22/09/2026
๐๐ก๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐ก๐ ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ ๐๐ข๐
- Pastor Abe Ng Sinco
An ugly spirit is hovering all over the world. One can sense it, see it, everywhere. It's called ANGER.
The strange thing is.. We can be angry at someone we don't even know. We get angry if we don't get our way. We get angry for flimsy reasons. Anger can be taught. It can even be inherited or passed on.
The dangerous thing is.. Anger unrestrained breeds hatred. Isn't this how war starts? Isn't this how rebellion starts? Isn't this how division starts?
The first anger was recorded in Genesis 4:5, Cain got angry, very angry, at his brother Abel when God rejected Cain and his offering.
๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ด 4:5 ๐๐๐.. ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ต ๐๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐จ๐ช๐ง๐ต. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ณ๐บ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ.
Many would theorize that Cain offered a wrong gift, or an unsubstantial one. Abel brought a lamb, a firstborn among his flock. Some would argue that God preferred an animal sacrifice because blood had to be spilled. But Cain was a farmer, Abel was a shepherd. It would be natural to offer something you have. So Cain offered a portion of his harvested crops. Some Bible scholars even pointed to the words that Cain "presented ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ of his crops" for being lacking. But the Bible didn't say that. Let's read on..
๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ด 4:6-7 ๐๐๐
โ๐๐ฉ๐บ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ณ๐บ?โ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ช๐ฏ. โ๐๐ฉ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ? ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต. ๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ช๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ข๐ต๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต! ๐๐ช๐ฏ ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ณ, ๐ฆ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ. ๐๐ถ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ด๐ถ๐ฃ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ฎ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ.
God rejected Cain, not because of the gift alone - It was both Cain ๐๐ฃ๐ the gift as pointed out in verse 5. The Bible didn't give us the details, but I believe it had something to do with the condition of Cain's heart. Why did God reject the giver and the gift? Because there was something else - An encroaching sin. I don't wish to speculate, but I would venture to say that Cain was harboring ill feelings and simmering anger toward his brother.
God told Cain, "Sin is crouching at the door, eager to control you." Cain had anger issues, a sibling rivalry that grew sinister in nature. God didn't just look at Cain's gift, God also looked at his heart. God instructed him to "subdue it and be its master.โ
God didn't tell Cain not to get angry, but to subdue it. Not to let it control him! As Paul wrote..
๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ด 4:26-27 ๐๐๐
๐๐ฏ๐ฅ "๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ." ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฏ ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ณ๐บ, ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข ๐ง๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ช๐ญ.
But we all know what happened next. Cain let the devil take a foothold and committed premeditated murder. And God's rejection was the match that lit the fuse. Cain wasn't able to control it, much less to subdue it. Anger and murder took over.
And we all have been angry ever since. Rejection can bring it to the surface.
Do you know that we lost something because of uncontrolled anger? Something very vital. Something eternal. Check this out, before all of this happened...
๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ด 1:27 ๐๐๐
"๐๐ฐ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐ด ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ; ๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ."
We all know this. Or do we? Yes, we were created originality in God's image. But look deeper. After Abel was murdered and Cain banished, Adam and Eve had another son, Seth. And look at what the Bible says..
๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ด 5:3 ๐๐๐
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด 130 ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ, ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎโ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ.
We became the image of Adam. The image of the fallen man. After Cain murdered Abel, we lost God's image! The image originally given to all mankind. Disobedience and unbridled anger drove us to the path of destruction, rebellion and hate.
But there is hope. God has opened a way for us to restore His image in us - By coming to Jesus Christ.
๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ด 1:15 ๐๐๐
๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ.
Jesus Christ is the image of God! For us to be restored in God's image, we need to ask God for forgiveness of our sins and accept the gift of salvation through His grace by believing in His Son, Jesus. So we are no longer in the image of the first Adam. We are restored in the image of the second Adam, Jesus!
Trust God. Obey Him. Love Him. Love others. Disobedience has no place in faith, no place in God's throne. Anger has no place in love, no place in God's presence.
So, don't let anger control you. Subdue it and be its master. Keep God's image through Jesus Christ.. today and forever.
