Look at this in verse 15. 2023 Grace to You. God says, Whoever kills Cain, vengeance is going to be taken on him sevenfold. And the Lord appointed a sign for Cain, lest anyone finding him should slay him. Now, people always ask, What is that sign? This narrowed their view from the entire world of peoples in Gen. 111 to one small nation, Israel, through whom God would progressively accomplish His redemptive plan. And we saw last time, importantly so, verse 4, The Lord had regard for Abel and his offering, but for Cain and for his offering, He had no regard.. Over four decades of ministry, John has written dozens of bestselling books, including The . Your partnership makes all we do possible. This is what youre doing to me. Same with us. The doomed fail to appreciate common grace. Man is now the noble savage who acts in freedom to do whatever he feels he wants to do, and thats the nobility of his freedom. He didnt say, Oh, God, Im sorry, forgive me, I cant bear this curse. He just said, Youre not fair. Theres no repentance, theres no contrition, theres no desire to overcome sin, theres no longing for forgiveness. He still speaks directly through the pages of Scripture. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select an Ending Point God moves from being the interrogator to being the investigator to then being the prosecutor, and there are no more questions. 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He had a right heart attitude of the sinner who knew he needed and deserved death and needed a substitute to die in his place. The rest of Scripture bears out the fulfillment of these promises. Here is God saying, You can repent, you can do what Isaiah said, Cleanse your hearts, you sinners. You can go back after youve repented and ask for cleansing and offer God the sacrifice that is acceptable from a right heart. 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Starting in chapter 2, verse 4, you start to follow the history of man. Individual instructors or editors may still require the use of URLs. It would have been very easy, of course, for him to lure his brother. Johannine Writings Such are the children of Cain. Everybody worships at some shrine, everybody has some god. Please see Blue Letter Bible's Privacy Policy for cookie usage details. What this does reveal is that Cain was no longer near the body. Poor Eve. And to let it be seen what life is like for those who reject God. And they would all know about Cain, the killer of Abel, because they were all relatives. The sinner resents what God says. Prophets There were only four people on the planet, and he knew who was talking to him. And I think theres a third reason God allowed him to live. Their throat is an open grave. God gives him a choice. Examples could include: incorrect or missing pastor/teacher name, sermon title, scripture reference, ministry association, spelling error, etc. So essentially, his self-righteous, impenitent, disobedient response will make him vulnerable to the deadly power of sin. 33:2; Josh. MacArthur explains Genesis 1:1, and correlates this verse with the 5 areas of the "knowable" from notes 20th century s. Cain decided this: I dont want God, I dont want forgiveness, I dont want righteousness, I want sin. Cain said to the Lord, My punishment is too great to bear. As you may be aware, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into full effect on 25th May 2018. When you cultivate the ground, it shall no longer yield its strength to you. The Old Testament Why doesnt He just slay him on the spot? Wisdom Literature Written by John MacArthur. We pointed that out. Historical Books -repentance.. Not somebody who has sort of a mobile tent and moves around. He sees into the heart of Abel and recognizes that Abels heart is right toward God, that he comes as a penitent, humble sinner, and not only is his heart right, but therefore his sacrifice is right. He was showing in his physical body the attitude of anger in his mind. Prophets - their deeds are evil. They love their sin. And he adds this: Itll come about that whoever finds me will kill me. I know whatll happen. General Epistles Thats what seems to be the way you do it today. The initial setting for Genesis is eternity past. Major Prophets Now, this indicates that the population may have been growing, certainly soon would be growing. The Bibles Tab is found in the Tools feature on Bible pages: Note: MLA no longer requires the URL as part of their citation standard. God had already pled with him to make a right choice. And now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brothers blood from your hand. 818-909-5500. And thats the final verdict, that Cain is the killer, by the way. He put some mark, some visible mark on Cain, so that everybody would know thats the mark of God, and if you kill him, you will receive the vengeance of God. But really, in the end, there are only two possibilities. Poetical Books Those who are sinners, those who are broken over their sin, those who confess the need for sacrifice and substitution and a covering, those who realize they deserve nothing and must receive a righteousness not their own, those who are therefore blessed by God are always hated by the self-righteous because the self-righteous are not accepted by God, theyre not accepted as equals. This, I call common grace. Actually, its possible to translate: and from thy face I will seek to hide. Then on top of that, he rejects the very Word of God, who comes to him in a gracious way and offers him forgiveness. Genesis 1:26-31. It says, Cain rose up against Abel, his brother, and killed him. His brother is emphatic in the Hebrew, emphasizing the closeness, the intimacy. Hes initiating a conversation, and hes going to the heart. He said to the Lord in verse 13, My punishments too great to bear. Youre not fair. And it came about when they were in the field that Cain rose up against Abel, his brother, and killed him. The Old Testament If Cain doesnt repent in faith, if he doesnt trust God to save him and not his own righteousness, if Cain doesnt admit his disobedience to the prescribed heart attitude of faith and obedience to the prescribed sacrifice, if Cain doesnt do that, if he doesnt do whats right, then sin, like a lion, is just waiting at the door to pounce and try to destroy him, and hes going to try to have to master that. Poetical Books Complete vengeance. Pentateuch Luke-Acts Remember the book of Jude, verse 11? 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Doesnt have to be this way if you do well. What does He mean? Thats a figure of speech to indicate that every sin rises to God, and all sin offends Him and is known to Him. Historical Books And judge. In 1969, after graduating from Talbot Theological Seminary, John came to Grace Community Church. Thats what that means in the Hebrew, the firstlings of the flock and their fat portions. He brought the very best of the very best, which is obviously what God required. And he couldnt resist it. ; and 3) 18971804 B.C. 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Johannine Writings Pentateuch That ground, which has received your brothers blood, that ground which yielded you the crops will be reluctant to yield its bounty to you from now on. May well have been that she believed this was that fulfillment in her son. Cain had absolutely no appreciation for that whatsoever- absolutely none. This teaching is made available from Grace to You. - Universal Beginnings (Chuck Missler). The creation account is laid out from Genesis 1:1 to Genesis 2:3, and the outline of the book of Genesis falls into two parts. And for what reason did he slay him? I dont know what it is. I need a covering. Vicious hatred, vicious brutality. Behold, thou hast driven me this day from the face of the ground, and from thy face I shall be hidden, and I will be a vagrant and a wanderer on the earth, and it will come about that whoever finds me will kill me. So the Lord said to him, Therefore, whoever kills Cain, vengeance will be taken on him sevenfold. And the Lord appointed a sign for Cain, lest anyone finding him should slay him. From your hand, at the end of verse 11. Those are the wonderful, wonderful promises of the Bible in many scriptures, but the one that always comes to my mind when I think about that is the sixth chapter of Romans, verse 12. The heart of Cain wasnt right, it was self-righteous, and the offering, therefore, was not right, either. Unbelievers (or the doomed) reject the Word of God. God Himself, then, slays the first animal to make the first covering to cover the sinner. God takes an innocent animal and slays that animal as a substitute to provide a covering for sinners. Pauline Epistles He hated the fact that Abel was righteous, and the righteous are always a rebuke to the self-righteous. You know, the doomed person can deny his sin all he wants, and we may not see it, but God sees it and knows it. And the same is true in the personal life. Theological foundations are revealed which include God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit, man, sin, redemption, covenant, promise, Satan and angels, kingdom, revelation, Israel, judgment, and blessing. And this, again, is the pattern for the unbeliever, for the lost person. That is the first illustration of the ultimate and only real sacrifice, Jesus Christ, God taking the innocent Son of God, the innocent Jesus Christ, putting Him on the cross, making Him a sacrifice for sinners, and then taking His righteousness to cover the guilty. Interactive Bible study with John Piper. The voice of your brothers blood is crying to me from the ground. The voice of your brothers blood is crying to me from the ground.. Author and Date. He knew it was God speaking to him. God had given him a curse and yet protected him from death, which would have given him an opportunity to say, Im sorry. Then Cain went out from the presence of the Lord and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden. Thats the story of Cain. Please see Blue Letter Bible's Privacy Policy for cookie usage details. Verse 14, Behold, thou hast driven me this day from the face of the ground, and from thy face I shall be hidden, and I shall be a vagrant and a wanderer on the earth. Hes reciting it as if in Gods hearing it, He somehow will reconsider. Pastor John MacArthur tells of reading a book that told of a pastor who had been sent to prison for robbing 14 banks to finance his numerous engagements with prostitutes. You cant grow anything, you dont have any animals. Thirdly, the doomed resent the true people of God. God promised land, descendants (seed), and blessing. Used by permission. Cain did. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select an Ending Point That is the grace that God extends to every reprobate, every ungodly person, every wicked sinner, every unbeliever, every doomed person. The Gospels May they be broken under the grace that postpones their doom. 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Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness. Adam was a believer, as weve learned, Eve was a believer, and this passage indicates to us that Abel was a believer. John MacArthur Sermon:The First Sacrifice (Genesis 3:20-24). Together, they have become useless, none who does good, not even one. Guest. It is the Lord who allows us the privilege of having that life come into our family. Verse 6, The Lord said to Cain, Why are you angry? And so she names her son that one that was made with the help of the Lord. What hopeful beginnings she must have felt in her heart when that first child was born. Theres no other way to understand this than common grace. God then, by willful act and divine Word, spoke all creation into existence, furnished it, and finally breathed life into a lump of dirt which He fashioned in His image to become Adam. Minor Prophets You can copy the order of your preferred Bible translations from the Bibles Tab to the Version Picker (this popup) or vice versa. But he hid it because it sort of wasnt something you paraded around. He is the first unbeliever who ever lived. Error: Passwords should have at least 6 characters, Error: Usernames should only contain letters, numbers, dots, dashes, or underscores. 21, 22 where the eternal kingdom of redeemed believers is gloriously pictured. That is Gods common grace. However, he brought the fruit of the ground, which, apparently, as the text indicates, is unacceptable to God. Every crime committed, every sin committed rises to God, cries to God. Whoever finds me will kill me. They cannot draw anything out of life that matters eternally. Wisdom Literature The Lord then said to Cain, Where is Abel, your brother? And again, remember, God doesnt need information. Verse 10, here we have God as the investigator, first of all, the interrogator. And this sinner rejected the Word of God, just like they all do. He is the classic model of an unconverted, undelivered, unsaved, lost sinner. But in the case of Cain, if you dont do whats right, if you dont embrace true worship, youre going to have a predatory lion crouched at your door your whole life, devouring you. They refuse to listen, they refuse to admit their sin, they inevitably repudiate responsibility. Do not go on presenting the members of your body to sin as instruments of unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those alive from the dead and your members as instruments of righteousness to God. 2:3; 2 Kin. If we come to God, repentant for our sin, embracing the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, then we are triumphant over sin. 22:3). The sinner inevitably runs from the scene of the crime and tries to hide the sin. I love sin, my heart hankers for sin, Im going to plan to sin, and Im going to find my greatest fulfillment in my sin.. He doesnt allow blood revenge. Repent, acknowledge your self-righteousness, acknowledge your hypocrisy, acknowledge the failure to recognize your desperate sinfulness and need of a sacrifice, and then go do whats right. Their feet are swift to shed blood. Cains history is a tragic, tragic story. There must be adults in the world who would kill him. Sermons on Genesis 1-11 byJohn MacArthur Genesis 1:1 The How, Why, and When of Creation -1 Genesis 1:1 The How, Why, and When of Creation - 2 Genesis 1:6-8 Creation Day 2 Genesis 1:9-13 Creation Day 3 Genesis 1:14-19 Creation Day 4 Genesis 1:20-23 Creation Day 5 Genesis 1:24-26 Creation Day 6 - 1 Genesis 1:26-27 Creation Day 6 - 2 Scripture: Genesis 2:18-25. Under Johns leadership, Grace Community Church's two morning worship services fill the 3,500-seat auditorium to capacity. He let him live. Founded in 1969, Grace to You is the nonprofit organization responsible for developing, producing, and distributing Johns books, audio resources, and the Grace to You radio and television programs. Here is the first unbeliever, the original rejecter, the first fool, the first man utterly without God, without hope, without blessing. And you remember that God had already instituted that back in chapter 3, verse 21, when God killed the first animal to make coverings to cover Adam and Eve in their sinful shame. If you do that, your face will be lifted up in joy. General Epistles On the other hand, verse 7, If you do not do well, or if you do not do what is right, you havent seen anything yet. Woe to them, meaning false teachers, who have gone the way of Cain, who have rushed headlong into the error of Balaam and perished in the rebellion of Korah. Then the Lord said to Cain, Why are you angry? Why has your face slumped? 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