Will you act like Cain?
Yesterday in my time with the Lord, I felt very strongly to go read Genesis 4:1-15. In it is the story of Cain vs. Able. I suggest you go and read it for yourself. I’m going to paraphrase. Basically God is pleased with Able’s offering and not Cain’s. I’ve heard teaching done on this as to why, and for the sake of this teaching I’m not getting into that part of this story. Just that God was pleased with Able and not with Cain. Cain get’s angry and jealous of his brother, and so he kills him. As I read this story it was as if a Holy Ghost 2X4 of revelation smacked me upside the head. Cain and Able’s are happening all the time today in the church as a whole.
Proverbs 18:21 says, “Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit.”
Matthew 12:34 says, “Brood of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.”
Luke 6:45 says, “A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.”
What’s my point here? What I see happening in the church is that people are seeing ones that God’s favor is upon them, and instead of questioning themselves as to what is wrong with themselves their “killing” their brother and sister in the Lord by talking bad about them and spreading gossip.
So what is God’s response to Cain’s sin? Genesis 4:11-12 Basically, Cain has cursed himself and no longer what he put’s his hand to will prosper.
Let’s recap for a moment here: Cain is jealous of the favor of God on Able’s life, He kills his brother, and as a result he loses the favor of God on his own life.
Isn’t great that we live after Jesus’ death, burial, and resurrection? If you’ve “killed” your brother and sister in the Lord it’s not too late for you. You can repent, and get right with the Lord. The favor of God has not left you forever. If you want to be back in right standing with God just repent and move forward.
It amazes me how jealousy and strife spring up in the church when people start getting blessed. It might be easy to look at your brother and sister in the Lord and wonder why they are getting all this favor of God and your not, but get your eyes off of them. You don’t know what that person went through to get where they are today. You have not walked in their shoes. You just want their end result. It’s easier to pass judgment on an individual when you can do it from the comfort of your own space. But to get what they have you have to shut your mouth and go through the process of what God has in front of you. You cannot continue to “kill” your brother and sister in the Lord and expect to get blessed. What is so sad to me is sometimes people think it’s okay to spew gossip if you don’t even know the person. An offense against God’s people is still and offense against His people whether you know them or not.
Matthew 12:36 says, “But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.”
In short in the words of Thumper. … If you have nothing nice to say, don’t say anything at all.
Proverbs 18:21 says, “Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit.”
Matthew 12:34 says, “Brood of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.”
Luke 6:45 says, “A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.”
What’s my point here? What I see happening in the church is that people are seeing ones that God’s favor is upon them, and instead of questioning themselves as to what is wrong with themselves their “killing” their brother and sister in the Lord by talking bad about them and spreading gossip.
So what is God’s response to Cain’s sin? Genesis 4:11-12 Basically, Cain has cursed himself and no longer what he put’s his hand to will prosper.
Let’s recap for a moment here: Cain is jealous of the favor of God on Able’s life, He kills his brother, and as a result he loses the favor of God on his own life.
Isn’t great that we live after Jesus’ death, burial, and resurrection? If you’ve “killed” your brother and sister in the Lord it’s not too late for you. You can repent, and get right with the Lord. The favor of God has not left you forever. If you want to be back in right standing with God just repent and move forward.
It amazes me how jealousy and strife spring up in the church when people start getting blessed. It might be easy to look at your brother and sister in the Lord and wonder why they are getting all this favor of God and your not, but get your eyes off of them. You don’t know what that person went through to get where they are today. You have not walked in their shoes. You just want their end result. It’s easier to pass judgment on an individual when you can do it from the comfort of your own space. But to get what they have you have to shut your mouth and go through the process of what God has in front of you. You cannot continue to “kill” your brother and sister in the Lord and expect to get blessed. What is so sad to me is sometimes people think it’s okay to spew gossip if you don’t even know the person. An offense against God’s people is still and offense against His people whether you know them or not.
Matthew 12:36 says, “But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.”
In short in the words of Thumper. … If you have nothing nice to say, don’t say anything at all.
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