The Parent Trap

Genesis 4:1-2, 25 – 26 - Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, saying, “I have gotten a man with the help of the Lord.” 2 And again, she bore his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, and Cain a worker of the ground. 25 And Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son and called his name Seth, for she said, “God has appointed for me another offspring instead of Abel, for Cain killed him.” 26 To Seth also a son was born, and he called his name Enosh. At that time people began to call upon the name of the Lord.

Sermon text:  Genesis 4: 25 And Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son and called his name Seth, for she said, “God has appointed for me another offspring instead of Abel, for Cain killed him.”

Sermon title:  The Parent Trap

Point 1: The absence of Adam. Genesis 3:6(c) - … who was with her…

1.       Adam didn’t teach what he was taught – Vs. 4:1 - Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, saying, “I have gotten a man with the help of the Lord.” 

2.       Equal worth. Vs. 2 And again, she bore his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, and Cain a worker of the ground. 

3.       Lessons learned vs. 26b - …At that time people began to call upon the name of the Lord. 

Point 2:  The manner of Moses.  Exodus 2:1a; 2b Now a man from the house of Levi went and took as his wife a Levite woman. 2b…and when she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him three months.

Exodus 1: 22 Then Pharaoh commanded all his people, “Every son that is born to the Hebrews you shall cast into the Nile, but you shall let every daughter live.”. 

Vs. 9 And he said to his people, “Behold, the people of Israel are too many and too mighty for us.  Egypt was becoming too brown and then vs. 10a Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, lest they multiply..

1.  Protect them. – vs. 2:3 - 3 When she could hide him no longer, she took for him a basket [ark] made of bulrushes and daubed it with bitumen and pitch. She put the child in it and placed it among the reeds by the river bank. 

2.  Build strong family ties.  Vs. 2:4 - 4 And his sister stood at a distance to know what would be done to him

3.  Name him – vs. 2: 10 …She named him Moses, “Because,” she said, “I drew him out of the water.” 

Point 3:  The errors of David.  2 Sam 13:1 -  Now Absalom, David's son, had a beautiful sister, whose name was Tamar. And after a time Amnon, David's son, loved her. 

1.  Ignored wrong vs. 13:21 - 21 When King David heard of all these things, he was very angry. 

2.  Released seed of rebellion vs. 13:32b …this has been determined from the day he violated his sister Tamar.   Wrong grows…

3.  The community is affected. 15:2-3 - 2 And Absalom used to rise early and stand beside the way of the gate. And when any man had a dispute to come before the king for judgment, Absalom would call to him and say, “From what city are you?” And when he said, “Your servant is of such and such a tribe in Israel,” 3 Absalom would say to him, “See, your claims are good and right, but there is no man designated by the king to hear you.” 

Point 4:  The passion of Lois 2 Tim 1:5  I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, dwells in you as well.

1.  Feed Timothy’s faith – vs. 5a 5 I am reminded of your sincere faith

2.  Established a generational seed – vs. 5b…, a faith that dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, dwells in you as well. 

3.  Created a fire for God – vs. 66 For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands, 

Point 5:  The preciseness of Mary and Joseph.  Luke 2:52 - 52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature and in favor with God and man

1.  Mary and Joseph were intentional – vs. 41 Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the Passover.

2.  Mary and Joseph knew where to find Jesus – vs. 46 -After three days they found him in the temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.

3.  Mary and Joseph had a plan – vs. 51  And he went down with them and came to Nazareth and was submissive to them…