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 Good morning. It's my privilege this morning to be able to open God's Word with you.

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 And we continue in the book of Genesis this morning, specifically in chapter 27,

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! And then we'll leak into chapter 28 as well, the first section of 28.

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 But before we stand and read it, let me just tie into what we've heard over the last few weeks.

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 Just a couple of points I would want you to remember as we look into chapter 27.

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 The first is this. You would remember that Rebecca was barren, and she was barren for quite a number of years.

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 Isn't it interesting that Sarah was barren? Now, here we see that same pattern again.

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 Rebecca's barren. And Isaac prays for her, and she received child, and she had twins.

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 And they were struggling. There was a battle going on within her, so much so that she diligently, fervently prayed to God.

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 I guess worried maybe what was going on. She didn't want to lose her children after having waited so long

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 and being blessed to be pregnant.

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 And the Lord said this to her as she prayed.

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 It's in chapter 25. It says,

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 Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you shall be divided.

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 The one shall be stronger than the other. The older shall serve the younger.

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 And I want you to see, remember as well, this truth is that the boys grew up, and they were extremely different.

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 Here in the Scripture it says,

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 Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field.

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 When Jonathan preached on this, a man's man.

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 He was a tough guy, an outdoorsman.

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 And then we see that Jacob was a quiet man dwelling in tents.

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 So his personality, his interests, vastly different than Esau's.

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 And we see conflict in the family.

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 We see a little bit of a picture into the family as we read the very next verse.

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 It says,

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 Isaac loved Esau because he ate of his game.

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 He was a man that enjoyed the hunt, and he would bring back the spoils of the hunt.

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 And Isaac loved that.

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 And Rebecca loved Jacob.

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 Gosh, I don't think it's healthy to have favorites, is it?

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 And yet we see this dysfunction spelled out in Scriptures here.

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 What we also see about Esau is this, is that Esau despised his birthright.

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 You remember the scenario where he came back famished from a hunt, didn't have any food, was starving.

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 His brother had lentil soup, maybe had a little more than that.

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 He said, please give it to me.

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 He said, I will if.

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 If you sell me or give me your birthright, then I'll give you all the food you want.

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 And he despised his birthright, meaning he wasn't really interested in spiritual things.

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 And then we see this promise of God to Isaac.

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 You know, God promised Abraham, if we were to look back in Genesis 12,

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 just this beautiful promise of how he would use Abraham to bless the whole earth,

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 to bless nations, to bless peoples all around the earth.

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 There's a land promise involved.

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 We will multiply you.

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 And here we see again that he's now promising to Isaac,

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 and it sounds very similar to what he said to Abraham.

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 This is God continuing to accomplish his covenant promise,

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 and he's choosing to do it through Isaac.

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 And he says to Isaac, as the Lord appeared to him,

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 sojourn in this land, and I will be with you and will bless you.

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 For to you and your offspring I will give all these lands,

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 and I will establish the oath that I swore to Abraham your father.

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 The blessing that he received from God was powerful,

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 a reminder to him of what he had blessed

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 or what he had promised in the life of Abraham his father.

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 And then one more thing I want you to see.

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 Last week when we finished, there was a little caveat of truth there

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 that really is going to play into what we're looking at in chapter 27.

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 So at the end of 26, in the last verse, it says that,

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 or the last two verses, so when Esau was 40 years old,

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 he took Judith, the daughter of Beri, the Hittite, to be his wife,

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 and Basmath, the daughter of Elon, the Hittite.

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 And they made life bitter for Isaac and Rebekah.

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 So I see here a lack of leadership, spiritual leadership in the life of Isaac.

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 Would not Isaac have counseled his son to not marry with the women of this land,

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 this land of Canaan?

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 Which is exactly what Abraham instructed his servant to do for Isaac.

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 to send a go to the land, and you find a wife,

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 a wife that is a part of our people, and bring her back.

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 And we see that it was Rebekah, and we are part of that.

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 We've seen how that story has played itself out.

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 And now here we are at chapter 27.

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 And so in honor of God's word, I would ask if you're able to please stand

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 as we read chapter 27 and the first part of chapter 28.

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 It's a little bit long, so hang in there.

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 When Isaac was old and his eyes were dim so that he could not see,

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 he called Esau, his oldest son, and said to him,

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 My son.

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 And he answered, Here I am.

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 He said, Behold, I am old.

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 I do not know the day of my death.

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 Now then, take your weapons, your quiver and your bow,

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 and go out to the field and hunt game for me,

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 and prepare for me delicious food such as I love,

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 and bring it to me so that I may eat,

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 that my soul may bless you before I die.

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 Now Rebekah was listening when Isaac spoke to his son Esau.

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 So when Esau went to the field to hunt for game and bring it,

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 Rebekah said to her son Jacob,

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 I heard your father speak to your brother Esau.

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 Bring me game and prepare for me delicious food

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 that I may eat it and bless you before the Lord before I die.

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 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice as I command you.

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 Go to the flock and bring me two good young goats

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 so that I may prepare from them delicious food for your father.

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 Such as he loves.

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 And you shall bring it to your father to eat

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 so that he may bless you before he dies.

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 But Jacob said to Rebekah's mother,

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 Behold, my brother Esau is a hairy man,

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 and I am a smooth man.

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 Perhaps my father will feel me,

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 and I shall seem to be mocking him

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 and bring a curse upon myself and not a blessing.

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 His mother said to him,

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 Let your curse be on me, my son.

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 Only obey my voice and go, bring them to me.

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 So he went and he took them,

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 and he brought them to his mother,

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 and his mother prepared delicious food such as his father loved.

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 Then Rebekah took the best garments of Esau,

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 her older son, which were with her in the house,

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 and put them on Jacob, her younger son.

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 And the skins of the young goat she put on his hands

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 and on the smooth part of his neck.

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 And she put the delicious food and bread

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 which she had prepared into the hand of her son Jacob.

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 So he went in to his father and said,

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 My father.

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 And he said, Here I am.

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 Who are you, my son?

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 Jacob said to his father,

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 I am Esau, your firstborn.

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 I have done as you told me.

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 Now sit up and eat of my game,

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 that your soul may bless me.

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 But Isaac said to his son,

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 How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son?

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 He answered,

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 Because the Lord your God granted me success.

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 Then Isaac said to Jacob,

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 Please come near,

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 that I may feel you, my son,

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 to know whether you are really my son Esau or not.

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 So Jacob went near to Isaac, his father,

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 who felt him and said,

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 The voice is Jacob's voice,

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 but the hands are the hands of Esau.

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 And he did not recognize him

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 because his hands were hairy like his brother Esau's hands.

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 So he blessed him.

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 He said,

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 Are you really my son Esau?

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 He answered,

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 I am.

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 Then he said,

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 Bring it near to me,

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 that I may eat of my son's game and bless you.

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 So he brought it near to him,

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 and he ate,

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 and he brought him wine,

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 and he drank.

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 Then his father Isaac said to him,

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 Come near and kiss me, my son.

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 So he came near,

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 and he kissed him,

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 and Isaac smelled the smell of his garments

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 and blessed him and said,

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 See, the smell of my son

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 is the smell of a field that the Lord has blessed.

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 May God give you of the dew of heaven

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 and of the fatness of the earth

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 and plenty of grain and wine.

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 Let people serve you

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 and nations bow down to you.

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 Be Lord over your brothers,

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 and may your mother's sons bow down to you.

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 Cursed be everyone who curses you,

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 and blessed be everyone who blesses you.

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 As soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob,

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 when Jacob had scarcely gone out

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 from the presence of Isaac his father,

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 Esau his brother came in from hunting.

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 He also prepared delicious food

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 and brought it to his father.

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 And he said to his father,

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 Let my father rise and eat of his son's game

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 that you may bless me.

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 His father Isaac said to him,

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 Who are you?

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 He answered,

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 I'm your son, your firstborn, Esau.

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 Then Isaac trembled very violently.

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 And he said,

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 Who was it then that hunted the game

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 and brought it to me?

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 And I ate of it before you came.

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 And I have blessed him, yes,

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 and he shall be blessed.

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 As soon as Esau heard the words of his father,

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 he cried out with an exceedingly great and bitter cry

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 and said to his father,

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 Bless me, even me also, my father.

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 But he said,

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 Your brother came deceitfully,

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 and he has taken away your blessing.

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 Esau said,

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 Is he not rightly named Jacob?

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 For he has cheated me these two times.

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 He took away my birthright,

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 and behold, now he has taken away my blessing.

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 Then he said,

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 Have you not reserved a blessing for me?

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 Isaac answered and said to Esau,

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 Behold, I have made him lord over you,

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 and all his brothers I have given to him for servants.

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 And with grain and wine I have sustained him.

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 What then can I do for you, my son?

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 Esau said to his father,

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 Have you but one blessing, my father?

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 Bless me, even me also, my father.

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 And Esau lifted up his voice and wept.

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 And then Isaac, his father, answered and said to him,

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 Behold, away from the fatness of the earth

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 shall your dwelling be,

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 and away from the dew of heaven on high.

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 By your sword you shall live,

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 and you shall serve your brother.

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 But when you grow restless,

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 you shall break his yoke from your neck.

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 Now Esau hated Jacob

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 because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him.

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 And Esau said to himself,

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 The days of mourning for my father are approaching,

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 then I will kill my brother Jacob.

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 But the words of Esau, her older son,

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 were told to Rebekah.

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 So she sent and called Jacob, her younger son,

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 and said to him,

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 Behold, your brother Esau comforts himself about you

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 by planning to kill you.

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 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice.

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 Arise, flee to Laban, my brother, and Haran,

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 and stay with him a while

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 until your brother's fury turns away,

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 until your brother's anger turns away from you,

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 and he forgets what you have done to him.

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 Then I will send and bring you from there.

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 Why should I be bereft of you both in one day?

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 Then Rebekah said to Isaac,

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 I loathe my life because of the Hittite women.

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 If Jacob marries one of the Hittite women like these,

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 one of the women of the land,

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 what good will my life be to me?

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 Then Isaac called Jacob and blessed him

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 and directed him.

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 You must not take a wife from the Canaanite women.

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 Arise, go to Padan-Aram,

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 to the house of Bethul, your mother's father,

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 and take as your wife from there

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 one of the daughters of Laban, your mother's brother.

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 God Almighty bless you

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 and make you fruitful and multiply you

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 that you may become a company of peoples.

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 May he give the blessing of Abram to you

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 and to your offspring with you

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 that you may take possession of the land of your sojournings

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 that God gave to Abraham.

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 Thus Isaac sent Jacob away

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 and he went to Padan-Aram,

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 to Laban, the son of Bethul, the Aramean,

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 the brother of Rebekah, Jacob, and Esau's mother.

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 Esau saw Isaac had blessed Jacob

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 and sent him away to Padan-Aram

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 to take a wife from there.

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 And that he had blessed him,

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 and that as he blessed him, he directed him,

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 you must not take a wife from the Canaanite women.

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 And that Jacob had obeyed his father and his mother

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 and gone to Padan-Aram.

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 So when Esau saw that the Canaanite women

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 did not please Isaac, his father,

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 Esau went to Ishmael and took as his wife,

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 besides the wives he had,

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 Mahalath, the daughter of Ishmael's,

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 Abraham's son, the sister of Naboth.

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 That's a long one.

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 Pray with me right quick.

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 Father, we love your word.

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 And I just ask this morning

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 that you would teach us from your word this morning.

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 Show us what you would have us see.

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 Help us to live in a way

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 that would bring honor and glory to your name.

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 And I pray in the name of Jesus.

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 Amen.

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 Y'all can have a seat.

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 I'll start with a quick story this morning.

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 When I was much younger,

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 I had a good friend of mine,

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 Butch Floyd,

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 who was gracious to me.

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 I used to play a lot of golf

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 and he was a member at the Atlanta Athletic Club,

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 which is a really nice golf course in Atlanta.

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 And he invited me often to play golf with him

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 and member guests and just other rounds.

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 I was a youth pastor.

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 His son was in my youth ministry.

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 That's how we connected.

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 And he just wanted to bless me.

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 He did it in many ways.

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 On one particular occasion,

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 he called and said,

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 Hey, can you play this week?

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 I'm like, sure.

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 He said, I got somebody else

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 that's going to play with us.

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 I'm like, okay, cool.

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 And he said, yes,

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 one of the Atlanta Braves.

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 Now, the Atlanta Braves started their run in 1991,

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 if you're a fan,

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 and they went 14 straight years.

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 But before they started the run,

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 this would have been in the very late 80s,

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 this was the guy who was the best pitcher

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 on the Atlanta Braves.

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 And I don't know if you're like me.

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 For people that are famous,

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 I have this thought in my mind

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 that they're probably going to be a little stuck up.

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 And they're going to view me

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 as being a second-class citizen,

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 and they're not going to really want to talk to me

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 or show any interest.

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 I don't know why,

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 but that's just in my mind

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 that my expectation was

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 that the guy's going to be hard to talk to.

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 He's going to be aloof.

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 He's going to be, you know,

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 just a little proud of himself

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 for what he's accomplished.

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 And so my expectation as I walk into it,

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 I'm like, I don't want to ride in a cart with him.

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 You ride with him,

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 and I'm going to ride over here.

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 You know what was interesting is

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 his name's Jose Alvarez.

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 He played 88, 89 in that time frame.

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 And, man, he was the most pleasant guy

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 to be around, very gracious.

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 I mean, he didn't wait for me

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 to come up and introduce myself.

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 He came to me to introduce himself

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 and asked me about my family

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 and asked me how I was doing.

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 Just very, very gracious guy.

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 He was humble.

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 He didn't seem to have a silver spoon

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 in his mouth, so to speak.

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 Down to earth, gracious,

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 and not ashamed of his faith in Christ.

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 And I was shocked.

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 And not only did I play the one time,

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 played multiple times with him.

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 And each time it proved to be real.

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 It wasn't something he was putting on.

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 But my expectations were totally wrong.

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 I don't know if you've ever had that experience.

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 That one, in this case, was very pleasant,

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 that my expectations were wrong.

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 Well, let me share a verse out of the New Testament

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 before we really dig into the text here

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 that ties into this concept of expectation.

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 In Matthew 22,

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 Jesus is talking to the Sadducees.

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 They're trying to trip him up.

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 And they're asking him about life after.

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 They say there is no life after.

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 It just ceased to exist.

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 And he's saying, no, no, no, no.

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 Do you not know what God said

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 to Moses at the burning bush?

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 Do you remember what he says?

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 He says, I'm the God of Abraham

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 and Isaac and Jacob.

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 And in my mind,

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 that God would say that they're mine.

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 These men are mine.

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 Especially when I was a younger believer,

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 in my mind, I'm thinking,

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 these guys must be honoring to God.

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 They must walk in a God-honoring way.

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 They must be faithful men

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 that God would say they're mine.

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 That was my expectation.

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 And lo and behold,

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 two of those men we see

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 in bold view this morning.

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 And we see this family

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 that is a wreck.

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 It is a mess.

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 We see this,

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 the ugly warts of sin

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 in bold view this morning.

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 In the lives of two of those three men

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 that God said,

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 I'm the God of Abraham

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 and Isaac whom we'll see

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 and Jacob whom we'll see.

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 But what we're going to see

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 is men that are

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 less than faithful

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 and a mess.

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 Their life is a mess in many ways.

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 There's friction in this family

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 that is palpable as we read this.

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 Did you feel it?

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 Look with me,

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 starting in verse,

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 I'm on the wrong page,

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 starting in verse 1 of 27.

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 I mentioned before,

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 why is it that Abraham,

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 being the spiritual leader

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 of his family,

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 would allow his son

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 to go off and marry

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 Canaanite women

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 when he knows

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 they're not supposed to do that

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 as people of God?

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 Where's the leadership?

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 And Isaac,

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 here it says,

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 Isaac was old.

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 I looked at,

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 if you do a little biblical math,

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 you'll come up with,

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 or at least some have come up with,

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 he's roughly 137 years old now.

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 And it's evident

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 that something's going on

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 because he's lost his vision.

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 His eyes aren't working.

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 He evidently has lost his taste buds

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 because they aren't working.

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 I'll tell you why in just a minute.

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 And he is wanting

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 to set his house in order,

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 it seems.

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 He feels like the day of his death

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 is just around the corner.

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 Even in verse 4,

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 you see,

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 he says,

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 I want to bless you

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 before I die.

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 As if he feels like

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 his death is imminent.

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 So he's trying to set

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 everything in order.

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 He wants to name his,

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 he wants to give a blessing

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 to his son with the birthright.

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 The son that he chooses.

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 And isn't it interesting?

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 He says,

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 he calls Esau.

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 And he says,

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 hey, Esau,

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 do me a favor.

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 I don't know when I'm going to die,

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 but you know what I crave?

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 I crave the food

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 from the deer.

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 He doesn't say deer here,

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 but he's out in the field.

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 I said,

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 please go hunt

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 and go kill one of the beasts

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 that you normally kill.

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 And could you prepare it

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 and bring it to me

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 so that I can enjoy this meal

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 before I bless you?

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 Because I want to give you

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 my ultimate blessing.

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 And so what does he do?

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 He takes off Esau.

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 We'll talk about Esau in a minute.

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 He takes off.

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 Do you hear what he's attempting

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 and desiring to do here?

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 We heard earlier

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 that Isaac loved Esau.

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 Why?

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 Because he liked the game.

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 I mean, it was...

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 So he plays favorites

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 because his belly is full,

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 because he likes the way

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 the thing tastes.

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 And honestly,

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 do you notice this?

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 He said,

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 take your weapons

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 and your quiver

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 and your bow

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 and go to the field

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 and hunt game.

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 He's like,

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 you're my warrior, man.

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 Go out and fight.

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 I mean,

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 you've always been successful.

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 Can you do me a favor

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 and go do it now?

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 It's as if he's really...

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 He has this idea of manhood

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 and he has this desire

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 to bless the one

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 whom he loves the most,

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 that is Esau,

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 because Esau is a man's man.

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 And he likes that in a man.

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 Whereas the other son,

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 Jacob,

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 is more of a...

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 The Bible doesn't tell us a ton,

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 but it does say

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 that he tends to be in the tent.

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 He's not an outdoorsman.

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 We can imply from the text.

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 He's a little soft.

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 If you were to put the two

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 up against each other

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 and say,

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 okay, y'all duke it out.

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 Who do you think is going to win?

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 It's hands down,

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 no question.

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 The man's man,

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 the tough and rough

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 and tumble guy

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 is going to win

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 every single time.

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 So I'm sure this mindset

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 is in the heart

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 of Isaac

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 and he just likes him better.

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 He wants to give his blessing

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 to this son

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 who would represent

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 his likes

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 and his wishes

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 and his will

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 more so

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 than Jacob.

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 But if I was a godly friend

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 of Isaac,

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 you know what?

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 I'd go up to him and say,

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 Isaac,

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 man,

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 what are you doing?

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 Do you not remember

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 what God said

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 to Rebecca,

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 your wife,

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 when she prayed?

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 And I'm sure,

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 you know,

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 remember when she shared it with you?

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 That the older

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 is going to serve the younger

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 and that

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 even though he's stronger,

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 it says that your youngest son,

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 Jacob,

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 is going to be the one

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 that's going to have the blessing.

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 Are you,

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 are you trying to undo

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 what God has already declared

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 he's going to do?

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 There's a willingness

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 to ignore

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 the declaration of God

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 that he gave

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 and do things

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 his own way.

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 It doesn't reflect

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 a guy that is surrendered

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 to God

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 and full of faith

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 in God.

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 He's going to do it

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 how he wants to do it

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 because he's the father

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 and he's going to give

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 the blessing.

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 And there's some sense

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 that this blessing

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 is a

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 one-time thing

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 is what it seems like

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 in the scriptures

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 because if you were to flip over

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 to verse 37

00:24:11.199 --> 00:24:14.519
 where Esau comes back

00:24:14.519 --> 00:24:14.879
 and says,

00:24:15.000 --> 00:24:16.519
 don't you have another blessing?

00:24:17.899 --> 00:24:18.799
 And he says,

00:24:18.919 --> 00:24:19.259
 behold,

00:24:19.359 --> 00:24:20.879
 I've made him Lord over you

00:24:20.879 --> 00:24:21.839
 and all his brothers.

00:24:22.019 --> 00:24:22.720
 I've given him

00:24:22.720 --> 00:24:23.859
 servants

00:24:23.859 --> 00:24:24.759
 and grain

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 and wine

00:24:25.500 --> 00:24:28.399
 and I don't have anything left.

00:24:28.500 --> 00:24:30.000
 I've already given it to him.

00:24:30.259 --> 00:24:31.500
 It's as if it is

00:24:31.500 --> 00:24:32.539
 a one-time

00:24:32.539 --> 00:24:33.720
 blessing.

00:24:34.039 --> 00:24:35.579
 It has a spiritual component

00:24:35.579 --> 00:24:36.059
 to it.

00:24:40.899 --> 00:24:42.299
 And we'll see more

00:24:42.299 --> 00:24:44.460
 about how Isaac

00:24:44.460 --> 00:24:45.759
 handles this whole thing

00:24:45.759 --> 00:24:46.679
 as we walk through.

00:24:47.059 --> 00:24:47.960
 But let me step

00:24:47.960 --> 00:24:48.879
 into Rebecca.

00:24:49.079 --> 00:24:49.980
 Let's look at Rebecca.

00:24:50.119 --> 00:24:50.480
 So you've got

00:24:50.480 --> 00:24:51.539
 the patriarch.

00:24:51.819 --> 00:24:52.519
 You've got Isaac,

00:24:52.659 --> 00:24:53.519
 the man who is

00:24:53.519 --> 00:24:54.339
 the man of God

00:24:54.339 --> 00:24:56.279
 according to Christ.

00:24:57.599 --> 00:24:59.019
 And what I mean by that,

00:24:59.079 --> 00:24:59.539
 he says,

00:24:59.659 --> 00:25:01.539
 I am the God of Isaac.

00:25:02.019 --> 00:25:02.720
 He's mine.

00:25:05.579 --> 00:25:06.480
 And then Rebecca,

00:25:06.980 --> 00:25:08.379
 notice what she did.

00:25:09.259 --> 00:25:09.779
 She's like,

00:25:10.199 --> 00:25:11.939
 either she's eavesdropping,

00:25:12.079 --> 00:25:12.799
 which the scripture

00:25:12.799 --> 00:25:13.960
 does not say that,

00:25:14.460 --> 00:25:15.759
 or she just happened to be,

00:25:15.799 --> 00:25:16.480
 it is a tent

00:25:16.480 --> 00:25:17.679
 and sound does carry.

00:25:17.939 --> 00:25:18.919
 So she's in the tent

00:25:18.919 --> 00:25:19.859
 and she overhears

00:25:19.859 --> 00:25:21.119
 this conversation about,

00:25:21.519 --> 00:25:21.639
 hey,

00:25:22.259 --> 00:25:23.359
 I'm ready to bless you.

00:25:23.379 --> 00:25:24.419
 I'm ready to give you

00:25:24.419 --> 00:25:24.939
 the blessing

00:25:24.939 --> 00:25:25.599
 that you would be

00:25:25.599 --> 00:25:26.559
 the spiritual head

00:25:26.559 --> 00:25:27.419
 going forward,

00:25:27.480 --> 00:25:28.439
 that you receive

00:25:28.439 --> 00:25:29.759
 the covenant promises

00:25:29.759 --> 00:25:30.240
 of God

00:25:30.240 --> 00:25:31.079
 that came to Abraham

00:25:31.079 --> 00:25:32.179
 and came to me.

00:25:32.279 --> 00:25:33.099
 I'm going to give them

00:25:33.099 --> 00:25:34.220
 to you as your father.

00:25:34.359 --> 00:25:34.720
 It's what I'm,

00:25:34.720 --> 00:25:35.700
 it's in essence

00:25:35.700 --> 00:25:36.299
 what he's saying.

00:25:36.400 --> 00:25:36.860
 You're going to be

00:25:36.860 --> 00:25:37.519
 the spiritual head

00:25:37.519 --> 00:25:38.039
 of the family.

00:25:38.860 --> 00:25:39.759
 Totally in opposition

00:25:39.759 --> 00:25:40.440
 to what God said.

00:25:40.799 --> 00:25:41.660
 And Rebecca heard it

00:25:41.660 --> 00:25:41.799
 and said,

00:25:41.880 --> 00:25:42.019
 no,

00:25:42.059 --> 00:25:42.180
 no,

00:25:42.200 --> 00:25:42.360
 no,

00:25:42.380 --> 00:25:42.500
 no,

00:25:42.500 --> 00:25:42.640
 no.

00:25:42.740 --> 00:25:42.960
 Uh-uh.

00:25:43.500 --> 00:25:43.900
 Golly,

00:25:44.400 --> 00:25:45.460
 this is serious.

00:25:46.740 --> 00:25:48.019
 I'm putting my own spin

00:25:48.019 --> 00:25:48.360
 on this,

00:25:48.420 --> 00:25:48.559
 okay?

00:25:49.120 --> 00:25:50.079
 That isn't exactly

00:25:50.079 --> 00:25:50.860
 how it's articulated

00:25:50.860 --> 00:25:51.339
 in the scripture.

00:25:52.000 --> 00:25:53.839
 But notice what she does.

00:25:55.299 --> 00:25:57.960
 Rebecca tries to aid God

00:25:57.960 --> 00:25:59.579
 in fulfilling his promise.

00:25:59.680 --> 00:26:00.720
 Do you think she remembered

00:26:00.720 --> 00:26:01.640
 what God had told her

00:26:01.640 --> 00:26:02.319
 that the younger

00:26:02.319 --> 00:26:03.120
 will serve the older?

00:26:03.680 --> 00:26:04.240
 Sure she does.

00:26:04.720 --> 00:26:07.660
 And here she is

00:26:07.660 --> 00:26:09.079
 trying to twist it

00:26:09.079 --> 00:26:10.640
 so that she can accomplish

00:26:10.640 --> 00:26:11.700
 what she knows

00:26:11.700 --> 00:26:12.940
 ought to be accomplished.

00:26:14.299 --> 00:26:15.740
 Her faith in God

00:26:15.740 --> 00:26:16.880
 is not very strong here,

00:26:16.900 --> 00:26:17.200
 is it?

00:26:18.319 --> 00:26:19.079
 Instead of saying,

00:26:19.140 --> 00:26:19.279
 God,

00:26:19.319 --> 00:26:20.460
 I know you're almighty,

00:26:20.620 --> 00:26:21.700
 I know you're sovereign,

00:26:21.839 --> 00:26:22.819
 I know you're able,

00:26:23.079 --> 00:26:23.839
 I know you're going

00:26:23.839 --> 00:26:24.860
 to figure out a way.

00:26:25.360 --> 00:26:26.740
 Instead of going to prayer

00:26:26.740 --> 00:26:27.059
 and saying,

00:26:27.120 --> 00:26:27.259
 God,

00:26:27.319 --> 00:26:28.400
 I'm surrendering this to you,

00:26:28.440 --> 00:26:29.460
 I'm submitting it to you

00:26:29.460 --> 00:26:30.519
 for you to handle,

00:26:30.799 --> 00:26:31.140
 she says,

00:26:31.200 --> 00:26:32.200
 I need to take care

00:26:32.200 --> 00:26:33.000
 of this now.

00:26:33.000 --> 00:26:35.039
 If I don't take care

00:26:35.039 --> 00:26:35.319
 of this,

00:26:35.519 --> 00:26:36.700
 this is going to really

00:26:36.700 --> 00:26:37.720
 be a big problem.

00:26:38.140 --> 00:26:39.960
 My husband is going to go

00:26:39.960 --> 00:26:40.740
 against,

00:26:41.380 --> 00:26:42.079
 I can't talk,

00:26:42.440 --> 00:26:43.680
 go against what God

00:26:43.680 --> 00:26:44.559
 has declared.

00:26:44.799 --> 00:26:46.059
 I can't let him do that.

00:26:46.319 --> 00:26:47.859
 I've got to help God here.

00:26:48.660 --> 00:26:49.380
 And what's she do?

00:26:49.440 --> 00:26:50.779
 She comes up with this plan.

00:26:51.920 --> 00:26:53.099
 She calls her younger son,

00:26:53.200 --> 00:26:53.480
 Jacob,

00:26:53.480 --> 00:26:54.920
 who is much more compliant

00:26:54.920 --> 00:26:55.920
 in his own right.

00:26:55.920 --> 00:26:59.080
 And she says,

00:26:59.140 --> 00:26:59.200
 hey,

00:26:59.259 --> 00:26:59.960
 here's what we need to do.

00:27:00.100 --> 00:27:00.779
 We're going to trick him.

00:27:01.940 --> 00:27:04.259
 I'm going to get a couple of goats,

00:27:04.380 --> 00:27:05.300
 which by the way,

00:27:06.039 --> 00:27:07.340
 do you think deer and goat

00:27:07.340 --> 00:27:08.000
 taste alike?

00:27:09.920 --> 00:27:11.980
 Why is she going to get two goats

00:27:11.980 --> 00:27:12.759
 when he's going out

00:27:12.759 --> 00:27:13.380
 to get a deer?

00:27:13.500 --> 00:27:14.740
 And venison is a lot different

00:27:14.740 --> 00:27:15.180
 than goat.

00:27:15.700 --> 00:27:17.680
 She probably already knows

00:27:17.680 --> 00:27:19.019
 that his taste buds are gone.

00:27:19.120 --> 00:27:20.240
 He can't tell the difference

00:27:20.240 --> 00:27:21.980
 between goat and deer.

00:27:22.100 --> 00:27:22.720
 And evidently,

00:27:22.759 --> 00:27:23.680
 he couldn't as we walk

00:27:23.680 --> 00:27:24.279
 through the story

00:27:24.279 --> 00:27:25.180
 because he ate goat

00:27:25.180 --> 00:27:25.920
 and thought it was deer.

00:27:26.460 --> 00:27:27.480
 He thought it was from the field.

00:27:27.559 --> 00:27:29.099
 So his condition

00:27:29.099 --> 00:27:31.200
 must have been pretty bad

00:27:31.200 --> 00:27:34.139
 in this scenario.

00:27:34.399 --> 00:27:35.519
 So she knew

00:27:35.519 --> 00:27:37.720
 that she could trick him

00:27:37.720 --> 00:27:39.039
 with a different food,

00:27:39.099 --> 00:27:39.579
 with goats.

00:27:39.680 --> 00:27:41.859
 And then she had this brainstorm.

00:27:42.440 --> 00:27:43.619
 I'm going to take the hair

00:27:43.619 --> 00:27:44.200
 off the goat.

00:27:44.339 --> 00:27:45.519
 I'm going to tape it on.

00:27:45.920 --> 00:27:47.980
 Or I'm going to wrap it around you

00:27:47.980 --> 00:27:49.460
 so when he feels you,

00:27:49.500 --> 00:27:50.619
 he's going to feel all that hair

00:27:50.619 --> 00:27:50.940
 and think,

00:27:51.000 --> 00:27:51.279
 oh yeah,

00:27:51.339 --> 00:27:52.200
 of course it's Esau.

00:27:52.660 --> 00:27:53.599
 I don't know what I can do

00:27:53.599 --> 00:27:54.099
 for your voice,

00:27:54.099 --> 00:27:54.779
 but let's just hope

00:27:54.779 --> 00:27:55.599
 he can't hear real well.

00:27:57.339 --> 00:27:58.259
 And so she said,

00:27:58.419 --> 00:27:59.439
 and he says,

00:27:59.599 --> 00:27:59.939
 listen,

00:28:01.219 --> 00:28:03.339
 Jacob is over 40 years old here.

00:28:04.159 --> 00:28:04.899
 He's a man.

00:28:05.719 --> 00:28:07.119
 And his mom's coming to him

00:28:07.119 --> 00:28:07.240
 and saying,

00:28:07.299 --> 00:28:08.399
 I want you to do this thing

00:28:08.399 --> 00:28:09.659
 which you know is not right,

00:28:09.719 --> 00:28:10.639
 but we got to trick him

00:28:10.639 --> 00:28:11.359
 or else you're going

00:28:11.359 --> 00:28:12.199
 to miss out on this.

00:28:12.899 --> 00:28:13.980
 We got to help God

00:28:13.980 --> 00:28:15.199
 and make sure this comes to pass.

00:28:15.500 --> 00:28:15.779
 And he said,

00:28:15.839 --> 00:28:16.179
 wait a minute,

00:28:16.259 --> 00:28:17.459
 what if he fills my neck

00:28:17.459 --> 00:28:18.240
 and fills my hands?

00:28:18.279 --> 00:28:19.159
 He knows it's not me.

00:28:19.160 --> 00:28:23.920
 And she had a plan,

00:28:24.000 --> 00:28:24.220
 right?

00:28:25.380 --> 00:28:26.779
 She comes up with all this,

00:28:26.820 --> 00:28:27.759
 I'm going to give you garments

00:28:27.759 --> 00:28:29.240
 so that when he smells,

00:28:29.340 --> 00:28:30.140
 he's going to smell him.

00:28:30.300 --> 00:28:31.400
 I want you to lie.

00:28:32.160 --> 00:28:33.460
 I want you to tell him

00:28:33.460 --> 00:28:34.480
 that you're Esau.

00:28:36.259 --> 00:28:37.460
 We've got to trick him

00:28:37.460 --> 00:28:38.279
 so he blesses you.

00:28:38.360 --> 00:28:38.820
 Are you with me?

00:28:38.880 --> 00:28:39.100
 Come on,

00:28:39.120 --> 00:28:39.420
 you with me?

00:28:39.640 --> 00:28:40.019
 Let's go.

00:28:41.160 --> 00:28:42.380
 And if I were a friend

00:28:42.380 --> 00:28:42.960
 of Rebecca,

00:28:43.140 --> 00:28:43.759
 godly friend,

00:28:43.800 --> 00:28:44.420
 and I went to her,

00:28:44.480 --> 00:28:44.540
 I said,

00:28:44.560 --> 00:28:44.779
 Rebecca,

00:28:44.779 --> 00:28:45.460
 what are you doing?

00:28:47.039 --> 00:28:47.980
 Why are you trying

00:28:47.980 --> 00:28:49.139
 to control this situation?

00:28:49.299 --> 00:28:49.940
 Do you not have

00:28:49.940 --> 00:28:51.099
 any faith in God?

00:28:51.779 --> 00:28:52.519
 Do you not think

00:28:52.519 --> 00:28:53.539
 God's able to handle

00:28:53.539 --> 00:28:54.299
 this situation?

00:28:54.639 --> 00:28:55.779
 The God who spoke

00:28:55.779 --> 00:28:56.819
 the world into existence,

00:28:57.160 --> 00:28:59.299
 you've seen this play itself out

00:28:59.299 --> 00:29:00.559
 as you walked

00:29:00.559 --> 00:29:02.019
 and you washed it

00:29:02.019 --> 00:29:02.920
 in the life of Abraham.

00:29:04.379 --> 00:29:06.139
 And you lived it

00:29:06.139 --> 00:29:06.879
 in your life.

00:29:06.980 --> 00:29:08.139
 You've seen the faith

00:29:08.139 --> 00:29:08.680
 of God,

00:29:09.180 --> 00:29:09.619
 how he's,

00:29:10.460 --> 00:29:11.460
 what he's done,

00:29:11.599 --> 00:29:12.559
 how he's blessed.

00:29:14.779 --> 00:29:15.720
 And yet,

00:29:15.960 --> 00:29:17.299
 she wouldn't believe it.

00:29:17.359 --> 00:29:17.819
 So you're just like,

00:29:17.899 --> 00:29:18.119
 Rebecca,

00:29:18.259 --> 00:29:19.440
 no, no, no, no.

00:29:20.079 --> 00:29:20.940
 Have faith.

00:29:21.139 --> 00:29:22.519
 God will make this

00:29:22.519 --> 00:29:23.420
 come to pass.

00:29:23.700 --> 00:29:25.139
 You don't have to help him.

00:29:26.039 --> 00:29:27.319
 You don't want to talk

00:29:27.319 --> 00:29:28.220
 your son into doing

00:29:28.220 --> 00:29:29.119
 that which is sinful.

00:29:29.420 --> 00:29:30.299
 Why do you want him

00:29:30.299 --> 00:29:31.359
 to be deceptive?

00:29:31.619 --> 00:29:32.700
 Why are you willing

00:29:32.700 --> 00:29:33.279
 to deceive?

00:29:33.399 --> 00:29:33.960
 Come on.

00:29:34.639 --> 00:29:35.480
 That's not the way

00:29:35.480 --> 00:29:37.639
 to live a God-honoring life.

00:29:39.019 --> 00:29:40.539
 And then we look at Jacob,

00:29:40.819 --> 00:29:42.220
 a 40-year-old guy

00:29:42.220 --> 00:29:43.440
 who lets his mom

00:29:43.440 --> 00:29:44.500
 talk him into something

00:29:44.500 --> 00:29:45.400
 that's utterly sinful.

00:29:47.039 --> 00:29:48.259
 Where is he to say,

00:29:49.000 --> 00:29:50.240
 no, no, that's not right.

00:29:50.640 --> 00:29:52.140
 Mom, that is not right.

00:29:52.279 --> 00:29:55.079
 We should not deceive him

00:29:55.079 --> 00:29:55.519
 like that.

00:29:55.579 --> 00:29:56.339
 That's not the way

00:29:56.339 --> 00:29:57.420
 we're supposed to live.

00:29:58.180 --> 00:29:59.359
 That would be dishonoring

00:29:59.359 --> 00:30:00.039
 to my father.

00:30:00.319 --> 00:30:00.779
 But instead,

00:30:00.880 --> 00:30:01.500
 what does he say?

00:30:01.539 --> 00:30:01.740
 He says,

00:30:01.799 --> 00:30:03.259
 Mom, I'm not worried

00:30:03.259 --> 00:30:04.480
 about what's right and wrong

00:30:04.480 --> 00:30:05.039
 in a sense.

00:30:05.339 --> 00:30:06.119
 I'm just worried

00:30:06.119 --> 00:30:06.799
 about success.

00:30:07.059 --> 00:30:08.400
 Is this thing going to work?

00:30:09.299 --> 00:30:10.140
 Yes, I want

00:30:10.140 --> 00:30:11.039
 the spiritual blessing.

00:30:11.039 --> 00:30:12.240
 Have you noticed

00:30:12.240 --> 00:30:13.220
 as we've read

00:30:13.220 --> 00:30:13.960
 through the text,

00:30:13.960 --> 00:30:14.819
 not just this morning

00:30:14.819 --> 00:30:15.519
 but previously,

00:30:16.019 --> 00:30:17.720
 that he was interested

00:30:17.720 --> 00:30:19.319
 in spiritual things.

00:30:20.259 --> 00:30:22.240
 He desired the birthright,

00:30:22.779 --> 00:30:24.299
 which is the spiritual leadership

00:30:24.299 --> 00:30:25.059
 of the family.

00:30:25.400 --> 00:30:26.799
 There's some desire.

00:30:26.980 --> 00:30:28.340
 He's leaning that way.

00:30:28.600 --> 00:30:29.779
 He's just going about it

00:30:29.779 --> 00:30:30.400
 the wrong way.

00:30:30.460 --> 00:30:31.700
 He's trying to accomplish

00:30:31.700 --> 00:30:35.299
 something out of his own

00:30:35.299 --> 00:30:36.279
 deception,

00:30:37.019 --> 00:30:39.120
 his own man-made wisdom.

00:30:39.119 --> 00:30:42.479
 And it's utterly sinful.

00:30:43.719 --> 00:30:45.419
 Again, remember the expectation

00:30:45.419 --> 00:30:46.299
 I talked about?

00:30:47.659 --> 00:30:49.179
 Surely God would pick

00:30:49.179 --> 00:30:50.719
 godly men,

00:30:50.819 --> 00:30:52.339
 men that are full of faith,

00:30:52.459 --> 00:30:53.659
 that are honoring to him

00:30:53.659 --> 00:30:55.319
 to accomplish his plan

00:30:55.319 --> 00:30:56.299
 to fulfill his promise,

00:30:56.359 --> 00:30:56.539
 right?

00:30:57.500 --> 00:30:58.859
 Well, we got two strikeouts

00:30:58.859 --> 00:30:59.359
 going on.

00:31:00.479 --> 00:31:01.859
 We got two guys

00:31:01.859 --> 00:31:03.799
 that are not walking by faith,

00:31:03.979 --> 00:31:05.279
 that are trying to do things

00:31:05.279 --> 00:31:06.359
 in their own way,

00:31:06.799 --> 00:31:08.879
 full of sin,

00:31:09.819 --> 00:31:12.480
 and yet,

00:31:12.619 --> 00:31:13.599
 for some reason,

00:31:13.759 --> 00:31:15.259
 God is going to use them

00:31:15.259 --> 00:31:16.299
 and the promise is going

00:31:16.299 --> 00:31:17.039
 through these men.

00:31:17.559 --> 00:31:18.399
 Hard to fathom.

00:31:19.819 --> 00:31:21.460
 But I want you to see

00:31:21.460 --> 00:31:23.660
 as this plays itself out,

00:31:23.779 --> 00:31:25.740
 so the meal takes place,

00:31:26.480 --> 00:31:27.740
 he blesses him

00:31:27.740 --> 00:31:29.519
 with this powerful blessing

00:31:29.519 --> 00:31:32.920
 that echoes Genesis 12, 3,

00:31:33.059 --> 00:31:34.619
 the blessing of Abraham.

00:31:37.160 --> 00:31:38.359
 And I would say this,

00:31:38.400 --> 00:31:42.660
 it has a spiritual element

00:31:42.660 --> 00:31:44.339
 to it predominantly.

00:31:45.940 --> 00:31:47.480
 Yes, there's material,

00:31:47.759 --> 00:31:48.400
 there's land,

00:31:48.680 --> 00:31:50.339
 there's his possessions,

00:31:50.759 --> 00:31:51.900
 they're involved in this,

00:31:52.079 --> 00:31:53.500
 but it is a conveyance

00:31:53.500 --> 00:31:54.500
 of the spiritual head

00:31:54.500 --> 00:31:55.079
 of the family.

00:31:55.079 --> 00:31:56.920
 It's a spiritual blessing

00:31:56.920 --> 00:31:57.879
 upon this child.

00:31:59.519 --> 00:32:02.279
 And then,

00:32:02.460 --> 00:32:03.119
 what happens?

00:32:03.480 --> 00:32:03.799
 And then,

00:32:03.920 --> 00:32:05.460
 as he's walking out the door,

00:32:05.559 --> 00:32:06.259
 you can almost see it

00:32:06.259 --> 00:32:06.940
 in the movie, right?

00:32:07.819 --> 00:32:08.240
 You got,

00:32:08.339 --> 00:32:09.619
 he's taking a step out

00:32:09.619 --> 00:32:10.559
 and in the back door,

00:32:10.680 --> 00:32:11.379
 guess who's coming in?

00:32:11.379 --> 00:32:11.940
 Hey, pop,

00:32:12.000 --> 00:32:13.259
 I got some food for you.

00:32:13.660 --> 00:32:14.539
 Man, I've been out

00:32:14.539 --> 00:32:15.000
 to the field,

00:32:15.059 --> 00:32:15.420
 he's like,

00:32:15.700 --> 00:32:16.079
 wait a minute,

00:32:16.900 --> 00:32:18.119
 I am so confused.

00:32:18.500 --> 00:32:19.160
 Who are you?

00:32:20.019 --> 00:32:20.879
 Well, I'm your son,

00:32:20.920 --> 00:32:21.799
 I'm your son Esau.

00:32:22.460 --> 00:32:24.379
 And what does the scripture say

00:32:24.379 --> 00:32:25.639
 took place at that moment?

00:32:27.940 --> 00:32:29.039
 Verse 33

00:32:29.039 --> 00:32:30.379
 is a pivotal verse

00:32:30.379 --> 00:32:31.099
 in this section.

00:32:31.980 --> 00:32:33.680
 And verse 33 says this,

00:32:34.099 --> 00:32:36.879
 Isaac trembled very violently.

00:32:38.859 --> 00:32:40.420
 At that moment,

00:32:41.059 --> 00:32:43.119
 when he understood

00:32:43.119 --> 00:32:45.379
 what had just taken place,

00:32:46.379 --> 00:32:48.119
 is that he had been duped,

00:32:48.319 --> 00:32:49.460
 he had been deceived

00:32:49.460 --> 00:32:51.319
 by his younger son

00:32:51.319 --> 00:32:53.039
 who had pretended to be Esau,

00:32:53.639 --> 00:32:54.500
 and he had come in,

00:32:54.500 --> 00:32:56.180
 and he had given the blessing

00:32:56.180 --> 00:32:56.839
 to him,

00:32:57.839 --> 00:32:58.220
 and then,

00:32:58.980 --> 00:32:59.380
 I mean,

00:32:59.480 --> 00:33:00.660
 to Jacob,

00:33:00.759 --> 00:33:00.920
 sorry,

00:33:01.180 --> 00:33:02.779
 and then when Isaac comes in,

00:33:03.059 --> 00:33:04.640
 he shudders violently.

00:33:05.119 --> 00:33:06.279
 I'm messing names up.

00:33:06.619 --> 00:33:07.900
 When Esau comes in,

00:33:08.119 --> 00:33:09.400
 Isaac shudders violently.

00:33:09.559 --> 00:33:09.859
 Why?

00:33:10.180 --> 00:33:11.559
 It's because he realized

00:33:11.559 --> 00:33:12.720
 right then

00:33:12.720 --> 00:33:14.000
 that he had gone

00:33:14.000 --> 00:33:15.279
 against the will of God.

00:33:15.480 --> 00:33:16.599
 He realized

00:33:16.599 --> 00:33:18.500
 his sin.

00:33:18.500 --> 00:33:19.839
 He recognized

00:33:19.839 --> 00:33:22.099
 that he had done

00:33:22.099 --> 00:33:23.720
 exactly what he shouldn't have done.

00:33:23.940 --> 00:33:24.319
 That is,

00:33:24.359 --> 00:33:25.420
 he's given the blessing

00:33:25.420 --> 00:33:26.619
 to the one he shouldn't have,

00:33:26.920 --> 00:33:28.799
 but because of the circumstances,

00:33:29.019 --> 00:33:29.900
 the blessing landed

00:33:29.900 --> 00:33:30.859
 on the son

00:33:30.859 --> 00:33:32.099
 that it should have landed on,

00:33:32.339 --> 00:33:33.359
 and at that moment,

00:33:33.460 --> 00:33:35.059
 I think that he was struck

00:33:35.059 --> 00:33:35.660
 with his sin.

00:33:35.660 --> 00:33:41.800
 At some point,

00:33:41.920 --> 00:33:43.080
 we will notice this,

00:33:43.200 --> 00:33:44.500
 is that if we look,

00:33:44.620 --> 00:33:45.779
 skip ahead to 28,

00:33:48.759 --> 00:33:49.860
 so in 27,

00:33:50.340 --> 00:33:52.519
 Jacob is blessed

00:33:52.519 --> 00:33:53.259
 by deception,

00:33:53.500 --> 00:33:54.240
 but in 28,

00:33:54.380 --> 00:33:55.180
 I want you to notice

00:33:55.180 --> 00:33:57.440
 that Jacob is blessed

00:33:57.440 --> 00:33:58.240
 by intention.

00:34:00.480 --> 00:34:01.820
 Isaac called Jacob

00:34:01.820 --> 00:34:02.880
 and blessed him

00:34:02.880 --> 00:34:04.160
 and directed him,

00:34:04.279 --> 00:34:05.500
 you must not take a wife

00:34:05.500 --> 00:34:06.700
 from the Canaanite women,

00:34:07.059 --> 00:34:08.159
 and then if you look down

00:34:08.159 --> 00:34:08.719
 at the verse three,

00:34:08.820 --> 00:34:10.239
 God Almighty bless you

00:34:10.239 --> 00:34:11.679
 and make you fruitful

00:34:11.679 --> 00:34:12.719
 and multiply you,

00:34:12.780 --> 00:34:13.280
 may give you

00:34:13.280 --> 00:34:14.420
 the blessing of Abraham.

00:34:15.360 --> 00:34:16.380
 Do you see the difference?

00:34:19.079 --> 00:34:20.119
 His intention

00:34:20.119 --> 00:34:20.880
 was to bless

00:34:20.880 --> 00:34:21.920
 the wrong son,

00:34:22.019 --> 00:34:23.099
 and God didn't

00:34:23.099 --> 00:34:24.139
 let it happen.

00:34:25.320 --> 00:34:26.340
 Even though

00:34:26.340 --> 00:34:27.340
 the deception

00:34:27.340 --> 00:34:28.119
 and conniving

00:34:28.119 --> 00:34:29.079
 was involved,

00:34:29.440 --> 00:34:29.960
 ultimately,

00:34:30.119 --> 00:34:31.059
 the will of God

00:34:31.059 --> 00:34:32.300
 would not have allowed it.

00:34:32.380 --> 00:34:33.239
 Did God need

00:34:33.239 --> 00:34:34.260
 Rebecca to help him?

00:34:34.260 --> 00:34:36.880
 Did God need Jacob

00:34:36.880 --> 00:34:37.540
 to deceive?

00:34:38.180 --> 00:34:38.460
 No.

00:34:39.900 --> 00:34:40.760
 They did that

00:34:40.760 --> 00:34:41.660
 on their own volition,

00:34:42.140 --> 00:34:42.880
 but I do want you

00:34:42.880 --> 00:34:43.340
 to notice

00:34:43.340 --> 00:34:44.180
 that what God

00:34:44.180 --> 00:34:45.180
 had declared

00:34:45.180 --> 00:34:46.600
 came to pass,

00:34:46.880 --> 00:34:48.120
 and this is the first point.

00:34:48.220 --> 00:34:49.260
 If y'all are looking for,

00:34:49.400 --> 00:34:49.520
 okay,

00:34:49.580 --> 00:34:50.660
 what's the main point here?

00:34:50.920 --> 00:34:52.000
 Let me just share this.

00:34:52.540 --> 00:34:53.300
 Is that God,

00:34:53.680 --> 00:34:54.120
 excuse me,

00:34:54.180 --> 00:34:54.400
 sorry,

00:34:54.400 --> 00:34:56.780
 the sovereign plan

00:34:56.780 --> 00:34:57.200
 of God

00:34:57.200 --> 00:34:58.280
 will be accomplished

00:34:58.280 --> 00:34:59.139
 in spite

00:34:59.139 --> 00:35:00.940
 of the sinful desires

00:35:00.940 --> 00:35:02.320
 and plans

00:35:02.320 --> 00:35:03.000
 of men

00:35:03.000 --> 00:35:04.139
 and women.

00:35:04.200 --> 00:35:04.860
 Let me say it again.

00:35:05.260 --> 00:35:06.059
 The sovereign

00:35:06.059 --> 00:35:07.780
 will of God,

00:35:08.180 --> 00:35:09.619
 the sovereign plan

00:35:09.619 --> 00:35:10.139
 of God

00:35:10.139 --> 00:35:11.320
 will be

00:35:11.320 --> 00:35:12.099
 accomplished.

00:35:13.539 --> 00:35:15.160
 There's no power

00:35:15.160 --> 00:35:15.840
 or force

00:35:15.840 --> 00:35:17.079
 on all the earth

00:35:17.079 --> 00:35:18.320
 can change

00:35:18.320 --> 00:35:19.019
 what God

00:35:19.019 --> 00:35:19.480
 has planned.

00:35:20.099 --> 00:35:21.119
 We might not

00:35:21.119 --> 00:35:21.579
 understand

00:35:21.579 --> 00:35:22.200
 how it comes

00:35:22.200 --> 00:35:22.660
 to pass.

00:35:22.659 --> 00:35:23.960
 God takes even

00:35:23.960 --> 00:35:24.759
 the sinful

00:35:24.759 --> 00:35:26.119
 actions of people

00:35:26.119 --> 00:35:27.940
 and he

00:35:27.940 --> 00:35:29.699
 weaves his plan,

00:35:30.159 --> 00:35:31.599
 accomplishes his will,

00:35:31.899 --> 00:35:32.519
 even though

00:35:32.519 --> 00:35:33.619
 they did it

00:35:33.619 --> 00:35:34.940
 out of their own volition.

00:35:35.639 --> 00:35:36.819
 God in his sovereignty

00:35:36.819 --> 00:35:38.379
 is able to cause

00:35:38.379 --> 00:35:40.480
 things to come to pass,

00:35:40.559 --> 00:35:41.759
 his plan to come to pass.

00:35:41.819 --> 00:35:42.199
 He had already

00:35:42.199 --> 00:35:42.920
 declared it, right?

00:35:46.079 --> 00:35:46.879
 And when I,

00:35:48.359 --> 00:35:49.339
 when this

00:35:49.339 --> 00:35:51.199
 recognition

00:35:51.199 --> 00:35:53.119
 hit Isaac,

00:35:53.119 --> 00:35:54.179
 he recognized

00:35:54.179 --> 00:35:55.099
 that he had

00:35:55.099 --> 00:35:56.739
 purposefully done

00:35:56.739 --> 00:35:57.039
 what,

00:35:57.259 --> 00:35:58.199
 it was opposite

00:35:58.199 --> 00:35:59.179
 of what God

00:35:59.179 --> 00:35:59.899
 had declared.

00:36:00.539 --> 00:36:02.519
 He recognizes sin

00:36:02.519 --> 00:36:03.899
 and I believe

00:36:03.899 --> 00:36:04.639
 that there's a

00:36:04.639 --> 00:36:05.099
 repentance

00:36:05.099 --> 00:36:05.779
 from here

00:36:05.779 --> 00:36:06.939
 forward.

00:36:07.619 --> 00:36:08.879
 We see that

00:36:08.879 --> 00:36:09.339
 blessing

00:36:09.339 --> 00:36:10.339
 that is actually

00:36:10.339 --> 00:36:12.259
 as if he is

00:36:12.259 --> 00:36:13.259
 honoring the will

00:36:13.259 --> 00:36:13.759
 of God

00:36:13.759 --> 00:36:14.419
 and say

00:36:14.419 --> 00:36:15.839
 he will be blessed.

00:36:15.919 --> 00:36:16.399
 You know why?

00:36:16.859 --> 00:36:17.339
 It's because God

00:36:17.339 --> 00:36:17.899
 declared it.

00:36:17.900 --> 00:36:19.680
 He knows

00:36:19.680 --> 00:36:20.039
 that God

00:36:20.039 --> 00:36:20.639
 declared it

00:36:20.639 --> 00:36:21.320
 and yet

00:36:21.320 --> 00:36:22.160
 he ignored it

00:36:22.160 --> 00:36:22.800
 because of his

00:36:22.800 --> 00:36:23.619
 own personal

00:36:23.619 --> 00:36:24.619
 selfish desires

00:36:24.619 --> 00:36:25.660
 and now

00:36:25.660 --> 00:36:26.680
 he's become

00:36:26.680 --> 00:36:27.260
 aware,

00:36:27.700 --> 00:36:28.180
 oh no,

00:36:29.079 --> 00:36:29.360
 wow,

00:36:29.460 --> 00:36:29.940
 did I just

00:36:29.940 --> 00:36:30.460
 do that?

00:36:30.619 --> 00:36:31.599
 Did I just

00:36:31.599 --> 00:36:32.320
 intend

00:36:32.320 --> 00:36:32.980
 to do

00:36:32.980 --> 00:36:34.019
 just the opposite

00:36:34.019 --> 00:36:34.720
 of what God

00:36:34.720 --> 00:36:35.260
 had intended?

00:36:35.760 --> 00:36:36.539
 Am I trying

00:36:36.539 --> 00:36:37.300
 to come

00:36:37.300 --> 00:36:37.920
 against the

00:36:37.920 --> 00:36:38.660
 plan of God?

00:36:39.460 --> 00:36:40.200
 What have I

00:36:40.200 --> 00:36:40.619
 done?

00:36:44.619 --> 00:36:45.019
 Esau,

00:36:45.019 --> 00:36:47.179
 we don't

00:36:47.179 --> 00:36:47.820
 see anything

00:36:47.820 --> 00:36:48.719
 godly in Esau

00:36:48.719 --> 00:36:48.960
 either,

00:36:49.059 --> 00:36:49.320
 do we?

00:36:52.159 --> 00:36:52.739
 Matter of

00:36:52.739 --> 00:36:53.059
 fact,

00:36:53.259 --> 00:36:54.019
 if we were

00:36:54.019 --> 00:36:54.360
 to turn

00:36:54.360 --> 00:36:54.840
 again to

00:36:54.840 --> 00:36:55.179
 Hebrews,

00:36:55.300 --> 00:36:55.679
 which we've

00:36:55.679 --> 00:36:56.059
 done in

00:36:56.059 --> 00:36:56.739
 previous weeks

00:36:56.739 --> 00:36:56.960
 here,

00:36:57.039 --> 00:36:57.400
 we would

00:36:57.400 --> 00:36:57.980
 see a

00:36:57.980 --> 00:36:58.659
 guy who

00:36:58.659 --> 00:37:00.219
 is sexually

00:37:00.219 --> 00:37:00.699
 immoral

00:37:00.699 --> 00:37:02.980
 and how does

00:37:02.980 --> 00:37:03.300
 that play

00:37:03.300 --> 00:37:03.900
 itself out?

00:37:04.000 --> 00:37:04.119
 Well,

00:37:04.199 --> 00:37:05.059
 he's marrying

00:37:05.059 --> 00:37:06.019
 Canaanite women

00:37:06.019 --> 00:37:07.099
 because he's

00:37:07.099 --> 00:37:08.059
 lusting after

00:37:08.059 --> 00:37:09.460
 that type

00:37:09.460 --> 00:37:10.000
 of a life.

00:37:10.219 --> 00:37:10.739
 He is

00:37:10.739 --> 00:37:11.559
 willing to

00:37:11.559 --> 00:37:12.219
 go against

00:37:12.219 --> 00:37:12.800
 the decree

00:37:12.800 --> 00:37:13.639
 of Abraham

00:37:13.639 --> 00:37:17.839
 his grandfather,

00:37:18.639 --> 00:37:19.239
 the declarer

00:37:19.239 --> 00:37:19.639
 that you

00:37:19.639 --> 00:37:20.279
 shall not

00:37:20.279 --> 00:37:20.659
 take a

00:37:20.659 --> 00:37:21.019
 wife from

00:37:21.019 --> 00:37:21.639
 the Canaanites

00:37:21.639 --> 00:37:21.900
 and we

00:37:21.900 --> 00:37:22.519
 see it

00:37:22.519 --> 00:37:24.579
 again over

00:37:24.579 --> 00:37:25.139
 here that

00:37:25.139 --> 00:37:25.900
 that declaration

00:37:25.900 --> 00:37:26.799
 is made by

00:37:26.799 --> 00:37:27.619
 Isaac again

00:37:27.619 --> 00:37:28.139
 when he

00:37:28.139 --> 00:37:29.679
 gave a

00:37:29.679 --> 00:37:30.259
 direction

00:37:30.259 --> 00:37:32.400
 to Jacob,

00:37:32.619 --> 00:37:33.299
 don't take

00:37:33.299 --> 00:37:33.819
 a wife

00:37:33.819 --> 00:37:34.699
 from this

00:37:34.699 --> 00:37:35.319
 Canaanite

00:37:35.319 --> 00:37:36.519
 tribe,

00:37:36.819 --> 00:37:37.339
 you go

00:37:37.339 --> 00:37:38.159
 back and

00:37:38.159 --> 00:37:38.480
 you take

00:37:38.480 --> 00:37:38.859
 a wife

00:37:38.859 --> 00:37:39.239
 from our

00:37:39.239 --> 00:37:39.619
 people

00:37:39.619 --> 00:37:41.299
 and yet

00:37:41.299 --> 00:37:43.179
 Esau

00:37:43.179 --> 00:37:44.319
 could care

00:37:44.319 --> 00:37:44.719
 less.

00:37:45.079 --> 00:37:45.739
 He's doing

00:37:45.739 --> 00:37:46.139
 his own

00:37:46.139 --> 00:37:46.480
 thing,

00:37:46.539 --> 00:37:46.899
 his own

00:37:46.899 --> 00:37:47.339
 way.

00:37:48.399 --> 00:37:48.779
 Esau

00:37:48.779 --> 00:37:49.440
 could care

00:37:49.440 --> 00:37:49.899
 less about

00:37:49.899 --> 00:37:50.219
 spiritual

00:37:50.219 --> 00:37:50.619
 things.

00:37:51.779 --> 00:37:52.239
 This whole

00:37:52.239 --> 00:37:53.419
 headship and

00:37:53.419 --> 00:37:53.719
 family,

00:37:53.779 --> 00:37:54.059
 you know what

00:37:54.059 --> 00:37:54.440
 he wanted?

00:37:54.679 --> 00:37:55.159
 He wanted

00:37:55.159 --> 00:37:55.719
 all the

00:37:55.719 --> 00:37:56.159
 wealth,

00:37:56.259 --> 00:37:56.599
 he wanted

00:37:56.599 --> 00:37:57.239
 all the

00:37:57.239 --> 00:37:57.659
 privilege,

00:37:57.779 --> 00:37:58.159
 he wanted

00:37:58.159 --> 00:37:58.919
 to be able

00:37:58.919 --> 00:37:59.179
 to make

00:37:59.179 --> 00:37:59.500
 all the

00:37:59.500 --> 00:38:00.079
 decisions.

00:38:00.659 --> 00:38:01.239
 He wasn't

00:38:01.239 --> 00:38:01.919
 interested in

00:38:01.919 --> 00:38:02.199
 spiritual

00:38:02.199 --> 00:38:02.599
 things.

00:38:03.139 --> 00:38:03.739
 Even when

00:38:03.739 --> 00:38:04.519
 he's crying,

00:38:04.639 --> 00:38:05.000
 even saying,

00:38:05.119 --> 00:38:05.259
 God,

00:38:05.480 --> 00:38:06.219
 Father,

00:38:06.379 --> 00:38:06.779
 bless me,

00:38:06.879 --> 00:38:07.239
 bless me,

00:38:07.339 --> 00:38:07.759
 bless me.

00:38:08.019 --> 00:38:08.739
 It's not

00:38:08.739 --> 00:38:09.480
 the spiritual

00:38:09.480 --> 00:38:10.239
 element of it

00:38:10.239 --> 00:38:10.559
 that he's

00:38:10.559 --> 00:38:11.159
 interested in.

00:38:11.159 --> 00:38:12.000
 It's all

00:38:12.000 --> 00:38:12.559
 the other

00:38:12.559 --> 00:38:13.279
 things.

00:38:14.519 --> 00:38:14.719
 It's the

00:38:14.719 --> 00:38:16.319
 wealth,

00:38:16.559 --> 00:38:16.920
 it's the

00:38:16.920 --> 00:38:17.819
 esteem,

00:38:17.940 --> 00:38:18.440
 it's the

00:38:18.440 --> 00:38:19.519
 leadership

00:38:19.519 --> 00:38:20.019
 that he

00:38:20.019 --> 00:38:20.379
 wants.

00:38:22.079 --> 00:38:22.699
 We see

00:38:22.699 --> 00:38:23.319
 his heart,

00:38:23.420 --> 00:38:23.940
 he's willing

00:38:23.940 --> 00:38:25.359
 to entertain

00:38:25.359 --> 00:38:26.759
 murder.

00:38:27.879 --> 00:38:28.739
 His intention

00:38:28.739 --> 00:38:29.359
 because he's

00:38:29.359 --> 00:38:30.159
 so mad

00:38:30.159 --> 00:38:30.819
 is he's

00:38:30.819 --> 00:38:31.000
 going to

00:38:31.000 --> 00:38:31.299
 kill his

00:38:31.299 --> 00:38:31.519
 brother.

00:38:32.000 --> 00:38:32.480
 He's going

00:38:32.480 --> 00:38:33.059
 to fix

00:38:33.059 --> 00:38:33.679
 this problem.

00:38:33.920 --> 00:38:34.480
 One way

00:38:34.480 --> 00:38:34.719
 or the

00:38:34.719 --> 00:38:34.940
 other,

00:38:35.039 --> 00:38:35.399
 he's going

00:38:35.399 --> 00:38:35.659
 to get

00:38:35.659 --> 00:38:36.199
 that blessing.

00:38:36.839 --> 00:38:37.299
 He's going

00:38:37.299 --> 00:38:37.739
 to get

00:38:37.739 --> 00:38:38.879
 the wealth

00:38:38.879 --> 00:38:39.379
 that comes

00:38:39.379 --> 00:38:39.899
 from being

00:38:39.900 --> 00:38:40.760
 the older

00:38:40.760 --> 00:38:41.200
 son.

00:38:47.599 --> 00:38:48.280
 I wrote

00:38:48.280 --> 00:38:48.660
 a note

00:38:48.660 --> 00:38:49.180
 over here

00:38:49.180 --> 00:38:49.660
 in Hebrews

00:38:49.660 --> 00:38:50.039
 and it

00:38:50.039 --> 00:38:50.680
 says this,

00:38:52.780 --> 00:38:54.180
 his desire

00:38:54.180 --> 00:38:54.720
 was for

00:38:54.720 --> 00:38:55.599
 worldly gain

00:38:55.599 --> 00:38:56.200
 and pleasure.

00:38:57.260 --> 00:38:58.139
 He treated

00:38:58.139 --> 00:38:59.240
 spiritual things

00:38:59.240 --> 00:39:00.660
 with contempt.

00:39:00.880 --> 00:39:01.180
 The word

00:39:01.180 --> 00:39:01.500
 of God

00:39:01.500 --> 00:39:02.039
 says that

00:39:02.039 --> 00:39:02.579
 no one

00:39:02.579 --> 00:39:02.740
 is,

00:39:03.820 --> 00:39:05.079
 the author

00:39:05.079 --> 00:39:05.519
 of Hebrews

00:39:05.519 --> 00:39:06.400
 is instructing

00:39:06.400 --> 00:39:07.800
 the readers

00:39:07.800 --> 00:39:08.380
 of the letter.

00:39:08.380 --> 00:39:09.380
 he said,

00:39:09.559 --> 00:39:10.059
 see to it

00:39:10.059 --> 00:39:10.460
 that no

00:39:10.460 --> 00:39:11.140
 one is

00:39:11.140 --> 00:39:11.500
 sexually

00:39:11.500 --> 00:39:11.940
 immoral

00:39:11.940 --> 00:39:12.519
 and unholy

00:39:12.519 --> 00:39:13.200
 like Esau.

00:39:14.940 --> 00:39:15.800
 A willingness

00:39:15.800 --> 00:39:16.619
 to walk

00:39:16.619 --> 00:39:17.539
 outside the

00:39:17.539 --> 00:39:17.940
 boundaries

00:39:17.940 --> 00:39:18.300
 of what

00:39:18.300 --> 00:39:18.539
 God

00:39:18.539 --> 00:39:18.900
 had called

00:39:18.900 --> 00:39:19.119
 him

00:39:19.119 --> 00:39:19.820
 to.

00:39:24.860 --> 00:39:25.400
 What do

00:39:25.400 --> 00:39:25.760
 you notice

00:39:25.760 --> 00:39:26.140
 about his

00:39:26.140 --> 00:39:26.460
 family?

00:39:26.680 --> 00:39:27.220
 There's one

00:39:27.220 --> 00:39:27.700
 more thing

00:39:27.700 --> 00:39:28.079
 Rebecca

00:39:28.079 --> 00:39:28.519
 here has

00:39:28.519 --> 00:39:29.000
 not done,

00:39:29.079 --> 00:39:29.320
 is she?

00:39:30.360 --> 00:39:31.700
 She overhears

00:39:31.700 --> 00:39:32.500
 or she

00:39:32.500 --> 00:39:33.460
 learns of,

00:39:33.539 --> 00:39:33.740
 somebody

00:39:33.740 --> 00:39:34.200
 comes and

00:39:34.200 --> 00:39:34.519
 tells her,

00:39:34.599 --> 00:39:34.700
 say,

00:39:34.760 --> 00:39:34.860
 hey,

00:39:34.900 --> 00:39:35.400
 by the way,

00:39:36.140 --> 00:39:36.660
 you've got

00:39:36.659 --> 00:39:37.039
 a problem

00:39:37.039 --> 00:39:37.679
 going on.

00:39:40.239 --> 00:39:40.819
 Just want

00:39:40.819 --> 00:39:41.099
 to make

00:39:41.099 --> 00:39:41.599
 you aware

00:39:41.599 --> 00:39:42.739
 that Esau's

00:39:42.739 --> 00:39:43.159
 plan is

00:39:43.159 --> 00:39:43.440
 to kill

00:39:43.440 --> 00:39:43.779
 Jacob.

00:39:44.579 --> 00:39:44.940
 Time

00:39:44.940 --> 00:39:47.839
 your husband

00:39:47.839 --> 00:39:48.239
 dies,

00:39:48.319 --> 00:39:48.719
 their dad

00:39:48.719 --> 00:39:48.980
 dies,

00:39:49.339 --> 00:39:49.799
 that he

00:39:49.799 --> 00:39:50.159
 intends

00:39:50.159 --> 00:39:50.539
 to kill

00:39:50.539 --> 00:39:50.659
 him.

00:39:50.719 --> 00:39:50.899
 And she

00:39:50.899 --> 00:39:51.099
 said,

00:39:51.139 --> 00:39:51.440
 oh man,

00:39:52.319 --> 00:39:52.859
 I got

00:39:52.859 --> 00:39:53.199
 to fix

00:39:53.199 --> 00:39:53.699
 this problem

00:39:53.699 --> 00:39:54.000
 too.

00:39:54.099 --> 00:39:54.259
 And so

00:39:54.259 --> 00:39:54.480
 what does

00:39:54.480 --> 00:39:54.679
 she do?

00:39:54.879 --> 00:39:55.379
 She goes

00:39:55.379 --> 00:39:55.579
 to him

00:39:55.579 --> 00:39:55.859
 and said,

00:39:56.219 --> 00:39:57.259
 I loathe

00:39:57.259 --> 00:39:58.299
 these Hittite

00:39:58.299 --> 00:39:58.960
 women,

00:39:59.759 --> 00:40:00.599
 these wives

00:40:00.599 --> 00:40:00.879
 that are

00:40:00.879 --> 00:40:01.679
 just destroying

00:40:01.679 --> 00:40:02.399
 our family.

00:40:02.400 --> 00:40:04.639
 please,

00:40:04.760 --> 00:40:05.579
 please send

00:40:05.579 --> 00:40:06.559
 Jacob away

00:40:06.559 --> 00:40:07.160
 to marry

00:40:07.160 --> 00:40:08.460
 one of our

00:40:08.460 --> 00:40:08.820
 people.

00:40:09.160 --> 00:40:09.519
 Send him

00:40:09.519 --> 00:40:10.700
 to my

00:40:10.700 --> 00:40:11.300
 brother,

00:40:11.460 --> 00:40:11.800
 Laban,

00:40:12.260 --> 00:40:12.900
 and let

00:40:12.900 --> 00:40:13.340
 him take

00:40:13.340 --> 00:40:13.700
 a wife

00:40:13.700 --> 00:40:14.079
 there.

00:40:14.960 --> 00:40:15.280
 And so

00:40:15.280 --> 00:40:15.800
 what does

00:40:15.800 --> 00:40:16.300
 he do?

00:40:16.360 --> 00:40:16.720
 He's like,

00:40:16.780 --> 00:40:17.260
 oh yeah.

00:40:19.559 --> 00:40:20.440
 So Isaac's

00:40:20.440 --> 00:40:20.579
 like,

00:40:21.039 --> 00:40:21.260
 yes,

00:40:21.300 --> 00:40:21.700
 of course.

00:40:21.900 --> 00:40:22.360
 Why did

00:40:22.360 --> 00:40:22.860
 I ever

00:40:22.860 --> 00:40:24.360
 let Esau

00:40:24.360 --> 00:40:24.700
 marry

00:40:24.700 --> 00:40:25.200
 Canaanite

00:40:25.200 --> 00:40:25.420
 women?

00:40:25.500 --> 00:40:25.760
 What was

00:40:25.760 --> 00:40:26.160
 I thinking?

00:40:26.320 --> 00:40:26.900
 That is

00:40:26.900 --> 00:40:27.380
 not what

00:40:27.380 --> 00:40:27.980
 God desires.

00:40:28.360 --> 00:40:28.880
 So yes,

00:40:28.940 --> 00:40:29.480
 he calls

00:40:29.480 --> 00:40:29.800
 him in

00:40:29.800 --> 00:40:30.019
 and he

00:40:30.019 --> 00:40:30.480
 blesses

00:40:30.480 --> 00:40:30.700
 him and

00:40:30.700 --> 00:40:30.840
 says,

00:40:31.200 --> 00:40:31.660
 do not

00:40:31.659 --> 00:40:32.139
 take a

00:40:32.139 --> 00:40:32.539
 wife from

00:40:32.539 --> 00:40:32.759
 here.

00:40:33.019 --> 00:40:33.339
 I want

00:40:33.339 --> 00:40:33.579
 you to

00:40:33.579 --> 00:40:33.940
 go to

00:40:33.940 --> 00:40:34.219
 Laban.

00:40:34.279 --> 00:40:34.500
 I want

00:40:34.500 --> 00:40:34.699
 you to

00:40:34.699 --> 00:40:35.039
 take a

00:40:35.039 --> 00:40:35.420
 wife from

00:40:35.420 --> 00:40:35.559
 there.

00:40:35.639 --> 00:40:35.839
 Go.

00:40:36.399 --> 00:40:36.679
 And what

00:40:36.679 --> 00:40:36.799
 did he

00:40:36.799 --> 00:40:36.980
 do?

00:40:37.039 --> 00:40:37.460
 He took

00:40:37.460 --> 00:40:37.739
 off.

00:40:37.879 --> 00:40:38.179
 Do you

00:40:38.179 --> 00:40:38.559
 see the

00:40:38.559 --> 00:40:39.980
 controlling

00:40:39.980 --> 00:40:40.539
 hand of

00:40:40.539 --> 00:40:40.879
 Rebekah

00:40:40.879 --> 00:40:41.219
 in this?

00:40:41.980 --> 00:40:42.420
 You see

00:40:42.420 --> 00:40:43.079
 how she's

00:40:43.079 --> 00:40:43.539
 conniving

00:40:43.539 --> 00:40:44.259
 even here?

00:40:44.519 --> 00:40:44.819
 She's like,

00:40:44.859 --> 00:40:45.279
 I've got to

00:40:45.279 --> 00:40:45.920
 protect him.

00:40:46.179 --> 00:40:46.659
 I've got to

00:40:46.659 --> 00:40:47.119
 keep him

00:40:47.119 --> 00:40:47.539
 from being

00:40:47.539 --> 00:40:48.319
 killed by

00:40:48.319 --> 00:40:48.679
 his older

00:40:48.679 --> 00:40:49.079
 brother.

00:40:49.519 --> 00:40:49.960
 And so I'm

00:40:49.960 --> 00:40:50.079
 going to

00:40:50.079 --> 00:40:50.480
 come up

00:40:50.480 --> 00:40:50.739
 with a

00:40:50.739 --> 00:40:51.399
 plan where

00:40:51.399 --> 00:40:52.219
 surely

00:40:52.219 --> 00:40:52.799
 Isaac will

00:40:52.799 --> 00:40:53.259
 hear the

00:40:53.259 --> 00:40:53.719
 wisdom in

00:40:53.719 --> 00:40:54.019
 this and

00:40:54.019 --> 00:40:54.399
 he'll do

00:40:54.399 --> 00:40:54.539
 it.

00:40:54.619 --> 00:40:54.739
 Well,

00:40:54.779 --> 00:40:55.019
 did he?

00:40:55.159 --> 00:40:55.379
 Yes.

00:41:01.659 --> 00:41:02.440
 This family,

00:41:02.980 --> 00:41:03.940
 it is a

00:41:03.940 --> 00:41:04.559
 mess.

00:41:05.559 --> 00:41:06.099
 I don't

00:41:06.099 --> 00:41:06.480
 know that

00:41:06.480 --> 00:41:07.259
 Rebekah ever

00:41:07.259 --> 00:41:07.759
 saw her

00:41:07.759 --> 00:41:08.219
 son again.

00:41:09.420 --> 00:41:10.159
 This one

00:41:10.159 --> 00:41:10.579
 that she

00:41:10.579 --> 00:41:11.500
 favored who

00:41:11.500 --> 00:41:12.199
 she's trying

00:41:12.199 --> 00:41:12.539
 to help

00:41:12.539 --> 00:41:13.199
 stay alive

00:41:13.199 --> 00:41:14.000
 sent him

00:41:14.000 --> 00:41:14.399
 away and

00:41:14.399 --> 00:41:14.579
 said,

00:41:14.739 --> 00:41:15.159
 you stay

00:41:15.159 --> 00:41:15.699
 there until

00:41:15.699 --> 00:41:16.079
 I call

00:41:16.079 --> 00:41:16.440
 you back.

00:41:16.500 --> 00:41:16.739
 Did she

00:41:16.739 --> 00:41:17.079
 ever call

00:41:17.079 --> 00:41:17.379
 him back?

00:41:19.019 --> 00:41:19.539
 Never did.

00:41:20.659 --> 00:41:21.539
 She died

00:41:21.539 --> 00:41:22.359
 in childbirth,

00:41:22.460 --> 00:41:22.819
 I believe,

00:41:22.940 --> 00:41:23.399
 if I remember

00:41:23.399 --> 00:41:23.779
 correctly.

00:41:23.899 --> 00:41:24.000
 Now,

00:41:24.039 --> 00:41:24.219
 you don't

00:41:24.219 --> 00:41:24.659
 hold me to

00:41:24.659 --> 00:41:24.859
 that,

00:41:24.920 --> 00:41:25.259
 but we'll

00:41:25.259 --> 00:41:25.960
 hear it as

00:41:25.960 --> 00:41:26.239
 we go

00:41:26.239 --> 00:41:26.679
 forward.

00:41:29.480 --> 00:41:30.139
 The second

00:41:30.139 --> 00:41:30.899
 point is

00:41:30.899 --> 00:41:31.279
 this.

00:41:31.659 --> 00:41:32.639
 is that

00:41:32.639 --> 00:41:34.139
 sin always

00:41:34.139 --> 00:41:35.599
 causes chaos

00:41:35.599 --> 00:41:36.739
 and destruction.

00:41:37.219 --> 00:41:38.719
 Sin always

00:41:38.719 --> 00:41:40.420
 causes chaos

00:41:40.420 --> 00:41:41.779
 and destruction.

00:41:42.039 --> 00:41:42.440
 Do you see

00:41:42.440 --> 00:41:42.579
 it?

00:41:42.940 --> 00:41:43.299
 Do you see

00:41:43.299 --> 00:41:43.799
 destroyed

00:41:43.799 --> 00:41:44.420
 relationships

00:41:44.420 --> 00:41:44.759
 here?

00:41:46.099 --> 00:41:46.859
 Do you see

00:41:46.859 --> 00:41:47.519
 chaos in

00:41:47.519 --> 00:41:48.079
 their family?

00:41:49.159 --> 00:41:49.739
 Deception,

00:41:49.920 --> 00:41:50.239
 they're not

00:41:50.239 --> 00:41:50.899
 honoring each

00:41:50.899 --> 00:41:51.179
 other,

00:41:51.319 --> 00:41:51.940
 they're not

00:41:51.940 --> 00:41:52.879
 living faith-filled

00:41:52.879 --> 00:41:53.420
 lives.

00:41:55.699 --> 00:41:56.639
 They're doing

00:41:56.639 --> 00:41:57.159
 things their

00:41:57.159 --> 00:41:57.559
 own way,

00:41:57.639 --> 00:41:58.359
 they're manipulating,

00:41:58.359 --> 00:41:59.019
 they're willing

00:41:59.019 --> 00:42:00.119
 to walk head

00:42:00.119 --> 00:42:01.000
 first into sin,

00:42:01.000 --> 00:42:01.719
 they know

00:42:01.719 --> 00:42:02.099
 it's sin

00:42:02.099 --> 00:42:02.380
 and they're

00:42:02.380 --> 00:42:02.739
 doing it

00:42:02.739 --> 00:42:03.059
 anyway?

00:42:08.159 --> 00:42:08.679
 You know,

00:42:08.719 --> 00:42:09.159
 and it begs

00:42:09.159 --> 00:42:09.559
 the question

00:42:09.559 --> 00:42:10.019
 to me,

00:42:11.039 --> 00:42:11.460
 it begs

00:42:11.460 --> 00:42:11.920
 this question,

00:42:12.019 --> 00:42:12.199
 God,

00:42:12.300 --> 00:42:13.139
 why would

00:42:13.139 --> 00:42:14.039
 you choose

00:42:14.039 --> 00:42:14.719
 to use

00:42:14.719 --> 00:42:15.780
 men whose

00:42:15.780 --> 00:42:16.500
 lives are

00:42:16.500 --> 00:42:17.360
 messed up

00:42:17.360 --> 00:42:17.860
 like that?

00:42:19.000 --> 00:42:19.639
 Why would

00:42:19.639 --> 00:42:20.179
 you do that?

00:42:20.219 --> 00:42:20.360
 I mean,

00:42:20.460 --> 00:42:21.260
 of all the

00:42:21.260 --> 00:42:21.780
 people you

00:42:21.780 --> 00:42:22.119
 could have

00:42:22.119 --> 00:42:22.360
 used,

00:42:22.440 --> 00:42:22.920
 why do you

00:42:22.920 --> 00:42:23.519
 choose these

00:42:23.519 --> 00:42:24.059
 two men?

00:42:24.059 --> 00:42:28.519
 they don't

00:42:28.519 --> 00:42:29.099
 follow you

00:42:29.099 --> 00:42:29.619
 in faith,

00:42:29.699 --> 00:42:30.099
 they don't

00:42:30.099 --> 00:42:30.639
 even do

00:42:30.639 --> 00:42:30.960
 what they're,

00:42:31.960 --> 00:42:33.199
 they don't

00:42:33.199 --> 00:42:33.860
 honor you,

00:42:34.579 --> 00:42:35.440
 they're willing

00:42:35.440 --> 00:42:36.340
 to be bold

00:42:36.340 --> 00:42:36.840
 face in

00:42:36.840 --> 00:42:37.320
 their sin?

00:42:39.400 --> 00:42:40.059
 Do you

00:42:40.059 --> 00:42:40.679
 see yourselves

00:42:40.679 --> 00:42:41.199
 anywhere in

00:42:41.199 --> 00:42:41.599
 this story?

00:42:41.599 --> 00:42:50.019
 have y'all

00:42:50.019 --> 00:42:51.079
 ever deceived

00:42:51.079 --> 00:42:51.860
 anyone?

00:42:53.059 --> 00:42:53.619
 Have you

00:42:53.619 --> 00:42:54.759
 ever come up

00:42:54.759 --> 00:42:55.339
 with a plan

00:42:55.339 --> 00:42:55.699
 to say,

00:42:55.819 --> 00:42:56.319
 I'm going to

00:42:56.319 --> 00:42:56.759
 figure out

00:42:56.759 --> 00:42:57.139
 how to get

00:42:57.139 --> 00:42:57.880
 my way

00:42:57.880 --> 00:42:58.819
 and I'm

00:42:58.819 --> 00:42:59.000
 going to

00:42:59.000 --> 00:42:59.739
 trick somebody

00:42:59.739 --> 00:43:00.039
 to get

00:43:00.039 --> 00:43:00.579
 my way?

00:43:02.679 --> 00:43:03.239
 Have y'all

00:43:03.239 --> 00:43:04.119
 ever hated

00:43:04.119 --> 00:43:05.079
 someone so much

00:43:05.079 --> 00:43:05.500
 that you'd be

00:43:05.500 --> 00:43:06.019
 willing to kill

00:43:06.019 --> 00:43:06.639
 them or at

00:43:06.639 --> 00:43:06.980
 least hurt

00:43:06.980 --> 00:43:08.759
 them or at

00:43:08.759 --> 00:43:09.119
 least get

00:43:09.119 --> 00:43:09.599
 back and

00:43:09.599 --> 00:43:10.199
 retaliate?

00:43:10.199 --> 00:43:15.000
 have you

00:43:15.000 --> 00:43:15.379
 ever

00:43:15.379 --> 00:43:19.159
 tricked

00:43:19.159 --> 00:43:19.779
 someone by

00:43:19.779 --> 00:43:20.719
 lying over

00:43:20.719 --> 00:43:21.379
 and over

00:43:21.379 --> 00:43:22.079
 and over

00:43:22.079 --> 00:43:22.779
 and over

00:43:22.779 --> 00:43:23.399
 and over

00:43:23.399 --> 00:43:23.879
 again to

00:43:23.879 --> 00:43:24.119
 try to

00:43:24.119 --> 00:43:24.399
 get your

00:43:24.399 --> 00:43:24.619
 way?

00:43:28.139 --> 00:43:28.819
 You know

00:43:28.819 --> 00:43:29.259
 what's true

00:43:29.259 --> 00:43:29.699
 of all of

00:43:29.699 --> 00:43:29.919
 us?

00:43:30.419 --> 00:43:31.119
 There's not

00:43:31.119 --> 00:43:31.639
 a single

00:43:31.639 --> 00:43:32.179
 one of us

00:43:32.179 --> 00:43:32.639
 in here,

00:43:33.719 --> 00:43:34.480
 especially

00:43:34.480 --> 00:43:35.079
 before we

00:43:35.079 --> 00:43:35.279
 were in

00:43:35.279 --> 00:43:35.699
 the kingdom

00:43:35.699 --> 00:43:36.799
 that's

00:43:36.799 --> 00:43:37.279
 faithful to

00:43:37.279 --> 00:43:37.579
 God,

00:43:37.899 --> 00:43:38.419
 that honors

00:43:38.419 --> 00:43:38.839
 God,

00:43:39.159 --> 00:43:39.539
 that's free

00:43:39.539 --> 00:43:39.980
 of sin.

00:43:40.639 --> 00:43:40.859
 You know,

00:43:40.939 --> 00:43:41.519
 none of

00:43:41.519 --> 00:43:42.039
 us are

00:43:42.039 --> 00:43:42.859
 worthy of

00:43:42.859 --> 00:43:43.399
 being chosen

00:43:43.399 --> 00:43:43.919
 to be used

00:43:43.919 --> 00:43:44.319
 by God,

00:43:44.379 --> 00:43:44.579
 are we?

00:43:45.039 --> 00:43:45.480
 Not one

00:43:45.480 --> 00:43:45.799
 of us.

00:43:46.619 --> 00:43:47.199
 All of

00:43:47.199 --> 00:43:48.099
 us are

00:43:48.099 --> 00:43:48.619
 full of

00:43:48.619 --> 00:43:48.879
 sin.

00:43:50.279 --> 00:43:50.619
 You know

00:43:50.619 --> 00:43:50.879
 what?

00:43:51.739 --> 00:43:52.419
 Isaac and

00:43:52.419 --> 00:43:52.899
 Jacob were

00:43:52.899 --> 00:43:53.379
 not worthy

00:43:53.379 --> 00:43:53.819
 to be used

00:43:53.819 --> 00:43:54.099
 by God.

00:43:54.139 --> 00:43:54.419
 It's not

00:43:54.419 --> 00:43:54.779
 like they

00:43:54.779 --> 00:43:55.599
 were godly

00:43:55.599 --> 00:43:55.939
 men.

00:43:56.039 --> 00:43:56.259
 You know

00:43:56.259 --> 00:43:56.419
 what?

00:43:56.480 --> 00:43:56.779
 They were

00:43:56.779 --> 00:43:57.359
 broken

00:43:57.359 --> 00:43:59.500
 men in

00:43:59.500 --> 00:43:59.960
 need of

00:43:59.960 --> 00:44:00.939
 life change.

00:44:01.779 --> 00:44:02.639
 They needed

00:44:02.639 --> 00:44:03.219
 the touch

00:44:03.219 --> 00:44:03.879
 of God.

00:44:04.839 --> 00:44:05.519
 They weren't

00:44:05.519 --> 00:44:06.119
 able to be

00:44:06.119 --> 00:44:06.779
 faithful without

00:44:06.779 --> 00:44:07.239
 the touch

00:44:07.239 --> 00:44:07.679
 of God.

00:44:07.839 --> 00:44:08.079
 You know

00:44:08.079 --> 00:44:08.239
 what?

00:44:08.299 --> 00:44:08.480
 Neither

00:44:08.480 --> 00:44:09.119
 are we.

00:44:09.119 --> 00:44:11.239
 but by

00:44:11.239 --> 00:44:11.799
 the grace

00:44:11.799 --> 00:44:12.239
 of God

00:44:12.239 --> 00:44:12.739
 that God

00:44:12.739 --> 00:44:13.519
 would change

00:44:13.519 --> 00:44:14.239
 our heart.

00:44:14.779 --> 00:44:14.980
 Do you

00:44:14.980 --> 00:44:15.500
 remember a

00:44:15.500 --> 00:44:15.819
 time in

00:44:15.819 --> 00:44:16.339
 your life

00:44:16.339 --> 00:44:17.460
 when you

00:44:17.460 --> 00:44:17.960
 lived for

00:44:17.960 --> 00:44:18.299
 self?

00:44:20.059 --> 00:44:20.699
 You know

00:44:20.699 --> 00:44:21.079
 it's true

00:44:21.079 --> 00:44:21.579
 for all of

00:44:21.579 --> 00:44:21.880
 us in

00:44:21.880 --> 00:44:22.659
 whatever version

00:44:22.659 --> 00:44:23.099
 or whatever

00:44:23.099 --> 00:44:23.579
 form that

00:44:23.579 --> 00:44:23.880
 takes.

00:44:23.960 --> 00:44:24.940
 That is the

00:44:24.940 --> 00:44:25.839
 natural condition

00:44:25.840 --> 00:44:26.380
 man.

00:44:26.380 --> 00:44:27.220
 God

00:44:27.220 --> 00:44:27.740
 is that we

00:44:27.740 --> 00:44:28.519
 are focused

00:44:28.519 --> 00:44:29.420
 on self.

00:44:30.680 --> 00:44:31.539
 Until God

00:44:31.539 --> 00:44:32.200
 comes and

00:44:32.200 --> 00:44:33.140
 touches us

00:44:33.140 --> 00:44:35.320
 and brings

00:44:35.320 --> 00:44:35.820
 us into

00:44:35.820 --> 00:44:36.320
 his kingdom

00:44:36.320 --> 00:44:37.260
 through salvation

00:44:37.260 --> 00:44:38.539
 through faith

00:44:38.539 --> 00:44:38.840
 in his

00:44:38.840 --> 00:44:39.500
 promised son

00:44:39.500 --> 00:44:39.940
 Jesus

00:44:39.940 --> 00:44:41.579
 none of us

00:44:41.579 --> 00:44:41.900
 are going to

00:44:41.900 --> 00:44:42.460
 be faithful.

00:44:43.220 --> 00:44:43.720
 None of us

00:44:43.720 --> 00:44:44.059
 are going to

00:44:44.059 --> 00:44:44.640
 honor God.

00:44:44.960 --> 00:44:45.559
 We're always

00:44:45.559 --> 00:44:46.180
 going to walk

00:44:46.180 --> 00:44:46.900
 in that sin

00:44:46.900 --> 00:44:47.760
 path.

00:44:49.300 --> 00:44:49.860
 It's different

00:44:49.860 --> 00:44:50.519
 for all of

00:44:50.519 --> 00:44:51.320
 us but we

00:44:51.320 --> 00:44:52.800
 need the

00:44:52.800 --> 00:44:53.579
 life change

00:44:53.579 --> 00:44:54.299
 that God

00:44:54.299 --> 00:44:54.799
 brings through

00:44:54.799 --> 00:44:55.119
 his son

00:44:55.119 --> 00:44:55.719
 Jesus Christ.

00:44:55.819 --> 00:44:55.940
 Amen?

00:44:58.639 --> 00:44:59.480
 Apart from

00:44:59.480 --> 00:45:00.420
 God changing

00:45:00.420 --> 00:45:01.400
 Isaac and

00:45:01.400 --> 00:45:02.199
 changing his

00:45:02.199 --> 00:45:02.920
 heart and

00:45:02.920 --> 00:45:03.539
 showing him

00:45:03.539 --> 00:45:04.219
 his sin

00:45:04.219 --> 00:45:06.099
 he would

00:45:06.099 --> 00:45:06.880
 continue to

00:45:06.880 --> 00:45:07.480
 go down that

00:45:07.480 --> 00:45:08.420
 road but by

00:45:08.420 --> 00:45:09.179
 the grace of

00:45:09.179 --> 00:45:09.599
 God you know

00:45:09.599 --> 00:45:10.079
 what God did?

00:45:10.119 --> 00:45:10.699
 He chose him.

00:45:11.000 --> 00:45:11.440
 He said you're

00:45:11.440 --> 00:45:11.719
 mine.

00:45:13.639 --> 00:45:14.000
 And you know

00:45:14.000 --> 00:45:14.480
 what he did to

00:45:14.480 --> 00:45:14.739
 Jacob?

00:45:14.940 --> 00:45:16.199
 This guy who

00:45:16.199 --> 00:45:17.299
 was willing to

00:45:17.299 --> 00:45:18.259
 lie to his

00:45:18.259 --> 00:45:19.420
 father over and

00:45:19.420 --> 00:45:20.000
 over again.

00:45:20.219 --> 00:45:20.500
 Even when he

00:45:20.500 --> 00:45:21.000
 said are you

00:45:21.000 --> 00:45:21.420
 sure?

00:45:22.079 --> 00:45:22.659
 You're my son

00:45:22.659 --> 00:45:22.960
 Esau.

00:45:23.039 --> 00:45:23.559
 Yes sir.

00:45:23.579 --> 00:45:24.159
 There I am.

00:45:26.900 --> 00:45:28.039
 God needed to

00:45:28.039 --> 00:45:28.699
 change his

00:45:28.699 --> 00:45:29.319
 heart too.

00:45:30.819 --> 00:45:31.420
 You know

00:45:31.420 --> 00:45:31.599
 what?

00:45:31.659 --> 00:45:32.179
 God needs to

00:45:32.179 --> 00:45:32.719
 change all of

00:45:32.719 --> 00:45:33.480
 our hearts and

00:45:33.480 --> 00:45:34.299
 perhaps that's

00:45:34.299 --> 00:45:34.880
 already happened

00:45:34.880 --> 00:45:35.559
 in your life.

00:45:38.079 --> 00:45:38.880
 Has there been

00:45:38.880 --> 00:45:39.619
 a time in each

00:45:39.619 --> 00:45:40.219
 of your lives

00:45:40.219 --> 00:45:40.719
 when you've

00:45:40.719 --> 00:45:41.460
 recognized your

00:45:41.460 --> 00:45:42.840
 sin and you've

00:45:42.840 --> 00:45:43.699
 recognized that

00:45:43.699 --> 00:45:44.599
 God's provided a

00:45:44.599 --> 00:45:45.579
 Messiah Savior

00:45:45.579 --> 00:45:48.619
 so that we

00:45:48.619 --> 00:45:49.059
 could be in

00:45:49.059 --> 00:45:49.840
 relationship with

00:45:49.840 --> 00:45:50.779
 him so that we

00:45:50.779 --> 00:45:51.380
 can be his?

00:45:51.380 --> 00:45:55.260
 you know apart

00:45:55.260 --> 00:45:56.039
 from God's

00:45:56.039 --> 00:45:56.579
 touch and

00:45:56.579 --> 00:45:57.320
 God's draw

00:45:57.320 --> 00:45:59.800
 we'll never

00:45:59.800 --> 00:46:00.280
 know him.

00:46:01.119 --> 00:46:01.619
 Apart from

00:46:01.619 --> 00:46:02.119
 God saying

00:46:02.119 --> 00:46:03.260
 even in your

00:46:03.260 --> 00:46:04.140
 sin I'm

00:46:04.140 --> 00:46:04.599
 going to love

00:46:04.599 --> 00:46:05.180
 you anyway

00:46:05.180 --> 00:46:06.039
 and I'm

00:46:06.039 --> 00:46:06.920
 going to

00:46:06.920 --> 00:46:08.079
 draw you

00:46:08.079 --> 00:46:09.320
 into this

00:46:09.320 --> 00:46:10.300
 relationship with

00:46:10.300 --> 00:46:11.360
 me through an

00:46:11.360 --> 00:46:12.059
 understanding of

00:46:12.059 --> 00:46:12.660
 your sin

00:46:12.660 --> 00:46:14.200
 a recognition

00:46:14.200 --> 00:46:15.400
 of how that

00:46:15.400 --> 00:46:16.140
 separates you

00:46:16.140 --> 00:46:16.720
 from me

00:46:16.719 --> 00:46:17.879
 and I'm

00:46:17.879 --> 00:46:18.019
 going to

00:46:18.019 --> 00:46:18.559
 let you

00:46:18.559 --> 00:46:18.959
 I'm going

00:46:18.959 --> 00:46:20.839
 to share

00:46:20.839 --> 00:46:21.459
 with you

00:46:21.459 --> 00:46:23.500
 the powerful

00:46:23.500 --> 00:46:24.119
 life of

00:46:24.119 --> 00:46:25.000
 Jesus so

00:46:25.000 --> 00:46:25.279
 that you

00:46:25.279 --> 00:46:26.139
 understand that

00:46:26.139 --> 00:46:27.519
 he lived and

00:46:27.519 --> 00:46:28.439
 died in your

00:46:28.439 --> 00:46:29.099
 place so that

00:46:29.099 --> 00:46:29.679
 you could be

00:46:29.679 --> 00:46:30.439
 related to me

00:46:30.439 --> 00:46:30.919
 so that you

00:46:30.919 --> 00:46:31.480
 could receive

00:46:31.480 --> 00:46:32.259
 my salvation.

00:46:33.179 --> 00:46:33.839
 It's my hope

00:46:33.839 --> 00:46:34.399
 that all of

00:46:34.399 --> 00:46:35.359
 you have

00:46:35.359 --> 00:46:36.179
 understood the

00:46:36.179 --> 00:46:36.919
 need for his

00:46:36.919 --> 00:46:37.559
 touch and his

00:46:37.559 --> 00:46:38.000
 draw in your

00:46:38.000 --> 00:46:38.359
 life.

00:46:40.779 --> 00:46:41.459
 Let's pray.

00:46:41.460 --> 00:46:47.000
 Father it

00:46:47.000 --> 00:46:48.579
 is shocking

00:46:48.579 --> 00:46:49.420
 to me how

00:46:49.420 --> 00:46:50.079
 you take

00:46:50.079 --> 00:46:51.880
 sinful men

00:46:51.880 --> 00:46:52.159
 and you

00:46:52.159 --> 00:46:52.699
 change them.

00:46:53.639 --> 00:46:54.220
 God you

00:46:54.220 --> 00:46:54.760
 change them

00:46:54.760 --> 00:46:55.320
 so much

00:46:55.320 --> 00:46:55.820
 that their

00:46:55.820 --> 00:46:56.360
 life is

00:46:56.360 --> 00:46:56.840
 different.

00:46:58.059 --> 00:46:58.760
 God how

00:46:58.760 --> 00:46:59.639
 you show

00:46:59.639 --> 00:46:59.960
 them their

00:46:59.960 --> 00:47:00.380
 sin.

00:47:01.179 --> 00:47:01.920
 You show

00:47:01.920 --> 00:47:02.519
 us our

00:47:02.519 --> 00:47:02.960
 sin.

00:47:04.059 --> 00:47:04.400
 And Father

00:47:04.400 --> 00:47:05.199
 you transform

00:47:05.199 --> 00:47:05.900
 our lives.

00:47:06.000 --> 00:47:06.480
 You give us

00:47:06.480 --> 00:47:07.119
 a new heart.

00:47:07.220 --> 00:47:07.579
 Your word

00:47:07.579 --> 00:47:08.159
 says that

00:47:08.159 --> 00:47:08.619
 you'll take

00:47:08.619 --> 00:47:09.019
 our heart

00:47:09.019 --> 00:47:09.519
 of stone

00:47:09.519 --> 00:47:10.800
 and you

00:47:10.800 --> 00:47:11.539
 will change

00:47:11.539 --> 00:47:11.860
 it out

00:47:11.860 --> 00:47:12.200
 with the

00:47:12.200 --> 00:47:12.519
 heart of

00:47:12.519 --> 00:47:12.800
 flesh.

00:47:12.900 --> 00:47:13.220
 One that

00:47:13.220 --> 00:47:13.780
 is tender

00:47:13.780 --> 00:47:14.480
 to you.

00:47:15.200 --> 00:47:15.860
 One that

00:47:15.860 --> 00:47:16.480
 honors you

00:47:16.480 --> 00:47:16.780
 and you

00:47:16.780 --> 00:47:17.180
 will give

00:47:17.180 --> 00:47:17.600
 to us

00:47:17.600 --> 00:47:18.700
 your Holy

00:47:18.700 --> 00:47:20.019
 Spirit that

00:47:20.019 --> 00:47:20.420
 we might

00:47:20.420 --> 00:47:20.960
 know you.

00:47:21.760 --> 00:47:22.200
 We might

00:47:22.200 --> 00:47:22.700
 be marked

00:47:22.700 --> 00:47:23.300
 by you.

00:47:24.260 --> 00:47:24.680
 So God

00:47:24.680 --> 00:47:25.519
 for all

00:47:25.519 --> 00:47:25.840
 of us

00:47:25.840 --> 00:47:26.320
 this morning

00:47:26.320 --> 00:47:28.680
 Lord we

00:47:28.680 --> 00:47:29.220
 want to

00:47:29.220 --> 00:47:29.960
 embrace this

00:47:29.960 --> 00:47:31.420
 truth that

00:47:31.420 --> 00:47:32.539
 is so

00:47:32.539 --> 00:47:33.220
 apparent here

00:47:33.220 --> 00:47:33.620
 is that you

00:47:33.620 --> 00:47:34.200
 are sovereign

00:47:34.200 --> 00:47:34.640
 in every

00:47:34.640 --> 00:47:34.980
 way and

00:47:34.980 --> 00:47:35.480
 your will

00:47:35.480 --> 00:47:35.960
 will be

00:47:35.960 --> 00:47:36.440
 accomplished.

00:47:37.480 --> 00:47:38.039
 God help

00:47:38.039 --> 00:47:38.660
 us to walk

00:47:38.660 --> 00:47:39.400
 by faith

00:47:39.400 --> 00:47:39.800
 and help

00:47:39.800 --> 00:47:40.560
 us not to

00:47:40.559 --> 00:47:41.079
 walk in

00:47:41.079 --> 00:47:41.739
 sin and

00:47:41.739 --> 00:47:42.519
 manipulation

00:47:42.519 --> 00:47:43.679
 and lies

00:47:43.679 --> 00:47:45.480
 and Lord

00:47:45.480 --> 00:47:46.179
 help us to

00:47:46.179 --> 00:47:46.840
 trust you

00:47:46.840 --> 00:47:47.219
 in every

00:47:47.219 --> 00:47:47.599
 way in

00:47:47.599 --> 00:47:48.119
 our lives.

00:47:49.000 --> 00:47:49.699
 For those

00:47:49.699 --> 00:47:50.159
 of us in

00:47:50.159 --> 00:47:50.619
 the kingdom

00:47:50.619 --> 00:47:51.320
 God those

00:47:51.320 --> 00:47:51.719
 of us who

00:47:51.719 --> 00:47:52.239
 are Christians

00:47:52.239 --> 00:47:53.400
 I pray that

00:47:53.400 --> 00:47:53.659
 you would

00:47:53.659 --> 00:47:53.980
 give us

00:47:53.980 --> 00:47:54.360
 faith.

00:47:55.239 --> 00:47:55.759
 Help us to

00:47:55.759 --> 00:47:56.179
 walk in

00:47:56.179 --> 00:47:56.639
 faith like

00:47:56.639 --> 00:47:57.139
 the apostle

00:47:57.139 --> 00:47:58.360
 said increase

00:47:58.360 --> 00:47:59.079
 our faith and

00:47:59.079 --> 00:47:59.579
 so God would

00:47:59.579 --> 00:48:00.099
 you increase

00:48:00.099 --> 00:48:00.659
 the faith of

00:48:00.659 --> 00:48:01.360
 all of us who

00:48:01.360 --> 00:48:02.119
 are Christians

00:48:02.119 --> 00:48:03.380
 this morning and

00:48:03.380 --> 00:48:03.719
 if there's

00:48:03.719 --> 00:48:04.340
 anyone here

00:48:04.340 --> 00:48:04.900
 that's not a

00:48:04.900 --> 00:48:05.460
 Christian father

00:48:05.460 --> 00:48:06.340
 would you show

00:48:06.340 --> 00:48:07.099
 them their sin

00:48:07.099 --> 00:48:08.340
 and really the

00:48:08.340 --> 00:48:09.400
 rebellion it is

00:48:09.400 --> 00:48:10.139
 against you

00:48:10.139 --> 00:48:10.740
 and God

00:48:10.740 --> 00:48:11.280
 would you by

00:48:11.280 --> 00:48:13.340
 grace would

00:48:13.340 --> 00:48:13.800
 you show

00:48:13.800 --> 00:48:14.420
 them why

00:48:14.420 --> 00:48:15.139
 Christ came

00:48:15.139 --> 00:48:17.480
 and died so

00:48:17.480 --> 00:48:18.099
 that they might

00:48:18.099 --> 00:48:18.599
 know you.

00:48:18.760 --> 00:48:19.360
 God would you

00:48:19.360 --> 00:48:20.460
 grant salvation

00:48:20.460 --> 00:48:21.619
 to those here

00:48:21.619 --> 00:48:22.940
 that need it

00:48:22.940 --> 00:48:23.539
 this morning I

00:48:23.539 --> 00:48:23.920
 pray in your

00:48:23.920 --> 00:48:24.180
 name.

00:48:24.180 --> 00:48:24.639
 Amen.