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08/26/2022

He makes all things perfect in His own time, Amen!

In a world where diseases have inflicted innocent people, many are dying with incurable diseases, and life seems to be a constant struggle, who is your source of power?

2 Peter 3:9 says, "The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance."

God does not promise a life that will be easy. Pain is everywhere. It may be pinching you with problems, piercing your finances with debts, stinging your health with complications, and hijacking your family with problems.

But David wrote In Psalm 62:11, “once God has spoken; twice have I heard this: that power belongs to God” and Jesus also said, in John 15:5 that “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without me you can do nothing.

Isaiah 41:10 says, "So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand." Therefore, when your thought is fixed, desire is firm and ardent, grace is exercised.

The hope of Christ that is with you is your guarantee that all things you endure are working out for your good both in this world and in heaven.
It takes faith and forbearance for all believers as time grows short. Things will get worse but that should not frighten a true believer for we knew this time would come.

While we don’t know the day and hour of his return, Christ has given us signs to know when it is near. As we watch every day as the signs converge and evil increases, the darkness is filling this earth. In spite of that, we know that it is signaling the return of our Blessed Hope.

Jesus Christ is coming to make all things new.
And there may not be so much of miracle in God's answering your prayer but there may be more grace to give you salvation. Keep holding on for He will make all things perfect in His own time. Amen!(Pastor Amfo)

08/23/2022

You are not Alone, Amen!

God has a purpose for everything He does for you. He knows your plight and your struggles. The fight for marriage, fight for your kids, fight for your health, fight for your job, fight for money, fight to get out of frustrations and fight for a spiritual growth. Therfore he tells you, "...be strong and do not give up, for your work will be rewarded.” (2 Chronicles 15:7).

Don't give up my friend for God has not forgotten you. Know that you are not alone, and you are in the hands of God. “Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. (Isaiah 41:10). He will provide you with strength when you need it.

We all grow weary in the battles of this life. It may even appear that evil is overcoming the world. We are not in a losing battle. Our victory is guaranteed! The devil already knows that we have been declared conquerors. Once you fully understand that God’s plan was put in place long before He formed the world, you can have peace knowing that he has prepared a way to take you through every bo***ge and get you to where he wants you to

Let his confidence be your shield. If God is stretching you, He does it that you can hold more of His power, gain more of His wisdom, more of His character, more of His love, more of his abundance grace, more of His salvation and more of Him. “He says, "Stop your striving and recognize that I am God! I will be exalted over the nations! I will be exalted over the earth!" Psalm 46:10, Amen! (Pastor Dan Amfo)

04/14/2022

Thursday Lesson

Topic: THE WICKEDNESS OF MAN

Scripture Texts: Genesis 4:16-18, Jonah 1:3, Genesis 4:19-22, Genesis 4:23, 24, Genesis 4:25

Leading Questions: What does it mean to go away from the presence of God? How would having two wives affect Lamech’s family? What made Lamech’s murder so contemptible? Why was the birth of Seth necessary for God’s plan of salvation?

Lesson Overview
1. Cain has murdered his brother and received God's punishment. This included a loss of his ability to farm, and exile from his family. After receiving God's promise to take vengeance on anyone who would kill him, Cain leaves.

2. He left the presence of the Lord to live a life of wandering. This was true both physically and spiritual-ly. What a sad commentary this was. Cain eventually started a new life in a new land and bore a son Enoch.

3. To answer the question that we hear so often “Who did Cain marry?” we cannot say for sure. It could have been a sister (Gen 5:4), or a niece or grand¬niece (Gen 5:7) since there were no mutant genes as there would be today.

4. Cain also attempted to build a city which would have been in defiance of God’s statement. He named the city after his son Enoch. This showed man’s passion to establish his own name on the earth.

5. One of Cain’s descendants was Lamech, who became the first recorded polygamist and the second murderer mentioned in the Bible. Having more than one wife of course was a clear violation of God’s pattern for marriage.

6. These things were culmination of ungodly living by the descendants of Cain and a confirmation of Numbers 14:18b) and Deuteronomy 5:9b where it says “visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth genera¬tion.”

7. These descendants were involved in purely human¬itarian pursuits and Lamech had come to the place where he had taken the law into his own hands. All of this sets the background for why God sends the Flood in chapter 6.

8. To recap Genesis chapter 4, it does not paint a pretty picture of what happened to Cain after he left to dwell in the land of Nod.

a) Genesis 4: 16 informs us that he actually left the presence of God, an understandable result for the world’s first murderer.

b) Cain’s son built a city, which was named after him. But his great, great, great grandson Lamech was responsible for the first recorded multiple marriage (Genesis 4:19).

c) Cain’s descendants fell into various lines of work, but most alarming was Lamech’s poem, bragging about his own experience as a murderer (Genesis 4:23, 24). He told about how Cain would be avenged sevenfold, but his avenger’s curse would be seventy-sevenfold.

d) A dubious point of exaltation, but representative of the wickedness that had multiplied in just a few generations.

9. But God blessed Adam and Eve with another son named Seth to replace the two sons they had lost. Seth will replace Abel. And the last verse of chapter 4 begins to tell us of Seth’s line of righteous men and women that continued in chapter 5.

10. This idea also is recorded in the name of the new son, Seth, which means “to put in the place of,” as Eve comments. God would not stop working with those who called on Him and repented of any wrongdoing.

11. Who was Lamech in the Bible? The Bible mentions two different men by the name of Lamech, both in the book of Genesis.

a) The first Lamech was the son of Methushael, and the second Lamech was the son of Methuselah. Although the men shared a name and had fathers with names that sound very much alike, that is where their similarities end.

b) The first Lamech was a wicked descendant of Cain. After Adam and Eve were forced out of the Garden of Eden as a punishment for their sin, they had children. Lamech son of Methushael was Cain’s great-great-great grandson, and he followed Cain’s disobedient and murderous ways.

c) Lamech married two wives—the Bible’s first mention of polygamy and he committed murder. Another man struck and wounded Lamech in some way, and Lamech killed him for this seemingly small offense.

d) Afterward, he boasted of his sin to his two wives and exulted in that he suffered no consequences: “If Cain is avenged seven times, then Lamech seventy-seven times” (Genesis 4: 24). This Lamech was the father of Tubal-Cain (Genesis 4: 22).

12. Why was the birth of Seth necessary for God’s plan of salvation? After Cain’s banishment Eve bore another son and named him Seth. In contrast to Cain’s sinful line, Seth’s descendants were known for righteousness.

13. Seth, a son of Adam and Eve (the third of their sons, was born after Cain murdered Abel (Genesis 4:8). Eve believed that God had appointed him as a replacement for Abel and named him Seth, which means “set in place of” (Genesis 4:25).

`14. Seth’s prove faithful to God. From Seth come the patriarchs, the nation of Israel, and eventually Christ. And it’s Christ who not only destroys Satan but also condemns sin and death (Luke 3:23–38). It was through Seth that the “Offspring of the Woman” came who would crush the serpent’s head (Genesis 3:15).

15. Enoch, Seth’s great-great-great grandson, walked so closely with God that God took him directly to heaven when Enoch was 365 years old (Genesis 5:22–24). Enoch’s son Methusaleh (the oldest man recorded in the Bible) continued the righteous line and fathered Lamech .

16. What is the contrast between the crime of Cain and Lamech? There also is a contrast between the crime of Cain and the crime of Lamech.

a) Unlike Cain, Lamech took murder one step further. Lamech presented his killing as a positive and valuable act and literally boasted about it. While Cain chose to remain silent, Lamech, in contrast, wrote a song.

b) Whereas Cain asks God for mercy (Gen. 4:13, 14), Lamech ignores God and instead subjects his wives to a litany of his prowess and his homicidal feat as a feat worthy of approbation. The same paradigm shift observed in Cain’s crime also can be traced here: the failure in the vertical relation (God-human) yields to a violent turning against the human other.

c) In fact, Lamech moves to the opposite of forgiveness. He speaks of revenge, alluding to additional crimes in the future. Even his revenge is given considerable intensification. While Cain is avenged only seven times, Lamech requires an increase to 70 times 7 (Gen. 4:24).

d) It is noteworthy that Jesus plays on the same intensification of the number seven to urge forgiveness (Matt. 18:21, 22).

Summary and conclusion
The Bible describes evil as something God allowed but never condoned for the sake of our free will. All through history, God has taken steps to limit the influence of evil. God took the consequences of our sin so every person can have access to forgiveness and salvation.

As a result sin, evil and suffering will one day end. Beyond the philosophical or theological aspects of this issue, Scripture in and of itself goes a long way to neutralizing the power of the problem of evil. (Pastor Dan Amfo)

04/13/2022

Topic: THE PUNISHMENT OF CAIN

Scripture Texts: Genesis 4:9 and Galatians 6:1, 2, Genesis 4:10 and Hebrews 12:24, Genesis 4:11-16

Leading Questions: Are we our brother’s keeper? In what way? What does blood represent? Why is blood such an important symbol throughout the Bible? What was the purpose of Cain’s punishment? What would it accomplish?

Lesson Overview
1. Following Cain's murder of his brother Abel in a field, God came to confront Cain. As He did with Adam and Eve following their sin in the garden, God bean with a question He already knew the answer. God provided Cain the opportunity for confession.

2. But Cain lied to God and remained defiant. He brazenly claimed not to know where Abel was. He was dishonest and disrespectful. Cain flippantly rejected any responsibility for his murdered brother in a way which implied it's wrong of God to question him.

a) The opportunity to confess and repent was graciously offered but Cain ignored God’s intervention and refused to take responsibility for what he had done. He flippantly replied, “Am I my brother’s keeper?”

b) God had no choice but to discipline Cain. His punishment was that he would have to leave his family and be a fugitive for the rest of his life. Cain realized that in his vagabond life he would be hidden from God’s face (Genesis 4:14).

c) It was only then that Cain saw the dismal possibilities before him and requested God’s protection. God did all He could to help Cain bear his punishment but there was nothing else to be done to reverse Abel’s murder.

d) In reply to Cain’s request, God would make it known that a sevenfold punishment would await anyone who tried to harm the firstborn son of Adam and Eve. At least he wouldn’t die the same violent death as his brother Abel.

3. Why wasn’t Cain’s punishment death (Genesis 4:14)? After Cain killed his brother Abel, God gave the following judgment to Cain:

a) “And now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand. When you work the ground, it shall no longer yield to you its strength. You shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth” (Genesis 4:11-12).

5. It would seem to many that Cain received a lesser punishment than he deserved for murder. Why wasn’t Cain given capital punishment?

a) First, the punishment he received was severe. Cain believed it to be worse than death. He replied to God,

i. “My punishment is greater than I can bear. Behold, you have driven me today away from the ground, and from your face I shall be hidden. I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me” (Genesis 4:13-14).

ii. Previously, Cain had been “a tiller of the ground” (Genesis 4:2), and this particular punishment took away his livelihood. In addition and he feared death at the hands of another person.

iii. To prevent others from killing Cain, God marked him. Instead of being put to death, Cain was forced to live the rest of his life with unfruitful work and the guilt of having killed his brother.

b) Second, God had additional plans for Cain’s life. God wanted him to have a family line. Cain’s family line is found in the verses that follow the pronouncement of his judgment. And many notable achievements are attributed to Cain’s family members (Genesis 4:20-22).

c) On a negative note, a descendant named Lamech is mentioned as also committing murder. While the reason for this detail is not given, one possible explanation is to reveal that the judgment upon Cain extended to some of his descendants who also lived violently.

6. Some suggest for Cain’s punishment not being death was that there were too few people on the earth. While this is one possible reason, it is not a clear answer in the text of Scripture. Instead, Cain had a wife, one of Adam and Eve’s other descendants and built a town.

7. Adam and Eve had Seth and certainly other children who provided the world’s other initial inhabitants. Later, when God instituted the Noahic Covenant, murder became a capital crime (Genesis 9:6). The death penalty was codified in the Mosaic Law in Numbers 35:30-31, 33.

8. Cain lived before God required death as a punishment for murder. So, God provided an appropriate punishment. The Judge of all the earth always does right (Genesis 18:25).

9. The lesson which the Old Testament narrative teaches is, obviously, the sin of social irresponsibility. We may conveniently approach the subject from the positive aspect, “Responsibility,” and the duties which it involves, and deal with it in three parts:

a) The Responsibility of every Man for his Brother. God is Love, and He made us to be caring and kind to others. 'Love one another' (I John, iii. 23), is the most simple and profound counsel of the inspired writer.

b) The Special Responsibility of the Christian:

i. Our responsibility lies in working for the Lord, whether it is in “looking after orphans or widows in distress” (James 1:27), giving to the hungry, the naked, visiting those in prison (Matthew 25:35-36), serving in our workplace (see Colossians 3:22), or doing whatever we do (Colossians 3:23).

ii. And our motivation is that we have God’s own promise that our work “is not in vain” in the Lord “since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving” (Colossians 3:24).

c) The Responsibility of the Church:
i. Acts 2:42 could be considered a purpose statement for the church: “They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.”

ii. According to this verse, the purposes/activities of the church should be 1) teaching biblical doctrine, 2) providing a place of fellowship for believers, 3) observing the Lord’s supper, and 4) praying.

Summary and conclusion
As Christians, we are to be our brother’s keeper. As Paul wrote, “Therefore let us pursue the things which make for peace and the things by which one may edify (build up) another” (Romans 14:19). (Pastor Dan Amfo)

04/10/2022

Sunday lesson

Topic: CAIN AND ABEL

Scripture Text: Genesis 4:1, 2

Leading Questions: What were the differences between these brothers in the eyes of their parents? How do their occupations reveal their different personalities? How and why were they probably treated differently by their parents?

Lesson overview
1. Now begins the story of human history apart from the perfection of the Garden of Eden, as the first generation born into sin comes to earth. Eve bore two sons, Cain and Abel. Eve's statement of gratitude reflects her continued faith in God's goodness and provision.

2. Even outside of the garden, Eve understood she owed her life and every good gift to the Lord. Eve doubtlessly experienced great pain in bearing and giving birth to Cain, something she would have expected after hearing God's curse for her (Genesis 3:16).

3. She believed that God Himself had come down and had become the very One she had given birth to: “ ‘I have given birth to a male child—the Lord’ ” (Gen. 4:1). Instead of resenting God for that, she gave Him credit for helping her through the process of receiving this gift of a son

4. Abel kept sheep while Cain farmed, working the ground for crops. Both were respectable and necessary professions among the second generation of pioneering humans. The brothers grow taking up the creational commands to have dominion over the animals and to cultivate the earth (1:28).

5. To cultivate the earth was reiterated by God in Gen 3:23, which was explicitly met by Cain in his line of work. They brought offerings without any command to do so from the yield of their labors; and, Cain was the first to do that worshipful act.

a) The Hebrew Bible does not distinguish between the offerings brought by Cain and Abel: both are described in Gen 4:3–5 as minhâ, a term explained well by John Walton.

b) The Septuagint, however, clearly distinguished between the offerings of the brothers.

i. Cain’s offering of fruits of the earth is designated as thysia, a general word meaning “sacrifice,” while Abel’s animal sacrifice is called dōra, “gifts” (Gen 4:4).

ii. Scholars argue that this difference in translation influenced the rendering of Abel’s offering as a “better” sacrifice in Hebrews 11:4.

iii. In addition to that, Hebrews makes a strong argument about faith as Abel’s testimony and legacy.

6. What were the differences between these brothers in the eyes of their parents? Firstborn children often have a special place in the hearts of parents, as they witness the miracle of birth for the first time. Cain, the firstborn son born to Adam and Eve, certainly gave them joy beyond measure.

7. They recalled God’s promise that someone born to them would be their Deliverer. Surely, it was possible that this son would be the One they longed for. Genesis 4:1 indicates this to be true when Eve proclaimed upon Cain’s birth that he had come from God.

8. A literal translation leads us to believe she thought him to be the Lord Himself. As the reads, ” ‘I have given birth to a male child–the LORD.’ ” . This gift, acquired from God, was very precious, causing Adam and Eve to almost worship their firstborn son.

9. Abel, on the other hand, mentioned briefly in Genesis 4:2, is barely given attention at all in the story. Eve certainly praised God, and recognized that the fruit of her womb was by God's enablement. She probably thought that she had given birth to the Seed that God had promised would crush the serpents head.

10. Now lets take a look at the two children: Cain: “Cain brought of the fruit of the ground” where¬as “Abel brought of the firstling of his flock”. This indicated that Abel went out of his way to please God while Cain was simply discharging a duty.

11. This then is dealing with attitude of heart. Abel’s actions were righteous whereas Cain’s were evil (I John 3:12). Cain’s true attitude showed up in his response to God’s rejection of his offering.

12. God approached Cain in love, asking him to see the relationship between his present state of anger and depression and to reverse this trend by proper conduct. God warned Cain that if he didn’t respond correctly sin was like a lion waiting for an opportunity to devour him.

13. Cain ignored God and continued to be angry, depressed and silent waiting for the proper time to murder his righteous brother Abel. Ignoring the counsel from God, he acted out of anger and killed his brother Able.

14. Cain does not deny his murder. He does not say, “It was not me,” or “It was not my fault.” But he denied his moral responsibility. In response to God’s question, “Where is Abel, your brother?” he asked, “Am I my brother’s keeper?” (Gen 4:9).

15. In effect, he asked why he should be concerned with the welfare of anyone but himself. Why should he be responsible for another? Here, Cain’s personal attitude of pride was revealed:

a) Purely a humanistic scheme (Gen 4:1-2). It leads to the basic philosophy that salvation had to be earned, that it had to be merited, and purchased at the cost of one’s own effort and toil.

b) Purely a human sacrifice (Gen 4:3-4). His offering was undoubtedly costly. In fact it may have been more costly than Abel’s. It was the result of toil, effort, hard work and persistence.

c) Purely seeking humanistic satisfaction (Gen 4:5-7). It ignored the witness of the Spirit and centered in pride. He thought it should please God because it cost him a great deal.

16. What do we learn from the life of Able? The Bible does not give much information about Abel, but we can learn several things from what it does tell us. Abel demonstrated true worship by his faith and through his actions. We know that we cannot please God apart from faith (Hebrews 11:6).

17. We are called to worship the Lord in spirit and in truth (John 4:24). Abel was persecuted for his faith; we will be as well (John 15:20; 2 Timothy 3:12). God heard the cry of Abel’s blood and responded. God is attentive to our lives and our needs.

18. Jesus identified Abel as the world’s first martyr (Matthew 23:35). Hebrews 11 commends Abel for his faith: “By faith Abel brought God a better offering than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous, when God spoke well of his offerings. …(Hebrew 11: 4).

19. Abel demonstrated true worship of God and his actions remain an example of faith and righteousness. Abel’s blood is also mentioned in Hebrews 12:24, where it is compared to the sprinkled blood of Jesus, another righteous man who was murdered by evildoers.

20. Jesus’ blood “speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.” Abel’s blood cried out for vengeance against the murderer; Jesus’ blood cries out for forgiveness of the murderers (Luke 23:34). Abel was righteous, but his death demonstrated the sinfulness of humanity and highlighted the effects of the Fall.

21. Abel was murdered and Cain punished. Abel’s blood cried out for God to make it right. Jesus was righteous completely so and His murder led to the possibility of life. Jesus’ death highlighted human sinfulness, but He conquered sin and death in His resurrection.

22. The blood of Jesus is crucial to our salvation. His blood speaks atonement and hope. Jesus offered His sacrifice once and for all. Jesus’ blood is a permanent atonement. The blood of Abel’s sacrifice was a shadow of it.

Summary and conclusion
In Abel’s story we see that God’s plan is not thwarted. Cain was banished and as God pronounced a curse upon sin in Genesis 3, He also promised a Savior (Genesis 3:15). Abel was a victim of the reality of human sinfulness, but the promised Savior, Jesus, did come, and His blood speaks a better word. (Pastor Dan Amfo)

04/10/2022

Sabbath Lesson

Topic: Cain and His Legacy

Scripture Texts: Genesis 4:1-26, Hebrews 11:4, Micah 6:7, Isaiah 1:11, 1 Corinthians 10:13, 1 John 3:12, Genesis 5:1-32, Genesis 6:1-5.

Memory Text: “If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin lies at the door. And its desire is for you, but you should rule over it” (Genesis 4:7, NKJV).

Leading Questions: Where do we get the idea about Can’s sacrifice as a faulty offering? “Where is Abel, your brother?” How does one live in a violent world?

Lesson overview
1. After Adam and Eve’s sin in the garden, God predicted that mankind would fall into one of two camps. They would either be the offspring of the serpent, or the offspring of the woman: “I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring;” (Gen. 3:15).

2. This divergence began when Cain murdered his brother, thereby choosing to carry out the will of his spiritual father, the devil. The serpent’s offspring are all those who oppose God. Jesus called the Pharisees the offspring of the devil.

a) “You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies. (John 8:44)

4. Genesis 4:1–16 tells the beginning of human history in the wake of Adam's and Eve's sin and separation from God. This passage details the murder of Abel by his older brother Cain, the first son of Adam and Eve.

5. Cain worked the ground and Abel tended the sheep. They worshiped God, but Cain killed Abel in a fit of envy over God's rejection of his offering. The first human born on earth became the first murderer. Although God asked Cain to leave his family, God also marked Cain with a promise of great vengeance on anyone who would kill him.

6. Therefore, Genesis 4 takes this week’s lesson to the next chapter in human history.

a) It brings the first birth announcing the Messianic salvation and the first act of violence and death. The events give an idea of what human life will be like after the Fall; namely, a mingling of life and death.

b) Birth and crime are intertwined. The structure of chapter 4 renders this tension through the form of its chiastic structure, alternating between birth and crime. And the structure of Genesis 4 bring a number of lessons.

c) We will see how God’s salvation finds its way through a series of contrasts between Cain and Abel, in their names and their behavior and their respective sacrifices, and even between Cain and Lamech.

d) And how the progression of sin and righteousness affected the lives of our first parents by examining the lives of their sons, Cain and Abel. The themes are based on the consequences of sin, continue in Genesis such as curses from the ground and their expulsion from God’s presence.

e) The ground was cursed, making it harder to provide for their families; and then, the very ground Adam was made from would also receive his body in death, as it did Abel’s. The planet home God had created for His beloved pair was altered by the separation from God their sin had caused.

f) After their sin, Adam and Eve had to leave the Garden, and later Cain had to leave his family. God made every effort to counsel Cain when he became angry with his brother. Cain must have had a problem with doing the right thing all along.

g) But this time, his choice to kill his brother would have long-lasting results, not just for him, but for his entire family. His present and future would be jeopardized, if he did not repent and change his ways.

7. What was the legacy of Cain? The Legacy of Cain was his departure from God (Genesis 4:3-24). The Legacy coincide with the theme of hereditary evil, and attacks the idea that 'bad blood' necessarily results in a criminality.

8. He was a farmer who gave an offering of his crops to God. However, God was not pleased and favored Abel's offering over Cain's. Out of jealousy, Cain killed his brother, for which he was punished by God with the curse and mark of Cain.

9. The lesson from Cain’s legacy can be summed up as follows: When you nurture anger it can lead to rebellion against God, and when you rebel against God, there’s no telling where you may end up. Here we see a history of steady degradation and deterioration in the family, the society, and ultimately the entire age.

10. What lessons do we learn from Cain’s behavior?

a) Degradation In the family leads to deviant behavior (Gen. 4:3-11). when you nurture anger it can lead to rebellion against God, and when you rebel against God, there’s no telling where you may end up. Unjudged and uncontrolled anger can lead to murder.

b) Deviant behavior in the family leads to disconnection In society (Gen. 4:12-15). This is a punishment that manifests God’s grace. God could have put Cain to death for murdering his brother; instead, he consigns Cain to a life of wandering and disconnection from society. Not only is Cain disconnected from society, he is also thoroughly disconnected from God.

c) Disconnection In society leads to departure from God (Gen. 4:16-18). Departure from God starts with distance from God. To go out from the presence of the Lord may seem like a benign act. It is the result of a fit of temper or self-will. It begins a course that will degenerate into even more ungodliness, no interest in any connection with Eden.

d) Departure From God l leads to a degenerate age (4:19-24). This is the result of an ungodly downward trajectory of deviant behavior in the family, disconnection within society, and a general disregard for God.

i. The sin of Adam led to the deviant behavior and spiritual disregard of Cain and, ultimately, to the degeneracy of Lamech who took two wives. (Gen $;9). The name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah” (4:19).

ii. This new world order gives rise to a new moral order. Lamech stoops to a new moral low. Polygamy is now introduced to the new age in the new city. Deviance and disregard (indifference and independence) have bloomed into lust and lawlessness manifested in polygamy.

iii. Now, there is no moral sensitivity whatsoever toward God, nor any religious sensitivity or activity at all! Life now has become completely secular – no thought of God, no fear of God before their eyes. They are thoroughly worldly in their thinking, pursuits, ambitions, and lusts.

Summary and conclusion
Today, we too live in a new world order with a new morality. This degenerate age openly practices deviant behavior, disconnection from society, and departure from God. Marriage has been redefined. your gender is self-determined.

Life has been devalued, and now, euthanize the aged, diseased, and disabled. While the ungodly line of Cain departed from God, the godly line of Seth began to call upon the name of the Lord. We must live according to God’s standards. (Pastor Dan Amfo)

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