Raising Cain (7 of 54)
Series: The Book of Beginnings
Keith Krell
Genesis 4:1-26
Do you remember the TV show The Incredible Hulk? The main character was a scientist named Dr. David Banner. Banner was basically a very friendly man. But whenever he got angry, his eyes would turn green and he would be transformed into this big, green, hulking monster (played by former professional bodybuilder, Lou Ferrigno). If you were a person in need, he would save you. But God help you if you were the one he was mad at because he would pick you up and throw you to the other side of the room like you were a rag doll. Dr. Banner didn't like what anger did to him. In fact, the whole show is built around Dr. Banner's desire to find a cure so this won't happen to him anymore.
The lesson that I learn from The Incredible Hulk is: If you don't learn to deal with your temper, it will turn you into a monster of a person. It can change you into someone you don't want to be. This is what happened to Cain in Genesis 4. He had a bad temper to start with, but he didn't deal with it. Eventually, it turned him into this other person...an evil person. However, Cain's problem was not an anger problem; his problem was a worship problem! The expression of inappropriate anger was a sin that was symptomatic of a greater problem. In Genesis 4:1-26, we will learn from the account of Cain how to worship God on His terms.
1. The birth of the two sons (4:1-2). Our account begins with these words: ''Now the man had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain'' (4:1a). After the fall, Adam and Eve began a family. Eve gave birth to ''Cain'' whose name means, ''acquire, get, or possess.'' His Hebrew name is Cain; his English name would be ''Got.'' Eve responded to Cain's birth by saying, ''I have gotten a manchild with the help of the LORD'' (4:1b). The literal rendering of Eve's reply is, ''I have gotten a son, the Lord.'' Some Bible students interpret this to mean th ...
Series: The Book of Beginnings
Keith Krell
Genesis 4:1-26
Do you remember the TV show The Incredible Hulk? The main character was a scientist named Dr. David Banner. Banner was basically a very friendly man. But whenever he got angry, his eyes would turn green and he would be transformed into this big, green, hulking monster (played by former professional bodybuilder, Lou Ferrigno). If you were a person in need, he would save you. But God help you if you were the one he was mad at because he would pick you up and throw you to the other side of the room like you were a rag doll. Dr. Banner didn't like what anger did to him. In fact, the whole show is built around Dr. Banner's desire to find a cure so this won't happen to him anymore.
The lesson that I learn from The Incredible Hulk is: If you don't learn to deal with your temper, it will turn you into a monster of a person. It can change you into someone you don't want to be. This is what happened to Cain in Genesis 4. He had a bad temper to start with, but he didn't deal with it. Eventually, it turned him into this other person...an evil person. However, Cain's problem was not an anger problem; his problem was a worship problem! The expression of inappropriate anger was a sin that was symptomatic of a greater problem. In Genesis 4:1-26, we will learn from the account of Cain how to worship God on His terms.
1. The birth of the two sons (4:1-2). Our account begins with these words: ''Now the man had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain'' (4:1a). After the fall, Adam and Eve began a family. Eve gave birth to ''Cain'' whose name means, ''acquire, get, or possess.'' His Hebrew name is Cain; his English name would be ''Got.'' Eve responded to Cain's birth by saying, ''I have gotten a manchild with the help of the LORD'' (4:1b). The literal rendering of Eve's reply is, ''I have gotten a son, the Lord.'' Some Bible students interpret this to mean th ...
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