Way of Cain Way of Abel
Rejected Accepted
Cursed Blessed
Fugitive Pardoned
Evil works Righteous works
Child of the devil Child of God
Fruit of the ground Firstlings of the flock
Envy Love
Of that Wicked one Of that Blessed One
Very wroth Very GLAD
Confusion Assurance
Works of Self Blood of a Substitute
Proud Helpless
Hell Heaven
Good works Grace
Human merit Divine Mercy
Human efforts Substitute's Death
Self-righteous Sinful
Man's Religion God's Salvation
Do DONE
Earning Trusting
His own way God's way
Work, presume Trust, Know
Self God
Self-justification God's Justification
Did it his way Submitted to God's way
Justice Mercy
Toil Trust
Things Person
Doubts, fears Assurance, Boldness
Carnal reasoning Divine Revelation
Vain imaginations God's Thoughts
Human traditions Holy Scriptures
Philosophy Gospel
Human proxy Substitute
Human merit Divine Grace
Work-monger Blood-Truster
Provocation of God Acceptance with God
Enemy of God Peace with God
Cain was a tiller of the ground; Abel was a keeper of the sheep. Both believed in God, both knew of the Atonement by Blood from their father Adam. They were not left to their own ideas of how to safely approach their Maker. Cain presumptuously approached God with his own works, but Cain was no atheist; He believed in the existence of God. Cain was conscientious and was interested in approaching the living God. But he tried to approach God in his own way apart from the words of God. Cain dreamed up his own way of self-salvation. No shed blood, No atoning sacrifice of an innocent Substitute for his sins, but with something that represented the work of his own hands. The plowing of the wicked is Sin. Cain was more diligent; he came to the altar first; he knew where to come; he know when to come; he knows what to bring (Gen 3:21).
Cain is a self-righteous intellectual agnostic pleading innocence on the grounds that some heathen natives somewhere in some concrete jungle in the inner cities of Chicago or Baltimore doesn't know anything about something or other. Cain comes to the altar his own way according to his own imaginations, feelings, beliefs, and conscience seeking to gain God's favor through his own efforts. He comes with a cart full of works which he has labored and sweated to get, given his offering of his own free will as an offering of thanksgiving to God. Cain has faith and works, but God still cursed him. Cain rejected God's ways, and insisted on his own way; Cain stubbornly worshiped God on his own terms which is idolatry. Instead of coming God's way, Cain went his own way. "I'm basically a good person; God will accept me for sure, if he accepts all those hypocrites down there at that church; I will come to God by my goodness; My works should be enough; I decide how God accepts me; I'll make it there my own way; God will have to accept my way; I try to live a good moral life and pay my bills; I belong to a church and go there when I can." The Gospel says, "Come to God through GOD'S PRECIOUS BLOOD alone, which was shed by The Lamb of God, for JEHOVAH was made flesh at Bethlehem."
Cain had much outward Religion without a changed heart inwardly. Cain was very religious; He believed in God; He brought an offering; He worshiped, yet he remained unconverted. He appeared religious while defiantly rejecting God's authority and way, promoting himself, and substituting his own way for God's.
The way of Cain is to work to get your salvation, earn and establish your own righteousness, and hope for the best. Religion is what a man does to try and justify himself, and Salvation is when a sinner realizes he cannot justify himself before God, and simply trusts what God manifest in the flesh has done on THE CROSS for sinners. Adam and Eve accepted a free gift (the skins of a Substitute) from God to clothe their nakedness, but Cain refuses this way. Cain believes in God, like all devils do, but he does not BELIEVE GOD, so he brings his own kind of offering. Cain could get any BLOOD out of his turnips on that day. God refused to accept Cain's fruits and vegetables as a Payment for his sins. God turned down Cain, and God turns down every self-righteous sinner that comes before HIM with their own works. Religion is always the shortest and quickest way to Hell. Religion will damn you; but SALVATION from Christ will Save you. Religion is a thing; Salvation is a PERSON (Matthew 1:21). Religion is man's doings, and Salvation is God's Doings (Titus 3:5). Cain had plenty of religion, but not a drop of Salvation. Man's way is religion by himself; God's Way is Salvation through the Lamb of God. He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy. Never trust human righteousness for it is a very damning thing.
Abel approached God by Faith, by God's words. Abel brought the first born lamb of his flock. Cain represents self-made religion, the efforts of human hands. Abel symbolizes Redemption by Innocent Blood. There must be an innocent life given in the place of the guilty sinner. There are two ways today: The way of Cain, and the Way of Calvary. The Way of Calvary is the only safe way to God through the Works and Blood of the LAMB OF GOD. The only Way to Heaven is through FAITH IN GOD'S PRECIOUS BLOOD. The sure way to Hell by trusting in any of your works. God could care less what "religion" you pick to follow; they all wind up in hell where they belong.
The entire world is divided into two congregations: the Congregation of the Righteous, and the congregation of the wicked. Is the Gospel just a religious story to you? When did JESUS actually become your personal Substitute for your sins committed against God? The protection of the LAMB is a personal choice that you must make on your own. Your parents or your priest can't do it for you. Salvation is a personal Transaction that occurs between you and God. The only way to approach the HOLY GOD of the Bible is by the payment of the Blood of the Lamb of God. For there is one God, and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus; Who gave Himself a RANSOM for All sinners. JESUS is the LAMB OF GOD that was slain in order to REDEEM your Soul to God by HIS OWN BLOOD.
Cain prayed something like this: Now, Lord, I come before you today, worshiping You according to my own thoughts, and I know that my momma and daddy told me that their sins are paid for by the blood of Lamb's, but Lord, I have brought you the most beautiful grapes. I grew them myself, pruned the vine, kept the foxes out, sprayed them for bugs, picked them in the hot sun, and shined them up for You. The juice in these grapes are blood red, and they look a lot like real blood. I know you are a God of love and have no pleasure in vengeance and bloodletting. Lord, please, in your infinite empathy turn these grapes into blood and enable to live a better life." But the fire of God did not fall on Cain's sacrifice. God crushed Cain's hopes of being "good," and living IT. Cain was trusting his religion to save him, his own self-righteous works. God never has and never will give assurance of Salvation to anyone who is trusting something from his own doings to save him. Evil human nature loves to attempt to earn merit or favor with God. You must forsake forever your works, and put your wholehearted trust in the PRECIOUS BLOOD ATONEMENT of THE GOOD SHEPHERD - JESUS was the Offerer and the Offering for Sin in One sinless Person. Religion can never give its followers absolute and certain knowledge of eternal safety after death.
Abel prayed something like this: God be merciful to me a sinner. Lord, please take this Lamb in my place. I am a sinner needing an Atonement for my sin and guilt. I put my faith in the blood of this innocent lamb, that you provided to me. I should love you enough to die for you, considering how good you've been to me up until now, but I am no good, I am afraid to die. I should honor you all the time, since you are the Lord of heaven and earth, but I don't. I forget you all the time, and wind up sinning against you. I put myself first most of the time. But here I am again, asking for your Mercy through this innocent Lamb. Lord, this is one of your creatures, you made it, sustained it, nourished it, and I have only tended to what is Yours. My momma and daddy said You killed a lamb like this back in the garden of Eden to spare them. I hope you will accept this innocent Lamb for me. Take this lamb's life and blood instead of mine. I deserve to die for my sins, but will you please accept this bloody substitute in my place?" All of a sudden, the fire fell from heaven, and consumed the innocent, excellent sacrifice.
The way of Cain sounds something like this: God has done a great deal for you, but you must do the rest, so that you might be saved. You have to live it, and hope you get to Heaven in the long run. You do one part, and God will do the other part. This is only a delirious and damnable dream. This is a very popular doctrine in man's self-made religions. This way flatters human nature very much.
But Christ Jesus says, "I will do the whole for your soul, come unto Me, fall down at My feet, give up your doings, let me undertake for your sinful, helpless case. Confess your sinfulness, for you are undone without My Mercy and Grace. You have nothing to offer Me, you are nothing, you will never be anything more than nothing. I don't want anything from you besides your Sins; I will take you just as you are; Do not try to fix yourself; You are filthy and lost without Me; Do not try to come to Me with anything you tried to do to better yourself; I am the Savior of sinners, not the righteous; please come to Me for all your Soul needs."
The only sacrifice from a sinful man that JEHOVAH-TSIDKENU requires here in 2026 is The Sinless Lamb of God's PRECIOUS BLOOD; for Only The Lamb of God is without blemish and without spot. And ye know that JESUS was manifested to take away our Sins; and in HIM is no sin. The heathen carries his god on his own shoulders (Isa 46:6-7); but the Living God carries His children on His shoulders (Luke 15:5-7).
