Cain in Us (13)
Series: Genesis
Robert Dawson
Genesis 4
When you have children, there are certain characteristics and traits, genetic and otherwise, that you hope will be passed onto your children. There are also certain traits, genetic or otherwise, that we hope will not be passed onto our children. We want them to inherit our good qualities and not our bad. We hope they will inherit...
• Our blue eyes but not our extreme far-sightedness and coke bottle glasses
• Our nose but not our dumbo-sized ears
• Our square jaw line or cheekbones but not our crooked teeth
• Our good sense of humor but not our temper and short fuse
• Our athletic ability but not our musical ability, or vice versa
• Our work ethic but not our intellect (we hope for greater)
As we turn the page in Adam and Eve's story, we find the first family, literally the first family, expanding. Adam and Eve become parents. In Genesis 4 we are told the story of two of their children, the oldest Cain and his brother Abel.
It was Adam and Eve's firm expectation that God would use their children. Like every parent, there were things they wanted their children to inherit and things they didn't. For Adam and Eve there would have been a lot of good things to pass down. They were the original pair made by God himself.
• Talk about healthy, strong, bright and beautiful. Genetically, they were flawless. No buck teeth, hammer toes, bulbous noses, bowed legs or learning challenges to pass down to their children.
• The gene pool had not yet been thoroughly contaminated by sin and ravaged by hundreds of years of corrupted genetic code.
When little Cain popped into the world, they had hope that he would be the promised son that God spoke of in Genesis 3.15 and be able to reverse the curse. They held out hope that Cain would inherit all of mom and dad's traits but one, their sin. They hoped their sin would remain quarantined and contained in their generation.
Genesis 4.1-8 - Now the man ha ...
Series: Genesis
Robert Dawson
Genesis 4
When you have children, there are certain characteristics and traits, genetic and otherwise, that you hope will be passed onto your children. There are also certain traits, genetic or otherwise, that we hope will not be passed onto our children. We want them to inherit our good qualities and not our bad. We hope they will inherit...
• Our blue eyes but not our extreme far-sightedness and coke bottle glasses
• Our nose but not our dumbo-sized ears
• Our square jaw line or cheekbones but not our crooked teeth
• Our good sense of humor but not our temper and short fuse
• Our athletic ability but not our musical ability, or vice versa
• Our work ethic but not our intellect (we hope for greater)
As we turn the page in Adam and Eve's story, we find the first family, literally the first family, expanding. Adam and Eve become parents. In Genesis 4 we are told the story of two of their children, the oldest Cain and his brother Abel.
It was Adam and Eve's firm expectation that God would use their children. Like every parent, there were things they wanted their children to inherit and things they didn't. For Adam and Eve there would have been a lot of good things to pass down. They were the original pair made by God himself.
• Talk about healthy, strong, bright and beautiful. Genetically, they were flawless. No buck teeth, hammer toes, bulbous noses, bowed legs or learning challenges to pass down to their children.
• The gene pool had not yet been thoroughly contaminated by sin and ravaged by hundreds of years of corrupted genetic code.
When little Cain popped into the world, they had hope that he would be the promised son that God spoke of in Genesis 3.15 and be able to reverse the curse. They held out hope that Cain would inherit all of mom and dad's traits but one, their sin. They hoped their sin would remain quarantined and contained in their generation.
Genesis 4.1-8 - Now the man ha ...
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