MARK OF CAIN
READ: Gen 4:1-16--Job 10:14-Ps 130:3
INTRO: Marked men are criminals Bible begins and
ends with them
JOB says Job 10:14 e-x-p-o-u-n-d-
1- marks me==hold me accountable -charges me
2- acquit me--Heb. make me clean free from the
charges
ALL have sinned Rom 3:10,23
Charges--1 sin a day for 10 years==3650 sins
Judgment day Heb 9:27 --According to your deed. Rev 20:12,13
DAVID says, Psm 130:3 No contradiction between Job and David
Job speaks apart from redemption
David see forgiveness in Christ
Eph 1:7--Acts 13:38,39
MARK OF CAIN Where it was or what it was we don't know
FIVE REASON WHY
CAIN
WAS MARKED
AS AN EXAMPLE JUDE 1:11
1) AS A SINNER UNDER CONDEMNATION
Gen 4:13,14 Rev.14:9
ALL==Jn. 3:17,18 Rom 5:18
2) AS HAVING OPPORTUNITY TO BE SAVED
Gen. 4:15b Acts 15:14;
2 Cor.6:2; Rom 10:13--Rev 21:17
3) AS REJECTING GOD'S SALVATION
Why not Adam, Eve or Abel??
4:7--refused to sacrifice
Unpardonable sin Jn 3:17,18;Heb 2:3
4) AS A SINNER ON WHOM WRATH WILL FALL Gen.4:14b,15b Heb 9:27-- Eccl. 3:15-12:14 Jn 3:36
5) AS A SINNER BANISHED FROM GOD'S PRESENCE
4:14,15 Jn 8:21; 1Thes. 1:9; Matt 25:41