Genesis 4:9 And the LORD said to Cain, Where is Abel your brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper? I. One of the most terrible effects of sin on humanity is the obliteration of the sense of personal responsibility. II. The tendencies of infidel science in our day are strongly in the line of this perverse and morally stultifying effect of depravity. III. The family institution was ordained as the first and fundamental condition of society, in order to imbed the idea of responsibility in the very foundation and structure of society. IV. The strongest tendencies of the times are antagonistic to the sense of personal responsibility. V. Jesus came into the world to restore and enthrone again in the human mind and conscience the great doctrine of strict individual accountability to God on high. (J. M. Sherwood, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper? |
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