Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1926-04-24
.. The Birth Of Cain and

!. The Birth Of Cain and Abel
wv. I :2).
In obedience to Gods command tc
multiply and repleriSh the earth. the
first children were born into Tho
world. In the birth Of Cain Ev'
thought that the promise " Gen"S'.
3:15 was IN process ~ fulfillment
and exclaimed. ~ have gotten mar
from the Lord" Soon afterwards
she gave birth to Abel. Both SONS
were horn outside of Eden. It was
after the fall of our first parents and
their expulsion from Eden that they
brought forth children in the like
ness of their fallen nature. Through
the law of heredity this stream of
corruption has been flowing on from
generation to generation.
u. The Respective caIIings Of Cain
and Abel ". ..
Cain was a tiller of the ground and
Abel keeper of sheep. This shows
that the primitive employment of man
was agriculture and stock raising: I'm
fact, before the fall, mans occupa-
ton was horticulture.
III. The Respective Offerings Of
Cain and Abel wv. 3.4).
Both were worshipers: both
brought offerings-Cain of the first
fruits of the ground and Abel of the
firstlings of his flock. They both
recognized God and His claims upon
them. "The Lord had respect unto
AhoI and his nAnrIn1S huf not ,,ntn
CAIN" Why this difference? Is God n
respecter Of persons? Was Abel bet.
ter by nature than Cain: nv no means
for there Ia no difference Rom. 3 :22).
They both were born outside of Eden.
therefore they both possessed the
same depraved nature. The answer
is given in Hebrews II :4-"By faith
Abel offered unto God a more ex-
cellent sacrifice than Cain" This
leads us to the conclusion that God
had taught the necessity of Offering
bloody sacrifice. a vicarious sub
stitute. that acceptance with Him was
dependent upon the offering of be-
ing apart from themselves as their
substitute. which prefigured the atone
y.
w. The Lords Attitude Toward
Their Offerings wv. AID.
l. He accepted Abel's offerings
". ~.
The reason for this acceptance was
not because of Abels goodness. but
because he recognized his need as q
sinner and by faith brought the
Vayhi h.
stitutionary offering of another in his
stead (Heb. II a, Rom. 1O:1O.
2. He rejected Gains offering ". -.
This was not because of the moral
badness Of Cain, hut because he in
the energy Of his selfswill. brought the
fruit of his own toll
3. Cain rebuked wv. 6. y.
Cain. having sullenly resented the
Lords action. the Lord put ques-
ton of searching rebuke to him. AS
He extended His mercy to Cain, so He
will give consideration to all who
forsake their self-will and approach
Him through the Lamb which was
slain. The sin offering is lying at the
door of everyone.
v. Cain Stays Abel ". 81.
He showed hypOcritical friendship
for Abel Il John 3:2) to get a good
chance to kill him. IT is strange that
the first murder grew out of the first
recorded act of worship. This first
murder was but forecast Of the
oceans of blood which have been shed
in the name of religion.
VI. Gods Judgment Upon Cain
wv. 9-16).
Soon after Gains sin. God asked
Cain to account for Abel. his brother.
Instead Of confessing his guilt and
suing for pardon, he tried to lie out
of 1t. even answering God with de-
f1ance. disputing Fits right to bring
him into judgment.
/. Unrequited toll.
The earth failed to respond in fruit
fulness to Gains toiling.
2. A degraded outcast.
He was condemned to perpetual
exile.
8. Banished from the presence of
God.
He not only was thrust out from
home and society hut from tho div;po