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Written by Paul Anderson-Walsh
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Wednesday, 08 October 2008 |
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Cain’s not Able
I was working on my notes for next week’s Grace in The Shadows lecture on Cain and Abel and I couldn’t help but think how pertinent Cain’s story is for us today.
It is interesting that when Eve names her first son she chooses to call him “Cain” a name which means “Acquisition”. Cain becomes the father of all who are acquisitive and driven to succeed. It is possible that she felt that in her first born son she had given birth to the child of the promise. However, far from bruising Satan’s head he would break his mother’s heart.
When one reads of the succeeding generations of Cain it is apparent
that he is the father of the industrialists and the those in the arts. And whenever these most precocious of talents are divorced from God they result in pride and arrogance indulgence and a blind ambition to be rich.  Be first to comment this article |  Add as favourites (103) |  Quote this article on your site | Views: 2477
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