delight in burnt offering. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, a broken and a contrite heart—these, O God, You will not despise” (Ps. 51:16–17). David understood what Abel understood, but what never occurred to Cain: that the sacrifice God accepts, the one that pleases Him, is one that is not made unholy by a selfish motivation or a dishonest charade, but a sacrifice that comes from the heart. It is as if Paul says to the Romans: “Think of the gospel. What is your response to what Christ has
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