The Secularization of Civilization

<p>- Chapter 3 started the snowball rolling downhill / Started the dominoes knocking down God’s original design and purpose one after another.</p><p><br></p><p>• Secular means “worldly”; “earthly” rather than sacred and spiritual </p><p>• In Worship - Cain then Babel then Nicodemus - Jesus converts the religious into the righteous (many need the clarity of the Scriptures) </p><p>• In Marriage - monogamy was the foundation of God’s plan - the opponents of God say monogamy is a late reality. It was the first and the foundational </p><p>• The Technological, Agricultural, & In Musical - advancing yes but it’s not progressing when you leave God out of the equation </p><p>• Psalm 73:1-17 (prospering)</p><p>• General Douglas MacArthur wanted to send missionaries and Bibles to Japan asap - something would fill that void.  </p><p>• Here we see 2 Kingdoms being established & developed </p><p><br></p><p>- The Righteous vs The Religious: </p><p>• Hypocrisy, Apostasy, Worship </p><p>• True, False, & Vain Worship</p><p><br></p><p>I. The Faith of the firstborn </p><p>II. The Folly of vain worship </p><p>• Cain’s Offering - I Jn 3:10-12</p><p>• Balaam’s Bribe (Numbers 22)</p><p>• Korah’s Rebellion (Numbers 16); Dathan & Abiram) </p><p>• Judas </p><p><br></p><p>I. The Kingdom of man - The Cainites</p><p>1. He started a family (17) - </p><p>2. He built a city (18) - Enoch</p><p>3. His family multiplied (19)</p><p>4. Lamech violated God’s marriage law (2:24) </p><p>5. Lamech’s wives (20-24)</p><p>• Adah - Jabal (father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock - herding and breeding); Jubal (father of all those who play the lyre & pipe - string and wind instruments.</p><p>• Zillah - Tubal-Cain (forger of all instruments of bronze and iron (metallurgy); His sister was Naamah </p><p><br></p><p>II. The Kingdom of God (25/26)</p><p>1. Adam & Eve had a third son (Seth) - God gave after Cain took! Luke 3:38</p><p>2. Seth had a son (Enosh) - </p><p>3. At this time people began to call on the name of the Lord.</p><p>• God’s people built cities  </p><p>• God’s people invented things</p><p>• God’s people help advance civilizations </p><p>• God’s people did it for God - In Philippians 3:17-21 Paul says “our citizenship is in Heaven”; in 1 Peter 1:1 Peter calls God’s people exiles/aliens </p><p><br></p><p>4. The Name of the Lord - All we do we do for His Name / for His glory / for His honor </p><p><br></p><p>5. Not many people mentioned. Not much information given. It won’t be long