in the midst of a Global pandemic; while we try to band together and stay strong, it seems we have only gotten further apart.

Moral Awfulness - 

• Pride, Hate, Prejudice, absolute destruction.
• Racism is still an issue in our country. People are being hated for the color of their skin. 
• Dishonesty is an issue. Lying, cheating, and stealing is running rampant while millions of people (including children) go hugry. 
• Innocents are being murdered by the millions.  
• There were 6 million jews brutally murdered in the Holocaust. Innocent people, an unspeakable act. (If we held a moment of silence for every victim of the holocaust we would be silent for 11.5 years)
• (Abortion) Since 1973, there have been 60.1 million innocent babies murdered in the wombs of their own mother in AMERICA alone.
• Hypocrasy is running rampant. Those responsible for fighting evil with the Gospel have closed their Bibles and are fighting only certain aspects of evil with politics, activism and social media -  while turning a blind eye to other evils 
• Good is being called evil and evil is being called good
• We have advanced so far in technology yet have strayed so far from God. 
• Homes are broken. 
• The Divorce rate in the united states is 50%
• In 2017, the second leading cause of death for ages 10-24 was suicide. 

“More teenagers and young adults die from suicide than from cancer, heart disease, AIDS, birth defects, stroke, pneumonia, influenza, and chronic lung disease, COMBINED.” (Parent Resource Program – based on stats from the CDC)

(illustration of Memorial Day, 2020)

An act of pure evil. A helpless man, black man,(don’t know the whole story, a possible suspect? Either way, he was put in handcuffs placed on the ground and one of the 4 officers at the scene got on top and put his knee over his neck) the man was helpless -  pleading for his life that he couldn’t breathe. What happened? The man ended up dying (7-9 minutes) Killed by an individual who was put in place to protect innocent life and restore order(to protect and serve) – instead he took an innocent life and added fuel to a fire of destruction that Satan has been using to destroy the soul of man. The response of this murder has our country in complete turmoil. Unnecessary violence from an evil person is now instigating more violence. Pointing the blame, stereotyping, using fire to fight fire. There is division and destruction. 

What the answer?

I saw something, a hashtag that’s being used (social media used to identify a message) and that’s to Stand in the Gap. Now, if the movement that is using this knows it or not, this is a Biblical term. And not only is this the answer for the racial division in our country, it’s the answer to everything. The entire battle of Good and Evil. The battle of a man’s soul. It can be found in standing in the Gap, however, there is only ONE who can stand in the Gap.

Eze 22:30  And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.

 

Spiritual Apostacy, Political Anarchy, Moral Awfulness

 

Ezekiel was a prophet who was held captive in Babylon.

Contemporary with Jeremiah and Daniel.
Jeremiah prophesied of the coming captivity of Babylon and would live to see it. He was an old man when the captivity began while Daniel and Ezekiel were both young men. We do not know if Daniel and Ezekiel knew each other but they knew Jeremiah.

Ezekiel’s Generation - v.1,2,25
v.1,2 - Bloody City = Jerusalem
Present condition = self inflicted
Hosea (N.K) Lack of Knowledge (Immorality, Ignorance, Idolatry)
False prophets were saying everything was okay - getting along nicely - v.25

Ezekiel’s Grief - v.26-29
Captivity of Babylon. Problem is, they had been warned but nobody listened to Jeremiah (weeping prophet)
Nobody listened to Hosea in the Northern Kingdom who several hundred years before were capture by Assyria.
People were not listening to the Prophets, they were raising their children in sin away from God

Hos 4:6  My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.

Ezekiel’s God - v.30-31
God was looking for a man to fill the gap. To make the hedge.
He is a God of Mercy (not willing that any should perish)

 

The phrase “Son of Man” is the key phrase in Ezekiel and it’s used  (over 90 times)

— 'adam, aw-dawm'; from 119; ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.): — X another, + hypocrite, + common sort, X low, man (mean, of low degree), person.

 

Eze 22:30  And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.

 

'iysh, eesh; contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation): — also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, WORTHY

 

There was not a man that could be found to stand in the gap, to stand between a Holy God and Displeasure (SIN). We cannot fix this problem.

 

Only the God man, the second Adam, the last Adam, Jesus Christ. 

 

You want to the answer to the battle of Good and Evil? You want the answer to murder, hate, racism, violence, depression, suicide, broken homes?

 

Matthew 11:28-29 ²⁸Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. ²⁹Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

 

He stands in the Gap. He is the mediator between God and man. Friend, He is the answer.

 

Man is looking for the answer, yet the Answer is looking for man.

Isaiah 1:18-20 KJV Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land: But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.

"Without the Shedding of Blood" Genesis 4:1-13

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Title: Without the Shedding of Blood

Text:  Genesis 4:1-13; Hebrews 9:22

Theme: God’s conditions for Salvation

According to research, there are over 4,200 Religions in the world. A few of the main ones are Christianity, Catholicism, Judaism, Buddhism, Muslims, etc. This is counting “main Religions”, but if you look within Christianity, there are many denominations. But a real question is how many Religions are there really? According to the Bible, there are only 2. We will look at a passage in the Bible that clearly shows each of these “Religions” and which way is the only way to God.

 “Without the Shedding of Blood”

Key Verse: Hebrews 9:22b “and without shedding of blood is no remission.”

According to the Bible, there are really only two Religions:

1. A Religion of Works
2. Salvation by Grace

One tells us that we can work our way to God, and the other tells us that we are totally helpless without Him. 

Let’s take a closer look at the last part of Hebrews 9:22

“and without shedding of blood is no remission.”

“without” – “apart from; no other way”

God is Holy and Righteous and demands that sin be paid for. God does not overlook sin. 

Ezekiel 18:4 “Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.

Ezekiel was a prophet who was held captive in Babylon. Contemporary with Jeremiah and Daniel.
Jeremiah prophesied of the coming captivity of Babylon and would live to see it. He was an old man when the captivity began while Daniel and Ezekiel were both young men. We do not know if Daniel and Ezekiel knew each other but they knew Jeremiah.

Bloody City = Jerusalem
Present condition = self inflicted
Hosea (N.K) Lack of Knowledge (Immorality, Ignorance, Idolatry)
False prophets were saying everything was okay - getting along nicely 

Problem is, Israel was warned of these coming captivities but nobody listened to Jeremiah (weeping prophet). Nobody listened to Hosea in the Northern Kingdom who several hundred years before were capture by Assyria. People were not listening to the Prophets, they were raising their children in sin away from God. Israel was God's chosen nation who were in captivity because of their disobedience. 

Ezekiel had two main goals of his ministry 1.)  remind the captives of their sins and 2.)  encourage them concerning future blessings of God. He was known as the “watchman” for Israel in Babylon. He warned Israel to turn from their wicked ways or they would be destroyed in Babylon. In chapter 18, Ezekiel deals with a critical responsibility given by God – the individual’s responsibility. Israel was where they were because of their sin, but these sins were broken down to the sins of the people. Each individual person had made a choice. An important part of Ezekiel’s prophecy was to warn the wicked if they didn’t repent they would be destroyed physically. He was also to warn the Righteous if they abandoned their ways they too would be destroyed. This is all goes down to the individual responsibility before God.

“One of the great principles of scripture is enunciated (pronounced) in this chapter (Ezekiel 18:4) judgment is according to individual conduct. The judgments Ezekiel introduces here are temporal judgments, and the death dealt with is physical death. Ezekiel was not at this time dealing with the problem of the suffering of the innocent, vicarious suffering or corporate suffering. He had foretold national punishment, but he had to bring home to them an individual sense of sin.” – Charles Lee Feinberg

“The Soul that sinneth, it shall die” The question here then, is who all has sinned?

Romans 3:23 “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;”

This brings us back to our main point, there are only two Religions in the world. If all have sinned and come short, we must find a way to get to God. So, of the two Religions; 1.) Religion of Works; and 2.) a Salvation by Grace, which is it?

Ephesians 2:8-9 “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.”

“In the great protevangelic prophecy, God had spoken of a coming conflict between the seed of the serpent and the seed of the woman. Adam and Eve were soon to experience the reality of this conflict in the tragic story of their two sons. The story of Cain and Abel, while in every way to be understood as actual history, is also a parable of the agelong conflict of the two seeds. Cain typifies the “seed of the serpent,” while Abel is a type of Christ, the “seed of the woman.” In a secondary sense, Abel represents also those who, by faith, are “in Christ”, and who therefore also are in a spiritual sense, “seed of the woman.” – Henry M. Morriss

 

Introduction: 

• Who
  • Cain – (possession, acquisition) The first man ever born of a woman and also the founder of False Religion. Any way you look at this, Cain tried a different way other than God’s way (the way of Christ). Any way to God that is different than the Shedding of Christ blood, is False Religion. It may be Cain’s way (Religion) the way of works. It may be through unbelief and rejection (the days of Noah) it may be through a man, regardless it is false Religion.
  • Abel – (breath, vapor)  The second man ever born on earth, murdered by his brother, who came by faith meeting God’s requirements (Salvation by Grace) 

Hebrews 11:4 “By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.”

• What
  • The two offerings – Read Gen 4:3-5
    • Cain brings the fruit of the ground - Religion of Works and it is rejected.
    • Abel brought a blood sacrifice - Salvation by Grace and it is accepted
  • The murder -Read Gen 4:6-10
• Where
  • The Garden of Eden

 

• When
  • After the fall of man 
• Why
  • To be brought to fellowship with God 
• How
  • Cain brings the fruit of the ground - Religion of Works and it is rejected.
  • Abel brought a blood sacrifice - Salvation by Grace and it is accepted
• How Much

1. The Prophecy: Genesis 3:15

• Break it down
• Genesis 3:15 ¹⁵And I will put enmity between thee (satan) and the woman (Eve), and between thy seed and her seed; it (Christ) shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

2. The Parents: Genesis 3:20

• Notice: “the mother of all living” God promised He would send a Redeemer through the seed of the woman. So, Adam named her Eve because, by faith, He trusted that God would send a Redeemer. He could have called her many names at this point, but instead he decided to put Faith in his Father.
• When Adam realizes he is lost and without hope (those fig leaves weren’t going to cut it!), he comes to God by Faith, and is clothed after the blood of an innocent was shed. God planned man’s redemption before ever forming Adam. He promised us a Redeemer, and that redeemer came. His name is Jesus Christ and He became sin for us. The day I realized I was lost, I came to God by Faith, and the Blood of Jesus Christ covered me, declaring me righteous.

3. The Place

• “In the Process of time” Gen 4:3 “at the end of days” it was the end of the week and now the Sabbath day. The day of worship. They were to bring their sacrifices before God.
• “at the end of days” think about that for a second. One day, you will stand before a mighty God, your best will not be enough. Only to be declared Righteous through the blood of Jesus Christ can we have a relationship with God.

Outline: 

1. The Practice of Cain – His Religion: Gen 4:3

Jude 11 “Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.”

• “What is the way of Cain? When Cain brought an offering to God, he did not come by faith – he came on his own. And the offering that he brought denied that human nature is evil.” – J. Vernon McGee
• Cain felt he was good enough to come to God through his own works. This denies the separation of God and man. Pride is a funny thing and it will get us into trouble. Here is a man that thinks that he is so good that he doesn’t need to come God’s way.
• I believe that Cain honestly brought his very best before God. This is religion. There are very good people (in our eyes) when it comes to most religions. The only problem is, it doesn’t solve the sin problem.

 

2. The Pride of Cain – His Resentment: Gen 4:6,7

Pride is a funny thing and it will get us into some serious trouble. Cain was very proud and thought he could please God on his own terms. Something we have to understand about the Bible, is that man is totally depraved. This is not popular, but it’s necessary for Salvation. We have to understand that we are totally separated from God because of our sin nature and that the only way to Him is through the Blood of Jesus Christ. Cain didn’t come this way though. He resented it. He refused twice (that we know of) to bring God a blood offering. His pride got in the way.

 

God gives Cain a second chance to make things right. He is a Gracious God and loving. He also warns Cain “sin lieth at the door”. (Illustration of the danger of rejecting God) Notice something about this that goes with the theme of the message. “Am I my brother’s keeper? Cain performs the unspeakable act of murdering his own brother out of a rage and after doing so even still thinks he’s innocent.

 

Notice something: The Pride of Cain not only turns down a Holy, Just and Righteous God. He also turns down a Merciful and Gracious God. 

 

Sometimes, if we are not careful, we tell the story of Cain and Abel and leave out an important part of it.  Here is a classic way you hear the story of Cain and Abel - “Adam and Even had two boys, Cain and Abel. One was good and the other was bad. God rejected Cain’s offering and accepted Abel’s sacrifice. Cain got mad and killed Abel. God made him a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth”

When you tell the story this way we leave room for Calvinism. “God predestined Abel for Heaven and Cain for Hell.” But when you tell the whole story as given in Genesis 4, it shows the Grace of God to ALL men. Before Cain killed Abel, after he became angry in verses 6 and 7 God gives him a second chance. “If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted?” In other words, if you do what Abel did, I will make things right between you and me. Why would God do that? Why would He go to Cain to give him a second chance? 

 

2 Peter 3:9 ⁹The LORD is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

 

Friends, this is a loving God. This is a caring God. He sought after Cain. He talks to Him one on one trying to reason with him. He gives him a second chance. Why? Because He loved him. If you believe this is a God that picks and chooses who goes to Hell then you have missed a very important truth in the Bible!

 

John 3:16 ¹⁶For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

 

 

3. The Powerlessness of Cain – His Requirement

 

Galatians 5:2-4 ²Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing. ³For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law. ⁴Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.

 

Conclusion

Hebrews 9:22b “and without shedding of blood is no remission.”

 

A special thank you to my Friend Michael Barnette for the song "All things new" and to my friend Dave Compton for the opening remarks.

 

"Adam and the Woman" Genesis 3: 6-21

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Title:  Adam and the Woman

Text: Genesis 3:6-21

Introduction: 

• Who?  Adam & Eve
• What? Their Relationship
• Where?  The Garden of Eden
• When? Age of innocence
• Why?  Adam was alone and needed a helper - Genesis 2:18-24
• How?  Marriage - The act of uniting a man and woman for life
• How much? “Marriage” Gen 2:18-24

1. Originated by God – v.18-22
2. Woman was the last act of creation and not only completed creation, but completed man. 
3. God created the woman for man. The animals had a companion, but man did not. 

Genesis 6:19 ¹⁹And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.

Genesis 1:22-24 ²²And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. ²³And the evening and the morning were the fifth day. ²⁴And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.

• • God created the woman specifically for the man. He took Woman from the side of man, not to be a master or a slave, but the helper.

 

2. Ordained by God – v.22-24

• • Ordain – appoint, consecrate, authorize
  • “Marriage was the first institution ordained by God after the creation of man, and it is the bedrock of the human society. Anything which corrupts marriage and the home is a direct threat to society as a whole.” – David Cloud
  • “The integrity and permanence of the individual home is of such great importace that God made it pain from the beginning that marriage was intended to be permanent until death. It is true, of course, that with marriage as well as with all other human activities, “God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions” (Eccl 7:29) Polygamy, concubinage, polyandry, easy divorce, adultery, promiscuity, and other distortions of the marriage covenant have permeated many cultures; but, as the Lord Jesus said: “From the beginning is was not so” (Matthew 19:8) – Dr. Henry M. Morris

 

3. Overseen by God – v.24

• Who is the overseer of this great unity?  God himself.
• Mark 10:9 ⁹What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
• The Genesis record of marriage is not allegorical, but historical. Meaning, that marriage was originated, ordained, and overseen by God in its Holy unity. In order for a marriage to be truly be successful, it must follow the guidelines given by God himself. (Eph5:22-33)

Ephesians 5:22-33 King James Version (KJV)

“Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing. Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish. So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church: For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church. Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.”

 

Outline: “Adam and the Woman” Genesis 3:6-21

Let’s look at the relationship between Adam and the Woman after marriage was Originated, Ordained, and Overseen by God; through the fall and up to the conversion of Adam and the Woman.

1. When Adam Chose the woman; it revealed his Failure: Genesis 3:6

• “Adam was not deceived by the serpent. Did you know that? Paul makes it clear in 1 Timothy 2:14—Adam did not fall because he was deceived. His sin was different; in some ways, it was more serious in that he did it with open eyes. We do not know how long it lasted, but there was a moment in Eden when Eve was fallen and Adam was not; she had eaten, but he yet had a choice. I believe something took place in his heart that went like this: I have lost my soul mate, the most vital companion I’ve known. I do not know what life will be like, but I know I cannot live without her. Adam chose Eve over God.” – John T. Eldridge, Wild at Heart
• Satan did not tempt Adam, he tempted the woman. Why? Notice what Eve said: “Neither shall we touch it” God never said that. (Gen 2:16,17)
• Genesis 2:16-17 ¹⁶And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: ¹⁷But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
• Yes, this was the age of innocence. But it’s clear that satan knew he could get to Adam through Eve.
• Satan knows how to get to us. Adam’s failure came when he chose the Woman over God.
• Be warned of this Christian! This should be our prayer:

“Thank you, Lord, for the spouse you have given us! Thank you, Lord for the Beautiful Children! Thank you, Lord, for the many blessings! But Lord, guard our hearts to keep you first, ‘Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices’ (2 Corinthians 2:11) Amen!”

 

2. Why Adam Covered the woman; it revealed his Fear: Genesis 3:7-14

• Before the fall, man did not have a conscience, now they do and they realized they were naked. Not only were they naked, but they were separate from God. That’s what sin has done; it separates us from God. He tries clothing himself but it does not get Him back in fellowship with God.

Isaiah 64:6 ⁶But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. (illust. justifying anything)

 

3. What Adam Called the woman; it revealed his Faith: Genesis 3:15-21

• God promises that there would be a redeemer – v.15
• Adam comes to God by Faith – v.20

Genesis 3:20 “And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living”

• Notice: “the mother of all living” God promised He would send a Redeemer through the seed of the woman. So, Adam named her Eve because, by faith, He trusted that God would send a Redeemer. He could have called her many names at this point, but instead he decided to put Faith in his Father.
• When Adam realizes he is lost and without hope (those fig leaves weren’t going to cut it!), he comes to God by Faith, and is clothed after the blood of an innocent was shed. God planned man’s redemption before ever forming Adam. He promised us a Redeemer, and that redeemer came. His name is Jesus Christ and He became sin for us. The day I realized I was lost, I came to God by Faith, and the Blood of Jesus Christ covered me, declaring me righteous.

 

Conclusion: 

1. When Adam Chose the woman; it revealed his Failure: Genesis 3:6
2. Why Adam Covered the woman; it revealed his Fear: Genesis 3:7-14
3. What Adam Called the woman; it revealed his Faith: Genesis 3:15-21

   A special thank you to my Friend Michael Barnette for the song "All things new" and to my friend Dave Compton for the opening remarks.

A special thank you to my Friend Michael Barnette for the song "All things new" and to my friend Dave Compton for the opening remarks.

 

"The Great Conflict" Genesis 3:7-24

Episode 006

Title: “The Great Conflict”
Text: Genesis 3:7-24
Theme: The Great Conflict between Good and Evil
Key verses: Genesis 3:15
Introduction: 
Who?  The seed of the serpent and the seed of the woman
What? The first prophecy of the Bible
Genesis 3:15 15And I will put enmity between thee (Satan) and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it (Christ) shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

This verse promises a Redeemer would come, and that He would come from the Human Race (her seed).
Galatians 3:16 16Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.
Romans 1:3 3Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our LORD, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;
1 Timothy 3:16 16And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.

This verse also promises that there would be a constant struggle between Satan and Christ.
“The most prominent thought is not the ultimate victory that would come, but the long-continued struggle. This verse reveals the fact that now there is to be a long struggle between good and evil. This is exactly what you will find in the rest of the Scriptures.” – Dr. J. Vernon McGee
You want a classic story of Good vs Evil? (read the Bible!) 
Jesus made the distinction between children of God and children of Satan (The Devil)
John 8:44 44Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
John mentions this conflict in 1 Joh 3:10
1 John 3:10 10In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.

This conflict of the Serpent and Christ, is typified in the story of Cain and Abel.
Abel – is a type of Christ, “the seed of the woman”
Cain – is a type of “the seed of the Serpent”
Where?  Garden of Eden

 When? After the fall of mankind, in Genesis 3. 
What are the results from the fall? Evil thoughts, Fear, Excuses, Pain during child birth, Cursed ground, Labor and sorrow, Banishment from God, Death.
Oh, but it doesn’t stop there, my friend.
Genesis 2:4 “These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,”
Verse 4 – Notice something in this verse. In Chapter 1, we saw the name “God” 32 times in 31 verses. The Hebrew name “Elohim” which we talked about being plural. (Trinity) The Father the Son and the Holy Spirit. A plural noun that is almost always used with a singular verb or adjective. Three distinct persons but one God. In verse 1 we see the first mention of LORD. (Jehova God)
Jehovah “A name for God used in the O.T. It refers to God as the One who keeps covenant and mercy with His People.” – Dr. David Cloud
“Here in the closing review of creation, the name Elohim is connected with the name Jehova (LORD). Jehovah is the same God, only viewed as being in covenant relation with those He has created. The first appearance of the name Jehovah follows the creation of man, for pre-eminently it is God’s redemptive name. As Elohim, He tossed the worlds into space; as Jeohvah, He plans man’s redemption before ever He fashioned Adam’s clay.” – Dr. John Phillips
Go back to chapter 2, what is God doing? He’s resting because His work was perfect.
Now, He is not resting. Once sin enters the picture in Genesis Chapter 3 there is nothing else in the Bible regarding God resting. The Bible tells us that the Triune God becomes involved in man’s redemption.
After the fall, Adam and Eve try clothing themselves with fig leaves – Genesis 3:7-11
Before the fall, man did not have a conscience, now they do and they realized they were naked. Not only were they naked, but they were separate from God. That’s what sin has done; it separates us from God. He tries clothing himself but it does not get Him back in fellowship with God.
Isaiah 64:6 6But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. (illust. justifying anything)
So, what happens next?
God promises that there would be a redeemer – v.15
Adam comes to God by Faith – v.20
Genesis 3:15 “And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living”
Notice: “the mother of all living” God promised He would send a Redeemer through the seed of the woman. So, Adam named her Eve because, by faith, He trusted that God would send a Redeemer. He could have called her many names at this point, but instead he decided to put Faith in his Father.
God clothes them – v. 24
This is the best part of the story by far. Adam comes to God by Faith, so blood is shed to cover his nakedness.
“There, in Eden, in paradise itself, blood was shed for the very first time. Adam and Eve must have stood there aghast as they saw the creature taken in their stead and slaughtered before their eyes – it’s bloodshed, its covering made theirs. It was the first dramatic illustration of the ultimate cost of Calvary, of the horror and dreadfulness of sin. Sin is a radical disease and it calls for a radical cure.” – Dr. John Philips

When Adam realizes he is lost and without hope (those fig leaves weren’t going to cut it!), he comes to God by Faith, and is clothed after the blood of an innocent was shed. God planned man’s redemption before ever forming Adam. He promised us a Redeemer, and that redeemer came. His name is Jesus Christ and He became sin for us. The day I realized I was lost, I came to God by Faith, and the Blood of Jesus Christ covered me, declaring me righteous.
Why?  Man’s Failure; God’s Grace
Man is a failure. Sin is sin! Certain sins don’t make us worse or better than the other. The fall of man separated us from God. God knew that Adam would fall, but He sent us a Redeemer. May we never forget the Grace of God!

“Men go astray from God by nature, but they only return to God through Grace.” – C.H. Spurgeon
Romans 3:20-24 20Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin. 21But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; 22Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference: 23For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; 24Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
How?  
Outline: 
Genesis 3:15 15And I will put enmity between thee (Satan) and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it (Christ) shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
The Struggle: 
“And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed;”
“And I will put enmity between thee and the woman”
Enmity – the quality of being an enemy; ill will
First off, it is evident that the serpent = Satan. This prophecy is not between snakes and woman, but Satan and mankind. SATAN, IS NOT YOUR FRIEND. This world is not your friend.
1 John 2:16 16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

“and between thy seed and her seed” 
Constant battle of good verses evil. You have the seed of Satan vs the seed of the woman.
Satan is the prince and the power of the air. He is the father of all sin, lies, deceit. He is here to destroy and devour. Jesus Christ came to seek and save that which is lost.
Ephesians 2:1-3 1And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; 2Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: 3Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.

The Savior: 
“it shall bruise thy head,”
Who is this? Christ, is bruising satan’s head. Let’s go back and read the verse up to this point.
And I will put enmity between thee (Satan) and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it (Christ) shall bruise thy head,
This is best described in a commentary by Adam, Clarke
“The address is not given to Adam and Eve, but to Eve alone; and it was in consequence of this purpose of God that Jesus Christ was born of a virgin; this, and this alone, is what is implied in the promise of the seed of the woman bruising the head of the serpent. Jesus Christ died to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself and to destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the Devil. Thus he bruises his head – destroys his power and lordship over mankind turning them from the power of Satan unto God.” – Adam Clarke

1 Corinthians 15:55-58 55O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? 56The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. 57But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our LORD Jesus Christ. 58Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the LORD, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the LORD.

The Serpent: 
“and thou shalt bruise his heel”
Satan bruised the heel of Christ. God required that the salvation of mankind only be through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ through His death on the Cross.

Isaiah 53:5-8 5But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

1 Peter 3:18 18For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:

Hebrews 10:10 10By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

This also refers to the followers, spiritual seed, of the Lord Jesus Christ. Our heel is bruised by Satan because we are followers of Christ.

2 Timothy 3:12 12Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.

 

A special thank you to my Friend Michael Barnette for the song "All things new" and to my friend Dave Compton for the opening remarks.

"Without Genesis"

Episode 005

Genesis
Title: Without Genesis
Text: Genesis 1:1

Introduction:
The book of Genesis is a remarkable book.
Writer = Moses
“The Book of Beginnings”
Heaven
Earth
Man
Woman
Marriage
Sabbath
Sin
Sacrifice
Prophecy
Human Government
Nations of the Earth
Family of Israel
Covers a period of about 2,200 years (Illustration of time periods)
(Abram 2091 B.C)
(Moses was born in 1525 B.C.)
First Mentions in Genesis
Hermeneutics is the science of interpreting the Bible
First Mention Principle – “the first mention of a subject, the truth with which that subject stands connected in the mind of God.”
Subtlety of Satan – Gen 3:1
Genesis 3:1King James Version (KJV)
3 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
John 8:44King James Version (KJV)
44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
“Faith” – Gen 15:6
Genesis 15:6King James Version (KJV)
6 And he believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
Abraham believed God and He counted it for Righteousness. Righteousness is always counted to a man based on faith. ( I know Whom I have Believed)
“Holiness” Gen 2:3 (set apart)
“Worship” Gen 22 
“Spirit of God” “moved”
4 Great Events
Creation
Day 1- vs. 1-5-  Heaven and the earth, light, divided light from darkness (night and day)
Day 2- vs. 6-8-vapour above water below
Day 3- vs. 9-13-dry land, plant life
Day 4- vs. 14-19- sun, moon, stars
Day 5- vs. 20-23-animal life
Day 6- vs. 24-31- creation of man
This finishes chapter 1
“Most God centered chapters in the entire Bible. God is mentioned 32 times in 31 verses. The Holy Spirit brings us to the presence of God and keeps us there.”
The Fall of Man
The Great Flood
The Tower of Babel
4 Great People 
Abraham – The man of Faith 
Isaac – Promised Son
Jacob – Prince of God
Joseph – The Type of Christ
Dr. Tom Wallace “Digest of the Old Testament”
“The book of Genesis is to a Christian what a foundation is to a house. It forms a basis for all the revelation of the Bible.
It tells us the beginning of everything but God. It is the seed plot of the Bible. Almost every subject of major importance has it’s roots in Genesis.”
Israel – Promise Place, and Purpose of Israel
Fall of Man – Reason, Ruin, Result, and Recovery of the fall of mankind
3 O.T. Books that are hated by Satan
Daniel ( second coming of Christ to destroy his enemies) 70 weeks of Daniel
Jonah - (in type) predicts the death and resurrection of Christ.
Genesis (incarnation of Christ in seed of woman)

Read Title – “Without Genesis”
Why is it attacked? (Illustration of our Beliefs)
Gen 1:1, This verse is probably the most attacked of the entire Book. If God created us then what He says in His word is true. We are born sinners, Jesus is the only way, Hell is real,etc.. this is why Gen 1 is so attacked!
            Atheism(no God)/ Agnosticism(is there a God?)- His existence
            Polytheism(Many gods)- Declaring Himself one
            Pantheism(all is God)- By separating Himself from matter
How is it attacked?
Man-Evolution, Atheism
The Devil- Gen 3:4 “And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die.”

Time- Gen 1:5,8,13,19,22,31. There are a lot of theories about Gen 1. First of all Genesis one is NOT A THEORY! The Bible is very straight forward about what happened in the Beginning. There were 6 literal days! Many people will attack this chapter and add to it. (not much has changed)
        1. Day age theory- That the days mentioned are not 24 hour days but as ages/ periods of time
        2. Gap theory- Between vs. 1 and 2 there is a gap of countless ages ( fit for man)
        3. Revelation theory- Believe that days are not days of creation but of revelation to Moses

            a. Supernatural- Ex Nihilo- out of nothing
            b. Sudden- no build up, no delay, no trial, no error, no process, no gradual development
            c. Superior- animals adapted to environment and have all that is necessary to surive and live.
            d. Superficial Appearance of Age- Creation was fully complete and functioned from the beginning. God supernaturally created a full grown earth in 6 literal days. The earth did not need time or billions of years to do certain things.  *when you believe these theories man have came up with it helps them satisfy their opinion of long period of time to form the earth.

Trinity- Gen 1:26
The Trinity- God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit.
Another reason why Gen 1 is attacked is because of the Trinity. The Trinity is the great three in one. God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. This is the great three in One. This shows Jesus Christ as God almighty. *illustration of how that is attacked* ( “lets weigh the evidence- Barry Burton” 1 Tim3:16)
A lot of false religions believe in Jesus but they do not proclaim Him as Lord. Rev 1:8
1 John 5:7King James Version (KJV)
7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.
Outline: “Without Genesis”

I. No Authority
Romans 13:1 - Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
Colossians 1:16 “For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:” 

II. No Absolute
Absolute - a value or principle that is regarded as universally valid or that may be viewed without relation to other things: (good vs evil)
Romans 12:21 - Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
Illustration of what people do by defining good and evil (homosexuality, etc)
Isaiah 5:20 - Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

III. No Accuracy (truth)
Bible

2 Timothy 3:16King James Version (KJV)16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
Forgiveness
Eternity 

Conclusion:
Without Genesis, we have no Authority, we have no Absolute, and we have no Accuracy.

A special thank you to my Friend Michael Barnette for the song "All things new" and to my friend Dave Compton for the opening remarks.

 

"The Source of the Problem" Genesis 3:1-6

Episode 004

Title: “The Source of the Problem”

Text: Gen 3:1-6 

Theme: the devil and his ways

Key Verse:  Gen 3:1-6

Introduction:

• Who?  The Devil
• What?  Deception, Devices and destruction of the Devil
• Where?  Garden
• When: In the beginning
• Why? To Disobey God
• How? Trickery and deception
• How much? 

1. Beginning - He was created by God Col 1:16

Col 1:16  For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:

 

B. Beauty - Ezek 28:12-16

Ezekiel 28:12-16 ¹²Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty. ¹³Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created. ¹⁴Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire. ¹⁵Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee. ¹⁶By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.

"annointed cherib"

he was a very lovely, with amazing musical talents (pipes and tabrets)

lucifer - shining

 

C. Blasphemy - IS. 14:13,14

Isaiah 14:13-14 ¹³For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: ¹⁴I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.

 

The Devil- Rev 12:9 (slanderer)

Prince of the Power of the air - Eph 2:2

Prince of this world - John 12:31

god of this world - 2 Cor 4:4 (men rebelled against the true God and serve satan, some knowingly and some unknowingly)

The Dragon - Rev 12

Old Serpent - Rev 12

Roaring Lion - 1 Peter 5:8

Ruler of Darkness - Eph 6:12

Beelzebub - Matt 12 (dungeon god)

Apollyn - Rev 9:11 (destroyer)

The Wicked one - Matt 13:19

Belial - 2 Cor 6:15 (worthless)

Tempter - 1 Thess 3:5

The Enemy - Matt 13:39

Mat 13:39 The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.

 

His name is satan

The Bible does not portray satan as an evil influence, but an evil individual -Job1:6-12

Job 1:6  Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.

Job 1:7  And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.

 

\Jesus being Tempted)

Joh 8:44  Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

 

"Sympathy for the Devil" is a song by The Rolling Stones, written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and credited to Jagger/Richards. Sung by Jagger, the song is an homage to the Devil, written in the first-person narrative from his point of view, recounting the atrocities committed throughout the history of humanity in his name."

 

In today's society, people would rather blame God.

 

But when we go to the source of the problem – we find satan.

(example of laminator)

Sin problem must be dealt with.

Outline:  The Source of the problem: the source is the Devil!

1. The Devil’s Deception – Gen 3:1-6

2Co 11:3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

 

he's a liar, a trickster, a deceiver

he's a murderer

he destroys homes

he destroys nations

he destroys lives

satan has been opposing God's plans for ages. Whatever God plans and hopes for this World, satan opposes it and does anything and everything he can to stop it from happening.

 

Deception - (of a person) cause (someone) to believe something that is not true, typically in order to gain some personal advantage.

 

First thing – He Question’s the Word ( He cast a shadow of doubt over God’s Word:)

Verse 1- 

• The Serpent: We do not know where the serpent came from, but we know the serpent was used of satan.  No doubt a beautiful and majestic creature. 

2 Corinthians 11:14 ¹⁴And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.

• “Queen Jadis was the sole surviving resident and the self-declared final Queen of Charn. She was an extremely powerful sorceress, and was once the most infamous ruler of Narnia. Originally from the World of Charn, she was accidentally brought to the World of Narnia on the day of its creation. Although she was banished to the North by the Great Lion, Aslan, she returned 900 Narnian-years later, and usurped the throne from the original royal family of Narnia”
• Fur coat – (Edmond) used magic and made him Turkish delights. Used flattery and deception.
• The Serpent’s temptation - It’s important to note that man was created innocent, not Righteous. Man was given responsibility to serve, glorify, and obey his Creator. This was not the only tree in the garden, this was the only tree man could not eat of. God was very clear on what man’s condition was to obey Him. 

Verse 2,3

• Eve answers satan here. It’s key to note something; satan attacks Eve. Remember what Peter said; 
• 1 Peter 5:8 ⁸Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
• Satan did not go straight to Adam screaming to eat the fruit. He used the serpent; who goes to Eve first and tricks her into eating the fruit.
• Notice what Eve said: “Neither shall we touch it” God never said that. (Gen 2:16,17)

Genesis 2:16-17 ¹⁶And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: ¹⁷But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

(Illustration of how satan attacks those weak in knowledge of the Word to confuse and corrupt. 

Second thing – He Denies the Word

Verse 4

This is a tactic used by the World today. Question – then deny. “No, that’s not what that scripture mean’s. No, that’s not right.”

 

Last thing – he substitutes his own words

Verse 5

Genesis 3:5 ⁵For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

 

Questioning the Word; denying the Word; and then perverting the Word. That is a tactic satan has used and is still using today!

 

Verse 6

(Quote J Vernon)

2. The Devil’s Devices – 2 Cor 2:9-11

2Co 2:11  Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.

 

Corruption – 1 Cor 5:13

In 1 Corinthians, Paul rebukes the Church at Corinth because they turned a blind eye to gross immorality. There was a case on incest in the Church and they were not dealing with it. Even the Heathens were shocked of the gross immorality. Paul told them in 1 Cor 5:13 to “put away from among yourselves that wicked person.”

A member of the Church took his father’s wife, his own step mother. We are given strict instructions in the Bible that we must deal with this sin (Matthew 18:15-17)

Matthew 18:15-17 ¹⁵Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. ¹⁶But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. ¹⁷And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.

In Corinth, they just compromised. They let it go on and turned a blind eye.

Illustration of Church Discipline and the one extreme of ignoring the sin.

Correction – 2 Cor 2:5-10

They obeyed Paul and the man was excommunicated, which was the right thing to do. He was openly living in sin and had no place in the Church. V.5,6

Now, the man has repented and Paul begs the Church to confirm their love to him and forgive him. V. 7-10

Illustration of Church Discipline and the other extreme of not forgiving sin.

“For your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ” Paul begs they confirm their love, he then urges them to be forgiving and uses the example that he forgives because of Christ.

Jesus Christ died for all sinners.

God’s grace is available to all men.

It’s God’s will that all men come to repentance 2 Peter 3:9

Illustration of drawing the line and staying with the Bible.

Caution – 2 Cor 2:10,11

- Gross immorality in the Church, the sin was dealt with and the man was corrected

- The man repented of his sin (turned away) and now asks forgiveness

-Paul begs they confirm their love to him and forgive and how they should all forgive one another - - -v.11 “Lest satan should get an advantage”

 

Jas 3:16  For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.

-Itching ears

2Ti 4:4  And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. (Today's youth)

-Lust, Doubt, Rage

Illustration of keeping a country divided (These are all satan’s devices!)

 

3. The Devil’s Destruction – 2 Cor 4:1-4

2 Corinthians 4:1-4 ¹Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not; ²But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. ³But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: ⁴In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

 

Jesus gives the Light to men

The Holy Spirit convicts men

It is up to man to respond

Rejection of Jesus Christ will send you to hell

 

Conclusion:

The Deception of the enemy - satan decieves, he is the god of lies and deceit. God is the God of truth

The Devices of the enemy - satan uses pride,envy,strife,doubt,lust,rage, and fables. God uses truth.

God told His nation Israel that no weapon formed against them shall prosper

The Destruction of the enemy - satan destroys lives. God can make you whole.

 

Isa 1:18  Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

 

A special thank you to my Friend Michael Barnette for the song "All things new" and to my friend Dave Compton for the opening remarks.

 

"The Two Trees" Genesis 2:8,9

Episode 003

Title:  The Two Tree’s
Text:  Genesis 2:8,9; Acts 5:30; 1 Peter 2:24
Theme: Comparing the tree and knowledge of Good and Evil with the Cross of Jesus Christ

Genesis 2:8-9 8And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. 9And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

Acts 5:30 30The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.

1 Peter 2:24 24Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

Introduction: 
Genesis is a marvelous book;
The book of beginnings (origin of heaven, earth, man, woman, marriage, sin, sacrifice, prophecy, human government, etc.)
God creates the earth, populates it and destroys it only to re-populate it
4 great events, 4 great people
Covers a period of 2,000 years - There is a lot in this book
Full of Types / Spiritual illustrations, symbols, and pictures of Jesus Christ and scriptural truth
Type – “A divinely appointed illustration of some scriptural truth.”
Derived from Greek word “tupos” – impression, stamp, pattern, or form
“A type must never be used to teach a doctrine, but only to illustrate a doctrine elsewhere explicitly taught.” – Dr. J. Edwin Hartill
A divinely appointed illustration
What are some types of Christ in Genesis?
The Ark - The Ark is a type of Christ, offering salvation from judgment and destruction.
Isaac – promised before he was born, he was offered up as a sacrifice on Mt. Moriah (as a test to Abraham but most importantly a type of Christ) His Father, sends His servent to go fetch Him a Bride after his work as a well digger had been completed.
Joseph - despised by his brothers who sold him into slavery for 30 pieces of silver. He was banished into a far country and later forgotten. Eventually he would be exalted to the second highest position in Egypt where he would obtained a Gentile bride and later redeemed the same brothers who had sold him into slavery.
Some other types in Genesis:
Leah is a type of the Church, and Rachel is a type of Israel. Dr. M.R. DeHaan writes: “Leah represents the Church of the Lord Jesus; Rachel, the nation of Israel. He desired her first, but when He came to present Himself to her nineteen hundred years ago, He did not receive her, but she rejected Him, and now Rachel is barren and despised, and Leah, the Church, is bearing fruit in the millions of the redeemed who are being brought in during this present dispensation.
Jacob was a type of Israel, his life was a type of Israel’s history. His whole life he would struggle with others and then he wrestled with God in the Wilderness before his name was changed to Israel. Israel’s history is a struggle with others and a struggle with God.
Genesis 2:9; Acts 5:30; 1 Peter 2:24 
Genesis 2:9 And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
Just after the 6 days of creations and the seventh day of Rest.
God’s creation is perfect and He is now creating a home for man.
He creates every tree (pleasant to the sight and good for food) and in the midst of the garden there are two trees
Tree of life
Tree of knowledge of good and evil
These tree’s cease to exist so we know very little of them.
Let’s focus on the Tree of knowledge of good and evil (we know very little):
Adam and Eve were forbidden to eat of it
Do not know the fruit
Adam was not a puppet; God gave him a choice, and he chose to disobey. 
Let’s look over at a tree in the New Testament:
Acts 5:30 30The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.
1 Peter 2:24 24Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
Notice in each of these passages, the cross of Calvary is called a “Tree”.
As mentioned before, the book of Genesis of full of types, pictures, and scriptural illustrations placed by the Holy Spirit.
“This first book in the Word of God is full of typical pictures, prophetic foreshadowings, and dispensational adumbrations, as well as important practical lessons,” - Arthur W. Pink, Gleanings in Genesis 
Let’s look at the “Two Tree’s.” The Tree of Knowledge of good and evil and the Cross of Calvary.

The Contrast of these two trees:
Planting of the Trees
Father planted – Genesis 2:8,9
(read verse 8)
“Man’s first home was a garden; his final home will be a city. When Adam first opened his eyes to the light of day he looked out upon a scene of matchless beauty and tranquility. The fields were emerald green, the hedgerows ablaze with blossoms, the atmosphere laden with the fragrance of flowers, the forest ringing with joyous song.”  - Dr. John Philipps
Just like his final home, man’s first home was perfect. The first home was made by God for unfallen man. God rested in the first 3 verses of this Chapter, not because he was tired, but because His work was perfect.
(read verse 9)
And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food;
“Pleasant” (khaw-mad';) primitive root; to delight in: — beauty, greatly beloved, covet, delectable thing, (X great) delight, desire, goodly, lust, (be) pleasant (thing), precious (thing).to desire, covet, take pleasure in, delight in
Fallen planted – Matthew 27:35
Matthew 27:32-35 32And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross. 33And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull, 34They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink. 35And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots.
Matthew 27:40-42 40And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross. 41Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said, 42He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him.
Cross was two wooden beams used for capital punishment to execute criminals. They pierced the hands and the feet and the cross would be put upright and the victim is left to hang until dead. (death by asphyxiation deprived of oxygen, which can result in unconsciousness or death; suffocation.) This is an awful way to die. It is interesting to note that crucifixion originated with the Persians and was then perfected by the Romans. “The earliest historical record of crucifixion dates to c. 519 BC, when King Darius crucified 3,000 of his political enemies in Babylon. However, Psalm 22 was written hundreds of years before by David as a Messianic Psalm Prophesying the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ. 
Picture of the Trees
Fair to Look at – Genesis 2:9; 3:6
Again, this was for unfallen man. The ground had not yet been cursed. These trees were not only everything beautiful but imagine the food that was produced from these tree’s. 
Frightening to look at – Isaiah 53:2
Isaiah 53:2 2For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
Isaiah 52:14 14As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men:

Illustration of Naaman.
Presenting of the trees
Forbidden to eat – Genesis 2:17; 3:3
Free to eat – Psalm 34:8; John 6:35
Psalm 34:8 8O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.
John 6:35 35And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
2 Peter 3:9 9The LORD is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

Outline: The Two Tree’s
The Location of the Tree’s
The Garden of Devastation: Genesis 3:6,17

Genesis 3:6 6And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

Genesis 3:17 17And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

Garden of Eden was a garden of devastation
This is where Adam disobeyed God and brought sin unto all mankind
It shows our failure (illustration of Hollywood, total depravity)
Revelation 5:1-5 1And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals. 2And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof? 3And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon. 4And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon. 5And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.

The Garden of Deliverance: John 19:41
John 19:41 41Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid.
We do not know the exact location, but we know that Christ was crucified in a Garden
The first Adam and the Last Adam both died in a Garden
1 Corinthians 15:45 “And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.”

The first Adam brought Death in a Garden, the Second and Final Adam brought life in a Garden.

Romans 5:12-21 “Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: (For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law. Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come. But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many. And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification. For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.) Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life. For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous. Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.”

Everything mankind ever needed before the fall was right there in the garden of eden. Everything mankind needed after the fall was in the garden of the crucifixion.

The Learning of the Tree’s
Eden and Calvary both have something in common: They were dark places. Eden is where the perfect man God created willfully disobeyed Him and brought death unto the World. Calvary is where the Son of God manifested in Flesh became sin and died for us. He came to us because we could not go to Him. They both teach us something; that because man disobeyed God, God had to come to man. The Cross, is just as much a tree of knowledge of good and evil as the tree that was planted in the Garden of Eden.

The Knowledge of Sin: Gen 3:6,7
Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
Job 14:1 Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.
Isaiah 64:6 But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
Mark 10:18 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God.
The Knowledge of Grace: Genesis 3:15
2 Corinthians 8:9 For ye know the grace of our LORD Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
Romans 5:1 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our LORD Jesus Christ:

The Lasting Effects of the Tree’s
Two of the greatest events in human history; The Fall of man and the Final sacrifice of sin by the Son of God. Both have had lasting effects that cannot be undone. 
1 Timothy 1:15 15This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.
The Decision of Disobedience: Genesis 3:6,7
The Decision of Obedience: John 14:6; Matthew 11:28; Romans 10:13

A special thank you to my Friend Michael Barnette for the song "All things new" and to my friend Dave Compton for the opening remarks.