cain and abel

Do Now: “Genesis 3” 9/22/2014Answer the following questions.

1. Name one of Satan’s strategies.2. How did Eve respond?

Cain and AbelRead Genesis 4:1-5

Draw the stick figures and write under each character what is true about them in the verses.

Abel Cain

What did they each offer? Write exactly what it says in verse 3 they each brought.

Abel: “...of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat portions.

Why do you think Abel’s offering was accepted and Cain’s was rejected?

“By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which

he was commended as righteous, God commending him by accepting his gifts.”

Hebrews 11:4

Cain: “an offering of the fruit of the ground.”

How does Cain respond to God’s rebuke?What does God do? Genesis 4:5-6

What is the specific warning God gives Cain?

God

“And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is for you, but you must rule

over it.”

Cain’s Response

(Draw this diagram)

Makes wrong

sacrifice

AngryRejects God’s

warning

Kills brother

Lies to God

God warns

God confronts

Choices

Come up with an example of a temptation someone might face today. Create a story in

which your character experiences this temptation and include their choice. Why do

you think your character chose to do right or to do something they knew was wrong?