Please take a few minutes to watch this video and let me know what you think.
I really don't know what to think. I see the pain this is causing him. I also see the youth pastors side of this. It does cause a conflict of emotions and feeling inside me, when someone like him really seems to have a true love for Gods work and wants to be in the ministry field. I feel maybe the youth pastor should maybe take the time to teach what the Bible says about this before he goes about punishing people. What do you think ?
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Christian or Heathen ? Right or Wrong ? Why ?
I hear the same thing over and over again. Im not going to Church because its full of people that think they are better than anyone else, because its full of heathens. WOW - I guess you can't got to work, school, the grocery store or Wally World either then. The world is full of all kinds of people. I see people everyday who indeed think they are better than others, but I don't know if they are Christians or not.
I think Ill start walking up to the people that think they are better than others and ask them if they are Christians - because a lot of people seem to think that all Christians think they are better than everybody else. This would be really stupid on my part wouldn't it? But for some reason people that do not want to attend church want you to think its because of the nasty people that the church is full of. And at the same time some people in the church are hell bent and bound to preach (the very people they need to be showing love to) straight to hell. I wonder why this is?
Well I think I know ! You see the Bible says that God is not a God of confusion.
1 Corinthians 14:33 God is not a God of confusion but a God of peace. As in all the churches of God's holy people.
This sounds like a lot of confusion to me! I mean there is a serious break down of communication. This sounds like the job of none other than Satan himself. You see if the lines of communication are brought down between the Church and the world then what good is the church? If the people in the church just sit and do nothing to communicate with the world then what good are these people to God?
During war times what is the first thing the opposing sides do ? They try to bring down each others communication centers. If the commanding officers can't communicate with the front line then there is confusion. This confusion makes it much easier for defeat. So how much of a communication barrier can be put between the Church and the world? Well thats really up to all of us. You see the communication between God and his children can't be broken, but how well his children listen to him can be reduced to a minimum if we let it. Are we gonna let this confusion in our hearts? Are we gonna let the world die and go to Hell? Are gonna sit and do nothing?
So I ask myself today - What good am I to God ? I would have to say - not much good. How about you are you sitting tight holding onto your own or are you sharing Gods love with everyone else. Sometimes your fear of those around you that are different than you can be perceived as a - better than everyone else attitude. At the same time if you are sitting on the outside of the church and want to come in - why not just come in and see what happens. If the church is a good Bible believing church I think God will make sure you are ok.
Does this mean that a lifestyle that is spoken against in the bible will be deemed ok by the church? Of course not, because the Church has been charged with a responsibility to keep the commandments and and laws made by God. If the Church lets sin flourish inside the church then the Church will be ineffective for God.
We all have to come the the understanding that we are sinners. None of us are special in this. A sin is a sin is a sin. If you are living in a life of sin and want to pretend that its not sinful then you are fooling yourself and others. If you realize that you are a sinner and want to be forgiven those sins and be saved by the grace of God then you are on the right track to saving others.
But lets not make this any harder than it is - some people are under the false assumption that if you get saved you have to live a perfect life from that point on. Well this isn't true. You are still gonna sin, but you will be covered by the blood of the lamb (Jesus) and those sins are forgiven by Gods grace. Yes it is wrong to sin and yes you should try and turn away from your sin, but its inevitable that sin will creep into your life at some time. Not to worry because Jesus took care of this on the cross.
If we concentrate on what we should be doing for Jesus and not on the sin in our lives so much, we might just be productive loving Christians. That is why Jesus died on the cross - to save us from our own destructive sinfulness. He made it so we didn't have to worry about it. All we have to do is focus on him.
I think Ill start walking up to the people that think they are better than others and ask them if they are Christians - because a lot of people seem to think that all Christians think they are better than everybody else. This would be really stupid on my part wouldn't it? But for some reason people that do not want to attend church want you to think its because of the nasty people that the church is full of. And at the same time some people in the church are hell bent and bound to preach (the very people they need to be showing love to) straight to hell. I wonder why this is?
Well I think I know ! You see the Bible says that God is not a God of confusion.
1 Corinthians 14:33 God is not a God of confusion but a God of peace. As in all the churches of God's holy people.
This sounds like a lot of confusion to me! I mean there is a serious break down of communication. This sounds like the job of none other than Satan himself. You see if the lines of communication are brought down between the Church and the world then what good is the church? If the people in the church just sit and do nothing to communicate with the world then what good are these people to God?
During war times what is the first thing the opposing sides do ? They try to bring down each others communication centers. If the commanding officers can't communicate with the front line then there is confusion. This confusion makes it much easier for defeat. So how much of a communication barrier can be put between the Church and the world? Well thats really up to all of us. You see the communication between God and his children can't be broken, but how well his children listen to him can be reduced to a minimum if we let it. Are we gonna let this confusion in our hearts? Are we gonna let the world die and go to Hell? Are gonna sit and do nothing?
So I ask myself today - What good am I to God ? I would have to say - not much good. How about you are you sitting tight holding onto your own or are you sharing Gods love with everyone else. Sometimes your fear of those around you that are different than you can be perceived as a - better than everyone else attitude. At the same time if you are sitting on the outside of the church and want to come in - why not just come in and see what happens. If the church is a good Bible believing church I think God will make sure you are ok.
Does this mean that a lifestyle that is spoken against in the bible will be deemed ok by the church? Of course not, because the Church has been charged with a responsibility to keep the commandments and and laws made by God. If the Church lets sin flourish inside the church then the Church will be ineffective for God.
We all have to come the the understanding that we are sinners. None of us are special in this. A sin is a sin is a sin. If you are living in a life of sin and want to pretend that its not sinful then you are fooling yourself and others. If you realize that you are a sinner and want to be forgiven those sins and be saved by the grace of God then you are on the right track to saving others.
But lets not make this any harder than it is - some people are under the false assumption that if you get saved you have to live a perfect life from that point on. Well this isn't true. You are still gonna sin, but you will be covered by the blood of the lamb (Jesus) and those sins are forgiven by Gods grace. Yes it is wrong to sin and yes you should try and turn away from your sin, but its inevitable that sin will creep into your life at some time. Not to worry because Jesus took care of this on the cross.
If we concentrate on what we should be doing for Jesus and not on the sin in our lives so much, we might just be productive loving Christians. That is why Jesus died on the cross - to save us from our own destructive sinfulness. He made it so we didn't have to worry about it. All we have to do is focus on him.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
The Church Doesn't Act So Christian Sometimes - Why ?
Now lets look at the Christian Church & I say the Christian Church because Im deliberately excluding any Church that believes that you are saved by any other means than that of the blood of Jesus. Is this confusing? If it is please keep reading in the days to come, because Im going to try my best to make it as simple as I possibly can.
Simplicity is what Jesus did when he put himself on that cross. He made it simple for us to be saved and enter into thekingdom of Heaven
Now - Lets look at why some people in Christian Church acts out the way they do sometimes. There is always two sides to every story. So lets listen to both sides. Some people in the Church fear whats on the outside. They don't want to let the Devil in. They don't want worldly views or worldly people for that matter to dirty their - religion so to speak.
WOW - Now what would happen if we let these two characters in the Church?
So here is what they fear. People they see as evil coming in and destroying Gods Church. They want to protect Gods house from being torn apart and broken down by people that have this attitude.
I wonder why some people have this attitude about Jesus? The very same Jesus that gave his life on the cross for their sins. The very Jesus that wants to spend eternity loving them.
Im willing to bet - They don't know Jesus as their Lord and Savior. Im willing to bet they don't care to know him. Im also willing to bet that Jesus would give his life again and again for them to come to know him.
Here is the thing that most people in the Church don't seem to understand. They don't seem to understand that it is our job as Gods children to bring the truth about Jesus's love to them. It is us that need to bring the cross to them. It is us that needs to love them even if they don't love us. God has commanded us to do just that over and over again. We can't save anyone only Jesus can do that, but we can bring the love of Jesus to them.
Lets looks at another one.
As a whole the Church is trying to protect what is left of the Church. They think that the Church is weak and dying. To think this is - to think that God is weak and dying ! I for one do not think that God is weak or dying. I think our faith in him is weak - So weak in fact that we are afraid of letting others know the truth about Gods word.
What a shame to let so many go to Hell just because we want to protect the only one that does not need protection ! GOD ! I think he can handle the hearts we just need to let them know who he is.
God is and always will be the Almighty one. The one and only - The beginning and the end.
What is a Christian? A Christian is a sinner that is saved only by Gods grace. By accepting Jesus as our Lord and Savior we are then covered by the blood of Jesus - from way back when he was hung on that cross atCalvary . We still sin & this will not end until we no longer wear the earthly flesh we have now. The good thing is we are covered be his blood and we should try daily to be more like him.
Simplicity is what Jesus did when he put himself on that cross. He made it simple for us to be saved and enter into the
Now - Lets look at why some people in Christian Church acts out the way they do sometimes. There is always two sides to every story. So lets listen to both sides. Some people in the Church fear whats on the outside. They don't want to let the Devil in. They don't want worldly views or worldly people for that matter to dirty their - religion so to speak.
As a whole the Church is trying to protect what is left of the Church. They think that the Church is weak and dying. To think this is - to think that God is weak and dying ! I for one do not think that God is weak or dying. I think our faith in him is weak - So weak in fact that we are afraid of letting others know the truth about Gods word.
What a shame to let so many go to Hell just because we want to protect the only one that does not need protection ! GOD ! I think he can handle the hearts we just need to let them know who he is.
God is and always will be the Almighty one. The one and only - The beginning and the end.
What is a Christian? A Christian is a sinner that is saved only by Gods grace. By accepting Jesus as our Lord and Savior we are then covered by the blood of Jesus - from way back when he was hung on that cross at
Friday, March 26, 2010
Is God Being Persecuted By The Sins Of The Christian Church ?
Is God being persecuted by the sins of the Christian Church? Lets look at this question from the way Jesus may look at it. Jesus walked the earth for some 33 years loving and changing peoples lives. He healed the sick, he loved the unloved & he gave his life for all us - so we could be with him. Jesus took the beating none of us would ever want to take. Jesus suffered in humiliation and pain just because he loves us. Jesus died and was buried only to rise victorious! He fix the one thing that could not be fixed (Sin). He took our sins onto himself and carried them on the cross and spilled his blood for our atonement. Who has ever done so much for someone else?
He did so much for us - that some have a hard time believing it. What a sad sad thing :(
How does the world look at the Church from the outside? Well lets see -
A few years ago the world witnessed one of the most horrific sights the church has been involved in. It happened during the TV coverage of the funeral of Matthew Shepherd. A group of professing Christians had traveled to Montana just to hold signs outside the funeral protesting the gay lifestyle. They taunted the victim’s parents as they came out of the memorial service. They yelled at the parents that their son is now in Hell. They held up signs that said “God hates fags.” Not only were they not representing the spirit of Christ, they were putting words in God’s mouth, a dangerous practice, to say the least.
Now I know not all people in the Christian Church act like this. I know they are not all this extreme, but lets ask ourselves - How do we act when a person that has lived in a different lifestyle or has a bad background or even a person of a different color walks into the doors of our churches? Are we loving towards them for real or do we act like we love them? Now don't get me wrong I know some of you are totally loving and welcoming to all :) But what about the majority ?
What damage does this type of thing do to the Christian Church? Better Yet Lets Ask - What Damage Does This Do To GOD ?? The people that are most effected by this types of hatred, think that the Church as a whole all think the same. Many even think that since the Church acts this way then God must feel this way too.
What does the bible say about hate ?
Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?
(Matthew 5:43-47)
If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?
--1 John 4:20
Next we will talk about the other side of this and see where we all should stand. Should we stand apart or Hand in Hand ?
He did so much for us - that some have a hard time believing it. What a sad sad thing :(
How does the world look at the Church from the outside? Well lets see -
A few years ago the world witnessed one of the most horrific sights the church has been involved in. It happened during the TV coverage of the funeral of Matthew Shepherd. A group of professing Christians had traveled to Montana just to hold signs outside the funeral protesting the gay lifestyle. They taunted the victim’s parents as they came out of the memorial service. They yelled at the parents that their son is now in Hell. They held up signs that said “God hates fags.” Not only were they not representing the spirit of Christ, they were putting words in God’s mouth, a dangerous practice, to say the least.
Now I know not all people in the Christian Church act like this. I know they are not all this extreme, but lets ask ourselves - How do we act when a person that has lived in a different lifestyle or has a bad background or even a person of a different color walks into the doors of our churches? Are we loving towards them for real or do we act like we love them? Now don't get me wrong I know some of you are totally loving and welcoming to all :) But what about the majority ?
What damage does this type of thing do to the Christian Church? Better Yet Lets Ask - What Damage Does This Do To GOD ?? The people that are most effected by this types of hatred, think that the Church as a whole all think the same. Many even think that since the Church acts this way then God must feel this way too.
What does the bible say about hate ?
Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?
(Matthew 5:43-47)
If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?
--1 John 4:20
Next we will talk about the other side of this and see where we all should stand. Should we stand apart or Hand in Hand ?
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
God Really Loves Us All - My View of Gods Love
OK today Im going to skip the Genesis study - just for today :) I think its very important to study the bible so you will know for yourself first hand - THE TRUTH. I say just for today, but if it ends up being a lot then it may be for a couple of days.
Last night I watched Lost & it was showing Richards past. He has accidentally killed a man and went to prison for it. He was in his cell reading the Bible when a priest walked in. Richard asked the Priest to pray for his forgiveness for him???? If he was really reading the Bible then he should know we don't need a priest or Mary to pray for our sins. Ok ok - so the priest tells him that he can do nothing to earn forgiveness for his sins & went on to tell him that the Devil was waiting in hell for him!! WOW - what at contradiction to the truth about Gods forgiveness! This just makes me angry because so many people actually believe these types of things when they hear them. This was national television telling a straight out LIE !
The truth is the God loves us so much that he took a part of himself and manifested into a man (JESUS) He grew up on this earth to teach us the truth. He then took all of our sins apon himself and died for us. You see by him giving his life and making the final most important blood sacrifice. He is able to forgive us for our sins (PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE) The rules changed when Christ died on the cross. You no longer have to make blood sacrifices for forgiveness.
You simply have to realize that you are a sinner. You have to repent of your sins. (Does this mean you can't sin again ? No!) We will always sin and fall short of Gods perfect glory, but we have to get off our high horse and admit that we are sinners. We have to accept him as our Lord & Savior and let him lead our lives. Does this mean we have to all be preachers & teachers? No. But it does mean we all need to trust in him and his promises. If we accept him he will love us unconditionally and have a place for us in Heaven.
I Don't care what kind of life you live. I don't care what you have done. You can be part of Gods family.
All Richard had to do was ask God to forgive him of his sins and ask god to come into his heart & put his trust in God and he would have been saved. What Richard did was listen to another man & believed that God would not forgive him.
Don't be a Richard - Don't take what others say as the truth just because they seem to be an authority figure. Read the Bible for your self and get the GOOD TRUTH. God loves us and we can be saved just by asking.
You can't work your way into Heaven - So if you are a Jehovah Witness or other organization that thinks you can work your way then you are listening to the wrong one. You need to Read the HOLY BIBLE - It is a complete work and if you read Revelation you will see that it is wrong to take away or add to this book.
Revelation 22:18-19 “For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: 19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.”
So don't listen to any church or organization that teaches or preaches from an added Bible. If your church doesn't specifically teach from the Holy Bible and only the Holy Bible then you are more than likely in a Occult.
Im not trying to say anything bad about anybody, but if you are being taught anything different than - You get saved by asking Jesus into your heart - then you are being taught wrong. Nobody can work there way into heaven - Its not about work, but it is about LOVE !! Love God first then one another :)
God made it simple for us to be Saved and go to Heaven. Its not hard - He did this so we could all be saved and we simply have to accept him.
John 3:16
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
Last night I watched Lost & it was showing Richards past. He has accidentally killed a man and went to prison for it. He was in his cell reading the Bible when a priest walked in. Richard asked the Priest to pray for his forgiveness for him???? If he was really reading the Bible then he should know we don't need a priest or Mary to pray for our sins. Ok ok - so the priest tells him that he can do nothing to earn forgiveness for his sins & went on to tell him that the Devil was waiting in hell for him!! WOW - what at contradiction to the truth about Gods forgiveness! This just makes me angry because so many people actually believe these types of things when they hear them. This was national television telling a straight out LIE !
The truth is the God loves us so much that he took a part of himself and manifested into a man (JESUS) He grew up on this earth to teach us the truth. He then took all of our sins apon himself and died for us. You see by him giving his life and making the final most important blood sacrifice. He is able to forgive us for our sins (PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE) The rules changed when Christ died on the cross. You no longer have to make blood sacrifices for forgiveness.
You simply have to realize that you are a sinner. You have to repent of your sins. (Does this mean you can't sin again ? No!) We will always sin and fall short of Gods perfect glory, but we have to get off our high horse and admit that we are sinners. We have to accept him as our Lord & Savior and let him lead our lives. Does this mean we have to all be preachers & teachers? No. But it does mean we all need to trust in him and his promises. If we accept him he will love us unconditionally and have a place for us in Heaven.
I Don't care what kind of life you live. I don't care what you have done. You can be part of Gods family.
All Richard had to do was ask God to forgive him of his sins and ask god to come into his heart & put his trust in God and he would have been saved. What Richard did was listen to another man & believed that God would not forgive him.
Don't be a Richard - Don't take what others say as the truth just because they seem to be an authority figure. Read the Bible for your self and get the GOOD TRUTH. God loves us and we can be saved just by asking.
You can't work your way into Heaven - So if you are a Jehovah Witness or other organization that thinks you can work your way then you are listening to the wrong one. You need to Read the HOLY BIBLE - It is a complete work and if you read Revelation you will see that it is wrong to take away or add to this book.
Revelation 22:18-19 “For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: 19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.”
So don't listen to any church or organization that teaches or preaches from an added Bible. If your church doesn't specifically teach from the Holy Bible and only the Holy Bible then you are more than likely in a Occult.
Im not trying to say anything bad about anybody, but if you are being taught anything different than - You get saved by asking Jesus into your heart - then you are being taught wrong. Nobody can work there way into heaven - Its not about work, but it is about LOVE !! Love God first then one another :)
God made it simple for us to be Saved and go to Heaven. Its not hard - He did this so we could all be saved and we simply have to accept him.
John 3:16
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
Monday, March 22, 2010
First we have to know that everybody came from Adam & Eve - And He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth,” Acts 17:26. The gospel makes sense only on the basis that all humans alive and all that have ever lived are descendants of the first man Adam. Thus, there was only one man at the beginning—made from the dust of the earth (Genesis 2:7).
This also means that Cain’s wife had to be a descendant of Adam. She couldn’t have come from another race of people and must be a child born from Adam & Eve.
Genesis 3:20 Says “And Adam called his wife’s name Eve, because she was the mother of all living.” In other words, all people other than Adam are descendants of Eve Because she was the only woman.
Cain was the first child of Adam and Eve recorded in Scripture (Genesis 4:1). He and his brothers, Abel (Genesis 4:2) and Seth (Genesis 4:25), were part of the first generation of children ever born.
Even though the Bible specifically mentions these three brothers. Adam and Eve had other children.
Genesis 5:4 Says “After he begot Seth, the days of Adam were eight hundred years; and he had sons and daughters.”
The Bible does not tell us how many children were born to Adam and Eve, but considering their long life spans (Adam lived for 930 years—Genesis 5:5), it would seem logical to suggest they had many Children.
Remember, God commanded to (be fruitful, and multiply) (Genesis 1:28).
Then Cain went out from the presence of the LORD and dwelt in the land of Nod on the east of Eden. And Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and bore Enoch. And he built a city, and called the name of the city after the name of his son—Enoch.
From this context we gather that Cain had married a wife before he ever slew his brother.
Many people think that Cain wasn't Marries when he killed his brother, but this was not the case.
So in conclusion Cain was married before he went to the land of Nod.
He didn’t find a wife there but “knew” (had sexual relations with) his wife.
Now this makes sense because of what Nod means. Nod means “wandering” in Hebrew. So when Cain went to the land of Nod, he was literally going to the land of wandering, not a place full of people.
Ok so whats next ?
This also means that Cain’s wife had to be a descendant of Adam. She couldn’t have come from another race of people and must be a child born from Adam & Eve.
Genesis 3:20 Says “And Adam called his wife’s name Eve, because she was the mother of all living.” In other words, all people other than Adam are descendants of Eve Because she was the only woman.
Cain was the first child of Adam and Eve recorded in Scripture (Genesis 4:1). He and his brothers, Abel (Genesis 4:2) and Seth (Genesis 4:25), were part of the first generation of children ever born.
Even though the Bible specifically mentions these three brothers. Adam and Eve had other children.
Genesis 5:4 Says “After he begot Seth, the days of Adam were eight hundred years; and he had sons and daughters.”
The Bible does not tell us how many children were born to Adam and Eve, but considering their long life spans (Adam lived for 930 years—Genesis 5:5), it would seem logical to suggest they had many Children.
Remember, God commanded to (be fruitful, and multiply) (Genesis 1:28).
Then Cain went out from the presence of the LORD and dwelt in the land of Nod on the east of Eden. And Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and bore Enoch. And he built a city, and called the name of the city after the name of his son—Enoch.
From this context we gather that Cain had married a wife before he ever slew his brother.
Many people think that Cain wasn't Marries when he killed his brother, but this was not the case.
So in conclusion Cain was married before he went to the land of Nod.
He didn’t find a wife there but “knew” (had sexual relations with) his wife.
Now this makes sense because of what Nod means. Nod means “wandering” in Hebrew. So when Cain went to the land of Nod, he was literally going to the land of wandering, not a place full of people.
Ok so whats next ?
- What become of Cains Family?
- Why did God let all of this happen?
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Gods Punishment For Cain Killing Able
After Cain Killed Able, The Lord came to Cain and asked him where his brother was. Able answered by saying - I don't know - Am I my brothers keeper? As I said before Cain was really having a attitude towards God.
Why do you think God came to Cain and asked him where Able was? We all know God already knew what happened. See God wants to give everyone every chance he can so he can forgive them. In Cains case he gave him many chances. Cain just dosen't have any respect for God at all!
Do you have respect for God?
After Cain lies to the Lord by telling him he doesn't know where Able is at, God lets him know that he knows what he done. God said in Genesis Chapter 4:10 - What have you done? Your brother's blood cries out to me from the ground. God now immediately gives Cain his punishment.
Now Cain is still not happy !! He tells the Lord that his punishment is too much!! Cain still has no regard for anyone except for himself. Cain goes on to tell God how if anyone finds him that they would kill him. I wonder if Cain had any love in his heart for anyone, but himself?
Now why would someone kill Cain? Most people wouldn't even know him from anyone else right? Well remember this was early on and Cain and Able were the first born of Adam and Eve and there wasn't many people on earth yet. More than likely Cain was afraid of his own family, because they would know that Cain was mad and upset at Able.
Even now God still has mercy on Cain and tells him that surly nobody would kill him. In fact God made a sign and put it upon Cain so if anyone sees him they would know not to bother him. If they did then God would punish them seven fold. I think God was yet still giving Cain another chance. Instead Cain went into the land of Nod which means Exile. He got married and started a family.
Wow there are a lot of questions around this part of Genesis.
Why do you think God came to Cain and asked him where Able was? We all know God already knew what happened. See God wants to give everyone every chance he can so he can forgive them. In Cains case he gave him many chances. Cain just dosen't have any respect for God at all!
Do you have respect for God?
After Cain lies to the Lord by telling him he doesn't know where Able is at, God lets him know that he knows what he done. God said in Genesis Chapter 4:10 - What have you done? Your brother's blood cries out to me from the ground. God now immediately gives Cain his punishment.
- He first drives him from the ground where his brother is laying dead.
- He tells Cain that the ground will no longer produce food for him.
- He tells him that he will be a restless wanderer of the earth.
Now Cain is still not happy !! He tells the Lord that his punishment is too much!! Cain still has no regard for anyone except for himself. Cain goes on to tell God how if anyone finds him that they would kill him. I wonder if Cain had any love in his heart for anyone, but himself?
Now why would someone kill Cain? Most people wouldn't even know him from anyone else right? Well remember this was early on and Cain and Able were the first born of Adam and Eve and there wasn't many people on earth yet. More than likely Cain was afraid of his own family, because they would know that Cain was mad and upset at Able.
Even now God still has mercy on Cain and tells him that surly nobody would kill him. In fact God made a sign and put it upon Cain so if anyone sees him they would know not to bother him. If they did then God would punish them seven fold. I think God was yet still giving Cain another chance. Instead Cain went into the land of Nod which means Exile. He got married and started a family.
Wow there are a lot of questions around this part of Genesis.
- Where did Cains wife come from?
- What become of Cains Family?
- Why did God let all of this happen?
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