Life Lesson Number 1

​Genesis 4:1-7 

The man was intimate with Eve, his wife. She conceived and gave birth to Cain. She said, “I have gotten a man with the Lord.” 2 She also gave birth to Cain’s brother Abel.

Abel tended sheep, but Cain worked the ground. 3 As time passed, one day Cain brought an offering to the Lord from the fruit of the soil. 4 Abel also brought some of the firstborn of his flock and their fat portions. The Lord looked favorably on Abel and his offering, 5 but he did not look favorably on Cain and his offering. Cain was very angry, and his face showed it.

6 The Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry? Why do you have that angry look on your face? 7 If you do good, will you not be lifted up? If you do not do good, sin is crouching at the door. It has a strong desire for you, but you must rule over it.”

Ok Saints. You know I had to stop at verse 7. So here we are in the first book of the Bible, Genesis, and God is already began to lay out a roadmap for us on how to stay away from sin.

He asked Cain, “Why do you have that angry look on your face?”, which in some versions translate to, “Why has your face fallen?” Cain was disappointed that he was not chosen as having the best offering. he was so disappointed that his face fell.

His face fell because he allowed his pride to make him angry and we all know that pride is sinful. So God instructed him to do good. Do good and you will not sin. But if you do not do good, sin/darkness is waiting at the door for you. This was lesson number 1 in living outside of the garden.

We all know that Cain did not heed God‘s lesson, but instead went out and killed his brother, Abel, proving God’s words to be true. How quickly did murder find its way into Cain’s heart. The darkness seeks after everyone. No one is exempt from being its target. Even if you do good, sin is always looking for an entrance. We must guard our hearts I doing and being good.

This is not the end of Cain’s story however. While, Cain was cursed to labor all his life,

The following sentence is erroneous:

[God chose to bless him through his mercy, for from his seed Enoch was birth and we all know how much Enoch loved God. ( My apologies for my error. This is not the same Enoch. Enoch born from Cain is not the Enoch later born from his brother Seth’s bloodline, that found favor with God and never died. That Enoch’s father was Jared a descendant of Seth.)]

So we have two takeaways here.
1. Doing good will help to guard your heart from letting in sin/darkness.
2. God allows us 2nd chances through his grace since he did not kill Cain.

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Father God, we thank you for laying out a pattern for us to follow. Help us to follow it so that sin may not come near our doorways. We only want to offer you our best. While you didn’t say why Abel’s offering was better than Cain’s we are assured that Abel did give his best. May we always give you our best.

And Abba, we are so thankful that the times that we have felled, you have redeemed us from our failures. You have shown us grace and mercy multiple times over and we are thankful for it.

May we carry the heart of Abel within us seeking only to please you above all else with our best always. May this constantly be the desire of our hearts as we continue to follow your roadmap to living a sin free life.

In Jesus’ name.
Amen.

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