Sunday Morning - August 3, 1997
Text: Genesis 4:7 "If thou doest well [pleasing, acceptable, good], shalt thou not be accepted [exalted in rank, dignity, excellency]? and if thou doest not well, sin [sin offering] lieth [I have provided the sin offering for you] at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him."
NO FEAR OF THE LORD
Genesis 4:9 "And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?"
Proverbs 8:13 "The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate."
Jude 1:11 "Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain&ldots;"
1 John 3:12 "Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.
ESAU HATED JACOB
Genesis 27:41 "And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob."
Galatians 4:24 "Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, [Jerusalem which is now] which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar."
Galatians 4:26 "But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all."
Galatians 4:29-30 "But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now. 30. Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman."
1 John 3:13 "Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you."
1 John 3:14 "We know that we have passed from [the] death unto [the] life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth [continue, dwell, endure] in death. [no agelasting life]
1 John 3:15 "Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath [esteems] eternal [agelasting] life abiding [enduring] in him."
Galatians 5:21 "Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: &ldots;of the which I tell you &ldots;that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God."
1 John 2:9-11 "He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.
10. He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.
11. But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes."
IN THE LIGHT, CLEANSED
1 John 1:7 "But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin."
1 John 3:12 "Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother.
1 John 3:8 "He that committeth [present active participle] [the] sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil."
1 John 3:4 "Whosoever committeth [present active participle] [the] sin transgresseth [lawlessness] also the law: for [the] sin is the transgression [lawlessness] of the law."
1 John 3:4"Every one who is doing the sin, the lawlessness also he doth do, and the sin is the lawlessness," YLT
Hebrews 2:14 "&ldots;that through [THE] death [qa>natov] he might destroy him that had the power of [THE] death [qa>natov], that is, the devil;"
Genesis 4:14 "Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; &ldots;"
Matthew 7:21-23 "Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
22. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, (1 Cor. 12:3) have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? 23. And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity [lawlessness]."
2 Thessalonians 2:7 "For the mystery of iniquity [lawlessness] doth already work:&ldots;"
Romans 6:17-23 "But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of [the] sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.
18. Being then made free from [the] sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.
19. I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity [lawlessness] unto [lawlessness] iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.
20. For when ye were the servants of [the] sin [lawlessness], ye were free from righteousness.
21. What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death [qa>natov].
22. But now being made free from [the] sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.
23. For the wages of [the] sin is death [qa>natov]; but the [grace gift] gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."
Matthew 24:12 "And because iniquity [LAWLESSNESS] shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold."
2 Corinthians 6:14 "Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers [faithless]: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness [lawless]? and what communion hath light with darkness?"
2 Corinthians 6:17-7:1 "Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate [to set off by boundary, outside the camp], saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean [dead, leper] thing; and I will receive you, 18. And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be [future, middle, indicative] my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty."
NOT ALTOGETHER
1 Corinthians 5:10-11 "Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world. 11. But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called [named] a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat."
2 Corinthians 7:1 "Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God."