Epic Faith = Epic Worship
Hebrews 11:4
Hebrews 11:4 (NIV)
By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as a righteous man, when God spoke well of his offerings. And by faith he still speaks, even though he is dead.
Genesis 4:1 (NLT)
Now Adam had sexual relations with his wife, Eve, and she became pregnant. When she gave birth to Cain, she said, "With the Lord's help, I have produced a man!"
Genesis 4:1 (NLT)
Later she gave birth to his brother and named him Abel.
1st When we read this story, later it will say that Cain had a wife.
Acts 17:26
Paul says, "From one man He (God) made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and He determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live."
Romans 5:12 (ESV)
Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned.
Romans 5:19 (ESV)
For as by the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man’s obedience the man will be made righteous.
2nd Notice that Cain and Abel operated in full capacity as men
1. Epic Faith offers an acceptable sacrifice
Genesis 4:2b-4a (NIV)
Now Abel kept flocks, and Cain worked the soil. In the course of time Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering to the Lord. But Abel brought fat portions from some of the firstborn of his flock. (NIV)
1st There was a place for worship
2nd There was an established time for worship
3rd There was an established sacrifice for worship
Hebrews 11:4 (NIV)
By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did.
Romans 12:1 (NIV)
Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God — this is your spiritual act of worship.
1 Peter 2:11 (NKJV)
Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul,
2nd Epic Faith lives a righteousness life
Hebrews 11:4 (NIV)
By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as a righteous man, when God spoke well of his offerings. (NIV)
Genesis 4:4-5a (NIV)
But Abel brought 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.
1st Cain’s sacrifice was not what God had instructed
2nd God rejected Cain
Genesis 4:4b (NIV)
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. (Hebrew: reddening of face) Then the Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast?
Genesis 4:7a (NIV)
“If you do what is right, will you not be accepted?”
Genesis 4:7b (NIV)
“But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must master it.”
3. Epic Faith is a witness to God’s truth
Hebrews 11:4 (NIV)
And by faith he still speaks even though he is dead.
