A Journey Through The Old Testament - Elmer Towns

2 He boasted of his He preached to others
accomplishments to his concerning what God
wives would do
3 He emphasized the He declared the majesty
superiority of Lamech and grandeur of God
4 He was the first to He was the first to
practice polygamy walk with God
5 He was proud of his He was humbled in his
association with Cain association with God
PERSPECTIVE: THE DARK SIDE OF HUMANITY CONTINUES
Cain was a man of great potential for good who, in rejecting God, came to be known as a great
influence for evil. He was a man who chose to govern his life by his own standards rather than the standards of
God. When things began to fall apart in the life of Cain, he became angry and rejected any help. He set a
precedent for worshiping God with a non-blood offering and became the forerunner of all who feel they can
approach God by good works. Cain’s mother first thought of him as the God-Man, the one who could resolve
her own problems with sin, but he rejected any opportunity to serve God. He was one who could
recognize the audible voice of the Lord, but his life is a depressing story of rejecting what he heard.
Cain could have been remembered as a man who walked with God and served God, but Cain denied
God’s rightful place in the society he founded.
“There is a way which seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death” (Prov. 14:12;
16:25). There is nothing particularly wrong in making one’s own plans in life as long as it is
understood that one’s life is governed by God’s principles (16:1). That was the problem of Cain and
is the problem of many today like him. If people would heed His warning they could “enter by the
narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many
who go in by it” (Matt. 7:13).
FOUR
NOAH:
The Man Who Was Scared into Action
(Genesis 6:1-8:19)
So degenerate did the world become that within ten generations after Adam there was little
remaining worth salvaging. As Enoch warned the people of the ultimate judgment accompanying
the coming of the Lord, he used the word “ungodly” four times in a single verse attempting to
describe the conditions of that day (Jude 15). Lamech, the eighty-two-year-old grandson of Enoch,
commented at the birth of his son, “This one will comfort us concerning our work and toil of our
hands, because of the ground which the Lord has cursed” (Gen. 5:29). The people of that day knew
of the relationship between evil and the curse of God, but chose evil anyway. The birth of the son
of Lamech was significant for it marked both the end and the beginning. Six hundred years later it