THE DEVIL IS RAISING CAIN, BUT GOD IS ABLE.
2/25/07
GENESIS 4: VS 1--16
INTRODUCTION; IN GENESIS CHAPTER 3 WE HAVE THE “ROOT” OF SIN, BUT IN GENESIS CHAPTER 4, WE SEE THE “FRUIT” OF SIN.
1. THE ROOT OF SIN IS UNBELIEF, AND DISOBEDIENCE TO GOD.
ADAM AND EVE WERE COMMANDED TO NOT EAT OF THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE. THEY WERE FULLY AWARE OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF DISOBEDIENCE.
2. THE SERPENT (DEVIL) TALKED EVE INTO DOUBTING GOD-- AND THE RESULT OF HER DISBELIEF WAS DISOBEDIENCE.
3. ADAM AND EVE WERE EVICTED FROM THE GARDEN AND SOMEONE WELL STATED: “THEY RAISED CAIN”!!!!!!
4. GOD HAD SUPPLIED EVERY NEED THEY WOULD EVER HAVE THERE IN THE GARDEN. ADAM AND EVE DISOBEYED GOD AND DOUBTED GOD AND SIN BEGAN THAT DAY.
5. CAIN TRIED TO WORSHIP IN HIS “OWN WAY “
LIKE ABEL, HE BROUGHT OF HIS FIRST FRUITS.
6. WHAT WAS THE DIFFERENCE?
CAIN BROUGHT OF THE WORKS OF HIS HANDS.
WAS IT A BAD SACRIFICE, NO, IT WAS THE WRONG SACRIFICE.
7. ABEL BROUGHT A BLOOD SACRIFICE AS GOD HAD ASKED FOR.
GOD WAS PLEASED WITH THE OFFERING OF ABEL, YET CAIN’S OFFERING DID NOT PLEASE HIM.
SCRIPTURE TELLS US: THERE IS A WAY THAT SEEMS RIGHT TO MANKIND, BUT THE END THEREOF IS DESTRUCTION.*****
8. SOME WANT TO JUSTIFY STAYING AWAY FROM CHURCH AND WORSHIPPING THROUGH NATURE****
GOD’S WORD SAYS TO “NOT FORSAKE THE CHURCH, COME IN AND WORSHIP.
I. THE DEVIL IS RAISING CAIN IN OUR CHURCHES TODAY, BUT GOD IS STILL ABLE.
(A) WE LIVE IN A DAY OF LIBERALISM.
1. PEOPLE WANT A LIBERAL, MODERN DAY RELIGION THAT DOESN’T
BOTHER THEIR CONSCIENCE, NOR GET ON THEIR TOES.*****
2. THEY WANT A RELIGION THAT ALLOWS THEM TO DO WHAT “THEY” WANT TO DO. (HARLEY’S STATEMENT)
3. THIS WAS CAIN’S DOWNFALL (HE DID IT HIS WAY.) *****
4. PEOPLE WANT A BLOODLESS RELIGION TODAY.
THE BLOOD OFFENDS MANY TODAY (many have removed the word blood from hymns and sermons*)
4a NECESSARY FOR SALVATION W/OUT SHEDDING OF BLOOD THERE IS NO REMISSION OF SIN.
4b NECESSARY FOR SINS ATONEMENT. HEBREWS 9:14: BY HIS OWN BLOOD HE WENT INTO THE HOLY PLACE AND PURCHASED OUR SALVATION.
4c NECESSARY FOR SUBMISSION TO SALVATION ACTS 4:12: NONE OTHER NAME GIVEN WHEREBY WE MUST BE SAVED.
(B) WE LIVE IN A DAY OF LYING AND DECEIT.
1. THE DEVIL IS THE FATHER OF ALL LIES****
2. HE IS DECEIVING MANY OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF SALVATION
(NOT IN DEED, DOCTRINE, WORKS OF MAN--- THROUGH THE BLOOD OF JESUS.)
3. HE IS DECEIVING MANY WHO ARE DYING LOST AS A RESULT OF FALSE TEACHING.*****
4. HE IS DELIVERING A FALSE DOCTRINE THAT WILL DOOM COUNTLESS MILLIONS TO AN ETERNAL HELL.
(C) WE LIVE IN A DAY OF LAODICEAN INFLUENCE.
LAODICEA (RIGHTS OF THE PEOPLE)
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A DAY WHEN PEOPLE WANT “THEIR “ RIGHTS ABOVE ANY AND EVERYTHING, INCLUDING GOD’S HOLY COMMANDMENTS.
1. RIGHT TO TAKE A HUMAN LIFE AND GIVE IT A SCIENTIFIC MEANING. (GOD STILL CALLS IT MURDER AND HE STILL HATES THE SHEDDING OF INNOCENT BLOOD****)
2. RIGHT TO FIGHT THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF SPIRITUAL WARFARE TODAY AS NEVER BEFORE.
IT’S AN UPHILL BATTLE TO PROCLAIM THE WORD OF GOD WITHOUT AN UPRISING OF POLITICALLY CORRECT PROTESTING BY EVERY BLEEDING HEART LIBERAL ORGANIZATION KNOWN TO MAN
3. LAODICEA WAS THE LAST CHURCH MENTIONED IN THE 7 CHURCHES OF ASIA.
A PICTURE OF THE LAST CHURCH AGE BEFORE GOD RAPTURES HIS CHURCH OUT OF THIS WORLD.
GOD SAID: I KNOW YOUR WORKS, YOU ARE NEITHER HOT NOR COLD. LUKEWARM, INDIFFERENT, REALLY DON’T CARE ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. THE CHURCH AT LAODICEA WAS FILLED WITH PEOPLE WHO WERE:
PROUD AND SELF-SATISFIED, RICH IN GOODS, HAVING EVERYTHING THEY COULD POSSIBLY NEED.
HEAR WHAT GOD SAID TO THEM:
YOU ARE WRETCHED, BLIND, MISERABLE POOR AND NAKED AND YOU MAKE ME SICK. I WILL SPEW*** YOU OUT OF MY MOUTH.
GREEK WORD EMEO (REGURGITATE)
II. THE DEVIL IS RAISING CAIN WITH OUT CHILDREN TODAY, BUT GOD IS STILL ABLE.
(A) VIOLENCE IS GROWING AMONG OUR GENERATION TODAY.
OUR SCHOOLS ARE IN SOME CASES LIKE A WAR ZONE.
1. THINGS HAPPEN TODAY THAT NOT ONLY DID NOT BUT COULD NOT HAPPEN 5O YEARS AGO.*****
2. TEACHERS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DISCIPLINE AS THEY ONCE WERE.
3. CHILDREN ARE ALLOWED TO DISRUPT STUDY AND DISRESPECT TEACHERS.
4. SPORTS, SCHOOLS, SOCIETY
(B) DRUG USAGE HAS INVADED EVERY AREA OF OUR SOCIETY
(C) THE DEVIL IS KEEPING OUR CHILDREN AWAY FROM CHURCH.
OFTEN BECAUSE THE PARENTS WON’T BRING THEM
OFTEN BECAUSE HE HAS BLINDED THEM TO THE MOST IMPORTANT NEED IN THEIR LIVES: SALVATION THROUGH CHRIST JESUS.
(D) GOD IS STILL ABLE TO SAVE AND TO REDEEM LOST PEOPLE TODAY.
III. GOD IS RAISING CAIN WITH OUR FINANCES TODAY.
WE LIVE IN A SOCIETY TODAY WHERE EVERYONE HAS TO “KEEP UP WITH THE JONESES”*****(EXPLAIN)
(A) IT TAKES TWO PEOPLE WORKING 4 JOBS TO KEEP UP WITH THE FINANCIAL DEMANDS OF KEEPING UP WITH MODERN SOCIETY.
(B) WE HAVE ALLOWED SOCIETY TO DICTATE OUR LIFESTYLE.
1. WE PAY FOR A CAR, A PRICE THAT USED TO BUY A HOUSE
2. WE PURCHASE HIGH PRICE GAS AND HOPE IT DOES NOT GO HIGHER YET! WE KNOW IT WILL. ( HAPPY WHEN WE GET SOME CHEAP GAS AT $2.80 A GALLON)
(C) WHAT IF WE WOKE UP ONE DAY AND SAID: “HEY! WHO SAID WE HAVE TO KEEP UP WITH SOCIETY?”
(D) EVER WONDER WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE COULD PUT SOCIETY IN REVERSE? SEND EVERYTHING THE OTHER WAY?
1. IF HE CAN KEEP YOU DISCOURAGED AND DEFEATED HE HAS ACCOMPLISHED HIS JOB.
CONCLUSION: I BELIEVE THE DEVIL IS RAISING CAIN WITH EVERY BELIEVER TODAY IN EVERY WAY HE CAN.
I BELIEVE HE KNOWS THE TIME OF HIS FINAL DEFEAT IS AT HAND.
I BELIEVE WITH ALL MY HEART, ACCORDING TO THE SCRIPTURE AND ACCORDING ALL THAT IS HAPPENING IN THE WORLD TODAY,
THAT THE RETURN OF CHRIST IS Nearby.
ARE YOU READY FOR THE RAPTURE?
IF YOU WANT SALVATION, THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY. GOD’S WAY, THROUGH JESUS CHRIST.
HEAR- RM. 10:17 BELIEVE__JN 1:12 REPENT--LUKE 13: 3, 5
CONFESS--ROMANS 10: 9, 10 OBEY--MARK 16:16
