Lesson: Cain and Abel: Sons of Adam (No. CB7

Lesson:

Read through the paper unless it is read as a sermonette with the children present.
Children’s questions are in bold. This is a general review of the material covered in the paper.

Q1. When Adam and Eve had sinned and were put out of the Garden of Eden, what

was Adam’s first assignment given by God? (Gen. 1-28)

A. Adam and Eve were to freely embrace the other as their own flesh and be fruitful,

so that they might replenish the earth.

Q2. What was the name of the firstborn son of Adam and Eve and what was his

occupation? (Gen. 4:1-2)

A. Adam and Eve’s firstborn son was named Cain. Cain became a farmer, and raised

fruit, vegetables and grain.

Q3. What was the name of the second son born to Adam and Eve and what was his

occupation? (Gen. 4:2)

A. Adam and Eve’s second son was named Abel. Abel was a shepherd, and took care

of sheep.

Q4. How did Cain and Abel ask God to forgive them for things they did that were

wrong?

A. Cain and Abel learned to make sacrifices to God on stone altars. This was their way

of contacting God and asking for forgiveness.

Q5. Why don’t we, today, make sacrifices to God for our sins? (Heb. 9:22-28)

A. We know our sins separate us from God. Jesus Christ came to Earth as a man

and fulfilled all the requirements of the sacrificial system, so animal sacrifices would

no longer need to take place.

Q6. As children you are not old enough to be baptised, so what do children do when

they know they have done something wrong?

A. When we have done something wrong, and we are not old enough to be baptised, we

should tell God we are sorry for our sins and ask God to forgive us and then work hard to not repeat that sin.

Q7. When an adult is truly sorry for disobeying God, what action does that adult

need to take?

A. When people are truly sorry, they can show it by repenting and turning to God. Then

repentance must be accompanied by baptism to receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Q8. What does it mean when a child is sanctified? (1Cor. 7:14)

A. It means the child is set apart and holy to God. Also the child is given special care

and attention by God’s angels. Children who have at least one parent who is baptised

are sanctified.

Q9. When Cain and Abel brought their sacrifices to the altar, whose sacrifice was not acceptable to God and why? (Gen. 4:5)

A. God did not accept Cain’s sacrifice because he had an attitude problem and his heart was not right.

Q10. What was Cain’s attitude when he leaned that his sacrifice wasn’t pleasing to

God? (Gen. 4:5)

A. Cain became very envious of his brother, and that envy turned to anger and then

to hatred.

Q11. What crime did Cain commit and what commandment did he break? (Gen. 4:8)

A. Cain furiously turned on Abel and struck him, perhaps many times, with such force

that he killed him. By this action Cain broke the seventh commandment: Thou shalt

not murder.

Q12. What was Cain’s reply when God asked him: “Where is your brother?”

A. Cain said: “I don’t know”. This was a direct lie and therefore Cain is said to be of the

wicked one (1Jn. 3:12), who was a liar and a murderer. “How should I know my

brother’s whereabouts?” Thus Cain acted out of spiritual blindness in his

understanding and belief that he could hide from God. (Gen. 4:9)

Q13. Since Cain did not repent of his sin, what was the punishment that God put

on him? (Gen. 4:11-15)

A. God put a curse on the soil that Cain had cultivated so that the ground would not

produce any vegetation. He had to leave his family and become a lone wanderer in

the world. Cain was a marked man because he had murdered Abel.

Q14. The story of Cain and Abel is like that of what two spirit beings?

A. Christ and Satan. The animal sacrifice of Abel was more acceptable to God and it

symbolizes the personal sacrifice of Christ. The rejection of Cain’s sacrifice is based

on the same attitude that saw Satan rejected for his pride and greed.

Q15. Was this the same angel, who was in the garden with Adam and Eve, who dealt with Cain?

A. Yes, it was the Angel of Yahovah who talked with Adam and Eve and who dealt with Cain. Cain had to go out from the presence of this angel because of his sin.

Q16. Cain married one of his sisters and they had children. What was the name of

Cain’s first son? (Gen. 4:17)

A. Cain’s first son was named Enoch.

Q17. When Adam was 130 years old his wife, Eve, gave birth to another son. What

was his name? (Gen. 4:25-26)

A. His name was Seth and he, too, took a sister for his wife, and they had children and

many grandchildren.

Q18. How many years did Adam live after the birth of Seth and how old was Adam

when he died? (Gen. 5:3-5)

A. Adam lived for another 800 years after Seth was born and he died when he was

930 years old.

Q19. Out of the line of Seth we see another very important person being born. What

was his name? (Gen. 5:29)

A. His name was Noah and God was going to use him for a very important mission.

Q20. What are the names of the three sons born to Noah after his 500^th year of life?

A. After Noah was 500 years old he became the father of three sons, whose names were

Shem, Ham and Japheth. (Gen. 5:32)

Q21. In the time of Noah there were many people living on the earth and there were

also giants in the land. What were these giants called and how did they get

there? (Gen 6:1-4)

A. The giants were called Nephilim. They were the unnatural offspring of the

“daughters of men” (mortal women) and the “sons of God” (the fallen angels).

Q22. Why did God decide to destroy the earth and the human race? (Gen. 6:11-13)

A. It was because of the Nephilim and the terrible corruption of the human race that God

decided to destroy the people and the earth.

Q23. What was the name of the man whom God found to be a just man and perfect

in his generation and therefore he and his family would be saved from the

flood? (Ezek. 14:14,20) (Gen. 6:9,18)

A. Noah was a just man and perfect in his generation, and walked with God. With

Noah, God entered into a covenant, with a promise of deliverance from the flood.

Q24. What was Noah to build in order to save him and his family from the flood?

A. God instructed Noah how to build an ark to save himself and his family in order to

start a new society after the flood. (Gen. 6:14-16)

Q25. How did Satan and the demons try to interfere with God’s plan for humans?

A. The fallen angels chose to marry human women and by their physical sin produced

a race of humanoids, which were inferior and violent. These humanoids were not

of God’s creation and they have no resurrection. (Gen 6:1-2; Isa. 26)

Activities

This and That

Game where they pull out slips of paper and list them on the tag board as righteous acts of Abel or sins of Cain.

Helped your mom Took your dad’s loose change

Helped your brother with homework Took the snack from your sister

Honestly accepted the grade on your work Looked at a friend’s paper to cheat

Did your brothers chore when he was sick Made the bathroom extra messy after your brother just cleaned it

Accepted responsibility when your sister was Lied to your mom about breaking a dish

getting in trouble for what you did.

Offered to help an elderly lady walk Made fun of a handicapped kid at school

Supplies: Paper, pen, tape, poster board (or variations).

Drawing game: Create a list of simple words that pertain to the lesson (examples include sheep, cow, bull, goat, veggies, fruit, hoe, shepherd, shovel, Cain, Abel, etc.) and put them in a hat. Divide the children into two teams. The children each pick a word from the hat. They must then draw the word as quickly as possible and have the children on their team guess what is being drawn. Create a time limit for the drawing/guessing. Suggested time limit would be one minute. Alternate turns between the two teams. Each successful word is worth one point.

Variation: You could also do the same type activity as charades where the children act out the word instead of draw it.

Supplies: Paper, pen

Warm up activity is to throw a ball/bean bag from player to player until each player has received the ball/bean bag. When you throw the ball/bean bag you need to give a compliment to the player you toss to after you personally share a time you did a righteous act.

Education Variations

English: grade the activity with young children recognizing letters, attempting to form letters correctly, copying Cain and Abel, sentence or writing a sentence or paragraph in the language desired. Another variation would be the children make their own copies of the table, or they all work together to prepare the activity and practice print or cursive, native language or translated into the desired language.

Science: where possible have all the children plant vegetables and tend to livestock. Teach all the necessary aspects of agricultural and animal husbandry practices in caring for plants and live stock.

Art: allow each child to color or paint their own picture of being a sheep herder or a gardener. Where possible allow the children to card, spin and weave items made from wool.

Movement: have the children pick a number from 1-10 and then select a card from the bucket. Whatever number they selected is the number of sit ups or push ups they must do for the sins of Cain or jumping jacks for the righteous acts of Abel. Proceed through the activity until the children are tired or each child has at least one righteous act and one wrong or sinful act.

Close with prayer.

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