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