Gen 4:7

[foadle]

"If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin lies at the door. And its desire is for you, but you should rule over it."

This is what God said to Cain when he was angry that Abel's offering was acceptable and his was not.
What I found interesting is that if we do not do the right thing we are not immediately abandoned, rather our petential to sin is greater.

What do you think?

 

[MercuryAndy]

Well i belive that the verse is refering trying to say that even though you do something bad you can still be a good person.

 

[Lilly of the Valley]

"If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin lies at the door. And its desire is for you, but you should rule over it."

This is what God said to Cain when he was angry that Abel's offering was acceptable and his was not.
What I found interesting is that if we do not do the right thing we are not immediately abandoned, rather our petential to sin is greater.

What do you think?

Okay, in this verse Cain already did a sin, but He had the opprotunity to repent right there and it was rt. before He let sin take hold and lead him to murder. See, He could have repented, but instead he let that bitterness and offense which was already at the door, inside and pretty much take root. And you get what He did, murder.

 

[foadle]

Okay, in this verse Cain already did a sin, but He had the opprotunity to repent right there and it was rt. before He let sin take hold and lead him to murder. See, He could have repented, but instead he let that bitterness and offense which was already at the door, inside and pretty much take root. And you get what He did, murder.

That is exactly what I was talking about. We can sin and it makes our potential to sin greater. He still had a choice in whether or not he would sin but it was easier for him to do so because he allowed further sin rooted in his previous sin to enter his life.