1st John 3:12. “Not as 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.” EVIL WORKS. Whatever happened, you had the same parents? Was it your personality that made you not listen? Was it responsibilities you didn’t want to bear? What was it made you respond to the wicked one’s hissing?
Why didn’t you choose to bring to God what He wanted? When Abel brought what was right why wouldn’t you change? Did you not understand by killing Abel you would forever be haunted? Why did you refuse the offer of the lamb that there you could take?
You were angry and bitter you must have known that was evil? Couldn’t you remember that a sinless victim must die? What was it possessed you to pay heed to the devil? Did he come to you like a friend and tell you a big lie?
When you killed Abel, didn’t you know the difference between hate and love? After you did the deed didn’t your conscience seriously convict? What crossed through your mind when you first shed Abel’s blood? The evil works you did, you poor man, forever marks you an apostate!
“Holy God, the warnings in the Bible of apostasy and its consequences, challenge me to be faithful in warning the lost. I wonder if I have ever spoken to one who is an apostate. I can certainly see evidence of the rising spirit of apostasy all around. Help me to be a faithful witness and one who is willing to warn, and keep on warning, the unsaved to repent and turn to Christ. I pray in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.”