Cain and Peter

Friday, April 25, 2008 by Big Kahuna.

What do those two guys have in common? When God asked Cain where his brother Abel was, Cain’s flip reply was, “Am I my brother’s keeper?” It is amazing how quickly sin becomes acceptable. His parents hid from God over the eating of the fruit because they knew that He knew. Cain makes no attempt to hide himself after fratricide. When God asked his parents a question they were more naive, betraying their sin by their answer, “I was afraid because I was naked…” They had been naked with God before and unashamed, they had no sense of vulnerability in their nakedness but now something had changed, naked suddenly felt vulnerable. Cain has none of that, he more or less assumes that God either doesn’t know what he has done or that it wasn’t that big a deal. His attitude is incredibly arrogant. Read the rest of this entry »

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