People are exhausted. So many people are hearing sermons about serving God and doing the work of ministry to show their gratitude and appreciation for all Christ did for them. Or maybe we are hearing messages about the favor and blessings we will receive when we are faithful in our self-less lifestyle and choices. We are given lists of things we can do to be close to God and live the abundant life we read about in scriptures. These are common approaches in our education and teaching when it comes to the Bible. Afterall, we don’t want to “just be hearers of the word, we must be doers as well.” But is that the message of the Bible? Is it written so we have an outline on how to live to be blessed or is there a deeper more meaningful message we can understand that will help us experience more intimacy in our relationship with Christ?
What has God been trying to tell us since the Garden of Eden? Let’s learn from Cain and Abel’s sacrifice they brought to the Lord and why one was accepted by God, and the other rejected.
These are some of the things we talk about on this Grace at LAST Podcast. I am so glad you joined in today.
All Scripture is taken from the NASB 1995: