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Take off: Just to give you all some context.
In the previous chapter, Adam and Eve committed sin which brought death into the world.
Both were kicked out of the garden where they had perfect fellowship with God.
Essentially were the first King and Queen of the Earth.
Adam and Eve had two boys.
The first was Cain and then came Abel the youngest.
Chapter 3 is where we see the root of sin.
In chapter 4 we see the fruit of sin.
Read Genesis 4:1-17
We see here is the first instance where the first tithe was presented to the Lord.
Keep in mind that this is before the Law was given.
In the course of time Cain brought to the Lord an offering of the fruit of the ground, and Abel also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat portions.
And the Lord had regard for Abel and his offering, but for Cain and his offering he had no regard.
So Cain was very angry, and his face fell.
God regarded Abels offering meaning God considered it or thought of it in a different way.
Why did He regard Abel’s offering.
Lets keep digging.
It says that Cain brought to the Lord “an offering” of the fruit of the ground.
Abel brought the “firstborn” of his flock.
So we see here Cain brought a portion but it was not the first of his produce.
Abel brought the first.
It is all he had.
Abel brought his all.
Abel brought his best.
Cain did not.
I dont believe there was faith in Cains offering but there was faith in Abels.
Think about it.
Cain gave a portion of what he had.
In the end it all belonged to God not to him.
Abel gave all that he had the only thing he had trusting that the Lord will provide.
If i get paid on Friday and most of it there is trust.
The point that I am driving is not about tithing.
Do you bring God your best?
Are we sold out for God? Are we sacrificial with our worship?
Are we bringing what is the best and costly to us?
Which has faith?
Cain became jealous.
Point #1 - You must keep your devotion with the Lord
Cain became Jealous of his brother even though he could have had that but his heart did not allow it so he became jealous that jealousy grew to anger
Cain did not have a devotion to the Lord.
Definition of devotion is love, loyalty, or enthusiasm for a person, activity.
How we treat one another is a direct reflection of our relationship with God.
Our devotion to God effects everything.
It flows throughout all of our relationships.
In the workplace.
In our marriage.
in our parenting.
In our friendships.
Application: Our heart is clear with our brother that there is nothing there.
Attitudes that are bad attitudes.
How do we clear our hearts?
Confession.
Confession to our brother.
Point #1 - Keep your devotion with the Lord
Point #2 - Keep your heart
He failed to check his jealousy.
Even when the Lord came to Him and warned Him.
His heart became extremely hard and grew to anger.
If we tolerate sin in its infancy it grows to maturity.
If you play with fire you will get burned.
If you don’t deal with sin it will deal with you.
The promise here is that we shall see God when we have a pure heart.
Jesus is also making a point from Matthew 5-7 which is that you are in need of a Savior.
You need Jesus.
You cannot attain a pure heart apart from Him and the cross.
Look what Jesus says of what happens when we tolerate sin.
Cain murdered his brother.
Here Jesus is saying that murder begins in the heart and is already committed even before the act.
It is the same.
How do we guard our heart?
Have you ever heard the saying you are what you eat?
The body and the soul are not separate the principles are the same.
if I eat mcdonalds for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
What is going to happen?
I am going to get fat it is going to effect my health.
We have to have discipline.
What are we listening to?
What are we watching?
I am not going to get legalistic and say dont watch this or listen to this or hang out with this group of people.
It effects you.
I go to the gym and for a good while I would listen to non Christian music.
Angry music because I believed it helped me.
I noticed that my attitude was not a good one.
I remained angry and I was like what is going on.
My wife was like it feels like I am married to the Hulk.
I spoke to my Pastor about my anger.
You know what he asked me?
What music are you listening to?
I was shocked.
I told him and he encouraged me to listen to worship music.
He said that everytime he noticed his kids with bad attittudes he asked them the same question.
Once they switched their music he noticed a change.
We are what we eat not only in the physical but also in the spiritual.
Point 1 - Keep your devotion with God
Point 2 - Keep your heart
Point 3 - Keep a short list with God and with one another.
What do I mean by that?
We are always confessing?
We are not letting things build up.
We are walking in transparency with God as if we have nothing to hide.
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