WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.480 Again to Genesis 4. 00:00:03.560 --> 00:00:07.500 If you are at Swansea, we are continuing our series. 00:00:07.500 --> 00:00:08.140 ! 00:00:08.140 --> 00:00:11.700 If you weren't in Swansea, go ask someone in Swansea what they learnt. 00:00:14.200 --> 00:00:15.200 ! 00:00:15.200 --> 00:00:15.220 Genesis 4. 00:00:19.480 --> 00:00:22.400 A man named McAllister Hull. 00:00:23.120 --> 00:00:27.560 He was one of the American physicists who helped develop the atomic bomb 00:00:27.559 --> 00:00:33.000 that was eventually dropped over the Japanese city of Nagasaki in 1945. 00:00:34.000 --> 00:00:40.759 And when the bomb dropped and detonated, it killed around 40,000 people in an instant. 00:00:42.539 --> 00:00:46.200 And McAllister Hull, he was interviewed years later in 1995. 00:00:47.140 --> 00:00:53.039 And he was asked, what was it like for you as soon as the bomb dropped? 00:00:54.120 --> 00:00:57.539 What are your reflections on that moment as soon as the bomb dropped? 00:00:58.520 --> 00:01:00.679 And he said this in the interview. 00:01:01.560 --> 00:01:07.740 He said, immediately, both of us who knew the score began to think, 00:01:08.719 --> 00:01:10.560 okay, what have we done? 00:01:11.280 --> 00:01:12.020 What have we done? 00:01:14.020 --> 00:01:17.620 And it's that same thought, that same question, 00:01:18.359 --> 00:01:21.359 that is lingering in the air after Genesis 3. 00:01:21.359 --> 00:01:26.819 Adam has just eaten of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. 00:01:27.599 --> 00:01:30.299 He severed mankind's relationship with God. 00:01:31.039 --> 00:01:33.719 He's brought sin and death into this world. 00:01:33.840 --> 00:01:36.420 God has cursed this world and humanity, 00:01:36.980 --> 00:01:39.120 thrown Adam and Eve out of the garden, 00:01:39.500 --> 00:01:42.159 out of his presence, east of Eden, and shut the door. 00:01:42.159 --> 00:01:45.819 And now the question lingers in the air. 00:01:46.539 --> 00:01:47.640 What have we done? 00:01:49.399 --> 00:01:51.359 What is the world like now? 00:01:51.459 --> 00:01:52.859 What is humanity like now? 00:01:53.200 --> 00:01:57.379 What's going to be the fallout of this bomb that Adam's detonated? 00:01:59.060 --> 00:02:02.599 And Genesis 4 to 11, it's here to answer that question. 00:02:03.719 --> 00:02:04.620 What have we done? 00:02:04.700 --> 00:02:06.420 What is the world like now? 00:02:06.420 --> 00:02:11.280 As Adam and Eve are thrown out of the garden to the east of Eden, 00:02:12.460 --> 00:02:18.360 Genesis 4 onwards, it's here to show us what life is like east of Eden. 00:02:19.479 --> 00:02:21.920 What the world, what humanity is now like. 00:02:22.180 --> 00:02:24.439 And that is deeply relevant for us now. 00:02:25.259 --> 00:02:28.680 Because we are still east of Eden. 00:02:30.099 --> 00:02:35.580 And so these chapters are an insight into what we are now east of Eden. 00:02:36.419 --> 00:02:38.799 What sin is like, what the world is like. 00:02:39.839 --> 00:02:42.719 And so if Adam detonated a sin bomb, 00:02:43.439 --> 00:02:46.659 then it's like this whole world has become radioactive. 00:02:48.119 --> 00:02:51.879 And Genesis 4 to 11, it's like a guide showing you 00:02:51.879 --> 00:02:54.419 how to dodge the radiation of this world. 00:02:56.479 --> 00:02:58.939 And so as we go through these chapters over the next few weeks, 00:02:59.019 --> 00:03:00.719 I want you to be like a detective. 00:03:01.699 --> 00:03:04.159 And I want you to get your magnifying glass out. 00:03:04.159 --> 00:03:08.919 And I want you to spot what these chapters have to say about sin. 00:03:10.819 --> 00:03:12.979 But that's not the only thing that we should look out for. 00:03:13.400 --> 00:03:15.900 Radiation isn't the only thing we should expect after the fall. 00:03:16.000 --> 00:03:18.859 Because chapter 3, it ends with a promise. 00:03:19.759 --> 00:03:21.359 Look back to Genesis 3.15. 00:03:21.919 --> 00:03:23.419 Just Genesis 3.15. 00:03:24.979 --> 00:03:29.240 God, he promises something to the serpent, to Satan. 00:03:29.240 --> 00:03:33.640 He says, I will put enmity between you and the woman, 00:03:34.400 --> 00:03:36.620 between your offspring and her offspring. 00:03:36.980 --> 00:03:40.320 He shall bruise your head and you shall bruise his heel. 00:03:41.980 --> 00:03:44.920 This is God's promise to Satan and to us 00:03:44.920 --> 00:03:50.060 that this world won't be completely consumed by sin. 00:03:51.340 --> 00:03:54.460 Radiation won't completely wipe out this world. 00:03:54.460 --> 00:03:58.980 Humanity is not going to be completely abandoned by God. 00:03:59.500 --> 00:04:02.180 Yes, as we leave this garden and as we head east, 00:04:02.480 --> 00:04:06.480 yes, we go ahead into this world, into our lives with sin, 00:04:07.100 --> 00:04:10.780 but we also go with God's promise. 00:04:12.240 --> 00:04:17.560 A promise that God will put enmity between Satan and the woman. 00:04:17.900 --> 00:04:20.900 A promise that they won't be friends. 00:04:20.899 --> 00:04:24.899 Instead, she's going to be friends with God. 00:04:26.699 --> 00:04:30.599 And also, do you see, God promises that there'll be two families in this world. 00:04:31.339 --> 00:04:33.539 The offspring, the children of Satan, 00:04:34.299 --> 00:04:36.500 and the offspring, the children of Eve. 00:04:37.859 --> 00:04:39.019 Two families. 00:04:39.839 --> 00:04:43.979 And God promises that these two families are going to be at war. 00:04:45.459 --> 00:04:46.079 Do you see? 00:04:46.079 --> 00:04:50.799 I will put enmity between your offspring and her offspring. 00:04:50.899 --> 00:04:53.719 Now, the offspring of Satan, 00:04:54.399 --> 00:04:57.560 this isn't talking about little demons running around this world. 00:04:58.219 --> 00:05:02.120 No, this is talking about humans who will follow Satan. 00:05:03.099 --> 00:05:05.259 It's talking about unbelievers. 00:05:06.839 --> 00:05:08.819 That's what Jesus calls those who reject him. 00:05:08.859 --> 00:05:11.599 He says, you are of your father, the devil. 00:05:13.359 --> 00:05:14.620 And Paul says this in Ephesians. 00:05:14.679 --> 00:05:16.199 Do you remember when we were in Ephesians? 00:05:16.299 --> 00:05:20.719 Before conversion, we are following the world, the flesh, and the devil. 00:05:20.720 --> 00:05:24.000 And here in Genesis 3.15, 00:05:24.360 --> 00:05:26.500 God promises that there will be a family, 00:05:26.980 --> 00:05:28.720 a group of people in this world, 00:05:29.020 --> 00:05:32.260 who in their unbelief will belong to Satan. 00:05:34.080 --> 00:05:36.460 Which shouldn't be a surprise after the fall. 00:05:37.640 --> 00:05:38.860 But what is a surprise, 00:05:39.640 --> 00:05:42.760 is that God promises another family. 00:05:42.759 --> 00:05:45.680 The offspring of the woman. 00:05:46.399 --> 00:05:48.959 And that family, that group of people, 00:05:49.079 --> 00:05:51.159 will have enmity, opposition, 00:05:51.939 --> 00:05:53.219 against Satan's family. 00:05:54.480 --> 00:05:58.339 This is a promise that there will be believers in this world. 00:05:59.019 --> 00:06:01.420 People who are friends with God. 00:06:01.420 --> 00:06:06.420 And that family is going to be at war with Satan's family. 00:06:07.500 --> 00:06:09.620 Two families at war in this world. 00:06:09.939 --> 00:06:14.439 That this is the promise that God will build his church. 00:06:14.439 --> 00:06:17.920 And on top of that, 00:06:18.719 --> 00:06:20.719 God promises, did you see, 00:06:21.180 --> 00:06:24.079 that through Eve, through this believing family, 00:06:25.079 --> 00:06:26.800 there will come one offspring. 00:06:27.839 --> 00:06:30.139 One child, one man, a son. 00:06:30.860 --> 00:06:34.040 And he will come to bruise Satan's head. 00:06:34.439 --> 00:06:35.279 To crush him. 00:06:36.639 --> 00:06:39.240 A son to end evil in this world. 00:06:39.500 --> 00:06:41.699 He shall bruise your head, Satan. 00:06:41.699 --> 00:06:45.779 This is God's promise to have a people. 00:06:46.779 --> 00:06:49.399 And from that people, there will be a son. 00:06:50.079 --> 00:06:52.560 And that son will save the world. 00:06:54.279 --> 00:06:57.500 And so we leave Genesis 3 on a cliffhanger. 00:06:58.480 --> 00:07:01.099 Who is this son going to be? 00:07:02.240 --> 00:07:03.759 And when is he coming? 00:07:05.159 --> 00:07:07.459 And so, yes, we enter Genesis 4. 00:07:07.939 --> 00:07:10.000 We head into the east of Eden, 00:07:10.000 --> 00:07:12.240 and asking, what have we done? 00:07:13.339 --> 00:07:15.560 But we also go out asking, 00:07:15.879 --> 00:07:18.439 but what is God about to do? 00:07:20.160 --> 00:07:22.480 And so the story we're in now in Genesis, 00:07:22.720 --> 00:07:25.720 it's the story of sin and a son. 00:07:27.000 --> 00:07:29.779 We are to enter these chapters and head east 00:07:29.779 --> 00:07:31.939 with our magnifying glass out, 00:07:32.259 --> 00:07:33.519 looking for two things, 00:07:33.879 --> 00:07:35.639 sin and a son. 00:07:35.639 --> 00:07:38.439 What have we done? 00:07:38.599 --> 00:07:39.699 What is sin like? 00:07:40.939 --> 00:07:42.500 And what is God about to do? 00:07:43.399 --> 00:07:44.639 Where is this son? 00:07:46.439 --> 00:07:48.500 So if you want to understand what this world is, 00:07:48.579 --> 00:07:49.139 who we are, 00:07:49.399 --> 00:07:51.360 what God is doing here in history, 00:07:52.259 --> 00:07:54.000 then listen closely to Genesis. 00:07:55.899 --> 00:07:58.120 And so let's leave the gates of the Garden of Eden, 00:07:58.259 --> 00:07:58.860 head east, 00:07:59.579 --> 00:08:01.279 with our magnifying glasses out, 00:08:01.839 --> 00:08:03.240 looking out for those two things, 00:08:03.240 --> 00:08:04.360 and let's see what we find. 00:08:05.400 --> 00:08:07.040 And the first thing we come across 00:08:07.040 --> 00:08:10.879 is that God is doing just as he promised. 00:08:12.040 --> 00:08:14.860 God is creating two families. 00:08:16.519 --> 00:08:17.720 That's my first point today. 00:08:17.780 --> 00:08:19.160 God is creating two families. 00:08:20.920 --> 00:08:23.639 So we're expecting sin and a son. 00:08:25.060 --> 00:08:26.840 And how does Genesis 4 begin? 00:08:27.019 --> 00:08:27.980 It's a promising start. 00:08:28.860 --> 00:08:30.280 There's a son, verse 1. 00:08:30.279 --> 00:08:32.939 Now Adam knew Eve, his wife, 00:08:33.000 --> 00:08:35.259 and she conceived and bore Cain. 00:08:36.939 --> 00:08:39.699 And Eve knows that this is no ordinary birth. 00:08:40.459 --> 00:08:41.120 She says, 00:08:41.220 --> 00:08:43.559 I've produced a man with the help of the Lord. 00:08:44.559 --> 00:08:47.059 She has this promise in her mind 00:08:47.059 --> 00:08:49.919 that this is a woman clinging to God's promise. 00:08:50.679 --> 00:08:52.600 And as she holds her son, 00:08:53.000 --> 00:08:55.740 she knows God is keeping his promise. 00:08:55.740 --> 00:08:59.320 But there's also another son, verse 2, 00:08:59.740 --> 00:09:00.060 Abel. 00:09:01.100 --> 00:09:02.480 Two sons, Cain and Abel. 00:09:03.960 --> 00:09:05.700 So if we have our magnifying glasses, 00:09:06.500 --> 00:09:07.539 and we're looking for a son, 00:09:07.759 --> 00:09:09.759 then this is a promising start east of Eden. 00:09:10.960 --> 00:09:13.360 Maybe, maybe the serpent crusher is here. 00:09:14.940 --> 00:09:16.180 But we see 00:09:16.180 --> 00:09:18.799 these brothers aren't alike. 00:09:20.060 --> 00:09:22.259 There's a deep difference between them. 00:09:22.259 --> 00:09:23.439 And that difference, 00:09:23.740 --> 00:09:25.620 it shows up in worship. 00:09:27.120 --> 00:09:27.779 So Cain, 00:09:28.120 --> 00:09:29.740 he's a fruit and vegetable farmer. 00:09:30.539 --> 00:09:31.179 And Abel, 00:09:31.639 --> 00:09:32.439 he's a shepherd. 00:09:32.860 --> 00:09:33.500 He's got sheep. 00:09:34.779 --> 00:09:35.960 And we see, 00:09:36.379 --> 00:09:37.439 even from the beginning, 00:09:38.240 --> 00:09:40.120 humanity is worshipping God. 00:09:41.240 --> 00:09:44.379 These two sons bring offering sacrifices to the Lord. 00:09:45.100 --> 00:09:46.220 Cain brings his fruits, 00:09:46.879 --> 00:09:48.980 and Abel brings the best of his sheep. 00:09:48.980 --> 00:09:53.840 But the Lord isn't happy with one of them, 00:09:54.019 --> 00:09:54.460 verse 4. 00:09:55.800 --> 00:09:58.480 And the Lord had regard for Abel and his offering. 00:09:59.440 --> 00:10:00.800 But for Cain and his offering, 00:10:00.940 --> 00:10:02.100 he had no regard. 00:10:03.620 --> 00:10:05.580 The Lord delights in Abel, 00:10:06.600 --> 00:10:07.899 but Cain he isn't happy with. 00:10:09.399 --> 00:10:11.740 Now, we aren't told why here explicitly, 00:10:11.960 --> 00:10:12.980 but the New Testament, 00:10:13.100 --> 00:10:14.080 it gives us an insight. 00:10:15.159 --> 00:10:16.759 The book of Hebrews says this, 00:10:17.039 --> 00:10:17.960 about Cain and Abel. 00:10:18.960 --> 00:10:19.340 It says, 00:10:19.460 --> 00:10:20.280 by faith, 00:10:21.200 --> 00:10:22.519 Abel offered to God 00:10:22.519 --> 00:10:25.280 a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain. 00:10:27.220 --> 00:10:29.700 The difference is not that one brother 00:10:29.700 --> 00:10:30.980 is more impressive than the other. 00:10:31.740 --> 00:10:34.720 Abel isn't more likable than Cain in God's eyes. 00:10:34.840 --> 00:10:37.139 Abel hasn't earned God's favour in some way. 00:10:37.220 --> 00:10:37.420 No. 00:10:37.940 --> 00:10:39.100 The difference, 00:10:39.740 --> 00:10:40.360 the key, 00:10:40.740 --> 00:10:41.500 is faith. 00:10:43.180 --> 00:10:45.019 One son trusts in the Lord, 00:10:45.160 --> 00:10:46.220 knows that God is worthy, 00:10:46.220 --> 00:10:48.960 knows that the Lord is to be feared and served, 00:10:49.200 --> 00:10:50.340 and the other son doesn't. 00:10:52.240 --> 00:10:54.139 And you can even see that in their offerings. 00:10:54.320 --> 00:10:54.899 Did you notice, 00:10:55.040 --> 00:10:55.440 Abel, 00:10:55.940 --> 00:10:57.960 he offers his firstborn sheep, 00:10:58.960 --> 00:11:00.560 the most precious of his animals, 00:11:00.940 --> 00:11:01.940 the best of his meat, 00:11:02.000 --> 00:11:03.060 the fattest bits. 00:11:04.259 --> 00:11:05.660 But look what it says Cain brings. 00:11:06.160 --> 00:11:06.980 It just says, 00:11:07.820 --> 00:11:09.920 an offering of the fruit of the ground. 00:11:09.919 --> 00:11:13.399 It's not the best he has. 00:11:14.579 --> 00:11:17.000 There's no mention of anything special here. 00:11:17.500 --> 00:11:19.860 It's like Cain kind of rummages around in his stock, 00:11:20.019 --> 00:11:21.459 around just trying to find something. 00:11:21.719 --> 00:11:22.099 Oh yeah, 00:11:22.199 --> 00:11:22.919 here you go God, 00:11:23.219 --> 00:11:24.179 that there's something I've got. 00:11:24.240 --> 00:11:24.360 Yeah, 00:11:24.399 --> 00:11:25.120 there's a bit of fruit. 00:11:26.779 --> 00:11:28.120 And the Lord isn't happy. 00:11:29.979 --> 00:11:32.279 And not because God is happy with a leg of lamb, 00:11:32.339 --> 00:11:33.279 rather than with apples. 00:11:33.279 --> 00:11:33.519 No, 00:11:33.620 --> 00:11:37.539 it's because one son worships with faith, 00:11:38.579 --> 00:11:39.679 and the other doesn't. 00:11:41.220 --> 00:11:43.000 One loves the Lord, 00:11:43.360 --> 00:11:45.220 and thinks he's worthy of everything, 00:11:45.379 --> 00:11:46.480 and trusts in his God, 00:11:46.740 --> 00:11:47.679 and the other doesn't. 00:11:49.439 --> 00:11:50.980 And the difference in their offerings, 00:11:51.120 --> 00:11:52.980 it just reflects that faith. 00:11:54.959 --> 00:11:55.439 And so, 00:11:55.579 --> 00:11:56.519 five verses in, 00:11:56.559 --> 00:11:57.159 and we see, 00:11:58.059 --> 00:12:01.159 God's promise is already coming true. 00:12:01.159 --> 00:12:03.539 We see, 00:12:03.699 --> 00:12:06.519 God is creating two types of people here, 00:12:06.819 --> 00:12:07.159 two families, 00:12:08.559 --> 00:12:09.799 a family of faith, 00:12:10.339 --> 00:12:11.579 and a family of unbelief. 00:12:13.419 --> 00:12:16.620 And this is how the world is divided east of Eden. 00:12:17.740 --> 00:12:19.839 There are those who know God is worthy, 00:12:21.120 --> 00:12:24.100 who know it is a good thing to serve him, 00:12:25.279 --> 00:12:27.339 who know God is so great, 00:12:27.419 --> 00:12:28.639 he demands my soul, 00:12:28.779 --> 00:12:29.179 my life, 00:12:29.279 --> 00:12:29.779 my all. 00:12:29.980 --> 00:12:30.939 Abel knew that. 00:12:32.120 --> 00:12:33.860 And there are those who think, 00:12:34.819 --> 00:12:36.279 how they live before God, 00:12:36.360 --> 00:12:37.679 how they approach him, 00:12:38.579 --> 00:12:39.959 what they give to him, 00:12:40.860 --> 00:12:42.240 they think it doesn't matter. 00:12:43.980 --> 00:12:45.860 That God should be happy, 00:12:46.279 --> 00:12:47.659 with whatever we do, 00:12:47.719 --> 00:12:48.779 and however we live. 00:12:49.779 --> 00:12:52.819 Even if we just give him the scraps of our life, 00:12:53.379 --> 00:12:54.179 that's Cain. 00:12:54.179 --> 00:12:58.259 And that's the unbelief of this world. 00:12:59.859 --> 00:13:02.279 People are existing before God, 00:13:02.399 --> 00:13:02.959 and thinking, 00:13:03.479 --> 00:13:05.199 God should be happy with them, 00:13:05.419 --> 00:13:06.479 just the way they are. 00:13:07.479 --> 00:13:09.439 They don't think about him, 00:13:09.519 --> 00:13:10.339 or love him, 00:13:10.599 --> 00:13:12.239 or give him the time of day, 00:13:12.799 --> 00:13:14.459 but they give him scraps. 00:13:14.460 --> 00:13:17.800 And God isn't happy. 00:13:19.259 --> 00:13:22.060 Because God doesn't want your scraps. 00:13:23.580 --> 00:13:25.460 He wants your heart. 00:13:25.460 --> 00:13:29.259 He wants you to have faith in him. 00:13:30.160 --> 00:13:32.540 God delights when you have faith in him. 00:13:34.420 --> 00:13:36.180 And so it should make us think, 00:13:36.179 --> 00:13:40.699 am I giving God the best of my life? 00:13:41.859 --> 00:13:44.000 Or am I giving him my scraps? 00:13:46.359 --> 00:13:48.219 And how does Cain react to all this? 00:13:48.279 --> 00:13:48.759 Verse 5. 00:13:50.279 --> 00:13:51.279 He's fuming. 00:13:52.519 --> 00:13:53.639 He hates it. 00:13:53.639 --> 00:13:56.580 He hates that God isn't happy with him. 00:13:56.919 --> 00:13:59.439 He hates that he can't approach God how he wants. 00:13:59.659 --> 00:14:02.360 He hates that God deserves so much. 00:14:02.699 --> 00:14:04.340 He hates that Abel's right with God, 00:14:04.399 --> 00:14:05.080 but he isn't. 00:14:05.980 --> 00:14:07.220 And he's fuming. 00:14:07.399 --> 00:14:10.059 He's filled with anger and jealousy. 00:14:12.000 --> 00:14:14.639 And God asks him a piercing question. 00:14:15.860 --> 00:14:16.360 Why? 00:14:16.360 --> 00:14:19.679 Why are you so angry, Cain? 00:14:20.879 --> 00:14:22.819 Why are you so angry with me 00:14:22.820 --> 00:14:24.420 and with your believing brother? 00:14:25.780 --> 00:14:27.620 Come on, if you just trusted me, 00:14:27.760 --> 00:14:29.240 you'll always be accepted. 00:14:30.360 --> 00:14:31.560 Why are you so angry? 00:14:33.200 --> 00:14:35.440 It's a probing question to unbelief. 00:14:36.879 --> 00:14:38.740 It's a bit like, have you heard this? 00:14:38.900 --> 00:14:41.080 You know when an unbeliever gets so angry 00:14:41.080 --> 00:14:43.100 about the idea they're going to hell, 00:14:43.820 --> 00:14:45.720 even though they don't believe in it. 00:14:46.780 --> 00:14:47.580 It's like that. 00:14:47.680 --> 00:14:48.780 Why are you so angry? 00:14:49.980 --> 00:14:51.820 What's going on in your heart there? 00:14:53.780 --> 00:14:55.780 Well, God provides the answer to that. 00:14:56.900 --> 00:15:00.060 He tells Cain what's really going on inside of him. 00:15:00.120 --> 00:15:00.620 Verse 7. 00:15:02.560 --> 00:15:04.340 Sin is crouching at the door. 00:15:05.560 --> 00:15:07.280 Its desire is for you, 00:15:07.379 --> 00:15:09.240 but you must rule over it. 00:15:10.800 --> 00:15:12.060 Why is Cain so angry, 00:15:12.160 --> 00:15:13.120 so angry with God? 00:15:14.379 --> 00:15:15.660 It's sin. 00:15:15.659 --> 00:15:19.459 And do you see the picture God gives? 00:15:19.959 --> 00:15:21.240 Sin is like a beast. 00:15:21.399 --> 00:15:22.860 Sin is like a monster. 00:15:23.939 --> 00:15:27.079 A crouching monster ready to pounce. 00:15:28.100 --> 00:15:31.100 Ready to devour and tear apart. 00:15:31.620 --> 00:15:34.839 And it's crouching just by your front door. 00:15:34.840 --> 00:15:39.139 So if your life in your heart is like a home, 00:15:40.060 --> 00:15:41.399 the monster of sin, 00:15:41.580 --> 00:15:44.180 it's crouching just at the door, 00:15:44.600 --> 00:15:47.660 ready to sneak in and devour you. 00:15:47.659 --> 00:15:50.039 And it's desire, 00:15:50.240 --> 00:15:50.839 it's appetite, 00:15:51.339 --> 00:15:53.139 is for you. 00:15:55.379 --> 00:15:56.639 And so in this world, 00:15:56.719 --> 00:15:57.240 east of Eden, 00:15:58.179 --> 00:15:59.939 this is what life is like now. 00:16:01.299 --> 00:16:03.659 That there is a powerful force. 00:16:04.299 --> 00:16:06.620 That there's a monster at play in this world. 00:16:07.539 --> 00:16:08.860 But it's not out there. 00:16:09.799 --> 00:16:12.399 It's not a talking serpent out there anymore. 00:16:12.639 --> 00:16:14.679 No, it's in here. 00:16:16.319 --> 00:16:18.799 Sin is crouching at the door 00:16:18.799 --> 00:16:20.959 of each and every heart here. 00:16:23.279 --> 00:16:25.100 When Bethany and I lived in America, 00:16:25.879 --> 00:16:28.279 we went on holiday to the mountains 00:16:28.279 --> 00:16:29.139 in North Carolina. 00:16:29.919 --> 00:16:31.620 And the one thing that we were told 00:16:31.620 --> 00:16:33.579 to watch out for is bears. 00:16:34.340 --> 00:16:35.579 If you're going hiking, 00:16:36.100 --> 00:16:37.279 watch out for bears. 00:16:37.480 --> 00:16:39.159 The one thing you do not mess with 00:16:39.159 --> 00:16:40.240 is a bear. 00:16:40.240 --> 00:16:42.659 Well, this is like, 00:16:42.940 --> 00:16:44.200 God is telling us, 00:16:44.759 --> 00:16:46.500 as we head out of the garden, 00:16:47.220 --> 00:16:48.940 as we live east of Eden, 00:16:50.039 --> 00:16:51.360 this is the one thing 00:16:51.360 --> 00:16:52.500 you need to watch out for. 00:16:53.039 --> 00:16:55.299 Sin is crouching at your door. 00:16:57.820 --> 00:16:58.680 And so God says, 00:16:59.139 --> 00:17:00.659 you must rule over sin. 00:17:01.779 --> 00:17:04.359 Otherwise, it will rule over you. 00:17:06.460 --> 00:17:08.200 Because when you let it in, 00:17:09.000 --> 00:17:09.920 look at Cain. 00:17:10.960 --> 00:17:12.460 It becomes anger 00:17:12.460 --> 00:17:13.819 and jealousy 00:17:13.819 --> 00:17:14.660 and bitterness 00:17:14.660 --> 00:17:16.359 and it devours you. 00:17:17.900 --> 00:17:19.599 And we can see that in our lives. 00:17:19.700 --> 00:17:21.039 We saw it this morning with Naomi. 00:17:21.440 --> 00:17:22.640 You start grumbling. 00:17:23.640 --> 00:17:24.960 You open the door 00:17:24.960 --> 00:17:26.920 to a little bit of that grumbling 00:17:26.920 --> 00:17:29.180 and sin pounces in, 00:17:29.500 --> 00:17:30.380 devours you, 00:17:30.559 --> 00:17:31.559 and before you know it, 00:17:31.559 --> 00:17:32.460 your whole life 00:17:32.460 --> 00:17:33.940 becomes a life of complaining 00:17:33.940 --> 00:17:35.700 and bitterness 00:17:35.700 --> 00:17:37.099 and anger towards God. 00:17:37.099 --> 00:17:41.039 You let one lustful thought in. 00:17:41.119 --> 00:17:41.980 You entertain that. 00:17:42.079 --> 00:17:43.439 You welcome that through the door. 00:17:44.259 --> 00:17:46.079 And it takes over your mind 00:17:46.079 --> 00:17:47.740 and it's all you can think about 00:17:47.740 --> 00:17:48.240 all day. 00:17:48.240 --> 00:17:52.039 And so as we head east, 00:17:52.660 --> 00:17:54.200 what have we done? 00:17:54.920 --> 00:17:55.960 This is what we've done. 00:17:55.960 --> 00:17:59.319 This is the human heart now. 00:18:01.259 --> 00:18:02.920 And so pick up your magnifying glass. 00:18:03.819 --> 00:18:04.700 We find a son, 00:18:04.819 --> 00:18:05.420 two sons. 00:18:06.120 --> 00:18:07.299 It's a promising start. 00:18:07.299 --> 00:18:10.059 But we also find a monster, 00:18:10.480 --> 00:18:10.759 sin. 00:18:12.319 --> 00:18:13.639 And that monster 00:18:13.639 --> 00:18:15.240 has devoured 00:18:15.240 --> 00:18:16.139 one of the sons. 00:18:17.980 --> 00:18:19.799 God has created two families, 00:18:19.899 --> 00:18:20.799 a family of faith 00:18:20.799 --> 00:18:22.399 and a family of unbelief. 00:18:22.759 --> 00:18:23.819 And as we go on, 00:18:24.079 --> 00:18:25.480 we find east of Eden, 00:18:26.680 --> 00:18:28.779 not only do these two families exist, 00:18:28.940 --> 00:18:30.299 but these two families 00:18:30.299 --> 00:18:31.599 are at war. 00:18:32.460 --> 00:18:33.539 That's my second point today. 00:18:33.579 --> 00:18:34.399 These two families 00:18:34.399 --> 00:18:35.200 are at war. 00:18:35.200 --> 00:18:37.200 So remember, 00:18:37.880 --> 00:18:39.440 God promises conflicts 00:18:39.440 --> 00:18:40.720 between these two families. 00:18:41.620 --> 00:18:42.620 And this is what we see 00:18:42.620 --> 00:18:44.120 because what happens next, 00:18:44.319 --> 00:18:44.860 verse 8, 00:18:46.240 --> 00:18:48.140 Cain meets Abel in a field, 00:18:49.400 --> 00:18:50.620 rises up against Abel 00:18:50.620 --> 00:18:52.840 and kills him. 00:18:54.860 --> 00:18:56.519 Sin really does devour, doesn't it? 00:18:57.720 --> 00:19:00.259 It began with an angry thought 00:19:00.259 --> 00:19:02.360 and it ends with blood 00:19:02.360 --> 00:19:03.180 spilled in a field. 00:19:05.200 --> 00:19:06.360 If you, kids, 00:19:06.440 --> 00:19:07.620 if you went to Holiday Bible Club, 00:19:08.180 --> 00:19:09.559 do you remember one of the lessons? 00:19:10.500 --> 00:19:11.340 Wrong thoughts 00:19:11.340 --> 00:19:13.279 lead to wrong words 00:19:13.279 --> 00:19:14.720 and wrong actions. 00:19:15.840 --> 00:19:17.059 This is exactly 00:19:17.059 --> 00:19:17.860 what happened with Cain. 00:19:19.160 --> 00:19:20.600 From an angry thought 00:19:20.600 --> 00:19:22.340 to the first murder 00:19:22.340 --> 00:19:23.059 in human history. 00:19:23.059 --> 00:19:25.779 And so, 00:19:25.899 --> 00:19:27.679 this is a stark warning 00:19:27.679 --> 00:19:28.179 to us. 00:19:29.839 --> 00:19:30.919 If you are angry 00:19:30.919 --> 00:19:31.940 with someone right now, 00:19:32.059 --> 00:19:33.019 if you are jealous, 00:19:33.440 --> 00:19:34.779 if a thought like that 00:19:34.779 --> 00:19:36.139 is lingering in your head, 00:19:36.440 --> 00:19:37.700 if sin is crouching, 00:19:37.859 --> 00:19:38.700 don't let it rule you. 00:19:40.359 --> 00:19:41.179 Confess that anger 00:19:41.179 --> 00:19:42.159 to the Lord right now. 00:19:42.279 --> 00:19:43.440 Put that anger to death. 00:19:44.799 --> 00:19:46.159 Because we can't think 00:19:46.159 --> 00:19:47.279 we're better than Cain. 00:19:47.379 --> 00:19:47.579 No. 00:19:48.099 --> 00:19:49.679 We all have the capacity 00:19:49.679 --> 00:19:50.419 to be like Cain. 00:19:52.000 --> 00:19:53.000 This is why people 00:19:53.000 --> 00:19:53.939 get shot on campuses. 00:19:55.220 --> 00:19:56.240 This is why we have 00:19:56.240 --> 00:19:58.259 blood splatter analysis. 00:19:59.539 --> 00:20:00.799 This is life 00:20:00.799 --> 00:20:02.139 east of Eden now. 00:20:05.139 --> 00:20:06.740 And so God asks Cain, 00:20:07.559 --> 00:20:08.339 he asks him, 00:20:08.960 --> 00:20:09.839 where is Abel, 00:20:09.899 --> 00:20:10.220 your brother? 00:20:12.159 --> 00:20:13.159 And does this question 00:20:13.159 --> 00:20:13.899 remind you of something? 00:20:14.119 --> 00:20:15.439 It's like God asking Adam, 00:20:15.599 --> 00:20:16.359 where are you? 00:20:16.359 --> 00:20:18.339 after he ate the fruit. 00:20:19.699 --> 00:20:20.740 Sin always has a way 00:20:20.740 --> 00:20:21.519 of repeating itself. 00:20:22.879 --> 00:20:24.299 And how does Cain respond? 00:20:24.699 --> 00:20:25.500 Don't ask me. 00:20:26.339 --> 00:20:27.379 My brother's nothing 00:20:27.379 --> 00:20:28.299 to do with me. 00:20:29.500 --> 00:20:30.359 Just like Adam, 00:20:30.459 --> 00:20:31.879 he tries to cover his tracks. 00:20:34.079 --> 00:20:35.639 But God knows 00:20:35.639 --> 00:20:37.219 our secret sins. 00:20:38.559 --> 00:20:40.699 Cain can't hide this body. 00:20:42.259 --> 00:20:43.859 And so God asks the question, 00:20:43.959 --> 00:20:45.099 still lingering in the air, 00:20:45.099 --> 00:20:46.559 Cain, 00:20:46.559 --> 00:20:47.199 what have you done? 00:20:49.039 --> 00:20:49.480 Cain, 00:20:49.559 --> 00:20:50.559 what have you done 00:20:50.559 --> 00:20:51.539 that the voice 00:20:51.539 --> 00:20:52.859 of your brother's blood 00:20:52.859 --> 00:20:54.699 is crying to me 00:20:54.699 --> 00:20:55.359 from the ground? 00:20:57.399 --> 00:20:59.359 It's like the wrongness, 00:20:59.459 --> 00:21:00.139 the injustice, 00:21:00.599 --> 00:21:01.299 the horror 00:21:01.299 --> 00:21:02.539 of Abel's murder. 00:21:03.119 --> 00:21:04.939 It's such an affront 00:21:04.939 --> 00:21:06.019 to God's creation, 00:21:06.500 --> 00:21:07.699 so heinous 00:21:07.699 --> 00:21:08.719 to the God of life. 00:21:08.720 --> 00:21:11.360 It's like Abel's blood 00:21:11.360 --> 00:21:13.620 has seeped into the soil 00:21:13.620 --> 00:21:15.279 and you can put your ear 00:21:15.279 --> 00:21:15.940 to the soil 00:21:15.940 --> 00:21:17.420 and you can still hear 00:21:17.420 --> 00:21:18.240 the screams. 00:21:20.079 --> 00:21:20.640 Creation, 00:21:20.880 --> 00:21:22.380 it's like it's vibrating 00:21:22.380 --> 00:21:23.460 with injustice. 00:21:23.460 --> 00:21:26.880 And so God 00:21:26.880 --> 00:21:28.180 is very clear 00:21:28.180 --> 00:21:29.840 about how he feels 00:21:29.840 --> 00:21:30.400 about murder. 00:21:30.620 --> 00:21:31.860 God hates murder. 00:21:33.660 --> 00:21:34.460 God cannot 00:21:34.460 --> 00:21:35.799 forget 00:21:35.799 --> 00:21:36.720 or ignore 00:21:36.720 --> 00:21:37.900 the blood 00:21:37.900 --> 00:21:38.480 spilled 00:21:38.480 --> 00:21:39.299 this side of Eden. 00:21:40.920 --> 00:21:41.680 The blood 00:21:41.680 --> 00:21:43.039 on that Utah campus 00:21:43.039 --> 00:21:44.160 cries out 00:21:44.160 --> 00:21:44.620 to God. 00:21:45.500 --> 00:21:46.420 The blood 00:21:46.420 --> 00:21:47.059 on the streets 00:21:47.059 --> 00:21:47.579 of London 00:21:47.579 --> 00:21:48.559 cries out 00:21:48.559 --> 00:21:49.120 to God. 00:21:49.380 --> 00:21:50.079 The blood 00:21:50.079 --> 00:21:50.980 of the unborn 00:21:50.980 --> 00:21:52.140 cries out 00:21:52.140 --> 00:21:52.539 to God. 00:21:54.680 --> 00:21:55.680 And it cries, 00:21:55.839 --> 00:21:56.819 not just generally, 00:21:57.039 --> 00:21:57.579 it cries 00:21:57.579 --> 00:21:58.819 to God. 00:22:01.940 --> 00:22:02.799 And this, 00:22:03.420 --> 00:22:04.380 this is actually 00:22:04.380 --> 00:22:05.740 a great comfort 00:22:05.740 --> 00:22:08.099 for every family member 00:22:08.099 --> 00:22:08.480 of someone 00:22:08.480 --> 00:22:09.200 who's been murdered. 00:22:10.680 --> 00:22:11.680 God hears 00:22:11.680 --> 00:22:12.559 those cries 00:22:12.559 --> 00:22:14.519 and it matters 00:22:14.519 --> 00:22:14.960 to him 00:22:14.960 --> 00:22:17.200 and he will 00:22:17.200 --> 00:22:18.180 answer those cries 00:22:18.180 --> 00:22:18.839 on judgment day. 00:22:20.980 --> 00:22:22.640 But remember, 00:22:23.400 --> 00:22:24.819 remember who 00:22:24.819 --> 00:22:25.500 this feud 00:22:25.500 --> 00:22:26.059 is between. 00:22:27.500 --> 00:22:28.839 God has created 00:22:28.839 --> 00:22:29.799 two families 00:22:29.799 --> 00:22:31.680 and God promises 00:22:31.680 --> 00:22:33.240 these two families 00:22:33.240 --> 00:22:33.920 will be at war. 00:22:34.360 --> 00:22:35.140 God's family 00:22:35.140 --> 00:22:36.319 and Satan's family. 00:22:37.380 --> 00:22:38.360 And here is 00:22:38.360 --> 00:22:38.860 the war. 00:22:40.559 --> 00:22:40.779 And so 00:22:40.779 --> 00:22:41.779 this is not only 00:22:41.779 --> 00:22:42.400 the murder 00:22:42.400 --> 00:22:43.400 of one human 00:22:43.400 --> 00:22:44.279 by another. 00:22:45.120 --> 00:22:45.240 No, 00:22:45.480 --> 00:22:46.220 this is 00:22:46.220 --> 00:22:47.039 an attack 00:22:47.039 --> 00:22:48.240 on God's people. 00:22:48.240 --> 00:22:50.180 that this is 00:22:50.180 --> 00:22:50.620 an act 00:22:50.620 --> 00:22:51.599 of persecution 00:22:51.599 --> 00:22:52.579 against the church. 00:22:52.700 --> 00:22:53.019 This is 00:22:53.019 --> 00:22:54.759 spiritual warfare 00:22:54.759 --> 00:22:55.359 in action. 00:22:56.960 --> 00:22:57.539 But why? 00:22:59.160 --> 00:23:00.120 Why does there 00:23:00.120 --> 00:23:00.700 have to be 00:23:00.700 --> 00:23:01.220 a conflict 00:23:01.220 --> 00:23:01.920 like this? 00:23:02.799 --> 00:23:03.339 Why does 00:23:03.339 --> 00:23:04.059 Satan's family 00:23:04.059 --> 00:23:05.180 have to be 00:23:05.180 --> 00:23:05.839 against the family 00:23:05.839 --> 00:23:06.220 of faith? 00:23:07.819 --> 00:23:08.220 Well, 00:23:08.259 --> 00:23:08.599 remember, 00:23:09.160 --> 00:23:10.700 who is coming 00:23:10.700 --> 00:23:11.440 from this family 00:23:11.440 --> 00:23:11.900 of faith? 00:23:12.799 --> 00:23:13.539 The serpent 00:23:13.539 --> 00:23:13.940 crusher. 00:23:13.940 --> 00:23:15.720 So, 00:23:16.080 --> 00:23:16.759 if you were 00:23:16.759 --> 00:23:17.120 Satan 00:23:17.120 --> 00:23:19.360 and you knew 00:23:19.360 --> 00:23:20.160 the saviour 00:23:20.160 --> 00:23:20.759 is coming 00:23:20.759 --> 00:23:21.360 from God's 00:23:21.360 --> 00:23:21.759 family, 00:23:22.600 --> 00:23:23.200 what would 00:23:23.200 --> 00:23:23.500 you want 00:23:23.500 --> 00:23:23.840 to do? 00:23:24.840 --> 00:23:25.500 You want 00:23:25.500 --> 00:23:25.860 to end 00:23:25.860 --> 00:23:26.440 that family. 00:23:27.539 --> 00:23:28.080 Kill it. 00:23:28.820 --> 00:23:29.700 End any hope 00:23:29.700 --> 00:23:30.220 of the serpent 00:23:30.220 --> 00:23:30.840 crusher coming. 00:23:32.320 --> 00:23:33.100 And that's 00:23:33.100 --> 00:23:33.720 what Satan 00:23:33.720 --> 00:23:34.640 is orchestrating 00:23:34.640 --> 00:23:34.940 here. 00:23:35.799 --> 00:23:36.460 He's out 00:23:36.460 --> 00:23:36.940 to stop 00:23:36.940 --> 00:23:37.299 the son. 00:23:37.380 --> 00:23:37.660 He's out 00:23:37.660 --> 00:23:38.100 to end 00:23:38.100 --> 00:23:38.820 the church. 00:23:41.180 --> 00:23:41.480 So, 00:23:41.779 --> 00:23:42.440 not just 00:23:42.440 --> 00:23:42.799 blood, 00:23:42.920 --> 00:23:43.259 but the 00:23:43.259 --> 00:23:43.819 blood of 00:23:43.819 --> 00:23:44.859 martyrs 00:23:44.859 --> 00:23:46.299 particularly 00:23:46.299 --> 00:23:46.879 cries out 00:23:46.879 --> 00:23:47.220 to God. 00:23:49.079 --> 00:23:49.859 God has 00:23:49.859 --> 00:23:50.640 promised that 00:23:50.640 --> 00:23:50.960 from the 00:23:50.960 --> 00:23:51.180 beginning. 00:23:52.779 --> 00:23:53.160 He's 00:23:53.160 --> 00:23:53.759 promised 00:23:53.759 --> 00:23:54.720 that God's 00:23:54.720 --> 00:23:55.160 people 00:23:55.160 --> 00:23:56.519 won't be 00:23:56.519 --> 00:23:57.299 welcome here 00:23:57.299 --> 00:23:57.859 east of Eden. 00:23:58.940 --> 00:23:59.519 We won't 00:23:59.519 --> 00:24:00.180 be at home. 00:24:01.519 --> 00:24:02.140 The church, 00:24:02.240 --> 00:24:02.720 it's going 00:24:02.720 --> 00:24:03.099 to be at 00:24:03.099 --> 00:24:03.920 war with 00:24:03.920 --> 00:24:04.379 the world. 00:24:04.640 --> 00:24:05.059 Godliness 00:24:05.059 --> 00:24:05.779 is going 00:24:05.779 --> 00:24:06.119 to be 00:24:06.119 --> 00:24:06.500 opposed 00:24:06.500 --> 00:24:07.019 by evil. 00:24:08.220 --> 00:24:08.819 And it 00:24:08.819 --> 00:24:09.359 began here 00:24:09.359 --> 00:24:09.759 with Abel. 00:24:10.879 --> 00:24:11.920 It continues 00:24:11.920 --> 00:24:12.759 with Abraham. 00:24:14.039 --> 00:24:14.619 We saw 00:24:14.619 --> 00:24:14.819 it in 00:24:14.819 --> 00:24:15.059 Holiday 00:24:15.059 --> 00:24:15.379 Bible 00:24:15.379 --> 00:24:15.599 Club 00:24:15.599 --> 00:24:15.980 with 00:24:15.980 --> 00:24:16.420 Joseph, 00:24:16.599 --> 00:24:16.879 brother 00:24:16.879 --> 00:24:17.279 against 00:24:17.279 --> 00:24:17.680 brother. 00:24:18.920 --> 00:24:19.400 You see 00:24:19.400 --> 00:24:19.900 it with 00:24:19.900 --> 00:24:20.400 Israel 00:24:20.400 --> 00:24:21.000 and Babylon. 00:24:22.440 --> 00:24:23.059 And you 00:24:23.059 --> 00:24:23.480 see it 00:24:23.480 --> 00:24:24.279 with Christ 00:24:24.279 --> 00:24:24.740 on the 00:24:24.740 --> 00:24:25.099 cross. 00:24:26.379 --> 00:24:27.259 The serpent 00:24:27.259 --> 00:24:27.640 crusher 00:24:27.640 --> 00:24:28.680 finally came 00:24:28.680 --> 00:24:30.279 and Satan's 00:24:30.279 --> 00:24:30.859 family had 00:24:30.859 --> 00:24:31.359 to kill him. 00:24:33.420 --> 00:24:34.180 And in fact, 00:24:34.279 --> 00:24:34.819 you see it 00:24:34.819 --> 00:24:35.259 before the 00:24:35.259 --> 00:24:35.579 cross. 00:24:37.180 --> 00:24:37.480 Think, 00:24:37.619 --> 00:24:38.220 who tried 00:24:38.220 --> 00:24:38.559 to kill 00:24:38.559 --> 00:24:38.899 Jesus 00:24:38.899 --> 00:24:39.240 as a 00:24:39.240 --> 00:24:39.500 baby? 00:24:40.919 --> 00:24:41.259 Herod, 00:24:42.539 --> 00:24:43.000 a fellow 00:24:43.000 --> 00:24:43.279 Jew, 00:24:43.399 --> 00:24:44.059 his own 00:24:44.059 --> 00:24:44.539 brother. 00:24:46.639 --> 00:24:47.220 History 00:24:47.220 --> 00:24:47.899 is the 00:24:47.899 --> 00:24:48.859 story of 00:24:48.859 --> 00:24:49.519 these two 00:24:49.519 --> 00:24:50.099 families at 00:24:50.099 --> 00:24:50.279 war. 00:24:51.960 --> 00:24:52.519 So get 00:24:52.519 --> 00:24:53.139 your magnifying 00:24:53.139 --> 00:24:53.779 glass out. 00:24:54.819 --> 00:24:55.519 East of 00:24:55.519 --> 00:24:55.779 Eden, 00:24:56.039 --> 00:24:56.599 there is 00:24:56.599 --> 00:24:57.879 sin and 00:24:57.879 --> 00:24:58.299 there is 00:24:58.299 --> 00:24:59.019 a son. 00:25:00.299 --> 00:25:01.139 But sin 00:25:01.139 --> 00:25:01.859 wants to 00:25:01.859 --> 00:25:02.879 destroy that 00:25:02.879 --> 00:25:03.179 son. 00:25:03.180 --> 00:25:05.860 And this 00:25:05.860 --> 00:25:06.460 is why 00:25:06.460 --> 00:25:07.259 the church 00:25:07.259 --> 00:25:08.200 faces such 00:25:08.200 --> 00:25:08.600 opposition 00:25:08.600 --> 00:25:08.960 today. 00:25:09.940 --> 00:25:10.539 This is 00:25:10.539 --> 00:25:11.140 why being 00:25:11.140 --> 00:25:11.740 a Christian 00:25:11.740 --> 00:25:13.360 and actually 00:25:13.360 --> 00:25:14.279 standing up 00:25:14.279 --> 00:25:14.940 for godliness 00:25:14.940 --> 00:25:16.279 at work 00:25:16.279 --> 00:25:16.600 or at 00:25:16.600 --> 00:25:16.980 school, 00:25:17.360 --> 00:25:18.160 even within 00:25:18.160 --> 00:25:18.960 your own 00:25:18.960 --> 00:25:19.380 family, 00:25:21.320 --> 00:25:21.779 this is 00:25:21.779 --> 00:25:22.120 why it 00:25:22.120 --> 00:25:22.460 exists. 00:25:22.799 --> 00:25:23.259 Satan 00:25:23.259 --> 00:25:24.299 can't 00:25:24.299 --> 00:25:25.200 stop the 00:25:25.200 --> 00:25:25.460 serpent 00:25:25.460 --> 00:25:25.820 crusher 00:25:25.820 --> 00:25:26.140 anymore. 00:25:27.360 --> 00:25:27.700 And so 00:25:27.700 --> 00:25:28.140 he goes 00:25:28.140 --> 00:25:28.420 for the 00:25:28.420 --> 00:25:28.740 people. 00:25:30.960 --> 00:25:31.680 And he 00:25:31.680 --> 00:25:32.560 tries to 00:25:32.559 --> 00:25:33.460 scare us 00:25:33.460 --> 00:25:34.079 away from 00:25:34.079 --> 00:25:34.759 following 00:25:34.759 --> 00:25:36.159 this son. 00:25:37.980 --> 00:25:38.319 And so 00:25:38.319 --> 00:25:39.019 realize, 00:25:39.119 --> 00:25:39.740 realize what's 00:25:39.740 --> 00:25:40.419 going on 00:25:40.419 --> 00:25:41.259 in your 00:25:41.259 --> 00:25:42.039 life and 00:25:42.039 --> 00:25:42.619 at school 00:25:42.619 --> 00:25:43.019 and at 00:25:43.019 --> 00:25:43.419 work. 00:25:44.659 --> 00:25:45.440 It really, 00:25:45.740 --> 00:25:46.259 it's a 00:25:46.259 --> 00:25:46.759 spiritual 00:25:46.759 --> 00:25:47.500 warfare out 00:25:47.500 --> 00:25:47.700 there. 00:25:49.779 --> 00:25:50.480 But we 00:25:50.480 --> 00:25:50.819 can take 00:25:50.819 --> 00:25:52.299 comfort that 00:25:52.299 --> 00:25:53.159 this isn't 00:25:53.159 --> 00:25:53.779 something new. 00:25:55.099 --> 00:25:55.700 This isn't 00:25:55.700 --> 00:25:56.399 a surprise. 00:25:56.619 --> 00:25:57.259 Back in the 00:25:57.259 --> 00:25:57.639 garden, 00:25:58.240 --> 00:25:58.940 God promised 00:25:58.940 --> 00:25:59.859 you will 00:25:59.859 --> 00:26:00.619 belong to 00:26:00.619 --> 00:26:01.240 this family. 00:26:01.240 --> 00:26:01.299 family. 00:26:02.440 --> 00:26:03.000 And you 00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:03.779 will be 00:26:03.779 --> 00:26:04.140 at war. 00:26:06.759 --> 00:26:07.440 We might 00:26:07.440 --> 00:26:07.920 ask why. 00:26:08.000 --> 00:26:08.480 Why is 00:26:08.480 --> 00:26:09.299 God creating 00:26:09.299 --> 00:26:09.740 his own 00:26:09.740 --> 00:26:11.480 family and 00:26:11.480 --> 00:26:11.900 then putting 00:26:11.900 --> 00:26:12.319 us through 00:26:12.319 --> 00:26:12.700 this? 00:26:14.299 --> 00:26:14.819 Well, I 00:26:14.819 --> 00:26:15.180 want to see 00:26:15.180 --> 00:26:15.620 that this 00:26:15.620 --> 00:26:15.980 war is 00:26:15.980 --> 00:26:16.380 actually a 00:26:16.380 --> 00:26:16.819 good thing. 00:26:18.279 --> 00:26:19.220 To feel 00:26:19.220 --> 00:26:20.079 persecution, 00:26:20.660 --> 00:26:21.460 it's actually 00:26:21.460 --> 00:26:22.240 a good sign 00:26:22.240 --> 00:26:22.839 because it 00:26:22.839 --> 00:26:24.779 means we 00:26:24.779 --> 00:26:25.500 aren't in 00:26:25.500 --> 00:26:25.880 Satan's 00:26:25.880 --> 00:26:26.140 family. 00:26:26.140 --> 00:26:28.680 God has 00:26:28.680 --> 00:26:29.240 set you 00:26:29.240 --> 00:26:30.100 apart and 00:26:30.100 --> 00:26:30.720 brought you 00:26:30.720 --> 00:26:31.220 into his 00:26:31.220 --> 00:26:31.600 family. 00:26:31.820 --> 00:26:32.100 And so, 00:26:32.620 --> 00:26:33.480 to feel 00:26:33.480 --> 00:26:34.320 uncomfortable 00:26:34.320 --> 00:26:34.820 in this 00:26:34.820 --> 00:26:35.720 world, 00:26:36.759 --> 00:26:37.320 to be 00:26:37.320 --> 00:26:37.720 hated 00:26:37.720 --> 00:26:39.160 even by 00:26:39.160 --> 00:26:39.520 your own 00:26:39.520 --> 00:26:39.880 brother, 00:26:40.980 --> 00:26:41.700 it means 00:26:41.700 --> 00:26:42.120 you belong 00:26:42.120 --> 00:26:42.540 to something 00:26:42.540 --> 00:26:43.020 special. 00:26:45.100 --> 00:26:45.860 Blessed are 00:26:45.860 --> 00:26:46.240 those who 00:26:46.240 --> 00:26:46.920 are persecuted 00:26:46.920 --> 00:26:47.600 for righteousness 00:26:47.600 --> 00:26:48.140 sake, 00:26:48.759 --> 00:26:49.580 for theirs 00:26:49.580 --> 00:26:50.120 is the 00:26:50.120 --> 00:26:50.580 kingdom of 00:26:50.580 --> 00:26:50.860 heaven. 00:26:50.859 --> 00:26:53.759 Abel died 00:26:53.759 --> 00:26:54.099 in a 00:26:54.099 --> 00:26:54.459 field, 00:26:55.159 --> 00:26:55.839 but he 00:26:55.839 --> 00:26:56.459 will rise 00:26:56.459 --> 00:26:56.899 again in 00:26:56.899 --> 00:26:57.359 a kingdom. 00:26:59.099 --> 00:26:59.240 And 00:26:59.240 --> 00:26:59.579 brothers and 00:26:59.579 --> 00:26:59.819 sisters, 00:27:00.019 --> 00:27:00.479 so will 00:27:00.479 --> 00:27:00.699 we. 00:27:02.899 --> 00:27:03.519 But the 00:27:03.519 --> 00:27:03.979 drama isn't 00:27:03.979 --> 00:27:04.219 over. 00:27:05.399 --> 00:27:06.279 God spares 00:27:06.279 --> 00:27:06.679 Cain's 00:27:06.679 --> 00:27:07.059 life. 00:27:07.399 --> 00:27:07.779 God is 00:27:07.779 --> 00:27:08.879 merciful even 00:27:08.879 --> 00:27:09.579 to murderers. 00:27:10.759 --> 00:27:11.679 But Cain, 00:27:12.119 --> 00:27:12.719 he isn't the 00:27:12.719 --> 00:27:13.279 promised son. 00:27:14.439 --> 00:27:15.159 This isn't the 00:27:15.159 --> 00:27:16.019 promised family. 00:27:16.959 --> 00:27:17.339 In fact, 00:27:17.439 --> 00:27:18.219 it looks like 00:27:18.219 --> 00:27:18.839 there's no 00:27:18.839 --> 00:27:19.639 family at all 00:27:19.639 --> 00:27:19.879 anymore. 00:27:20.019 --> 00:27:20.339 Like the 00:27:20.339 --> 00:27:20.779 promise has 00:27:20.779 --> 00:27:21.199 been killed. 00:27:21.379 --> 00:27:22.159 It's died 00:27:22.159 --> 00:27:22.819 with Abel. 00:27:23.980 --> 00:27:24.699 Like Satan, 00:27:24.939 --> 00:27:25.599 he's won 00:27:25.599 --> 00:27:26.240 here in 00:27:26.240 --> 00:27:26.859 chapter 4. 00:27:28.079 --> 00:27:28.879 Like sin 00:27:28.879 --> 00:27:29.720 is too 00:27:29.720 --> 00:27:30.480 fierce a 00:27:30.480 --> 00:27:31.119 monster this 00:27:31.119 --> 00:27:31.459 side of 00:27:31.459 --> 00:27:31.639 Eden. 00:27:32.799 --> 00:27:33.579 It often 00:27:33.579 --> 00:27:34.819 feels like 00:27:34.819 --> 00:27:35.099 that in 00:27:35.099 --> 00:27:35.500 persecution. 00:27:35.659 --> 00:27:35.859 It feels 00:27:35.859 --> 00:27:36.279 like that in 00:27:36.279 --> 00:27:36.659 life. 00:27:38.500 --> 00:27:38.819 And so 00:27:38.819 --> 00:27:39.399 how will 00:27:39.399 --> 00:27:39.720 God's 00:27:39.720 --> 00:27:40.299 promise win? 00:27:41.579 --> 00:27:41.839 Well, 00:27:41.919 --> 00:27:42.220 keep your 00:27:42.220 --> 00:27:42.639 magnifying 00:27:42.639 --> 00:27:43.159 glass out 00:27:43.159 --> 00:27:43.639 and keep 00:27:43.639 --> 00:27:44.240 looking for 00:27:44.240 --> 00:27:45.519 sin and 00:27:45.519 --> 00:27:45.939 a son. 00:27:46.759 --> 00:27:47.439 Because next, 00:27:47.500 --> 00:27:47.859 the final 00:27:47.859 --> 00:27:48.199 thing, 00:27:49.139 --> 00:27:49.740 the monster 00:27:49.740 --> 00:27:50.319 is big. 00:27:50.339 --> 00:27:52.199 God is 00:27:52.199 --> 00:27:52.459 bigger. 00:27:53.579 --> 00:27:54.079 It's the 00:27:54.079 --> 00:27:54.500 final point. 00:27:54.539 --> 00:27:54.959 The monster 00:27:54.959 --> 00:27:55.319 is big, 00:27:55.399 --> 00:27:55.679 but God 00:27:55.679 --> 00:27:56.019 is bigger. 00:27:57.659 --> 00:27:58.439 After Abel's 00:27:58.439 --> 00:27:58.799 murder, 00:27:59.839 --> 00:28:00.759 it looks like 00:28:00.759 --> 00:28:01.199 sin is one. 00:28:02.539 --> 00:28:03.099 And then to 00:28:03.099 --> 00:28:03.859 pour salt in 00:28:03.859 --> 00:28:04.119 the wound, 00:28:04.220 --> 00:28:04.740 if you keep 00:28:04.740 --> 00:28:05.059 going, 00:28:05.199 --> 00:28:05.959 it looks like 00:28:05.959 --> 00:28:06.500 the problem, 00:28:06.859 --> 00:28:07.359 it's actually 00:28:07.359 --> 00:28:08.240 only got worse. 00:28:09.399 --> 00:28:10.079 We follow 00:28:10.079 --> 00:28:10.799 Cain's family 00:28:10.799 --> 00:28:11.279 line. 00:28:12.240 --> 00:28:12.559 And by the 00:28:12.559 --> 00:28:12.819 way, 00:28:13.439 --> 00:28:13.759 Adam and 00:28:13.759 --> 00:28:14.659 Eve had 00:28:14.659 --> 00:28:15.419 other daughters, 00:28:15.740 --> 00:28:16.139 and so if you're 00:28:16.139 --> 00:28:16.779 wondering who did 00:28:16.779 --> 00:28:17.339 Cain marry, 00:28:17.960 --> 00:28:18.460 there you go. 00:28:20.000 --> 00:28:20.799 And so we 00:28:20.799 --> 00:28:21.339 follow the 00:28:21.339 --> 00:28:22.019 family tree, 00:28:22.180 --> 00:28:22.720 and we end 00:28:22.720 --> 00:28:23.039 up at 00:28:23.039 --> 00:28:23.420 Lamech. 00:28:24.879 --> 00:28:25.559 And Lamech 00:28:25.559 --> 00:28:26.980 seems to be 00:28:26.980 --> 00:28:28.399 even worse 00:28:28.399 --> 00:28:29.059 than Cain. 00:28:30.299 --> 00:28:30.759 And in 00:28:30.759 --> 00:28:31.440 verse 23, 00:28:31.700 --> 00:28:32.379 this is actually 00:28:32.379 --> 00:28:33.039 a song. 00:28:33.779 --> 00:28:34.740 He sings a 00:28:34.740 --> 00:28:35.619 song about 00:28:35.619 --> 00:28:36.200 something he's 00:28:36.200 --> 00:28:36.359 done. 00:28:36.460 --> 00:28:36.879 What does he 00:28:36.879 --> 00:28:37.160 sing? 00:28:37.720 --> 00:28:38.319 I have 00:28:38.319 --> 00:28:38.899 killed a 00:28:38.899 --> 00:28:39.399 man for 00:28:39.399 --> 00:28:39.960 wounding me, 00:28:40.899 --> 00:28:41.359 a young 00:28:41.359 --> 00:28:42.039 man for 00:28:42.039 --> 00:28:42.779 striking me. 00:28:42.779 --> 00:28:45.220 murder runs 00:28:45.220 --> 00:28:45.420 in the 00:28:45.420 --> 00:28:45.680 family. 00:28:47.259 --> 00:28:47.819 But this 00:28:47.819 --> 00:28:48.319 time, look 00:28:48.319 --> 00:28:48.639 who he's 00:28:48.639 --> 00:28:49.420 killed, a 00:28:49.420 --> 00:28:50.039 young man. 00:28:51.240 --> 00:28:51.660 Well, the 00:28:51.660 --> 00:28:52.200 word, it 00:28:52.200 --> 00:28:52.559 actually means 00:28:52.559 --> 00:28:53.220 young boy. 00:28:54.220 --> 00:28:54.799 And he 00:28:54.799 --> 00:28:55.500 boasts about 00:28:55.500 --> 00:28:55.960 it at the 00:28:55.960 --> 00:28:56.279 end of the 00:28:56.279 --> 00:28:56.480 song. 00:28:56.639 --> 00:28:57.160 Cain got 00:28:57.160 --> 00:28:57.639 away with 00:28:57.639 --> 00:28:58.839 it, but 00:28:58.839 --> 00:28:59.539 I'm really 00:28:59.539 --> 00:28:59.920 going to get 00:28:59.920 --> 00:29:00.299 away with 00:29:00.299 --> 00:29:00.480 it. 00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:03.019 So he 00:29:03.019 --> 00:29:03.399 not only 00:29:03.399 --> 00:29:03.779 murders, 00:29:04.879 --> 00:29:05.319 he murders 00:29:05.319 --> 00:29:05.759 a boy, 00:29:06.519 --> 00:29:07.619 and then he 00:29:07.619 --> 00:29:08.279 boasts about 00:29:08.279 --> 00:29:08.619 it, and 00:29:08.619 --> 00:29:09.420 then sings 00:29:09.420 --> 00:29:10.099 a song about 00:29:10.099 --> 00:29:10.339 it. 00:29:12.019 --> 00:29:12.740 It's like 00:29:12.740 --> 00:29:13.720 the monster 00:29:13.720 --> 00:29:14.400 of sin. 00:29:14.559 --> 00:29:14.900 It's 00:29:14.900 --> 00:29:15.960 grown even 00:29:15.960 --> 00:29:16.559 more just 00:29:16.559 --> 00:29:16.960 a few 00:29:16.960 --> 00:29:17.599 verses on. 00:29:19.079 --> 00:29:20.019 Adam hid 00:29:20.019 --> 00:29:20.519 when he 00:29:20.519 --> 00:29:21.660 sinned, but 00:29:21.660 --> 00:29:22.819 now Lamech is 00:29:22.819 --> 00:29:23.620 singing about 00:29:23.620 --> 00:29:23.880 it. 00:29:25.359 --> 00:29:26.079 This side 00:29:26.079 --> 00:29:26.480 of Eden, 00:29:26.880 --> 00:29:27.740 we make 00:29:27.740 --> 00:29:28.500 ourselves feel 00:29:28.500 --> 00:29:29.000 better about 00:29:29.000 --> 00:29:29.380 sin by 00:29:29.380 --> 00:29:29.740 boasting 00:29:29.740 --> 00:29:30.160 about it. 00:29:31.000 --> 00:29:31.259 It's no 00:29:31.259 --> 00:29:31.640 coincidence 00:29:31.640 --> 00:29:32.140 pride is 00:29:32.140 --> 00:29:32.299 called 00:29:32.299 --> 00:29:32.620 pride. 00:29:34.920 --> 00:29:35.200 And sin 00:29:35.200 --> 00:29:37.000 really has 00:29:37.000 --> 00:29:37.500 become a 00:29:37.500 --> 00:29:38.059 giant monster. 00:29:39.259 --> 00:29:40.160 It started 00:29:40.160 --> 00:29:40.819 with a bite 00:29:40.819 --> 00:29:41.380 of fruit in 00:29:41.380 --> 00:29:41.799 the garden, 00:29:41.799 --> 00:29:42.779 and now 00:29:42.779 --> 00:29:42.960 it's 00:29:42.960 --> 00:29:43.139 already 00:29:43.139 --> 00:29:43.440 become 00:29:43.440 --> 00:29:43.859 this. 00:29:45.419 --> 00:29:46.039 This is 00:29:46.039 --> 00:29:46.440 what we've 00:29:46.440 --> 00:29:46.839 done. 00:29:48.700 --> 00:29:49.279 And so 00:29:49.279 --> 00:29:49.879 it looks 00:29:49.879 --> 00:29:50.279 like this 00:29:50.279 --> 00:29:50.680 world is 00:29:50.680 --> 00:29:50.980 hopeless, 00:29:52.220 --> 00:29:52.759 like the 00:29:52.759 --> 00:29:53.319 promise has 00:29:53.319 --> 00:29:53.579 ended. 00:29:53.839 --> 00:29:54.379 That's how 00:29:54.379 --> 00:29:54.659 we can 00:29:54.659 --> 00:29:55.059 feel. 00:29:56.059 --> 00:29:56.759 Like the 00:29:56.759 --> 00:29:57.460 monster is 00:29:57.460 --> 00:29:58.339 too big in 00:29:58.339 --> 00:29:58.700 this world 00:29:58.700 --> 00:29:59.019 to do 00:29:59.019 --> 00:29:59.359 anything. 00:30:00.399 --> 00:30:00.859 Or the 00:30:00.859 --> 00:30:01.200 monster, 00:30:01.359 --> 00:30:01.819 it's just 00:30:01.819 --> 00:30:02.539 too big in 00:30:02.539 --> 00:30:03.039 my life. 00:30:03.119 --> 00:30:03.759 How can 00:30:03.759 --> 00:30:04.159 I rule 00:30:04.159 --> 00:30:04.740 over it? 00:30:05.879 --> 00:30:06.440 But look 00:30:06.440 --> 00:30:06.740 how this 00:30:06.740 --> 00:30:07.240 chapter ends, 00:30:07.299 --> 00:30:07.879 verse 25. 00:30:07.880 --> 00:30:10.160 And Adam 00:30:10.160 --> 00:30:10.660 knew his 00:30:10.660 --> 00:30:11.160 wife again, 00:30:11.220 --> 00:30:11.540 and she 00:30:11.540 --> 00:30:12.140 bore a 00:30:12.140 --> 00:30:12.640 son, 00:30:13.600 --> 00:30:14.060 and called 00:30:14.060 --> 00:30:14.360 his name 00:30:14.360 --> 00:30:14.840 Seth. 00:30:15.560 --> 00:30:15.900 For she 00:30:15.900 --> 00:30:16.180 said, 00:30:16.280 --> 00:30:16.740 God has 00:30:16.740 --> 00:30:17.380 appointed for 00:30:17.380 --> 00:30:18.040 me another 00:30:18.040 --> 00:30:18.900 offspring instead 00:30:18.900 --> 00:30:19.300 of Abel, 00:30:20.020 --> 00:30:20.420 for Cain 00:30:20.420 --> 00:30:20.880 killed him. 00:30:22.320 --> 00:30:22.720 Another 00:30:22.720 --> 00:30:23.080 son, 00:30:24.080 --> 00:30:24.420 Seth. 00:30:24.620 --> 00:30:25.040 And what 00:30:25.040 --> 00:30:25.620 family does 00:30:25.620 --> 00:30:25.920 he belong 00:30:25.920 --> 00:30:26.080 to? 00:30:26.140 --> 00:30:26.820 Verse 26. 00:30:27.820 --> 00:30:28.180 At that 00:30:28.180 --> 00:30:28.640 time, 00:30:29.400 --> 00:30:30.060 people began 00:30:30.060 --> 00:30:31.040 to call upon 00:30:31.040 --> 00:30:31.660 the name of 00:30:31.660 --> 00:30:32.040 the Lord. 00:30:32.039 --> 00:30:34.259 it's a 00:30:34.259 --> 00:30:34.500 believing 00:30:34.500 --> 00:30:34.899 family. 00:30:36.159 --> 00:30:36.960 The church 00:30:36.960 --> 00:30:38.079 continues with 00:30:38.079 --> 00:30:38.559 Seth. 00:30:39.759 --> 00:30:40.379 The gates 00:30:40.379 --> 00:30:40.819 of hell 00:30:40.819 --> 00:30:41.379 did not 00:30:41.379 --> 00:30:41.740 prevail. 00:30:43.839 --> 00:30:44.159 And so, 00:30:44.379 --> 00:30:45.139 east of 00:30:45.139 --> 00:30:47.259 Eden is 00:30:47.259 --> 00:30:47.700 dark. 00:30:48.799 --> 00:30:49.359 It's 00:30:49.359 --> 00:30:49.720 bloody. 00:30:50.039 --> 00:30:51.019 Sin is a 00:30:51.019 --> 00:30:51.859 big monster. 00:30:53.180 --> 00:30:53.659 But listen 00:30:53.659 --> 00:30:54.000 to this, 00:30:54.460 --> 00:30:55.339 God is 00:30:55.339 --> 00:30:55.799 bigger. 00:30:57.440 --> 00:30:58.579 His grace 00:30:58.579 --> 00:30:59.440 is brighter. 00:30:59.859 --> 00:31:00.339 And even 00:31:00.339 --> 00:31:00.899 through the 00:31:00.899 --> 00:31:01.920 blood and 00:31:01.920 --> 00:31:02.500 sin of 00:31:02.500 --> 00:31:02.980 this world, 00:31:03.160 --> 00:31:03.539 look what 00:31:03.539 --> 00:31:03.840 he does. 00:31:03.920 --> 00:31:04.660 He brings 00:31:04.660 --> 00:31:05.380 a son. 00:31:06.580 --> 00:31:07.480 He brings 00:31:07.480 --> 00:31:08.240 a family. 00:31:10.519 --> 00:31:11.120 And this 00:31:11.120 --> 00:31:11.420 is what he 00:31:11.420 --> 00:31:11.640 can do 00:31:11.640 --> 00:31:11.980 with you. 00:31:13.740 --> 00:31:14.180 However 00:31:14.180 --> 00:31:14.740 hopeless 00:31:14.740 --> 00:31:15.980 life feels 00:31:15.980 --> 00:31:16.240 for you, 00:31:16.340 --> 00:31:16.640 however 00:31:16.640 --> 00:31:17.840 messy the 00:31:17.840 --> 00:31:18.480 family that 00:31:18.480 --> 00:31:18.900 you've come 00:31:18.900 --> 00:31:19.060 from, 00:31:19.160 --> 00:31:20.200 however big 00:31:20.200 --> 00:31:20.920 the monster 00:31:20.920 --> 00:31:21.519 inside of 00:31:21.519 --> 00:31:21.800 you may 00:31:21.800 --> 00:31:22.160 seem, 00:31:22.340 --> 00:31:22.820 you need 00:31:22.820 --> 00:31:23.140 to know 00:31:23.140 --> 00:31:24.100 God is 00:31:24.100 --> 00:31:24.580 bigger. 00:31:26.300 --> 00:31:26.920 And he 00:31:26.920 --> 00:31:27.279 can bring 00:31:27.279 --> 00:31:28.080 light into 00:31:28.080 --> 00:31:28.700 your darkness. 00:31:29.140 --> 00:31:29.740 There is 00:31:29.740 --> 00:31:30.519 hope east 00:31:30.519 --> 00:31:30.860 of Eden. 00:31:31.920 --> 00:31:32.820 And it's 00:31:32.820 --> 00:31:33.340 found in 00:31:33.340 --> 00:31:33.740 a son. 00:31:33.860 --> 00:31:34.019 It's 00:31:34.019 --> 00:31:34.500 found in 00:31:34.500 --> 00:31:35.080 his only 00:31:35.080 --> 00:31:35.560 begotten 00:31:35.560 --> 00:31:35.860 son. 00:31:37.880 --> 00:31:38.560 Because God 00:31:38.560 --> 00:31:38.900 promises, 00:31:39.120 --> 00:31:39.720 if you have 00:31:39.720 --> 00:31:40.200 faith in the 00:31:40.200 --> 00:31:40.539 Lord Jesus 00:31:40.539 --> 00:31:41.000 Christ, 00:31:42.340 --> 00:31:43.320 sin will 00:31:43.320 --> 00:31:43.680 not, 00:31:43.860 --> 00:31:44.740 cannot rule 00:31:44.740 --> 00:31:45.140 over you. 00:31:46.940 --> 00:31:47.640 Christ is 00:31:47.640 --> 00:31:48.380 the son to 00:31:48.380 --> 00:31:49.200 break the 00:31:49.200 --> 00:31:49.740 power of that 00:31:49.740 --> 00:31:50.400 monster inside 00:31:50.400 --> 00:31:50.680 of you. 00:31:51.800 --> 00:31:52.480 The monster 00:31:52.480 --> 00:31:52.820 of this 00:31:52.820 --> 00:31:53.180 world. 00:31:53.420 --> 00:31:53.680 And so 00:31:53.680 --> 00:31:55.019 Satan and 00:31:55.019 --> 00:31:55.400 sin, 00:31:55.500 --> 00:31:56.180 it seems 00:31:56.180 --> 00:31:56.900 like he's 00:31:56.900 --> 00:31:57.539 winning this 00:31:57.539 --> 00:31:57.840 side of 00:31:57.840 --> 00:31:58.019 Eden. 00:31:58.019 --> 00:32:00.019 God's 00:32:00.019 --> 00:32:00.859 God's 00:32:00.859 --> 00:32:01.259 family. 00:32:02.200 --> 00:32:02.960 Satan can 00:32:02.960 --> 00:32:03.799 never win 00:32:03.799 --> 00:32:04.039 in your 00:32:04.039 --> 00:32:04.359 life. 00:32:06.460 --> 00:32:06.920 Satan 00:32:06.920 --> 00:32:07.960 tries to 00:32:07.960 --> 00:32:08.720 suffocate, 00:32:09.099 --> 00:32:09.920 to kill, 00:32:10.099 --> 00:32:11.819 to extinguish 00:32:11.819 --> 00:32:12.240 the church, 00:32:12.319 --> 00:32:12.960 but God 00:32:12.960 --> 00:32:14.359 is preserving 00:32:14.359 --> 00:32:14.980 his family. 00:32:16.079 --> 00:32:16.980 The family 00:32:16.980 --> 00:32:17.359 of his 00:32:17.359 --> 00:32:17.680 son, 00:32:17.839 --> 00:32:18.319 the church. 00:32:19.759 --> 00:32:20.339 For those 00:32:20.339 --> 00:32:20.660 in Christ, 00:32:20.759 --> 00:32:21.259 he is 00:32:21.259 --> 00:32:22.059 preserving you 00:32:22.059 --> 00:32:22.759 right now. 00:32:22.759 --> 00:32:25.359 So let 00:32:25.359 --> 00:32:25.759 me ask, 00:32:25.960 --> 00:32:26.460 which 00:32:26.460 --> 00:32:27.940 family do 00:32:27.940 --> 00:32:28.240 you belong 00:32:28.240 --> 00:32:28.480 to? 00:32:30.599 --> 00:32:31.140 Because at 00:32:31.140 --> 00:32:31.440 the end of 00:32:31.440 --> 00:32:31.920 the age, 00:32:32.799 --> 00:32:33.819 only one 00:32:33.819 --> 00:32:34.480 family will 00:32:34.480 --> 00:32:35.000 see victory 00:32:35.000 --> 00:32:35.279 in this 00:32:35.279 --> 00:32:35.519 war. 00:32:37.839 --> 00:32:38.460 So this 00:32:38.460 --> 00:32:38.799 side of 00:32:38.799 --> 00:32:38.960 Eden, 00:32:39.079 --> 00:32:39.240 yes, 00:32:39.319 --> 00:32:39.640 there is 00:32:39.640 --> 00:32:39.940 sin, 00:32:41.099 --> 00:32:41.740 but there 00:32:41.740 --> 00:32:42.079 is a 00:32:42.079 --> 00:32:42.379 son, 00:32:43.960 --> 00:32:44.379 and it's 00:32:44.379 --> 00:32:44.799 only in 00:32:44.799 --> 00:32:46.099 him that 00:32:46.099 --> 00:32:46.319 we have 00:32:46.319 --> 00:32:46.640 victory. 00:32:47.980 --> 00:32:48.339 Let's 00:32:48.339 --> 00:32:48.519 pray.