Genesis 4 I. From the story of Cain we gather the following thoughts: I. Eve's disappointment at the birth of Cain should be a warning to all mothers. Over-estimate of children may be traced sometimes to extreme love for _them;_it may also arise on the part of parents from an overweening estimat... [ Continue Reading ]
Genesis 4:3 Hebrews 11:4 We learn from our text: I. That religion actuated men in the very earliest times. (1) Religion as a principle was found in the members of the first human family. The most prominent thing connected with Cain and Abel was their religion. (2) All nations of men have practise... [ Continue Reading ]
Genesis 4:3 I. The first question to be asked is this: What did Cain and Abel know about sacrifice? Although we should certainly have expected Moses to inform us plainly if there had been a direct ordinance to Adam or his sons concerning the offering of fruits or animals, we have no right to expect... [ Continue Reading ]
Genesis 4:4 There are two things which distinguish the Bible from every other book: the view it gives us of man, and the view it gives us of God. The one is so human, the other so Divine; the one so exactly consistent with what we ourselves see of man, the other so exactly consistent with what we o... [ Continue Reading ]
Genesis 4:7 The key to the interpretation of these words is to remember that they describe what happens after and because of wrong-doing. They are all suspended on "If thou doest not well." The word translated here "lieth" is employed only to express the _crouching_of an animal, and frequently of a... [ Continue Reading ]
Genesis 4:8 Sin finds in the very constitution of the human mind the enginery of its own retribution. I. The very consciousness of sin is destructive of a sinner's peace. II. Sin tends to develop sin. III. The consciousness of guilt is always more or less painfully attended with the apprehension... [ Continue Reading ]
Genesis 4:9 The feeling of our sonship to God in Christ is a topic which requires to be constantly dwelt upon, because our conventional acceptance of such a relationship is apt to be compatible with a life which has no real apprehension of it. I. Of the dangers which are partly rooted in our anima... [ Continue Reading ]
Genesis 4:26 Prayer is speaking to God on any subject, with any object, in any place, and in any way. I. Prayer so regarded is an instinct. It seems to be natural to man to look upwards and address himself to his God. Even in the depth of lost knowledge and depraved feeling, the instinct of prayer... [ Continue Reading ]