GOD LOOKS AT YOUR OFFERING NOT YOU

GENESIS 4:1-9, Exodus 12:13

And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.

Pastor Rick Jackson

 

I. THE OBVIOUS TRUTH ABOUT CAIN

1. Cain was a Worshipper [4:3]

2. Cain was a Worker [4:2-3, 3:19]

3. Cain was Willful [4:5-14]

In short, he was like most people.

 

II. THE OFFERING OF CAIN

1. Cain Offered a Cursed Offering

[Gn. 3:17-19, Rm. 8:22]

-And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

-For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.

2. Cain Offered a Carnal Offering [v. 5-7, Rm. 7:18, 8:8]

-For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing

-So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.

3. Cain Offered a Christless Offering [4:3, Jn. 1:29, 1 Cor. 5:7]

- John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.

-For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:

 

III. THE OFFERING OF ABEL [Hebrews 11:4]

By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.

1. Abel’s Offering was a Bible Offering (faith) [11:4, Rm. 10:17, Gn. 3:21, Is. 61:10]

-So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

- Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.

- I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.

2. Abel’s Offering was a Blood Offering [Gn. 4:4, 3:21, Heb. 9:22, 12:24]

-Without shedding of blood is no remission.

- And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.

3. Abel’s Offering was a Witness Bearing Offering [Heb. 11:4]

By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh

 

What is your offering?