Hebrews 11,Gen 4:2-17

Hello all. We are going to talk about faith. Faith is the most important subject you can study in the bible, after you get saved and filled with the Holy Ghost. We will begin with Hebrews 11:4 talks about Abel offering a more excellent sacrifice than Cain. The scriptures didn't say that Cains' offering wasn't excellent, Abels was just "more excellent". Abel did this"BY FAITH". So Abal understood faith. When you understand faith, the bible call it "through faith.
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Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God. Abel heard the word which produced faith in his life. It was not enough for him to have "HEARD" the word, he had to keep hearing the Word. What does this mean? Abel took what God had spoken to him and began to confess it daily, so that the word will get into his heart[PSALM 19:14], and then out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks[mat 12:34]. Why is this important to Abel? If he is going to bring an offering to the Lord, God has to tell him what to bring. This means that you don't give in the offering what you want to give, because He won't accept it. You must listen to the Holy Spirit to tell you what to sow[give]. Why does The Lord Jesus love a cheerful giver? Becasue they gave what He told them, and as a result "God answers a man by the joy that's in his heart"[Ecc 5:20]

Let's bring Cain into this; If you look at Gen 4:5, it said that Cains' countenance fell. Simply put, he was angry and sad at the same time. There is no joy in what he is experiencing. God answers a man by the joy in his heart. So if you put these thoughts together, you will see that God didn't answer Cain, so Cain brought an offering of what he thought God might like. Cain is bringing to God ,an offering based on what he can naturally see and feel, this is not faith, this is sight. Cain is bringing reasoning[common sense, head knowledge] into play here, to determine what he will give. How many christians reason out what they will give, verses waiting on the Lord to instruct them what to give. Your offering should really be prepared at home. It is a simple act of convenience. Why wait to get to church and then scramble for the pen, checkbook, cash, and then you have to put it in the envelope, seal it, write your name and amount on it, then write what the seeds' intentions are on the back. Just do it at home!

Faith comes be hearing and hearing by the word of God. What are you hearing as you are travelling to church? Music? Are you talking about where you will eat after church? or maybe something else, that has nothing to do with the service at hand! Some of these things are trick of the enemy, so your mind will be so consumed with what you were talking about, that when it is time to give, you won't be able to hear from Jesus. Cut off all distractions from you and be quiet.
You are preparing yourself to be an offering, not only during the week, but especially on the way to the church building. Faith requires that an offering be prepared b4 giving it. When I am home, I ask the Lord how much should my wife and I give in the offering, He tells me plain and simple, then we write the check and thats it. No guess work involved there. Let's return to the story.

I've heard several things about why Cain sacrifice wasn't accepted, it was because it wasn't a blood sacrifice. I really think it is much simpler than that. I believe that Cains' sacrifice wasn't accepted, because he didn't bring it in faith, he brought it by sight. Why did this story transpire? and why wasn't Adam, Cain, seth or Eve listed in Hebrews 11?

When Adam was in the garden of Eden{ heavens Atmosphere} He was totally walking by faith.
The scriptures never recorded that He "SAW" God. He only "HEARD" God. Before the fall, Adam knew things, there was no trial and error in his life, all of his provisons was taken care of,
even his wife was brought to him, to toil or labor in his life. All of this was obtained "THROUGH FAITH". When Adam named the animals, he didn't guess what the names were. He simply " Heard" the WordGod][John 1:1] tell him what to name them. All of this is called "WORK". Adam did not work with his hands until after the fall, before the fall, he used his "faith" to work for him, so our labor should really be "in the Word"! When He was kicked out of the garden, He had to walk by sight. As a result of him no longer being in fellowship with God, it would be impossible for him to have faith, cause he no longer "heard" the Word. Adam is reduced to sowing seed and reaping "thorns". The reason why he sowed seed and got thorns is not just because God said it, it was because he thought he was smarter than God; maybe i'll reap some fruit this time, or maybe i'll reap some of this and some of that, he was sowing by sight, cause he no longer has faith, cause he no longer heard the Word! Everything he is doing now is a result of trial and error, not faith. Faith will take you past trial and error, and you'll get it right the first time!

In Gen 3:15 God told the serpent that " the seed of the woman will bruise his head" So here comes Cain. So Adam and eve is thinking" maybe this is the seed that will bruised the serpents head". Maybe Cain will be the one to get us back into the garden again. Cain talked to God
and so did Abel. If they were talking to God, then they were still in the garden, because God talked back and they "heard Him". They were given an opportunity to experience what Adam can no longer experience, the presence of Jesus[God]. Cain was a blessed man, because he brought to God " THE FRUIT OF THE GROUND", wait!!!! I thought the ground was cursed!
There was nothing in the garden that was cursed, only outside of that atmoshpere, did the curse exist. Here is what baffles me. If they were in the garden, How could Cain Kill Abel?
We'll, how could lucifer have pride in his heart , in heaven, before there was ever a devil?
How could the serpent "deceive" Eve, in the garden? How could satan enter the presence of the Lord, in Job Chapter 1 and have a conversation with Him? All these things took place, in the presence of the Lord, yet there were no curses in His presence. Cain Killed Abel, thinking" I will appease my anger, if I can just get Abel" OUT OF MY SIGHT", "SIGHT"SIGHT"!. What Cain failed to realize is, as a result of Abel bringing to God an accepted offering, God testified of his gifts[Hebrew 11:4] What gifts? Abels offering, given by faith. Even in Abels' death, his faith was still working, or his blood couldn't have "CRIED"! What was Abels' blood crying out for? Justice. Faith has to have hope with it, faith must have a goal or it won't work. So with Abels faith, even though he was dead, Abel had hope that justice would be served. Once faith has met the goal, then it stops until you get another goal.

One last thing: The reason why God was so angry at what Adam did, is because Adam was given the commandment to take the garden of Eden all over the earth. Why is this important? Because the only way to Hear God was in heavens atmoshperethe garden of Eden]. the opportunity to get The voice of the Lord all over the earth was stopped, ans as a result, everyone from Adam to Noah, except for Abel and Enoch didn't "HEAR THE WORD" and as a result, there was no faith ignited. So everybody except Abel and Enoch, "walked by sight".

This is my 2nd closing: When Cain was kicked out of the presence of the Lord in Gen 4:12-16, it says that he dwelt in the land of Nod on the east of "EDEN". This means that he was in the garden of Eden", before he was kicked out. Any place outside of The Garden of Eden is called "NOD"[wandering]. Cain said he would be a fugitive and a vegabond in the earth, he didn't know that, he just guessed that! Faith takes the guesswork out of life. I look forward to your response.