Broadcast<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Cain and Abel -- Part 3\n Genesis 4:6-7\n 08\/14\/2024\n\n\n 6 The LORD said to Cain, ``Why are you angry, and\n why has your face fallen?\n 7 If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if\n you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door.\n Its desire is for you, but you must rule over\n it.'' (ESV)\n\n Modern humans are no different than our earliest ancestors.\n We quickly blame others for our own shortcomings. Cain was angry\n that his sacrifice was not accepted by God, not that he hoped to\n be accepted for only going through the external motions.\n Sacrifices require faith, something that Cain lacked.\n\n The LORD said to Cain, ``Why are you angry, and why has\n your face fallen? If you do well, will you not be\n accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching\n at the door. Its desire is for you, but you must rule\n over it.''\n\n\n Here we see the progression from a lack of faith to overt\n sin. Cain became jealous of Abel's faith. Rather than repent,\n rather than taking heed to God's desires, Cain decided to ignore\n the truth that faithlessness and pride are sins which may lead to\n additional sins.\n\n Certainly we are not going to murder someone of whom we are\n jealous. That does not, however, mean that we may not harm them\n in some other way. The desires of our hearts result in action.\n ``Sin's desire is for you, but you must rule over it.'' That\n warning is valid today as well. What can we do to overcome the\n temptation to sin? Trust in God's promises, hold firmly to His\n Word, and know that the devil, the world, and our sinful flesh\n have been defeated by the suffering, death, and resurrection of\n Jesus Christ.\n\n Can we overcome all temptations? No, but we desire to fight\n against them, to seek first God's grace, and to respond to our\n neighbors, even those with whom we may be angry, with love and\n respect.\n\n May our Lord give us the strength of faith to trust in Him.\n Amen.<\/code><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"August 14, 2024 Broadcast<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-turn-your-radio-on-2024"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2216"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2216\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2217,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2216\/revisions\/2217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}