S2:004 Genesis 4
Join The Journey
Watermark Community Church, Dallas, TX
5 • 827 Ratings
🗓️ 5 January 2023
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Have you ever read or heard about the infamous story of Cain and Abel? Emma Dotter and Devo writer, Scot Buchanan, are meeting us in Genesis 4 and if you have read this chapter before, you may have some questions of why was Cain's sacrifice not accepted and why was Abel's? How does this chapter apply to us? Find out in today's episode!
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| 0:00.0 | Everybody, what is going on? You know what time it is. You're listening to join the Journey podcast with your host, Emma, daughter. Thanks for joining. I am in the podcast studio with today's divo writer, Scott Buchanan. |
| 0:15.6 | Hey, Emma. Scott, I'm glad you're here. I feel like in a way we go way back because you know my dad. Yes, |
| 0:22.2 | I've known your family for a while. We met more personally, more recently in the last couple of years. |
| 0:27.9 | Yeah. But I would love to hear how you came to know the Lord, get to know you a little bit better. |
| 0:33.4 | Sure. So I didn't grow up in a Christian home. Met Jesus at 16 through the ministry of young life. |
| 0:40.4 | And but really didn't surrender my heart until I was in my mid-30s. And really it was from that point on here at Watermark that, you know, God just used this place and the people here to change more of who I need to be. So I've been married for 33 years. To Michelle. Yes. |
| 0:56.7 | I'm a big fan. Thank you. I'll celebrate our 33 year wedding anniversary, December 16th. |
| 1:02.9 | We have three children, two by marriage as well. So we've got a son and two daughters and a |
| 1:09.5 | son-in-law and a daughter-in-law, |
| 1:11.3 | and then two granddaughters. So that's exciting for our family. That's so exciting. |
| 1:15.5 | To enjoy that. So anyway, I've been at Watermark serving in different ways. Most recently of the last |
| 1:20.5 | 15, 20 years have been serving in marriage ministry, which has been such a blessing for Michelle and I |
| 1:25.7 | to serve together in foundation groups. |
| 1:29.3 | And so newly married couples. |
| 1:30.0 | Thank you. |
| 1:34.4 | Newly married couples learning how to love life together as God intended in marriage. And so it gives us a chance to serve in ways they've been a blessing to us. |
| 1:38.7 | So anyway, that's been a big part of our time at Watermark is just serving together. |
| 1:42.3 | I love it. |
| 1:42.9 | Well, I say we just jump right in. |
| 1:44.3 | Okay, let's go. So Genesis 4, what's happening? What's happened is all of a sudden, |
| 1:49.6 | Ab and Eve are now outside of the garden, right? And they're going to start a family, right? And so they now |
| 1:55.1 | have a cane and they have Abel. Well, sure enough, it doesn't take too long before the sibling ring rivalry, right? |
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