Heavenly Memo: Am I my brother’s keeper?
Genesis 4:9
9 And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother’s keeper?
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Selfishness causes one to act as Cain did in Genesis when he killed his brother over the jealousy of the offerings. People can be jealous of you so much so that no matter what you do in your life, they will find something wrong. Some wait in the balance until you do something that they consider unattractive or wrong and then they attack you so quickly that it leaves you baffled. Please do not take this upon yourself as though you’ve done something wrong.
The careless answer that Cain gave God shows his disrespect toward Him, not to mention the lie that he told God. We need to be careful of the answers that we give God. He loves for us to talk to Him but we need to do it with reverence/respect. It makes one wonder how Cain treated his parents beforehand. Cain seems to be the type to live for the moment more than living for and through the Spirit. Do you know of anyone like this? They live aimlessly with no agenda or plan for their lives. What comes up, comes out to them. Cain had no remorse or thought toward the repercussions of his actions to the point of taking another man’s life. And he lived with a special mark on his forehead so that everyone else would know that he was different somehow. For those who feel marked by sin, Jesus can remove it. Talk to Him. Accept Him. Only Jesus can remove that mark.
His father surely told him and his brother of the experiences that he had with the Almighty that happened before they were born. Adam and Eve taught their children the ways of God or they wouldn’t have been offering gifts to God at that time. From their experiences, they knew the rights and the wrongs of things.There are some that listen and those that don’t. Cain and Abel, Martha and Mary, the Prodigal Child, etc. He was under the influence of jealousy. When someone is under any influence of anything besides the Holy Spirit of God, they are likely to do anything or say anything. “Loose lips sink ships.” God doesn’t give us loose lips but Wisdom. Wisdom is our defense.
Ecclesiastes 7:12
12 For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.
Romans 8:34
34 Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
Thank you Jesus.
✝︎~Rev. Essie~✝︎ 