Abel's Sacrifice (Heb. 11:4)

SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 05-27-03

 

My Worship Time                  Focus:  Abel’s sacrifice

 

Bible Reading & Meditation             Reference:  Hebrews 11:4

 

            1.  Message of the verse:  “4 ¶ By faith Abel offered a greater sacrifice to God than Cain, by which he obtained witness to be righteous, God testifying over his gifts; and through it, having died, he yet speaks.”  (Greens)  “4 ¶ By faith Abel made a better offering to God than Cain, and he had witness through it of his righteousness, God giving his approval of his offering: and his voice still comes to us through it though he is dead.”  (BBE)

            This whole story unfolds in Genesis 4:1-10, and I have read and heard about how Able knew how to give the proper sacrifice to the Lord, and that Cain knew but refused to give a blood sacrifice.  I believe that when Adam and Eve sinned in the garden, and when God came down to the garden to provide clothes for them that He used a lamb to get the skins in order to give them clothing.  I also believed that when He did this that He knew someday that His Son would be the Lamb of God who would take away the sins of the world.  It could have been at this point that God explained to Adam & Eve about sacrifices, at any rate I do believe that they did know, and that God was the One who did explain it. 

            Able was the first martyr who died because of his faith, as Cain latter killed him.  This is part of what faith in the Lord is and it was shown by Able, and that is one way that it speaks to us today.  Able believed the truth that God had given to him and he acted on that truth no matter what the consequence was to him.

 

2. Spiritual meaning for my life today:  As we are going through this storm concerning our investments with Haven Equity and Andy Leek there are things that we as believers should do and there are things that we should not do, and I believe that the way that we are to know what and what not to do are given in the pages of the Scripture.  Just like Able stood on the principles of the Word of God so others and hopefully I will do the same so that God may see fit to bless us for our obedience to His Word.

 

The Word of God was challenging to my heart as well as very instructive.