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1 | God's Regard for Cain's Offering? | Gen 4:5 | Tamara Brewington | 205975 | ||
Dear forum members, Why did God not have regard for Cain's offering? Was it heart attitude, type of offering, or something else? God's Day To You, Tamara |
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2 | God's Regard for Cain's Offering? | Gen 4:5 | stoneslinger | 205992 | ||
i believe that it was the earliest sign for us that we will not enter God's favor without the blood of Jesus. Some theories state that after Eve ate the fruit that God made atonement for them when He provided them with the tunics of skin. I believe the point for us to gather is that we can not simply skate into the Holy of Holies without first atoning for sin. There are many today who believe in God and think they will enter heaven based on good works (or symbolized here by the freewill offering of Cain). We cannot please God without the remission of sins (as symbolized by Able's sin offering). It is the life of Christ that is accounted to us that allows us to stand before God(I believe this is also what is meant by Abraham's faith being counted to Him as righteousness. Rom 4:3). | ||||||
3 | God's Regard for Cain's Offering? | Gen 4:5 | lionheart | 205997 | ||
stoneslinger, Good to have you here. It states early on in Gods Word that without the shedding of blood there was no forgiveness of sin, I believe Gen 3:19 is strong evidence. What we can take away from this account of Cain and Abel is that Abbel brought his best before God while Cain did not. Fast forward to the present, God gave his best when He sent His Son for us. This says a whole lot about what the attitude of our hearts should be everyday as we offer up our lives to God. When I read the account of Cain and Abel I see the lengths at which God will go for his people. Cain could have and would have been right with God if he had only dealt with his heart and God left the door open for him to do so. Repententence is an amazing thing, it's to bad that we wait until we are faced with the consequences of our sin before we will wake up and smell the coffee. |
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4 | God's Regard for Cain's Offering? | Gen 4:5 | ChildofGod1988 | 206000 | ||
Hello Stoneslinger, Read my note attached to to AMO14's, I listed two verses. I don't think that God rejected Kains gifts because there was no blood. God had made Abel a shepherd, and Kain a farmer. If you read the story in Genisis, the author goes through great lengths to tell about the care with which Abel chose his sacrifice. He did not do so with Kain. Which seems to intimate that Kain did not show much (if any) care in his selection of sacrifice. I agree that it was an issue of heart and not of meat vs. veggies. Abel gave his best, Kain did not. |
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5 | God's Regard for Cain's Offering? | Gen 4:5 | stjohn | 206007 | ||
Hey Andy: I don't remember if I've welcomed you to the forum. So welcome to the forum! Good post, and I would agree with you about half; Being that, God most definitely judges the heart; But He also stresses, throughout Scripture, the need for a real honest to goodness flesh and BLOOD sacrifice, for the atonement of sin. Thus it is really "both" things we are looking at here; That being the heart of the one that is making the offer, and the understanding of the one presenting the offer, that, it is for the atonement of sin, and that only the blood, can make that atonement. They were looking forward to the Cross of Christ, and we can look back, and see the sacrifice as something so very vital to salvation. From the beginning God had set up a plan to show us how very serious He is, about sin. If veggies coulda done it, then why His Son? Good to have you on the forum son, I appreciate the simple honesty of your profile. God bless John |
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6 | God's Regard for Cain's Offering? | Gen 4:5 | ChildofGod1988 | 206020 | ||
I hear what you are saying. But again I feel that I need to point out that Abel made a sacrifice with the VERY best he had. Kain did not. When was that requirement given to man by the way?? I have another question. If a little lamb could have saved us, then why the need for Christ? It works both ways brother. We needed Christ because we need Christ. Not because a little lamb or an ear of corn would have sufficed. Thanks so much for your time, please let me know what you think about this. Agree? Disagree? God bless you for your time!! Brother in Christ, Andy |
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7 | God's Regard for Cain's Offering? | Gen 4:5 | Val | 206027 | ||
At the time of Cain and Abel the sacrificial system had not been made as the covenant given to Moses I believe, had not been given. Through the study of the whole counsel of God, it is assumed that was the way to come to God. Your right an animal does not save us. What saves us is belief in Christ. I don't know how to explain it any better. I know that we are to obey God. If we believe in Him we will obey him. Somehow this sacrifice had to be blood. We see this in the Mosiac covenant as a sin sacrifice. This was before that. So it is assumed. Hebrews explains a lot about this system and how it pointed to Christ and His better covenant. As you can see from the verse about Cain being evil, that is why I am saying he did not obey and trust God. I have to look at all the bible to rightly divide it. Not that I fully understand it all but this is what I have learned so far. A study of both covenants would help you understanding it better. I am still studying it, don't know it all. Blessings, Val |
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