1.   What were occupations of Cain and Abel? How did Abel’s occupation, the same occupation as Moses and David, bring him closer to God? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

2.  What did Cain offer to the Lord? How about Abel?  _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

3.  What are some reasons that God rejected Cain’s offering and accepted Abel’s offering? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

4.  How was Cain’s reaction to God’s rejection a sign of his character? How should we react when God turns His face from us? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

5.  David knew how to get God’s attention when God was angry with him.  What did David mean in Psalm 32:3-5? How can God judge us when we “keep silent”? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

6.  What does God say to Cain in Genesis 4:6-7? Give an example of when God can give this loving confrontation to someone? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

7.  What is the first curse from God against Adam in Genesis 3:17? How did Cain fulfill it? Is this ultimately Adam’s fault? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

8.  What does Hebrews 12:24 say? What is Abel’s blood crying out? How is Jesus’s blood “speaking greater things” than the blood of Abel? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

9.  How does God save Cain in Genesis 4:15? How does God’s redemptive act also make sure that Cain remains cursed?  ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 

 

10. What does Lamech, a descendant of Cain, say? How is this a generational curse?  ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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