From: jesus_is_lord To: List Member Subject: Cain Date: Monday, December 04, 2000 4:54 PM jesus_is_lord Dear CHRISTIAN Friends: Greetings in the name of the ONLY wise God and Saviour Jesus Christ. I have not been on line much, but about a month ago I went to the sermonaudio.com website and Lord led me to a sermon entitled, "The Two Kingdoms" by Dr. Alan Cairns a Free Presbyterian preacher (associated with Dr. Ian Paisley). I only got to hear half of it (streaming technology leaves much to be desired), but I heard enough to set me to thinking. ********************* Genesis 4:16 And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden. Cain was an evil, wicked man who despised God. He tried to bring God an offering that was not according to God's instructions--and he was REJECTED by God. It is the same today with any false worshipper--Catholics, Muslims, sodomites, whoremongers & adulterers, liars, Buddhists, Hindus, Santeros, etc. A person living in any of these groups may be bringing an offering to God but they are REJECTED because their offering is not according to His word. I've mentioned this in a previous email but the Lord taught me another aspect of this through the aforementioned sermon. After God cursed Cain and marked him, Cain WENT OUT from the presence of the LORD. He went away. He had neither part nor lot of the LORD. He was on his own. He did things his way. And he builded him a city-- Genesis 4:17 And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: AND HE BUILDED A CITY, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch. He left the LORD and set up his own life. That is what the wicked man has done today. God in NOT in his thoughts at all and the wicked does not want Him there. Two examples-- (1) On halloween, I passed out Bibles and tracts. That night I had gone grocery shopping and was outside for a minute or two as I took my packages in the house. Some kids came up the driveway to me with the customary "trick or treat". I said something like, "Here are some Bibles," or "Here are some books about Jesus" and pulled some Bibles and tracts out of my pocket. As I put them in the bags I noticed one man looking at me like I was a crazy lunatick trying to harm the children. Undaunted I put them in anyway. The next day the Bibles and tracts were in the mailbox. I assume it was that man or his friend that put the precious material in the mailbox. A man such as this will LEAVE the presence of the Lord to build his OWN city. A CITY WHERE HE MAKES THE RULES BECAUSE HE WANTS NO PART OF GOD'S RULES. In his city, his inhabitants (wife, children, etc.) have to follow HIS rules. He is god of his city. He innoculates his inhabitants (in this case children) against the God of the Bible, the true God. This man's kingdom is a emnity with God. God is his enemy and he viciously rejects anything that has to do with God. Concerning this man's unwitting children, I am coming to understand this scripture-- 1 Corinthians 7:14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: ELSE WERE YOUR CHILDREN UNCLEAN; but now are they holy. When you have a husband AND a wife who are BOTH gone out from the presence of the Lord, you have children who live with them away from the presence of the Lord. They know little of the Lord and this situation is getting WORSE as the days go on--the night cometh when no man can work. The person that put that material in my mailbox probably had some exposure to the gospel growing up, but they've rejected. Now they will TRY to consign their children to NO GOSPEL thereby making them twofold more the child of hell than themselves. When a parent gets saved, it is a BLESSING to any children in the home! Until at least one parent gets saved the children are unclean. (2) For the brief time I was outside on halloween night, I heard a little kid say, "Hey, why are we passing this house? Why are we passing this house?" I looked up to see some kids walking past my house as fast as they could without running while the kid behind them kept asking questions. Once again, folks INNOCULATING their children against the gospel. Just like you innoculate a child against polio. Be that as it may, the Holy Ghost is more powerful than any hellbound man. If a man is to be born again, he will be. That is why you will find children of multi-generational Satanists coming to the Lord. We have on the website a woman who was raised to hate God, but she is now saved. She was a witch but she is now a saint. To the soulwinner, don't be afraid of how man will respond to you. The word says-- Ezekiel 3:9 As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: FEAR THEM NOT, NEITHER BE DISMAYED AT THEIR LOOKS, though they be a rebellious house. Sow the seed which is the word of God. It's going to fall on four types of ground and only one of them is good (see parable of the sower). If you have a fear of man let me give you a word that the Lord gave me--"Make the prophetic visions your own." Look at Ezekiel chapters 1 and 2 and understand why God showed Ezekiel the heavenly retinue just before his commissioning. Make that vision (and others like John's and Isaiah's) your own. Meditate on them and get your mind in heaven. You'll be dismayed and undone by what you see and man's look won't look the same--it will become ineffectual. *********MAKING THE CURSE BEARABLE******************* As Cain's generations went on we get to Lamech. His sons became fathers-- Genesis 4:20 And Adah bare Jabal: he was the FATHER of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle. 4:21 And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the FATHER of all such as handle the harp and organ. 4:22 And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an INSTRUCTER of every artificer in brass and iron... Dr. Cairns talked about how Cain's seed developed the arts to make the curse bearable. Is that not true today? Is it not? What profit is there in watching a basketball game on hellivision? Or watching the agility of an athlete? Psalms 147:10 ...he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man. God taketh not pleasure in the legs of man. There's no profit in watching that diversion. It is only a diversion to make the curse bearable. There are so many of these. They are not all evil in and of themselves, but even neutral things are corrupted in the hands of Cain--he wants to forget about the requirements of God-- Amusement parks Fancy restaurants Drugs Strong drink Food A Christmas tree Gossip and idle chatter Gameboy Whoredom Fancy clothes and jewelry Education Movie theatres Blockbuster Travelling Gardening The millions of volumes in libraries-- Ecclesiastes 12:12 And further, by these, my son, be admonished: OF MAKING MANY BOOKS THERE IS NO END; AND MUCH STUDY IS A WEARINESS OF THE FLESH. If you've gone out from the presence of the Lord, you can't worship Him and give Him glory so you are void of life. You're empty so you've got to fill up on something and the devil is happy to help you find something that will further blind your mind to the truth and keep you on the path to hell and the lake of fire. I'm sure that there are still hellbounds on this list and every one of you has his diversions--and none of them satisfy you. Buy a new car and in a little while you lusting after something else. Read a "good" book and when it is done you are looking for another one. When I was unregenerate, I used to almost lament when I finished a "good" book, I wanted it to go on. **************WAIT A MINUTE*************** Why do so many professed Christians live like the seed of Cain? Why are they constantly seeking diversions and finding the Christian life "hard" as they say to me? Most of them don't know the Lord and those that do, cannot recall seeing anyone live the Christian life. They've never been discipled in what it means to follow Christ 24 hours a day. After I got saved in the spring of 1991, I was detailed to Miami, Florida for three months. I had a strong desire to go to church. I went to a church one Sunday and after Sunday school the students (and teacher I believe) were sitting around talking about the movie Terminator 2 (I believe). At that time I was still watching unholywood but I thought it exceeding strange that they should talk about that in church. They were no witness to me as a new Christian and I did not go back. They probably were reading out of a modern version like the NIV, softies... As my time down in Florida continued a woman came to my office who was unlike anyone I had ever met. She would take people out to lunch and tell them about Jesus. She took me out to lunch and we began to fellowship. We did many things I had never done. We fed the homeless as a woman read the Bible through a bullhorn. We prayed when we got into the car to go somewhere. We talked about the things of the Lord all the time. She was honest with me and told me that the flesh is weak. That let me know that a mature Christian could get in big trouble if they did not walk circumspectly. To this day when a Christian says they would "never" do a particular sin I say "the spirit is indeed willing, but the flesh is weak." I say that to my own self lest thinking I am standing I end up falling. I Corinthians 10:12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall. I had never known anyone like that woman before. The Holy Ghost showed me her witness early on in my walk and ministered instruction to my soul. I have nothing to brag about. I'm not some outstanding Christian--I ONLY had to YIELD to what the Lord showed me. When people tell me that they have never met a Christian like me, I understand exactly what they mean. I pray that they take instruction and do likewise. The NORMAL Christian life is yielding to Jesus Christ and doing His will. That is what a disciple is, a follower. I am normal. Many of the things on the website (www.jesus-is-lord.com) are things that took me a long time to learn. They are on the website to help Christians see them more quickly so they can get up to speed and do more exploits for the Lord. The night cometh when no man can work. We have a lot of ABNORMAL Christian lives today. Christians have been emulating the deformed lives that they see around them from the pulpit on down to the pew. Just like that church where they were talking about Terminator. When true, but abnormal, Christians see what the Christian life is supposed to be, they enter a new spiritual door. Wisdom is crying in the streets and she says to you and to me-- I love them that love me; and THOSE THAT SEEK ME EARLY SHALL FIND ME. Proverbs 8:17 Wisdom is all over the place, read Proverbs chapter 8. If you want her, you can have her and the more you seek her, the more she will be found. Forget hellivision and start seeking out wisdom. People have asked me about the website and how I live. I CRUCIFIED TO THIS WORLD. That is all it is to it. I hate hellivision, I hate hellywood, I hate the world's books, I hate Disney magick and sorcery, I hate their comedies and I though my flesh enjoys old plays, I refuse to go back to the theatre. My younger sister had to see Phantom of the Opera a few years ago and I went. The lighting, the music, the costumes, the slight chill of the air, the singing, all excited my flesh but then the Holy Ghost made me look up where I saw gold carvings of incubus devils (article in the New Age section of our index page) with red eyes holding onto naked women. That was it. Reality check of the first order. I was in there enjoying something unholy and Satanic. Anything that contradicts the word is Satanic, I don't care how innocuous it seems. Satan HIMSELF can appear as a angel of light-- 2 Corinthians 11:14-15 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works. When you listen to the Lord on a regular basis, He keeps you. When the Holy Ghost showed me those incubi, I could have said, "Well the play wasn't about incubi, so its alright." And I could have kept going to the theatre like an ox going to the slaughter. People need to stop making excuses for participating in the world's diversion. Since I began walking with King Jesus in 1991, I have not had that "backslidding" syndrome people keep talking about. The Lord has kept me even when I felt so hurt by life circumstances that I wanted to do wrong. When Jesus spoke to me I listened. Listen to Him. Abide in Him and never think you've arrived or apprehended. Strive to enter in at the strait gate. A whole lot of people say "the sinner's prayer" and will NEVER make it into glory. Embrace the word of God. Embrace ALL of it. Don't resist it. As King James said, the precepts of God only contain two things--a command and a prohibition. Do what He says do; and, do not do what He says do not do. The Christian life IS NOT HARD. You will suffer, but the Christian life is not hard. All you have to do is yield to what God says. Do you lack wisdom? Ask of God that giveth to all men liberally and upbraideth not. You MUST get into the King James Bible. I mean STRAIGHT King James Bible reading, not commentaries and study Bibles. I mean STRAIGHT reading. You can get a King James Version Keystone Giant Print Bible through CBD (Christian Book Distributors) for about $15 ($20 in a Christian bookstore). The CBD website is www.christianbook.com. This Giant Print Bible is about 11" x 8" and is very comfortable to read. What I love is NO CROSS REFERENCES AND NO IN-TEXT DEFINITIONS! I like for the Holy Ghost to show me the cross-references. In-text definitions oftentimes agree with new Bible perversions. This Bible is straight text. It has some appendices and a history that I do not fully agree with but you can tear it out if you want to. The ISBN number is 0-8340-0350-3. Being a Christian is a WHOLE lifestyle and it is NOT hard. It is hard if you are unregenerate and trying to act like a Christian, but if you are a Christian seeking the Lord, it is EXCITING and AWESOME. Unlike anything you have ever experienced. ************CONCLUSION****************** Proverbs 9:1 Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars: 9:2 She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table. 9:3 She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city, 9:4 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, 9:5 Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled. 9:6 FORSAKE THE FOOLISH, AND LIVE; AND GO IN THE WAY OF UNDERSTANDING. for Jesus' sake, sis. tracy -- http://www.jesus-is-lord.com ...I do send thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD. And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house. Ezekiel 2:4, 6 ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, write to jesus_is_lord-unsubscribe@listbot.com Start Your Own FREE Email List at http://www.listbot.com/links/joinlb