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Genesis chapter 4 is where sin leaves the garden and enters human history. This is the first murder.
The first act of religious jealousy.
The first time a human chooses violence over repentance. In this episode of The Broken Truth Bible Study, we examine the story of Cain and Abel—not as a children’s lesson, but as a diagnosis of the human condition. Why was Cain’s offering rejected?
Was God unfair—or was Cain warned before the act?
What does it mean that sin is crouching at the door?
And why does the first murder grow out of worship? Genesis 4 reveals something unsettling:
evil doesn’t begin with monsters or empires—
it begins with resentment left unchecked. We trace how rebellion evolves from disobedience into bloodshed, how God confronts Cain before and after the crime, and why divine justice in this chapter is paired with unexpected mercy. This episode also explores: • The spiritual psychology of envy
• The meaning of God’s warning to Cain
• The spread of violence after Eden
• The rise of civilization alongside corruption
• Why God places a mark on Cain
• The emergence of two human lineages—one rooted in defiance, the other in calling on the name of the Lord Genesis 4 is not just ancient history.
It is a mirror. It shows how unchecked pride hardens into hatred,
how moral compromise multiplies,
and how humanity builds culture while drifting further from God. Yet even here—before law, covenant, or gospel—
God intervenes, warns, restrains, and preserves life. Because redemption doesn’t begin at the cross.
It begins the moment God confronts sin instead of destroying the sinner. This is Genesis 4 as it was meant to be read:
raw, sobering, and painfully relevant.

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