Date: December 10, 2023

Bible Text: Genesis 3:15 |

Series:

Hope for a world in need 

The arrival of a newborn baby is cause for celebration. That little bundle of joy brightens days, brings smiles and warms hearts. It is remarkable that though the infant is utterly dependent on the mother, it is the birth of such a helpless child that delivers something to the others that they didn’t have before. Encouragement. Happiness. A sense of fulfillment. Of hope. And promise. There are many births recorded in the Scriptures; each one a strategic moment and a turn of history. This is no more obvious than in the birth of three babies in particular: Seth, Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz and Jesus. The three are tied together in the covenant made by God with humanity. The first is the child of promise given in the years immediately following the fall into sin and the curse of death. The second a hopeful sign in troubled times that God had not forgotten his promise. And the third the fulfillment of all God had said; God in the flesh, the infant born to Mary and celebrated by Christians during the Christmas season. These three babies point us to the promise and hope we need as we navigate the darkness and difficulties of the world in which we live. This three-part teaching series will examine the birth of these three babies and give us a reason for celebration and joy at their birth.

Series: Three Babies; One Promise
Todd Dugard
Message: 1 – Adam and Eve’s baby: Seth (Promise)
Harvest Bible Chapel
Text: Genesis 3:15; 4:1-26; Luke 3:38
December 10, 2023

Will you believe God’s promise to make things right?

Recognize what’s wrong (Genesis 4:1-24)

Genesis 1:28b
Hebrews 11:4
1 John 3:12b

See it in terms of the human condition (Genesis 3:15a)

Romans 5:12

Understand the divine remedy (Genesis 3:15b)

Romans 16:20
Romans 6:5

Embrace the redemptive plan (Genesis 4:24-26; Luke 3:38)

When Cainite civilization began to rise and worship at the shrines of abundance and art and technology—when abuse and violence and the devaluation of life became commonplace—when vengeance became exponential—when men fancied that they were captains of their souls—Sethite civilization began to proclaim the name of the Lord, the Captain of their salvation!
R. Kent Hughes

Cain’s firstborn and successors pioneer cities and civilized arts, but Seth’s firstborn and successors pioneer worship.
Kenneth Mathews

Our text provides us a paradigm, an outline to understand civilization and culture today and its ostensible rise with the increase in abundance, music, arts, and technology. It rises impressively, but in its rise there is demise because of sin. The only hope is to call upon the name of the Lord. This is the only hope for culture. This is the only hope for your soul. This is the only hope for the church—to call upon the name of the Lord, who is Jesus Christ.
R. Kent Hughes

Jesus, when he began his ministry, was about thirty years of age, being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.
Luke 3:38

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