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At some point in eternity past, He decided to create the heavens and the earth. God is an almighty, all-knowing God Who has always existed. For us to understand what the writer of Hebrews is talking about, we’ve got to go back to Genesis 4.įirst, let’s review a little of the story that leads up to Genesis 4. Or maybe you’ve heard of Cain versus Abel, but you don’t know much more than that. I suspect in our congregation today there are some who don’t even know who Abel was. We’re given very little here in Hebrews about Abel, which tells us that the recipients of this letter knew exactly what the author was talking about. So our question today is are we going the way of Cain or are we going the way of Abel? Are we faith-filled people who are living for God because we want to and not because we have to? Here in the Hall of Faith we read that Abel was righteous and accepted by God. We need to understand the difference between them, because Jude 11 speaks of false teachers who “went the way of Cain” and were led to destruction. Abel seems to have loved, honored and served God, whereas it seems that Cain did things that angered and upset God. Yet we come to a story in the book of Genesis about two other brothers who are seemingly similar in every way, yet they were different in the one area where I believe it mattered most: their faith. I am here to tell you that while he and I are so very different in many ways, we are almost identical twins when it comes to our love for Christ and His church. He honors God every day of his life, in the way he lives, the way he fathers and the way he interacts with believers and non-believers alike. Yet amidst our differences, one thing about us is incredibly similar-and that is our faith. While I have the utmost respect for my brother, we are very different even to this day.
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A lot of times being opposite created friction between us, or we stepped on one another’s toes. In fact, he finished high school in three years. I was really bad in school Joel excelled in school. I got myself in a lot of trouble, whereas Joel never got in trouble.
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Even as a young boy he was a sober individual. I tell my brother all the time it’s because my parents saw what they could make and how glorious it was, so they thought, “Let’s try that again.” But I would be remiss to think that’s the case.Īs Irish twins, from the very get-go, my brother and I were very different. We’re called “Irish twins,” not so much twins as being born on the same day, but twins because we’re so close in age. But 13 months later my younger brother Joel came along. I was born in 1976 and for some that makes me really, really young for others it makes me really, really old. My older brother, who is now passed away, was two and a half years older than me.
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This verse gives us the first of many examples. It’s the confidence that no matter what suffering we face, we can know if God is for us, who can be against us? By faith, we can weather any storm that comes in life.
#Cain and abel sunday school lesson series#
Last week Jon Culver did a great job of kicking off our series by reminding us what faith is and that our faith needs to be centered on the work and Person of Jesus Christ.