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Today's Reading: Genesis 4:1-15 Daily Lectionary: 1 Kings 7:51-8:21; 2 Corinthians 3:1-18 And the Lord said to him, "Therefore, whoever kills Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold." And the Lord set a mark on Cain, lest anyone finding him should kill him. (Genesis 4:15) In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. Cain killed his brother Abel. Cain thought the Lord should accept his sacrifice. Cain thought he was religious, spiritual, a "good Christian" even. Cain thought that he deserved God's favor. Abel, whose name means, literally, "nothing but a breath of air," knows that he deserves nothing. Only God's mercy will save him. Somehow thinking that you deserve something from God makes it all the more irritating when you are dealing with a guy who doesn't think that. It makes Cain so angry he kills his brother. This is what happens, of course. Thinking we're "all that!" is what gets our Brother killed. Jesus came to give us life and we gave Him death. He came to show us how we are saved by God's grace. We sho