Community Groups

Week 2: April 21-27

Series: The Gospel According to Genesis

Title: “Cain and Abel”

Text: Genesis 4:1-26

Sermon Outline:

God is faithful in continuing the line of the seed of the woman till Christ gains the final victory.

1. Contrasted Devotion (vv. 1-7)

2. Culpable Death (vv. 8-16)

3. Cain’s Descendents (vv. 17-24)

4. Child Designated (vv. 25-26)

My Story:

1. Do you have any siblings? Describe some of the conflicts you’ve had with your siblings growing up. How are your relationships now?  

2. Have you ever gone through the motions of worshiping God, without doing so in faith?  

3. What impacted you or stood out to you the most in the sermon this week?

Digging Deeper:

Throughout this series “The Gospel According to Genesis” we are examining various ways the book of Genesis helps point us to the good news about Jesus. This week in Genesis 4:1-26, Pastor Steve talked about redemptive-historical progression and typology. 

1. Redemptive-Historical. Thinking about the gospel from the redemptive-historical perspective examines how God has faithfully worked throughout history to redeem mankind. Read Genesis 4:25-26. Next, look at Jesus’ genealogy listed in Luke 3:23-38. Read v. 38. How does this demonstrate God’s faithfulness to his promise in Genesis 3:15?  

2. Typology. The New Testament contrasts the blood of Abel and its message with the blood of Jesus and what it speaks. Read Genesis 4:10  and Hebrews 12:24. What message does Abel’s blood speak? What message does Jesus’ blood speak? (See 1 John 1:7). 

3. Other New Testament References. Read Hebrews 11:4. Why was Abel’s sacrifice more acceptable to God? Next, read 1 John 3:11-13. Why did Cain kill Abel? According to this 1 John 3:11-13, what message does the story of Cain and Abel relay to us as Christians today and what application can we derive for our lives?