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After the door is closed (Gen 4:1-2) - the first couple starts over.
A shipwrecked life; but life does go on.
But God still provides a life by His grace.
Many sons and daughters born to couple.
The Bible focuses on two: Cain and Abel.
I. The Warning (Gen 4:3-7)
A. There was nothing wrong with what Cain offered.
§ Cain had a problem of the heart (anger).
B. Cain's face fell, his hypocrisy was of no help.
§ Hypocrisy comes from a Greek word for the mask an actor wore during a performance.
§ “Respect” – to look at.
§ God chose to look at Abel's offering, but He did not look at the offering of Cain.
§ God never really looks at the offering anyway; He looks at the heart.
C. God uses questions to show Cain the condition of his life (4:6).
§ If Cain gets his heart right, his countenance (face) will again be lifted up (KJV-accepted).
§ Sin lies in wait like a crouching animal ready to pounce on the unsuspecting.
§ It is a foolish captain that fails to heed the warning signals and steers his ship right into danger.
II.
The Shipwreck (Gen 4:8-12)
Proverbs 22:24 Make no friendship with an angry man, And with a furious man do not go, 25 Lest you learn his ways And set a snare for your soul.
A. Anger indeed ensnared Cain.
as it does so many today.
§ Never excuse your anger or surrender to your temper.
§ It should become a distress signal.
If it cannot be contained, it becomes a snare.
B. Anger was just the tip of the iceberg for Cain.
§ Underneath the surface was the real danger: losing control which would lead Cain to murder.
§ Underneath can be danger enough to sink the mighty Titanic that is your secure marriage.
§ But the distress signal may not just be anger.
Sometimes it is another temptation.
III.
The Rebuilding (Gen 4:13-17)
A. This is more a cry of repentance than of arrogance.
§ Note the response of God to Cain's statement.
B. What is Cain's fear?
§ That he has lost his safety and security, his family community.
§ Without the safety of family, he fears being killed himself.
§ Now Cain sees family from a new perspective.
C. Be careful to note God's response.
§ He does not relent.
Cain is not allowed to stay, nor to be an effective farmer again.
§ God does not destroy Cain.
Here is another insight into the heart of god.
He is a God of grace.
D. A shipwrecked life: but life does go on.
§ *Maybe you take some or all of the blame for your situation.*
§ *I want to tell you that God may remove some things from you because of sin.*
§ *But God will provide a life.*
§ He allows Cain to rebuild his life.
He allows him to raise a family and build a city elsewhere.
E. What was true of Cain was true of Adam and Eve.
§ It will forever be different; work is harder now.
§ There is the burden of shame.
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