Master Sin? Genesis 4-7

If you had a bugler at the window of your home what would you do? If he was crouching low and ready to pounce on you and your family what would be your strategy? I assume we would turn to some weapon we have stored in some location. Your hope would be that you would be quick enough or strong enough or trained enough to use the weapon against this wicked intruder. Chances are you may not. You might hope to call the authorities. They might save you. In Genesis 4:6-7 we have this very situation. Cain, the son of Adam and brother of Abel, became envious over how God was treating Abel vs. him. That jealousy consumed him. God warns him that "sin" was crouching at the door and ready to pounce on him. God warns Cain that he must "master" or "rule" sin in his life. The problem is he can't. This story is to show Cain his complete inadequacy in dealing with sin in his life. He had already failed. Yet, rather than call the True Authority to help him he relies on his own hidden weapons. To defeat sin, to rule over it, we are to trust in the Lord of all who defeated sin for us (Colossians 2:15). We can't beat sin. It will always defeat our weak flesh. It is only through faith in the risen Christ that we can defeat sin.