His Heart was in the Right State: Spiritual Zombies

Let's not take the word of this confession for it. Let's see what happens to Cain after God lobs him a softball rhetorical question and warns him about the sin that seeks to master him.

"Now Cain said to his brother Abel, 'Let's go out to the field.' And while they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him."

And there we have it: the first premeditated, envy-motivated, cold-blooded murder in history. In Genesis 3 we saw the pride of Adam and Eve. We saw their unbelief and their revolt against God. We saw the blame game, cover-up, and plenty of shame. But Cain has just upped the ante big time.

The power of darkness, evil, envy, and a sense of entitlement is now very evident in the system.