GOD’S KIND OF JUSTICE!!!

Offering sacrifices is quite common among Christians today, in order to show that they want to please God or to show their repentance for their sins. In modern times, of course, we are not talking about animal sacrifices, as they were in the Old Testament, but about different kinds of sacrifices.

For example, many believers will once sacrifice their free time or sleep to read the Bible or pray. Others may give a sum of money to a charitable cause. However, if this action is not accompanied by genuine love for the Lord, then it is in vain, for we exalt ourselves and dishonor God. While the Word of God teaches that when we humble ourselves for the sake of Christ, He will exalt us in His hour and in His time.

A strong example of two opposite cases of people can be found in 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝟒:𝟑-𝟕 ‘‘𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐢𝐥 𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐛𝐞𝐥 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠—𝐟𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐛𝐞𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫. 𝐒𝐨 𝐂𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐂𝐚𝐢𝐧, “𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐲? 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭? 𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐝? 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫; 𝐢𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐭.’’ Abel gave in faith. Ηe gave trying to do God’s will, trying honour Him and glorify Him. Whereas, Cain gave to honour himself and dishonour God, and so it turned to sin against him.

The Lord first looks at the heart of every man and that is why he rejected Cain’s offer. Likewise for God’s children today, no matter what we offer in His work; our money, our time or anything else, the Lord is just and will reward us based on our obedience, not our sacrifice, because, no state of being is as rewarding as living in tune with God.

🙏Prayer: “Lord Jesus Christ, cleanse my heart from every evil purpose, because Christianity is found in the heart, in the purity of the heart. Help me, Lord, that my life may be pleasing to You, in Your holy name I pray, amen!”

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