Sermons About Cain
Two Kinds of People
In 1 John 3 talks about two different types of people and encourages Christians to love as they have been loved.
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Get Control of Anger
Anger is a natural emotion to some fo the experiences of life. What we do with the anger is important. There are positive and negative ways to express anger.
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The Prototype of a Pagan
Genesis 4:1-16 In Chapter 4 of Genesis, we see many 'firsts' that characterize both pagans and believers. Perhaps the most important 'first' was that of the unbelieving Cain. Cain serves as the prototype of a pagan and is a testimony to every person who has ever rebelled against God. In verses 1-16 of Chapter 4, Pastor Ramey outlines seven characteristics of an unbeliever as illustrated by the behavior of Cain. An unbeliever 1. receives the gift of life from God (vv. 1-2) 2. fails to offer God what He requires of them (vv. 3-6). 3. resents God and responds wrongly to His Word (vv. 7-8). 4. refuses to admit their sin to God (v. 9-10). 5. receives the due penalty of their sin (vv. 11-12). 6. protest against God's judgement (vv. 13-14). 7. fails to appreciate God's common grace (v. 15). Cain rebelled against God and was thus consigned to wander in the land of Nod. Such is the life led by those who travel the way that seems right to men instead of the way God intends. Are you traveling the way of Cain? The way that seems right to a man but actually leads to death? This road will only consign you to a miserable existence and an even more miserable eternity. Cain chose the way for Cain instead of the way of life. The way of Christ should be our way.
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The City of the Damned
All people in Adam are lost, and apart from God's mercy will actively oppose Him.
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The Archetype of the Damned
All people in Adam are lost, and apart from God's mercy will actively oppose Him.
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My Brother's Keeper?
Last week at Sovereign King, we talked about living with a sense that God might do great things among us. I even went so far as to describe that feeling as a holy despair that God might not. Those great things of God require of us a necessary Godliness so that we might best be used by God when those opportunities arise. We also talked about the fact that if we aren't preparing for Godliness, then we assume that God will do not great things among us, and He probably won't. And the hope was that we would be radically transformed in the image of Christ this year. I encourage you all to pray with a holy despair that God would do great things among us. Despair that God might pass us by. We should love each other and our community with a radical love that causes people to be uncontrollably attracted to this community but ultimately to Jesus Christ. This week, John continues describing what the life of Godliness does and does not look like, and John is going to use the story of Can and Abel to help frame that picture. Towards that end, I think it is helpful to remind ourselves about the story of Cain and Abel. Abel was a kind hearted but more than likely a pretty smelly shepherd, and his brother, Cain was more than likely an athletic, young farmer. Well, the time came for both of them to make an offering to God. Cain brought the fruit of the ground and Abel brought the firstborn of his flock. Now when you read Genesis 4, we see that God found favor in Abel's offerings and not in Cain's. Maybe Cain didn't bring the best of the fruit of the ground. Maybe he only brought brown bananas and moldy peaches. But we know that Abel found favor before God because giving the first born is always a step of faith. Giving the first born says, "I have no guarantee of another sheep giving birth, but I will give this one that I have to God in faith. Essentially, Abel's offering required faith. Cain's didn't. (Always another reminder that if what we give doesn't hurt it a bit, it ain't faith). God ultimately rejects Cain's offering, so Cain decides to go off and pout about it essentially becoming the world's first bratty child. God, ever gracious and patient, gives Cain this ominous warning. He says, "Cain, sin crouches at the door. Its desire is to overtake you. You however, must overtake and rule it." What startling words. Sin is like an intruder hiding in your house waiting to seize you and rob you. Sin is the dark character of every horror movie ever written sitting just out of sight but just within your reach. However, Cain could not get beyond the jealousy he had over his brother, so sin ruled Cain and Cain murdered his brother Abel. Cain wanted to be good and righteous on his terms and not God's. He wanted to offer God His second best and have that count as if it was his first. God confronted him and asked, "Where is your brother Abel?" Cain response was, "Am I my brother's keeper?" The obvious answer was, "Yes, you are your brother's keeper." So, with that story as our backdrop, this week we are going to ask two questions as they relate to what Godliness looks like: -- What does it look like for you to be your brother's keeper? -- What does that look like specifically at Sovereign King Church?
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