The document discusses the biblical narrative of Cain and the moral implications of his actions, contrasting them with God's teachings on love and righteousness. It emphasizes the warning against following Cain's path of evil, jealousy, and worldly pursuits, advocating instead for love and faith in God. Ultimately, it highlights that through faith in Jesus, individuals can overcome the negative influences embodied by Cain's way.

1. Gen 4:16-26

2. Warning: Don’t Be Like Cain
1 John 3:11-12 (NIV)
11 This is the message you heard from the
beginning: We should love one another. 12 Do not
be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and
murdered his brother. And why did he murder him?
Because his own actions were evil and his
brother’s were righteous.
Best way not to be like Cain: “Love one another”
He belonged to the evil one.
His own actions were evil and his brother’s were
righteous.

3. Cain’s way is the World’s
Way
1 John 3:13-15 13 Do not be surprised, my brothers, if
the world hates you. 14 We know that we have
passed from death to life, because we love our
brothers. Anyone who does not love remains in
death. 15 Anyone who hates his brother is a
murderer, and you know that no murderer has
eternal life in him.
The World follows the path of Cain.
If the World hates you it’s because you’re not one of
them.

5. The way of Can is to
Wander
Genesis 4:16 So Cain went out from the
Lord’s presence and lived in the land of
Nod, east of Eden.
There is a continuous movement away
from God.
Land of
Wandering

6. Cain’s way is doing it without
God.
Genesis 4:17 Cain lay with his wife, and she
became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch.
Cain was then building a city, and he named it
after his son Enoch.
He began to build a city.
Without the help of God or in the name of God.
To stay put with all his own.
Genesis 1:28 God blessed them and said to them,
“Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth
and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and
the birds of the air and over every living creature
that moves on the ground.”
Dedicated or
Initiated

7. Cain’s way is having kid’s like
self
Genesis 4:18 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.
Smitten of
God
Champion of God or
Man of God

8. Cain’s way is seeking Pleasure
Genesis 4:19 Lamech married two women,
one named Adah and the other Zillah.
One isn’t enough? Polygamy introduced.
Adorned or
Jewel
Melody,
tinkling

9. Cain’s way is the pursuit of
worldly accomplishments.
Genesis 4:20-21 20 Adah gave birth to
Jabal; he was the father of those who
live in tents and raise livestock. 21 His
brother’s name was Jubal; he was the
father of all who play the harp and flute.
Flowing Stream
Music,
jubilee

10. Cain’s way is Power and
Beauty
Genesis 4:22 Zillah also had a son, Tubal-
Cain, who forged all kinds of tools out of
bronze and iron. Tubal-Cain’s sister was
Naamah.
Lovely

11. Cain’s way is arrogance and
revenge.
Genesis 4:23-24 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.
24 If Cain is avenged seven times, then
Lamech seventy-seven times.”
Compare with Jesus: Matthew 18:21-22
21 Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord,
how many times shall I forgive my brother
when he sins against me? Up to seven times?”
22 Jesus answered, “I tell you, not seven times,
but seventy-seven times.

12. God’s Way is not Cain’s
Way
Genesis 4:25-26 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.” 26 Seth also
had a son, and he named him Enosh. At
that time men began to call on the name
of the Lord.
Compensation,
Substitute,
Appointed one
Weak,
Frail, Mortal

15. Cain’s way isn’t God’s way
1 John 2:15-17 15 Do not love the world or
anything in the world. If anyone loves the
world, the love of the Father is not in him.
16 For everything in the world—the cravings
of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the
boasting of what he has and does—comes
not from the Father but from the world. 17
The world and its desires pass away, but
the man who does the will of God lives
forever.

16. Cain’s children aren’t God’s
Children.
1 John 3:1 How great is the love the
Father has lavished on us, that we
should be called children of God! And
that is what we are! The reason the
world does not know us is that it did not
know him.
1 John 3:13 Do not be surprised, my
brothers, if the world hates you.

17. God sent a substitute so we
don’t have to follow Cain’s way
1 John 4:9 This is how God showed his
love among us: He sent his one and
only Son into the world that we might
live through him.
1 John 4:14-15 14 And we have seen and
testify that the Father has sent his Son
to be the Savior of the world. 15 If
anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the
Son of God, God lives in him and he in
God.

18. God’s Children Overcome The
Way of Cain.
1 John 4:4 You, dear children, are from
God and have overcome them, because
the one who is in you is greater than the
one who is in the world.
1 John 5:4-5 for everyone born of God
overcomes the world. This is the victory
that has overcome the world, even our
faith. 5 Who is it that overcomes the
world? Only he who believes that Jesus
is the Son of God.