sermonette: Cain, Balaam, and Korah
The Question of Will
David C. Grabbe
Given 09-Jun-12; Sermon #1106s; 18 minutes
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David Grabbe, focusing upon Jude, a short but admonitory epistle, warns us to avoid the way of Cain, Balaam, and Korah. Cain, having been careless of God's instructions for offerings, especially on the need for atonement and redemption, established perhaps the first humanistic religion. Balaam, unconcerned about what God wanted and totally driven by greed, looked for practical loopholes in God's Law, placing stumbling blocks before God's people. Korah, ignoring God's sovereignty, attempted to establish a populist rebellion, bringing death on a large number of his fellow Israelites. We see parallels in current splinters of the greater church of God, in which some ministers have taken on titles of aplomb, which God did not give them. We need to emulate our Elder Brother, ignoring all these shortcuts to power and glory.
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Balaam Burnt offering Cain Devotion I John 3:12 Genesis 4:3 Hebrews 11:4 Jude 11 Korah Numbers 22:18 Revelation 2 Sacrifices Temporal rewards Way of Cain World's first murderer
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