To what extent "Am I my brothers keeper?"?

Question

Question posed to God by Cain after Cain killed Abel. What constitutes "brotherhood" or "humankind"?
Peace and Love

Answer 1

The statement refers to you being responsible for the well being of your brother. It is the duty of every man/woman to take responsibility for the needs of his brother/sister.

Answer 2

First of all, all life is sacred on Earth! Murder is one of the don'ts in the 10 commandments of Moses. Brotherhood is the understanding that no one person is separate from another.This is one of the reasons for the commandment to love one another as I have loved you! There is only one Human Race and one Human Mind and all participate in contributing to the Universal Mind of Divinity. We are to encourage our brothers and sisters when they are walking through a valley. If they need assistance with food or money to buy gas to go to work, you give without expecting anything back! Each individual on Earth is responsible for their own thoughts, words and deeds. I wish that more Ministers would be able to teach the Law of Sewing and Reaping, but they do not have a clue for the most part. When you help, help with love, but you as a helper are not a door mat to be stepped on or used or misused. If this would happen, you back off in a hurry. If a person going through a trial it had a First Cause! For every Cause there is an Effect. To put it another way, for every seed planted you gets a result some good, some bad. Remember, we all go through the testing of experience to learn and when you don't learn, then it comes back and you have to go through a rougher experience until you wake up and say Eureka, I know why this is happening to me. If you would like to read the TRUE story of Cain and Abel, I would suggest that you read Genesis of the Grail Kings. Bloodline of the Holy Grail and anything this individual has written. His writings are great read and may awaken your understanding! Remember, you can only help someone who wants to help themselves!. If they are having a pity party, you may want to rethink about helping them! When the people of Earth realize each person is connected with the next person and greed and lust for power stops on this planet. Then and only then will there be true Peace and Brotherhood and an end to war and famines and starvation!

Answer 3

All those who love God have the responsibility to look out for the good of mankind and other people in a way similar to what they would do for themselves. It simply means follow the "golden rule" of doing to others what we would have others to do to us and not returning evil for evil. It is the only way to achieve inner peace, remain guilt free and to stay away from the negative consequences of hateful behavior. When those around us are comfortable they either support us or leave us alone without interference into our efforts to survive. That is a natural reward for being "our brother's keeper".

Answer 4

I like this question! I have a brother 10 years younger than I. (I am in my midfifties.) He is a loose cannon. My parents, mainly my mother who now has Alzheimer's, have always given him what he wants as opposed to trying to get him to be civil. He is high-functioning retarded, mainly emotionally disturbed. He is also an epileptic. My mother is daily losing her memory, and my father has a bad heart. (A kind heart, but an ill heart.) People say my brother is lucky because he has me as a sister, and I can take care of him, should I survive my octogenarian parents. But I cannot. I cannot afford his whims and fancies, his bad habits (smoking like a chimney), and his temper tantrums (slamming and destroying doors). All this is in a nutshell. So, am I obligated to be my brother's keeper, when I know that doing so will get me either insane or killed? I think not!

Answer 5

Cain ask God am I my brothers keeper; when God already knew Cain had slain Abel; Simply because Abel gave God his best that's all he wants our best. Jesus said the world will know you love me if you love one another.

Answer 6

To all intents and purposes and extensions. As a member of the HUMAN RACE, it is our duty to ensure that the weak are strengthened, the sick are made well, the blind are sighted, the hungry are fed, the homeless are sheltered, the poor are no longer penniless, and so on.
Where one find injustice, it is MAN's duty to correct it. Where there is war, there should be peace. where there is hate, love should prevail. I could go on, but these are teaching older than EVEREST, and Loftier than the SKY, Yet man will never achieve such a brother-hood, due to his selfish nature. Man's greed for everything, is his down fall.

Answer 7

“Am I my brother’s keeper?” is a sarcastic response to God by Cain because his brother Able was a shepherd. He is saying, am I the shepherd’s shepherd? This story is a story about being obedient to God. If we want to be obedient to God, unlike Cain, we must look to the Word of God. Jesus was asked what the most important commandment from God was. Jesus answers him and answers our question today. He responds and says that all the law and the prophets are summed up in this, to love God with all your heart, with all your mind, with all your soul, and all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself. If we are to be obedient to God then we are to love God first and then we are to love our neighbor, whoever is around us, as our self. Jesus taught that we should love our enemies and that if we hate our brother we are already guilty of murder. He also teaches in Matthew 7:12 to treat people the way you want to be treated. For a deeper look at love go to 1 Corinthians 13:4 where it describes true love. Love is patient, kind, it’s not jealous, it’s not arrogant and so on.
The first part of Jesus response to love God with all your heart should be taken seriously. In fact the Bible teaches that it is impossible to love your neighbor as yourself if one first doesn’t believe. That is the message of the Gospel and is clearly explained here: http://www.calvarybiblechurch.org/gospel.aspx

Answer 8

I think there is a fine line between doing all we're able to assist our brothers and enabling them. In overcoming the obstacles in life we gain in strength, fortitude and wisdom. By providing too much for others we deprive them of the experience of achieving for themselves. Teach a man to fish, educate, demonstrate, give freely of your love and time and knowledge and help others to grow responsible and then they can provide the same to others.

Answer 9

To the extent that your brother (meaning everyone) is less capable than you. If he's screwing up or can't take care of himself, you should help him at least to the level where he's no worse off than you.

Answer 10

The statement the brotherhood of mankind. We are all brothers.