WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.839 So Genesis chapter 4 and we'll be reading the whole chapter. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:38.179 And the Lord had regard for Abel and his offering, but for Cain and his offering he had no regard. 00:00:39.460 --> 00:00:42.000 So Cain was very angry and his face fell. 00:00:43.219 --> 00:00:47.579 The Lord said to Cain, why are you angry and why has your face fallen? 00:00:48.439 --> 00:00:50.939 If you do well, will you not be accepted? 00:00:51.840 --> 00:00:55.200 And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. 00:00:55.600 --> 00:00:59.679 Its desire is contrary to you, but you must rule over it. 00:01:00.000 --> 00:01:02.920 Cain spoke to Abel, his brother. 00:01:03.759 --> 00:01:08.500 And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him. 00:01:09.659 --> 00:01:12.819 Then the Lord said to Cain, where is Abel your brother? 00:01:13.819 --> 00:01:16.900 He said, I do not know. Am I my brother's keeper? 00:01:18.039 --> 00:01:20.260 And the Lord said, what have you done? 00:01:20.879 --> 00:01:24.180 The voice of your brother's blood is crying to me from the ground. 00:01:24.180 --> 00:01:31.700 And now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand. 00:01:32.800 --> 00:01:36.640 When you work the ground, it shall no longer yield to you its strength. 00:01:37.980 --> 00:01:40.719 You shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth. 00:01:41.780 --> 00:01:45.520 Cain said to the Lord, my punishment is greater than I can bear. 00:01:45.519 --> 00:01:51.859 Behold, you have driven me today away from the ground, and from your face I shall be hidden. 00:01:52.640 --> 00:01:57.319 I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me. 00:01:58.599 --> 00:02:00.679 Then the Lord said to him, not so. 00:02:01.280 --> 00:02:05.319 If anyone kills Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. 00:02:05.319 --> 00:02:10.560 And the Lord put a mark on Cain, lest anyone who found him should attack him. 00:02:12.079 --> 00:02:16.739 Then Cain went away from the presence of the Lord and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden. 00:02:18.759 --> 00:02:21.900 Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and bore Enoch. 00:02:22.699 --> 00:02:27.280 When he built a city, he called the name of the city after the name of his son, Enoch. 00:02:27.280 --> 00:02:37.939 To Enoch was born Erad, and Erad fathered Mahujael, and Mahujael fathered Methusael, and Methusael fathered Lamech. 00:02:38.500 --> 00:02:40.219 And Lamech took two wives. 00:02:40.819 --> 00:02:44.379 The name of the one was Adar, and the name of the other was Zillah. 00:02:45.400 --> 00:02:46.819 Adar bore Jabal. 00:02:47.240 --> 00:02:50.199 He was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock. 00:02:51.199 --> 00:02:52.719 His brother's name was Jubal. 00:02:53.180 --> 00:02:55.920 He was the father of all those who play the lyre and pipe. 00:02:55.919 --> 00:02:58.979 Zillah also bore Jubal Cain. 00:02:59.439 --> 00:03:02.599 He was the forger of all instruments of bronze and iron. 00:03:03.579 --> 00:03:05.599 The sister of Jubal Cain was Neymar. 00:03:07.259 --> 00:03:08.479 Lamech said to his wives, 00:03:09.060 --> 00:03:11.239 Adar and Zillah, hear my voice. 00:03:12.019 --> 00:03:14.319 You wives of Lamech, listen to what I say. 00:03:15.399 --> 00:03:19.099 I have killed a man for wounding me, a young man for striking me. 00:03:19.959 --> 00:03:24.279 If Cain's revenge is sevenfold, then Lamech's is seventy-sevenfold. 00:03:24.280 --> 00:03:30.360 And Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son and called his name Seth. 00:03:30.840 --> 00:03:36.020 For she said, God has appointed for me another offspring instead of Abel, for Cain killed him. 00:03:37.039 --> 00:03:40.960 To Seth also a son was born, and he called his name Enosh. 00:03:41.599 --> 00:03:44.920 At that time, people began to call upon the name of the Lord. 00:03:44.919 --> 00:03:51.979 Well, will you pray with me as we come to God's word? 00:03:52.339 --> 00:03:52.719 Let's pray. 00:03:54.979 --> 00:04:02.979 Father, I pray that you would help us sit under your word again, 00:04:02.979 --> 00:04:14.239 and I pray that you would help us have a more clearer awareness of the presence and power of sin in our lives, 00:04:14.259 --> 00:04:19.139 so that we might look away from ourselves to your wonderful salvation, 00:04:19.459 --> 00:04:23.259 that we might cherish the cross of Jesus all the more. 00:04:24.019 --> 00:04:25.740 So I pray this in Jesus' name. Amen. 00:04:25.740 --> 00:04:34.340 Well, do you know what sin looks like when you see it? 00:04:36.660 --> 00:04:43.639 This sounds like a tautology kind of question, but do you know what sin looks like? 00:04:43.639 --> 00:04:45.740 Do you recognise it when you see it? 00:04:45.740 --> 00:04:50.019 We're headed this term in Genesis. 00:04:51.720 --> 00:04:53.319 I want to give some bearings. 00:04:53.519 --> 00:04:57.780 We're getting into chapters 4 to 11, and we're going to finish in chapter 15. 00:04:57.920 --> 00:05:02.500 But 4 to 11, its scope is on the whole world. 00:05:03.439 --> 00:05:09.240 So it's got the whole world in its lens, and it describes the effects of the fall into sin. 00:05:10.379 --> 00:05:14.579 It builds our awareness of how desperate our situation is. 00:05:14.579 --> 00:05:26.500 So if we don't grasp chapters 4 to 11, by the time chapter 12 comes and we zoom right in on one man, Abraham, and his one family, 00:05:27.699 --> 00:05:36.079 we need to be aware of the effects of the fall so that we're just looking for what God's going to do to restore all things. 00:05:36.079 --> 00:05:41.279 So can I encourage you, if you weren't here last week, if you've missed chapters 1 to 3, 00:05:41.479 --> 00:05:45.019 can I encourage you to go to our website and catch up on that? 00:05:45.779 --> 00:05:51.560 If you want to learn about the storyline of the Bible, here's a basic storyline in four words. 00:05:52.000 --> 00:05:52.539 I think it's four words. 00:05:53.019 --> 00:05:57.099 Creation, fall, redemption, new creation. 00:05:57.639 --> 00:05:58.719 I'll halfenate that. 00:05:58.720 --> 00:06:07.460 But my point is, chapters 1 to 3 cover the first two of those, and so it's really crucial we get a grasp of those chapters. 00:06:08.780 --> 00:06:16.860 Very briefly, to jog our memory, we saw that all things are created by God alone, by his word. 00:06:17.020 --> 00:06:18.480 It's his house, his rules. 00:06:18.480 --> 00:06:26.500 And we saw that the goal of building all things is to live with us in his house, to be present with us. 00:06:26.560 --> 00:06:29.060 The best thing about Eden was that God was there. 00:06:30.040 --> 00:06:30.720 He was present. 00:06:32.040 --> 00:06:38.660 Then Adam ruined the human family, rebelled against God's rule, rejected his love, 00:06:39.520 --> 00:06:42.980 not believing his word, but believing the lie. 00:06:45.040 --> 00:06:46.580 And so we're now in exile. 00:06:46.879 --> 00:06:47.780 We're under curse. 00:06:48.480 --> 00:06:50.819 We're not home. 00:06:51.700 --> 00:07:00.080 We daily feel the effects of that curse in our marriages, in raising children, with our mortality hanging over us. 00:07:00.920 --> 00:07:03.860 It all reminds us we need to be brought home. 00:07:07.460 --> 00:07:16.439 So coming into chapter 4, what spreads into the next generation of the human race? 00:07:16.439 --> 00:07:18.920 What do we see in Cain and Abel? 00:07:20.779 --> 00:07:23.660 Now you might be scrolling your notifications already. 00:07:25.839 --> 00:07:27.399 Now maybe that's my fault. 00:07:27.399 --> 00:07:35.319 Or maybe you're wondering, what does Cain murdering Abel have to do with you? 00:07:35.839 --> 00:07:38.500 Like you're not a murderer, I presume. 00:07:38.500 --> 00:07:44.680 It's an interesting story. 00:07:44.680 --> 00:07:45.300 It's graphic. 00:07:45.459 --> 00:07:46.939 It's violent, kind of entertaining. 00:07:47.139 --> 00:07:49.139 But we might be thinking, who cares? 00:07:49.139 --> 00:07:55.639 In this story, we have the word sin in the Bible. 00:07:57.759 --> 00:08:01.519 I think we might see and recognise curse around us. 00:08:01.579 --> 00:08:02.459 We feel it. 00:08:02.579 --> 00:08:03.699 We're living there. 00:08:03.699 --> 00:08:07.319 I think we recognise curse and the struggle of life. 00:08:07.439 --> 00:08:09.319 But do we see sin? 00:08:10.319 --> 00:08:13.439 Do we recognise it when we see it? 00:08:13.439 --> 00:08:18.860 I think this story helps us see sin, its presence and its power. 00:08:18.860 --> 00:08:29.980 Okay, so the story starts on a really joyful note. 00:08:30.639 --> 00:08:32.840 It is a hopeful note. 00:08:33.500 --> 00:08:44.340 Like it is Eve holding her newborn and she completes her joy by giving praise to the Lord. 00:08:44.340 --> 00:08:46.980 I have gotten a man with the help of the Lord. 00:08:48.759 --> 00:08:54.500 What should have spread to the next generation in the human race was the image of God, his character. 00:08:57.000 --> 00:08:59.480 The setting of the story is worship. 00:09:01.320 --> 00:09:10.639 Which should just raise our antenna that any presupposition that we have that religion is automatically good, 00:09:10.639 --> 00:09:14.559 we've got to put a question mark over that. 00:09:16.279 --> 00:09:20.580 Both brothers, Abel and Cain, they both bring an offering. 00:09:20.779 --> 00:09:21.480 This is worship. 00:09:23.080 --> 00:09:24.840 Abel's accepted, Cain isn't. 00:09:25.199 --> 00:09:27.120 How do they know that they're not accepted? 00:09:27.899 --> 00:09:30.319 I've heard so many speculations this week. 00:09:30.399 --> 00:09:31.059 We're not told. 00:09:31.500 --> 00:09:32.220 We don't know. 00:09:33.480 --> 00:09:36.220 It's obviously not Moses' point in writing it for us. 00:09:36.279 --> 00:09:37.139 We don't need to know. 00:09:37.139 --> 00:09:40.240 What we're told is God rejected Cain and his offering. 00:09:40.879 --> 00:09:43.779 God accepted Abel and his offering and Cain knew. 00:09:44.120 --> 00:09:44.480 He knew. 00:09:46.460 --> 00:09:49.639 Now, you can imagine how Cain felt, can't you? 00:09:49.699 --> 00:09:52.840 I remember HSC when I was finishing year 12. 00:09:52.919 --> 00:09:54.759 I did a design and tech project. 00:09:56.039 --> 00:09:57.480 It was this coffee table thing. 00:09:58.240 --> 00:10:03.580 Anyway, there was this award that went out for good projects. 00:10:03.580 --> 00:10:08.180 And my classmate, my teacher said, got this award. 00:10:09.300 --> 00:10:11.139 And I remember the feeling I had. 00:10:11.300 --> 00:10:13.060 I was inside. 00:10:13.259 --> 00:10:14.700 I was smiling on the outside. 00:10:14.780 --> 00:10:15.860 On the inside, I was livid. 00:10:16.540 --> 00:10:19.860 Like, I thought my project was so much better. 00:10:20.940 --> 00:10:22.400 I tried hard. 00:10:23.840 --> 00:10:26.560 I thought it was unfair that I was overlooked. 00:10:28.259 --> 00:10:29.900 Like, I didn't have to think about that. 00:10:29.899 --> 00:10:32.360 That was just a gut reaction. 00:10:33.419 --> 00:10:35.379 I think we can sympathise with Cain here. 00:10:39.679 --> 00:10:41.919 What's the difference between the brothers' offerings? 00:10:45.419 --> 00:10:49.500 The Mosaic Law later on prescribes both crops and animals. 00:10:50.379 --> 00:10:53.579 I don't think it's in the actual form of the worship itself. 00:10:53.580 --> 00:10:59.300 They each brought what they could, what they had access to bring. 00:10:59.940 --> 00:11:05.700 The only difference, the only hint of a difference we get is the very positive description of Abel's offering. 00:11:06.580 --> 00:11:08.420 One commentator translated it like this. 00:11:08.480 --> 00:11:09.500 I don't know Hebrew well. 00:11:12.500 --> 00:11:13.700 Martin's not here today. 00:11:14.240 --> 00:11:15.879 Some others who know Hebrew. 00:11:16.040 --> 00:11:17.680 Here's one translation. 00:11:18.120 --> 00:11:22.240 He brought the fattest of the firstlings of his flock. 00:11:22.240 --> 00:11:26.960 He offered the Lord his best. 00:11:30.500 --> 00:11:34.879 You know when a man's heart has been captured by a woman, don't you? 00:11:36.159 --> 00:11:37.279 He showers more. 00:11:39.340 --> 00:11:40.419 He's wearing better. 00:11:40.519 --> 00:11:42.440 He's paying money for better clothes. 00:11:43.080 --> 00:11:48.259 He'll drive long distances to see her after work and on the weekends. 00:11:48.440 --> 00:11:50.639 He'll stay up late talking and texting. 00:11:50.639 --> 00:11:53.139 Sleep is, who cares about sleep? 00:11:53.539 --> 00:11:55.860 He'll spare any waking moment. 00:11:56.340 --> 00:12:00.319 Like his thoughts just revert back to her. 00:12:00.539 --> 00:12:02.620 Like he's saving up money to buy a ring. 00:12:03.139 --> 00:12:06.279 His career decisions are all orientated to her now. 00:12:06.500 --> 00:12:07.840 He seeks to please her. 00:12:09.259 --> 00:12:11.019 He's giving the best of himself. 00:12:11.460 --> 00:12:16.319 Now does all that sacrifice feel like duty to that man? 00:12:16.320 --> 00:12:18.920 Does it feel like he's losing something? 00:12:19.020 --> 00:12:19.520 No way. 00:12:23.180 --> 00:12:26.040 He's giving the best and it completes his joy. 00:12:29.520 --> 00:12:34.520 It's like a man giving a pledge, the very best. 00:12:34.680 --> 00:12:36.820 He's saved up so much money for that ring. 00:12:36.820 --> 00:12:41.080 And on that day, he's giving that, saying, 00:12:41.260 --> 00:12:45.320 with all that I am and all that I have, I honour you. 00:12:48.020 --> 00:12:51.900 I think that's what's going on here. 00:12:52.140 --> 00:12:56.379 Abel's giving his best and it's a pledge of his full devotion. 00:12:56.379 --> 00:13:08.019 Hebrews 11.4 says that it was by faith Abel offered a more acceptable sacrifice. 00:13:08.240 --> 00:13:16.439 So maybe he was giving his best in response to God's promise to restore all things. 00:13:17.580 --> 00:13:20.539 So maybe he knew the promise of chapter 3, verse 15, 00:13:20.879 --> 00:13:24.720 that there would be a serpent crusher who would restore all things. 00:13:24.720 --> 00:13:25.200 Maybe. 00:13:25.500 --> 00:13:28.279 Maybe he knew that promise and he was so grateful 00:13:28.279 --> 00:13:32.680 and he just knew that day was coming and so he gave his best. 00:13:35.820 --> 00:13:39.620 Whereas Cain's, we suppose, wasn't done in faith. 00:13:42.240 --> 00:13:44.620 Now, a slight maybe over those comments. 00:13:45.460 --> 00:13:48.399 Something, something was wrong with Cain's motivation. 00:13:48.560 --> 00:13:50.860 Otherwise, the Lord wouldn't have rejected his offering. 00:13:50.860 --> 00:13:56.080 Now, what's Cain's response to this situation? 00:13:56.279 --> 00:13:56.800 Conviction? 00:13:58.039 --> 00:14:01.720 Is it, unlike me with that Year 12 project, 00:14:01.899 --> 00:14:04.419 acknowledgement and pleasure that Abel did well 00:14:04.419 --> 00:14:06.639 and delighting in that fact? 00:14:06.720 --> 00:14:07.899 He deserved God's favour? 00:14:09.259 --> 00:14:10.899 Is it self-examination? 00:14:10.899 --> 00:14:16.459 No, he felt entitled to be angry and sad. 00:14:18.159 --> 00:14:19.819 He's very angry. 00:14:21.000 --> 00:14:22.120 It's not just angry. 00:14:22.340 --> 00:14:24.240 He's livid. 00:14:25.319 --> 00:14:27.100 He believes he's been hard done by. 00:14:27.199 --> 00:14:28.459 He's entitled to blessing. 00:14:28.600 --> 00:14:29.939 Maybe because he's the firstborn. 00:14:30.279 --> 00:14:32.419 Maybe because he tried, he feels like a victim. 00:14:32.419 --> 00:14:36.719 Maybe a victim of Abel. 00:14:37.860 --> 00:14:39.740 Like, just because he went above and beyond, 00:14:39.860 --> 00:14:42.699 he makes his fairly good efforts look bad. 00:14:44.279 --> 00:14:46.579 It's just his fault for going above and beyond. 00:14:47.679 --> 00:14:49.759 Maybe he feels a victim of the Lord. 00:14:49.879 --> 00:14:50.699 He's unfair. 00:14:50.899 --> 00:14:52.459 Like, can't you see I tried? 00:14:52.459 --> 00:14:52.539 I tried. 00:14:52.539 --> 00:14:59.480 And the Lord speaks to Cain. 00:15:02.240 --> 00:15:06.379 And notice the picture of who God is here. 00:15:06.519 --> 00:15:08.219 He's not a God. 00:15:08.319 --> 00:15:11.319 He sits up in heaven with his, like a policeman, 00:15:11.519 --> 00:15:13.679 with a radar sin gun just going, 00:15:13.899 --> 00:15:14.980 let's see what he does here. 00:15:15.279 --> 00:15:16.699 I'm trying to catch him out. 00:15:17.360 --> 00:15:21.459 He's coming in and he's speaking early, 00:15:21.460 --> 00:15:22.820 trying to intervene. 00:15:25.639 --> 00:15:27.060 He's like a counsellor. 00:15:27.139 --> 00:15:27.940 He's like a parent. 00:15:29.500 --> 00:15:32.220 He wants to give Cain every opportunity 00:15:32.220 --> 00:15:33.340 to turn this around. 00:15:34.000 --> 00:15:35.460 And that's what scripture is. 00:15:39.400 --> 00:15:41.139 He doesn't start with a command, 00:15:41.600 --> 00:15:43.360 like a ruthless boss that just says, 00:15:43.420 --> 00:15:44.360 get your act together. 00:15:44.639 --> 00:15:45.540 He doesn't start like that. 00:15:45.680 --> 00:15:47.519 He urges Cain to examine himself. 00:15:47.680 --> 00:15:49.600 Why are you so angry? 00:15:49.940 --> 00:15:50.700 Why are you angry? 00:15:52.019 --> 00:15:53.180 Why are you sad? 00:15:53.660 --> 00:15:54.639 Look, Cain. 00:15:54.759 --> 00:15:55.320 Look in. 00:15:55.980 --> 00:15:56.379 Why? 00:16:01.940 --> 00:16:03.800 Do you examine yourself 00:16:03.800 --> 00:16:06.200 when those self-pitying thoughts come? 00:16:09.400 --> 00:16:11.440 Or do you blame your circumstances? 00:16:11.639 --> 00:16:12.800 You blame others. 00:16:13.639 --> 00:16:14.639 Do you love it 00:16:14.639 --> 00:16:17.400 when a friend or family member 00:16:17.400 --> 00:16:18.460 sits down with you 00:16:18.460 --> 00:16:19.600 and they want to help you 00:16:19.600 --> 00:16:20.759 examine your motivations? 00:16:23.660 --> 00:16:24.620 Do you love that? 00:16:24.700 --> 00:16:26.019 Or do you just want them to say, 00:16:26.560 --> 00:16:28.879 no, I just want you to be angry with me? 00:16:33.759 --> 00:16:35.800 Is it your husband or wife's fault 00:16:35.800 --> 00:16:36.840 that you're angry? 00:16:36.840 --> 00:16:42.860 A poor trip, 00:16:43.300 --> 00:16:43.920 a pastor, 00:16:44.420 --> 00:16:46.480 makes an outrageous claim 00:16:46.480 --> 00:16:47.379 in marriage counselling 00:16:47.379 --> 00:16:48.259 that your spouse 00:16:48.259 --> 00:16:49.740 is never the cause 00:16:49.740 --> 00:16:50.600 of your behaviour. 00:16:51.300 --> 00:16:52.540 It's an outrageous claim 00:16:52.540 --> 00:16:54.160 if you believe it. 00:16:56.300 --> 00:16:57.820 Is it the person's fault 00:16:57.820 --> 00:16:59.540 for cutting in on your lane 00:16:59.540 --> 00:17:00.879 that you're angry? 00:17:00.879 --> 00:17:04.480 Or is it a heart issue? 00:17:05.220 --> 00:17:06.180 Look in, Cain. 00:17:06.319 --> 00:17:06.799 Look in. 00:17:09.579 --> 00:17:10.940 He's not taking responsibility. 00:17:11.279 --> 00:17:12.200 He's like his mum and dad, 00:17:12.319 --> 00:17:13.119 shifting the blame 00:17:13.119 --> 00:17:15.619 outside himself. 00:17:15.619 --> 00:17:19.759 And the Lord shows him 00:17:19.759 --> 00:17:20.619 the path to go. 00:17:20.839 --> 00:17:22.699 It's not a competition, Cain. 00:17:22.759 --> 00:17:24.519 It's not like it's the top 5% 00:17:24.519 --> 00:17:25.319 who are accepted. 00:17:25.500 --> 00:17:26.759 If you do well, 00:17:27.759 --> 00:17:28.679 won't you be accepted? 00:17:31.279 --> 00:17:32.919 It's not a comparison game. 00:17:33.519 --> 00:17:34.679 If you do well. 00:17:36.959 --> 00:17:38.739 He's an involved father 00:17:38.739 --> 00:17:40.699 who's lovingly counselling, Cain. 00:17:40.700 --> 00:17:46.840 And then he gives a warning. 00:17:50.059 --> 00:17:51.640 In The Lion King, 00:17:52.799 --> 00:17:53.819 Uncle Scar, 00:17:55.340 --> 00:17:57.920 why is he so powerful and evil? 00:17:58.360 --> 00:17:59.259 Part of it 00:17:59.259 --> 00:18:02.140 is they underestimated him. 00:18:04.299 --> 00:18:06.259 Mufasa knows 00:18:06.259 --> 00:18:09.740 he's the stronger older brother. 00:18:10.700 --> 00:18:12.200 Little Simba just thinks 00:18:12.200 --> 00:18:14.120 he's a funny old Uncle Scar, 00:18:14.299 --> 00:18:15.380 like he's a bit strange 00:18:15.380 --> 00:18:17.380 and toys around with him. 00:18:17.799 --> 00:18:19.180 They underestimate him. 00:18:20.340 --> 00:18:21.740 That's part of his power. 00:18:25.200 --> 00:18:27.700 His lies and plots, 00:18:28.460 --> 00:18:29.580 he wants to rule, 00:18:29.880 --> 00:18:30.799 he wants to kill. 00:18:31.200 --> 00:18:32.740 They underestimate him. 00:18:35.940 --> 00:18:38.100 That's what the Lord's saying here to Cain. 00:18:40.700 --> 00:18:43.120 Sin is crouching at the door. 00:18:43.400 --> 00:18:45.120 That word is like a predator. 00:18:48.920 --> 00:18:50.160 It's like a tiger 00:18:50.160 --> 00:18:51.140 crouching in the ground. 00:18:51.200 --> 00:18:52.000 It looks like nothing. 00:18:52.140 --> 00:18:52.900 Oh, your sin, 00:18:53.019 --> 00:18:54.279 it's just this little grudge. 00:18:55.160 --> 00:18:55.860 It's not that big. 00:18:57.299 --> 00:18:58.460 Don't underestimate 00:18:58.460 --> 00:18:59.720 sin's power. 00:19:02.720 --> 00:19:04.180 If you think there's a predator 00:19:04.180 --> 00:19:05.100 waiting for you, 00:19:05.700 --> 00:19:07.180 you've got half a chance. 00:19:07.180 --> 00:19:09.420 If you don't think 00:19:09.420 --> 00:19:09.940 there's a predator 00:19:09.940 --> 00:19:10.779 waiting for you, 00:19:11.400 --> 00:19:12.200 you're dead. 00:19:13.660 --> 00:19:14.700 You're gone. 00:19:15.680 --> 00:19:16.640 Don't underestimate 00:19:16.640 --> 00:19:17.700 sin's power 00:19:17.700 --> 00:19:18.620 and its presence. 00:19:19.640 --> 00:19:21.539 Its desire is contrary to you. 00:19:21.820 --> 00:19:22.860 His self-pity 00:19:22.860 --> 00:19:24.080 and anger 00:19:24.080 --> 00:19:24.900 blaming others, 00:19:25.120 --> 00:19:26.620 it felt for him. 00:19:26.720 --> 00:19:27.940 It was stroking his, 00:19:28.100 --> 00:19:28.900 I don't know, 00:19:28.960 --> 00:19:29.460 pride. 00:19:30.440 --> 00:19:32.019 It feels for him. 00:19:32.440 --> 00:19:33.160 The Lord's warning, 00:19:33.279 --> 00:19:33.920 no, it's not. 00:19:34.299 --> 00:19:35.400 It is contrary to you. 00:19:35.400 --> 00:19:36.540 He wants to devour you 00:19:36.540 --> 00:19:37.259 and your life 00:19:37.259 --> 00:19:38.480 and those around you. 00:19:42.440 --> 00:19:44.019 Don't underestimate it. 00:19:47.360 --> 00:19:48.480 Like, have you ever been 00:19:48.480 --> 00:19:48.960 in despair 00:19:48.960 --> 00:19:49.980 that you can't talk 00:19:49.980 --> 00:19:50.600 a loved one 00:19:50.600 --> 00:19:52.000 out of a destructive path? 00:19:53.060 --> 00:19:54.220 I find this chilling 00:19:54.220 --> 00:19:56.380 that the Lord himself 00:19:56.380 --> 00:19:57.860 can't talk Cain 00:19:57.860 --> 00:19:58.540 out of it. 00:20:03.220 --> 00:20:03.660 Whew. 00:20:05.400 --> 00:20:07.680 And then, 00:20:07.900 --> 00:20:08.420 verse 8, 00:20:09.480 --> 00:20:10.600 Cain uses his 00:20:10.600 --> 00:20:11.540 God-like ability 00:20:11.540 --> 00:20:12.480 to speak. 00:20:14.500 --> 00:20:15.480 He spoke 00:20:15.480 --> 00:20:16.280 to Abel. 00:20:18.980 --> 00:20:19.780 Now, speaking, 00:20:20.019 --> 00:20:20.400 it's an act 00:20:20.400 --> 00:20:21.259 of relationship. 00:20:21.580 --> 00:20:22.840 It's an act 00:20:22.840 --> 00:20:25.200 of connection. 00:20:26.800 --> 00:20:27.759 But he obviously 00:20:27.759 --> 00:20:28.620 uses words 00:20:28.620 --> 00:20:29.420 to deceive. 00:20:29.420 --> 00:20:34.340 They hide, 00:20:34.460 --> 00:20:34.960 his words 00:20:34.960 --> 00:20:35.700 hide his 00:20:35.700 --> 00:20:36.980 real intentions. 00:20:39.060 --> 00:20:39.960 He doesn't want 00:20:39.960 --> 00:20:40.720 to master sin. 00:20:43.820 --> 00:20:44.759 And he becomes 00:20:44.759 --> 00:20:45.240 a predator 00:20:45.240 --> 00:20:46.120 against his own 00:20:46.120 --> 00:20:46.580 brother. 00:20:47.000 --> 00:20:47.800 The word brother 00:20:47.800 --> 00:20:48.940 here in this passage 00:20:48.940 --> 00:20:49.940 appears again 00:20:49.940 --> 00:20:50.440 and again 00:20:50.440 --> 00:20:50.860 and again. 00:20:51.660 --> 00:20:52.420 Even his brother. 00:20:52.420 --> 00:20:56.980 Abel, 00:20:57.660 --> 00:20:58.160 righteous, 00:20:58.560 --> 00:20:59.000 innocent, 00:20:59.240 --> 00:21:00.360 accepted by God, 00:21:00.440 --> 00:21:01.560 he is the first 00:21:01.560 --> 00:21:02.940 human death 00:21:02.940 --> 00:21:03.980 in history. 00:21:05.880 --> 00:21:06.019 Like, 00:21:06.120 --> 00:21:07.640 the first death 00:21:07.640 --> 00:21:09.120 wasn't 00:21:09.120 --> 00:21:10.660 sickness. 00:21:10.980 --> 00:21:11.440 It wasn't 00:21:11.440 --> 00:21:12.180 accident. 00:21:12.180 --> 00:21:16.460 humanity 00:21:16.460 --> 00:21:17.440 didn't just 00:21:17.440 --> 00:21:18.740 slowly become 00:21:18.740 --> 00:21:19.660 corrupt over 00:21:19.660 --> 00:21:20.420 a bunch of 00:21:20.420 --> 00:21:20.920 generations. 00:21:21.519 --> 00:21:22.279 The very 00:21:22.279 --> 00:21:23.680 first generation 00:21:23.680 --> 00:21:24.680 which began 00:21:24.680 --> 00:21:25.640 with such joy 00:21:25.640 --> 00:21:26.620 that our 00:21:26.620 --> 00:21:27.700 origin story, 00:21:28.460 --> 00:21:29.420 it begins 00:21:29.420 --> 00:21:29.920 with first 00:21:29.920 --> 00:21:30.600 degree murder. 00:21:31.980 --> 00:21:32.840 That doesn't 00:21:32.840 --> 00:21:33.299 bode well 00:21:33.299 --> 00:21:33.840 for us. 00:21:38.640 --> 00:21:39.440 Evil 00:21:39.440 --> 00:21:40.660 is using 00:21:40.660 --> 00:21:41.320 words to 00:21:41.319 --> 00:21:41.899 deceive. 00:21:42.259 --> 00:21:42.539 Evil 00:21:42.539 --> 00:21:43.980 is destroying 00:21:43.980 --> 00:21:44.639 God's 00:21:44.639 --> 00:21:45.399 good creation. 00:21:48.119 --> 00:21:48.480 Cain's 00:21:48.480 --> 00:21:49.299 attack on 00:21:49.299 --> 00:21:49.839 Abel was 00:21:49.839 --> 00:21:50.339 even an 00:21:50.339 --> 00:21:50.939 attack against 00:21:50.939 --> 00:21:51.379 God. 00:21:53.480 --> 00:21:54.179 He was 00:21:54.179 --> 00:21:54.519 attacking 00:21:54.519 --> 00:21:54.919 God's 00:21:54.919 --> 00:21:55.319 image. 00:21:56.179 --> 00:21:56.379 He was 00:21:56.379 --> 00:21:56.740 attacking 00:21:56.740 --> 00:21:57.099 God's 00:21:57.099 --> 00:21:57.599 approval 00:21:57.599 --> 00:21:58.639 of Abel. 00:22:01.200 --> 00:22:01.939 What we 00:22:01.939 --> 00:22:02.619 see here is 00:22:02.619 --> 00:22:03.599 Cain doesn't 00:22:03.599 --> 00:22:04.299 spread the 00:22:04.299 --> 00:22:04.759 image of 00:22:04.759 --> 00:22:05.019 God, 00:22:05.099 --> 00:22:05.559 he spreads 00:22:05.559 --> 00:22:06.099 the image 00:22:06.099 --> 00:22:06.399 of the 00:22:06.399 --> 00:22:06.740 serpent. 00:22:11.319 --> 00:22:12.299 The Lord, 00:22:12.460 --> 00:22:13.039 verse 9, 00:22:13.159 --> 00:22:14.259 is incredibly 00:22:14.259 --> 00:22:16.359 patient and 00:22:16.359 --> 00:22:16.879 gracious. 00:22:18.679 --> 00:22:19.500 Where is 00:22:19.500 --> 00:22:20.179 Abel your 00:22:20.179 --> 00:22:20.539 brother? 00:22:22.319 --> 00:22:22.559 Now, 00:22:22.899 --> 00:22:23.419 he knew. 00:22:24.220 --> 00:22:24.639 We later 00:22:24.639 --> 00:22:25.539 find out his 00:22:25.539 --> 00:22:26.519 cries are going 00:22:26.519 --> 00:22:27.000 out to him. 00:22:27.059 --> 00:22:27.559 He knew. 00:22:28.939 --> 00:22:29.599 What's he 00:22:29.599 --> 00:22:29.819 doing? 00:22:30.059 --> 00:22:30.639 He's giving 00:22:30.639 --> 00:22:31.179 Cain an 00:22:31.179 --> 00:22:32.379 opportunity to 00:22:32.379 --> 00:22:32.960 confess. 00:22:32.960 --> 00:22:33.039 confess. 00:22:37.160 --> 00:22:37.980 He's giving 00:22:37.980 --> 00:22:38.539 an opportunity 00:22:38.539 --> 00:22:39.519 to confess. 00:22:43.600 --> 00:22:44.579 Show some 00:22:44.579 --> 00:22:45.340 awareness of 00:22:45.340 --> 00:22:45.900 the shame 00:22:45.900 --> 00:22:46.400 and guilt. 00:22:47.819 --> 00:22:48.180 But he 00:22:48.180 --> 00:22:48.819 denies any 00:22:48.819 --> 00:22:49.299 knowledge of 00:22:49.299 --> 00:22:49.460 it. 00:22:51.180 --> 00:22:51.700 How common 00:22:51.700 --> 00:22:52.160 is that? 00:22:53.860 --> 00:22:54.700 I remember 00:22:54.700 --> 00:22:56.420 as a 00:22:56.420 --> 00:22:58.559 kid lying 00:22:58.559 --> 00:22:59.019 to David 00:22:59.019 --> 00:22:59.519 Corderwood 00:22:59.519 --> 00:23:00.000 back in 00:23:00.000 --> 00:23:00.200 town. 00:23:00.200 --> 00:23:02.819 we'd 00:23:02.819 --> 00:23:03.019 been 00:23:03.019 --> 00:23:03.799 lighting 00:23:03.799 --> 00:23:04.380 fires 00:23:04.380 --> 00:23:06.900 and I 00:23:06.900 --> 00:23:07.259 smelled 00:23:07.259 --> 00:23:08.080 like smoke 00:23:08.080 --> 00:23:08.400 and I 00:23:08.400 --> 00:23:08.860 walked into 00:23:08.860 --> 00:23:09.480 his house. 00:23:09.940 --> 00:23:10.080 He's like, 00:23:10.480 --> 00:23:10.660 have you 00:23:10.660 --> 00:23:11.000 been lighting 00:23:11.000 --> 00:23:11.440 fires? 00:23:11.539 --> 00:23:11.720 No. 00:23:14.860 --> 00:23:15.340 How 00:23:15.340 --> 00:23:16.000 natural is 00:23:16.000 --> 00:23:16.200 it? 00:23:17.039 --> 00:23:17.319 I don't 00:23:17.319 --> 00:23:17.519 know. 00:23:21.380 --> 00:23:22.019 And then 00:23:22.019 --> 00:23:22.460 worse. 00:23:25.140 --> 00:23:25.940 Am I 00:23:25.940 --> 00:23:26.559 my brother's 00:23:26.559 --> 00:23:27.039 keeper? 00:23:30.200 --> 00:23:32.039 This is 00:23:32.039 --> 00:23:32.680 cold. 00:23:34.600 --> 00:23:35.400 Am I 00:23:35.400 --> 00:23:36.200 responsible 00:23:36.200 --> 00:23:36.860 for the 00:23:36.860 --> 00:23:37.420 well-being 00:23:37.420 --> 00:23:37.920 of my 00:23:37.920 --> 00:23:38.240 brother? 00:23:43.039 --> 00:23:43.559 Look 00:23:43.559 --> 00:23:44.039 around you. 00:23:44.100 --> 00:23:44.420 Am I 00:23:44.420 --> 00:23:44.980 responsible? 00:23:46.319 --> 00:23:46.660 Are you 00:23:46.660 --> 00:23:47.279 responsible? 00:23:52.740 --> 00:23:53.420 Don't you 00:23:53.420 --> 00:23:54.100 find it so 00:23:54.100 --> 00:23:54.759 easy to 00:23:54.759 --> 00:23:55.460 stop feeling 00:23:55.460 --> 00:23:56.299 responsible for 00:23:56.299 --> 00:23:56.840 someone you're 00:23:56.840 --> 00:23:57.319 angry at? 00:23:57.319 --> 00:23:59.000 I'm not 00:23:59.000 --> 00:23:59.759 responsible to 00:23:59.759 --> 00:24:00.119 care for 00:24:00.119 --> 00:24:00.659 that person. 00:24:01.519 --> 00:24:02.399 It is so 00:24:02.399 --> 00:24:03.000 quick to 00:24:03.000 --> 00:24:03.819 stop thinking 00:24:03.819 --> 00:24:04.720 even amongst 00:24:04.720 --> 00:24:05.960 the church 00:24:05.960 --> 00:24:06.579 family to 00:24:06.579 --> 00:24:07.559 suddenly stop 00:24:07.559 --> 00:24:08.099 thinking of 00:24:08.099 --> 00:24:08.579 someone as 00:24:08.579 --> 00:24:09.119 brother. 00:24:12.119 --> 00:24:12.720 The 00:24:12.720 --> 00:24:13.539 voice of 00:24:13.539 --> 00:24:14.159 your brother's 00:24:14.159 --> 00:24:14.659 blood is 00:24:14.659 --> 00:24:15.700 crying to 00:24:15.700 --> 00:24:16.220 me from 00:24:16.220 --> 00:24:16.859 the ground. 00:24:17.359 --> 00:24:17.740 The Lord 00:24:17.740 --> 00:24:18.359 sees. 00:24:22.259 --> 00:24:22.939 I don't 00:24:22.939 --> 00:24:23.259 know how 00:24:23.259 --> 00:24:23.939 many cold 00:24:23.939 --> 00:24:24.679 cases the 00:24:24.679 --> 00:24:25.259 police haven't 00:24:25.259 --> 00:24:25.779 solved but 00:24:25.779 --> 00:24:26.259 the Lord 00:24:26.259 --> 00:24:26.799 sees. 00:24:27.319 --> 00:24:29.259 There might 00:24:29.259 --> 00:24:29.939 be sins 00:24:29.939 --> 00:24:30.639 against you 00:24:30.639 --> 00:24:31.960 no one 00:24:31.960 --> 00:24:32.419 else knows 00:24:32.419 --> 00:24:32.759 about. 00:24:33.759 --> 00:24:34.159 The Lord 00:24:34.159 --> 00:24:34.639 sees. 00:24:36.159 --> 00:24:36.759 Vengeance 00:24:36.759 --> 00:24:37.359 is mine 00:24:37.359 --> 00:24:40.500 says the 00:24:40.500 --> 00:24:40.720 Lord. 00:24:46.000 --> 00:24:46.859 But again 00:24:46.859 --> 00:24:47.240 the Lord 00:24:47.240 --> 00:24:49.039 is so 00:24:49.039 --> 00:24:50.879 gracious. 00:24:51.119 --> 00:24:51.259 His 00:24:51.259 --> 00:24:51.819 punishment 00:24:51.819 --> 00:24:52.939 isn't full 00:24:52.939 --> 00:24:53.559 yet. 00:24:53.559 --> 00:24:54.179 God 00:24:54.179 --> 00:24:56.019 is 00:24:56.019 --> 00:24:57.519 coming. 00:24:57.519 --> 00:24:58.220 But it's 00:24:58.220 --> 00:24:59.440 so mixed 00:24:59.440 --> 00:25:00.200 with mercy. 00:25:01.440 --> 00:25:02.339 He is 00:25:02.339 --> 00:25:02.839 exiled 00:25:02.839 --> 00:25:03.579 further from 00:25:03.579 --> 00:25:04.339 Eden, 00:25:05.059 --> 00:25:05.639 further from 00:25:05.639 --> 00:25:06.159 the land, 00:25:07.279 --> 00:25:07.899 further from 00:25:07.899 --> 00:25:08.440 his family. 00:25:08.599 --> 00:25:09.119 He's going to 00:25:09.119 --> 00:25:09.980 be a fugitive, 00:25:10.099 --> 00:25:10.659 a wandering 00:25:10.659 --> 00:25:11.259 fugitive, 00:25:11.399 --> 00:25:11.960 never at 00:25:11.960 --> 00:25:12.259 home, 00:25:12.440 --> 00:25:12.879 always 00:25:12.879 --> 00:25:15.039 restless. 00:25:15.039 --> 00:25:15.079 ruthless. 00:25:17.339 --> 00:25:17.980 But then 00:25:17.980 --> 00:25:19.440 his character 00:25:19.440 --> 00:25:19.940 is shown 00:25:19.940 --> 00:25:20.259 again. 00:25:21.399 --> 00:25:22.039 He's not 00:25:22.039 --> 00:25:23.119 convicted by 00:25:23.119 --> 00:25:23.639 his guilt. 00:25:24.579 --> 00:25:25.039 He just 00:25:25.039 --> 00:25:25.460 cares about 00:25:25.460 --> 00:25:25.980 his punishment. 00:25:28.200 --> 00:25:28.899 That's not 00:25:28.899 --> 00:25:29.240 fair. 00:25:30.599 --> 00:25:31.279 That's too 00:25:31.279 --> 00:25:31.799 harsh. 00:25:31.799 --> 00:25:31.920 That's too 00:25:31.920 --> 00:25:31.940 harsh. 00:25:31.940 --> 00:25:40.019 Now just a 00:25:40.019 --> 00:25:40.700 side note in 00:25:40.700 --> 00:25:42.160 case you're 00:25:42.160 --> 00:25:42.660 just struggling 00:25:42.660 --> 00:25:43.279 to get past 00:25:43.279 --> 00:25:43.580 this. 00:25:43.980 --> 00:25:45.000 Like who's 00:25:45.000 --> 00:25:45.460 he afraid 00:25:45.460 --> 00:25:45.940 will kill 00:25:45.940 --> 00:25:46.160 him? 00:25:47.960 --> 00:25:48.279 I don't 00:25:48.279 --> 00:25:48.500 know. 00:25:49.140 --> 00:25:50.059 It's a short 00:25:50.059 --> 00:25:50.259 answer. 00:25:50.660 --> 00:25:51.940 But he's 00:25:51.940 --> 00:25:52.779 assuming here 00:25:52.779 --> 00:25:54.299 that anyone 00:25:54.299 --> 00:25:54.860 he meets 00:25:54.860 --> 00:25:55.279 will know 00:25:55.279 --> 00:25:56.140 him and 00:25:56.140 --> 00:25:56.460 what he's 00:25:56.460 --> 00:25:56.700 done. 00:25:57.460 --> 00:25:58.460 Which suggests 00:25:58.460 --> 00:25:59.539 the earth 00:25:59.539 --> 00:25:59.940 isn't just 00:25:59.940 --> 00:26:01.080 fully populated 00:26:01.080 --> 00:26:01.320 yet. 00:26:01.559 --> 00:26:01.920 It suggests 00:26:01.920 --> 00:26:03.820 probably 00:26:03.820 --> 00:26:04.220 family. 00:26:04.380 --> 00:26:04.820 He may 00:26:04.820 --> 00:26:05.140 even be 00:26:05.140 --> 00:26:05.360 thinking 00:26:05.360 --> 00:26:05.720 future 00:26:05.720 --> 00:26:06.380 generations. 00:26:08.680 --> 00:26:09.259 Family 00:26:09.259 --> 00:26:09.800 members who 00:26:09.800 --> 00:26:10.039 will get 00:26:10.039 --> 00:26:10.340 blood 00:26:10.340 --> 00:26:10.880 revenge. 00:26:13.900 --> 00:26:14.600 But the 00:26:14.600 --> 00:26:14.920 Lord is 00:26:14.920 --> 00:26:15.400 gracious. 00:26:18.240 --> 00:26:18.840 A 00:26:18.840 --> 00:26:19.300 commentator 00:26:19.300 --> 00:26:19.700 at Derek 00:26:19.700 --> 00:26:20.259 Kigner says 00:26:20.259 --> 00:26:20.800 God's 00:26:20.800 --> 00:26:21.740 concern for 00:26:21.740 --> 00:26:22.640 justice for 00:26:22.640 --> 00:26:23.140 the innocent 00:26:23.140 --> 00:26:24.840 is matched 00:26:24.840 --> 00:26:25.960 only by one 00:26:25.960 --> 00:26:26.500 other thing. 00:26:27.380 --> 00:26:28.220 His care 00:26:28.220 --> 00:26:28.660 for the 00:26:28.660 --> 00:26:28.920 sinner. 00:26:31.320 --> 00:26:31.880 Protection. 00:26:31.920 --> 00:26:33.340 mercy is 00:26:33.340 --> 00:26:34.120 the most 00:26:34.120 --> 00:26:35.560 that mercy 00:26:35.560 --> 00:26:36.279 can do 00:26:36.279 --> 00:26:37.060 for the 00:26:37.060 --> 00:26:37.720 unrepentant. 00:26:39.720 --> 00:26:40.539 It's the 00:26:40.539 --> 00:26:41.740 most he 00:26:41.740 --> 00:26:42.140 can do. 00:26:42.140 --> 00:26:47.440 A term 00:26:47.440 --> 00:26:48.960 we use in 00:26:48.960 --> 00:26:50.160 theology is 00:26:50.160 --> 00:26:50.759 common 00:26:50.759 --> 00:26:51.259 grace. 00:26:52.220 --> 00:26:52.560 He doesn't 00:26:52.560 --> 00:26:52.960 deserve 00:26:52.960 --> 00:26:53.340 this. 00:26:57.540 --> 00:26:58.100 It's 00:26:58.100 --> 00:26:58.780 mine to 00:26:58.780 --> 00:26:59.300 avenge, 00:26:59.360 --> 00:26:59.700 says the 00:26:59.700 --> 00:26:59.960 Lord. 00:27:00.200 --> 00:27:00.640 It's not 00:27:00.640 --> 00:27:01.380 your tribes 00:27:01.380 --> 00:27:02.140 to avenge. 00:27:02.200 --> 00:27:02.620 It's not 00:27:02.620 --> 00:27:03.300 your families 00:27:03.300 --> 00:27:03.920 to avenge. 00:27:03.980 --> 00:27:04.280 It's not 00:27:04.280 --> 00:27:04.860 yours to 00:27:04.860 --> 00:27:05.340 avenge. 00:27:05.660 --> 00:27:06.080 It's the 00:27:06.080 --> 00:27:06.560 Lord's to 00:27:06.560 --> 00:27:07.000 avenge. 00:27:08.280 --> 00:27:08.960 And he 00:27:08.960 --> 00:27:09.360 protects 00:27:09.360 --> 00:27:09.720 Cain. 00:27:09.720 --> 00:27:11.380 Now 00:27:11.380 --> 00:27:11.779 Cain's 00:27:11.779 --> 00:27:12.400 pride, 00:27:12.400 --> 00:27:13.640 it continues 00:27:13.640 --> 00:27:14.819 I think 00:27:14.819 --> 00:27:15.140 in the 00:27:15.140 --> 00:27:15.660 act of 00:27:15.660 --> 00:27:16.180 building a 00:27:16.180 --> 00:27:16.420 city. 00:27:16.860 --> 00:27:17.140 He's 00:27:17.140 --> 00:27:18.279 meant to 00:27:18.279 --> 00:27:18.519 be 00:27:18.519 --> 00:27:19.100 restless 00:27:19.100 --> 00:27:20.039 wanderer, 00:27:20.339 --> 00:27:20.980 a fugitive, 00:27:22.360 --> 00:27:22.600 but 00:27:22.600 --> 00:27:23.680 now I'm 00:27:23.680 --> 00:27:23.920 going to 00:27:23.920 --> 00:27:24.500 settle. 00:27:25.519 --> 00:27:26.200 I'm going 00:27:26.200 --> 00:27:26.880 to settle 00:27:26.880 --> 00:27:27.839 and build 00:27:27.839 --> 00:27:28.380 a city 00:27:28.380 --> 00:27:30.559 with my 00:27:30.559 --> 00:27:31.120 son's 00:27:31.120 --> 00:27:31.500 name. 00:27:32.140 --> 00:27:32.700 Not in 00:27:32.700 --> 00:27:33.100 honour of 00:27:33.100 --> 00:27:33.460 the Lord, 00:27:33.579 --> 00:27:35.680 but my 00:27:35.680 --> 00:27:36.259 own name. 00:27:36.259 --> 00:27:38.059 Now what 00:27:38.059 --> 00:27:38.700 became of 00:27:38.700 --> 00:27:38.960 this 00:27:38.960 --> 00:27:39.960 rebellious 00:27:39.960 --> 00:27:41.759 Cain? 00:27:42.119 --> 00:27:42.500 What 00:27:42.500 --> 00:27:42.920 happened to 00:27:42.920 --> 00:27:43.180 him and 00:27:43.180 --> 00:27:43.619 his family? 00:27:45.819 --> 00:27:46.440 They 00:27:46.440 --> 00:27:47.200 prospered. 00:27:48.859 --> 00:27:49.119 Isn't 00:27:49.119 --> 00:27:49.299 that, 00:27:49.460 --> 00:27:50.379 it's really 00:27:50.379 --> 00:27:51.240 surprising, 00:27:51.559 --> 00:27:52.119 the description, 00:27:52.279 --> 00:27:52.900 they prosper. 00:27:55.680 --> 00:27:56.220 We've got a 00:27:56.220 --> 00:27:56.740 list of his 00:27:56.740 --> 00:27:57.200 descendants, 00:27:57.599 --> 00:27:57.960 and then 00:27:57.960 --> 00:28:00.319 to Lamech, 00:28:00.980 --> 00:28:01.319 and his 00:28:01.319 --> 00:28:02.420 children 00:28:02.420 --> 00:28:03.619 advance in 00:28:03.619 --> 00:28:04.359 civilisation. 00:28:04.359 --> 00:28:04.799 We've got 00:28:04.799 --> 00:28:05.619 tents, 00:28:05.619 --> 00:28:06.500 housing, 00:28:06.719 --> 00:28:06.979 we've got 00:28:06.979 --> 00:28:08.319 music and 00:28:08.319 --> 00:28:08.799 culture, 00:28:09.019 --> 00:28:09.339 we've got 00:28:09.339 --> 00:28:10.579 technology, 00:28:10.739 --> 00:28:10.919 we've got 00:28:10.919 --> 00:28:11.500 the weapons 00:28:11.500 --> 00:28:12.219 and implements, 00:28:13.199 --> 00:28:14.000 civilisation 00:28:14.000 --> 00:28:15.559 under Lamech's 00:28:15.559 --> 00:28:15.939 family, 00:28:18.019 --> 00:28:19.199 which should 00:28:19.199 --> 00:28:21.239 just warn 00:28:21.239 --> 00:28:21.619 us a bit 00:28:21.619 --> 00:28:22.799 that all 00:28:22.799 --> 00:28:24.099 of creation 00:28:24.099 --> 00:28:24.619 is good. 00:28:25.239 --> 00:28:26.139 It's to be 00:28:26.139 --> 00:28:26.699 received with 00:28:26.699 --> 00:28:27.199 thanksgiving, 00:28:27.359 --> 00:28:29.719 but as we 00:28:29.719 --> 00:28:30.259 come to 00:28:30.259 --> 00:28:31.239 the character 00:28:31.239 --> 00:28:31.819 of Lamech 00:28:31.819 --> 00:28:32.359 in a moment, 00:28:33.099 --> 00:28:33.439 it should 00:28:33.439 --> 00:28:33.979 raise 00:28:33.979 --> 00:28:35.559 questions, 00:28:35.619 --> 00:28:36.639 about if 00:28:36.639 --> 00:28:37.699 all this 00:28:37.699 --> 00:28:38.559 goodness is 00:28:38.559 --> 00:28:39.479 linked back 00:28:39.479 --> 00:28:40.639 to Lamech. 00:28:42.679 --> 00:28:43.299 Yes, 00:28:43.359 --> 00:28:43.839 all things 00:28:43.839 --> 00:28:44.219 are good, 00:28:44.739 --> 00:28:45.139 but we 00:28:45.139 --> 00:28:45.799 need to 00:28:45.799 --> 00:28:46.459 be so 00:28:46.459 --> 00:28:47.339 thoughtful 00:28:47.339 --> 00:28:47.799 about 00:28:47.799 --> 00:28:48.279 everything 00:28:48.279 --> 00:28:48.639 now, 00:28:49.059 --> 00:28:49.659 about the 00:28:49.659 --> 00:28:49.939 music, 00:28:50.119 --> 00:28:51.359 about all 00:28:51.359 --> 00:28:51.679 the good 00:28:51.679 --> 00:28:52.199 gifts we've 00:28:52.199 --> 00:28:52.399 got. 00:28:52.399 --> 00:28:57.779 I think 00:28:57.779 --> 00:28:58.559 these advances 00:28:58.559 --> 00:28:59.959 in society, 00:29:00.139 --> 00:29:00.739 they're actually 00:29:00.739 --> 00:29:01.659 trying to 00:29:01.659 --> 00:29:02.399 fight the 00:29:02.399 --> 00:29:02.859 curse. 00:29:02.859 --> 00:29:05.259 rather than 00:29:05.259 --> 00:29:05.679 looking to 00:29:05.679 --> 00:29:06.299 God for 00:29:06.299 --> 00:29:06.979 rest and 00:29:06.979 --> 00:29:07.339 hope, 00:29:07.539 --> 00:29:08.339 it's we 00:29:08.339 --> 00:29:09.139 can work 00:29:09.139 --> 00:29:10.079 together to 00:29:10.079 --> 00:29:11.579 create the 00:29:11.579 --> 00:29:12.199 good life, 00:29:13.039 --> 00:29:13.639 to undo 00:29:13.639 --> 00:29:14.459 the curse. 00:29:16.299 --> 00:29:16.639 And so 00:29:16.639 --> 00:29:17.059 Cain's 00:29:17.059 --> 00:29:18.059 society advances, 00:29:18.679 --> 00:29:19.899 but as it 00:29:19.899 --> 00:29:20.379 advances, 00:29:20.639 --> 00:29:20.919 it is 00:29:20.919 --> 00:29:21.659 declining, 00:29:21.919 --> 00:29:22.159 it is 00:29:22.159 --> 00:29:22.839 eroding 00:29:22.839 --> 00:29:23.579 from within 00:29:23.579 --> 00:29:24.799 its values. 00:29:24.799 --> 00:29:26.740 And we 00:29:26.740 --> 00:29:27.299 see that 00:29:27.299 --> 00:29:27.839 in the 00:29:27.839 --> 00:29:28.299 character 00:29:28.299 --> 00:29:29.039 of Lamech. 00:29:29.559 --> 00:29:29.919 Out of 00:29:29.919 --> 00:29:31.559 his self-gratification, 00:29:32.680 --> 00:29:33.339 in love with 00:29:33.339 --> 00:29:34.200 his own name, 00:29:35.319 --> 00:29:35.839 he takes 00:29:35.839 --> 00:29:36.839 two wives. 00:29:39.960 --> 00:29:40.379 He's 00:29:40.379 --> 00:29:40.980 rejecting 00:29:40.980 --> 00:29:41.539 God's 00:29:41.539 --> 00:29:42.119 institution 00:29:42.119 --> 00:29:42.960 of marriage, 00:29:44.720 --> 00:29:45.339 of between 00:29:45.339 --> 00:29:46.119 a man 00:29:46.119 --> 00:29:46.599 and a 00:29:46.599 --> 00:29:46.940 woman 00:29:46.940 --> 00:29:48.339 becoming 00:29:48.339 --> 00:29:49.220 one flesh. 00:29:49.220 --> 00:29:53.960 like it's 00:29:53.960 --> 00:29:55.079 been in 00:29:55.079 --> 00:29:55.720 Australia's 00:29:55.720 --> 00:29:56.259 news at 00:29:56.259 --> 00:29:56.480 the moment, 00:29:56.579 --> 00:29:57.259 the domestic 00:29:57.259 --> 00:29:58.299 violence, 00:29:58.799 --> 00:29:59.559 men using 00:29:59.559 --> 00:30:00.400 their power 00:30:00.400 --> 00:30:01.460 to intimidate 00:30:01.460 --> 00:30:02.279 and control 00:30:02.279 --> 00:30:03.279 rather than 00:30:03.279 --> 00:30:04.660 to serve 00:30:04.660 --> 00:30:05.420 and protect 00:30:05.420 --> 00:30:05.799 women, 00:30:06.380 --> 00:30:07.140 that goes 00:30:07.140 --> 00:30:07.839 back as 00:30:07.839 --> 00:30:08.380 far as 00:30:08.380 --> 00:30:08.880 Lamech. 00:30:10.240 --> 00:30:10.759 It is as 00:30:10.759 --> 00:30:11.200 old as 00:30:11.200 --> 00:30:11.500 that. 00:30:11.500 --> 00:30:11.559 That 00:30:11.559 --> 00:30:20.099 marriage 00:30:20.099 --> 00:30:20.319 is 00:30:20.319 --> 00:30:20.819 eroded 00:30:20.819 --> 00:30:21.919 and 00:30:21.919 --> 00:30:22.679 he 00:30:22.679 --> 00:30:23.519 boasts, 00:30:24.200 --> 00:30:24.659 he's just 00:30:24.659 --> 00:30:25.659 got a 00:30:25.659 --> 00:30:26.619 disdain for 00:30:26.619 --> 00:30:27.119 the value 00:30:27.119 --> 00:30:27.539 of human 00:30:27.539 --> 00:30:27.940 life. 00:30:28.059 --> 00:30:28.379 He's not 00:30:28.379 --> 00:30:28.859 ashamed, 00:30:29.319 --> 00:30:30.099 he kills 00:30:30.099 --> 00:30:30.799 a youth. 00:30:33.240 --> 00:30:33.919 Excessive 00:30:33.919 --> 00:30:34.460 revenge. 00:30:34.980 --> 00:30:35.619 He injures, 00:30:35.879 --> 00:30:36.179 I'm going 00:30:36.179 --> 00:30:36.899 to kill 00:30:36.899 --> 00:30:37.079 him. 00:30:37.740 --> 00:30:38.019 It's 00:30:38.019 --> 00:30:38.539 excessive, 00:30:39.139 --> 00:30:39.779 it was 00:30:39.779 --> 00:30:40.359 a youth 00:30:40.359 --> 00:30:41.480 and he's 00:30:41.480 --> 00:30:42.019 boasting 00:30:42.019 --> 00:30:42.620 about it. 00:30:43.299 --> 00:30:43.819 Where's 00:30:43.819 --> 00:30:44.360 the value 00:30:44.360 --> 00:30:44.799 of human 00:30:44.799 --> 00:30:45.400 life in 00:30:45.400 --> 00:30:45.740 the image 00:30:45.740 --> 00:30:46.240 of God? 00:30:51.059 --> 00:30:51.740 And he 00:30:51.740 --> 00:30:52.319 threatens 00:30:52.319 --> 00:30:53.140 vengeance, 00:30:53.339 --> 00:30:54.279 70 times 00:30:54.279 --> 00:30:54.700 7. 00:30:56.140 --> 00:30:56.660 Marriage 00:30:56.660 --> 00:30:57.019 and the 00:30:57.019 --> 00:30:57.500 value of 00:30:57.500 --> 00:30:57.759 human 00:30:57.759 --> 00:30:58.319 life is 00:30:58.319 --> 00:30:59.039 eroded 00:30:59.039 --> 00:30:59.900 in Cain's 00:30:59.900 --> 00:31:00.380 society. 00:31:01.460 --> 00:31:02.180 They can 00:31:02.180 --> 00:31:02.900 control their 00:31:02.900 --> 00:31:03.420 surroundings 00:31:03.420 --> 00:31:05.420 to try and 00:31:05.420 --> 00:31:05.799 prosper, 00:31:06.480 --> 00:31:06.960 but they 00:31:06.960 --> 00:31:07.579 can't control 00:31:07.579 --> 00:31:08.319 their lives. 00:31:10.380 --> 00:31:11.319 They can't 00:31:11.319 --> 00:31:11.679 keep their 00:31:11.679 --> 00:31:12.059 lives 00:31:12.059 --> 00:31:12.500 together. 00:31:20.240 --> 00:31:20.839 Okay, 00:31:21.179 --> 00:31:22.159 I want to 00:31:22.159 --> 00:31:22.539 take a 00:31:22.539 --> 00:31:23.059 breath and 00:31:23.059 --> 00:31:24.019 take stock 00:31:24.019 --> 00:31:24.639 of what 00:31:24.639 --> 00:31:25.139 we've seen. 00:31:27.200 --> 00:31:27.919 Like in 00:31:27.919 --> 00:31:28.740 light of the 00:31:28.740 --> 00:31:29.619 patience and 00:31:29.619 --> 00:31:30.240 mercy of 00:31:30.240 --> 00:31:30.579 God, 00:31:31.659 --> 00:31:32.099 like he 00:31:32.099 --> 00:31:33.079 gave every 00:31:33.079 --> 00:31:33.839 opportunity 00:31:33.839 --> 00:31:34.759 speaking to 00:31:34.759 --> 00:31:35.259 Cain to 00:31:35.259 --> 00:31:35.980 do well. 00:31:36.179 --> 00:31:36.599 He wants 00:31:36.599 --> 00:31:37.079 him to do 00:31:37.079 --> 00:31:37.480 well. 00:31:39.199 --> 00:31:40.079 He warns 00:31:40.079 --> 00:31:40.240 him, 00:31:40.339 --> 00:31:41.220 take sin 00:31:41.220 --> 00:31:42.079 seriously. 00:31:43.480 --> 00:31:44.099 It looks 00:31:44.099 --> 00:31:44.799 hidden, but 00:31:44.799 --> 00:31:45.220 it is 00:31:45.220 --> 00:31:46.000 present and 00:31:46.000 --> 00:31:46.639 powerful. 00:31:48.639 --> 00:31:49.419 He gives 00:31:49.419 --> 00:31:50.500 opportunity to 00:31:50.500 --> 00:31:52.299 confess, and 00:31:52.299 --> 00:31:52.960 then he even 00:31:52.960 --> 00:31:53.619 protects. 00:31:55.199 --> 00:31:55.819 In light of 00:31:55.819 --> 00:31:56.439 all that 00:31:56.439 --> 00:31:58.319 grace, what 00:31:58.319 --> 00:31:58.699 does sin 00:31:58.699 --> 00:31:59.220 look like? 00:31:59.220 --> 00:32:01.220 God's 00:32:01.220 --> 00:32:02.220 love. 00:32:02.220 --> 00:32:03.799 Well, it 00:32:03.799 --> 00:32:04.620 started with 00:32:04.620 --> 00:32:05.600 half-hearted 00:32:05.600 --> 00:32:06.500 devotion to 00:32:06.500 --> 00:32:09.660 God, and 00:32:09.660 --> 00:32:10.259 yet feeling 00:32:10.259 --> 00:32:11.019 entitled to 00:32:11.019 --> 00:32:11.319 blessing. 00:32:12.400 --> 00:32:12.880 It looks 00:32:12.880 --> 00:32:13.700 like envy 00:32:13.700 --> 00:32:14.600 of another's 00:32:14.600 --> 00:32:14.920 favour. 00:32:16.220 --> 00:32:16.680 It looks 00:32:16.680 --> 00:32:18.160 like self-pitying 00:32:18.160 --> 00:32:18.720 emotions. 00:32:20.400 --> 00:32:21.160 It doesn't 00:32:21.160 --> 00:32:21.539 want to 00:32:21.539 --> 00:32:21.980 change. 00:32:22.980 --> 00:32:23.319 It wants 00:32:23.319 --> 00:32:23.900 to blame. 00:32:25.660 --> 00:32:26.259 It doesn't 00:32:26.259 --> 00:32:27.200 take responsibility 00:32:27.200 --> 00:32:28.120 to seek to 00:32:28.120 --> 00:32:28.819 do well in 00:32:28.819 --> 00:32:29.519 God's eyes. 00:32:30.519 --> 00:32:31.080 It doesn't 00:32:31.080 --> 00:32:31.500 heed the 00:32:31.500 --> 00:32:32.240 warning that 00:32:32.240 --> 00:32:33.279 sin is 00:32:33.279 --> 00:32:33.920 powerful and 00:32:33.920 --> 00:32:34.340 destructive. 00:32:35.779 --> 00:32:36.660 It doesn't 00:32:36.660 --> 00:32:37.340 believe that 00:32:37.340 --> 00:32:38.920 sin's desire 00:32:38.920 --> 00:32:39.519 is against 00:32:39.519 --> 00:32:40.539 him when it 00:32:40.539 --> 00:32:42.039 feels and 00:32:42.039 --> 00:32:42.940 fuels that 00:32:42.940 --> 00:32:43.680 self-pitying 00:32:43.680 --> 00:32:43.980 anger. 00:32:45.420 --> 00:32:45.819 Sin looks 00:32:45.819 --> 00:32:46.799 like deceiving 00:32:46.799 --> 00:32:47.660 with words, 00:32:47.980 --> 00:32:48.640 deceiving his 00:32:48.640 --> 00:32:48.900 brother, 00:32:49.900 --> 00:32:50.759 destructive 00:32:50.759 --> 00:32:51.779 deeds, 00:32:52.440 --> 00:32:53.039 destroying 00:32:53.039 --> 00:32:55.299 creation against 00:32:55.299 --> 00:32:55.779 a brother. 00:32:57.200 --> 00:32:59.059 sin rejects 00:32:59.059 --> 00:32:59.400 God's 00:32:59.400 --> 00:33:00.200 prompting to 00:33:00.200 --> 00:33:00.779 confess. 00:33:02.539 --> 00:33:03.620 It denies 00:33:03.620 --> 00:33:04.319 knowledge of 00:33:04.319 --> 00:33:04.900 doing wrong. 00:33:06.480 --> 00:33:08.039 It repudiates 00:33:08.039 --> 00:33:09.140 responsibility for 00:33:09.140 --> 00:33:09.700 my brother's 00:33:09.700 --> 00:33:10.120 well-being. 00:33:10.519 --> 00:33:11.100 I'm not 00:33:11.100 --> 00:33:13.200 responsible for 00:33:13.200 --> 00:33:13.799 my brother's 00:33:13.799 --> 00:33:14.360 well-being. 00:33:14.880 --> 00:33:15.340 It doesn't 00:33:15.340 --> 00:33:15.980 care about the 00:33:15.980 --> 00:33:16.500 crime, just 00:33:16.500 --> 00:33:17.360 focuses on the 00:33:17.360 --> 00:33:17.880 punishments. 00:33:19.100 --> 00:33:19.480 And his 00:33:19.480 --> 00:33:20.660 society rallies 00:33:20.660 --> 00:33:21.840 together to 00:33:21.840 --> 00:33:22.779 try and control 00:33:22.779 --> 00:33:24.059 their surroundings 00:33:24.059 --> 00:33:25.000 to give the 00:33:25.000 --> 00:33:25.600 good life, 00:33:25.599 --> 00:33:26.339 all the 00:33:26.339 --> 00:33:28.039 while proud, 00:33:28.539 --> 00:33:29.599 self-gratifying, 00:33:29.839 --> 00:33:30.639 taking vengeance 00:33:30.639 --> 00:33:31.219 in their own 00:33:31.219 --> 00:33:34.899 hands, eroded 00:33:34.899 --> 00:33:35.480 from within. 00:33:40.740 --> 00:33:41.480 I don't know 00:33:41.480 --> 00:33:42.019 about you, but 00:33:42.019 --> 00:33:42.539 I found this 00:33:42.539 --> 00:33:44.779 story really 00:33:44.779 --> 00:33:47.879 dark this 00:33:47.879 --> 00:33:48.159 week. 00:33:48.279 --> 00:33:49.159 I found it 00:33:49.159 --> 00:33:49.939 really dark, 00:33:50.039 --> 00:33:51.379 and I think I 00:33:51.379 --> 00:33:52.019 found it dark 00:33:52.019 --> 00:33:53.039 because I can't 00:33:53.039 --> 00:33:54.019 relate to Cain 00:33:54.019 --> 00:33:54.619 with the murder 00:33:54.619 --> 00:33:55.039 itself. 00:33:55.819 --> 00:33:57.579 I haven't 00:33:57.579 --> 00:33:58.639 quite crossed 00:33:58.639 --> 00:33:59.299 that line, 00:34:00.500 --> 00:34:01.559 but at every 00:34:01.559 --> 00:34:02.359 other point I 00:34:02.359 --> 00:34:04.079 can relate to 00:34:04.079 --> 00:34:04.259 him. 00:34:04.399 --> 00:34:05.500 I see myself 00:34:05.500 --> 00:34:06.119 in him. 00:34:09.960 --> 00:34:11.079 I feel 00:34:11.079 --> 00:34:12.059 myself drawn 00:34:12.059 --> 00:34:12.900 to his kind 00:34:12.900 --> 00:34:13.839 of society 00:34:13.839 --> 00:34:14.559 that wants 00:34:14.559 --> 00:34:15.480 to seek 00:34:15.480 --> 00:34:16.119 comfort, 00:34:16.739 --> 00:34:17.460 controlling your 00:34:17.460 --> 00:34:17.900 environment, 00:34:18.079 --> 00:34:18.739 not caring 00:34:18.739 --> 00:34:24.259 about the 00:34:24.259 --> 00:34:25.659 values of 00:34:25.659 --> 00:34:26.259 loving God 00:34:26.259 --> 00:34:26.679 and neighbour. 00:34:28.519 --> 00:34:29.219 I think 00:34:29.219 --> 00:34:29.679 this story 00:34:29.679 --> 00:34:30.339 shows us 00:34:30.339 --> 00:34:31.039 that sin 00:34:31.039 --> 00:34:32.139 feels small, 00:34:32.799 --> 00:34:33.519 it feels 00:34:33.519 --> 00:34:33.879 hidden, 00:34:34.539 --> 00:34:35.479 but it's 00:34:35.479 --> 00:34:36.039 present and 00:34:36.039 --> 00:34:36.539 it's deadly. 00:34:36.539 --> 00:34:43.300 well, 00:34:43.519 --> 00:34:45.880 we've got two 00:34:45.880 --> 00:34:46.460 more verses, 00:34:48.119 --> 00:34:50.199 and they 00:34:50.199 --> 00:34:50.460 give us 00:34:50.460 --> 00:34:50.779 hope. 00:34:53.360 --> 00:34:53.920 Otherwise, 00:34:54.920 --> 00:34:58.239 we'd be in 00:34:58.239 --> 00:34:59.059 complete despair, 00:34:59.179 --> 00:34:59.500 I think. 00:35:00.019 --> 00:35:00.539 They give us 00:35:00.539 --> 00:35:00.900 hope. 00:35:00.900 --> 00:35:02.780 God's 00:35:02.780 --> 00:35:03.440 promise in 00:35:03.440 --> 00:35:04.559 chapter 3, 00:35:04.619 --> 00:35:05.280 verse 15, 00:35:06.059 --> 00:35:06.400 that an 00:35:06.400 --> 00:35:07.119 offspring of 00:35:07.119 --> 00:35:07.660 Eve will 00:35:07.660 --> 00:35:08.619 crush the 00:35:08.619 --> 00:35:09.380 lies of 00:35:09.380 --> 00:35:09.720 Satan, 00:35:09.860 --> 00:35:10.760 the destructive 00:35:10.760 --> 00:35:11.480 lies of 00:35:11.480 --> 00:35:11.720 Satan. 00:35:11.820 --> 00:35:12.300 That hope 00:35:12.300 --> 00:35:12.980 looked dead 00:35:12.980 --> 00:35:14.519 because Cain 00:35:14.519 --> 00:35:15.119 looks more 00:35:15.119 --> 00:35:15.539 like the 00:35:15.539 --> 00:35:15.860 serpent 00:35:15.860 --> 00:35:18.420 than God. 00:35:20.079 --> 00:35:20.500 Abel, 00:35:20.660 --> 00:35:20.800 who's 00:35:20.800 --> 00:35:21.320 righteous, 00:35:21.559 --> 00:35:22.340 is killed, 00:35:22.440 --> 00:35:22.980 is gone. 00:35:22.980 --> 00:35:24.380 And so, 00:35:24.659 --> 00:35:25.099 we've got in 00:35:25.099 --> 00:35:25.840 verse 25 and 00:35:25.840 --> 00:35:26.340 26, 00:35:27.240 --> 00:35:27.940 a replacement 00:35:27.940 --> 00:35:29.340 God provides 00:35:29.340 --> 00:35:29.980 in the place 00:35:29.980 --> 00:35:30.380 of Abel, 00:35:30.539 --> 00:35:30.900 Seth. 00:35:34.500 --> 00:35:35.519 Eve again 00:35:35.519 --> 00:35:36.480 praises God's 00:35:36.480 --> 00:35:36.960 grace. 00:35:40.119 --> 00:35:41.119 And while we 00:35:41.119 --> 00:35:41.480 don't know 00:35:41.480 --> 00:35:42.320 everything about 00:35:42.320 --> 00:35:43.260 Seth's family, 00:35:43.740 --> 00:35:44.420 they might have 00:35:44.420 --> 00:35:44.820 developed 00:35:44.820 --> 00:35:45.619 civilisations 00:35:45.619 --> 00:35:46.119 similar. 00:35:46.340 --> 00:35:46.780 They might have, 00:35:46.800 --> 00:35:47.320 we're not told. 00:35:48.260 --> 00:35:48.800 There's something 00:35:48.800 --> 00:35:49.519 very different 00:35:49.519 --> 00:35:51.219 that characterises 00:35:51.219 --> 00:35:52.860 Seth's family. 00:35:53.559 --> 00:35:54.039 Abel's 00:35:54.039 --> 00:35:54.360 line. 00:35:56.240 --> 00:35:56.960 Calling upon 00:35:56.960 --> 00:35:57.579 the name 00:35:57.579 --> 00:35:57.900 of the 00:35:57.900 --> 00:35:58.219 Lord. 00:35:59.599 --> 00:36:00.679 This family 00:36:00.679 --> 00:36:01.320 pioneers 00:36:01.320 --> 00:36:01.880 worship. 00:36:04.199 --> 00:36:05.280 This family 00:36:05.280 --> 00:36:06.619 proclaims who 00:36:06.619 --> 00:36:07.099 God is, 00:36:07.179 --> 00:36:07.740 the name, 00:36:07.940 --> 00:36:08.360 all his 00:36:08.360 --> 00:36:08.880 character, 00:36:09.039 --> 00:36:09.840 his words. 00:36:10.260 --> 00:36:10.860 They're looking 00:36:10.860 --> 00:36:11.960 to who 00:36:11.960 --> 00:36:12.679 God is, 00:36:12.780 --> 00:36:13.679 his words, 00:36:13.780 --> 00:36:14.219 as their 00:36:14.219 --> 00:36:14.920 life and 00:36:14.920 --> 00:36:15.480 their hope. 00:36:19.059 --> 00:36:19.659 So, 00:36:19.740 --> 00:36:20.440 the promise 00:36:20.440 --> 00:36:21.119 of God 00:36:21.119 --> 00:36:21.980 restoring all 00:36:21.980 --> 00:36:22.340 things, 00:36:22.980 --> 00:36:24.219 God goes 00:36:24.219 --> 00:36:24.480 through 00:36:24.480 --> 00:36:25.500 Seth. 00:36:27.820 --> 00:36:28.860 It continues, 00:36:28.980 --> 00:36:29.300 it lives 00:36:29.300 --> 00:36:29.599 on. 00:36:31.820 --> 00:36:32.099 So, 00:36:32.300 --> 00:36:33.139 if you see, 00:36:33.559 --> 00:36:33.920 if this 00:36:33.920 --> 00:36:34.860 passage has 00:36:34.860 --> 00:36:35.980 shown your 00:36:35.980 --> 00:36:36.820 sin more 00:36:36.820 --> 00:36:37.280 clearly, 00:36:38.000 --> 00:36:38.519 then the 00:36:38.519 --> 00:36:39.559 hope given 00:36:39.559 --> 00:36:40.260 to us today 00:36:40.260 --> 00:36:41.280 is a promise 00:36:41.280 --> 00:36:42.119 of God that 00:36:42.119 --> 00:36:42.980 is much clearer 00:36:42.980 --> 00:36:43.659 than the promise 00:36:43.659 --> 00:36:44.360 they had then. 00:36:44.360 --> 00:36:46.440 the prophet 00:36:46.440 --> 00:36:47.700 of the 00:36:47.700 --> 00:36:47.960 temple. 00:36:47.960 --> 00:36:48.360 I 00:36:48.360 --> 00:36:49.599 speak to you 00:36:49.599 --> 00:36:49.760 before. 00:36:49.760 --> 00:36:51.099 I 00:36:51.099 --> 00:36:51.480 don't know. 00:36:51.480 --> 00:36:53.559 Here's the promise. 00:36:54.119 --> 00:36:57.960 Anyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. 00:37:00.960 --> 00:37:04.679 Anyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. 00:37:09.920 --> 00:37:15.139 Who'd have thought that the Lord himself would become our brother? 00:37:15.139 --> 00:37:24.699 Who'd have thought that the first murder points to our salvation? 00:37:26.420 --> 00:37:28.079 Who could have imagined it? 00:37:29.879 --> 00:37:31.480 Hebrews 12.24 says, 00:37:31.920 --> 00:37:37.379 Jesus' sprinkled blood speaks a better word than the blood of Abel. 00:37:38.719 --> 00:37:41.579 Abel's blood cries out for justice. 00:37:41.579 --> 00:37:46.380 Jesus' blood cries out for justice, 00:37:47.059 --> 00:37:50.179 but in a very different way. 00:37:50.599 --> 00:37:55.559 Abel's accusers deserve punishment. 00:37:56.619 --> 00:37:58.199 Jesus' blood, forgiveness. 00:38:04.960 --> 00:38:10.679 However righteous Abel was, Jesus is the true and better Abel. 00:38:11.679 --> 00:38:13.739 He's truly innocent who shed his blood. 00:38:16.859 --> 00:38:20.219 And what society does his blood create? 00:38:23.799 --> 00:38:27.779 His society forgives one another, 00:38:28.460 --> 00:38:30.079 not just seven times, 00:38:31.139 --> 00:38:33.159 but 70 times seven. 00:38:33.159 --> 00:38:38.319 That Jesus would refer back to this layman. 00:38:40.219 --> 00:38:42.839 That's the kind of society his blood creates. 00:38:42.840 --> 00:38:48.519 I think the hope for our society, 00:38:48.519 --> 00:38:50.960 the hope for our marriages and our families, 00:38:51.100 --> 00:38:55.720 the hope for brothers and sisters dwelling in peace in this church, 00:38:55.840 --> 00:38:58.600 the hope for God to rescue me from me, 00:39:00.460 --> 00:39:03.920 isn't that we go on blaming things outside of ourselves 00:39:03.920 --> 00:39:05.019 and our environment. 00:39:05.019 --> 00:39:07.759 It's to look within and understand 00:39:07.759 --> 00:39:13.699 and not underestimate the power of sin lurking in each one of us 00:39:13.699 --> 00:39:17.619 and then call on the name of the Lord, 00:39:18.019 --> 00:39:19.539 the Lord Jesus, 00:39:19.739 --> 00:39:20.500 whose better blood 00:39:20.500 --> 00:39:24.079 forgives and recreates the society. 00:39:24.079 --> 00:39:27.500 Will you pray with me? 00:39:27.619 --> 00:39:28.000 Let's pray. 00:39:31.940 --> 00:39:34.420 Oh Lord, there's a sense in which we're just 00:39:34.420 --> 00:39:37.840 wanting to get on with the story 00:39:37.840 --> 00:39:40.360 because this section is quite dark 00:39:40.360 --> 00:39:44.579 and we don't like what it shows about ourselves 00:39:44.579 --> 00:39:45.840 and about human race. 00:39:46.920 --> 00:39:50.000 I pray that you would help us trust 00:39:50.000 --> 00:39:54.700 that all your word is given to us for our good. 00:39:57.200 --> 00:40:00.980 Lord, I pray that you would help us look within, 00:40:02.700 --> 00:40:06.039 help us to pause 00:40:06.039 --> 00:40:09.400 and not blame others and you 00:40:09.400 --> 00:40:13.139 help us to listen to your word 00:40:13.139 --> 00:40:16.820 that you are like a parent, 00:40:17.340 --> 00:40:19.180 a counsellor who wants us 00:40:19.180 --> 00:40:22.059 to be accepted and forgiven. 00:40:23.539 --> 00:40:24.639 Lord, most of all, 00:40:24.700 --> 00:40:26.480 we thank you for the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:40:27.900 --> 00:40:28.920 We thank you that 00:40:28.920 --> 00:40:32.720 he willingly came and became our brother, 00:40:34.320 --> 00:40:36.660 that he knew he would be rejected 00:40:36.660 --> 00:40:38.119 and killed 00:40:38.119 --> 00:40:40.859 and he did it all for our sake. 00:40:40.960 --> 00:40:42.079 We thank you for his blood. 00:40:43.179 --> 00:40:44.639 Lord, I pray for each one of us 00:40:44.639 --> 00:40:46.219 that we would just look to him 00:40:46.219 --> 00:40:48.299 for that renewal and that peace 00:40:48.299 --> 00:40:49.480 that we're all craving 00:40:49.480 --> 00:40:51.679 and I pray in Jesus' name. 00:40:51.900 --> 00:40:52.159 Amen. 00:40:52.159 --> 00:40:52.259 Amen. 00:40:52.280 --> 00:40:54.720 Amen. 00:40:54.760 --> 00:40:55.480 Amen. 00:40:55.480 --> 00:40:56.040 Amen. 00:40:56.040 --> 00:40:57.100 Amen. 00:40:57.100 --> 00:40:57.200 Amen. 00:40:57.280 --> 00:40:57.880 Amen. 00:40:57.880 --> 00:40:58.380 Amen. 00:40:58.500 --> 00:40:58.520 Amen. 00:40:58.520 --> 00:41:00.000 Amen. 00:41:00.060 --> 00:41:00.440 Amen. 00:41:00.440 --> 00:41:00.580 Amen. 00:41:01.060 --> 00:41:03.000 Amen. 00:41:03.040 --> 00:41:05.160 Amen. 00:41:07.640 --> 00:41:08.380 Amen. 00:41:08.380 --> 00:41:08.920 Amen. 00:41:09.040 --> 00:41:09.140 Amen. 00:41:09.140 --> 00:41:09.420 Amen. 00:41:09.420 --> 00:41:09.960 Amen. 00:41:09.960 --> 00:41:10.020 Amen. 00:41:10.200 --> 00:41:10.940 Amen. 00:41:11.000 --> 00:41:13.140 Amen. 00:41:13.140 --> 00:41:13.620 Amen. 00:41:13.680 --> 00:41:14.080 Amen. 00:41:14.080 --> 00:41:16.220 Amen. 00:41:16.640 --> 00:41:17.420 Amen. 00:41:17.440 --> 00:41:18.200 Amen. 00:41:18.200 --> 00:41:19.040 Amen. 00:41:19.140 --> 00:41:19.420 Amen. 00:41:19.420 --> 00:41:20.080 Amen. 00:41:20.080 --> 00:41:20.340 Amen. 00:41:20.340 --> 00:41:20.360 Amen. 00:41:20.840 --> 00:41:21.220 Amen. 00:41:21.220 --> 00:41:21.360 Amen.