Through His Spirit, the Most Exalted Father has carefully edited the Scriptures and placed this little passage for you and me:
4 By faith Abel brought God a better offering than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous, when God spoke well of his offerings. And by faith Abel still speaks, even though he is dead. Hebrews 11:4 [NIV – emphasis mine]
Back to the story of two brothers Cain and Abel in Genesis chapter 4. Both brought offerings to God. Abel brought the fat portions from some of the first born of his flock whilst Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil that were not the first portion of the harvest.
And here is what happened:
The Lord looked with favour on Abel and his offering, 5 but on Cain and his offering he did not look with favour. So Cain was very angry, and his face was downcast.
6 Then the Lord said to Cain, "Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast? 7 If you do what is right, will you not be accepted?
Knowing that you and I would live in such a time as this and knowing we would not reverence the Scriptures and start little debates – this is the law and not by grace, etc., the Lord made reference to this little story in the New Testament for our learning.
He wants us to put Him in first place in everything we do and worship. Literally even with our money or harvest, He expects to receive the very best Thank You gift from us. And as a guide so that everybody can be included, He says, give me the tithe, the first 10% of your income and see, what will happen to you (Malachi 3)
Abel is speaking to us today even though he died many years ago. If we do the right thing we will live in a greenhouse of God's favour when the rest of the world is suffering.
Let those with ears hear, Jesus always concluded his parables.
Farai Mutsambiwa
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