The Faith of Abel

By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh. Hebrews 11:4

Our means of sacrifice is not all that important… the attitude of our heart… is!

Abel understood this… Cain did not.

King David understood this… King Saul did not…

Saul of Tarsus did not understand… Paul of Tarsus did!

The Christian religion calls for us to have faith… to believe… to trust.

The pseudo-christian religions calls for work… harsh sacrifice… and to blindly strive… to live by a code of church legalism that sanctifies and pacifies the traditions of men… and not trust in God…

Trusting God is never easy… it takes more than we can give… its righteousness is greater than we can comprehend… it leads us to our breaking point… and leaves us beside the still waters. Psalm 23:2

Trusting… tries our dependence… questions our reliance… tests our hope. In times of trust our impurities rise to the surface… the pain of tribulation purifies our hearts, our character, our faith…

The way of Christ is found in trust. This, a living sacrifice that gives, that hopes, and that endures by hope…

A hope that Abel had… a faith that lives today… that speaks today… and that leads our hearts and minds… to live by faith!