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The World of Cain - 11/30/25 - Pastor Charlie Branch · Meadows Baptist Church Podcast

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Pastor Charlie Branch with a word from
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God.
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>> Amen.
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Genesis chapter number four
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and uh couldn't get this text off my
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heart this afternoon and just praying
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about the service tonight and I just
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want to be obedient to the Lord and u
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you know I've tried to remind myself of
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something about this scripture and uh
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you know the Lord we a lot of times we
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think well God's got me preaching this
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somebody that needs it. Well, truth is
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about it, we all need.
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>> And uh I think sometimes we put
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ourselves in a box of thinking there's
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somebody that's guilty. I'll say this,
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most of the time these messages are just
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preventative maintenance. Amen. And
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that's what I want. And I'll tell you, I
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want to change the oil in the car before
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the rods go to knock. Can somebody say
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amen? And I want to keep that thing
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clean and right and stay right with the
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Lord, right with each other. Amen. And I
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was praying this afternoon. I believe
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the Lord led me back here. I want to
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look verse number 16 where we'll begin
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reading in Genesis chapter 4 tonight and
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I'll try to be mindful of the time this
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evening. Genesis chapter 4 verse 16. The
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Bible says and Cain went out from the
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presence of the Lord and dwelt in the
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land of Nod on the east of Eden. And
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Cain knew his wife and she conceived and
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bare Enoch. And he builded a city and
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called the name of the city after the
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name of his son Enoch. And unto Enoch
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was born Irad. And I read begget Meujel,
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and Mahuja begat Methusel, and Methusel
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begget Lamech. And Lamech took unto him
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two wives. The name of the one was Adah,
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and the name of the other Zilla. And
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Adah bear Jabel, that he was the father
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of such as dwell in tents, and of such
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as have cattle. And his brother's name
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was Jubel. He was the father of all such
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as handle the heart and organ. and
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Zilla. She also bare Tubalcain, an
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instructor of every artifisicer and
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brass and iron. And the sister of
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Tubalcane was Nyan. And Lamech said unto
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his wives, Adah and Zilla, hear my
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voice, ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto
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my speech. For I've slain a young man,
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slain a man to my wounding, and a young
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man to my hurt. If Cain shall be avenged
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sevenfold, truly Lamech, 70 and
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sevenfold. Now, Father, I ask tonight as
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we come to this scripture, I pray, God,
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that you would help us as we consider it
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tonight. I pray that we would take and
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apply it to our hearts and lives. I
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pray, God, tonight that you would move
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and work in our midst. I thank you for
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the singing tonight. I'm thankful that
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you're able tonight to do exceedingly
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abundantly above all that we could ask
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or think, Lord, according to the power
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that workketh in us. And Lord, you told
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us in your word, Lord, that you're going
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to perform the work. You're going to
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finish the work in our hearts until the
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day that you come again. And so Lord, I
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pray that you would work on us some more
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tonight. God, I pray that you deal with
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our hearts and Lord, help us to draw
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near to you. I pray as a result of this
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service, God, I pray, Lord, for whatever
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needs are present. I pray the will of
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God would be met in every every life and
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every heart. And I pray more than
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anything, God, tonight that you would
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get glory and save the lost, reclaim the
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backslid, and Lord, for all that you do.
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We'll give you thanks, but most of all,
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for who you are. And we ask all this in
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Jesus name. And God's children said,
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"Thank you for standing. You can be
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seated tonight." This morning, we
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considered the way of Cain. And tonight,
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as I was reading this text, and the Lord
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laid this text on my heart, I want to
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consider another truth here that I want
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to lay upon your heart in just a moment
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in this text. But to get you back up to
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speed on where we're at here in this
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text, Cain has been cursed by the Lord.
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He has been told uh in verse number 11
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and 12 that he is cursed from the earth.
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He is going to not be able to bear fruit
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in his harvest. There's not going to be
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a place where he can lay his head. He's
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going to have no home. And there is
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going to be no holiness in his life
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because he decides to walk away from the
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presence of the Lord. And I want to say
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this to us tonight. Of course,
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considering this dispensation tonight, I
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personally believe that Cain walked away
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from this a lost man because there was
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no repentance in his life. Cain walked
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away from this and he turned and when he
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walked away I believe he doomed and
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damned his soul to hell. You say,
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"Preacher, how could that be being that
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Cain spoke to the Lord face to face?"
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Well, you understand something here in
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this text. Cain, this is the only way
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that God is dealing with man at this
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point in time. You see, Cain does not
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have the Ten Commandments. He does not
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have the law of Moses to go by. But this
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is that dispensation of conscience. that
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dispensation here that God is dealing
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directly with them. And I was thinking
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about this in this text. You see, when
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Cain in verse number 16, when he went
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out from the presence of the Lord, Cain
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did not go alone. And you say,
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"Preacher, what do you mean?" Well, Cain
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took some things from his parents in
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this text. When he left here in this
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text, he took some things from his
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parents. He took some things from the
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Lord. And you say, "What do you mean,
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preacher?" Well, I'd say this. We know
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by the text we preached this morning
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number one that he took a son from his
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parents because in our text the Bible
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says in verse number eight that while
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they were in the field Cain rose up
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against Abel his brother and slew him
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and so Adam and Eve their child they're
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the second born Abel was taken from them
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but I thought not only about this he
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takes a son from them his brother but he
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also takes himself from them because
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Cain in verse number 16 walks out of the
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presence of God. Adam and Eve never
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leave this place. They always stay here
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and they live out their days in this
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place because this is the place where
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God birthe Seth there. And God raised
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Seth up to bring that godly lineage that
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would live on to the days of Noah. And
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I'll say more about that in a minute.
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But God here in this text is allowing
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Cain to leave his parents. And so, not
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only are they losing Abel, but they're
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also losing Cain. You say, "Preacher,
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what's the significance of that?" Well,
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what would it be to lose a son and then
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lose the other? You think about David
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tonight. David when Amnan, he committed
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that incest with his sister Tamar. The
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Bible says that Abselum hummed him down
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and killed him. And then after that,
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Abselum became lifted up in pride and he
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ended up losing Abselum as well. And
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before it was all said and done, David
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lost four sons, four of his children.
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And you say, preacher, well, that's all
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that Adam and Eve lost in this text.
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Well, if you consider it closely, I
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don't believe this is all that they
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lost. Cuz the Bible says in verse 16,
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"And Cain went out from the presence of
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the Lord and dwelt in the land of Nod on
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the east of Eden." And notice the first
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phrase of verse 17. "And Cain knew his
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wife." You see, not only did Adam and
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Eve lose their two sons, but they also
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lost a daughter.
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>> You say, "Preacher, what do you mean?"
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I'm saying Cain's wife was the daughter
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of Adam and Eve. And when Cain left the
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presence of God, you know what happened?
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They lost their daughter, too. And so in
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this text, you say, "Preacher, that's
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hard for me to understand." Well, you
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just got to understand the text. Adam
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and Eve were the only parents here at
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this point in time. And all children
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that were be were to be born were their
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children. You say, "Preacher, that's
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awful." Well, you got to understand
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something. This economy is a lot
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different than ours. Amen.
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>> I ain't got time to deal with all that
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tonight. But the truth is, Adam and Eve,
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Eve lost three children in just a very
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short span of time. And Cain is the
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reason that they lost all three of them.
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I'll say this, your sin will bring much
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hurt to your parents.
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>> Amen. And I see this in this text. I
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noticed that Cain is leaving. And what
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do we what is his leaving highlighted
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by? Well, it's highlighted by the fact
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number one that there's no fellowship.
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Look what the Bible said in verse 16.
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And Cain went out from the presence of
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the Lord. There was no fellowship with
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the father. There was no fellowship with
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his family. And he did not have anywhere
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else to turn to. And so he takes his
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family. He packs it up and leaves them,
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leaves the will of God, leaves the work
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of God, leaves the family, leaves it all
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behind because he's decided that he's
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going to do what he wants to do. You
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say, "Preacher, well, I thought God
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banished him." Well, you understand
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something. Because of this curse that
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was placed upon him, he had no desire to
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repent. And I think that many times when
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somebody goes so far in their sin, when
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they have decided after living a sinful,
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wicked life, God turns them over to that
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reprobate mind, and you know what
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happens to them? Number one, they don't
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want to be saved. Amen. Number two, they
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have no desire to have fellowship with
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anybody who is saved. Amen. And they're
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going to live out the rest of their days
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in boldface, anger, and bitterness
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towards God and his people. And here in
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this text, Cain leaves his family that
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very same way. There is no fellowship.
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And if you were just reading this, you
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would think that everything gets all
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right after Cain leaves. But what you're
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going to find is tonight, and I want to
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preach on this thought, the way of Cain
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turns into something much more than just
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the way. You see, up to this point, Cain
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has only got his able. He's taken his
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life. And then Adam and Eve are
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affected. And somehow or another, his
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wife comes into the picture. The
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scripture does not tell us. But I'll say
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this. Cain leaves them behind and begins
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a new life. And I want to highlight a
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few things tonight. We considered the
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way of Cain, but I want to consider this
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thought tonight. I want to consider the
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world of Cain. Cain creates an alternate
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environment in verse number 17 down
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through the end of this chapter. And
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what you're going to find is described
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here in this text. The world that Cain
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creates. Now, I'll be real honest with
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you. This morning I was listening to
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somebody preach this afternoon and I
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think it may have been brother Gravely
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on his podcast and he was talking about
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sin. And the Bible says that there are
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pleasures in sin for a season. And the
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truth is tonight you can leave and get
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out of the will of God if you're lost.
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You can leave and reject God's word. And
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you can go on and live your life. And
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the truth is I do not know how long the
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season of pleasure is going to be for
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you.
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>> You might live the rest of your life and
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be perfectly fine. You might live to be
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a ripe old age and and your sin, you
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just go on and enjoy it and then you'll
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suffer throughout eternity for those
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sinful choices. But the truth is most
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people don't live that way. The truth is
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when most people decide to walk away
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from God, what happens to them is is
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that they live a I mean just a few years
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sometimes, sometimes it's just a few
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months, a few days. Some people it's
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minutes,
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>> right?
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>> Amen. Some people the moment that they
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turn away, their life is taken from them
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in that moment because God says, "If
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you're not going to turn to me, I'm not
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I've not got no use for you anymore."
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>> And so God takes them out of the way.
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And and you say, "Preacher, what about
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those that God leads?" Well, God's
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longsuffering. Amen. That's all I know
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to tell you tonight. And he's merciful.
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Amen. He sendeth the rain upon the just
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and the unjust. Amen. And if you want if
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you want an answer to that tonight, you
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have to take it up with God. But I will
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tell you this. Sin always its pleasure.
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Listen to me, young people. Sin's
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pleasure always comes to an end.
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>> Always. And in this text, I want to
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notice a few things here and I'll be
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done tonight. I want to consider first
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of all in this world of Cain, not the
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new family that's mentioned. The Bible
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says in verse 17, "And Cain knew his
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wife and she conceived and bare Enoch
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and he built a city and called the name
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of the city after the name of his son
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Enoch." And so Cain here, he has taken a
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wife. And out of this wife, there
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becomes a birth. There is a son that's
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born. And and so out of this son being
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born, Cain desires to build a city. And
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so Cain, it seems as if everything that
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God has said, it seems like he's just
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going to go on and do what he wants to
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do. And and it's and in spite of the
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fact that God told him and in verse
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number 12 that he would be a fugitive in
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a vagabond, Cain almost like to spit in
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the face of God says, "Well, I'm not
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going to do that here. I'm going to
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drive my steak down somewhere and show
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God that I can have it my way. And you
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know what happens? Just because you
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build a city doesn't mean that you're
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not going to be a fugitive.
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>> You're right.
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>> Amen. You can build an empire in this
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life, but what you'll find is that
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you're always on the run.
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>> And Cain in this text is the very same
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way. He gets him a wife. He has a child.
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He builds a city. Of course, we know
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this is not skyscrapers and hospitals
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and hotels and and restaurants and bars
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like what we would think about in this
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day and time, but it would just simply
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be a congregating of people in the same
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place where they would grow together.
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And so, Cain is trying to surround
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himself. Have you ever noticed that when
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sinners get in sin, what do they try to
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do? They immediately try to surround
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themselves with everybody that they can.
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>> Right?
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sinners multiply and by the mar when you
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think about the margin sinners they they
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uh procreate and children are born unto
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them seems like far greater than the
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margins of those who are saved you say
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preacher I don't believe that well you
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just look at the Muslim crowd
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>> right
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>> I don't have to stay very long right
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there for you to think about the fact
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that when they have 8 n 10 children a
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peace and they're all like that hey
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there's no there's no re no understand
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or there's no wonder that our world is
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being overrun by that mindset.
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>> Amen.
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>> It's because evil populates. And so Cain
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has built THIS LITTLE CITY TO hide and
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to harbor himself there and to spit in
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the face of God. And so I notice this
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new family. And and sure, it looks okay.
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Cain looks like he's his wife. They have
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a child. Everything seems all right. And
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and then you see there the genealogy
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that's given in verse 18. There's
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there's seven generations here from Adam
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that's mentioned up until Lamech in
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verse number 19. And what's interesting
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about this fact is though this family is
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new, what's happening is they are
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bringing in new wickedness with them. Do
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you realize almost every sin originated
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in this family outside of what Adam and
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Eve committed
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>> right
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>> in the garden? I want to share something
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with you. We note the new family in
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verse number 17 and 18. But note the new
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folly in verse 19. The Bible says, "And
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lamech, notice this, took unto him two
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wives." The new folly, what is that?
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Well, pretty simply stated this morning,
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it's polygamy.
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>> Lamech, this son, and I I could preach
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through those names, but we ain't got
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time to go through that tonight. But
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Lamech, his son, the seventh from Adam
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here, the six from Cain in our text, he
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is the one in this text. He is the first
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one in history to have two wives. Now,
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why is that? Well, you think about this.
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Cain has made this city. He has made an
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oasis for the mind. And you know what
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the Bible says that an or not the Bible
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says this, but a good principle says
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idol mind is the devil's workshop. And
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so what Cain has done is he has made
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this this melting pot. He has made this
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place for wickedness just to fester. And
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so every idea, every thought, every
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intent of man's heart could be searched
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out. And you know, sin is like water
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under a door. Your lust is like water
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under the door. the more you open it,
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the more is going to come through. And
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so they just continually follow down in
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wickedness. And those names, you can
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study those names out, and you'll find
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that there's a continual digression
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through those names up until Lamech. And
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Lamech's name means this. It means
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powerful. It means powerful. And out of
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Lamech, his lineage here, there are
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three sons that are mentioned. And I'm I
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want I got to point this out before I go
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any further. This new folly in verse
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number 19, number one is seen in
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selfishness. Look what the Bible says.
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And Lamech took what? Unto him.
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Lamech was feeding his flesh.
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>> Lamech took unto him two wives. Two
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wives. Now, what do these two wives
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represent? Well, this new folly is
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polygamy. But there's selfish
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selfishness here. It's it's his. He's
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took unto him two wives. And then you'll
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note these names. The name of the one
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was Ada, and the name of the other was
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Zilla. Now, that name Ada means
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ornament. That name Zilla means shade.
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And when you look up those names,
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consider them in their translation. When
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you consider Ada, it means something
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beautiful to look upon. That ornament,
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her name spoke of her beauty. That she
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was something that he was desirous to
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see. She was something to behold. Really
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what that translates to be. And so Ada,
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he takes his first wife, Ada, and then
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there's the other that's Zilla. And
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that's not the sight to behold. But here
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is the seduction. That word Zilla means
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shade. It means a seductress.
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And so this man Lamech's engulfed in
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pleasure.
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He's got one that looks like he wants
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and he's got another one that does what
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he wants.
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And you see this is what Cain
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has produced in his family. You say,
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"Preacher, well Cain didn't have two
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wives. Cain didn't live that way." Well,
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what did he choose over God's sacrifice?
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He chose that field. He chose that
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fruit. He chose what looked pretty to
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the eyes because he said, "This is the
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work of my hands, and I'm going to
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choose that over God." Cain chose the
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works. But let me tell you, seven, six
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generations later, lay chose his wives
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over God. You say, "Preacher, what does
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that lead into?" Well, notice this. This
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new folly here, we consider not only the
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new folly, but not the new fathers
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that's mentioned in verse 20 down
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through 22. You've got three men that's
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pointed out here in the text. and ate a
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bear Jabel. The Bible says he was the
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father of such as dwell in tents and of
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such as have cattle. There is the
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marketing here, the shepherd that's
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present. That cattle there speaks of all
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manner of animals. And so Jabel here is
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the one that is the father. He is the be
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he is the one that is beginning the
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marketing works of selling animals. He
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is the orchestrator of all marketing
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business in this city of Enoch. And so
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there's not only the marketing man in
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verse number 20, but in verse 21 there's
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the music man. And his brother's name
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was Jubel. He was the father of all such
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as handle the harp and organ. So we've
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got a shepherd. But now we've got a song
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man. We've got somebody who's who's not
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only in business, but we've got somebody
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who's making music and singing. And then
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we got in verse 22, if you'll stay with
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me, I'm going somewhere with this. All
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right. Notice 22. and Zilla, she also
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bare Tubalcane, an instructor of every
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artifice in brass and iron. And the
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sister of Tubalcane was non. So there is
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the marketing agent in Jabel. And Jubel
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is the music man. And then in 22,
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Tubcane, he is in metallurgy. He is the
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smith. You say, "Preacher, what is all
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that?" Well, do you realize what this
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is?
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What has America been built on?
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You see, out of the perversion of lame,
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having two wives, what was produced?
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Prosperity. [clears throat]
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>> The father, listen to me now, the father
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of modern marketing and animal sales was
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born unto Lamech. The father of those
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that would produce music and instruments
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of music AND TRAIN THOSE HOW to use them
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was Jubel. And then in the text, tubcane
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is the one that is in control of the
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iron works, of the brass works, and
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those that would be in charge of an
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artifice work. You say, "Preacher,
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what's the emphasis of that?" I'M SAYING
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THIS IS WHAT an economy of wickedness is
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built off of.
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>> Right?
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>> You say, "Preacher, those are Lame's
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children." Let me ask you something. You
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remember those are Cain's children, too.
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>> You see what this produced? Cain's
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mindset, what did it produce? It
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produced an entire generation. It
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produced an entire nation of people that
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were geared toward prosperity.
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And this is what it led to. It led to
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their defilement. And isn't it
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interesting, and I've preached all of
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this to get to this point, and there's
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so much more I could say about this, but
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but you see these new fathers here,
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these are the top ones in this city of
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Cain. What's interesting about this in
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verse number 23, the Bible says, "And
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Lamech said unto his wives, Ada and
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Zilla, hear my voice, ye wives of
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Lamech, hearken under my speech, for
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I've slain a man to my wounding and a
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young man to my hurt." Now, to make the
20:41
long story short, now six generations
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later, his great great great great,
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however many greats it is, grandson, you
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know what happens? He commits the same
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sin as Cain.
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>> Right?
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>> You say, "Preacher, what's interesting?
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What what is it that's so fascinating
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about that? Well, Cain thought that his
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way was best,
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>> right?
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>> So, you know what he does? He goes out
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on his own and he builds his city. He's
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got his family. He's got his city named
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after his child. He's got all of this
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that he's created. And you know what? It
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looks all right. But isn't it
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interesting how sin's a revolving door,
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>> right?
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>> And on down the line, you say,
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"Preacher, well, Cain never saw it." No,
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actually, he did. If you look at this
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text correctly, these men in the Old
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Testament, they lived to be 8, 900 years
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old,
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>> right?
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>> I don't know how old Cain lived to be,
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but I believe he got to saw that he got
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to see Lamech and his children. You say,
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"Preacher, what's the emphasis of that?"
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I said all that to say this. See, when
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when Cain left in verse 16, there was no
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fellowship with God. He walked out of
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the presence of God. But six generations
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later, you what you're going to find is
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is that there's no fear. You say, "What
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do you mean?" Well, notice verse 23 and
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24 and I'll be done tonight. And Lamech
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said unto his wives, consider his maids
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here, Adidenzilla. Hear my voice, ye
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wise of lay, hearken unto my speech.
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Think of the forcefulness of this man
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speaking. Number one, it's very
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disrespectful that he would speak unto
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his wives this way. But I think that he
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spoke to them this way because he was
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trying to prove out his pride. You see,
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Cain spoke to his brother that way in
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verse number eight. Amen. And Cain
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talked with Abel, his brother. And
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there's not a doubt in my mind that when
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Cain looked at his brother there in that
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field, he said, "Look, I'm getting my
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position back. I don't care if it cost
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me, you or anything else." And his pride
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is what caused him to have that
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conversation. What do you find here in
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the text? This same this man, this
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grandson of Cain is doing the same
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thing. He is speaking to his maids, his
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wives. What is he speaking to him of?
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Well, he's speaking of this murder. Look
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what the Bible says. For I've slain a
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man to my wounded and a young man to my
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hurt. He is literally telling them in
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this text he says I've killed a man. And
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most writers believe that in this text
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ca this son of lame here this son has
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killed one of an Adam and Eve's good
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children. Now I can't verify that. All
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right I don't know how they come up with
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that but they said that he is this
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notice that text. He said I've slain a
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man to my wounding. He says this has
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hindered me. This has harmed me. What
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did Cain say? He said, "My punishment is
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greater than I can bear."
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>> Right?
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>> He didn't like the consequences. Lamech
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saying the same thing. He don't like the
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consequences of his sin. And notice what
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he says in verse 24.
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This is what the whole text hinges on.
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If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold,
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truly lame 70 and sevenfold. Now, you've
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seen his maid. You see his murder in
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this text. But consider his mindset. You
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say, "What is his mindset, preacher?"
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Well, you remember the Bible says in
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verse 13, Cain told the Lord, "My
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punishment is greater than I can bear."
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He tells the Lord, he says, "I'm going
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to be a fusion in Veabon." He said,
23:49
"Everybody that findeth me is going to
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slay me." And notice verse 15. "And the
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Lord said unto him, therefore, whosoever
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slayth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on
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him sevenfold." He was he put a mark on
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Cain, a mark of judgment that would say,
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"Whoever took Cain's life." All right,
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I'm going to make a point with this,
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okay? In just a minute. Whoever took
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Cain's life would be avenged sevenfold.
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They would suffer the consequences seven
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times as much. You say, "Preacher, why
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is that?" Because Cain was meant to live
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out his life as a fugitive in a Vega
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bond.
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>> And anybody that took his life would be
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shortened in his judgment. You say,
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"Preacher, what do you mean by that?"
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Well, you think about the people that
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are in hell right now.
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What are they there for? Eternity.
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>> The reason why the judgment does not end
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is because their judgment is forever. is
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perpetual.
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>> And God had a set time of judgment for
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Cain.
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>> Amen. It wasn't eternal, but it was for
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his lifetime.
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>> And he said, "The one that takes Cain
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out,
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he's going to be judged sevenfold."
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Well, what does Lamech say in verse
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number 24? If Cain shall be avenged
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sevenfold, truly Lamech 70 and
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sevenfold. Lamech was so prideful about
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his sin that he said, "If somebody kills
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me, God's going to take out not
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sevenfold,
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but 490."
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>> See, he in his mind thought that God, he
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deserved protection because Cain got
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protection. But you see, the sentence
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wasn't the same. You're
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>> right.
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>> And I want to give you this and I'm done
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tonight. Brother Randy, you cut that
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thing off tonight. I want to share this
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with you. All right? you.
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