LW..Picture these two men, Cain and Abel. Before they could come into the presence of God they must bring an offering,
@Livingwater(LW) First quality of Abel... ABEL EXERCISED FAITH BY DISCOUNTING HUMAN SCHEMES , METHODS AND REASONING AND BY OBEYING GOD . Picture these two men, Cain and Abel. Before they could come into the presence of God they must bring an offering, because they were sinners. How do we know they were sinners? –- Romans 5:12 tells us. So both men built an altar, and Cain brought his offering –- ‘the fruits of the soil’; and Abel brought his offering from ‘fat portions from some of the firstborn of his flock’ –- a sacrificial lamb. Cain’s offering was far more attractive than Abel’s, but Abel’s offering was what God wanted, because He had evidently revealed His way of salvation to his parents, Adam and Eve. We learn this from Genesis 3:15, and from Genesis 3:21. Before the skins could be provided for a covering for Adam and Eve, an animal had to be killed and blood had to be shed. So, while Cain placed upon the altar the fruits of his own labour –- grain, vegetables, which he had