Genesis 4 records the first murder, and we see that God values human life. God has rejected Cain's offering and accepted Able's; Cain is angry God speaks to him, but instead of heading God's words and mastering sin, he kills his brother. The text says that Cain told Able what God had said, and then he attacks him and kills him. God speaks to Cain again, asking where Able is, and instead of denying and passing the blame like his parent's did, he side steps the question.
God values human life. Able's blood cries out to God, and just as God punished Adam and Eve in His justice, so here He punishes the sin of Cain. The ground received Able's blood from Cain, and now it will no longer offer anything to Cain. Cain, who was a farmer, one who cultivated the ground, now will wander the earth, unable to do what he has always done.
God, the author of life, holds life to be sacred. When life is taken, God demands an accounting of that life. God is the only one who can take life because He is the only one who can give life.
Let us value life, not taking by giving into sin, but mastering sin and rising up to defend life.
Fight the lion, 1 Peter 5.1-11
TO GOD ALONE BE THE GLORY!
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