Genesis 4:1-10 NASB
¹Now the man had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain, and she said, “I have gotten a manchild with the help of the Lord.”
²Again, she gave birth to his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of flocks, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
³So it came about in the course of time that Cain brought an offering to the Lord of the fruit of the ground.
⁴Abel, on his part also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of their fat portions. And the Lord had regard for Abel and for his offering;
⁵but for Cain and for his offering He had no regard. So Cain became very angry and his countenance fell.
⁶Then the Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry? And why has your countenance fallen? ⁷If you do well, will not your countenance be lifted up? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door; and its desire is for you, but you must master it.”
⁸Cain told Abel his brother. And it came about when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and killed him.
⁹Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?” And he said, “I do not know. Am I my brother’s keeper?” ¹⁰He said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is crying to Me from the ground.
Illustration
They both offer,
▪︎ but the one thinks that anything is good enough,
▪︎ and the other in the zeal of his soul and fulness of his Lord thinketh nothing is good enough. He bringeth his gilt, and of the fattest, that is of the best he hath, and maybe he wisheth that his best was ten thousand times better.
How about you?
- How much do you think is good enough to give to God?
- How much time of service is enough for God?
- A quarter of an hour in a week?
- Maybe half an hour, or an hour per week? Or …
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