December 2, 2023 Really Big God

Part 3 | What You Get When You Give to God

Abel had a in the world.
Abel had a challenging with his .
Abel to God with a of .

📖 Genesis 4:3–4 ESV In the course of time Cain brought to the LORD an offering of the fruit of the ground, 4 and Abel also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat portions. And the LORD had regard for Abel and his offering…

is an act of that God’s into your

What did Abel by ?

1. From God.

📖 Genesis 4:4b ESV And the LORD had regard for Abel and his offering…

📖 Mark 12:44 ESV For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty has put in everything she had, all she had to live on.”

📖 1 Samuel 2:30 ESV those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed.

2. A Life.

📖 Genesis 4:5 ESV but for Cain and his offering he had no regard. So Cain was very angry, and his face fell.

📖 Acts 20:35 ESV the Lord Jesus himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’

3. An Heart.

📖 Genesis 4:6-7 ESV The LORD said to Cain, “Why are you angry, and why has your face fallen? 7 If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is contrary to you, but you must rule over it.”

📖 Proverbs 11:25 ESV Whoever brings blessing will be enriched, and one who waters will himself be watered.

4. An Eternal .

📖 Hebrews 11:4 ESV By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he was commended as righteous, God commending him by accepting his gifts. And through his faith, though he died, he still speaks.

5. A Death.

📖 Hebrews 11:4 ESV And through his faith, though he died, he still speaks.