1. Section IV: Genesis 4, 5 All verses from the NKJV unless noted. “The Redemption Of Man From Sin” (Wickedness)

2.   What door did God warn Cain about?  Where did Cain kill Abel?  Was early man competent and skillful or an unintelligent cave man?  Who is the first person in the Bible to take two wives?  How old was Methusaleh when he died? Question

3.  1.Sin separates man from God (3:23, 24; 4:14, 16) 2.Sin separates man from his fellow man (4:8) 3.Sin brings forth death (5:5, 8, 11, 14, 17, 20, 27, 31) Three Consequences of Sin

4.   4:1-8  Conflict regarding worship  Road of faith versus the road of sin (Heb. 11:4; 1 Jn. 3:12)  Abel and his sacrifice respected  Cain and his sacrifice not respected Conflict of Genesis 3:15 Begins To Unfold

5.   4:1-8  Why was Abel’s sacrifice respected and Cain’s rejected?  Abel “by faith” (Heb. 11:4)  “Faith” comes by hearing the word of the God (Rom. 10:17)  God must have spoken as to what He wanted in worship  Cain could have been respected if he would heed and obey (Gen. 4:7; 1 Sam. 15:22) Conflict of Genesis 3:15 Begins To Unfold

6.   4:1-8  Why do you think Abel was in the field when he did not till the ground (Gen. 4:8)?  See Luke 11:50, 51 Conflict of Genesis 3:15 Begins To Unfold

7.  1.Worship matters (Jn. 4:24) 2.Cain may have labored harder for his sacrifice than Abel but he was still wrong 3.The truth makes some angry (4:5) 4.Cain was not made to sin – had freewill to obey (4:7) 5.Cain could have ruled over sin 6.The killing of Abel foreshadows a long conflict which follows Genesis 4 and culminates in the killing of Jesus (note similar conflict in Jn. 8:31-59) 7.Sin has a way of affecting not only the guilty, but also the innocent Facts

8.   4:9-15  Hardness of heart (4:9)  God knows when the innocent are killed (4:10)  Punishment  Cursed from the earth (4:11)  Retributive - ground will not yield strength (4:12)  A wanderer - a life of being a fugitive and vagabond (4:12) Judgment On Cain

9.   4-16-24  Built a city with son  Polygamy began through descendants (4:19)  Deviation from the Genesis 2:24 pattern  Worldly success  Jabal – inventor of tents and managing cattle (4:20)  Jubal – inventor of musical instrument (4:21)  Tubal-Cain – craftsman in bronze and iron (4:22) Cain’s Descendants

10.   4:25-5:6ff  Seth “compensation” (4:25)  Physical accomplishments are not mentioned  Spiritual – connected to when men called on the name of the Lord (4:26)  Though there were many sons and daughters, Jesus came through Seth (Lk. 3:38) Seth

11.   5:5-5:32 (cf. 3:19)  Everyone dies with the exception of Enoch (5:21-24)  Enoch “walked with God” (5:22, 24)  What does this mean and how might it relate to us? Magnification of the Curse

12. Genesis 5:24 And Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him. Not By Sight! “We walk by faith, not by sight.” (2 Corinthians 5:7)

13.  Description of True Faith “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” Hebrews 11:1

14.  Requirements Of Faith “he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him” (Heb. 11:6) Enoch lived his life ruled by a God he could not see… …In hope of a reward beyond this life!

15.  This is how Enoch “walked with God” Genesis 5:24 And Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him. Heb. 11:5 By faith Enoch was taken away so that he did not see death, “and was not found, because God had taken him”; for before he was taken he had this testimony, that he pleased God. Walking With God = Pleasing God

16. Can two walk together, unless they are agreed? (Amos 3:3)

17. “Your Way” “Your Truth” “Your Name” “Teach me” “I will walk in” “Unite my heart to fear” FEARFULLY TEACHABLE

18.   5:5-5:32 (cf. 3:19)  Named his son, “Methusaleh”  Hebrew “man of the dart”  Greek “when he dies there will be an emission/judgment” (Lk. 3:37)  Died in the year of the flood  Longest living man (969) – longsuffering of God! Magnification of the Curse

19.   Noah 5:28-32  Noah “rest”  Anticipating a rest from the toil associated with the cursed ground (cf. 3:17, 18)  Becomes the main character in the global judgment upon a wicked world  Righteous despite living in a wicked world The Comfort Bringer