Category: Issue 02
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Living Sacrifice
By Scarlett Stough The Temple animal sacrifices during the Levitical priesthood were to remind Israel sin has a price. The yearly sacrifice of the lambs for Passover was to remind Israel that God’s deliverance from slavery had a cost. All the animal sacrifices were to teach that God would provide a substitute to pay the…
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Grace to the Humble
by Scarlett Stough Read Genesis Chapters 4 and 5. 1. Genesis 4:1-2. What do we learn about Cain and his brother Abel? 2. Genesis 4:3-5; Isaiah 66:1-5; Psalm 51:15-17; James 4:5-10. What do these scriptures tell you about the grace (favor) of God? Do these give you an answer to why God gave Abel favor,…
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With Favor
by Scarlett Stough After Adam and Eve were evicted from the Garden of Eden, God continued to offer guidance. The brothers, Cain and Abel, sons of Adam and Eve, brought offerings to the Creator God. Since Cain worked the land, he brought some of his crop as an offering. Abel was a herdsman who brought…