Worship That is Worthwhile

Intro: The Requirements to enter into the White House for a Tour

Public tour requests are scheduled through your Member of Congress and their Congressional Tour Coordinator.

21 Days in advance no more than 90 days

Time frame 9:30AM-12:30 PM T,W,TH,F,S

ID Requirements

Prohibited Items

Permitted Items

Arrival and Etiquette

Whenever we come before God for Worship we must always come to Him according to His requirements.

God is the one who regulates the way he wants to be Worshiped.

His acceptance and His rejection of two forms of Worship

Two Life Styles

Two Ways

Two Paths

Two Outcomes

The First Birth the first Murder, The First Question from a Human to God

Worthwhile Worship (Able)

Worthless Worship (Cain)

1. Worthwhile Worship (Able)

Able- Breath or Vapor

Christian Standard Bible Chapter 4

Now Abel became a shepherd of flocks

Second Mentioned Son that was Born to Adam and Eve

Selfless Obedient Worship -

Genesis 4:4 “4 And Abel also presented an offering—some of the firstborn of his flock and their fat portions. The Lord had regard for Abel and his offering,”

You look to God to determine the way to access Him

Adam and Eve were cast out of the Garden

Some say that they may have gone back to the entrance to the Garden and offered other Sacrifices.

You must be forgiven of your Sin - Without the shedding of Blood there can be no forgiveness of sin

Able had a selfless sacrifice - He looked to God to see what was necessary in Worship

Acceptance of God

Blessings From God

Closer Communion With God

Able’s sacrifice

Hebrews 11:4 “4 By faith Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was approved as a righteous man, because God approved his gifts, and even though he is dead, he still speaks through his faith.”

Came to God By Faith Following the Pattern of Worship that was given to Him By God.

By Faith and Through an Obedience Selfless Offering God Was Please

Gave the first of the Flock

2. Worthless Worship (Cain)

Cain ( Acquired)

Christian Standard Bible Chapter 4

She said, “I have had a male child with the LORD’s help.

“I Acquired the Lord”

She thought that she Acquired the Promised Seed.

She thought that Cain was going to be the one who would “Crush the head of that serpent that has caused so much grief.”

Cain did not have Selfless Obedient Worship

The Beustiful things of the world that we would like to offer back to God.

We can surely offer the beautiful things that the Lord has Blessed us with to God but we must first Come to Him on the Bsises of the Sacrifice of Christ.

Understading the Sacrifie Of Chirst will make all things in this world nothing to us but throught that we will then see how valuble everything in this world can be for Christ.

I never made a sacrifice. We ought not to talk of “sacrifice” when we remember the great sacrifice which he made who left his Father’s throne on high to give himself for us.

David Livingstone (Missionary and Explorer); bio.kennethboa; William Kruidenier

If Jesus Christ be God and died for me, then no sacrifice can be too great for me to make for Him.

Charles Thomas Studd (Missionary)

Selfish Arrogant Worship

Cain

Genesis 4:3 “3 In the course of time Cain presented some of the land’s produce as an offering to the Lord.”

Able presented the First Fruits Cain Offer was what Conveniently Available

Able offered by Faith

Cain in Unrightoruness

1 John 3:12 “12 unlike Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his deeds were evil, and his brother’s were righteous.”

Our offerings should not be out of religious ritual

Obedience and Holy living

Offering Not accepted

Christian Standard Bible Chapter 4

but he did not have regard for Cain and his offering. Cain was furious, and he looked despondent.

Genesis 4:7 “7 If you do what is right, won’t you be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is for you, but you must rule over it.””

The Man Possed By Demons

Matthew 12:43–45 “43 “When an unclean spirit comes out of a person, it roams through waterless places looking for rest but doesn’t find any. 44 Then it says, ‘I’ll go back to my house that I came from.’ Returning, it finds the house vacant, swept, and put in order. 45 Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and settle down there. As a result, that person’s last condition is worse than the first. That’s how it will also be with this evil generation.””

If we are to master sin We must first be mastered by him who mastered it

Fratricide

Genesis 4:8 “8 Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let’s go out to the field.” And while they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.”

Genesis 4:9–10 “9 Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” “I don’t know,” he replied. “Am I my brother’s guardian?” 10 Then he said, “What have you done? Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground!”

Cain not only denies knowing anything about Abel’s fate, but also defiantly objects to the implication that he should be responsible for his brother in any way.

John D. Barry; Douglas Mangum; Derek R. Brown; bio.michaelsheiser; Miles Custis; Elliot Ritzema; Matthew M. Whitehead; Michael Grigoni; David Bomar

Here, Cain lies to God outright, denying any knowledge of his brother’s whereabouts.

John D. Barry; Douglas Mangum; Derek R. Brown; bio.michaelsheiser; Miles Custis; Elliot Ritzema; Matthew M. Whitehead; Michael Grigoni; David Bomar

God questions Cain for the same purpose he queried the man and woman in the garden (3:9, 11)—not to scold but to elicit Cain’s admission of sin with the view to repentance.

Kenneth A. Mathews

More lenient than it should have been

Genesis 4:13–14 “13 But Cain answered the Lord, “My punishment is too great to bear! 14 Since you are banishing me today from the face of the earth, and I must hide from your presence and become a restless wanderer on the earth, whoever finds me will kill me.”.”

God’s intent in punishing Cain is not to cause him harm.

John D. Barry; Douglas Mangum; Derek R. Brown; bio.michaelsheiser; Miles Custis; Elliot Ritzema; Matthew M. Whitehead; Michael Grigoni; David Bomar

Cain expresses no inkling of remorse, only self-pity and resentment. That Cain does not receive divine forgiveness is shown by his expulsion “from the Lord’s presence”

Kenneth A. Mathews

Cain’s Mark

Genesis 4:15 “15 Then the Lord replied to him, “In that case, whoever kills Cain will suffer vengeance seven times over.” And he placed a mark on Cain so that whoever found him would not kill him.”

Scar

Dark skin—that God changed the color of Cain’s skin to black in order to identify him.

In Cain’s Disobedience God still had protected Him and shown Him Mercy

Genesis 4:16 “16 Then Cain went out from the Lord’s presence and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden.”

East of Eden

Nod- Wandering

Therefore, to dwell in the land of Nod can mean to live a wandering life.[2] Gesenius defines (נוּד‎) as follows:TO BE MOVED, TO BE AGITATED

Origen defined Nod as the land of trembling and wrote that it symbolized the condition of all who forsake God.

Jude 11 “11 Woe to them! For they have gone the way of Cain, have plunged into Balaam’s error for profit, and have perished in Korah’s rebellion.”

We cannont let the way of Cain be a patter in our lives!

Whenever we come before God for Worship we must always come to Him according to His requirements.

Able - while just a vapor lived and died with Faith

Cain - Lived and died with a bitter resentment and and unrepentant heart