Sunday, August 31, 2014

Adam

1 Chronicles 1:1 – Adam, Seth, Enosh, Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared, Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, Noah.

Genesis 5:3,22 – When Adam had lived 130 years, he had a son in his own likeness, in his own image; and he named him Seth… After he became the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked faithfully with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 4:23-24 – 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. If Cain is avenged seven times, then Lamech seventy-seven times.”

Application:

  • ·         As God created man in His own perfect image, sinful Adam had a son in his own imperfect image.
  • ·         There is a difference between walking with God and merely living.
  • ·         Lamech proudly claimed to be master of his own destiny, thinking that he and his sons, by their own achievements, would redeem themselves from the curse on the line of Cain. This titanic claim climaxes the catalog of sins that began with Cain’s prideful selfishness.
  • ·         Lamech’s vicious announcement of personal revenge found its counterpoint in Jesus’ response to Peter’s question about forgiveness.



All Scripture verses taken from ESV

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