Category: 2

2 “The Lord said to Cain, “Where is Abel, your brother?” He said, “I don’t know. Am I my brother’s keeper?”

 Genesis 4:9

 The two brother Cain and Abel had made sacrifices to the Lord their God and God had accepted Abel’s sacrifice, but Cain’s sacrifice was not holy. Cain was aggrieved about the rejection and instead of repenting he murdered his brother in a fit of rage. God asks him the searching question, and he replies with a terse and abrupt answer.

 This is a very searching response for it shows the heart of Cain which was not in tune with God and was not repentant. He was full of pride and would not accept the judgment of the Lord and change his ways. He was stubborn and selfish and would not accept the grace of God but sought to please God with his own ideas and good works.

 God is very clear in His word, what He expects from us. Without faith it is impossible to please God and there is no forgiveness of sin without blood sacrifice, as Abel had offered. This is why Jesus had to come to pay the dreadful debt of sin that we could never pay. We must accept it in faith and repentance and find peace with God.

 Cain had not been a keeper of his brother but had poured out his own anger on the life of his brother. We must be careful we do not tread the same pathway and have no regard for those who are following God. We are to listen to rebuke and bend our knees to correction and not rise up against the Lord and sin before Him.