• Hebrews 12:24 To Jesus the Mediator of the new
covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks
better things than that of Abel.
SAT & SUN• MAY 18 & 19, 2013
AM I MY BROTHER’S KEEPER? • GENESIS 4:1-12
I. FROM THE BEGINNING
A. THE BIRTH OF CAIN
• The Name “Cain” comes from a root meaning “to fashion,” “to shape,” “to give form to.”
• Psalm 139:13 For You formed my inward parts; you
covered me in my mother's womb.
• Verse One Literally Reads “I have gotten a man: YHVH”
• What this shows is Eve’s understanding of Genesis
3:15, that a Redeemer Who would come of the
Seed of the Woman was to be a God-Man: “I have
gotten a man: Jehovah.”
• Verse 2 The Birth Of Abel, Whose Name Means Literally
“A Breath,” Or “Vanity”
• Psalm 144:4 Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.
B. THE HEART OF WORSHIP GOD RECEIVES - verses 3-4
• “In The Process Of Time It Came To Pass” – Literally “at
the end of days,” meaning “At a specific appointed
time.”
• Abel brought his offering. It was different in 2 ways 1)
It was the 1st born 2) it was a blood sacrifice. (The fat
thereof means the best part also).
• Hebrews 11:4 By faith Abel offered to God a more
excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he
obtained witness that he was righteous.
(over)
• It Was Both A Heart Matter And A Lack Of Faith.
C. A MAJOR SIGN SOMETHING IS TERRIBLY WRONG: ANGER
- verses 6-7
• “And Cain Was Very Angry…”
• Psalm 4: Be angry, and do not sin. Meditate within your
heart on your bed, and be still.
• Ephesians 4:26 “Be angry, and do not sin": do not let
the sun go down on your wrath…
• God Asks Two Questions: Why Are You Angry, And Why
Are You Dejected?
• Genesis 4:7 If you do what is right, will you not be
accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is
crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you
must master it.
• In other words, to do what is right or well means to
come God’s way, to offer a proper sacrifice, to obey
God’s Word.
D. AM I MY BROTHER’S KEEPER? - verses 8-10
• Where Is Abel Your Brother? What Have You Done?
• In the Bible, blood is regarded as containing the
essence of the soul. Leviticus 17:11 “the soul of the
creature is in the blood”
• 1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just
to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
© 2013 Ray Bentley