Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Abel » Son of adam. History of
Burial » Probable origin of
Cain » Son of adam » Jealousy and crime of
Faith made Abel's sacrifice greater in the sight of God than Cain's; through faith he gained God's approval as an upright man, for God himself approved his offering, and through faith even when he was dead he still spoke.
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We must not be like Cain who was a child of the evil one, and butchered his brother. And why did he butcher him? Because his own actions were wicked and his brother's upright.
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Alas for them, for they follow Cain's path, they plunge into Balaam's error for gain, and they perish in rebelliousness like Korah's.
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Cain » Facts concerning » Irreverent and selfish
Escape » None, from the judgments of God
You serpents! You brood of snakes! How can you escape being sentenced to the pit?
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And do you suppose, when you sit in judgment upon those who do such things and yet do them yourself, that you will escape the judgment of God?
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for you yourselves know perfectly well that the Day of the Lord is to come like a thief in the night. When people say, "What peace and security!" then suddenly destruction will be upon them, like birth-pains upon a woman about to give birth to a child, and there will be no escape.
For if the message delivered by angels proved to be authentic, and every violation or neglect of it led to a corresponding penalty, how can we escape if we pay no attention to such a salvation as this? It was first proclaimed by the Lord himself, and it was guaranteed to us by those who heard him,
Take care not to refuse to listen to him who is speaking. For if they could not escape because they would not listen to him who warned them here on earth, how much less can we, who reject him who is from heaven! Then his voice shook the earth, but now his promise is, "But once more I will make not only the earth but the very heaven to tremble!"
The kings of the earth, the nobles, the officers, the rich, the strong??verybody, slave and free??id themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains. And they said to the mountains and the rocks, "Fall on us, and conceal us from the sight of him who is seated on the throne, and from the anger of the Lamb, for the great day of their anger has come, and who can escape?"
Exposure » No matter how committed, sin will be exposed » Like the sin of cain it may be done in secret
Falsehood » Instances of » Cain, in denying knowledge of his brother
Heartlessness » Cain
But he would not answer her a word. And his disciples came up and urged him, saying, "Send her away, for she keeps screaming after us."
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Lying » Exemplified » Cain
Sarcasm » Instances of » Cain's self-justifying argument when God asked him where abel was
Selfishness » Examples of » Cain's cold-blooded words concerning abel
Selfishness » Exemplified » Cain
Sin » Will be exposed, no matter how committed » Like the sin of cain it may be done in secret
Sinners » Snared no matter how committed, sin will be exposed » Like the sin of cain it may be done in secret
Will » The mental faculty » Freedom of, recognized by God
Anyone who resolves to do his will will know whether my teaching comes from God, or originates with me.
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