God, seeing Cain's anger, decides to encourage him to tackle the real cause of his bitterness so that he can address it.
"If you do well, shall you not be accepted? But if you do not do well, sin lies [stretches itself out, crouches] at the door. Its desire is for you, but you must rule over it!" (Genesis 4:7).
God encourages Cain to overcome his human nature and take responsibility for the actions that he alone chose to do.
If Cain admits he was wrong and follows it up with an offering pleasing to God then he will be accepted as well. By doing these things he will begin to gain the character to increasingly rule over his human nature which leads him to sin.
Cain can also choose the easy path which follows his human nature and its desire to justify his thoughts and behavior. This, according to God, will leave the door wide open for sin to overcome and rule over him!
* The Goal *
Each of us comes into the world with human nature so that we have something to push against to develop character. Our Creator wants us (like he wanted Cain to do) to fight against our human nature and trust what he says. God's goal is for all of us to repent and become overcomers so that we can rule over sin and live forever!
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