{"id":1059,"date":"2023-12-24T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-24T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/275-wilfred-allyene-cain-and-abel\/"},"modified":"2026-09-20T02:42:51","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T02:42:51","slug":"275-wilfred-allyene-cain-and-abel","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/275-wilfred-allyene-cain-and-abel\/","title":{"rendered":"275: Wilfred Allyene – Cain and Abel"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week we are listening to a class by Bro. Wilfred Allyene titled \u201cCain and Abel\u201d that was given at the Idyllwild Bible School in 1982.<\/p>\n

We hope this strengthens your Faith and brightens your day!<\/p>\n

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\nWelcome to Good Chris Selfie and
\ntalks. <\/p>\n

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\nI’m Levi.
\nAnd I’m Chris. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I’m Brian.
\nThank you for joining us this <\/p>\n

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\nweek.
\nOn this podcast, we select one <\/p>\n

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\ntalk a week to help us get the
\nBible in our Daily News feed. <\/p>\n

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\nWe post a new episode at the
\nstart of each week with the <\/p>\n

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\nshort intro beforehand to kind
\nof set the stage for the talk <\/p>\n

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\nyou’re about to listen to.
\nAnd now, let’s talk more about <\/p>\n

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\nthis week’s talk.
\nHey everyone, this is Jason <\/p>\n

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\nHensley and this week we are
\ngoing to be listening to a talk <\/p>\n

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\nby brother Wilfred Aileen.
\nFurther, Wilfred, I think, was a<\/p>\n

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\nschool teacher, if I got that
\nright. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd at least if he wasn’t, he
\nvery much presents information <\/p>\n

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\nlike a teacher.
\nSo I think you’re going to enjoy<\/p>\n

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\nit.
\nI want to just give you a little<\/p>\n

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\nbit of background here on what
\nit is you’re going to listen to.<\/p>\n

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\nThis is Cain and Abel and one of
\nthe things that I really love <\/p>\n

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\nabout it is he often does what
\nhe referred to as reading <\/p>\n

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\nbetween the lines.
\nWhat I mean by that is he will <\/p>\n

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\noften say, now I want to suggest
\nthis to you, brothers and <\/p>\n

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\nsisters, and he’ll present
\nevidence for why he thinks we <\/p>\n

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\nshould understand the story in
\nthat way. <\/p>\n

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\nI don’t always agree with him
\nand I think that’s fine. <\/p>\n

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\nWe don’t have to agree on
\neverything. <\/p>\n

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\nBut what’s really good about it
\nis this. <\/p>\n

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\nReading between the lines I
\nthink helps us remember these <\/p>\n

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\nstories are real.
\nSo as we listen to him on Cain <\/p>\n

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\nand Abel, I hope that that’s
\nsomething that we can really <\/p>\n

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\ntake from this.
\nThis happened. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd when we read these stories,
\nwe do want to read between the <\/p>\n

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\nlines.
\nWe want to spend time thinking <\/p>\n

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\nabout how did this play out?
\nHow did this actually happen? <\/p>\n

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\nSo this is Brother Wilfred,
\nEileen on Cain and Abel. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s originally given yet
\nIdlewild Bible School 1982. <\/p>\n

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\nI hope you enjoy it.
\nI understand, relative sisters, <\/p>\n

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\nthat there have been a large
\nnumber of inquiries as to just <\/p>\n

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\nwhere I come from, who I am and
\nwhat I do. <\/p>\n

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\nSo, so perhaps to save you
\nasking too many more questions, <\/p>\n

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\nperhaps I can just tell you
\nbriefly who I am. <\/p>\n

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\nMy name’s Wilfred Ali.
\nI was born in the West Indies in<\/p>\n

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\na country called British Guyana.
\nAs was it’s now called Guyana. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s on the North Coast of South
\nAmerica. <\/p>\n

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\nI lived for about 8 years in
\nTrinidad, two more years or <\/p>\n

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\nthereabouts in Barbados, and for
\nthe last 10 or so years I’ve <\/p>\n

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\nbeen living in Birmingham in
\nEngland with my wife Sue, who’s <\/p>\n

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\nsitting over there looking very
\nred. <\/p>\n

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\nSo I hope that settles any
\nquestions in your mind. <\/p>\n

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\nRemember that South America is
\njust below North America. <\/p>\n

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\nOver on that, on that side, this
\nmorning we are going to deal <\/p>\n

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\nwith Cain and Abel.
\nBut first of all, I’d just like <\/p>\n

51
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\nto recover or recapitulate a few
\nof the things we said yesterday.<\/p>\n

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\nWe saw that the Garden of Eden I
\nsuggested to you, was a temple <\/p>\n

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\nto the living God.
\nWe suggested that Adam was God’s<\/p>\n

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\nhigh priest, that Eve and the
\nchildren that they would later <\/p>\n

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\nhave would have been the people
\nof God. <\/p>\n

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\nWe suggested that the fault or
\nthe main sin in the in this <\/p>\n

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\nunhappy incident in Genesis
\nchapter three was really Adam’s <\/p>\n

58
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\nfault and God himself puts the
\nblame on Adam 10 times in Romans<\/p>\n

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\nchapter 5.
\nAnd All in all, you have <\/p>\n

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\nprobably gathered that I don’t
\nhave a particularly high opinion<\/p>\n

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\nof Adam himself.
\nI have a far higher opinion of <\/p>\n

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\nEve in this particular instance
\nhere, because notice that to her<\/p>\n

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\nis the promise of the Messiah
\nbetween thy seed and her seed. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd if that’s not a blessing,
\nI’m not quite sure what is. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd my impression of Adam is
\nrather confirmed. <\/p>\n

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\nWhen we come into the 4th
\nchapter of the Book of Genesis. <\/p>\n

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\nWe find in the first verse this
\nsimple statement, perhaps to <\/p>\n

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\nwhich you’ve not given due
\nweight. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd Adam knew Eve his wife, and
\nshe conceived and bare Cain, and<\/p>\n

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\nshe said I have gotten a man
\nfrom the Lord. <\/p>\n

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\nNow there’s a problem in the
\ntranslation of that verse. <\/p>\n

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\nMany of the versions have have
\nit in different ways, and the <\/p>\n

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\nproblem arises from one peculiar
\nfact about Hebrew. <\/p>\n

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\nIn Hebrew there’s a particle, a
\nsmall word, which cannot be <\/p>\n

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\ntranslated into English, and
\nit’s the word is and it always, <\/p>\n

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\nor very, very, very, very often,
\nmarks out the object of a <\/p>\n

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\nsentence.
\nSo when we read that, she said I<\/p>\n

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\nhave gotten a man from the Lord.
\nThe problem in translation is <\/p>\n

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\nthat it really says I have
\ngotten a man is the Lord. <\/p>\n

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\nIn other words, the word the
\nLord is the object of that <\/p>\n

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\nsentence.
\nWhich means, I suppose, that <\/p>\n

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\nwhat she is really saying, that
\nI have gotten a man, and that <\/p>\n

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\nman is the Lord.
\nThat Eve is really saying. <\/p>\n

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\nThat this man Cain, who I have
\nnow begotten, is probably the <\/p>\n

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\none who God promised me back in
\nGenesis chapter 3, Thy seed and <\/p>\n

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\nher seed, who is going to bruise
\nthy head. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd if you accept that concept,
\nthen you see that Eve is <\/p>\n

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\nexercising the greatest faith in
\nthe promise of God in Genesis <\/p>\n

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\nchapter 3.
\nAnd it’s it’s another little <\/p>\n

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\nmark, another little pointer in
\nthe direction that this woman <\/p>\n

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\nreally was a woman of faith.
\nAnd you notice it’s not her <\/p>\n

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\nhusband that names a child.
\nHe doesn’t seem to be <\/p>\n

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\ninterested.
\nHe doesn’t seem to care. <\/p>\n

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\nMaybe that’s pitching it too
\nstrongly, but certainly it is <\/p>\n

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\nEve who does the naming of Cain.
\nBut now, brothers and sisters, <\/p>\n

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\nlet’s leave that point there for
\na moment and we’ll return to it <\/p>\n

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\nlater on.
\nAnd now let’s have a look at the<\/p>\n

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\nother concepts that there was a
\nvery great amount of knowledge <\/p>\n

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\nof God and of his laws in the
\nbook of Genesis. <\/p>\n

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\nRemember I suggested to you
\nyesterday that the Garden of <\/p>\n

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\nEden was a temple.
\nA temple is not without its <\/p>\n

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\nrights.
\nA temple is not without its <\/p>\n

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\nlaws, its regulations, and the
\ninstructions which govern the <\/p>\n

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\nbehavior of those who go into
\nit. <\/p>\n

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\nNow we also notice in chapter
\nthree that there is the <\/p>\n

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\ninstitution of sacrifice because
\nthe Lord God makes coats of <\/p>\n

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\nskins and clothes them to cover
\ntheir nakedness, to cover their <\/p>\n

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\nskin.
\nAnd in that one verse, we also <\/p>\n

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\nhave the institution of animal
\nsacrifices, as distinct from <\/p>\n

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\nplant sacrifices, that the
\nsacrifice of an animal, the <\/p>\n

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\nshedding of blood, would put
\naway sin. <\/p>\n

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\nI think sometimes we do, the
\npeople in the book of Genesis <\/p>\n

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\nparticularly, a great injustice
\nin thinking that they were, <\/p>\n

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\nwell, they didn’t have quite as
\nmuch understanding as we have. <\/p>\n

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\nI think that’s completely wrong.
\nThese men in the book of Genesis<\/p>\n

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\ndescribed from the very
\nbeginning here and coming down <\/p>\n

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\nto our time.
\nThese men were our fathers, and <\/p>\n

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\nthe children are very nearly
\ngreater than their fathers. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd since we, with our brains
\nand modern technology, our <\/p>\n

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\ninventions and so forth, have
\nproduced all of these wonderful <\/p>\n

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\nthings we see in our cities,
\nthen the potential at least, <\/p>\n

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\nmust have been present in the
\nbrains of these men. <\/p>\n

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\nThey weren’t fools.
\nThey were intelligent, logical, <\/p>\n

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\nreasonable people.
\nWicked, yes, but none. <\/p>\n

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\nNot thick, not stupid.
\nAnd now let’s have a look when <\/p>\n

126
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\nit says through the book of
\nGenesis. <\/p>\n

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\nJust a quick scamper through the
\nbook of Genesis, let’s look at <\/p>\n

128
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\nsome of the indications of how
\nmuch was known about the <\/p>\n

129
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\nsacrifices and the demands of
\nGod. <\/p>\n

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\nHave a look with me for instance
\nat verse 16 of chapter 4. <\/p>\n

131
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\nAnd Cain went out from the
\npresence of the Lord. <\/p>\n

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\nNow how can you go out from the
\npresence of the Lord? <\/p>\n

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\nThe presence of the Lord is
\neverywhere. <\/p>\n

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\nGod is everywhere by his Spirit.
\nTherefore this expression, the <\/p>\n

135
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\npresence of the Lord, must mean
\nsomething else. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd what I take it to mean is
\nthat it means the place where <\/p>\n

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\nGod had put his name, where God
\nwas worshipped, where God met <\/p>\n

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\nwith men, the place where the
\nLord was present. <\/p>\n

139
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\nKing goes out from the presence
\nof the Lord. <\/p>\n

140
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\nLet’s go down a bit into chapter
\n14 of Genesis and notice there <\/p>\n

141
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\nthe description of Melchizedek,
\nGenesis chapter 14 and verse 18.<\/p>\n

142
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\nAnd Melchizedek, king of Salem,
\nbrought forth bread and wine. <\/p>\n

143
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\nAnd he was priest of the Most
\nHigh God, and he blessed him. <\/p>\n

144
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\nAnd he blessed and said, blessed
\nbe Abram of the Most High God, <\/p>\n

145
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\npossessor of heaven and earth.
\nAnd blessed be the Most High <\/p>\n

146
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\nGod, which hath delivered thine
\nenemies into thy hand. <\/p>\n

147
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\nSo there were priests.
\nMelchizedek was a priest. <\/p>\n

148
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\nAbraham, you recall the Psalm
\nsays was also a prophet. <\/p>\n

149
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\nLook down a bit further and we
\nsee there in the Where are we in<\/p>\n

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\nthe 14th verse?
\nI’m sorry, the 24th verse. <\/p>\n

151
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\nI’m sorry, I’ve lost my
\nreference. <\/p>\n

152
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\nVerse 21 and the king of Sodom
\nsays to Abraham give me the <\/p>\n

153
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\npersons and take the goods to
\nthyself. <\/p>\n

154
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\nI’m sorry.
\nI’ve really lost this verse <\/p>\n

155
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\nwhere it says that Abraham gave
\nhim tithes. <\/p>\n

156
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\nHe paid him tithes of all that’s
\nhe had taken from these men. <\/p>\n

157
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\nVerse 20 That’s right.
\nI’m sorry. <\/p>\n

158
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\nThank you very much.
\nAnd blessed be the most high <\/p>\n

159
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\nGod, which has delivered thine
\nenemies into thine hand. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd he gave him tithes a 10s of
\nall. <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:11,920 –> 00:11:15,040
\nSo they had the practice of
\ntithing as well. <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:16,320 –> 00:11:23,320
\nLet’s think also of Noah
\noffering up the sacrifices after<\/p>\n

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\n00:11:23,320 –> 00:11:27,960
\nhe came out of the ark.
\nLet’s think also of Abraham <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:27,960 –> 00:11:32,200
\noffering sacrifices unto God.
\nLet’s think into the book of <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:32,200 –> 00:11:36,440
\nExodus, where Jethro is
\ndescribed as a priest of Midian.<\/p>\n

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\n00:11:37,080 –> 00:11:41,520
\nLet’s think also of Tamar, who
\nwas threatened with being burnt <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:41,840 –> 00:11:47,040
\nbecause she was an adulteress,
\nand you begin to see that there <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:47,040 –> 00:11:50,280
\nare a great deal.
\nThere’s a great deal more to <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:50,280 –> 00:11:53,480
\nsuggest that these people
\nworship God in the way that is <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:53,480 –> 00:11:56,040
\nappointed in the Law of Moses
\nthan perhaps you would first <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:56,040 –> 00:11:58,600
\nthought.
\nAnd at this point I’d like to <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:58,600 –> 00:12:03,000
\nsuggest to you that you have a
\ngood look at Blunt’s undesigned <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:03,000 –> 00:12:06,760
\nscriptural coincidences.
\nHe goes into great detail there <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:06,760 –> 00:12:09,560
\nand collects a lot of this
\ninformation into a very short <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:09,560 –> 00:12:12,240
\nspace and I couldn’t do a better
\njob than he has done. <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:13,280 –> 00:12:17,640
\nBlunts on Design Scriptural
\nCoincidences is a book which is <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:17,640 –> 00:12:20,520
\nhighly recommended reading for
\nevery Christadelphian who <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:20,520 –> 00:12:22,200
\nbelieves that this is the word
\nof God. <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:22,240 –> 00:12:26,560
\nIt is a most wonderful
\ncompilation, but let’s go back <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:26,640 –> 00:12:31,880
\nto the story of Cain and Abel,
\nback to Genesis Chapter 4. <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:34,880 –> 00:12:39,360
\nNow let’s put ourselves into the
\npicture correctly here. <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:40,160 –> 00:12:45,760
\nIt says in verse one that she
\nbare Cain and said I have gotten<\/p>\n

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\n00:12:45,760 –> 00:12:50,160
\na man, even the Lord who is the
\nLord. <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:50,240 –> 00:12:53,880
\nShe thought that Cain was the
\nseed who would deliver them from<\/p>\n

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\n00:12:54,160 –> 00:12:58,720
\nthe sins.
\nVerse two, she again bare his <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:58,720 –> 00:13:05,840
\nbrother Abel.
\nAnd Abel was a keeper of sheep, <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:06,560 –> 00:13:10,240
\nbut Cain was a tiller of the
\nground. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:11,560 –> 00:13:16,880
\nSo Abel was a shepherd.
\nCain was an agriculturalist, a <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:16,880 –> 00:13:19,760
\nfarmer.
\nNow, there’s nothing wrong with <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:19,760 –> 00:13:21,920
\nbeing an agriculturist, a
\nfarmer. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:22,360 –> 00:13:24,360
\nThere’s nothing wrong with being
\na shepherd. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:24,640 –> 00:13:28,440
\nThere’s nothing, no great virtue
\nin being a shepherd over being <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:28,480 –> 00:13:30,760
\nsomeone who deals with produce
\nfrom the ground. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:30,760 –> 00:13:37,400
\nThere is no great virtue in it,
\nbut what there is expressed very<\/p>\n

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\n00:13:37,400 –> 00:13:42,360
\nclearly, I think, in this story,
\nis the principle of obedience to<\/p>\n

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\nthe will of God.
\nLet’s read the next verse. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:46,280 –> 00:13:53,640
\nIt came to pass in the process
\nof time that Cain brought of the<\/p>\n

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\n00:13:53,640 –> 00:13:58,320
\nfruit of the ground an offering
\nunto the Lord. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:00,400 –> 00:14:04,360
\nNow when it says in the process
\nof time, if you have a look in <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:04,360 –> 00:14:09,840
\nyour margin there, it helps us.
\nWhere it says at the end of <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:09,960 –> 00:14:17,160
\ndays, it means at the end of the
\nyear, the days of the year. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:17,440 –> 00:14:21,680
\nA year had gone round and it had
\ncome to its end. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:22,800 –> 00:14:26,280
\nWhat’s so special about the end
\nof a year? <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:27,360 –> 00:14:29,920
\nWell, brother, sisters, think
\nback with me into the love of <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:29,920 –> 00:14:33,840
\nMoses.
\nNow, you recall that the first <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:33,840 –> 00:14:38,600
\nmonth was the month that the
\nPassover took place, the month <\/p>\n

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\nof Nissan.
\nSo in the seventh month was the <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:42,760 –> 00:14:46,520
\nDay of Atonement, the Feast of
\nTabernacles, the feast of in <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:46,520 –> 00:14:49,800
\ngathering the Feast of Trumpets
\nin the seventh month. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:50,480 –> 00:14:55,560
\nAnd the 7th month was also the
\nfirst month of the Jewish civil <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:55,560 –> 00:14:57,560
\nyear.
\nSo it was the beginning of a new<\/p>\n

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\n00:14:57,560 –> 00:15:01,360
\nyear and the end of an old one.
\nAnd I suggest to you, this is <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:01,360 –> 00:15:05,600
\nwhat’s happening here.
\nIt is at that time of the year <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:05,920 –> 00:15:09,280
\nround there in that part of the
\ncalendar that the feast of <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:09,280 –> 00:15:13,920
\nIngathering or a feast of
\nIngathering is taking place. <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:14,280 –> 00:15:18,360
\nAnd they’re all coming to the
\nLord with these fruits of the <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:18,360 –> 00:15:21,880
\nground on Cain’s part.
\nAnd Abel bringing the flocks <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:21,880 –> 00:15:24,200
\nthat he had, he had brought,
\nthat he had reared. <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:25,760 –> 00:15:29,600
\nBut there’s trouble, trouble in
\nthe family. <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:30,680 –> 00:15:37,320
\nCain is the older brother.
\nAbel is the younger, now the <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:37,360 –> 00:15:39,560
\nolder brother.
\nIn all of the families of <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:39,560 –> 00:15:43,480
\nScripture, going down up to the
\ntime of the time that God chose <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:43,560 –> 00:15:47,920
\nLevi, the eldest brother was
\nalways the one who was the <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:47,920 –> 00:15:52,320
\npriest of the family.
\nRemember, God took Levi instead <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:52,320 –> 00:15:55,880
\nof the first born.
\nThe eldest, the eldest brother, <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:56,000 –> 00:16:00,840
\nwas the priest of the family.
\nSo in this case here, Cain is <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:00,840 –> 00:16:05,000
\nthe priest of the family, Abel
\nis less than him. <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:05,280 –> 00:16:09,080
\nAbel is inferior.
\nBut since Cain is the priest of <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:09,080 –> 00:16:11,680
\nthe family, and the priest S
\nlips should keep knowledge and <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:11,680 –> 00:16:13,640
\nhe should know about the
\nregulations that God has <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:13,640 –> 00:16:17,720
\ncommanded, Cain knew.
\nCain should have known that God <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:17,720 –> 00:16:22,920
\ndid not want vegetable
\nsacrifices instead of animal <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:22,920 –> 00:16:25,320
\nsacrifices for the putting away
\nof sin. <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:26,280 –> 00:16:28,080
\nHe knew.
\nThere’s no doubt about it. <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:28,080 –> 00:16:30,720
\nIn my mind.
\nHe knew full well that that was <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:30,720 –> 00:16:35,600
\nthe case.
\nAnd he brings of the fruit of <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:35,600 –> 00:16:40,080
\nthe ground and offering to the
\nLord here God, this is what I’ve<\/p>\n

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\n00:16:40,080 –> 00:16:42,640
\ngot.
\nYou take it or you leave it. <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:44,200 –> 00:16:46,160
\nAbel, on the other hand, is
\ndifferent. <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:46,800 –> 00:16:54,680
\nNotice that fourth verse.
\nAnd Abel he also brought, and I <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:54,680 –> 00:16:58,240
\nthink you should read that as
\nmeaning that Abel brought. <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:58,480 –> 00:17:03,080
\nIn addition to the firstlings of
\nthe flock, he also brought the <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:03,080 –> 00:17:06,760
\nfruit of the ground.
\nIt’s two sets of things that are<\/p>\n

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\n00:17:06,760 –> 00:17:09,720
\nbeing described here.
\nHe also brought of the <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:09,720 –> 00:17:13,440
\nfirstlings of his flock, and of
\nthe fact thereof. <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:14,599 –> 00:17:18,599
\nNotice, brothers and sisters,
\nthe firstlings of his flock, <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:18,800 –> 00:17:22,440
\nthat which was demanded for that
\nwhich was demanded by God in <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:22,440 –> 00:17:25,800
\nsacrifice.
\nNotice the fat thereof. <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:26,160 –> 00:17:29,840
\nRemember, in the law of Moses
\nthe fat was specially holy to <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:29,840 –> 00:17:32,240
\nthe Lord, and you they were it
\nwas not to be eaten. <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:32,480 –> 00:17:37,080
\nAbel brings animal sacrifices
\nand the fat thereof, clear <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:37,080 –> 00:17:40,080
\nevidence that they knew what God
\nwanted and that God had told <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:40,080 –> 00:17:43,720
\nthem what he wanted to.
\nAbel is careful. <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:44,160 –> 00:17:47,960
\nAbel brings exactly what God
\ndemands, and a bit more. <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:48,680 –> 00:17:51,600
\nCain.
\nWho cares, says Cain. <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:52,080 –> 00:17:55,840
\nI don’t.
\nAnd it says in the fifth verse, <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:56,040 –> 00:17:57,680
\nI’m sorry, the end of the fourth
\nverse. <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:58,160 –> 00:18:03,840
\nAnd the Lord had respect unto
\nAbel and to his offering. <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:03,840 –> 00:18:07,920
\nAnd one of the versions, one of
\nthe ancient versions, translates<\/p>\n

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\n00:18:07,920 –> 00:18:13,200
\nthat as he sets it on fire, he
\nsets it on fire, as it were. <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:13,200 –> 00:18:16,680
\nThe opposite, on the altar and
\ndown from heaven comes fire <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:16,960 –> 00:18:20,600
\nconsumes the offering of Abel,
\nand there’s the offering of Cain<\/p>\n

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\n00:18:20,600 –> 00:18:23,480
\nsitting there in his baskets.
\nAnd God doesn’t really want to <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:23,480 –> 00:18:28,360
\nknow.
\nAnd so to Cain verse 5, and to <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:28,360 –> 00:18:31,160
\nhis offering, he had not
\nrespect. <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:31,160 –> 00:18:34,840
\nHe didn’t want to know.
\nAnd so Cain is angry. <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:36,400 –> 00:18:42,040
\nAnd Cain was very Ross, and his
\ncountenance fell. <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:43,480 –> 00:18:45,840
\nI think, brothers and sisters,
\nthat this is what we might <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:45,840 –> 00:18:49,400
\ndescribe as a public humiliation
\nof Cain. <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:50,720 –> 00:18:54,200
\nDon’t think for one moment that
\nthese are little boys. <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:54,400 –> 00:18:58,240
\nThey are not little boys.
\nThey are in their 30s. <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:58,240 –> 00:19:01,120
\nI’m fairly sure they are grown
\nmen. <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:01,320 –> 00:19:05,360
\nAnd by this time Adam and Eve
\nmust have had other children as <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:05,360 –> 00:19:07,400
\nwell.
\nAnd those children must have had<\/p>\n

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\nchildren.
\nAnd I would not be surprised in <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:09,240 –> 00:19:11,920
\nthe slightest to find out that
\nCain had got children and that <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:11,920 –> 00:19:13,840
\nAbel had had children.
\nI don’t know. <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:14,440 –> 00:19:16,760
\nBut I would not be surprised at
\nall to find that out. <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:17,560 –> 00:19:20,360
\nAnd everybody’s gathered, as we
\nare today, perhaps, to worship <\/p>\n

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\nthe Lord.
\nThere’s Cain bringing his <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:22,080 –> 00:19:24,240
\noffering there, and Abel
\nbringing his offering there. <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:24,240 –> 00:19:28,000
\nAnd down from heaven comes the
\nfire, burns up the sacrifices <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:28,120 –> 00:19:31,600
\nand leaves Cain untouched.
\nAnd everybody says to <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:31,600 –> 00:19:36,720
\nthemselves, well, God doesn’t
\nwant Cain’s offering, And Cain <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:36,720 –> 00:19:40,960
\nis very wroth, and his
\ncountenance fell. <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:42,520 –> 00:19:46,080
\nAnd the Lord said unto Cain, Why
\nart thou wroth? <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:46,840 –> 00:19:51,800
\nWhy is thy countenance fallen?
\nIf thou doest? <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:51,800 –> 00:19:56,440
\nWell, if you do the right thing,
\nThat which I have commanded you,<\/p>\n

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\n00:19:57,080 –> 00:20:03,840
\nshalt thou not be accepted.
\nAnd that doesn’t make sense. <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:04,720 –> 00:20:07,240
\nBut if we look at the marginal
\nrendering of that, you’ll see it<\/p>\n

291
\n00:20:07,240 –> 00:20:15,760
\nsays, If thou doest well shalt
\nthou not have the Excellency. <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:17,760 –> 00:20:19,480
\nAnd that doesn’t make much sense
\neither, does it? <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:21,080 –> 00:20:24,400
\nBut if you turn with me now to
\nthe 49th chapter of the book of <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:24,400 –> 00:20:33,880
\nGenesis, to Genesis, chapter 49,
\nand the third verse, you’ll see <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:33,880 –> 00:20:38,080
\nanother instance of the Law of
\nMoses, or the Law which was <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:38,080 –> 00:20:43,560
\ncodified in the Law of Moses, in
\noperation here, Genesis 49 and <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:43,560 –> 00:20:49,160
\nverse 3.
\nReuben, Thou art my first born, <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:49,440 –> 00:20:56,120
\nmy might, and the beginning of
\nmy strength, the Excellency of <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:56,120 –> 00:21:02,800
\ndignity, and the Excellency of
\npower unstable as water. <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:03,000 –> 00:21:08,760
\nThou shalt not revised version,
\nhave the Excellency, because <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:08,760 –> 00:21:13,360
\nthou wentest up to thy father’s
\nbed, then defileth thou it. <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:13,880 –> 00:21:18,000
\nHe went up to my couch.
\nIn other words, Reuben had <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:18,000 –> 00:21:21,840
\ndefiled his father’s bed, and
\nhad been thrown out from being <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:21,840 –> 00:21:24,240
\nthe first born.
\nHe had been thrown out from the <\/p>\n

305
\n00:21:24,240 –> 00:21:26,920
\nprivileges of being the eldest
\nson. <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:26,960 –> 00:21:29,840
\nHe had lost it, and they had
\nbeen transferred to Joseph and <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:29,840 –> 00:21:32,800
\nto Judah.
\nNow, in Genesis Chapter 4, it’s <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:32,800 –> 00:21:37,400
\nthe same thing.
\nIf thou doest well, shalt thou <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:37,400 –> 00:21:43,560
\nnot have the Excellency be the
\nfirst born, be the priest, be <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:43,560 –> 00:21:46,360
\nthe one that I accept the one
\nthat has all the rights and the <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:46,360 –> 00:21:48,360
\nprivileges.
\nSo of course you would. <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:48,360 –> 00:21:51,280
\nOf course he doesn’t want to.
\nHe doesn’t want to know. <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:52,600 –> 00:21:55,040
\nNext bit of the sentence makes
\neven less sense. <\/p>\n

314
\n00:21:55,880 –> 00:22:05,560
\nAnd if thou doest well, If thou
\ndoest not well, sin lieth at the<\/p>\n

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\n00:22:05,560 –> 00:22:09,120
\ndoor.
\nThat’s the most difficult piece <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:09,120 –> 00:22:12,680
\nof Scripture to understand.
\nBut let’s see what it means. <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:13,520 –> 00:22:19,360
\nFirst of all, if he doesn’t do
\nwell, sin is lying at the door. <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:19,600 –> 00:22:22,880
\nWhat door?
\nAnswer the door of the <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:22,880 –> 00:22:24,920
\nTabernacle.
\nThe door of the place where they<\/p>\n

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\n00:22:24,920 –> 00:22:28,320
\nwere meeting, the door described
\nOf the place, the door of the <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:28,320 –> 00:22:30,800
\nplace described as the presence
\nof the Lord. <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:31,120 –> 00:22:35,560
\nThere’s a door.
\nWhat about sin lieth at the <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:35,560 –> 00:22:38,800
\ndoor?
\nWell, I understand that in <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:38,800 –> 00:22:44,840
\nHebrew, the word for sin can
\njust as easily be understood to <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:44,840 –> 00:22:51,080
\nmean a sin offering.
\nAnd what this could mean is that<\/p>\n

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\n00:22:51,080 –> 00:22:57,040
\nif thou doest not well, a sin
\noffering is lying at the door. <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:58,040 –> 00:23:03,160
\nIn other words, Abel, his
\nbrother, had brought sheep to <\/p>\n

328
\n00:23:03,600 –> 00:23:05,560
\nand put them, and left them
\noutside the door of the <\/p>\n

329
\n00:23:05,560 –> 00:23:09,320
\nsabonacle, out there as a sin
\noffering, as a possible sin <\/p>\n

330
\n00:23:09,320 –> 00:23:13,160
\noffering for his brother, if
\nonly his brother would accept <\/p>\n

331
\n00:23:13,160 –> 00:23:17,520
\nit.
\nIf thou doest not, well, there’s<\/p>\n

332
\n00:23:17,520 –> 00:23:21,760
\na wave to cleanse your sin.
\nIt’s outside there, lying at the<\/p>\n

333
\n00:23:21,760 –> 00:23:23,800
\ndoor.
\nYou’ve got to take it. <\/p>\n

334
\n00:23:25,680 –> 00:23:31,280
\nAnd unto thee shall be his
\ndesire. <\/p>\n

335
\n00:23:31,480 –> 00:23:34,600
\nAbel’s desire.
\nAbel will look up to you, <\/p>\n

336
\n00:23:34,600 –> 00:23:39,560
\nbecause once more you are the
\nhigh priest instead of him, and <\/p>\n

337
\n00:23:39,560 –> 00:23:45,360
\nthou shalt rule over him.
\nAbel, because of your iniquity, <\/p>\n

338
\n00:23:45,360 –> 00:23:48,000
\nKane, you are in this miserable
\nposition. <\/p>\n

339
\n00:23:48,160 –> 00:23:50,800
\nI have rejected you.
\nBut there’s a way back. <\/p>\n

340
\n00:23:51,520 –> 00:23:55,640
\nTake it and you will have the
\nExcellency once more. <\/p>\n

341
\n00:23:56,680 –> 00:23:59,720
\nWell, there are some people you
\ncan talk to like that, and there<\/p>\n

342
\n00:23:59,720 –> 00:24:02,880
\nare some people you can’t.
\nAnd Cain is obviously one of <\/p>\n

343
\n00:24:02,880 –> 00:24:07,760
\nthose that you can’t.
\nAnd Cain, verse 8 talked with <\/p>\n

344
\n00:24:07,800 –> 00:24:14,320
\nAbel his brother, and it came to
\npass when they were in the field<\/p>\n

345
\n00:24:14,480 –> 00:24:19,200
\nthat Cain rose up against Abel
\nhis brother, and slew him. <\/p>\n

346
\n00:24:20,000 –> 00:24:22,120
\nBrothers and sisters.
\nIf ever you needed proof that <\/p>\n

347
\n00:24:22,120 –> 00:24:24,400
\nthese were not little boys, here
\nit is. <\/p>\n

348
\n00:24:24,680 –> 00:24:28,000
\nLittle children don’t get up and
\nsmash stoned into the skulls of <\/p>\n

349
\n00:24:28,000 –> 00:24:31,920
\ntheir brothers.
\nBut this is a grown man, full of<\/p>\n

350
\n00:24:31,920 –> 00:24:36,320
\nhatred, full of anger, full of
\nwrath, picking up a stone or a <\/p>\n

351
\n00:24:36,320 –> 00:24:39,200
\nknife or something and smashing
\nhis brother into the ground with<\/p>\n

352
\n00:24:39,200 –> 00:24:43,880
\nit, breaking his skull in.
\nThere’s Abel, lying on the <\/p>\n

353
\n00:24:43,880 –> 00:24:47,920
\nground, quite dead.
\nBut Kenny isn’t a fool. <\/p>\n

354
\n00:24:48,960 –> 00:24:51,320
\nHe buries him.
\nHe must bury him. <\/p>\n

355
\n00:24:51,320 –> 00:24:53,280
\nCan’t leave him to lie out in
\nthe field like that. <\/p>\n

356
\n00:24:54,040 –> 00:24:56,120
\nAnd we know this because of the
\n10th verse. <\/p>\n

357
\n00:24:57,480 –> 00:25:03,600
\nThy the voice of thy brother’s
\nblood crieth unto me from the <\/p>\n

358
\n00:25:03,600 –> 00:25:08,440
\nground brackets where you have
\nburied him, and dug a hole, and <\/p>\n

359
\n00:25:08,440 –> 00:25:13,960
\nstuck him, stuck him in Cain.
\nWhere is Abel, thy brother? <\/p>\n

360
\n00:25:14,760 –> 00:25:19,080
\nAs if God didn’t know.
\nBrothers and sisters, this is a <\/p>\n

361
\n00:25:19,080 –> 00:25:22,320
\nconsistent feature of Scripture.
\nAll the way through that God <\/p>\n

362
\n00:25:22,320 –> 00:25:26,120
\ngives them a chance to turn
\nround and to repent. <\/p>\n

363
\n00:25:26,880 –> 00:25:31,280
\nCain, where is Abel thy brother?
\nWhere is he? <\/p>\n

364
\n00:25:31,800 –> 00:25:35,200
\nGod knew Adam.
\nWhere art thou? <\/p>\n

365
\n00:25:36,520 –> 00:25:39,280
\nHe knew where he was.
\nSaul. <\/p>\n

366
\n00:25:39,760 –> 00:25:46,600
\nSaul, why persecutest thou me?
\nHe knew, but he’s not asking him<\/p>\n

367
\n00:25:46,600 –> 00:25:50,640
\nto improve his knowledge.
\nHe’s asking him to give him an <\/p>\n

368
\n00:25:50,680 –> 00:25:55,080
\nopportunity to repent.
\nWhere is Abel thy brother? <\/p>\n

369
\n00:25:55,280 –> 00:26:01,520
\nHad Cain said I have slain him,
\nthen you can see that the <\/p>\n

370
\n00:26:01,520 –> 00:26:02,960
\nrelationships would have been
\ndifferent. <\/p>\n

371
\n00:26:04,200 –> 00:26:06,760
\nBut not Cain?
\nI don’t know. <\/p>\n

372
\n00:26:07,880 –> 00:26:13,480
\nAm I my brother’s keeper?
\nAnd he said, What hast thou <\/p>\n

373
\n00:26:13,480 –> 00:26:15,120
\ndone?
\nHe’s still asking. <\/p>\n

374
\n00:26:15,600 –> 00:26:18,880
\nI know what you’ve done.
\nWhat hast thou done? <\/p>\n

375
\n00:26:19,160 –> 00:26:24,280
\nConfess.
\nThe voice of thy brother’s blood<\/p>\n

376
\n00:26:25,280 –> 00:26:31,600
\ncrieth unto me from the ground.
\nI can hear him crying, says God.<\/p>\n

377
\n00:26:32,160 –> 00:26:35,520
\nI can hear him.
\nHe’s dead, and I know that <\/p>\n

378
\n00:26:35,520 –> 00:26:40,480
\nyou’ve killed him.
\nAnd now cursed art thou from the<\/p>\n

379
\n00:26:40,480 –> 00:26:45,320
\nground, which has opened her
\nmouth to receive thy brother’s <\/p>\n

380
\n00:26:45,320 –> 00:26:50,760
\nblood from thy hand.
\nWhen thou tillest the ground, it<\/p>\n

381
\n00:26:50,760 –> 00:26:54,720
\nshall not henceforth yield unto
\nthee her strength. <\/p>\n

382
\n00:26:55,600 –> 00:26:59,920
\nA fugitive and a Vagabond shalt
\nthou be in the earth. <\/p>\n

383
\n00:27:02,320 –> 00:27:05,560
\nAnd now then, sister, we come to
\nthe strangest, I think, quite <\/p>\n

384
\n00:27:05,560 –> 00:27:14,040
\nthe strangest part of the story,
\nThis 13th and 14th verse, I <\/p>\n

385
\n00:27:14,040 –> 00:27:16,160
\nthink.
\nAnd I may be pitching it too <\/p>\n

386
\n00:27:16,160 –> 00:27:19,040
\nstrongly, and I hope you’ll
\nforgive me if you think I am. <\/p>\n

387
\n00:27:19,800 –> 00:27:27,120
\nI think that in this verse Cain
\nconfesses, and Cain is forgiven.<\/p>\n

388
\n00:27:29,680 –> 00:27:36,000
\nLook at the proof of this, Cain
\nsaid unto the Lord margin. <\/p>\n

389
\n00:27:37,520 –> 00:27:45,040
\nMy iniquity is greater than that
\nit may be forgiven. <\/p>\n

390
\n00:27:46,840 –> 00:27:53,720
\nMy iniquity is greater than that
\nit may be forgiven. <\/p>\n

391
\n00:27:54,320 –> 00:27:59,200
\nHe admits to God the enormity of
\nthe crime that he has committed.<\/p>\n

392
\n00:27:59,800 –> 00:28:03,840
\nI have killed him, and it’s too
\nmuch to expect forgiveness for <\/p>\n

393
\n00:28:03,840 –> 00:28:07,280
\nthis.
\nBehold verse 14. <\/p>\n

394
\n00:28:07,880 –> 00:28:11,400
\nBehold, thou hast driven me out
\nthis day from the face of the <\/p>\n

395
\n00:28:11,400 –> 00:28:14,680
\nearth.
\nAnd from thy face shall I be hid<\/p>\n

396
\n00:28:14,840 –> 00:28:17,880
\nbecause I’ve sinned.
\nYou will not turn your face <\/p>\n

397
\n00:28:17,880 –> 00:28:19,960
\ntowards me.
\nYou will turn away from me, your<\/p>\n

398
\n00:28:19,960 –> 00:28:25,800
\nGod, and I shall be a fugitive
\nand a Vagabond in the earth. <\/p>\n

399
\n00:28:27,320 –> 00:28:30,320
\nAnd here now in the next verse,
\nand the next part of the verse, <\/p>\n

400
\n00:28:30,760 –> 00:28:35,440
\nis another illustration of the
\nlaw of Moses, that it shall come<\/p>\n

401
\n00:28:35,440 –> 00:28:40,680
\nto pass, that everyone or
\nrevised version, whosoever <\/p>\n

402
\n00:28:40,960 –> 00:28:45,040
\nfindeth me, shall slay me.
\nIt’s an element of the law of <\/p>\n

403
\n00:28:45,040 –> 00:28:48,640
\nMoses.
\nWhen someone was slain, the <\/p>\n

404
\n00:28:48,640 –> 00:28:52,520
\navenger of blood went after him
\nto kill him. <\/p>\n

405
\n00:28:53,320 –> 00:28:56,280
\nAnd he says, this is the avenger
\nof blood that Cain’s worried <\/p>\n

406
\n00:28:56,280 –> 00:28:58,480
\nabout here.
\nMaybe Abel’s children, I don’t <\/p>\n

407
\n00:28:58,480 –> 00:29:03,600
\nknow.
\nAnd God says this is not going <\/p>\n

408
\n00:29:03,600 –> 00:29:07,320
\nto be so.
\nNow, my sisters, we have this <\/p>\n

409
\n00:29:07,320 –> 00:29:14,360
\nquestion mark of this sign or
\nthis mark that is put upon Cain.<\/p>\n

410
\n00:29:15,280 –> 00:29:19,520
\nWhat exactly was it?
\nWell, just before we try to <\/p>\n

411
\n00:29:19,560 –> 00:29:23,640
\nanswer that question, can I just
\nreview briefly the elements of <\/p>\n

412
\n00:29:23,640 –> 00:29:26,200
\nthe Law of Moses that we found
\nin this chapter so far? <\/p>\n

413
\n00:29:27,760 –> 00:29:32,840
\nThere’s blood sacrifice, there’s
\nfat, there’s a priesthood. <\/p>\n

414
\n00:29:33,320 –> 00:29:34,880
\nThere’s the law of the first
\nborn. <\/p>\n

415
\n00:29:35,200 –> 00:29:37,040
\nThere’s the law of the avenger
\nof blood. <\/p>\n

416
\n00:29:37,520 –> 00:29:40,560
\nThere’s the law of displacing
\nthe first born if he didn’t <\/p>\n

417
\n00:29:40,680 –> 00:29:44,640
\nbehave himself.
\nWe see sin offerings, we see a <\/p>\n

418
\n00:29:44,640 –> 00:29:47,280
\nTabernacle.
\nWe see the law against murder. <\/p>\n

419
\n00:29:47,760 –> 00:29:51,960
\nWe see punishment of crime.
\nAll these things are elements of<\/p>\n

420
\n00:29:51,960 –> 00:29:55,400
\nthe Law of Moses.
\nAnd now can it be a surprise <\/p>\n

421
\n00:29:56,000 –> 00:29:59,680
\nthat this last fifteenth verse
\nhere that we’ve come to contains<\/p>\n

422
\n00:29:59,680 –> 00:30:03,560
\nanother one?
\nWhen a man was going to flee <\/p>\n

423
\n00:30:03,720 –> 00:30:07,000
\nfrom the avenger of blood, where
\ndid he go? <\/p>\n

424
\n00:30:08,040 –> 00:30:11,760
\nAnswer.
\nHe went to a city of refuge. <\/p>\n

425
\n00:30:12,440 –> 00:30:15,360
\nAnd I think this is what is
\nhappening here, that God <\/p>\n

426
\n00:30:15,360 –> 00:30:21,440
\nappoints a place of refuge for
\nCain where he would be safe from<\/p>\n

427
\n00:30:21,440 –> 00:30:25,520
\nthe avenger of blood, so that he
\nwould not be slain by that man <\/p>\n

428
\n00:30:25,560 –> 00:30:28,920
\nwho had come after him.
\nAnd where is that place likely <\/p>\n

429
\n00:30:28,920 –> 00:30:31,760
\nto be?
\nThere weren’t any cities, or not<\/p>\n

430
\n00:30:31,760 –> 00:30:35,280
\nthat we’re told of.
\nThere weren’t any cities, but <\/p>\n

431
\n00:30:35,280 –> 00:30:38,600
\nthere is.
\nWhere was a place verse 16. <\/p>\n

432
\n00:30:39,840 –> 00:30:45,800
\nAnd Cain went out from the
\npresence of the Lord. <\/p>\n

433
\n00:30:48,000 –> 00:30:54,560
\nYou remember when Solomon sent
\nhis captain to slay Joab? <\/p>\n

434
\n00:30:54,560 –> 00:30:58,800
\nDo you remember what Joab did?
\nJoab fled. <\/p>\n

435
\n00:30:59,200 –> 00:31:03,200
\nJoab ran where to the Tabernacle
\nand took hold of the horns of <\/p>\n

436
\n00:31:03,200 –> 00:31:06,000
\nthe altar.
\nAnd Solomon said, go and get him<\/p>\n

437
\n00:31:06,000 –> 00:31:10,200
\nout of there and kill him.
\nBecause the horns of the altar, <\/p>\n

438
\n00:31:10,280 –> 00:31:13,800
\nthe Tabernacle, was one of the
\nplaces of refuge, one of the <\/p>\n

439
\n00:31:13,800 –> 00:31:17,400
\ncities of refuge.
\nAnd therefore I suggest that <\/p>\n

440
\n00:31:17,400 –> 00:31:20,720
\nwhat’s happening here is that
\nGod has God says to Cain, right?<\/p>\n

441
\n00:31:20,720 –> 00:31:25,200
\nCain, I will appoint a place of
\nrefuge for you, but it is in my <\/p>\n

442
\n00:31:25,200 –> 00:31:27,680
\nTabernacle.
\nYou have got to stay there. <\/p>\n

443
\n00:31:27,840 –> 00:31:31,280
\nIf you go out, you will be
\nslain, and your blood will be on<\/p>\n

444
\n00:31:31,280 –> 00:31:36,360
\nyour own head.
\nWell, the Tabernacle is the <\/p>\n

445
\n00:31:36,360 –> 00:31:39,440
\nTabernacle.
\nIt’s the place of worship of <\/p>\n

446
\n00:31:39,440 –> 00:31:41,680
\nGod.
\nIt is the place where those <\/p>\n

447
\n00:31:41,680 –> 00:31:46,520
\nwhose hearts are right before
\nGod we will find some rest and <\/p>\n

448
\n00:31:46,520 –> 00:31:48,480
\nsome ease, and be glad and
\nrejoice. <\/p>\n

449
\n00:31:50,360 –> 00:31:54,880
\nBut Cain, the atmosphere of
\nholiness is far too much for <\/p>\n

450
\n00:31:54,880 –> 00:31:58,640
\npeople like him.
\nHe can’t stand it, and he stays <\/p>\n

451
\n00:31:58,640 –> 00:32:02,760
\nthere for a while, and then he
\ncan’t stand and he goes out. <\/p>\n

452
\n00:32:02,920 –> 00:32:06,840
\nVerse 16.
\nAnd Cain went out from the <\/p>\n

453
\n00:32:06,840 –> 00:32:11,160
\npresence of the Lord and dwelt
\nin the land of Nod on the east <\/p>\n

454
\n00:32:11,160 –> 00:32:14,640
\nof Eden.
\nAnd Cain knew his wife, and she <\/p>\n

455
\n00:32:14,640 –> 00:32:19,120
\nconceived and bare Enoch.
\nAnd he builded a city. <\/p>\n

456
\n00:32:20,920 –> 00:32:24,640
\nWhy does he build a city?
\nIt’s his own city of refuge <\/p>\n

457
\n00:32:24,720 –> 00:32:27,280
\nwhere he thought he was going to
\nbe safe. <\/p>\n

458
\n00:32:28,040 –> 00:32:32,440
\nAnd he calls the name of the
\ncity after his son Enoch. <\/p>\n

459
\n00:32:34,240 –> 00:32:39,760
\nAnd so, brothers and sisters,
\nanother sorry story, a man <\/p>\n

460
\n00:32:39,880 –> 00:32:44,400
\nforsaking willfully,
\ndeliberately, with malice <\/p>\n

461
\n00:32:44,400 –> 00:32:47,960
\naforethought, the privileges
\nwhich God has given to him. <\/p>\n

462
\n00:32:49,960 –> 00:32:55,760
\nLet us, as I said yesterday,
\ntake time out once a week, or <\/p>\n

463
\n00:32:55,760 –> 00:33:01,360
\ntwice a week or more, if
\npossible, to sit down and reckon<\/p>\n

464
\n00:33:01,360 –> 00:33:06,080
\nup our privileges before God and
\nsay to ourselves, just how much <\/p>\n

465
\n00:33:06,320 –> 00:33:10,240
\ndo we value these privileges,
\nand let us act as if we do. <\/p>\n

466
\n00:33:12,200 –> 00:33:15,960
\nAnd what about Abel, the blood
\nof the Lord Jesus? <\/p>\n

467
\n00:33:15,960 –> 00:33:20,680
\nIt says, speaketh better things
\nthan that of Abel. <\/p>\n

468
\n00:33:21,520 –> 00:33:25,720
\nI just to this point that I’d
\nlike to diverge a bit for the <\/p>\n

469
\n00:33:25,720 –> 00:33:28,720
\nrest of this session, for the
\nnext 10 minutes or so. <\/p>\n

470
\n00:33:31,200 –> 00:33:34,720
\nAbel was a shepherd.
\nSo was the Lord Jesus. <\/p>\n

471
\n00:33:35,280 –> 00:33:40,280
\nOut of thee shall come forth he
\nthat shall be ruler or shepherd <\/p>\n

472
\n00:33:40,680 –> 00:33:46,200
\nof my people.
\nIsrael and those in the New <\/p>\n

473
\n00:33:46,200 –> 00:33:49,080
\nTestament are also called
\nshepherds. <\/p>\n

474
\n00:33:49,920 –> 00:33:55,560
\nCan we turn to the first of
\nPeter and look briefly at some <\/p>\n

475
\n00:33:55,560 –> 00:34:03,760
\nof the functions of shepherds?
\nLook briefly at that which the <\/p>\n

476
\n00:34:03,760 –> 00:34:14,120
\nshepherds had to do first of
\nPeter, Chapter 5 and verses one <\/p>\n

477
\n00:34:14,880 –> 00:34:20,360
\nto four has a profound
\nexhortation that come from this,<\/p>\n

478
\n00:34:22,840 –> 00:34:29,840
\nand some which need to be drawn
\nout at length The elders verse <\/p>\n

479
\n00:34:29,840 –> 00:34:35,960
\none, which are among you.
\nI exhort who I’m also an elder <\/p>\n

480
\n00:34:36,440 –> 00:34:42,199
\nand a witness of the sufferings
\nof Christ, and also a partaker <\/p>\n

481
\n00:34:42,520 –> 00:34:45,239
\nof the glory that shall be
\nrevealed. <\/p>\n

482
\n00:34:45,920 –> 00:34:49,840
\nNow notice carefully that this
\nis to the elders, the senior <\/p>\n

483
\n00:34:49,840 –> 00:34:55,960
\nmembers of the meeting.
\nThe arranging brethren feed the <\/p>\n

484
\n00:34:55,960 –> 00:35:04,880
\nflock of God which is among you,
\ntaking the oversight thereof. <\/p>\n

485
\n00:35:05,560 –> 00:35:09,240
\nNot by constraint, because
\nsomebody’s twisting your arm to <\/p>\n

486
\n00:35:09,240 –> 00:35:16,240
\ndo it, but willingly, not for
\nfilthy Luca, because you’re <\/p>\n

487
\n00:35:16,240 –> 00:35:20,240
\ngetting paid for it, but of a
\nready mind because you want to <\/p>\n

488
\n00:35:20,240 –> 00:35:25,360
\ndo the job.
\nNeither as being Lords over <\/p>\n

489
\n00:35:25,360 –> 00:35:31,640
\nGod’s heritage, but being
\nexamples to the flock. <\/p>\n

490
\n00:35:32,960 –> 00:35:36,640
\nAnd when the chief shepherd
\nshall appear, ye shall receive a<\/p>\n

491
\n00:35:36,640 –> 00:35:39,800
\ncrown of glory that fadeth not
\naway. <\/p>\n

492
\n00:35:41,520 –> 00:35:43,840
\nThose words need serious
\nthought. <\/p>\n

493
\n00:35:44,840 –> 00:35:48,000
\nThe elders are being called the
\nshepherds. <\/p>\n

494
\n00:35:49,800 –> 00:35:53,120
\nWhat’s a shepherd?
\nA shepherd is somebody who looks<\/p>\n

495
\n00:35:53,120 –> 00:35:56,480
\nafter his sheep.
\nAnother instances, a shepherd <\/p>\n

496
\n00:35:56,480 –> 00:36:02,560
\nmust be a man or a woman who
\nknows the state of the flock. <\/p>\n

497
\n00:36:03,280 –> 00:36:05,360
\nWho cares about the state of the
\nflock? <\/p>\n

498
\n00:36:05,560 –> 00:36:08,640
\nWho cares about his or her
\nbrethren and sisters. <\/p>\n

499
\n00:36:08,720 –> 00:36:12,160
\nWe are all, when it boils down
\nto it, somebody’s shepherd or <\/p>\n

500
\n00:36:12,160 –> 00:36:16,080
\nthe other.
\nLook around your meeting. <\/p>\n

501
\n00:36:17,240 –> 00:36:20,160
\nThere are those there who are
\nstrong in the faith. <\/p>\n

502
\n00:36:20,560 –> 00:36:23,640
\nThey’ve been there for years.
\nThey are firm. <\/p>\n

503
\n00:36:23,760 –> 00:36:26,680
\nThey can resist all manner of
\ntemptations and problems. <\/p>\n

504
\n00:36:27,360 –> 00:36:29,680
\nThey are the pillars of the
\nmeeting. <\/p>\n

505
\n00:36:31,280 –> 00:36:37,080
\nThose need to turn in their turn
\nnow and help others, Those who <\/p>\n

506
\n00:36:37,080 –> 00:36:41,760
\nare young in the faith, those
\nwho have marital problems, those<\/p>\n

507
\n00:36:41,760 –> 00:36:45,440
\nwho have difficult children,
\nthose who have teenage children <\/p>\n

508
\n00:36:45,560 –> 00:36:47,040
\nthat are pre presenting
\nproblems. <\/p>\n

509
\n00:36:47,360 –> 00:36:51,480
\nAll of these and many more
\nsituations arise which need the <\/p>\n

510
\n00:36:51,480 –> 00:36:56,320
\ncompassionate eye of a shepherd.
\nWhich shepherd do you think <\/p>\n

511
\n00:36:56,560 –> 00:36:58,400
\nwould say to himself?
\nRight? <\/p>\n

512
\n00:36:58,560 –> 00:37:04,520
\nThis sheep of mine is sick.
\nKick him out of the flock. <\/p>\n

513
\n00:37:05,200 –> 00:37:07,360
\nI have done well.
\nI’m. <\/p>\n

514
\n00:37:07,400 –> 00:37:11,160
\nMy flock is now safe.
\nWhich shepherd would do that? <\/p>\n

515
\n00:37:12,400 –> 00:37:16,040
\nIt would be a grievous loss to
\nhim if he did such a thing, <\/p>\n

516
\n00:37:16,040 –> 00:37:20,200
\nbrothers and sisters.
\nAnd so it should be when one of <\/p>\n

517
\n00:37:20,200 –> 00:37:23,600
\nour brethren is sick.
\nHe wants to leave the meeting <\/p>\n

518
\n00:37:23,600 –> 00:37:27,080
\nbecause he has believed
\nsomething that is not we think <\/p>\n

519
\n00:37:27,080 –> 00:37:30,640
\nis not true.
\nWhat’s the first step that we <\/p>\n

520
\n00:37:30,640 –> 00:37:33,920
\nshould take?
\nThe last step that we should <\/p>\n

521
\n00:37:33,920 –> 00:37:36,400
\ntake is to kick him out of the
\ndoor. <\/p>\n

522
\n00:37:37,160 –> 00:37:40,640
\nThe first step should never ever
\nbe that. <\/p>\n

523
\n00:37:41,120 –> 00:37:44,360
\nIt should be to go to him with
\nthe attitude that we are a <\/p>\n

524
\n00:37:44,360 –> 00:37:47,160
\nshepherd, we are shepherds.
\nWe care about this man or this <\/p>\n

525
\n00:37:47,160 –> 00:37:48,840
\nwoman.
\nWe are interested in your <\/p>\n

526
\n00:37:48,840 –> 00:37:52,240
\nproblems.
\nLet’s talk about it, discuss it <\/p>\n

527
\n00:37:52,240 –> 00:37:55,640
\nsympathetically rather than with
\na rod. <\/p>\n

528
\n00:37:56,440 –> 00:38:00,320
\nI very rarely read in scripture
\nanywhere else about a shepherd <\/p>\n

529
\n00:38:00,320 –> 00:38:02,480
\ntaking a rod and beating his
\nsheep. <\/p>\n

530
\n00:38:03,360 –> 00:38:05,520
\nVery, very rarely and yet so
\noften. <\/p>\n

531
\n00:38:05,520 –> 00:38:09,400
\nThis is our attitude.
\nThat’s the very first sign of <\/p>\n

532
\n00:38:09,400 –> 00:38:13,840
\ntrouble.
\nWe cut off, we chop, we shove to<\/p>\n

533
\n00:38:13,840 –> 00:38:19,120
\none side, we act, we we do
\neverything that a shepherd would<\/p>\n

534
\n00:38:19,120 –> 00:38:23,120
\nnever do.
\nYes, there comes a time when the<\/p>\n

535
\n00:38:23,120 –> 00:38:26,760
\ninfection is too great, when it
\ndoes need cutting off. <\/p>\n

536
\n00:38:27,320 –> 00:38:31,920
\nBut it should then be done, if
\nat all, with love, with great <\/p>\n

537
\n00:38:31,920 –> 00:38:36,360
\nsorrow, with regret, rather than
\nsaying to ourselves, ah well, <\/p>\n

538
\n00:38:36,360 –> 00:38:38,160
\nhe’s gone.
\nNow problems are finished. <\/p>\n

539
\n00:38:39,200 –> 00:38:42,960
\nWe can get on with the business
\nof being in the truth too often.<\/p>\n

540
\n00:38:42,960 –> 00:38:47,320
\nIs it like that brother and
\nsisters tend the flock of God, <\/p>\n

541
\n00:38:47,520 –> 00:38:52,520
\nwhich is among you.
\nFeed them, heal them, give them <\/p>\n

542
\n00:38:52,520 –> 00:38:56,960
\nwater to drink, look after him.
\nBecause sheep are basically <\/p>\n

543
\n00:38:56,960 –> 00:39:01,120
\nstupid.
\nAnd if it’s doesn’t please you <\/p>\n

544
\n00:39:01,120 –> 00:39:04,680
\nto be liking to a sheep, then
\nplease rest assured it’s not me <\/p>\n

545
\n00:39:04,680 –> 00:39:06,400
\nthat’s doing it.
\nIt’s the word of God. <\/p>\n

546
\n00:39:07,120 –> 00:39:11,680
\nSheep are basically stupid and
\nthose who have intelligence need<\/p>\n

547
\n00:39:11,680 –> 00:39:15,480
\nto be the ones that take great
\ncare of these sheep. <\/p>\n

548
\n00:39:16,520 –> 00:39:19,640
\nI’m very much minded brothers
\nand sisters of the 40th chapter <\/p>\n

549
\n00:39:19,640 –> 00:39:22,360
\nof the book of Isaiah.
\nPerhaps I can just draw your <\/p>\n

550
\n00:39:22,360 –> 00:39:25,880
\nattention briefly to them to
\nthat passage. <\/p>\n

551
\n00:39:26,960 –> 00:39:34,040
\nIsaiah chapter 40 needs a bit of
\nserious meditation concerning <\/p>\n

552
\n00:39:34,040 –> 00:39:38,800
\nthe Lord Jesus Christ with
\nwonderful passage dealing with <\/p>\n

553
\n00:39:38,840 –> 00:39:44,640
\nJesus verse 10.
\nBehold, the Lord God will come <\/p>\n

554
\n00:39:44,720 –> 00:39:48,720
\nwith strong hand and his arm
\nshall rule for him. <\/p>\n

555
\n00:39:49,040 –> 00:39:51,800
\nAh, there we have it.
\nWe’re going to beat them. <\/p>\n

556
\n00:39:51,800 –> 00:40:00,680
\nBlack and blue is it.
\nBehold, his reward is with him <\/p>\n

557
\n00:40:01,280 –> 00:40:07,040
\nand his work before him.
\nHe shall feed his flock like a <\/p>\n

558
\n00:40:07,040 –> 00:40:10,640
\nshepherd.
\nHe shall gather the lambs in his<\/p>\n

559
\n00:40:10,640 –> 00:40:14,080
\narm, because they’re too little.
\nTheir legs just won’t hold them <\/p>\n

560
\n00:40:14,080 –> 00:40:15,560
\nup for the journey that they’re
\ngoing. <\/p>\n

561
\n00:40:16,560 –> 00:40:22,040
\nHe shall carry them in his
\nbosom, and he shall gently lead <\/p>\n

562
\n00:40:22,280 –> 00:40:27,320
\nthose that are with young.
\nIs that a description of the <\/p>\n

563
\n00:40:27,320 –> 00:40:30,320
\nway?
\nYou shepherd your particular <\/p>\n

564
\n00:40:30,320 –> 00:40:36,480
\nflock, your you husbands, your
\nwife and your children, you <\/p>\n

565
\n00:40:36,480 –> 00:40:40,600
\nmothers, your children and your
\nneighbours and acquaintances, <\/p>\n

566
\n00:40:41,360 –> 00:40:43,960
\nyou preachers.
\nIs this how you preach to the <\/p>\n

567
\n00:40:43,960 –> 00:40:46,160
\noutside?
\nOr do you take the stick and <\/p>\n

568
\n00:40:46,160 –> 00:40:48,680
\nbeat them over the head with it
\nuntil they see the truth? <\/p>\n

569
\n00:40:49,000 –> 00:40:52,240
\nOr at least see stars, brothers
\nand sisters? <\/p>\n

570
\n00:40:52,560 –> 00:40:59,800
\nIs is this is so totally removed
\nfrom that sort of spirit, isn’t <\/p>\n

571
\n00:40:59,800 –> 00:41:04,160
\nit?
\nHe shall feed his flock like a <\/p>\n

572
\n00:41:04,160 –> 00:41:07,080
\nshepherd.
\nWhen they need food, he’ll take <\/p>\n

573
\n00:41:07,080 –> 00:41:10,120
\nthem to the right place where
\nthey can get some grass that <\/p>\n

574
\n00:41:10,120 –> 00:41:14,240
\nthey might enjoy and eat.
\nHe shall gather the lambs in his<\/p>\n

575
\n00:41:14,280 –> 00:41:18,400
\narm and carry them in his bosom.
\nThere’s a picture of a of a <\/p>\n

576
\n00:41:18,400 –> 00:41:21,320
\nshepherd with one lamb there,
\nperhaps another lamb there, <\/p>\n

577
\n00:41:21,480 –> 00:41:25,360
\nwalking along, going to back to
\nthe fold or wheresoever but <\/p>\n

578
\n00:41:25,360 –> 00:41:29,240
\ntaking care of them, so that the
\nbig, the Rams and the others <\/p>\n

579
\n00:41:29,240 –> 00:41:33,040
\nwon’t trample on them won’t but
\nthem won’t shove them to one <\/p>\n

580
\n00:41:33,040 –> 00:41:38,800
\nside.
\nHe shall gently lead those that <\/p>\n

581
\n00:41:38,800 –> 00:41:45,440
\nare with young the pregnant use
\nthe ones who are bearing <\/p>\n

582
\n00:41:45,520 –> 00:41:49,280
\nchildren, the ones who are
\npreaching in our midst, the ones<\/p>\n

583
\n00:41:49,280 –> 00:41:50,920
\nwho are about to give birth to
\nchildren. <\/p>\n

584
\n00:41:51,240 –> 00:41:55,840
\nYou can’t treat the mother who’s
\njust about to have a baby seven <\/p>\n

585
\n00:41:55,840 –> 00:41:59,440
\nmonths along and you can’t treat
\nher like a long distance runner.<\/p>\n

586
\n00:42:02,520 –> 00:42:07,600
\nHe shall gently lead those that
\nare with young, push them if <\/p>\n

587
\n00:42:07,600 –> 00:42:11,880
\nthey need help, but certainly
\nhelp you see the spirit of it. <\/p>\n

588
\n00:42:12,280 –> 00:42:18,120
\nIt’s not at all one of beating,
\npushing, pounding, kicking, <\/p>\n

589
\n00:42:18,680 –> 00:42:23,800
\nbiting, gouging, scratching.
\nIt’s loving. <\/p>\n

590
\n00:42:24,600 –> 00:42:26,480
\nThat’s the word, I think, that
\ndescribes this. <\/p>\n

591
\n00:42:26,920 –> 00:42:30,880
\nHe loves his sheep.
\nHe laid down his life for his <\/p>\n

592
\n00:42:30,880 –> 00:42:34,440
\nsheep, Our brothers and sisters,
\nbefore you cut one of those <\/p>\n

593
\n00:42:34,440 –> 00:42:39,360
\nsheep off, before you amputate
\nthem, before you throw them to <\/p>\n

594
\n00:42:39,360 –> 00:42:44,760
\nthe wolves outside there, think
\nonce, twice, 10 times, because <\/p>\n

595
\n00:42:44,760 –> 00:42:48,200
\nthat is a person for whom Christ
\ndied. <\/p>\n

596
\n00:42:48,360 –> 00:42:51,000
\nYou didn’t die for them.
\nMaybe if you died for them, you <\/p>\n

597
\n00:42:51,000 –> 00:42:54,600
\ncould throw them out.
\nBut think. <\/p>\n

598
\n00:42:55,960 –> 00:43:00,280
\nFeed the flock of God which is
\namong you. <\/p>\n

599
\n00:43:01,360 –> 00:43:05,160
\nLet us each look round in our
\nown circles and see those for <\/p>\n

600
\n00:43:05,160 –> 00:43:08,800
\nwhom we are shepherds.
\nLet us see whether we are giving<\/p>\n

601
\n00:43:08,800 –> 00:43:12,080
\nthem the appropriate and correct
\ninstruction, whether we are <\/p>\n

602
\n00:43:12,120 –> 00:43:15,720
\nbuilding them up rather than
\ntearing them down. <\/p>\n

603
\n00:43:16,800 –> 00:43:20,120
\nBrothers and sisters, the theme
\nof a shepherd is a wonderful <\/p>\n

604
\n00:43:20,120 –> 00:43:23,240
\none.
\nIt demands much more meditation <\/p>\n

605
\n00:43:23,240 –> 00:43:24,560
\nthan, unfortunately, we can
\ngive. <\/p>\n

606
\n00:43:24,560 –> 00:43:31,320
\nThis morning, Cain killed his
\nbrother because his brother was <\/p>\n

607
\n00:43:31,320 –> 00:43:33,920
\ngood.
\nLet us follow the example of <\/p>\n

608
\n00:43:33,920 –> 00:43:38,600
\nthat man and the Lord Jesus, and
\ndo good to our brethren, however<\/p>\n

609
\n00:43:38,600 –> 00:43:43,000
\nungrateful and ungracious they
\nmight be as a result of it. <\/p>\n

610
\n00:43:44,400 –> 00:43:45,680
\nThat’s what God would have us
\ndo. <\/p>\n

611
\n00:43:47,400 –> 00:43:49,360
\nWe’ll conclude with a word of
\nprayer. <\/p>\n

612
\n00:43:51,520 –> 00:43:57,360
\nOh Lord, the Almighty, our
\nshepherd, our keeper, our guard,<\/p>\n

613
\n00:43:58,040 –> 00:44:02,000
\nour guide, and our friends, We
\nraise our hearts to Thee this <\/p>\n

614
\n00:44:02,000 –> 00:44:06,640
\nmorning in thanks, and in love,
\nand in adoration for the wonders<\/p>\n

615
\n00:44:06,640 –> 00:44:09,840
\nof thy word, and for the beauty
\nthat is in his pages. <\/p>\n

616
\n00:44:10,560 –> 00:44:13,400
\nAnd thanking thee for the love
\nthat thou hast shown to us, the <\/p>\n

617
\n00:44:13,400 –> 00:44:17,520
\nsinful sons of men to call us
\nthy children. <\/p>\n

618
\n00:44:18,560 –> 00:44:23,000
\nHelp us, O Lord, to value or
\nwrite our privileges, that we <\/p>\n

619
\n00:44:23,280 –> 00:44:28,280
\nshould take them up with strong
\nhands and walk with faith and <\/p>\n

620
\n00:44:28,280 –> 00:44:33,120
\nwith love and with hope before
\nthee in the paths of <\/p>\n

621
\n00:44:33,120 –> 00:44:35,680
\nrighteousness all the days of
\nour life. <\/p>\n

622
\n00:44:36,960 –> 00:44:40,920
\nHear our prayer, O Lord our God
\nand our shepherd, and accept our<\/p>\n

623
\n00:44:40,920 –> 00:44:44,000
\nThanksgiving through Christ
\nJesus who died for us. <\/p>\n

624
\n00:44:44,840 –> 00:45:00,960
\nAmen.
\nThank you for listening to the <\/p>\n

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