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

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  [music] Welcome to Meadows Baptist
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  Church of Walnut Cove, North Carolina.
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  today. If you enjoy today's message, be
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  with [music] your friends. Now, let's
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  join Pastor Charlie Branch with a word
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  from God.
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  I get in a big way of preaching. Amen.
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  tear them things down. Amen. And if
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  y'all would set them back up there for
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  me. Amen. If you have your Bible this
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  morning, you turn with me to the book of
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  Genesis. Genesis chapter number four.
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  And we'll look there this morning. I'll
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  not ask you to stand. I know you've been
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  standing for a majority of the service
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  this morning. And so we'll look here at
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  a thought the Lord has placed upon my
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  heart for this service. And uh
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  I was thinking there that our youth this
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  morning, those young men done such an
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  excellent job. And I want to take just a
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  minute to uh put this out there to you.
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  Know we got a lot of young people here
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  uh visiting with us today. We have a
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  Wednesday night youth club. All right.
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  Youth class. And brother Kyle and Sister
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  Brooke head that up. And pretty much
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  what you see here this morning is is
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  benefits of the ministry that they have
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  in this church to our young people. and
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  the youth choir. Amen. They did a lot of
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  work helping us get that orchestrated.
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  And I just get to do the part, the fun
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  part, amen, and lead them. Amen. But,
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  uh, they do such an excellent job in
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  taking care of our young people. And so,
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  if you want to come be a part of that,
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  all right, you ain't got to sign up for
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  it. Just show up. Amen. And be here and
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  be a part of that. And we got Sunday
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  school forum, too. Classes for all ages.
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  And the more people that come, the more
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  classes we'll have. Amen. And so, do
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  remember that uh this morning. But I
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  want to look here in this text, Genesis
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  chapter 4. And uh uh like I said, if you
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  miss Sunday school, you missed a
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  blessing. Amen. And now comes the
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  cursing. Amen. So uh that that was
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  supposed to be funny, but y'all didn't
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  like that. Amen. But uh uh the Lord I
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  was praying about this service today and
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  and on youth Sunday, I was just thinking
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  about what the Lord would have us to say
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  and uh was praying the Lord would would
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  put somebody on my heart to come preach.
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  But it just seemed like the longer I
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  waited, the more uh it was just more
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  clear to me I needed to be here. And God
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  put this text on my heart earlier this
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  week. And so I want to preach here
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  Genesis 4 verse number one. Genesis 4
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  verse number one. The Bible says, "And
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  Adam knew Eve his wife, and she
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  conceived and bare Cain and said, "I
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  have gotten a man from the Lord." and
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  she again bare his brother Abel. And
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  Abel was a keeper of sheep. But Cain was
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  a tiller of the ground. In process of
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  time it came to pass that Cain brought
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  of the fruit of the ground an offering
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  unto the Lord. And Abel he also brought
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  of the firstlings of his flock and of
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  the fat thereof. And the Lord had
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  respect unto Abel and to his offering.
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  In verse five, the Bible says, "But unto
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  Cain, and to his offering, he had not
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  respect. And Cain was very wroth, and
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  his countenance fell. And the Lord said
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  unto Cain, Why art thou wroth, and why
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  is thy countenance fallen? If thou doest
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  well, shalt thou not be accepted? And if
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  thou doest not well, sin lith at the
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  door? And unto thee shall be his desire,
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  and thou shalt rule over him. And Cain
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  talked with Abel his brother. And it
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  came to pass when they were in the field
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  that Cain rose up against Abel his
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  brother, and slew him. And the Lord said
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  unto Cain, "Where is Abel, thy brother?"
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  And he said, "I know not. Am I thy
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  brother's keeper?" And he said, "What
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  hast thou done? The voice of thy
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  brother's blood crith unto me from the
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  ground. And now art thou cursed from the
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  earth, which hath opened her mouth to
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  receive thy brother's blood from thy
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  hand. When thou tillest the ground, it
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  shall not henceforth yield unto thee her
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  strength. A fugitive and a vagabond
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  shalt thou be in the earth." And Cain
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  said unto the Lord, "My punishment is
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  greater than I can bear. Behold, thou
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  hast driven me out this day from the
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  face of the earth, and from thy face
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  shall I be hid, and I shall be a
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  fugitive and a veagga bond in the earth.
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  And it shall come to pass that everyone
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  that findeth me shall slay me." 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. And the Lord set a mark
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  upon Cain, lest any finding him should
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  kill him. Now, I want you to notice
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  verse number 16. This is where we're
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  going to end up today with the help of
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  the Lord. But the Bible says in verse
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  16, "And Cain went out from the presence
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  of the Lord and dwelt in the land of Nod
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  on the east of Eden." Now, I was reading
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  this text and the Lord gave me a message
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  here out of this text concerning the way
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  of Cain. you titled your uh notes this
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  morning, the way of Cain, if you want a
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  title for the message. But I was reading
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  and praying about this text and these
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  there were some thoughts here in this
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  text that jumped off the page at me. And
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  I want to preach on that thought, the
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  way of Cain, for just a little while
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  with the help of the Lord. Let's pray
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  together and ask God to help us now.
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  Father, I ask humbly, Lord, as I've come
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  before you, Lord, to this place, this
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  service today. I thank you so much for
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  everything that's been done thus far.
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  God, it's been a wonderful service. And
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  Lord, I thank you so much for these
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  young people that have so faithfully
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  served this morning. And God, so uh
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  Lord, so willfully served. God, I I
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  thank you for that. And Lord, I pray
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  that you would bless them and their
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  parents this morning, their families.
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  And God, I thank you for the visitors
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  that are here with us today. I pray
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  you'd add a blessing to them. And and
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  God, I pray we would all receive
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  strength from the word of God. I pray
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  that we would take it into our heart and
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  apply it to our life. I pray, God, that
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  we would receive it with meekness this
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  morning, God, that it might help us. And
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  Lord, I pray, Father, Lord, that you
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  would help us to be obedient to whatever
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  you say to us this morning. God, I pray
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  if there's one in our midst and is not
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  saved, I pray today would be the day of
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  salvation for them. And Lord, I pray,
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  God, if there's somebody here that's not
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  right with you, been out of the will of
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  God for some time, I pray today would be
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  the day that they get right with you.
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  And Lord, I pray God, today, if there's
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  somebody here today that's walking in
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  this spirit of this man Cain, Lord, I
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  pray, God, that you would deal with
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  their heart, Lord, deal with the anger
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  that they have. And Lord, I pray,
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  Father, that you would help them, touch
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  their heart today. And Lord, for what
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  you do, we'll be sure to give you thanks
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  for what you do because we ask it in
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  Jesus' name. And God's children said,
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  "Amen."
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  >> Thank you so much. This morning, I was
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  praying over this text this morning. I
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  was thinking about a lot of different
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  messages that I could preach, but really
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  what this is what the Lord brought me to
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  this morning. And you say, "Preacher,
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  this isn't a very fitting message for a
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  youth Sunday." Well, I think that it is.
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  And when we consider this text and dig a
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  little deeper, I think you'll you'll see
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  why in this text. Now, when I come to
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  this text, I hope that you're familiar
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  with this story. And no doubt in
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  America, surely you're familiar with
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  Cain and Abel. And I was thinking about
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  these children. And there's three things
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  that interest me. And rather, there's
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  three things that amaze me in this text.
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  And you say, "What do you mean?" Well, I
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  want you to note these things by way of
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  introduction this morning. I consider
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  first of all the first thing that amazes
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  me in this text is in verse number one
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  and you'll find it in that word in the
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  middle of the verse where the Bible says
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  and Adam knew his Eve his wife notice
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  this and she conceived. Now what you
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  find right here is the first conception.
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  This is the first time that a woman
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  becomes pregnant in all of history. Cain
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  is the first son that'll be born of
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  woman here in the word of God and he is
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  the first one. Eve is the first mother.
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  Adam is the first father and Cain is the
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  first son. And and that interests me.
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  And so I think the Bible pins it down
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  for a reason. So I would say that this
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  first conception amazes me, but I would
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  say also here in this text, not only
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  this first conception amazes me, but I
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  would say this first consecration that
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  we see here in the text amazes me.
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  Notice what the Bible says. And in verse
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  number verse three, the Bible says, "In
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  the process of time, it came to pass
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  that Cain brought to the fruit of the
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  ground, notice this, an offering unto
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  the Lord." And so we see here the first
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  son, the first wife, the first father
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  here, this son brings his offering unto
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  the Lord. Now, we obviously know there's
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  fellowship here in this text, and I'll
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  say more about that in just a moment,
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  but they are consecrating themselves.
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  Cain is coming to the Lord. Now, that's
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  what you've done this morning. You have
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  decided, you've made a decision, a
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  choice to come to the house of God. And
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  I'll say this, you're not here by
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  circumstance or just happen stance
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  today, but you're here for a reason.
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  Amen. And I want to say I the the
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  conception amazes me. The fact that Eve
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  would conceive here and bear a son and
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  not only one, but two. And then this
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  consecration that these two children
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  would take their offering unto the Lord.
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  And that's what we've witnessed here
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  this morning. These children that have
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  served here today, they have consecrated
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  themselves in order to serve to teach
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  the word and to sing the word and to
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  help in the order of the service. And
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  then I noticed this and I think this is
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  what amazes me as much as anything in
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  this chapter, not the conception and not
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  even the consecration. But notice in
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  verse number six, the Bible says, "And
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  the Lord said, notice this, unto Cain."
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  I think what amazes me most of all about
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  this chapter is that God is verbally
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  speaking
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  >> to these men, the conversation that's
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  had in this text. You say, "Preacher,
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  well, what's the emphasis on that?" What
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  you're going to find in this text is
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  that there is a murder that's committed
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  and there is lies that are told and
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  there is much sin. There is a life that
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  is lost in this chapter, but God is
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  speaking to them vocally.
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  I've heard people all my life say,
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  "Preacher, if God would just come to me
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  and tell me what I would what I should
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  do, I'd do it." But I'll say this in
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  this text, this right here proves that
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  that ain't true.
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  >> That's right.
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  >> Because they had a vocal conversation
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  with God. And yet, a man still looked in
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  the face of God and lied to him.
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  >> And I want to preach on this thought
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  this morning, the way of Cain. Now, we
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  note in this text, there are two souls
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  that are mentioned in verse one, Adam
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  and Eve. There are two sons that are
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  conceived. This is Cain and Abel. serves
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  two occupations. In verse number two,
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  the Bible says that she again bare his
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  brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of
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  sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the
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  ground. And so Cain is the oldest son.
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  And by process of time, by terminology
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  that's used here, Abel would be born
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  shortly thereafter. And as they would
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  come of age, they would each find an
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  occupation. One of them, Abel, was a
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  keeper of the sheep. He was a shepherd.
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  And Cain, was a tiller of the ground. He
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  was a plowman. and he was plowing up
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  that ground and Abel was looking after
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  the sheep. And so there's two
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  occupations, there's two offerings. In
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  verse number three, the Bible says that
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  Cain brought of the fruit of the ground,
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  an offering unto the Lord. But Abel in
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  verse number four, he brings of the
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  firstlings of his flock. And then I see
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  there's two outcomes in verse number
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  four and five. Look what the Bible says.
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  And the Lord had respect unto Abel under
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  his offering. And verse five, the Bible
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  says, "But unto Cain and to his
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  offering, he had not respect." Now, to
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  the casual Bible reader this morning,
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  one that does not understand scripture,
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  we would say, "Why? Why is it that the
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  Lord would not accept Cain's offering?"
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  Well, I'll say this this morning, you've
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  got to understand something. The Bible
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  teaches us that without the shedding of
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  blood, there's no remission of sins. And
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  Adam and Eve, their sin, their failure
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  in the garden just a chapter prior, the
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  sin that they have brought on this world
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  by one man sin entered into the world
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  and death by sin. Adam was that one that
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  sin has entered into the world by and so
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  because of Adam's sin all die. All of us
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  will die of physical death if the
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  rapture does not take place and take us
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  home to be with the Lord. And and I was
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  thinking about this text and you got to
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  understand something. When God went to
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  cover their sins, what did he do? He had
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  to kill an animal.
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  >> Right?
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  >> What does the Bible say? He took that
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  animal and he made them coats of skins.
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  So blood had to be shed. And so God,
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  there's no doubt in my mind, you think
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  about this, Adam and Eve knew God better
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  than anybody else.
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  >> Amen. They were there. They're the only
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  ones that had fellowship with God. And
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  it was because of their sin that in
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  chapter three, they are banished from
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  the garden. The garden is kept by two
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  cherubams. in verse 24 of chapter 3 with
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  flame and sword they are not allowed to
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  go back there and I one writer said this
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  he said that Adam and Eve he said many
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  probably that many days of their life
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  that they would take Cain and Abel and
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  they would walk back over to that garden
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  and they would show them the angels with
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  the flaming sword and look from a far
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  off and see the garden with all its
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  luscious greens and how perfect that it
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  was and they would walk by and he said
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  they'd have picnics by the garden and
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  Adam would tell them the story how that
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  they had sinned and how that they had
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  failed God. And he would explain to them
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  that because of our sin, there has to be
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  a sacrifice and blood has to be shed so
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  our sin can be covered. Amen. And and
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  Cain and Abel, they were not in the dark
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  about the sacrifice. So they bring their
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  offering. But you see in this text,
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  Cain's already decided he's going to go
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  against what he knows. Cain knows better
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  in this text. You say, "Preacher, well
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  that's not implied in the text." Well,
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  you're going to find out it is in just a
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  minute.
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  >> I would say this this morning. This
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  hatred in this text leads to homicide.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> And the Bible says if a man have anger
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  in his heart towards his brother, he's
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  just as good as committed murder against
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  you.
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  >> And in this text, I want to give you
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  three reasons. First of all, then I'll
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  give you the message this morning. Why
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  was Cain's sacrifice rejected? Number
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  one, I would say his sacrifice was
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  rejected because there was no death in
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  this sacrifice. There was no nothing had
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  to lose its life. Cain simply took of
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  what he worked hard. And there's no
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  doubt in my mind that Cain went and got
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  the best fruits. He probably got the
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  biggest, nicest ears of corn and the
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  biggest, nicest watermelons or whatever
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  else that he grew. And he brought this
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  picture in my mind like a bouquet of
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  fruit and vegetables unto the Lord and
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  beauty. No doubt it was costly what he
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  brought. He had labored by the sweat of
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  his brow and in his own mind. Surely God
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  will accept the labors OF MY HAND.
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  SURELY GOD WILL ACCEPT WHAT I PUT
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  TOGETHER. But you UNDERSTAND THIS
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  MORNING, there's none that doeth good,
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  know not one. And it's not by works of
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  righteousness which we have done, but
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  according to his mercy he saved us. And
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  he was showing Cain in this text, hey
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  Cain, it's not what you can do. That's
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  >> right.
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  >> Something's going to have to die.
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  >> Yes. Cain's offering was rejected
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  because there was no death in the
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  sacrifice. Second of all, I would say
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  not only there was no death in the
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  sacrifice, but number two, there was no
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  denial of self.
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  Say, preacher, what do you mean? Well,
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  notice verse two again. The Bible says,
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  "And Abel was a keeper of sheep." Notice
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  this. But Cain was a tiller of the
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  ground. You say, "What do you mean by
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  that?" Well, you see, Cain in order to
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  bring an offering of the L to the Lord
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  that was acceptable, he would have to
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  deny who he was.
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  >> Good. What does the Bible say? He's a
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  tiller of the ground. Well, to bring a
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  sacrifice that was acceptable, he was
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  going to have to get a sheep.
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  >> Amen. I'll say more about that in just a
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  minute. But he did not deny himself.
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  I'll say this this morning. If you are
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  going to be saved, if you are going to
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  be sanctified, if you are going to serve
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  God, you will have to number one have a
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  death, amen, in your life. Your flesh
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  will have to die. The old man will have
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  to die. And there'll have to be new life
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  that takes up residence in you. BUT
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  YOU'LL ALSO HAVE TO DENY YOURSELF. AMEN.
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  >> You'll have to deny who you are. But
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  Cain was not willing to do that. He
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  says, "I'm a tiller of the ground, and
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  I'm not going to change. I'm going to
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  bring what I can do." You know, there's
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  a lot of people do that.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> They say, "Lord, this is what I'm good
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  at. This is what I'll bring to you." And
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  God says, "No, that ain't what I'll
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  accept."
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  >> Right?
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  >> There was no death in the sacrifice.
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  There was no denial of self. But I'll
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  say this thirdly, and here's the real
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  reason why God rejected his sacrifice.
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  It's because there was no desire for
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  satisfaction in this verse. You say,
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  "What do you mean?" Well, he did not
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  desire to satisfy God.
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  >> Right?
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  >> See, Cain's offering was not an offering
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  brought unto the Lord. Cain's offering
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  was an offering brought in comparison to
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  his brother.
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  >> And you're going to see that
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  increasingly in this text. Cain makes
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  this offering. Abel's going to bring an
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  offering. Cain's going to bring an
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  offering. He says, "Well, if he's going
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  to bring one, I'm going to bring one."
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  And so together they come with their
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  offerings. And you know what? Cain's
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  thinking, "My offering is better than
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  his."
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  >> Right?
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  >> Not a single time is he worried about
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  what God said,
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  >> right?
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  >> Not a single time has he stopped to
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  think about the fact that without the
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  shedding of blood, there would be no
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  forgiveness. There would be no
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  opportunity for forgiveness, for
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  cleansing, and his offering would not be
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  accepted. And what happens in this text?
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  Notice verse five. The Bible says, "But
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  unto Cain and to his offering he had not
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  respect. He did not receive Cain's
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  offering and Cain was very wroth." The
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  Bible says his countenance fell. Now, I
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  notice here in this text, four things
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  this morning. I'll be done. I consider
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  number one in this text. I consider the
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  lifting up of pride. Look what the Bible
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  says in verse 5 again. And Cain was very
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  wroth. Why was he wroth? Because God had
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  rejected the works of his hands. Now,
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  I'll say this to you this morning. A man
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  ought to work hard.
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  >> Somebody say amen this morning. We ought
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  to be hardworking people. And as
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  children of God, as Christians, we ought
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  to be willing and able to work harder
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  than anybody else.
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  >> Amen. We ought to do twice, double,
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  triple as much as anybody else. And with
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  half the grumbling. Somebody say amen
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  right there. And Cain, there's not a
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  doubt in my mind. He's a hard worker.
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  He's labored hard, you know, tilling the
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  ground. He had told there in the book of
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  Genesis, you think about this, the first
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  labor that was ever committed to Adam,
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  what did he tell him? He said, "By the
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  sweat of your brow, you'll eat of that
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  ground, that cursed ground. You're going
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  to have to plow it up, Adam. You're
• 18:18
  going to have TO PULL WEEDS. YOU'RE
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  GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE
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  PLANTING THE RIGHT SEED, ADAM. It's
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  cursed, but now you are responsible for
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  it."
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  >> So, what's he doing? He's falling on in
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  the family profession.
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  He's plowing ground.
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  Now, you say, "Preacher, what does that
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  have to do with this?" Well, this is
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  what Cain loves. This is what Cain
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  wants. And when he brings this offering,
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  it's something that Cain thinks is
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  beautiful,
• 18:44
  >> right?
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  >> But like I said this morning, just
• 18:47
  because something you desire, something
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  you want or something you bring before
• 18:51
  the Lord does not mean that God will
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  accept it,
• 18:54
  >> right?
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  >> What's the lifting up of pride? Well,
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  the Bible says that he was very wroth.
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  You'll know his anger in this problem of
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  pride. The Bible says that his
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  countenance failed. No longer was Cain
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  lifted up here rejoicing over his
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  offering thinking that you know how
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  beautiful this is and how wonderful it's
• 19:10
  going to be when I outdo my brother.
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  You say, "Preacher, I don't see that in
• 19:14
  the text." Hang with me. All right, I'll
• 19:15
  show it to you in a minute. But what
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  happens to him? He becomes angry. You
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  know, the Bible talks about anger. The
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  Bible says anger itself is not a sin,
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  but the fruits of anger.
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  >> Amen. There are times when anger is a
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  sin. Okay? When you're angry over
• 19:29
  correction, when you're angry over
• 19:30
  rebuke and you're in the wrong, Amen.
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  Anger is a sin.
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  >> Amen. But Jesus was angry on many
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  occasions and he never did any sin. But
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  I'll tell you this, the Bible says, "Be
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  ye angry and sin not."
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  >> All there's many times that people
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  become angry and out of anger they
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  become uncontrolled. Notice what happens
• 19:47
  in this text. He the Lord questions Cain
• 19:50
  in verse 6. And the Lord said unto him,
• 19:52
  Cain, why art thou wroth? Why is thy
• 19:54
  countenance fallen? Cain, why are you
• 19:57
  upset? And what basically what this is
• 19:59
  telling us is that Cain knew better.
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  >> He knew better.
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  >> You say, "Preacher, how can you say
• 20:06
  that?" God is speaking to him vocally.
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  >> Cain, why are you upset? What did you
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  expect? Let me ask you something this
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  morning. When you go on and live a life
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  of sin, what do you expect to happen?
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  >> Amen. What do you expect to ble? YOU
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  CANNOT EXPECT GOD TO BLESS YOUR LIFE
• 20:24
  when you are openly and blatantly LIVING
• 20:27
  IN SIN BEFORE GOD. AND WHEN GOD SPEAKS,
• 20:30
  HE'S NOT GOING TO SAY, "SON, IT'S OKAY."
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  NO, this is what he's going to say. HE'S
• 20:35
  GOING TO SAY, "WHY ARE YOU mad
• 20:37
  >> when you're standing in the ashes that
• 20:39
  you have BURNT DOWN THE BUILDING UPON
• 20:41
  YOURSELF BECAUSE OF YOUR SINFUL
• 20:43
  DECISIONS AND YOUR CHOICES? WHEN YOU'RE
• 20:45
  STANDING IN THE ASHES AND ANGER is
• 20:48
  fuming, God is not going to come TO YOU
• 20:49
  AND PAT YOU ON THE HEAD AND SAY, "IT'S
• 20:51
  GOING TO BE ALL RIGHT."
• 20:52
  >> RIGHT?
• 20:53
  >> But he's going to look at you and say,
• 20:54
  "Why you upset for?"
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  >> What'd you expect?
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  >> Amen.
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  >> You know what? And I'll say this, God's
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  not a smart elk. Okay?
• 21:02
  >> But he's a father. Amen. I remember
• 21:05
  there's many times I I thinking about
• 21:06
  this growing up when I was reading this
• 21:08
  text. I remember dad, I would have a
• 21:10
  hammer and a and a screwdriver trying to
• 21:12
  beat something out of something. Amen. I
• 21:15
  got a five pound hammer. Amen. I'm 10
• 21:17
  years old. Hammer's 10% of my weight.
• 21:20
  Amen. And I'm over here with a little
• 21:22
  bitty screwdriver, little head on it,
• 21:24
  and I end accidentally hit my thumb with
• 21:26
  that hammer and I'm over, you know,
• 21:29
  daddy look at me and say, "What'd you
• 21:30
  expect, son?"
• 21:31
  >> Right?
• 21:32
  >> You know, you play with fire, you're
• 21:34
  going to get burned.
• 21:36
  >> God looks at Cain, says, "Son, why are
• 21:38
  you upset? Why are you wroth?" Look what
• 21:41
  he says. There's not only the question
• 21:43
  in verse six, he asked, he said, why are
• 21:45
  you angry? Why is thy countenance, why
• 21:47
  is your appearance changed? Verse seven,
• 21:50
  if thou doest well, shalt thou not be
• 21:52
  accepted? First, he gives him a
• 21:54
  recommendation. He says, Cain, if you'll
• 21:56
  just do what's right, you know what's
• 21:58
  right, Cain. If you'll just DO WHAT
• 22:00
  YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO, will you not be
• 22:02
  accepted?
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  >> You see, there's acceptance when we
• 22:05
  follow the Lord's prescribed manner of
• 22:07
  living.
• 22:07
  >> Amen. Hey, we're not without knowledge
• 22:09
  this morning. We know what's right.
• 22:12
  Amen. We know this book tells us the way
• 22:14
  of life, the truth that we should live
• 22:16
  by. And the problem is it's not that we
• 22:19
  don't know the truth. The problem is we
• 22:21
  don't obey the truth.
• 22:22
  >> But the truth is STILL THE SAME. SAYS IF
• 22:25
  WE'LL DO WELL, IF YOU WILL do right,
• 22:28
  look what he says. Shall you not be
• 22:30
  accepted?
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  Cain, I didn't receive your sacrifice
• 22:34
  because it ain't right.
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  >> Good.
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  >> You know you're supposed to offer blood.
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  You know, you're supposed to offer a
• 22:40
  sacrifice of death. And and the Bible
• 22:42
  says, "If thou doest well, shalt thou
• 22:44
  not be accepted." Notice this. He not
• 22:46
  only gives them a recommendation, but he
• 22:48
  gives them an admonition in verse 7.
• 22:49
  "And if thou doest not well, sin."
• 22:52
  Notice that life at the door.
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  >> There's a lot of ideas about what that's
• 22:58
  saying, but I'll tell you what I believe
• 22:59
  it's saying. God told Cain said, "Look,
• 23:01
  son, if you let your anger continue on,
• 23:03
  you're going to get in a lot more mess
• 23:04
  than you're in right now."
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  >> Right? If you let your this anger, this
• 23:08
  bitterness that you have in your heart,
• 23:10
  if you continue to allow that TO FESTER,
• 23:13
  SIN'S JUST WAITING AROUND THE CORNER and
• 23:15
  you will be destroyed. James said it
• 23:17
  this way, when lust hath conceived, it
• 23:19
  bringeth forth sin. And sin when it's
• 23:21
  finished does what? Bringeth forth
• 23:24
  death. Amen.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> The truth is, just like in Cain's life,
• 23:29
  many of us know the recommendation.
• 23:30
  We've also been given AN ADMONITION.
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  HEY, YOU BETTER STAY AWAY FROM THAT. YOU
• 23:35
  BETTER NOT DO THAT. YOU BETTER NOT GO
• 23:37
  THERE. YOU BETTER NOT SAY THAT. AMEN.
• 23:41
  You say, "Preacher, what about all them
• 23:42
  don'ts?" Well, I'll tell you some dos.
• 23:44
  Amen. THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT YOU OUGHT
• 23:46
  TO DO. HEY, YOU KNOW BETTER. HEY, HIM
• 23:48
  THAT KNOWEST TO DO GOOD AND DOETH IT
• 23:49
  NOT, WHAT'S THE BIBLE SAY to him? It is
• 23:51
  sin. Amen.
• 23:53
  >> Amen.
• 23:55
  He's telling Cain, he said, "If thou
• 23:57
  doest not well, if you decide, Cain,
• 23:59
  from this moment on, when God speaks and
• 24:02
  you decide to go away, you better watch
• 24:04
  out, friend, cuz I can tell you Satan's
• 24:06
  waiting on the other side of the door."
• 24:09
  >> I notice not only the recommendation,
• 24:11
  the admonition, but notice the
• 24:12
  restoration here that's granted. You
• 24:15
  see, Cain's got a pride problem. What is
• 24:18
  his pride problem? Notice verse seven.
• 24:20
  Look what he says. and unto thee shall
• 24:22
  be his desire. Thou shalt rule over him.
• 24:25
  You say, "Preacher, what does that
• 24:26
  mean?" Well, Cain's the oldest son. What
• 24:29
  does that offer him? He has the
• 24:31
  birthright, doesn't he? As the oldest
• 24:33
  son, he is the one that's heir to the
• 24:36
  family per uh family portion to am to
• 24:39
  what the family possesses. And the Bible
• 24:41
  says there in verse 7, "And unto thee
• 24:43
  shall be his desire." The same
• 24:45
  terminology is used back in Genesis
• 24:47
  chapter number two that God told Eve
• 24:49
  that your desire shall be to your
• 24:51
  husband. He's going to rule over you.
• 24:54
  And what God is telling Cain, "Hey son,
• 24:56
  if you'll do right, the position is
• 24:58
  going to be restored."
• 25:00
  >> That's good.
• 25:01
  >> You're going to be put back in the PLACE
• 25:02
  THAT YOU DESERVE. NO, I DIDN'T ACCEPT
• 25:04
  YOUR OFFERING, BUT HERE IS AN
• 25:06
  opportunity for restoration.
• 25:10
  >> I don't know where you're at. I don't
• 25:11
  know who you are this morning, but maybe
• 25:12
  God has given you an opportunity for
• 25:15
  restoration this morning to get back
• 25:17
  right with him again. Look what the
• 25:19
  Bible says. And under these shall be his
• 25:20
  desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
• 25:23
  The family order will be put back in
• 25:24
  place again.
• 25:25
  >> Amen.
• 25:26
  >> And notice verse number eight. We noted
• 25:28
  his anger in verse five, but notice in
• 25:30
  verse number eight. Note his
• 25:31
  acquisition.
• 25:33
  Now, what's that first phrase, verse
• 25:35
  number eight say? And Cain talked
• 25:39
  with Abel his brother. Now that word and
• 25:41
  in the first part of verse number eight
• 25:43
  connects us to the end of verse 7. And
• 25:45
  unto thee shall be his desire. Thou
• 25:47
  shalt rule over him. So after God has
• 25:49
  told Cain this, look, all right, if
• 25:51
  you'll do right, your your place in the
• 25:53
  family will be restored. Your birthright
• 25:55
  will be restored. Okay? But then look
• 25:57
  what the Bible says. And Cain went and
• 25:59
  talked with his brother. Now, we're not
• 26:01
  told what said. We know what happens
• 26:03
  after this. But I'll tell you this,
• 26:05
  because we know what happens after this,
• 26:07
  we know what Cain was doing.
• 26:09
  >> You know what he was doing? He was
• 26:10
  zeroing in.
• 26:12
  >> He's done decided he ain't going to
• 26:14
  listen to God,
• 26:15
  >> right?
• 26:15
  >> He's got his eyes. He's already decided.
• 26:18
  He is
• 26:20
  honed in. Who's he looking at? Abel.
• 26:26
  You know, here's the thing about it.
• 26:28
  This is what happens. Cain was angry in
• 26:31
  this text because what God did. But you
• 26:33
  know what? what he was really angry at.
• 26:35
  He was angry at Abel.
• 26:37
  >> Right?
• 26:38
  >> Abel's took his position. Abel's offered
• 26:41
  the better offering. God has accepted
• 26:42
  him. There ain't a doubt in my mind that
• 26:44
  Adam and Eve has heard that God has
• 26:46
  rejected Cain's sacrifice.
• 26:49
  >> And so now Abel's the one in the family
• 26:51
  that's the standing ruler of the
• 26:54
  brothers. Now you just think about this
• 26:57
  with me for just a minute. You know how
• 26:59
  family works. All right? We don't Do you
• 27:01
  know how family works? Amen. Does
• 27:02
  anybody know how family works in the
• 27:04
  house? Okay.
• 27:05
  >> Nowhere will you deal with pride more
• 27:08
  >> right
• 27:09
  >> than in your family.
• 27:10
  >> Right.
• 27:11
  >> You can get together at church
• 27:12
  gatherings and everybody get along all
• 27:14
  right. But there's been more fist fights
• 27:16
  at family gatherings. Amen. I think it's
• 27:18
  the reason partly why I'm preaching this
• 27:20
  today. We just had one this past week.
• 27:22
  Amen.
• 27:23
  >> What I'm saying is pride is where it
• 27:26
  runs rampant is between family members.
• 27:29
  AND IN THIS TEXT, WHAT YOU DISCOVER IS
• 27:31
  HERE, HE HIS ANGER TURNS INTO
• 27:33
  ACQUISITION. He he's NOT ONLY JUST MAD
• 27:36
  for no reason, but now he's pointing
• 27:38
  that anger.
• 27:39
  >> Oh, you better be careful when you get
• 27:41
  somebody in mind,
• 27:43
  >> your anger.
• 27:44
  >> Husband, you better be careful when you
• 27:45
  get angry at work and you come home and
• 27:47
  you start looking at your wife. That's
• 27:49
  >> right.
• 27:49
  >> You know what'll happen? The sound of
• 27:51
  her voice will make you mad. The side of
• 27:53
  her face will make you mad. Just the
• 27:55
  just the just her presence will make you
• 27:59
  mad,
• 27:59
  >> right?
• 28:00
  >> Why is that? You she didn't even do
• 28:02
  anything wrong to you, but you let your
• 28:04
  anger bring acquisition in your life.
• 28:06
  >> Right? Amen.
• 28:07
  >> That's a serious thing. I know it's
• 28:08
  funny, but it's a serious thing. Look
• 28:09
  what happens in this text. Out of his
• 28:12
  acquisition in verse number eight, there
• 28:13
  comes his action. And it came to pass
• 28:16
  when they were in the field that Cain
• 28:18
  rose up against Abel his brother and
• 28:20
  slew him. Now, I I'm not I'm not big on
• 28:23
  speculation, but I do notice that little
• 28:25
  word field in the middle of this verse.
• 28:27
  Now, what's the Bible telling us right
• 28:29
  here? Cain is a tiller of the ground.
• 28:32
  Abel is a keeper of the sheep, but the
• 28:34
  Bible says that they're both in the
• 28:35
  field. By definition, that word field
• 28:37
  means a tealed ground. So, Abel is not
• 28:39
  watching sheep, but he's in the field
• 28:41
  with Cain doing what Cain wants to do,
• 28:43
  >> right?
• 28:44
  >> And Abel's out there in the field, and
• 28:46
  you know what happens? He rises up. Look
• 28:48
  what the Bible says. Cain rose up. I'm
• 28:50
  talking about the lifting up of pride.
• 28:53
  Anger takes root in your heart. That
• 28:54
  bitterness, what happens is then you
• 28:56
  begin to zero in. Then you begin to
• 28:59
  sight in on what it is YOU WANT TO
• 29:01
  DESTROY. And if that anger fers TOO FAR,
• 29:04
  YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS? ACTION WILL TAKE
• 29:06
  PLACE,
• 29:06
  >> RIGHT?
• 29:07
  >> And it won't never be good. It's why God
• 29:10
  said, "Be angry and sin not."
• 29:13
  >> His action was to do what? To rise up
• 29:15
  against Abel, his brother, and slay him.
• 29:19
  You see, not only the lifting up of
• 29:21
  lifting up of private, notice second of
• 29:22
  all the loss of his partner. Look what
• 29:25
  the Bible said in verse 9. And the Lord
• 29:27
  said unto CAIN, "WHERE IS ABEL, THY
• 29:29
  BROTHER?" And he said, "I know not my
• 29:32
  brother. Am I my brother's keeper?" So
• 29:35
  Cain goes here in his pride. He's still
• 29:37
  full of pride, still full of anger.
• 29:39
  There was no satisfaction in the murder
• 29:41
  of his brother. Let me say this to you
• 29:42
  this morning. There is no pleasure in
• 29:44
  sin that's lasting. when he took out
• 29:47
  took out Abel that day, there might have
• 29:49
  been a moment of satisfaction. But I'll
• 29:51
  tell you this, he lived with a lifetime
• 29:52
  of regret because of the sin that he had
• 29:55
  committed. AND HE LOSES HIS OWN BROTHER,
• 29:58
  >> RIGHT?
• 29:59
  >> He loses his own brother, he loses his
• 30:01
  only brother,
• 30:02
  >> right?
• 30:06
  >> Loses them. Gone.
• 30:09
  You know, sometimes you say, "Preacher,
• 30:11
  I'd never kill my family." Well, by what
• 30:13
  you say, you might as well have.
• 30:14
  >> That's right. Come on.
• 30:16
  >> By the way you treat them.
• 30:18
  >> Amen. What I'm saying is you're losing.
• 30:21
  Think about this. The loss of his
• 30:23
  partner, it was an innocent cost. C Abel
• 30:26
  had done nothing wrong. ABEL HAD DONE
• 30:28
  WHAT GOD TOLD HIM TO. AND CAIN IN HIS
• 30:31
  PRIDE DEALING WITH GOD. INSTEAD OF
• 30:33
  DEALING WITH GOD ON HIS TERMS, Cain
• 30:35
  decides he's going to deal with somebody
• 30:37
  who he can hurt. Ca Cain couldn't do
• 30:39
  nothing to God.
• 30:41
  >> All he could do is shake his fist in THE
• 30:43
  FACE OF GOD. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? rather
• 30:44
  than fighting the against the one that
• 30:46
  he had a problem with. HE GOES TO
• 30:48
  SOMEBODY THAT DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG
• 30:50
  AND TAKES his life.
• 30:51
  >> RIGHT?
• 30:52
  >> THAT'S WHAT YOUR ANGER will do. IT'LL
• 30:54
  YOU'LL GET MAD AT SOMEBODY AND OUT OF
• 30:56
  YOUR ANGER AND BITTERNESS TOWARDS A
• 30:57
  FAMILY MEMBER, YOU'LL YOU'LL MAKE YOUR
• 30:59
  CHILDREN HATE YOU. AND YOU'LL MAKE YOUR
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  WIFE OR YOUR HUSBAND HATE YOU BECAUSE
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  YOU'RE ANGRY AT SOMEBODY ELSE. AND IT'LL
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  BE AN INNOCENT DEATH.
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  >> That's right.
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  >> You say, "Preacher, my children resent
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  me." Well, WHO IS IT THAT YOU'RE angry
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  at?
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  >> COME ON. MY WIFE, [screaming] MY HUSBAND
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  WILL NOT LISTEN TO ME, WILL NOT SUBMIT
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  TO MY AFFECTION. WELL, WHO IS IT THAT
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  YOU'RE ANGRY AT?
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  >> I'M SAYING CAIN, IT WAS AN INNOCENT
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  DEATH.
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  He couldn't do nothing to God. But you
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  know what he did? He went to the one
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  that he thought he could handle.
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  Wiped him out. It was an innocent cause.
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  But I'll say this in verse number nine,
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  verse number 10, you note not only the
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  innocent cause, but of the incessant
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  cry. Look what the Bible said in verse
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  10. And he said, "What hast thou done?
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  The voice of thy brother's blood crith
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  unto me from the ground." Just take time
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  out right there for a minute. Okay? If
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  you ain't going to say amen anywhere
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  else I preach, you need to say amen on
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  this. Our country. Amen. The cries of
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  dead babies in this country.
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  >> Amen. Are you hearing what I'm saying?
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  The cries of their blood that's running
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  down the fingers of doctors and nurses
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  across this country. ONE OF THESE DAYS,
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  I'M TELLING YOU WHAT, THAT CRY WILL
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  COME. HAS COME TO GOD ALREADY. AND GOD
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  WILL DEAL WITH THEM. AMEN. GOD WILL DEAL
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  WITH THE WICKED LEADERSHIP, THE WICKED
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  GOVERNMENT THAT WE HAVE THAT WOULD PUT
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  LAWS INTO PLACE THAT WOULD ALLOW
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  INNOCENT CHILDREN BEFORE THEY'RE EVER
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  EVEN IN EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE TO DIE.
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  >> His blood, IT WAS AN INCESSANT CRY. YOU
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  just let me tell you this this morning.
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  You cannot hide your sin from God.
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  That's
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  >> right. CAIN COULD HAVE BURIED HIM DEEPER
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  THAN ANYBODY WOULD HAVE EVER FOUND, BUT
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  IT WAS NO PLACE WHERE GOD WOULD NOT BE.
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  IT WAS A HEY, WHAT I'M SAYING IS THIS.
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  WHEN ABEL DIED, HE WAS IN THE PRESENCE
• 32:47
  OF GOD. AND WHEN ABEL GOT THERE, JUST
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  HIM AND THE TRINITY AND THEN GOD HAS TO
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  LOOK DOWN AND SEE THAT CAIN'S STILL
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  THERE. CAIN HAS TOOK HIS LIFE.
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  >> AMEN.
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  >> You say, "Preacher, did it take Abel to
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  get into heaven for God to know about
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  it?" No. God knew about it before Abel
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  ever even made it there.
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  >> Right? God saw him in the very act.
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  You say, "Preacher, well, GOD DIDN'T
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  ACCEPT HIS SACRIFICE." WELL, GOD GAVE
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  HIM AN OPPORTUNITY to do right.
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  >> Yes, he did.
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  >> He didn't want to do right. YOU KNOW WHY
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  YOU DON'T DO RIGHT? YOU DON'T WANT TO DO
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  RIGHT.
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  >> AMEN.
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  >> The reason YOU WILL NOT SUBMIT, THE
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  REASON YOU WILL NOT SURRENDER TO GOD IS
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  BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO.
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  >> RIGHT.
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  >> You do what you want to do this morning.
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  >> Come on.
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  >> Amen. That's exactly right, PREACHER.
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  WELL, I'VE GOT THIS REASON. I'VE GOT
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  THAT REASON. NO, YOU DO WHAT YOU WANT TO
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  do this morning.
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  >> It was an innocent cause. There was an
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  incessant cry. But there's an impending
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  curse. Look what the Bible says. Verse
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  11. And now art thou cursed from the
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  earth which hath opened her mouth to
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  receive thy brother's blood from thy
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  hand. This is his lasting punishment.
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  We've seen the lifting up of his pride,
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  the loss of his partner. Now his lasting
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  punishment.
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  He said, "You're cursed." Notice this.
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  From the earth.
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  >> Cain had physical life. But you know
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  what God told him? Said, "Look, bud. You
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  going to live here, but you ain't going
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  to live here."
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  >> That's right. Good.
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  >> Oh, friend. We know people, they'll
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  spend the rest of their days in misery
• 34:17
  cuz they're alive, but they're dead.
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  >> Yes.
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  >> Amen. The curse of God's got to them
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  because they refused to obey and they
• 34:24
  turned their back on God. And their
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  punishment, his punishment was a lasting
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  punishment. Notice it in verse 12. There
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  would be no harvest for Cain. Remember,
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  he's a tiller of the ground. What does
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  God punish him with? WHEN THOU TILLEST
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  THE GROUND, it shall not henceforth
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  yield unto thee her strength.
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  >> Look, Cain, you brought me this
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  offering. You knew I wouldn't accept it.
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  But from now on, the only thing you take
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  pride in, I'm going to hinder it.
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  >> Right,
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  >> Cain? It's not going to be blessed
• 34:52
  anymore.
• 34:53
  >> Cain, it was blessed before when you was
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  doing right, but now you've decided to
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  do wrong, it's not going to be blessed
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  anymore.
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  >> Right?
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  >> There would be no harvest. There would
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  not only be no harvest, but there would
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  be no home for Cain. Look what the Bible
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  says in verse 12. He said, "When thou
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  tillest the ground, it shall not
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  henceforth yield unto thee our strength.
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  A fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be
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  in the earth." Cain said, God said,
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  "Cain, you're not going to have a
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  dwelling place. You're going to find no
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  place of rest for your head. You're
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  going to find you'll have a field to
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  till, but there'll nothing grow in it.
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  And when you get done plowing at the end
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  of the day, you ain't going to have a
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  place to go lay down because you're
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  always going to be running for your
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  life. You're always going to be
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  wandering in some wilderness somewhere.
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  YOU'LL BE HOPELESSLY, AIMLESSLY
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  WANDERING. THERE'LL NEVER BE A PLACE
• 35:37
  WHERE YOU CAN SETTLE DOWN. THERE IS NO
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  PEACE TO THE WICKED, SAYETH THE LORD.
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  THERE IS NO RESTING PLACE FOR THOSE WHO
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  WOULD NOT SEEK GOD AND SERVE GOD ON HIS
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  TERMS.
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  >> RIGHT?
• 35:50
  >> There is no home. There would be no
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  harvest. But I'll say this, Cain had no
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  remorse.
• 35:56
  Notice verse 13. And Cain said unto the
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  Lord, "My punishment is greater than I
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  can bear."
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  He's not at all thinking about Adam and
• 36:04
  Eve, that he killed their son. He's not
• 36:08
  at all thinking about the fact that he
• 36:09
  killed his brother. He's not even
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  thinking about the fact that he's
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  wronged God.
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  >> And you know, in this text, he had
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  sinned against Abel. But I'll tell you
• 36:17
  who he sinned against. It was God.
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  >> And his sin had come up before God. And
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  Cain, this is all CAIN HAD TO SAY. I
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  CANNOT BEAR THIS PUNISHMENT. THERE'S NO
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  REPENTANCE. THERE IS NO REMORSE. CAIN
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  SAYS, "I DO NOT WANT THIS JUDGMENT." AND
• 36:31
  YOU KNOW WHAT? THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE IN
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  HELL ARE DOING RIGHT NOW AT THIS PRESENT
• 36:34
  TIME. THEY CANNOT BEAR THE FLAMES. THE
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  RICH MAN SAID, "FATHER ABRAHAM, SEND
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  LAZARUS THAT HE MAY DIP THE TIP OF HIS
• 36:42
  FINGER IN WATER AND COOL MY TONGUE. WHY?
• 36:44
  FOR I AM TORMENTED in this flame." HE
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  WAS ONLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE PUNISHMENT.
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  >> RIGHT? You know what? This morning,
• 36:52
  listen to me, young people. All right.
• 36:54
  It's bad when when you have no remorse
• 36:56
  for sin, but you only regret the fact
• 36:58
  that you got caught.
• 36:59
  >> That's right.
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  >> Amen.
• 37:00
  >> When you only FEEL BAD ABOUT YOUR sin
• 37:04
  cuz you got caught,
• 37:05
  >> right?
• 37:06
  >> Let me just tell you something. That's
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  just not genuine repentance.
• 37:10
  >> Right?
• 37:11
  >> I'll tell you this. A child of God,
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  before he even can even commit the act,
• 37:15
  God's already beating his soul to
• 37:17
  pieces,
• 37:18
  >> saying, "Son, you better not do that.
• 37:19
  daughter, you better not do that. YOU
• 37:21
  BETTER NOT GO THERE. THERE IS
• 37:22
  REPENTANCE. THERE IS REMORSE WHEN SIN is
• 37:25
  committed. DAVID IN PSALM 51 AND WHEN
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  NATHAN COME TO HIM AND SAID, "THOU ART
• 37:30
  THE MAN DAVID." DAVID SAID IN PSALM 51,
• 37:32
  HE TOLD THE LORD, HE SAID, "AGAINST THEE
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  AND THEE ONLY HAVE I SINNED,
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  >> done this evil in thy sight." David was
• 37:39
  remorseful. Cain had no remorse. All he
• 37:42
  could see was his punishment. There was
• 37:44
  no repentance. I give you this and I'm
• 37:46
  done this morning. His punishment was
• 37:48
  lasting. There was no harvest for him.
• 37:51
  What he loved so much was was taken
• 37:53
  away. There was no home that he would
• 37:54
  have. But I'll say this, and this is the
• 37:57
  saddest part.
• 37:59
  Verse number 16. A lot more I could say.
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  Verse 13- 15, but I want to move on.
• 38:04
  Verse 16, the Bible says, "And Cain went
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  out from the presence of the Lord and
• 38:09
  dwelt in the land of Nod on the east of
• 38:11
  Eden." You see this text here reveals
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  not only the lifting up of pride, the
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  loss of his partner, the lasting
• 38:18
  punishment of Cain, but I'll say this.
• 38:20
  Cain here in this text left the
• 38:23
  lingering presence of God.
• 38:26
  You say, "What do you mean, preacher?"
• 38:27
  Well, Cain walked out of God's presence
• 38:29
  for the last time.
• 38:32
  Cain was, what was he doing? He was
• 38:34
  talking with God, wasn't he?
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  >> Ain't that right? God just speaking to
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  him. Cain's talking to him. Cain was
• 38:43
  here committed a murder in the presence
• 38:44
  of God.
• 38:46
  Here he's lied to God face to face. Oh,
• 38:50
  think of that. That he would lie in the
• 38:52
  face of God. Now, in this text, God has
• 38:55
  pronounced him cursed. And rather than
• 38:57
  repenting rather than begging for an
• 38:59
  opportunity to get right, you know what
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  the Bible says? The Bible says, "And
• 39:03
  Cain went out." You see, there was no
• 39:06
  harvest where Cain was going.
• 39:08
  >> There was no home where Cain was going.
• 39:10
  But I'll tell you this, there was no
• 39:12
  holiness.
• 39:13
  >> Yes.
• 39:13
  >> Where Cain was going. You say, "What do
• 39:15
  you mean by holiness?" I'm saying he
• 39:17
  left the presence of God never to enter
• 39:19
  it again. That's
• 39:20
  >> right.
• 39:21
  >> There was never another opportunity.
• 39:24
  You see, Cain's offering was
• 39:26
  self-motivated.
• 39:27
  His offering was self-appropriated.
• 39:30
  And thus, his offering was
• 39:31
  self-gratifying.
• 39:33
  >> It did absolutely nothing for God.
• 39:36
  >> And so, you know what Cain said when he
• 39:38
  walked out of the presence of God that
• 39:39
  day? I'd rather have my field and I'd
• 39:43
  rather have this feudal life
• 39:46
  >> good
• 39:47
  >> that I call LIFE. AND I RATHER BE
• 39:49
  SATISFIED BY THE WORK OF MY HANDS AND DO
• 39:51
  WHAT I CAN. IF I HAVE TO GO TO HELL AT
• 39:54
  THE END OF THIS LIFE, WELL, SO BE IT.
• 39:55
  I'M JUST GOING TO DO WHAT I WANT TO
• 39:57
  [screaming] DO BECAUSE IT'S WHAT I WANT
• 39:58
  TO DO. AND I DON'T CARE WHO TRIES TO
• 40:00
  STOP ME.
• 40:02
  >> You say, "Preacher, there ain't nobody
• 40:04
  in this building that's that way." It
• 40:05
  would surprise you.
• 40:07
  >> Amen.
• 40:07
  >> Come on.
• 40:10
  Well, I'M GOING TO LIVE IT UP ON THIS
• 40:12
  SIDE AND WELL, IT JUST TURN out how it
• 40:13
  does when I get over there.
• 40:17
  >> The Bible says, "And Cain went out from
• 40:19
  the presence of the Lord." You know what
• 40:20
  I love about this?
• 40:22
  You say, "Preacher, how could you love
• 40:24
  anything about that?" Well, there's a
• 40:25
  ray of light for a child of God in every
• 40:27
  Bible text.
• 40:29
  >> You know what I love about this? Bible
• 40:31
  says, "And Cain went out from the
• 40:32
  presence of the Lord." But you know what
• 40:33
  it doesn't say? The presence of the Lord
• 40:35
  left.
• 40:36
  >> You're right. Right. When you leave
• 40:39
  God's presence, you know what? That's
• 40:40
  exactly what happens. You're leaving it.
• 40:44
  >> Because you know what? His presence
• 40:46
  never moves.
• 40:47
  >> Amen.
• 40:49
  >> You're right.
• 40:50
  >> Where Abel died and where Adam and Eve
• 40:52
  were living, you know what happened? The
• 40:54
  presence of God was still there. That's
• 40:55
  >> right.
• 40:56
  >> The voice of God was still there.
• 41:00
  Next chapter, you'll find that Eve
• 41:02
  conceives again. She bears a son. His
• 41:05
  name is Seth. And the Bible says, "Then
• 41:09
  began men to call upon the name of the
• 41:11
  Lord." Why is that? Because the presence
• 41:12
  of God was still there.
• 41:14
  >> Amen.
• 41:14
  >> Cain made a choice to leave the
• 41:17
  lingering presence of God. Every head
• 41:19
  bowed and every eye closed this morning.
• 41:21
  I'm talking about the way of Cain. Let
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  me ask you something this morning.
• 41:26
  You're given an opportunity today to get
• 41:29
  right with God. You're given an
• 41:32
  opportunity today to draw close to God.
• 41:36
  You are given an opportunity today to be
• 41:37
  saved. If you're saved already, you're
• 41:40
  given an opportunity today to get right
• 41:42
  with God.
• 41:44
  Let me say this to you this morning. The
• 41:47
  way of Cain
• 41:49
  is present in this day and time.
• 41:53
  The Apostle Peter talks about the way of
• 41:55
  Cain.
• 41:58
  Those apostate teachers would try to
• 42:01
  deny the living God, try to distract the
• 42:03
  people of God from the truth. so that
• 42:05
  they would depart and go unto evil. And
• 42:08
  he said they've gone after the way of
• 42:09
  Cain. Let me say this. Will you go after
• 42:12
  the way of Cain this morning?
• 42:16
  Cain was in the presence of God until he
• 42:18
  wasn't.
• 42:20
  But you know what? He never got another
• 42:21
  chance to go back again.
• 42:24
  Let me ask you something. [music]
• 42:28
  There's nobody looking around but me
• 42:29
  this morning. The live stream's off. No,
• 42:31
  you're not going to catch you. All
• 42:32
  right? You're not you ain't got nothing
• 42:34
  to worry about. Okay. I want to ask you
• 42:37
  something this morning.
• 42:39
  If you were to leave out of here right
• 42:42
  now, we're not promised next five
• 42:44
  minutes rapture might take place.
• 42:46
  There'd be a blood clock go to your
• 42:47
  brain. You'd be over. That's we we we
• 42:49
  know the brevity of life. This church
• 42:52
  has seen the brevity of life in the last
• 42:54
  year. Let me say this to you this
• 42:56
  morning. If you're not right with God,
• 42:58
  the best thing you can do is get out of
• 43:00
  your seat and come to this altar and get
• 43:01
  right.
• 43:02
  >> Yes. Amen. [music] If you're here this
• 43:05
  morning, you are not saved. If you are
• 43:06
  lost, you say, "Preacher,
• 43:08
  preacher, I'm not saved."
• 43:11
  Would you please pray for me?
• 43:14
  Anybody here like that this morning?
• 43:16
  Say, "Preacher, I'm not saved." You just
• 43:18
  slip your hand up right back down. I
• 43:19
  want to pray for you. Preacher, I do not
• 43:22
  know Jesus. I have never been saved.
• 43:25
  Anybody be honest this morning? [music]
• 43:27
  Preacher, slip your hand up and hold it.
• 43:29
  All right. I want to pray for you.
• 43:34
  Let me ask you this. Say, "Preacher, I
• 43:37
  know I'm saved.
• 43:38
  Preacher, it's been a long time since
• 43:40
  I've been right with God.
• 43:43
  Preacher, I'm thankful I'm here this
• 43:44
  morning.
• 43:46
  And preacher, I need to get right with
• 43:47
  God." God sees that hand. [music] Anyone
• 43:50
  else? Yes. God sees that. Anybody else?
• 43:53
  Be honest between you and God. Yes.
• 43:58
  Anybody else? Preacher,
• 44:01
  would you please pray for me? [music]
• 44:04
  I've already prayed for you this
• 44:05
  morning.
• 44:08
  I tell you what you need to do this
• 44:10
  morning. [music]
• 44:11
  You need to submit to him.
• 44:15
  Hey, if you got an anger problem here
• 44:17
  this morning, you need to get that thing
• 44:18
  right. Cuz I'll tell you this,
• 44:22
  if there's a root of bitterness in your
• 44:23
  life, you'll live that way the rest of
• 44:26
  your life. Nobody will ever satisfy you.
• 44:28
  >> Right?
• 44:31
  >> You'll never live for God.
• 44:37
  You will never do anything that produces
• 44:40
  fruit for Jesus Christ with bitterness
• 44:42
  in your heart.
• 44:45
  These are praying this morning. Others
• 44:47
  need to come
• 44:49
  while we wait.
• 44:52
  Whatever needs there may be. Hey, we're
• 44:53
  in no hurry this morning.
• 44:59
  young ones this morning. I I appreciate
• 45:02
  you so much, servant. Let me tell you
• 45:04
  this. The devil's going to come after
• 45:05
  you [music]
• 45:07
  >> cuz you served him today. Do not let him
• 45:10
  win.
• 45:12
  Some of you, he's already coming after
• 45:13
  you. Do not let him win.
• 45:18
  Make sure
• 45:22
  [music]
• 45:23
  anything in your heart that would keep
• 45:25
  you from staying close to God, make sure
• 45:28
  you've got that confessed and with God
• 45:30
  this morning.
• 45:33
  Cuz as your pastor, I want to say this
• 45:35
  to you. I'm proud of you and I thank God
• 45:37
  for you.
• 45:38
  >> Every one of you.
• 45:41
  Please stay right with God. [music]
• 45:46
  >> Stay pure. Stay holy. Keep yourself
• 45:49
  [music] for your husband, for your
• 45:51
  future wife, for your future husband.
• 45:52
  Keep yourself pure.
• 45:57
  Guard your life.
• 46:00
  Guard your testimony.
• 46:02
  You only get one testimony. Takes a
• 46:05
  whole life to build it and about 10
• 46:07
  seconds to break it down.
• 46:09
  >> Make sure you guard that thing.
• 46:13
  And it don't have to be some gross sin,
• 46:15
  but you can get to be known as an
• 46:16
  angryfilled person.
• 46:18
  >> You can get to be known as a bitter
• 46:20
  person,
• 46:22
  somebody who's hateful and mean. You
• 46:24
  don't want [music] that.
• 46:27
  Be tender toward the things of God. Be
• 46:29
  tender toward people. [music] Be tender
• 46:31
  toward your parents. No, they're not
• 46:33
  perfect, but remember, you're not
• 46:35
  either.
• 46:36
  >> Yeah.
• 46:37
  >> You're going to get angry at them.
• 46:38
  They're going to get angry at you. But
• 46:40
  make sure make sure
• 46:44
  [music] you resolve that thing.
• 46:47
  Make it right with God.
• 46:49
  Father, thank you so much for this time
• 46:52
  this morning. I pray,
• 46:55
  God, you'd help us to see, Lord, there
• 46:57
  is a danger,
• 46:59
  Lord, of letting our sin take us out of
• 47:01
  the presence of God.
• 47:04
  Lord, for whatever needs are present
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  here today, God, I pray that you'd meet
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  them according to your will.
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  Lord, for those that's here today and
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  not right with you, I pray, Father,
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  before they leave this place, they get
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  right with you,
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  >> God, that you'd deal with their heart.
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  Draw them to yourself. I know you
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  already are. Lord, don't quit.
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  Keep drawing them to yourself. Well, I
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  pray for that here's lost today. Never
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  been saved. They don't have a place they
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  can go back to where they asked you to
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  forgive them of their sin [music] and to
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  save their soul. I pray today, Father,
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  before they leave, they'd make that
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  right.
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  God, I thank you so much for these
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  services today, for how you've helped
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  us. [music]
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  Thank you, Father, for these young
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  people.
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  Thank you, God, for using them today.
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  Lord, that's what our church wants,
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  Father. We want them to be used to God.
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  I know they're not perfect, but Lord, we
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  none of us are. And God, we just want to
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  trust you
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  or allow you to work in our lives.
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  [music]
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  Every head still bowed, every eyes still
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  closed while we wait just a moment.
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  We're no hurry.
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  Thank you for joining our service today.
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  We'd love it if [music] you join us in
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  person the next time you are able at
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  Meadows Baptist Church. Our physical
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  address is 2988 Stewart Road in Walnut
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  [music] Cove, North Carolina. Our
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  service times are Sunday school at 10:00
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  a.m., Sunday morning worship at 11:00
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  a.m., Sunday [music] evening worship at
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  6:00 p.m., and Wednesday evening Bible
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  study at 7:00 p.m. For more information,
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  visit us at [music]
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  meadowsbaptisturch.com.
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  Thanks again for tuning in.