Tag: Abel
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Rejected Offering, Fallen Face – Genesis 4:4-5
Genesis 4:4-5 And the Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering: But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. The difference was not that Abel was loved and Cain was hated. The difference was that Abel came God’s way, and Cain…
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Empty Arms, Greater Promise – Genesis 4:2
Genesis 4:2 And she again bare his brother Abel. That is a very short verse, but it carries a lot of sadness behind it. By now Eve has already learned something every parent eventually learns. Children do not come into the world innocent in the deepest sense. They come into the world needing grace. However…
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Love Does Not Smirk – 1 John 3:11-12
1 John 3:11-12 For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother.And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous. John says this is not a new message.…
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The Offering God Receives – Hebrews 11:4
Hebrews 11:4 By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh. The first man mentioned in Hebrews 11 is Abel, and that is not accidental. The writer begins here because…