Indonesian Version:
Genesis 4:1-16
Position and relationship are more important than behavior. When position is shifted, relationship is broken, such is sin.
Cain's is the 2nd case of God's judgment in Genesis.
Tong believes God received Abel's offering because there is blood as the blood of the lamb points to the death of Christ. Regarding Cain's, God hates the offerings of those who do not recognize the sacrifice to redeem sinners.
Sign of Stupid man: Kill others, Kill oneself. Why suicide?
1. Don't want the responsibility.
2. Freedom, no one can judge me.
3. Thought all is completed in life.
All 3 above are wrong. Where there is grace, there is responsibility.
v13. Why Cain didn't say "My punishment is greater than I can bear" rather than "greater than my sin", because he does not see his sin still, he was still living in ignorance.
Chinese Version:
First judgment: The Fall of Man
Second judgment: When God questioned Cain
Anyone given grace must also pay responsibility. Am I my brother's keeper? The answer is YES, from God.
Tong was impressed by the depth of biblical understanding of the above artist. Placed this painting in the museum.
There are two kinds: suicide vs. homocide.
Suicide: stupidest - Death solves all things. Wrong understanding of their selves and the existence of their lives. Your spirit/soul still exists. Ecc 3:11 (God placed ETERNITY in man's heart - the English wrongly translated "the world") How are you going to answer God when he asked: Why do end you before your time? This is a serious judgment.
Those who murder are wickedly fierce. They think ending others' lives solve their problem.
Tong shared of a case in the 70s where a man in Sydney killed his wife after argument and chopped her into pieces to bury in the garden; started a new life in Perth where he remarried, had kids and left his past behind secretly and got away with it until after his kids have grown, he couldn't bear it with his conscience and brought himself into the police station to confess it all. Tong said this is the first time he shared this in the pulpit after learning this news for quite sometimes. I googled, couldn't find this story. Although there are similar stories, or it maybe in one of these results.
Only God is holy, only God is righteous.