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Firm Foundations

Firm Foundations. Lesson 13: God rejected Cain but accepted Abel. Memory verse: Proverbs 14:12. Introduction. How serious is sin? What if someone refuses to believe God and chooses to disobey Him? Does a person’s sin affect other people? Can we work out some way to take care of our sins?

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Firm Foundations

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  1. Firm Foundations Lesson 13: God rejected Cain but accepted Abel Memory verse: Proverbs 14:12

  2. Introduction • How serious is sin? • What if someone refuses to believe God and chooses to disobey Him? • Does a person’s sin affect other people? • Can we work out some way to take care of our sins? • Can people choose their own way to come to God? • Won’t God accept any sincere effort we make?

  3. God told Adam’s family what they must do when they came to worship Him • There was no way that Adam, Eve, Cain, or Abel could come to God • God planned a way so that they could come to Him • Isaiah 55:7-9 • He must have told Adam and Eve how to come to Him • Adam and Eve probably told their children • God must have told them: • They must bring offering • The animal’s blood must be spilled • Lev. 17:11, Heb 9:22b • Why did God require the blood of an innocent animal? • Romans 6:23a

  4. Both Cain and Abel came to offer sacrifices to God • Genesis 4:3-5 • They knew God existed • They came to offer sacrifices to Him • James 2:19

  5. Abel’s offering was accepted by God • Genesis 4:4 • Abel brought one of his sheep as an offering to God • Why did Abel bring this offering? • Hebrews 11:4-6 • Did God accept Abel’s offering? • Does the blood of animals save us from sin? • Hebrews 10:4

  6. Cain’s offering was rejected by God • Genesis 4:5 • Cain brought the things he had grown • God didn’t accept this offering • Why not? • They weren’t good? • God doesn’t like vegetables? • Cain was a worse sinner than Abel? • Answer: Hebrews 11:4-6

  7. God rejected Cain and his offering because… • Cain didn’t come admitting he was a sinner • He came to God in his own way • Cain did not have faith • Remember God’s rejection of Adam & Eve’s clothing

  8. God reasoned with angry Cain • Genesis 4:6,7 • God reasoned with Cain • God wanted Cain to come to Him in the right way • Proverbs 1:23

  9. Cain killed Abel • Genesis 4:8 • Cain was angry and would not listen to God • Who was leading Cain? • I John 3:12 • What does Satan want to do to people? • John 8:44

  10. God pronounced judgment on Cain • Genesis 4:9 • Why did God ask this question? • Did God see what Cain did? • Proverbs 15:3 • Genesis 4:10-15 • God is the avenger of all sin • Sin against people is sin against God • God will punish those who hurt others • What is the punishment for sin? • Romans 6:23a • Genesis 4:16 • Cain did not repent

  11. Cain’s descendants • Genesis 4:17-24 • What does this passage say about their lives?

  12. God gave Seth to replace Abel • Genesis 4:25 • What had God promised to send after Adam and Eve sinned? • The deliverer was to come through the line of Abel • Now, the deliverer would come through the line of Seth

  13. Conclusion • God cares about sinners • God cares about you and me • Nothing can stop His plans • Abel believed God. Even though Abel was killed, God still sent a deliverer

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