accepted the fruit without question and would have said, “I love you too, Cain.” But when Cain refused to come with the blood offering, God was obliged to reject both him and anything else he might offer. That is the trouble with so many “good, religious people.” They come to God with their heightened sense of esthetics and want to be received by God because of their beautiful offerings. But God rejects them and their godless worship. There is no blood, no Christ, and, hence, no true Christianity,