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| 1 | Gen 4:9 Cain non-reverence to God | Gen 4:9 | am2758 | 99609 | ||
| If Cain was suppose to love and revere God. Why did he take this attitude with God? | ||||||
| 2 | Gen 4:9 Cain non-reverence to God | Gen 4:9 | Makarios | 99645 | ||
| Greetings Am2758, First of all, Cain lies to God by telling Him that he doesn't know where his brother is (he just killed him). And then, Cain says, "Am I my brother's keeper?" Such callous indifference towards God continues on through to this very day.. Cain is not willing nor is he ready to accept the responsibility of his sin's consequences, but God hits him squarely with those consequences in verses 11 and 12. Sin had mastery over him, and it took God's severe punishment for him to realize the finality of what he had done. But, like many sins, Cain's sin of murder was a result of sin that had accumulated and was not properly confronted and dealt with. "4:4,5 Abel's offering was acceptable (cf. Heb. 11:4), not just because it was an animal, nor just because it was the very best of what he had, nor even that it was the culmination of a zealous heart for God; but, because it was in every way obediently given according to what God must have revealed (though not recorded in Genesis). Cain, disdaining the divine instruction, just brought what he wanted to bring: some of his crop." (1) "4:5,6 angry. Rather than being repentant for his sinful disobedience, he was hostile toward God, whom he could not kill, and jealous of his brother, whom he could kill (cf. 1 John 3:12; Jude 11)." (1) "4:7 do well ... be accepted. God reminded Cain that if he had obeyed God and offered the animal sacrifices God had required, his sacrifices would have been acceptable. It wasn't personal preference on God's part, or disdain for Cain's vocation, or the quality of his produce that caused God to reject his sacrifice. sin lies at the door. God told Cain that if he chose not to obey His commands, ever-present sin, crouched and waiting to pounce like a lion, would fulfill its desire to overpower him (cf. 3:16)." (1) "4:8 The first murder in Scripture (cf. Matt. 23:35; Luke 11:51; Heb. 12:24). Cain rejected the wisdom spoken to him by God Himself, rejected doing well, refused to repent, and thus crouching sin pounced and turned him into a killer. Cf. 1 John 3:10-12." (1) "4:9 Am I my brother's keeper? Cain's sarcasm was a play on words, based on the fact that Abel was the "keeper" of sheep. Lying was the third sin resulting from Cain's attitude of indifference to God's commands. Sin was ruling over him (v.7)." (1) Blessings to you, Makarios (1) The MacArthur Study Bible, 1997, Word Publishing, John MacArthur, pg. 22 |
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