Results 1 - 4 of 4
|
|
|||||
Results from: Answered Bible Questions, Answers, Unanswered Bible Questions, Notes Ordered by Verse | ||||||
Results | Verse | Author | ID# | |||
1 | Why was God unhappy with Cains offering? | Gen 4:5 | magic1973 | 149882 | ||
Why was God unhappy with Cains offering? | ||||||
2 | Why was God unhappy with Cains offering? | Gen 4:5 | Wild Olive Shoot | 149883 | ||
The Bible does not actually say why the Lord did not accept Cain’s offering. One can only speculate the Cain had an improper attitude or the offering was not up to God’s standards. Proverbs 21:27 tells us that God does not like the sacrifices of evil people or sacrifices made with clandestine reasons in mind. God does evaluate both our hearts and the quality of what we offer him. God should get the best of us, whatever the offering is. After all, what we give to God reflects our true attitude toward Him. We should be joyful givers in the same. Malachi 1:6-14 is good for understanding unworthy sacrifices and God’s attitude of them. WOS |
||||||
3 | Why was God unhappy with Cains offering? | Gen 4:5 | BradK | 149889 | ||
Hi WOS, You bring up an excellent question. And, while you're right that scripture does not directly tell us why Abels' sacrifice was acceptable and Cains' not, there is some inference that can be made. Note Gen. 3:17, "And to Adam he said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, ‘You shall not eat of it,’ cursed is the ground because of you; in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life" God had cursed the ground. In Gen. 4:2 we are told that Abel was a keeper of flocks but Cain was a tiller of the ground. Then in 4:3 we note that Cains' sacrifice was "an offering to the Lord of the fruit of the ground"! Though it's not directly stated, I think there's a strong correlation between what God cursed and His displeasure at Cains sacrifice. Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
||||||
4 | Why was God unhappy with Cains offering? | Gen 4:5 | Wild Olive Shoot | 149893 | ||
Possibly, but when you read Genesis 4:6-7 you see that God gives Cain a chance to respond correctly which would indicate it was something that Cain himself had done inappropriately. After the offering was rejected, God gave Cain a chance to correct the wrong and even encouraged him to do so. It appears that Cain refused. WOS |
||||||