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    The document summarizes the biblical concept of "the way of Cain" in three parts: 1) Worshipping God with impure motives and bringing offerings without faith, like Cain did. 2) Having a heart filled with jealousy, envy, and hatred of others. 3) Lying to God about one's sins, as Cain did when confronted by God. The document encourages walking in "the way of Abel" instead, which leads to blessing.

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    The document summarizes the biblical concept of "the way of Cain" in three parts: 1) Worshipping God with impure motives and bringing offerings without faith, like Cain did. 2) Having a heart filled with jealousy, envy, and hatred of others. 3) Lying to God about one's sins, as Cain did when confronted by God. The document encourages walking in "the way of Abel" instead, which leads to blessing.

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    The Way of Cain

    Woe to them! For they have gone in the way of Cain, have run greedily in the error of Balaam for profit,
    and perished in the rebellion of Korah. - (Jude 1:11)

    The Bible warns us about the way of Cain (see Jude 1:11). What is the way of Cain? For one thing, it is
    to worship God with impure motives. Cain brought his offering to the Lord, but he didnt bring it in faith.
    No matter how great your gift may be, if your heart is wrong, then it will mean nothing.

    The way of Cain is also to have a heart and life that are filled with jealousy, envy, and hatred. There
    always will be people who will do better than you. There always will be someone who is better looking,
    more successful or more intelligent than you. So will you go through life frustrated and filled with
    jealousy and envy? Or, are you going to say, God, everything I have is a gift from You anyway, and I am
    going to thank You for it. I dont want to destroy my life through envy and jealousy?

    Lastly, the way of Cain is to lie to God about what you have done. There is only one way to deal with sin,
    and that is to tell the truth because God knows anyway. God knew what Cain was about to do, and He
    warned him. But Cain did what he thought he should do, and sin pounced on him, consumed him, and
    mastered him just as God said it would.

    It is the same for those of us today as well. Dont walk in the way of Cain. Instead, walk in the way of
    Abel. Hebrews 11:4 tells us that by faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain,
    through which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts; and through it he
    being dead still speaks. The way of Abel leads to blessing.

    Sacrifice

    This devotional was written by Kelly McFadden

    Now Abel kept flocks and Cain worked in the soil. In the course of time Cain brought some of the fruits
    of the soil as an offering to the Lord. But Abel brought fat portions from some of the first born of his
    flock. The Lord looked with favor on Abel and his offering, but on Cain he did not look with favor. So Cain
    was angry and his face was downcast. Genesis 4:2-5

    I heard a story the other day about two twin boys who love Skittles candies, especially red ones. When
    one of the brothers opens a bag of Skittles, he immediately pulls out all of the red ones and places them
    in his pocket. That way when he offers Skittles to anyone else, he still gets his favorite just for himself.
    The other brother, who loves the red equally as much, keeps all the colors together and offers others a
    choice of any color.

    This sounds a lot like how we, as Christians, live our lives. We know God wants the best from us, yet we
    cheat Him and hold on to the best for ourselves. Just like Cain, we give some fruitnot the best. We
    make sacrifices that fit into our schedule and match our priorities. Our attitude is wrong, our motives
    are shaky.

    What are you offering God? Are you keeping the best for yourself and giving Him only the things you
    dont mind giving up? How is your attitude? Are you a joyful giver or do you tend to be tightfisted? Do
    you recognize all the blessings the Lord has given you and in turn give blessings to others?

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    GOING DEEPER:

    1. Think about a time in your life that you have not given God your best. Why did you not give Him your
    all?

    2. What part does your attitude play in giving?

    FURTHER READING:

    Mark 12:41-44; Hebrews 11:4

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