STEEMCHURCH: We Have been Justified by the Blood of Jesus

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One of the overwhelming consequences of sin entering the world is social strife, proven by scorn and even brutality toward each other. We have all lived it. We have battled with our folks, our companions, and our families. Outrage has putrefied in our souls and sharpness has denied us of our delight. Indeed, even as young men, we battled on play areas, sucker-punched kids we didn't care for, and bit each other. We can be savage. This started in the garden of Eden.

On the off chance that lone the wrongdoing would have ceased in the garden. Be that as it may, it didn't. It raised. That is the manner by which it generally works, aside from God's beauty. We see this obviously only one age after Adam and Eve's overwhelming decision. Their youngsters prove the staggering and regular movement of transgression.

Consider the account of Cain and Abel found in Genesis 4:1-16. Cain was irate in light of the fact that the Lord looked with support on Abel's sacrifice and not on his. Along these lines, regardless of the Lord's warning about being overcome by wrongdoing (v. 7), Cain slaughtered his own sibling.

For what reason did God not get Cain's sacrifice? What is extremely going ahead here? A few verses in the New Testament cast all the more light on the two siblings.
“By faith Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was approved as a righteous man, because God approved his gifts, and even though he is dead, he still speaks through his faith” (Hebrews 11:4).

“For this is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another, unlike Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his works were evil, and his brother’s were righteous” (1 John 3:11-12).

God getting Abel's sacrifice and dismissing Cain's did not depend on what they offered with their hands, however on the state of their minds. Abel offered in faith. Cain's heart was shrewd, and he demonstrated his wickedness by executing his sibling. Is there an issue with our reality? Are things extremely that broken here? Chapter 4 demonstrates to us that, to be sure, things are not as they were intended to be. The first child naturally introduced to this world was a killer.

“Then [God] said, ‘What have you done? Your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground! So now you are cursed, alienated, from the ground that opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood you have shed’” (Genesis 4:10-11).

Cain's evil wrath made him spill the blood of his sibling, and that blood censured him. By God's grace, we have a protect from this wrongdoing, from this scorn! The New Testament reveals to us that the blood of Jesus speaks superior words, better words in comparison to the blood of Abel.

“… to Jesus (mediator of a new covenant), and to the sprinkled blood, which says better things than the blood of Abel” (Hebrews 12:24).

Both Jesus and Abel were pure and murdered by corrupt and disdainful men. However, their spilled blood talks diverse messages. The blood of Abel denounced Cain; the blood of Jesus legitimizes us. The blood of Abel talked against Cain; the blood of Christ represents us. The blood of Abel shouts out for Cain's judgment; the blood of Christ shouts out for our pardoning and defense.

We have been similar to Cain. We have abhorred, been furious, acted merciless, and held severity and enviously in our souls. Gratefully, Jesus' blood talks a superior word! We are not censured. As Jesus' blood tumbled to the ground, our freedom and salvation were secured. We are not sent to meander the land, but rather are invited to Him.

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Great message. I love how you started with the problem and worked toward the solution. It would be easy to conclude that the only way to reach God is to not be evil, but that would be an incorrect conclusion. We can't not be evil any more than a chair can not be a chair. We are evil, and the only path to righteousness by faith through Jesus Christ. Well preached, my friend.

I'm happy it blessed you

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