Review: 

1.     Confident Faith 10:32-11:3

2.     Abel, obedient faith 11:4

 

 

Introduction:

       I.            Better sacrifice----Hebrews 11:4

A.    Better 4

1.     By faith 4

a.     Abel 4

b.     Offered a more excellent sacrifice 4

c.      (Better in quality G4119)

2.     Than Cain 4

B.     Righteous 4

1.     By which he obtained a witness 4

a.     that he was righteous 4

b.     God testifying of his gifts 4

2.     And by it he being dead 4

3.     Still speaks 4

     II.            A better (his best) sacrifice----Genesis 4:1-11

A.    Abel--Approved by God 1-4

1.     Cain is the firstborn.

a.     Cain 1

1)    And Adam knew Eve his wife Genesis 4:1

2)    Eve conceived and bare Cain 1

3)    Eve: I have begotten a man from the Lord 1

b.     Abel 2

1)    She again bare his brother, Abel 2

2)    Abel was a keeper of sheep 2

3)    Cain was a tiller of the ground 2

2.   Abel offers the firstborn 3-4

a.     Cain offers vegetables and fruit (doesn’t say firstfruits) 3

1)    And in the process of time, it came to pass 3

2)    Cain brought of the fruit of the ground 3

3)    An offering unto the Lord 3

b.     Abel offers the firstborn of his flock 4

1)    And Abel also brought the firstlings of the flock 4

2)    And the fat of them 4

c.      Respect for Abel 4

1)    And the Lord had respect to Abel 4

2)    And respect to his offering 4

B.    Cain--Unapproved by God 5-11

1.     Didn’t do well 5-7

a.     No respect 5

1)    But the Lord did not have respect to Cain 5

2)    and his offering 5

b.     The Lord said to Cain: Why are you wroth? 6

1)    Why is your countenance fallen? 6

a)     If you do well, shall you not be accepted? 7

b)    And if you do not well, sin lies at the door. 7

2)    Sin desires to rule over you. 7

a)     And unto you shall be his desire 7

b)    You can have the victory over sin 7

2.     Abel, confronted by Cain (do what I say!!!) 8

a.     Talking 8

1)    And Cain talked with Abel 8

2)    His brother 8

b.     Murdering 8

1)    And it came to pass (Everything came to a head.) 8

2)    That Cain rose up against Abel his brother 8

3)    And killed him 8

3.     Cain, confronted by God 9-11

a.     Bitterness revealed  9

1)    God confronts 9

a)     And the Lord said to Cain 9

b)    Where is Abel, your brother? 9

2)    Cain retorts 9

a)     And Cain said, I do not know 9

b)    Am I my brother’s keeper? 9

c)     (Cain is showing bitterness to God with sarcastic ridicule.)

b.     Blood is crying 10

1)    The Lord: What have you done?  10

2)    The voice of your brother’s blood 10

3)    Cries to me from the ground 10

c.      You are cursed 11

1)    And now you are cursed from the earth 11

2)    Which (the earth) has opened her mouth 11

a)     To receive your brother’s blood 11

b)    From your hand 11

Conclusion: Am I offering to God, my best? Or do I give him my leftover time, resources, and energy.