Am I My Brother’s Keeper?

[327 words] We all know the story of Cain and Abel. From childhood, we learned the awful story of how Cain out of anger and jealousy killed his own brother. Cain was the world’s first murderer. He is one of most infamous villains in the history of the world. Yet there may be more of Cain in us than we might like to admit to ourselves. After Cain murdered Abel, God tried to get a confession from him. Genesis 4:9 says, “Then the LORD said to Cain, ‘Where is Abel your brother?’ And he said, ‘I do not know. Am I my brother’s keeper?’” Cain obviously didn’t think so, but God thought otherwise! He punished Cain severely for his terrible sin. The apostle John used the story of Cain and Abel to teach us that we really are our brother’s keeper. In 1 John 3:11-12, we read, “For this is…