"....though Cain brought an offering that was valuable, God did not have respect to his offering. It was easy for Abel to bring a lamb for his offering because he was a shepherd. His business was keeping
sheep.
But Cain was a tiller of the soil and he brought produce from his business.
The problem here was that Abel’s offering showed that he believed not only that he was a sinner, but that he needed a sacrifice, a blood atonement, to pay the price of his sin. The animal sacrifices all were a figure or type of the coming Savior.
Cain determined to worship God in his own way, demonstrating his self-sufficiency.
Throughout history, and even today, there are many people just like Cain who look and depend on their own achievements for salvation. The Bible teaches that we are helpless to do anything to save ourselves. Jesus said, “Without Me you can do nothing” (John 15:5).
Our eternal salvation depends on a sacrifice.
--Before Christ died, the people looked forward to the Savior to come, Jesus, the true sacrifice.
--Today, we look back dependent on Jesus, the sacrifice that has been made."
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But Cain was a tiller of the soil and he brought produce from his business.
The problem here was that Abel’s offering showed that he believed not only that he was a sinner, but that he needed a sacrifice, a blood atonement, to pay the price of his sin. The animal sacrifices all were a figure or type of the coming Savior.
Cain determined to worship God in his own way, demonstrating his self-sufficiency.
Throughout history, and even today, there are many people just like Cain who look and depend on their own achievements for salvation. The Bible teaches that we are helpless to do anything to save ourselves. Jesus said, “Without Me you can do nothing” (John 15:5).
Our eternal salvation depends on a sacrifice.
--Before Christ died, the people looked forward to the Savior to come, Jesus, the true sacrifice.
--Today, we look back dependent on Jesus, the sacrifice that has been made."
StepsToLife