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- Who alone gives life to all people?
-God.
- Where were Cain and Abel born?
-Outside of the Garden of Eden.
- Why were Cain and Abel born outside of the Garden of Eden?
-Because their father, Adam, and their mother, Eve, sinned and disobeyed God.
- Because God sent Adam and Eve out of the Garden of Eden, where are all people born?
-Outside of the Garden of Eden.
- Why did God accept Abel and his sacrifice?
-Because Abel obeyed God.
-Because Abel brought a sheep as a sacrifice to God.
-Because Abel came to God only according to God’s way.
- What did Abel know about himself?
-Abel knew that he was born into sin.
-Abel knew that his sin must be punished by death.
- What did Abel know about God?
-Abel knew that God is holy.
-Abel knew that God punishes all sin with death.
-Abel knew that God alone was able to save him.
-Abel also trusted God to send the Savior to save him from his sins.
- Why did God reject Cain and his sacrifice?
-Because Cain disobeyed God.
-Because Cain did not bring a sheep as a sacrifice to God.
-Because Cain tried to go to God his way, and not God’s way.
- What did Cain think about himself?
-Cain did not think that he was born into sin.
-Cain did not think that his sin must be punished by death.
- What did Cain think about God?
-Cain did not think that God is holy.
-Cain did not think that God punishes all sin with death.
-Cain did not think that God alone was able to save him.
-Cain also did not think that he needed a Savior to save him from his sins.
- After God rejected Cain’s sacrifice, why did God speak with Cain?
-Because God loved Cain.
-Because God wanted Cain to confess his sin.
- Did Cain listen to God?
-No.
- To whom did Cain listen?
-Cain listened to Satan.
- What did Cain do?
-Cain became angry, and killed his brother, Abel.
- Did God see what Cain did?
-Yes.
-God sees everything and knows everything.
- Did God punish Cain’s sin?
-Yes.
-God punishes all sin.
-There is not one sin that God does not punish.
-Let’s read what Cain did after God sent him away:
Let’s read Genesis 4:16-19 & 23
16-So Cain went out from the LORD’s presence, and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
17-Cain lay with his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch.
18-To Enoch was born Irad, and Irad was the father of Mehujael, and Mehujael was the father of Methushael, and Methushael was the father of Lamech.
19-Lamech married two women, one named Adah and the other Zillah.
23-Lamech said to his wives, “Adah and Zillah, listen to me; wives of Lamech, hear my words. I have killed a man for wounding me, a young man for injuring me.”
-Cain refused to listen to God.
-Cain only listened to Satan.
-Cain’s descendants followed Cain’s example.
-Cain’s descendants also refused to listen to God.
-Cain’s descendants also only listened to Satan.
-Cain’s descendants refused to follow the way of God.
-Cain’s descendants only followed their own way.
-Just like Cain killed his brother, Abel, one of Cain’s descendants, Lamech, killed a man.
-Because Cain refused to listen to God, Cain’s descendants followed Cain’s example, and also refused to listen to God.
-It is important for all of us to listen to God.
-If we do not listen to God, our children will also follow our example, and refuse to listen to God.
-Cain and his descendants did not live for God.
-What did Cain and his descendants live for?
-They only lived for pleasure, money and material possessions.
-We should not live for money and material possessions.
-Money and material possessions will not save us.
-Only God can save us.
-Only God can save us from Satan’s power.
-Because Cain killed Abel, God gave Adam and Eve another son.
-Adam and Eve named him Seth.
Let’s read Genesis 4:25
25-Adam lay with his wife again, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, saying, “God has granted me another child in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.”
-Do you remember that after Adam and Eve sinned in the Garden of Eden, God promised to send the Savior to save people from Satan?
-God planned to send the Savior through Abel’s line because Abel believed in God.
-But Satan persuaded Cain to kill Abel.
-Satan persuaded Cain to kill Abel because he did not want God to send the Savior to save people from Satan.
-Because Cain killed Abel, did Satan stop God from doing what God decided to do?
-No.
-No one can stop God from doing what He decides to do.
-Because Cain killed Abel, did God forget His promise to send the Savior?
-No.
-God never forgets His promises.
-Why did God give Adam and Eve another son who was called Seth?
-Because Cain killed Abel, God decided to send the Savior through the line of Seth.
-God will always finish the work that He begins.
-No one can stop God.
-Not even Satan can stop God.
-Seth grew up and married.
-Seth’s wife gave birth to a son.
-Seth called his son Enosh.
Let’s read Genesis 4:26
26-Seth also had a son, and he named him Enosh. At that time men began to call on the name of the LORD.
-God tells us in His Bible that when a child was born to Seth, Seth’s family began to call on God and believe in Him.
-Everyone who calls on God and goes to God God’s way, God will accept them.
-Black or white, rich or poor, young or old, man or woman.
-Whoever calls on God and goes to God God’s way, God will accept them.
-Even though Seth and his family believed in God, many other people did not believe in God.
-After many more years, Adam died.
Let’s read Genesis 5:4-5
4-After Seth was born, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.
5-Altogether, Adam lived 930 years, and then he died.
-Why did Adam die?
-Because Adam disobeyed God, and listened to Satan.
-Eve also died.
-Why did Eve die?
-Because Eve also disobeyed God, and listened to Satan.
-In the beginning, there was no death in the world.
-God did not want Adam and Eve to die.
-God did not want anyone to die.
-Why do all people die?
-Because of our sin.
-What is God’s punishment for sin?
-Death.
-God now tells us in His Bible a story about a descendant of Seth’s called Enoch.
Let’s read Genesis 5:22-23
22-Enoch became the father of Methuselah, and Enoch walked with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters.
23-Altogether, Enoch lived 365 years.
-Although Enoch also was born a sinner, Enoch believed in God and obeyed God.
-What did Enoch know about himself?
-Enoch knew that he was born a child of Adam and Eve.
-Enoch knew that he was born outside the Garden of Eden.
-Enoch knew that he was born into sin.
-Enoch knew that he was born into death.
-What did Enoch know about God?
-Enoch knew that God was holy.
-Enoch knew that God punishes all sin with death.
-Enoch knew that only God was able to save him.
-Enoch believed that God would send the Savior to save people from Satan.
-Enoch also told other people to believe in God.
-But most of the people refused to listen to Enoch.
-Most of the people refused to believe in God.
-One day, something strange happened to Enoch.
Let’s read Genesis 5:24
24-Enoch walked with God; then he was no more, because God took him away.
-What strange thing happened to Enoch?
-God took Enoch to heaven to be with God.
-What is heaven like?
-Heaven is a beautiful place where there are no sadness or tears.
-Heaven is a beautiful place where there is no sickness or death.
-Heaven is where God and His angels are living.
-Have many of you been to America?
-No.
-Even though many of you have not been to America, America is still there.
-Even though none of us have been to heaven, heaven is also still there.
-Where is heaven?
-Heaven is a long way past the sun, the moon, and the stars.
-Why did God take Enoch to heaven?
-Did Enoch have no sin?
-Yes, Enoch had sin.
-Enoch was a descendant of Adam and Eve, just like all people.
-Enoch was born into sin, just like all people.
-Why did God take Enoch to heaven?
-Because Enoch obeyed God.
-Because Enoch came to God God’s way alone.
-Because God created all people, God is the owner of all people.
-Because God created all people, God can do whatever He desires with all people.
-Because God created Enoch, and Enoch obeyed God, God took Enoch to heaven.
-Enoch did not die.
-Before Enoch died, God took him to heaven.
-Enoch is the only one who did not die, and God took him to heaven.
-The name of Enoch’s son was Methuselah.
Let’s read Genesis 5:25-27
25-When Methuselah had lived 187 years, he became the father of Lamech.
26-And after he became the father of Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years and had other sons and daughters.
27-Altogether, Methuselah lived 969 years, and then he died.
-Enoch’s son Methuselah lived longer than anyone else in the world.
-Methuselah lived to be 969 years old.
Let’s read Genesis 5:28-29 & 32
28-When Methuselah’s son Lamech had lived 182 years, he had a son.
29-He named him Noah and said, “He will comfort us in the labor and painful toil of our hands caused by the ground the LORD has cursed.”
32-After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
-The name of Methuselah’s grandson was Noah.
-We will learn about Noah and his sons in the next lesson.