Story
Jacob has spent a life arranging outcomes — the stew, the blessing, the speckled flocks, the gift train for Esau. At the Jabbok he…
Identity · Calling · Pride
Genesis 32
Story
The face that fell
Genesis 4:1–16
Cain’s offering is not received and his face falls. The Lord warns him: sin is crouching. Envy is not a small heat. It is a predator at the door. Cain does not master it. He takes his brother into the field. The first murder in Scripture is a worship problem that would not be told no. Abel’s blood cries. God still marks Cain with a mercy he did not ask for.
How you’d preach it
Name envy before it gets a body. Ask what worship comparison is crouching in this room — pulpits, families, gifts.
- Anger
- Pride
- Worship
Genesis 4
Genesis 4:1–16