After such amazing hymns and melodies from the choir and orchestra here are some of the things I learnt from the teachings.
We need to offer spiritual sacrifices and thanksgiving to God and we should continue doing good as there are requirements to offer these thanksgiving.
Matthew 28:20
Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
Genesis 4:3-5
And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord . And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering: But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
Psalms 50:23
Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.
Jeremiah 9:24
But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the Lord which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the Lord .
Psalms 92:1
It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord , and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High:
Offering of thanksgiving to God is very essential and offering thanksgiving to God is a spiritual sacrifice.
it is good to offer sacrifices to God.
What we need to realise in the offering by Cain is that he didn't do good before God and he didn't offer his sacrifice the it should have been offered.
Genesis 4:6-7
And the Lord said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen? If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
The sacrifice or offering of the wicked is abomination before God.
1 John 3:12-13
Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous. Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
Proverbs 15:8
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord : but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
The offering of sacrifices to God is not about the offerings but about the person because the sacrifice of a wicked man is an abomination before God.
The denial of Cain's sacrifice is not because of his offering but because of himself, he was evil that is why his sacrifice was rejected.
He killed his brother which means he was evil.
So no one will be accepted if our deeds are evil.
Cain was not accepted because of what he offered which was the fruit of his land, but because of his person.
As they was no law to what they were supposed to offer to God.
Abel offering was accepted because he was righteous before God.
Cain prove his evilness when he killed his brother, God sees into our heart and knows all our thoughts.
Our sacrifice is determined by our conditions, we should be in the right condition for our sacrifice to be accepted to God.
Mark 12:43-44
he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury: For all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living.
It is necessary to do good for our sacrifice to be accepted by God.
Hebrews 13:16
But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
Romans 6:13
Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
We need to offer ourselves to God.
We need to do good, because God checks what is in our heart, he knows all our hearts thoughts.
Jeremiah 17:10
I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
Your act of thanksgiving is a way of acknowledging God and appreciating God.
Romans 1:21
Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
Romans 1:25
Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
It is part of our battle of acknowledging God , of thanksgiving.
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