Genesis 5:1–32 - Cameron Jungels - Sun PM, March 2, 2014

“The Godly Line of Seth” – Genesis 5:1–32 – (Eastside Baptist/Sun PM/March 2, 2014)

¹ This is the written account of Adam's family line. When God created mankind, he made them in the likeness of God.  ² He created them male and female and blessed them. And he named them "Mankind" when they were created.  ³ When Adam had lived 130 years, he had a son in his own likeness, in his own image; and he named him Seth.  ⁴ After Seth was born, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.  ⁵ Altogether, Adam lived a total of 930 years, and then he died.  ⁶ When Seth had lived 105 years, he became the father of Enosh.  ⁷ After he became the father of Enosh, Seth lived 807 years and had other sons and daughters.  ⁸ Altogether, Seth lived a total of 912 years, and then he died.  ⁹ When Enosh had lived 90 years, he became the father of Kenan.  ¹⁰ After he became the father of Kenan, Enosh lived 815 years and had other sons and daughters.  ¹¹ Altogether, Enosh lived a total of 905 years, and then he died.  ¹² When Kenan had lived 70 years, he became the father of Mahalalel.  ¹³ After he became the father of Mahalalel, Kenan lived 840 years and had other sons and daughters.  ¹⁴ Altogether, Kenan lived a total of 910 years, and then he died.  ¹⁵ When Mahalalel had lived 65 years, he became the father of Jared.  ¹⁶ After he became the father of Jared, Mahalalel lived 830 years and had other sons and daughters.  ¹⁷ Altogether, Mahalalel lived a total of 895 years, and then he died.  ¹⁸ When Jared had lived 162 years, he became the father of Enoch.  ¹⁹ After he became the father of Enoch, Jared lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.  ²⁰ Altogether, Jared lived a total of 962 years, and then he died.  ²¹ When Enoch had lived 65 years, he became the father of Methuselah.  ²² After he became the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked faithfully with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters.  ²³ Altogether, Enoch lived a total of 365 years.  ²⁴ Enoch walked faithfully with God; then he was no more, because God took him away.  ²⁵ When Methuselah had lived 187 years, he became the father of Lamech.  ²⁶ After he became the father of Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years and had other sons and daughters.  ²⁷ Altogether, Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died.  ²⁸ When Lamech had lived 182 years, he had a son.  ²⁹ He named him Noah and said, "He will comfort us in the labor and painful toil of our hands caused by the ground the LORD has cursed."  ³⁰ After Noah was born, Lamech lived 595 years and had other sons and daughters.  ³¹ Altogether, Lamech lived a total of 777 years, and then he died.  ³² After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham and Japheth.  (Genesis 5:1-32, NIV)

As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath. But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions--it is by grace you have been saved. (Ephesians 2:1-5, NIV)

Main Idea: Humanity’s only hope for deliverance from the curse of sin and death is through the promised seed of the woman, Jesus Christ.

1. Every human being bears the image of God.

This is the written account of Adam's family line. When God created mankind, he made them in the likeness of God. He created them male and female and blessed them. And he named them "Mankind" when they were created. When Adam had lived 130 years, he had a son in his own likeness, in his own image; and he named him Seth. (Genesis 5:1–3, NIV)

Then God said, "Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground." So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground." (Genesis 1:26–28, NIV)

2. Every human being bears the marred image of God and suffers under the curse of sin and death.

When Seth had lived 105 years, he became the father of Enosh. After he became the father of Enosh, Seth lived 807 years and had other sons and daughters. Altogether, Seth lived a total of 912 years, and then he died. (Genesis 5:6–8, NIV)

Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me. (Psalm 51:5, NIV)

Even from birth the wicked go astray; from the womb they are wayward, spreading lies. (Psalm 58:3, NIV)

Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned– (Romans 5:12, NIV)

For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous. (Romans 5:19, NIV)

3. Every human being has a responsibility to walk in humble obedience before their Creator.

When Enoch had lived 65 years, he became the father of Methuselah. After he became the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked faithfully with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters. Altogether, Enoch lived a total of 365 years.  Enoch walked faithfully with God; then he was no more, because God took him away.  (Genesis 5:21–24, NIV)

By faith Enoch was taken from this life, so that he did not experience death: "He could not be found, because God had taken him away." For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God. (Hebrews 11:5, NIV)

Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about them: "See, the Lord is coming with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones to judge everyone, and to convict all of them of all the ungodly acts they have committed in their ungodliness, and of all the defiant words ungodly sinners have spoken against him." (Jude 14–15, NIV)

Seth also had a son, and he named him Enosh. At that time people began to call on the name of the LORD. (Genesis 4:26, NIV)

Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?" (John 11:25–26, NIV)

4. The only hope for deliverance from the curse of sin and death is through the promised seed of the woman, and descendant of Noah, Jesus Christ.

When Lamech had lived 182 years, he had a son.  He named him Noah and said, "He will comfort us in the labor and painful toil of our hands caused by the ground the LORD has cursed."  (Genesis 5:28–29, NIV)

Main Idea: Your only hope for deliverance from the curse of sin and death is through the promised seed of the woman, Jesus Christ.