Many
problems occur because man doesn’t choose to worship God the way God
wants. Rather, a way that is also
pleasing to self. Cain was the first
record of one trying to worship God his own way. What does the book of Genesis tell us about
how God felt about it? He respected
Abel’s offering but not Cain’s because it wasn’t as God had said.
Both brothers believed in
God and both wanted to worship Him. Both
offered sacrifices to God. What was the
difference? The difference came when
Cain interpreted what God said in a manner to meet what Cain wanted to do
rather than what God wanted. It is
reasonable to assume both these brothers got the same direction from God, yet
they chose different methods to implement Gods wishes. Able worshiped God the
way God wanted. Cain on the other hand
presumed he could worship God the way he felt would be acceptable. What was Cain’s motive? Did he feel God would be worshiped better
with an offering from the ground instead of an animal? After all, his talent was tiling the soil not
raising animals. His talents were
raising vegetables and surely God would be happy with worshiping Him that
way. What is wrong with that logic,
anyway? Cain’s motive is one
reason this was not acceptable. Cain
knew what God had said about how to worship him but, Cain wanted to worship God
in a way that also pleased Cain .
Cain believed his method of worship would be better, because? Was it selfish reasons? His talents were in the soil not
animals.
We
don’t worship God in a manner to please ourselves; we worship God to please God.
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