Genesis 4:3-26
Gen 0009:
What are you teaching your kids?
Notes by lay teacher: Sammy Horner
April. 12/2007
What are you teaching your kids?
Genesis 4:3 (KJV)
3 And
in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD.
Genesis 4:4 (KJV)
4 And
Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof.
And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering:
Genesis 4:5 (KJV)
5 But
unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
Genesis 4:5 (AMP)
5 But
for Cain and his offering He had no respect or regard. So Cain was exceedingly angry and indignant, and he looked sad and
depressed.
What was it that made Abel's
offering acceptable? We talked about this last week. The New Testament tells us:
"By faith Abel offered unto
God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts:
and by it he being dead yet speaketh" (Hebrews 11:4).
There was no acknowledgment
of guilt or faith in the atonement [forgiveness] (Heb. 9:22).
Hebrews 9:22 (KJV)
22
And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
Genesis 4:6 (KJV)
6 And
the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?
Apparently there was a very
open communication at this time for we see here that the LORD is talking with Cain openly.
Note the name used for God
throughout this passage is LORD. This is the name used when there is a need to
stress the redemption, faithfulness, grace, and mercy of God. LORD [הוהי yeh-ho-vaw'] Yeh-ho-vaw' (the) self-Existent or Eternal
the Lord, most vehement, showing or caused by strong feeling; forceful: ardent(1 eager; zealous; fervent; passionate 2burning…
...[intense, keen, enthusiastic, avid, fierce, earnest, sincere]) see impassioned:
deeply felt: ardent, soulful, vehement, intense, animated (lively, vigorous-having life) fiery (consisting of or flaming with
fire, like fire in appearance:… …bright red, hot, burning, spirited,
burning, blazing, afire, on fire, ablaze 2 glowing incandescent, glaring, gleaming
3red hot, white hot, overheated, 4 eager, passionate, fierce) inflamed.El-o-heem Plural mighty; especially the Almighty supreme
God [implying trinity].
Looking at the following
verse you can see the mercy of God in how God comes to Cain and ask him, “why is your countenance fallen?” God will ask you the same question even when you are in rebellion. And God said,
Genesis 4:7 (KJV)
7 If
thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his
desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
God is offering him a second
opportunity, a new start, it’s not over, come to me in the way that is the acceptable way to cover the sin problem.
Genesis 4:7 (AMP)
7 If
you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin crouches at your door; its desire is for you, but you
must master it.
God's warning. This is a
scene of God's love and compassion. God wanted Cain to repent and to approach God through a sacrifice. God was not willing
for Cain to perish, not without God first reaching out and trying to save Cain. God is not willing that any should perish.
If you do what is right, you will be accepted.
Why are you angry? Why is your face and countenance downcast? God answers the
questions Himself by asking Cain another question: If you do what is right, will you not be accepted?
God was
giving Cain a second chance.
God is using questions here
to stir Cain to think about the right and wrong approach to God, about the right and wrong offering to secure God's approval.
God is longing for Cain to repent and to bring the right sacrifice, and to approach Him in the right way: by the sacrifice
of an innocent life.
“If you do not
do what is right, then sin lies at the door”. Abel's approach by animal sacrifice was doing what was right; therefore,
Abel’s worship and approach to God was accepted.
“If you do not do well,
sin crouches at your door”, this is the first time the word sin is mentioned in the Bible. Sin is defined as “to
miss the mark”. Cain had missed the mark in his approach to God. He had approached and worshipped God, but his approach
and worship had missed the mark. You might say that Cain was trying to set up his own target.
Cain's wrath was without
excuse, because God still offered to accept the right sacrifice.
Cain continued to reject
a sacrifice as the only approach to God and he refused to take care of his anger and bitterness. Cain turned and walked through the door to embrace the sin that was outside of the door waiting for him
Hate, un-forgiveness and
bitterness will open the door to the one who stands at the door and who waits to have his way with you. Let’s look at the repercussions and the hate, the un-forgiveness and bitterness were embraced and
passed down through six generations of Cain’s children and grand children.
Genesis 4:8 (KJV)
8 And
Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother,
and slew him.
There is the deception and
murder: Cain loored Abel into a field, attacked and murdered him.
God had warned Cain that
sin was crouching at his door (Genesis 4:7). Sin was just like a wild beast, ready to lurch forward and consume him. And sin
did. Cain allowed his bitterness and hostility against his brother and against God to fester and consume him. Cain plotted
to kill his brother.
Genesis 4:9 (KJV)
9 And
the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?
Here we have God going to
Cain to talk to him. God also did this when He went to Adam and asking him a question.
To understand the questioning approach, look at the conversation between Jesus and the women at the well. When the woman was honest with Jesus about not being with her husband Jesus offered her the living water
that would quench the thirst of her heart.
Cain smart mouths God and
says, “Am I my brother's keeper.” What Cain is saying to God is, “I don’t care about my brother, why
should I know where he is? He’s of no importance to me.” How do we react when someone ask us a question about someone that has been or is a part of our life that
we are holding bitterness and un-forgiveness against? Does our countenance fall? Does our bitterness come out in our answer to the questions?
God questioned Cain: "Where
is Abel your brother?" God was not asking for information; God knew exactly where Abel was. God sees and knows all things.
God wanted Cain to think about his sin, to open up about the terrible thing he had done, hoping that he would cry out for
mercy. God was looking for a confession out of Cain so that God would have a basis for a pardon. For the word states that, “If we confess our sins He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins
and to cleans us from all unrighteousness.”
Cain continued to rebel against
God and then he lied to God. He refused to face his sin and then denied that he knew where Abel was. Cain just wanted to live
like he wanted, not like God demanded.
Genesis 4:10 (KJV)
10
And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.
[crieth] Hebrew: tsa`aq (HSN-<H6817>),
to shriek, cry out in anguish and fear. Unsuspecting Abel may have cried out thus to God and to Cain. God had compassion;
Cain showed no concern.
The voice of thy brother's
blood—It is probable that Cain, having killed his brother, dug a hole and buried him in the earth, hoping thereby to
prevent the murder from being known; that this is what is designed in the words, Thy brother's blood crieth unto me FROM THE
GROUND—which hath opened her mouth to receive it from thy hand.
It is apparent that Cain
expected to fall by the hands of some person who had the right of the avenger of blood; for now that the murder is found out,
he expects to suffer death for it.
Genesis 4:11 (KJV)
11 And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand;
Genesis 4:12 (KJV)
12 When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her
strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
Genesis 4:13 (KJV)
13
And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear.
The reason that Cain remained
in a curse condition is because it was still about him. God did not want Cain
to stay in this condition. And how do I know this? I know this by looking at another who was guilty of the same crime of murder. If the word of God is true and God is no respecter of persons then God was offering the same forgiveness
that He gave to King David.
I will let the word be its
own commentary and statement on the subject from Psalm 32.
Psalm 32
1 Blessed is he whose
transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
2 Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and
in whose spirit there is no guile.
3 When I kept silence,
my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.
This is what Cain was going
through but Cain refused to bow.
4 For day and
night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
God put the heavy hand upon
David and Cain in love to drive them back to Him. David ran back to God. Cain
held on to his sin anger and bitterness and then blamed God for it. When ones
mind is rapped up in guilt, bitterness and un-forgiveness it will show in there work. Their fields of endeavor will not produce
a full crop.
David
5 I acknowledged
my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD;
and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
6 For this shall every
one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not
come nigh unto him.
7 Thou art my hiding
place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.
David accepted God as his
hiding place; Cain made his own hiding place in the land of Nod.
8 I will instruct thee
and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.
God tried to instruct Cain
and to teach him in the way to go and to warn Cain.
9 Be ye not as the horse,
or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.
Genesis 4:14 (KJV)
14
Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy
face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond
in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.
“It shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.”
Now we see that paranoia
had set in. This also tells us that Cain must have had enough family out there
that he was afraid that one would slay him for the murder of his brother. By
this point in time Cain had been on earth about 130 years (Gen. 4:25; 5:3).
Cain states here that “from
thy face shall I be hid”. I
believe that Cain is stating here, I’m out of here and from you I will hide. God
is not saying that He would hide his face from Cain but Cain, said, “from thy face I will be hide”.
This is not the response of someone who is repentant.
This is the complaint of a hardened heart against God. There is nothing in Cain's words that indicate a repentance
heart or that he is confessing and asking God to forgive his sin. Cain is reacting against the judgment of God by complaining
that his judgment is too great, too severe, unfair, and abusive and too much for him or anyone else to bear. Cain is telling God that the judgments far outweigh the sin he had committed.
Genesis 4:15 (KJV)
15
And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set
a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.
Genesis 4:15 (NIV)
15 But the LORD said to him, "Not so [2] [Septuagint, Valgate and Syriac;
Hebrew Very well]; if anyone kills Cain, he will suffer vengeance seven times over." Then the LORD put a mark on Cain so that
no one who found him would kill him.
God still looks at Cain who
is guilty of murder and in his mercy puts a mark on Cain and warns, don’t anybody bother him. Here we find that God is protecting the one who is the guilty one.
"It is of the LORD'S mercies
that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not" (Lament. 3:22).
God was giving Cain time
and opportunity to return to Him just as He gaven King David time to return to Him. God sees far beyond our understanding.
God is merciful and gracious.
As long as a person lives upon earth, there is hope for him. God will have mercy and forgive his sins, but that person must
repent. The person must cry out to God for mercy and turn from his sin.
"For we know Him that hath
said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people" (Hebrews
10:30).
Genesis 4:16 (KJV)
16
And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
In obstinacy and hardness
of heart, Cain turned and walked away from the presence of God. But this means far more than just walking out of the presence
of God. The very context of this passage shows that Cain was rejecting God Himself and all who stood for God. Cain was leaving,
forsaking, and getting as far away as possible from the presence of God and from his parents who also had fallen, but had found a way of reconciling with God.
Cain chose to turn and walk
away from both God and his family. He left and went into another country in order to be away from God and to do his own thing.
He chose—deliberately chose—to live a secular and ungodly life, and to develop a secular and ungodly society.
Cain separated himself from God and alienated himself from God.
Cain got what he wanted.
He became the father of the first secular ungodly society of the world.
Cain was the first who deliberately
chose to turn away from God permanently.
Cain was the first person
to allow sin to rule and reign in his life. He was the first person who became a permanent follower of "that old serpent,
the Devil".
Cain was the first person
to launch the permanent seed of the serpent upon the earth which we will be studying in a few weeks.
Cain started the first secular,
ungodly society upon the earth. He is the father of all secular and ungodly civilizations and societies through out history.
God really isn’t interested
in our knowing all of the ancestral lines since Adam. The only line that is complete
through out the bible is the line that would end at the birth of Jesus Christ.
I think that it is quite
interesting that the number of the recorded ancestral line of Cain is six.
Genesis 4:17 (KJV)
17
And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the
name of his son, Enoch.
Cain and his wife had a son
and named him Enoch (chanoch). This is not the same Enoch that came from Seth’s line.
The name means beginner, dedicated, or initiated. Apparently, Cain was hoping that his son would give him a new beginning—a
new start—in life. But note: the new beginning was not with God, but apart from God. Cain was hoping and working for
a new beginning within the secular world. He wanted a fresh start within the world, not with God.
Cain gloried in his city
that he named after his son. He wanted the name of his son Enoch to live on forever. Cain continued to glorify the works of
his hands and tryed to build an empire and a legacy for himself through his family. He was now living for the honor of this
world, not for the honor of God. The legacy that would be built in only six generations
would prove to be infamous.
Psalm 49:11-12 states it
this way.
"Their inward thought is,
that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their
own names. Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish".
There is no one hearing the
sound of my voice who has any DNA from Cain’s’ line. All of Cain’s
line were wiped out during the flood. Our line came from Adam to Seth then on
to Noah’s sons.
Cain
was over 100 years old when he took his wife and started his family in the land of Nod where enough people already existed
to build a city (Genesis 4:16-26).
Where did Cain get his wife?
Genesis 3:20 says Eve was
"the mother of all living"-which is proof enough for me that she was responsible for both Cain and his wife.
Genesis 4:18 (KJV)
18
And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech.
Let’s take a look at
Cain’s dependents.
Enoch which means dedicated.
Irad: (`Arad); fugitive or
wild ass — from an unused root meaning to sequester itself; fugitive; Arad, from Pastor Jon Courson Thru the
Bible and Strong's Talking Greek & Hebrew Dictionary.
And Irad begat Mehujael:
Root: from <H4229> and <H410>—
<H4229>a primitive
root; … by implication to erase; … i.e. reach to :- abolish, blot out, destroy, … wipe (away, out).
<H410>…strength;
as adjective mighty; especially the Almighty
—Strong's Talking Greek & Hebrew Dictionary
By putting the words together
as a sentence and we have, Blot out the Jah the Lord is God, or wipe out the name of God.
From wild ass to blot out
the Lord is God.
And then “Mehujael
begat Methusael which means they are dead who are of God” from Pastor Jon Courson Thru the Bible and Strong's Talking
Greek & Hebrew Dictionary.
“Methusael begat Lamech
which means poor and or lonely.”
Genesis 4:19 (KJV)
19
And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
The sixth from Cain became
the first polygamist and the second murderer. The descendents of Cain worshipped
the cult of beauty and sex. "Lamech took and married two wives. He was the first
person to practice polygamy. Just six generations from Cain for the ungodly to
slap down the institution of marriage of one man for one wife. In Lamech the passion of society to seek after the cult of
beauty and sex was launched. This is suggested in the names of Lamech's two wives.
Adah means ornament, adorned,
attractive, beauty, and pleasure.
Zillah means the shady or
shadow,
Genesis 4:20 (KJV)
20
And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.
Genesis 4:21 (KJV)
21 And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle
the harp and organ.
Genesis 4:22 (KJV)
22 And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every artificer in
brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah.
All of the things that were
just mentioned are basically things that you do. These people were known as doers. What
do you do, is the question that must ask. I am a human being not a human doing. The question, what do you do is a Cain question. It is a question of setting your
importance in life by what you do. I pound nails also called a carpenter but
that is not who I am. I am a believer in the Lord who loves me and because I
have accepted the bloody sacrifice that Cain rejected.
Genesis 4:23 (KJV)
23
And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain
a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.
Genesis 4:24 (KJV)
24 If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.
In Cain's descendants, another
killing occurred. Violence is on the rise. Lamech, like his for-father Cain,
also kills a guy.
An interesting view from
Preacher's Outline and Sermon Bible Commentary.
“Lamech took the sword
and actually killed a young man for having injured him.”
“Lamech and his forefathers
had developed a society that boasted in its own arm of strength that declared its own self-sufficiency that denied and rebelled
against any need for God.”
“Lamech was boastful
and self-reliant. In the fervor and excitement of the moment, with the power of the weapon he held in his hands Lamech remembered
the curse that God had told his forefather, Cain. He remembered that God had promised to avenge Cain sevenfold against anyone
who harmed Cain. Lamech cried out, if God could do that, then he, Lamech, with such a powerful weapon, could avenge himself
seventy-seven times.”
[This is an interesting view
I found in Preacher's Outline and Sermon Bible – Commentary. I do get the impression of pride and boasting from the
text.]
“Lamech had reached
the highest pitch (crescendo) of self-glory, pride, boasting, and self-sufficiency: he was declaring himself to be stronger
and more powerful than God.
—Preacher's Outline
and Sermon Bible – Commentary”
These people built fortified
cities; invented musical instruments; made songs; danced; forged weapons from brass and iron; set boundaries around lands;
and invented weights and measures. However, they also lived wicked lives until judgment had to come. Cain's leadership as
"mayor" of the first city reveals the wickedness of the times.
God warns us in His love
of three things to watch out for, as he warned Cain, don’t get involved in the way of Cain, which is bitterness, un-forgiveness
and hatred.
Jude 1:11 (AMP)
11 Woe
to them! For they have run riotously in the way of Cain, and have abandoned themselves for the sake of gain [it offers them,
following] the error of Balaam, and have perished in rebellion [like that] of Korah!
1 John 3:12 (AMP)
12
[And] not be like Cain who [took his nature and got his motivation] from the evil one and slew his brother. And why did he
slay him, because his deeds (activities, works) were wicked and malicious and his brother’s were righteous (virtuous).
Cain passed down his bitterness,
his un-forgiveness, his anger
and his un-belief in the massage from his parents
a message of the need for a covering
of sin that his parents had embraced for there sinfulness. It wasn’t the
sin of Adam that put a curse upon Cain and six generations of his offspring. The choices that Cain made, he then taught his
children and grand children by word, action and deed.
What are you teaching your
children? Are you teaching them to hold on to anger? Are you teaching that forgiveness is only to be given according to your view of when it should be given? Wouldn’t that be the same as what Cain is doing?
Cain is now in total rebellion because he disagrees with the way that sin is covered in himself and in another.
King David had committed the same crime of murder as Cain as well as the sin of adultery.
But David was forgiven and he was able to write for those who have committed the same crime or other crimes that are just
as horrendous…
Psalms 51:1-19 (NKJV)
1
Have mercy upon me, O God, According to Your lovingkindness; According to the multitude of Your tender mercies, Blot out my
transgressions.
2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, And cleanse me from my sin.
3 For I acknowledge my transgressions,
And my sin is always before me.
4 Against You, You only, have I sinned, And done this evil in Your sight--That You may
be found just when You speak, And blameless when You judge.
5 Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, And in sin my mother
conceived me.
6 Behold, You desire truth in the inward parts, And in the hidden part You will make me to know wisdom.
7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
8 Make me hear joy and gladness,
That the bones You have broken may rejoice.
9 Hide Your face from my sins, And blot out all my iniquities.
10 Create
in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me.
11 Do not cast me away from Your presence, And do
not take Your Holy Spirit from me.
12 Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, And uphold me by Your generous Spirit.
13 Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, And sinners shall be converted to You.
14 Deliver me from the guilt
of bloodshed, O God, The God of my salvation, And my tongue shall sing aloud of Your righteousness.
15 O Lord, open my
lips, And my mouth shall show forth Your praise.
16 For You do not desire sacrifice, or else I would give it; You do not
delight in burnt offering.
17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, A broken and a contrite heart--These, O God,
You will not despise.
18 Do good in Your good pleasure to Zion; Build the walls of Jerusalem.
19 Then You shall be
pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, With burnt offering and whole burnt offering; Then they shall offer bulls on
Your altar.
This takes us back to the
lesson that “God is totally unfair, Praise God!” But why would God
do this?
Some would say, “But
somebody’s got to pay for what he did to me.” But God would say, “Somebody did pay, my Son paid, is that
not enough for you?”
Jesus was slaughtered on
the cross for the very sin that you want to hold against the one who hurt you.
God is no respecter of persons.
David and Cain had a choice and you and I have the same choice.
David felt the same judgments upon himself as Cain. David also understood that he
had brought these judgments upon himself and when he repented he was restored to full fellowship.
"Who is a God like unto thee,
that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression...of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because
he delighteth in mercy" (Micah 7:18).
Celebrate Recovery and my
ministry reaches out to those who are victims and perpetrators. Are there two
gospel messages or is there one. My message to those who have fallen is the same
massage that King David proclaimed. God will forgive and bring back the joy and
gladness you have lost. To frown would be to deny God’s forgiveness.
There are those who have
said, “How can he go around with a smile?” Am I to be a hypocrite
and ware a frown for your sake? I offer hope for the fallen, both the perpetrators
and their victims.
Palms 51:8 Make me hear joy
and gladness, That the bones You have broken may rejoice.
12 Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, And uphold me by
Your generous Spirit.
13 Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, And sinners shall be converted to You.
There has been only one massage
from the beginning of our study in Genesis and will continue through to the book of Revelation. God in his loving mercy reaches out to reconcile and bring reconciliation to all.
2 Corinthians 5:18 (NKJV)
18 Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of
reconciliation,
This is my ministry.
How can I make a claim or
claim that you, who may be sitting in a cell, can have peace and joy and can be unblameable and unreproveable? I can only
repeat what the word states:
Colossians 1:21-22 (KJV)
21 And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled
22 In
the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:
And for those who are not
guilty of murder…I offer this:
Matthew 5:21-22 (NIV)
21
"You have heard that it was said to the people long ago, 'Do not murder, and anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.'
22 But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his
brother, 'Raca,' is answerable to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, 'You fool!' will be in danger of the fire of hell.
James 2:13 (NKJV)
13
For judgment is without mercy to the one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
If you have a problem with
this, talk to God about it or you may choose to follow the way of Cain.
What are you teaching your
kids? Are you teaching that mercy triumphs over judgment or are you teaching
the way of Cain? What are you passing down to your children? I want my children
and my grandchildren and my great grandchildren to know that I have a sinful nature just like Adam, but God has provided a
way to justify, to redeem, to wash away my sins just like he did for my parents and their parents and their parents all the
way back to Adam. I pray that you will join me in a ministry of reconciliation. I pray that you will show mercy, share mercy, live in mercy and give mercy as Jesus
gave mercy so that your own judgment would not be without mercy for mercy triumphs over judgment ever time it’s tried.
God will not allow for His
mercy not to reach down to us and that is why…
Genesis 4:25 (KJV)
25
And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed
instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.
Genesis 4:26 (KJV)
26 And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos:
then began men to call upon the name of the LORD.
When the son came, both Adam
and Eve knew that God had answered their prayers. They knew their son Seth was to be the godly seed and descendent through
whom the branch of godliness was to continue upon earth. This son would be the godly seed and descendent through whom the
Savior of the world was to come.
