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Embarking on the Journey Through Genesis 0:10 Good morning, and welcome to Stand on the Word. Again, happy New Year. Thanks for joining me this morning as we begin a new journey through the word of God today. We're looking at Genesis chapters 4 and 5 where we're0:22 going to cover the rapid descent of mankind from the fall where man was kicked out of the garden to the flood. Verse 7 of chapter 4, if you do well, will you not be accepted? And0:34 if you do not do well, sin lies at the door and its desire is for you, but you should rule over it. So how do you cover 1656 years in 10 minutes? Well,0:46 the answer is you don't, but we're gonna do we're gonna do our best. So chapter 4 here gives us a closer look at the beginning of man starting with Adam and Eve post garden. Chapter 5 gives us0:57 the genealogy from creation to the flood, that is Adam to Noah, which if there are no gaps there, which we believe the scripture is complete, it gives us1:07 1656 years. Now I liken our journey through the bible to a kind of a hike in the mountains. It's not intended to be an exhaustive comprehensive verse by1:19 verse study of God's word. It's in it's designed to encourage you in reading the word of God each day, abiding in the word of God. Now I'm gonna point out, I'm kind of the trail1:31 master, I'm kinda leading us on this journey. I'm gonna point out some of the spectacular sights that we find in the word of God, what I would like into a vista or some remarkable formation1:43 that, I can point out and, and and share that with you. But the key is to read the word of God yourself. If you don't have time to do the reading and watch the video, skip the1:55 video. Read the word of God. And again, pray every time you open the word of God, pray that the Holy Spirit would open your eyes and of understanding, your spiritual eyes, so you'll have the2:06 understanding that he can lead you into the truth of God's word. Now this is a chronological reading, so it's it's broken out chronologically, not as your buy the books of your your bible2:18 are laid out. So I encourage you to get the reading plan. You can find it at f r c dot o r g slash bible. The readings are 10 to 15 minutes a day, so not a lot not a lot to2:29 cover. But here in these first few chapters, we're covering a lot of human history, from the bible, and so we're having to cover a lot of ground. Now there's a few different ways that we can divide the book of2:41 Genesis, and 1 is based upon the genealogies that are presented here. Look at verse 5 chapter, verse 1 chapter 5. This is the book of the genealogy of Adam. In the day that God created man, he2:53 created him in his likeness. Verse 2, he created them male and female and blessed them and called them mankind in the day that they were created. The phrase, this is the book of genealogies, that occurs 93:05 other times here in the book of Genesis, which may indicate, and scholars believe this was the case, that each of the genealogies were individual books. They were accounts3:17 that were used in part, by Moses to compose this book of Genesis. We first see this description or of genealogy or generations in3:29 chapter 2 verse 4. This is the generations or genealogy of the heavens and earth when they were created. Now in total, there are 10 genealogy's,3:41 segments genealogical segments in Genesis. Now these chapters, quite frankly, are this is why we gotta read Genesis, and I encourage you to read it, in its3:52 entirety because these are foundational to our understanding of scripture. In many ways, what we read in the coming 2 years will simply unpack what we're reading here in4:04 these first few days in our, in the book of Genesis. So, again, be sure to reread these daily passages in their entirety. Again, to find the reading4:16 plan, you can go to f r c dot org slash bible. Alright. As we read through the Old Testament, we're going to encounter people, institutions, and events that point to JesusThe Foundations of Self-Government in Cain and Abel 4:29 and God's redemptive work. These are called types. They are designed to foreshadow a later, greater fulfillment. And then, of course, in the New Testament, we see the antitypes, which is the fulfillment4:41 of these types that we see in the Old Testament. Now today, 1 of the things I wanna point out on our journey is there are 4 institutions of government that are established by God that we find in the4:53 bible. We've seen the first, with marriage and family. The others, we're gonna see them later in our journey. It's civil government and church government. But here in chapter 4, we see the foundational5:05 institution of government that's essential to the viability of the other institutions that are ordained by God. It is what has historically made our civil form5:17 of government work in America, and its absence is weakening. And if it's not reversed, will bring the destruction of the other 3 institutions of5:29 government. What am I talking about? Well, let's look. Verse 1, chapter 4. Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, and said, I have acquired a man from the Lord.5:41 Then she bore again this time a brother his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. And in the process of time, it came to pass that Cain brought an offering of of5:53 the fruit of the ground to the Lord. Abel also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat. And the Lord respected Abel and his offering, but he did not respect Cain and6:05 his offering, and Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell. Verse 6, so the Lord said to Cain, why are you angry? And why has your countenance fallen? If you do well, will you6:17 not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin lies at the door and its desire is for you, but you should rule over it. Right? It's6:28 this last portion of this verse that, this last verse that I wanna focus on. But first, let me let me deal with the issue of Cain's offering. Was it the substance of the offering?6:40 Now we assume that there had been some instruction had been given, regarding the offerings required for sin. Now we we will see that later established, but here, we're6:52 assuming that God had, given them some instruction because we read that God continued to communicate with Adam and his offspring. Secondly, God developed7:03 or revealed to them the the the blood sacrifice for the covering of sin when Adam and Eve were expelled from the garden. In Genesis chapter 3 verse 21, it says, also for Adam and his wife, the7:15 lord made tunics of skin and clothed them. See, god did not make the clothing from the wool, but from the skin. Blood had to be shed for the covering of sin. So we we see7:27 that all the way from the very beginning as a type woven through scripture all the way to the cross. Now Abel presented a blood offering for sin, while Cain presented grain7:39 or fruit offering, which is later identified as a thanksgiving offering, but not a covering for sin. Hebrews 4 or Hebrews 11 4 reads, by faith,7:51 Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts, and through it being dead8:02 still he speaks. Alright. The issue was that Cain was not operating in faith, acknowledging his sin and the need for atonement. Now this brings me to the 18:14 truth that I wanna focus on from this really treasure trove that we find here in this chapter so much here. But again, look at verse 7. If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well,8:26 sin lies at the door and its desire is for you, but you should rule over it. Cain's challenge, right, was not his environment. Right? He was living in the same8:38 neighborhood as his brother Abel. The choices he made were not his parents' fault. He had the same mom and dad as Abel. The choice was his. He had to choose what he was going to do. Now he8:50 could not blame his environment, as important as environment is, nor could he rationalize the sin as the consequence of bad parents, although they didn't set the best example for him. It was his and his alone. This is9:02 what we call self government, and it's what's required. God requires this about self government, closing the door on sin, the sin of self desire, and of our9:13 own will and yielding in humble obedience to god. Sin or Satan's desire is for us, but we must take dominion over it.9:25 How? Well, we must choose to follow god and to obey him. It is our choice, and this is called self government. Everything else rests upon it. The family9:37 doesn't work unless there is self government. The father, who is the 1 who is to lead the family, if he doesn't have have self government, family government's not gonna work. And and and civil government,9:49 if individuals in fact, John Adams, the second president of the United States, said that if we have our laws are made for a moral and a religious people, they are10:01 wholly inadequate for the government of any other. And so that's self government. Same is true in the church. We we have to have self government. We have to govern ourselves according to the word of10:12 God. Genesis 4 10 says this, and he said, what have you done? The voice of your brother's blood cries out to me from the ground. So now you are cursed from the earth, which has opened its mouth toJustice, the Curse, and the Redemptive Line to Noah 10:24 receive your brother's blood from your hand. The blood of Abel was crying out from the ground. So what was it crying out for? It was crying out for justice. I I I and and I want you to think about that for just a10:36 moment. As I was reading through this, it it struck me. What is God hearing from the earth today? In human terms, I would think it would be difficult for God to hear the prayers of his people over the10:48 cries of the blood soaked earth pleading for justice. And by the way, we're gonna see in our journey through the bible that justice is a non negotiable with God.11:00 Justice is at the heart of what God demands, and it's why someone had to pay the penalty for our sin, and that someone was Jesus. Also notice that Adam and Eve's sin brought a curse upon the11:12 earth, but Cain's sin of murder brought an additional curse upon himself. Now the remainder of this chapter gives the genealogy of Cain, but then it transitions11:24 to Seth as we go into chapter 5. Abel was the firstborn. He would have been the chosen seed of the redemptive line of God's plan. It may be, and I think this probably was the case,11:35 that Satan discerned that God had already begun his redemptive plan. And as we're gonna see throughout the Bible, Satan uses murder to try and stop11:47 God's salvation plan. Cain is disqualified morally and spiritually, so Seth is born to Adam, and his line takes up. Alright. Verse 1, chapter 5. This is the book11:59 of the genealogy of Adam in the day that God created man. He made him in the likeness of God. He created them male and female and blessed them and called them mankind in the day that they were created.12:11 Again, in case we missed it the first time, God created 2 genders, male and female. Verse 3. And Adam lived 130 years and begot a son in his own12:22 likeness after his image and named him Seth. Now let me stop here for just a moment. Adam was created in the image of god. We see that there's this discussion or12:34 this description here given that he was in his own image after in his own likeness after his image. Now he still mankind bears the12:46 image of god, but now he takes on the sinful nature of his father, Adam. And so as as Adam was the the the father of mankind,12:58 the first Adam, of course, we see Jesus as the second Adam, we're gonna see that in the New Testament, that mankind took on the nature, the fallen nature. Still created, still bears the image of god, created in his13:10 likeness, but we also carried the image of our earthly father, Adam, that fallen nature. After he begot Seth, the days of Adam were 800 years, and he had sons and daughters. We don't know how many other sons and13:21 daughters he had, but assuming, as he lived, 800 years, he had a lot of kids, and that's how the earth was populated so rapidly. The rest of the chapter covers the13:33 generations from the creation to the flood. Again, that's 1656 years. Seth becomes the line that will lead to Jesus. In fact, it is found in the genealogy of Jesus13:45 in Luke chapter 3. Verse 28, Lamech lived 182 years and had a son. And he called his name Noah, saying, this 1 will comfort us concerning our13:57 work in the toil of our hands because of the ground which the Lord had cursed. Lamech was of the faithful line of Seth. Now this is a prophetic word that he's given. Did God14:09 give him that word to speak? You know, we don't know, but he spoke of rest and relief for man from the curse through his son Noah, and that did happen in both preserving14:21 the line of Seth and using Noah as a type of the deliverance that god would provide for his people. And again, we're gonna see this this type again. Verse 30,14:33 after he beg begot Noah, Lamech lived 595 years and had sons and daughters. And so we don't read of the entire family that they had, but rather we see14:45 the line that is chosen that is going to be the line that leads to Christ. Because the thread that ties all of the word of God together is the redemptive plan of God.14:57 Just note that Lamech died 5 years before the the flood took place when Noah built the ark and, he was 600 years old when the flood came.15:09 Father, we thank you for your word, and we thank you, father, for your goodness, for your mercy, and for your grace. And and again, we ask for the Holy Spirit to open our eyes and understanding as we journey through your15:20 word that, lord, we would know and understand how to apply the truths of your word to our lives in this world in which we're living. We thank you, father, for your word,15:32 and we pray this in Jesus' name. Amen. Alright. Thanks for for joining me this morning, and, join me again tomorrow as we continue our journey through Genesis. Until next time, keep standing15:44 on the word.15:47 Today's study comes from the Stand on the Word Bible Reading Plan available for free at f r c dot o r g slash bible. By following along in just a few minutes a day, you15:59 can read through the entire Bible in just 2 years. Learn more and request the free reading guide at frc dot org slash bible.In this video 0:00 Embarking on the Journey Through Genesis4:19 The Foundations of Self-Government in Cain and Abel10:13 Justice, the Curse, and the Redemptive Line to Noah
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