Daddy Tell me a Story

Gen. 4: 1-5, Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, and said, I have acquired a man from the Lord. Then she bore again, this time his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. And in the process of time it came to pass that Cain brought an offering of the fruit of the ground to the Lord. Abel also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat. And the Lord respected Abel and his offering, but He did not respect Cain and his offering. and Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell.

George Santayana famously said, 'Those who do not learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.'

He never spoke a truer word! Whenever we refuse to larn from our history, we fail to avoid its pitfalls and painful consequences...this extends beyond our mistakes, this can be seen in members of our family, even our spouse's family.

In Gen. 12: 10-13, we read about Abraham's deception concerning his own life and the Abimelech...20 years later, we read that Isaac committed the exact same sin, under the exact same consequences...

What we can take from these 2 accounts is this:
- Your children do not have to see you commit the act of sin in order to be affected by it. We are all affected, one way or the other.

- The devil will set the same trap for you, as he did your father! Most of the time, it will work!!

Point being is, as Adam and Eve explain their creation, and excommunication.

Adam and Eve were redeemed by blood!  ..

Gen. 3: 21 - Also and his wife, the Lord God made tunics of skin, and clothed them.

What's interesting to note is: we see at the very beginning the covering of mankind on his own way isn't sufficient, that's religion. Now, having understood this, Abel put into practiced what his father.

These 1st 2 people were reconciled by the blood of an innocent animal...Abel picked up on this, but Cain didn't pay any attention.

Being a tiller of the ground and producer of crops was not easy, but God didn't authorize this as a burnt offering.

The offering should've been made by the innocent blood of an animal, Cain rather did things his way, like many of you do! Abel offered a sacrifice to God without getting, or taking from the earth. Had Cain learned from the history his mom and dad had for him, he wouldn't fall into the same snares.

As God's chosen, we need to be on the lookout for opportunities to learn from history and then conquer what ever is coming our way.