Genesis 4;1 “Adam  lay with his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain.  She said, "With the help of the LORD I have brought forth a man." Cain was the oldest son of Adam and Eve. The fall in the garden had just taken place. And now they, Adam and Eve, were kicked out of the garden. They did not wallow in their self pity and become mad at God. Rather, they loved God and saw him as the LORD. Their Great ONE. With the help of the Lord I have brought forth a man. It was God who had loved them and taken care of them. And they realized that. If they sinned, well they sinned, they could not hide that. But they had to see God as God and love him as the lover of their souls. Actually, it is amazing that they did not hold a grudge but gave glory to God. They were responsible and full of faith. She recognized God and said, “With the help of the Lord I have brought forth a man.  ² “Later she gave birth to his brother Abel.
      Now Abel kept flocks, and Cain worked the soil.” Abel was like a shepherd and Cain was like a farmer.  ³ “In the course of time Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering to the LORD. ⁴ But Abel brought fat portions from some of the firstborn of his flock. The LORD looked with favor on Abel and his offering, ⁵ but on Cain and his offering he did not look with favor. So Cain was very angry, and his face was downcast.” These verses are condensed and tell a lot about these men. One, they brought something to God. And second, God looked at them and their offerings differently. Now lets look at them now that we looked at all of these verses together. ³ “In the course of time Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering to the LORD.” The fruits that are described here are some of the fruits. Not specifically the best fruits but it is only some of the fruits of the soil. Now the definition in Cain’s heart is very, very wrong. He is not look at God as his absolute essential Creator in his life. Why was that? I really do not know. But he did not. If one looks at God as their absolute Creator they do not mind the cost of what to give to God but they give their absolute best to God. But Cain only gathered some fruits from the ground, and brought that to God. Perhaps he looked at giving to God a chore, his brother was doing it and maybe he should do it, so he thought. Maybe he thought if he gives to God he might receive good luck. In part, this is false religion. Those who have false religion say, “I give to God. God is privileged that I give to him. He should bless me.” The thing wrong with those sentences are that “I” are at the center of them. True religion is having a good definition of God. He is the Creator, I am his creation, I will worship him for he is good. False religious people think that they are doing God a favor. That is not true. They are not doing God a favor. God is recognizing them and doing them a favor. God’s favor and love is what we are looking for. Romans 12:1 reads, “Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual act of worship.”  Genesis 4:4 “But Abel brought fat portions from some of the firstborn of his flock. The LORD looked with favor on Abel and his offering,” Abel saw God as God. He saw that God created all things; God is the Creator and he owns everything anyways so we pay homage and glorify him. (No one in the whole world is there. But God is there. God is the Holy Heavenly Father. He is the One who sees us. He sees me and is always with me.) Abel had a heart for God. He had faith in God. Hebrews 11:4, “By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as a righteous man, when God spoke well of his offerings. And by faith he still speaks, even though he is dead.”