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  • Brian Credille avatar

    When Sin Is At Your Door"

    Contributed by Brian Credille on Jan 17, 2001
    based on 119 ratings
     | 5,619 views

    The story of Cain and Abel offers us today some invaluable lessons on the destructive power of greed and jealousy, and the type of offering God is truly pleased with from us.

    "When Sin is at Your Door" Genesis 4:1-15 INTRODUCTION The story of Cain and Abel offers us today some invaluable lessons on the destructive power of greed and jealousy, and the type of offering God is truly pleased with from us. I. NOT ALL GIFTS ARE EQUALLY PLEASING TO GOD (4:2-5). A. Abel ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • David Moore avatar

    Death - The Hardest Fact Of Life

    Contributed by David Moore on Feb 8, 2001
    based on 199 ratings
     | 43,496 views

    This sermon was delivered to help those who are bereaved, especially believers who are struggling with the guilt of grief.

    Death - The Hardest Fact of Life By David Moore Pastor, Braehill Baptist Church, Belfast, Northern Ireland “And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD. And she again bare his brother Abel . . . and it came to pass, when they were in ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Paul Fritz avatar

    The First Child's Sin

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 5, 2001
    based on 164 ratings
     | 6,518 views

    How Cain committed the first sin of a child - envy

    The First Child’s Sin – Genesis 4:1-26 Illustration:Dwight L. Moody once told the fable of an eagle who was envious of another that could fly better than he could. One day the bird saw a sportsman with a bow and arrow and said to him, "I wish you would bring down that eagle up there." The man said ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Evils Of Envy

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 5, 2001
    based on 17 ratings
     | 2,876 views

    Evils of Envy

    Unit 3 Lesson 6 – The First Child’s Sin – Genesis 4:1-26 For The Teacher’s Preparation 1. Aim: To lead the people to know the difference between hypocritical and acceptable gifts to God so they can give with a wholesome attitude. 2. Explanation of the Aim: One’s motives are very important when ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Envy Is Evil

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 5, 2001
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,479 views

    The evils of envy that lead to self-destructive habits

    Unit 3 Lesson 6 – The First Child’s Sin – Genesis 4:1-26 For The Teacher’s Preparation 1. Aim: To lead the people to know the difference between hypocritical and acceptable gifts to God so they can give with a wholesome attitude. 2. Explanation of the Aim: One’s motives are very important when ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Why Cain's Sacrifice Is Rejected Series

    Contributed by Eddie Snipes on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 74 ratings
     | 14,974 views

    Why was Cain’s offering rejected? We reproduce Cain’s sin when we allow sin to control us and try to produce our own righteousness.

    Genesis 4 - The Sin of Cain Genesis 4:1 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 ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Tom Lovorn avatar

    Am I My Brother's Keeper?

    Contributed by Tom Lovorn on Nov 11, 2000
    based on 164 ratings
     | 41,533 views

    We still ask the third question in the Bible, "Am I my brother's keeper?" to excuse our responsibility for our fellowman.

    Am I My Brother's Keeper? Genesis 4:9; 1 John 3:11-24 Introduction This past week I installed a new ISP on my computer. I had to set up the DNS and the TCP/IP. Then I had to configure the SMTP and the POP. If you don't know what I'm talking about, maybe you'd better read the FAQ. By the way, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Denn Guptill avatar

    It Gotta Be A Sacrifice

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on Dec 5, 2000
    based on 46 ratings
     | 4,894 views

    What makes the "Better Sacrifice?"

    The two brothers walked slowly across the field, each one lost in his own thoughts and each one asking the same question, Why? The question keep coming back to both of them. What made the difference. Why was one acceptable and one not? Was one better then the other? And the more they thought ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • Bob Briggs avatar

    Are Your Really Wanting To Be Blessed?

    Contributed by Bob Briggs on Dec 14, 2000
    based on 81 ratings
     | 6,457 views

    What is the price of success, what does one have to pay to be blessed?

    If I were to ask how many of you would like to be successful, I would be surprised if there was one who would decline the opportunity and live life in failure. We all want to experience success in its varying degrees. Success comes at the end of a great struggle. Success is only success ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Cain And Abel

    Contributed by Gerald Cornelius on Dec 15, 2000
    based on 151 ratings
     | 17,272 views

    How envy can destroy family life

    CAIN AND ABEL TEXT: GENESIS 4:1-15 The animal kingdom is fascinating to observe. There is fierce competition that exists within various species. For example, the wild Dogs of Africa are competitive for their mates. In a documentary one pack of dogs revealed this struggle for ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Desire Of Sin

    Contributed by Scott Cheatham on Dec 8, 2001
    based on 24 ratings
     | 9,441 views

    A sermon on the desire of Satan to tempt us and our Biblical mandate to "master" sin.

    The Desire of Sin Rev. Scott Cheatham Genesis 4:7 KJV If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? And if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. NASB "If you do well, will not {your countenance} be lifted up? And if you do ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Karl Eckhoff avatar

    A Tale Of Two Offerings

    Contributed by Karl Eckhoff on Sep 12, 2002
    based on 74 ratings
     | 4,623 views

    Cain’s offering and Abel’s offering look similar on the surface but are distinguished from one another on the basis of the faith in their hearts. The great question this story asks is where our offerings fall, closer to Cain’s or closer to Abel’s?

    Pentecost 17 A Genesis 4:1-16 A Tale of Two Offerings 09/15/02 The powerful, faith assuring epistle of Romans which we have been reading this past summer and from which our epistle is taken today, draws near to its close with the following words of chapter 15. “everything that is written in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Thomas Monroe avatar

    Abel Vs Unable Series

    Contributed by Thomas Monroe on Sep 20, 2002
    based on 24 ratings
     | 4,521 views

    What qualifications would Abel have for being included in the Hall of Faith (Hebrews 11)

    Able vs. Unable (Genesis 4:1-8) Abel was a shepherd. Cain was a farmer. Cain would end up making Abel the first person martyred for the truth. What led to this extreme act of violence? I. The Offering A. Two different offerings 1. Abel offered fat portions from the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Ken Sowers avatar

    Sin Kills

    Contributed by Ken Sowers on Nov 11, 2002
    based on 21 ratings
     | 4,758 views

    There are three ways to die. You do get some options.

    Three ways to die GE 3:21-24 The LORD God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them. 22 And the LORD God said, "The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Dana Chau avatar

    Keys To A Godly Legacy

    Contributed by Dana Chau on Nov 13, 2002
    based on 47 ratings
     | 8,778 views

    Discover the three keys to breaking sinful generational patterns and leaving a godly legacy

    This morning, we will be studying the life of Cain, probably Adam and Eve’s first child. We will learn to break undesirable and sinful generational patterns. You might have heard the cliché, "He is a chip off the old block," usually referring to how the son is like his father. A less often ...read more

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