1 King 3:26. A mother's love can never be separated from her children. When King Solomon had to decide which mother was the mother of a child, he used his wisdom of a mother's selfless love to decide who was the mother of the child. When both mothers claimed the child, Solomon decreed that the child be cut into two and divided between the two women. He knew that the true mother would never agree to her child being harmed.

Romans 8:13. What drives our daily actions? Is it our environment or situation that we are in or is it because of who we are and what we have done in the past?

1 John 3:12. Because of our sin nature, we have a tendency to make wrong choices and not serve God. In our heart of hearts we know we make wrong choices, and that the end result of our bad choices is death and destruction. We know that sex out of marriage is wrong and God is not pleased with our actions. We know that our selfish actions hurt others and makes enemies. We know that our self-pride in our body is just temporary, and our bodies will one day wither and go back into the dust. The bottom line is that we desire short-term pleasures from the sins that we place above God.

Romans 8:13 Only through the Holy Spirit can we kill the deeds of the flesh and take on the mind of Christ. The Holy Spirit gives us spiritual life eternally. When the Holy Spirit is in us we no longer let Satan's deception defeat us by living after the flesh. We can focus on taking on the mind of Christ as the Holy Spirit in us kills the flesh. We can win the spiritual battles of taking on the mind of Christ and achieve eternal life only with the Holy Spirit in us.

Just like Cain we all can make a personal choice to hate righteousness. When we come in contact with something that we know is God's Truth, we can complain about it, be resentful, be envious, deny it, lie about it, and even hate it with a murderous spirit. Because of our sin nature that we inherited from Cain's father Adam, we can all make a personal choice to be disobedient to God. We all can choose to hate God and His Truth. Thanks to Jesus' sacrifice for our sin nature, we do have another choice. We have the choice to love God and love our brother. 

BIBLE SCRIPTURE: Genesis 4:8, "And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him."

Most of us are familiar with the story of Cain and Abel. Abel brought a worthy offering to God, an offering of blood, and God was well pleased. Cain made a personal choice to bring God an unworthy offering. This was an offering of the ground, the cursed ground. Soon after that in the field, Cain rose up against Abel his brother and killed him (Genesis 4:3-8, " An 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. 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. And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.").

1 John 3:12. Cain, the son of Adam and the bother of Abel, made his own choice to murder his brother. 1 John 3:12 says, "...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." Cain only murdered Abel because his brother was righteousness. The way of Cain is to hate righteousness.

How did Jesus change our relationship with God? Do I have a sin nature? How do I become a new man (or woman) in Christ? Why is it so important?

Romans 6:6. These questions are key for new believers as well as all Christians. All of us must understand that by accepting Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior, we become dead to sin and the new man is alive in us. This is the start of our new relationship with God and the sanctification process of the new man in us. We are no longer servants of sin.

1 John 3:12. In the final analysis, Cain hated his brother Abel because his brother was righteousness. Abel's righteousness highlighted that Cain's works were evil. This is the only reason that Cain murdered Abel (1 John 3:12, "Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him?