(Genesis) Genesis 5:1-2
Genesis 5 highlights the discouraging nature of sin and the ongoing struggle between the lines of Satan and Christ.
In this sermon, the speaker discusses the book of Genesis, specifically chapter 5, which focuses on the generations of Adam. The speaker highlights the significance of the two lines or seeds mentioned in the Bible, the line of Satan and the line of Christ, and how they are in constant conflict. The chapter is described as discouraging and despondent because it reveals the consequences of Adam's sin, as all his descendants eventually die. The speaker emphasizes the importance of understanding this background in order to fully grasp the events that unfold in the book of Genesis.
Full Transcript
Now we come in chapter 5 to the first section of the book of Genesis, Genesis 1 to 11. We have here the first section, world events, and creation, the fall, now the flood from 5 to 9, and this gives us the background. And we have here in chapter 5 the book of the generation of Adam through Seth.
Cain's line's been given to us and it's dropped. It will not be mentioned only as it crosses the godly line, and that will be a pattern that will be set in the book of Genesis. Now chapter 5 in one sense is one of the most discouraging and despondent chapters in the Bible, and the reason is just simply this, it's like walking through a cemetery, and you find out that when God said in the day that ye eat thereof you'll die, they all died that were the sons of Adam.
In Adam all die, Paul says. And now I'm reading chapter 5 of Genesis verse 1. This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him.
Male and female created he them. Now will you notice, and he blessed them, and he called their name Adam, not the Adamses, but Adam, in the day when they were created. She's the other half of him.
But we have this strange expression, the book of the generation of Adam. It only occurs in the beginning of the New Testament, and there it's the book of the generation of Jesus Christ. Now, there are these two books, and we're already seeing there are two lines, two seeds, they're against each other, and their struggle's going to be long.
The line of Satan and the line of Christ, the accepted line.
Sermon Outline
- Introduction to Genesis 5
- The discouraging nature of Genesis 5
- The significance of the expression 'book of the generations'
- The struggle between the two lines
- The long and ongoing nature of the struggle
- The two lines of Satan and Christ
Key Quotes
“It's like walking through a cemetery, and you find out that when God said in the day that ye eat thereof you'll die, they all died that were the sons of Adam.” — J. Vernon McGee
“In the day when they were created. She's the other half of him.” — J. Vernon McGee
“The line of Satan and the line of Christ, the accepted line.” — J. Vernon McGee
Application Points
- Recognize the consequences of sin and the importance of following Christ.
- Understand the ongoing nature of the struggle between good and evil.
- Find hope in the promise of life in Christ despite the death of Adam's sons.