In The Beginning - The Plan Unveiled Series

2024.02.11.SERMON NOTES.IN THE BEGINNING PT 3a & 3b THE PLAN UNVEILED

WILLIAM AKEHURST, HSWC

BIG IDEA: From the very the Beginning, GOD had laid out HIS plan of redemption for the problem with sin that mankind suffered. HIS Plan is a real love story that was written in blood on a wooden cross in Jerusalem almost 2,000 years ago and revealed in the 5th chapter of Genesis by word and name.

THIS IS A 2 PART SERMON.

PART 1. SIN DOESN’T SKIP GENERATIONS.

PART 2. WHAT’S IN A NAME? THE GENEALOGY OF ADAM, AND THE GOSPEL MESSAGE REVEALED.

INTRODUCTION:

GOD CHOSE US TO BE HIS, IN HIM, BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD EVEN BEGAN.

GOD WANTS US TO BE IN RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM. TO LOVE HIM AND LIVE A HOLY LIFE WITHOUT BLAME. BUT HE ALREADY KNEW THAT WE WOULD STRUGGLE AND NEED TO BE RESCUED FROM OURSELVES. SO HE MADE A WAY, BEFORE THE NEED WAS EVER MENTIONED. JESUS WOULD REDEEM US THROUGH HIS OWN BLOOD FOR OUR FORGIVENESS.

THIS PLAN IS DESIGNATED FOR TIME. TIME WHICH ONLY EXISTS FOR THIS UNIVERSE UNTIL WE ARE GATHERED TO OUR FINAL ETERNAL DESTINATION, IN HIM.

Ephesians 1:3-10 (NKJV)

3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, 4 just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, 5 having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, 6 to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved.

7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace 8 which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence, 9 having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself, 10 that in the dispensation of the fullness of the times He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are on earth—in Him.

Scriptures: 2 Timothy 3:16, Ephesians 1:3-10, Genesis 4:1-25, Genesis 5:1-32

PART 1. SIN DOESN’T SKIP A GENERATION. BUT WE ARE TOLD BY GOD THAT WE CAN RULE OVER IT.

Genesis 4:1-25 (NKJV)

1 Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, and said, “I have acquired a man from the LORD.” 2 Then she bore again, this time his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. 3 And in the process of time it came to pass that Cain brought an offering of the fruit of the ground to the LORD. 4 Abel also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat. And the LORD respected Abel and his offering, 5 but He did not respect Cain and his offering. And Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell.

6 So the LORD said to Cain, “Why are you angry? And why has your countenance fallen?

7 If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin lies at the door. And its desire is for you, but you should rule over it.”

SIN LIES AT THE DOOR WAITING FOR YOU. IT’S DESIRE IS FOR YOU…TO DESTROY YOU…

BUT GOD SAYS WE HAVE THE POWER TO RULE OVER IT.

IT’S YOUR CHOICE.

THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH, CHOOSE LIFE.

THE FIRST MURDER. MANKIND IS STARTING OFF ON THE WRONG FOOT. FIRST THE SIN OF ADAM AND EVE, AND NOW THE NEXT GENERATION…MURDER.

8 Now Cain talked with Abel his brother; and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and killed him.

9 Then the LORD said to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?”

He said, “I do not know. Am I my brother’s keeper?”

MANY OF OUR SAYINGS ARE OF OLD (TESTAMENT). HERE WE SEE THE WORDS “AM I MY BROTHER’S KEEPER?” FROM THE BEGINNING OF TIME.

10 And He said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground. 11 So now you are cursed from the earth, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand. 12 When you till the ground, it shall no longer yield its strength to you. A fugitive and a vagabond you shall be on the earth.”

FOUND GUILTY. BUT INSTEAD OF REPENTANCE. CAIN ANSWERS…

13 And Cain said to the LORD, “My punishment is greater than I can bear! 14 Surely You have driven me out this day from the face of the ground; I shall be hidden from Your face; I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond on the earth, and it will happen that anyone who finds me will kill me.”