Questions:
7.
a.
If you do what is right will you not be accepted? Sin is crouching at your door but you must rule over it
b.
God talked with him one-on-one. He doesn’t lower standards but offers him a second chance and confirms Cain has the power to rule over sin
8.
a.
Repent and try again (instead of being sad, make it right). Warning: if you don’t, then you will carry this as darkness in you and it (sin) will take you over – if you shut out the path of light, you will be swallowed by darkness – rule over it, fight it, go the other way.
b.
Any one who does not do what is right is not God’s child, nor anyone who does not love brother/sister. Anyone who loves passes from death to life. Anyone who hates is a murderer. Jesus laid down his life for us, we should lay down our lives for our brothers/sisters.
My Daily Journal:
I was struck by the visual of sin crouching at the door. It brought to mind the game show, The Price is Right.
Host: Well, Cain, I can see you have your mind set on door number 2. But before you choose that door, let me tell you a little bit about what’s behind it. You see, sin is crouching just behind that door.
Cain: (continues to stare at door number 2)
Host: You know you can choose door number 1, right?
Cain: (continues to stare at door number 2)
Host: You cannot even imagine the prize package We have assembled if you choose door number 1?
Cain: (continues to stare at door number 2)
Host: You know we offer free do-overs, right? You can just go back and start the whole sacrifice/offering thing all over again. What do you say?
Interesting that the bible notes that Cain’s face was downcast. We learned in the garden that our actions follow our eyes. Cain’s eyes are cast downward and the only door He can see is the door downward, going the wrong way on the one way street that is supposed to lead to God. He isn’t opening a prize door, he is staring at the exit.
When I face struggles, do I stop and look to God for a better door or do I see only one way out? When sin is crouching at the door to my heart do I try to fight it on my own or do I enlist as a soldier in God’s army?
The Notes are Good 