TRUE WORSHIP. A lesson taught to 3 to 8 years old children at Nazareth Baptist Church, Santa-Maria

Memory Verse:

John 4.24 – God is Spirit: and they that worship Him must worship Him in Spirit and Truth – John 4.24

Lesson Genesis 4.1- 16.

Gen 4:1-7

Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, saying, "I have gotten a man with the help of the Lord." And again, she bore his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, and Cain a tiller of the ground. In the course of time Cain brought to the Lord an offering of the fruit of the ground, and Abel brought of the firstlings of his flock and of their fat portions. And the Lord had regard for Abel and his offering, but for Cain and his offering he had no regard. So Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell. The Lord said to Cain, "Why are you angry, and why has your countenance fallen? If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is couching at the door; its desire is for you, but you must master it." (RSV)

· Both offered sacrifices

· Cain gave God the fruit of his labour.

· Abel gave God fruit of his labour.

· Cain was rejected

· Abel was accepted.

WHY DID GOD ACCEPT ONE AND NOT THE OTHER?

Because it wasn't done in faith (Hebrews 11.4)

ü The secret of living right is faith in God.

ü The acceptable sacrifice is the life of faith.

ü True worship has its ground in more than legal enactments.

ü True worship is more than the giving up of things.

ü Abel brought his offering with the knowledge that it wasn't good enough. Cain with the thought that God has to accept it.

ü True worship does all things for God.

ITS ISN'T ENOUGH TO DO THE RIGHT THINGS.

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