Cain According To James

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● Gen 4:7 . . If you do what is right, will you not be accepted?

FAQ: What do you suppose Cain would've had to do right in order for him to
be accepted?

A: Judging from Gen 4:8 and 1John 3:14-15, Cain would've, at the very
least, had to stop hating his kid brother.

● Matt 5:22-24 . . I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother
shall be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother shall be liable to the
council, and whoever says "You fool" shall be liable to the hell of fire.

. . . So if you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that
your brother has something against you; leave your gift there before the
altar and go-- first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer
your gift.

NOTE: Dysfunctional families really ought to stay home on Sundays and
watch football or mow the lawn instead of coming to church till they resolve
their differences and can all put on an honest happy face when they're
together in public.
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Webers.Home said:
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● Gen 4:7 . . If you do what is right, will you not be accepted?

FAQ: What do you suppose Cain would've had to do right in order for him to
be accepted?

A: Judging from Gen 4:8 and 1John 3:14-15, Cain would've, at the very
least, had to stop hating his kid brother.

● Matt 5:22-24 . . I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother
shall be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother shall be liable to the
council, and whoever says "You fool" shall be liable to the hell of fire.

. . . So if you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that
your brother has something against you; leave your gift there before the
altar and go-- first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer
your gift.

NOTE: Dysfunctional families really ought to stay home on Sundays and
watch football or mow the lawn instead of coming to church till they resolve
their differences and can all put on an honest happy face when they're
together in public.
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1 John 4:20 If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?
21 And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.

Yes sir. Good post brother. Your view has helped see deeper into the Cain and Abel story. Thank you.
 
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Webers.Home said:
Dysfunctional families really ought to stay home on Sundays and
watch football or mow the lawn instead of coming to church till they resolve
their differences and can all put on an honest happy face when they're
together in public.
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FAQ: Don't all families squabble to some degree?

A: We're not talking about squabbles in post No.21, we're talking about hate;
and not just any hate, rather, a hatred that's gone beyond anger and
congealed into a lingering malice that's intense enough to want someone dead.
(cf. Gen 37:4-20)
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● Jude 11 . . Woe to them! They have taken the way of Cain.

Cain's way began with Gen 4:16, which says:

"Cain went out from The Lord's presence"

Apparently Cain's departure was permanent because he's never again shown
in contact with God for the remainder of the Bible. In other words; Cain's
rapport with God ended abruptly that very day and was never restored.

During an evening service in church many years ago, the minister asked
everyone to stand and promise God that they would make an effort to avoid
sin. Well, my sister and I made the promise but my brother did not. When
we got home I asked my brother why he didn't make the promise. He
replied: "There's some things I want to do."

God had put that very same choice on the table for Cain to think about when
He said:

"If you do what is right, will you not be accepted?" (Gen 4:7)

Well; neither my brother nor Cain were interested in doing what's right; they
had other ideas.

The "woe" in Jude 11 isn't just an expression of sympathy; no, it's a reality.
Here's the wording of it from Gen 4:7

"If you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to
have you, but you must master it."

Well; piety and self control were not Cain's highest priorities. He was
determined to do as he pleased; viz; Cain stepped out on the road to
depravity; and my brother did too.

Jude 3-4 warns that Christianity is infected with a number of people on
Cain's path-- some are pastors, priests, and ministers, some are officers on
church boards, some are deacons, some are elders, some are even Sunday
school and catechism teachers; so be careful out there.

NOTE: People like Cain, and Jacob's uncle Laban, are curiosities. Neither
man was an atheist, and both were privileged by personal encounters with
the one true God; yet the encounters failed to motivate either to change
his ways.
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