All right, so good morning everybody.
This morning we're reading from Genesis chapter 28, the whole chapter.
All right, so verse 1.
Then Isaac called Jacob and blessed him and directed him,
you must not take a wife from the Canaanite women.
Arise, go to Paddan Aram, to the house of Betwa, your mother's father,
and take as your wife from there one of the daughters of Laban, your mother's brother.
God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you,
that you may become a company of peoples.
May he give the blessing of Abraham to you and to your offspring with you,
that you may take possession of the land of your sojournings that God gave to Abraham.
Thus Isaac sent Jacob away.
And he went to Paddan Aram, to Laban, the son of Betwa, the Aramean,
the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother.
Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan Aram
to take a wife from there.
And that as he blessed him, he directed him,
you must not take a wife from the Canaanite women,
and that Jacob had obeyed his father and his mother and gone to Paddan Aram.
So when Esau saw that the Canaanite women did not please Isaac, his father,
Esau went to Ishmael and took as his wife, besides the wives he had,
Mahalaf, the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham's son, the sister of Neboif.
Jacob left Bathsheba and went toward Haran,
and he came to a certain place and stayed there that night,
because the sun had set.
Taking one of the stones of the place, he put it under his head
and lay down in that place to sleep.
And he dreamed, and behold, there was a ladder set up on the earth,
and the top of it reached to heaven.
And behold, the angels of God were ascending and descending on it.
And behold, the Lord stood above it and said,
I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac.
The land on which you lie I will give to you and to your offspring.
Your offspring shall be like the dust of the earth,
and you shall spread abroad to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south.
And in you and your offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go,
and will bring you back to this land.
For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.
Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said,
Surely the Lord is in this place, and I did not know it.
And he was afraid and said,
How awesome is this place!
There is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
So early in the morning, Jacob took the stone that he had put under his head
and set it up for a pillar and poured oil on the top of it.
He called the name of that place better, but the name of the city was Luz at the first.
Then Jacob made a vow, saying,
If God will be with me and will keep me in this way that I go,
and will give me bread to eat and clothing to wear,
so that I come again to my father's house in peace,
then the Lord shall be my God.
And this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, shall be God's house.
And of all that you give me, I will give a full tenth to you.
Okay, so last week we started talking about the blessing of God.
We were just considering about this blessing that Jacob was wanting to have.
And we think about what it means to get God's blessing,
in terms of what Jacob was looking for,
was being someone who has a secure future,
and someone who has significance.
And that's what God wanted to give him,
but not in the way that Jacob was expecting it would be.
It's that Jacob would only be significant or secure
when he trusted in God and not in himself.
And so today we are looking at this God who is behind the blessing.
We are looking at the blessing still,
but more focusing on this God that is behind the blessing through this passage.
Let us pray first before we start.
Almighty God, we thank you for being our anchor
and giving us Christ Jesus to focus on
as we come before you.
May you teach us your way.
Thank you, Lord.
We pray in Jesus' name.
Amen.
So last week we saw how Jacob successfully deceived his father
to inherit the blessing of God,
and his older brother, Isol, was furious,
and he vowed to kill Jacob.
So to save Jacob, their mother, Rebecca, requested Isaac,
their father, to send Jacob back to their home country
to get a wife, with the excuse of getting a wife.
Did we notice what Isaac did before sending Jacob away?
Isaac blessed Jacob this time for real,
knowing that that was Jacob.
He said,
God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you,
that you may become a company of peoples.
May he give the blessing of Abraham to you
and to his offspring with you,
that you might take possession of the land
of your sojournings that God gave to Abraham.
So were you surprised to see that Isaac actually blessed Jacob?
I suppose Jacob would not have expected his father
would really bless him.
He would have expected his father to scold him
for his deceptive behavior.
But he didn't,
I wouldn't mention about Isaac doing any such thing.
He really blessed Jacob.
And when Esau saw Isaac sending Jacob away with his blessing,
we read that he thought Isaac's sudden change of heart
was because of his Canaanite wives.
It is true that Isaac was upset with Esau's two Canaanite wives.
Esau just didn't think much.
He just married those two foreign women
and caused a lot of trouble for his parents.
However,
it was not because of Esau's behavior that Isaac chose to bless Jacob eventually.
I think Esau did love Jacob in some way.
I suppose he was just disappointed that Jacob didn't turn out as the man
that he would like Jacob to be.
And also we read in chapter 27,
when he knew that he made a mistake
in giving the blessing to Jacob instead of Esau,
we read that Isaac trembled violently.
He was trembling.
It might seem like,
oh, I mean a mistake,
oh, I should have given it to Esau and not Jacob.
But I thought there's more than that.
He's trembling violently.
I think it means that he realized
he actually made a mistake
in the sense that he had disobeyed God.
And that's why he trembled.
And that's why he knew that blessing is supposed
God wanted it to be for Jacob.
So we need to understand that Isaac is a godly man.
He's more godly than us in any way.
Because God said, I'm the God of Isaac.
So when God said that I'm the God of Isaac,
it means that God has already began or have worked in Isaac's heart
and make him to be someone who is godly.
It doesn't mean that he wouldn't make mistakes,
but it means that he's a changed man.
At least he's got this humility to know that he did something
not according to God's will and he changed.
And that's why he blessed Jacob as he should have done.
But then Esau just didn't know about all these things.
He just thought, oh, if Isaac would be pleased for Jacob
to marry someone from the mother's side of family,
I would marry someone from my father's side's family.
So he married Ishmael's daughter, his cousin,
and get another wife.
Whether that would please Isaac or not, I don't know.
Most likely not.
But that's how Esau thought Isaac was thinking.
So like Jacob, he did not understand his father's heart.
Jacob didn't understand either when he left, I suppose.
So about that, do you understand your father?
I do not understand my own father either.
Being the second youngest of many children,
my father usually only interacted with me
when I did something wrong,
got punishment in the family.
But other than that, we hardly talk.
We don't, even mealtimes,
we didn't have mealtimes together.
So it's very seldom that I would talk to my father
all my life, basically.
So most of what I know about my father
is from what others told me
until quite the very end before he died.
So not long before his death,
I found out my father had at least three wives.
We lived with two.
I didn't even know that he got another one
and 19 children.
And before I was born,
the third wife already brought two others
of her children and left the family.
So I have two other siblings somewhere.
At home, I don't know.
I still don't know where they are.
But at that time, culturally,
it was quite acceptable for a man
to have more than one wife,
especially those who are rich.
who were rich.
And my father was the last generation
for that to happen, thankfully.
And during the war,
when Japanese came,
my father's wealth also wiped out.
So after the war,
before I was born,
the family became quite poor from there.
But I was quite thankful that we were poor.
Otherwise,
with two wives and 17 children,
eventually,
you can imagine how
sort of
politics that has been
going on in such a family.
And most of,
I'm not sure how it would turn out
if we were rich.
But because we were poor,
so we were all required to work,
even from a very young age.
And there's no time to fight
for positions or favors
from the parents.
You just have to work
to survive.
And that's what
actually helped
the whole family together
by having two wives.
And so
I didn't know about my father
until he became very sick.
Before he died,
he was bedridden
for about seven years.
And at that time,
I was in Kenworth
and just studying my own practice.
It was quite busy,
but I still
got time.
When I got time,
I just went back
to spend time with him.
Also as a doctor,
more rather than a son.
Just look after him.
Once,
went back
once a year.
And during the
last couple of years
when I went back,
he started to
talk.
At that time,
he lost his sight.
He couldn't
talk about his life
a bit.
And then I started
to understand him
a bit more.
He told me,
in particular,
his regrets.
I think he knew
that he did
many things wrong
in his life.
and he had many regrets.
And I wish that
at that time,
I knew about this
Jacob story
and tell him about that.
I could quote
verses of
New Testament
to him,
but it's not
much of a use,
I thought,
for him
to help him
to see how
gracious God
is.
but it was
only during
that time
that I started
to know
my father
just before
his death.
And I'm
thankful
for that.
So,
Jacob
did not
understand
his father.
And Esau
didn't understand
his father.
I didn't
understand his father
until quite late.
Or it is because
we are self-centered.
Our fathers
were there
to serve
our purposes.
So,
it's true
that fathers
are supposed
to nurture
us and provide
for us.
They serve
us not
because they
are our
servants,
but because
they are our
fathers.
And we are
self-centered
because we
want to
preserve our
lives and
we want to
have dignity
in our lives.
So,
we are quite
busy trying
to get
attention to
ourselves.
And so,
because we are
so busy
getting attention
for ourselves,
we will not
have time
to look at
others,
our parents,
to see
what they
think,
what they
are going
through.
So,
even when I
did look at
my father,
I tend to
interpret his
motives or his
thoughts with
my own thoughts
because how I
think about
things,
I would think
that is what
my father
thinks.
And that's
how Esau
was doing
and Jacob
was doing
as well.
So,
returning to
Jacob's story,
we know that
Jacob is now
traveling north
900 kilometers
to the
mother's
hometown
in Haran.
So,
I guess it
would take him
at least two
months
to walk
there.
And leaving
the comfort
of his house
for the first
time,
walking along
in the
wilderness,
not knowing
what was
ahead of
him,
Jacob was
anxious and
confused as
well.
I would
think he
started to,
what do you
think,
in his mind
as he walked,
I can think
of a few
questions like,
why did my
father suddenly
become so
kind to me?
Did he think
that I could
not survive
this journey?
That's why he
was kind,
he was just
sending me off,
didn't think
that he would
see me ever
again?
Or,
thinking,
or Jacob
would think,
why am I
the one
who needs
to leave
the security
of my home?
Didn't I get
the blessing?
Why did
this happen
to me?
Or,
have my
father tricked
me so as
to send
me away
so that I
do not
get any
share in
the inheritance?
So,
because he
tricks people,
so he
would think
that when
things happen
to him,
other people
were tricking
him.
So,
that's how
we work
in our
mind.
And,
he might
be thinking
that I
hope I
can find
houses or
places to
spend my
nights.
I've never
stepped outside
of my
house before.
Or,
I wish that
my brother
Esau would
be with me.
He would
know what
to do.
He could
protect me.
But,
my stupid
brother is
the only,
the one,
the reason
why I needed
to run away
from home.
All this
would be,
I think,
running through
his mind.
and he
kept walking
off.
And,
there were
less and
less houses
along the
way,
until there
was no
more house.
And,
the sun
was setting.
The sky
was getting
darker and
darker.
Jacob wanted
to turn
back,
but he
dared not.
He just
couldn't
face
Esau.
Not only
now,
even 20
years later,
he still
couldn't
face Esau.
So,
it's a
very big
threat for
him.
Before
any
experience,
Jacob did
not find
a safe
place to
spend the
night,
until he
became
too dark,
completely
dark.
He just
didn't
know any
better.
But I
suppose he
became
too tired
at that
time to
think much.
He just
wanted to
lie down
and sleep,
pick up a
stone and
went to
sleep in
the open
air.
Genesis
28,
11 tells
us that
the sun
has set
on Jacob.
It's
quite
interesting
in this
verse,
because we
don't read
about the
sun rising
again on
Jacob for
20 years
until
Genesis 32,
31.
Then it
says that
the sun
rose on
him.
So,
there's a
gap of
about 20
years between
these two
verses.
years.
It seems
to tell
us that
Jacob was
living in
some sort
of darkness
or struggling
in his
heart over
these 20
years.
Last week
I said
God's
blessing
does not
usually come
in comfort,
but it
always comes
with peace.
Why then
I would say
he would have
this struggle
in this
time in
Jacob
after this
night?
before this
night,
Jacob was
living for
himself.
He depended
on his
own
carelessness
to get
what he
wanted.
And during
this night,
he was
going to
encounter
God.
Before this
night,
God was
like Santa
Cross.
He was
there to
grant
wishes.
God was
not his
God.
Remember
how he
explained to
Isaac last
week why
he could
find an
animal so
quickly?
He told
Isaac,
because the
Lord,
your God,
granted me
success.
That God
was Isaac's
God,
not his
God.
Jacob was
too occupied
with his
own plan
to care
much about
God.
After
Jacob
encountered
God,
there began
a change
inside him.
God
did not
choose
Jacob
because
Jacob
was a
godly
man.
God
chose
him
because
God
wants
to make
him a
godly
man.
That
is the
change
we will
be seeing
in
Jacob.
Jacob
started to
see God
in his
daily
encounters
or his
daily
experiences.
This
gave him
peace in
his
suffering.
He will
suffer in
the next
20 years,
but as
we got
a chance
to go
through it,
when we
re-counter
back,
he said
it was
because of
God with
him that
he went
through all
those things.
at the
same
time,
I think
there
will
be
struggles
in his
heart,
a struggle
between
his
will
and
God's
will.
That's
why the
sun
is
setting
and
rising.
It
means
there's
a new
chapter
happening
in his
life.
The
old
has
gone,
the
sun
is
set.
The
new
is
coming,
but
not
yet.
There
is
this
period
of
time.
Until
he
surrendered
his
heart to
God
in
your
offspring.
Your
offspring shall
be like
the dust
of the
earth,
and you
shall
spread
abroad
to the
west,
to the
east,
to the
north,
and to
the
south.
And
in
you and
your
offspring
shall
all the
families
of the
earth
be
blessed.
Behold,
I am
with you
and will
keep you
wherever
you go
and will
bring you
back to
this
land,
for I
will not
leave
you until
I have
done
what I
have
promised
you.
Actually
in the
Hebrews,
the west
east,
north,
south.
They are
not
strictly
written in
those terms.
So
understood
as those
terms.
It's
more like
your
land
will be
from
where
the
north
is
where
you
are
coming
from,
from
Haran
to
Nagat,
the
south
where
there's
wilderness,
there's
nobody.
From
the east
is
the
garden
Eden
until
the
west
is
where
the
God
revealed
himself
to
someone,
the
response
is
always
here.
For
the
first
time
in
his
life,
Jacob
had
a
glimpse
of
holiness.
God
was
no
longer
like
Santa
Cross.
God
is
the
Lord,
the
master
of
all
things.
For
the
first
time,
he
started
to
understand
that
the
blessing
he
inherited
or
he
cheated
on
was
not
something
trivial
or
comfortable.
He
realized
that
God
was
in
control
of
all
things
as
he
saw
the
angels
traveling
between
heaven
and
earth.
God
is
sending
the
angels
and
doing
his
plan.
This
God
was
now
formally
giving
him
the
promise
of
this
blessing.
We
can
ask,
why
didn't
God
give
Jacob
this
blessing
sooner?
If
God
did,
then
Jacob
would
not
need
to
deceive
Isaac
for
this
blessing.
I
guess
it
is
because
when
we
are
full
of
ourselves,
God
will
not
speak
to
us.
He
will
wait
until
we
see
our
own
happiness.
Was
God
been
partial
in
choosing
Jacob
but not
Esau?
Last
week I
said
that we
are
partial
people
because
we
all
have
needs.
We
favor
those
who
meet
our
needs.
God
is
not
partial
in
this
way.
God
needs
nothing.
That's
why
you
can
be
partial.
Partial
implies
that we
make
life
easier
for
those
whom
be
favored.
God
was
certainly
not
going
to
make
Jacob's
life
easier,
at least
not
for the
next
20
years.
Actually,
it's not
even
until
his
death,
I
suppose.
If
Jacob
knew
what
was
coming,
I
thought,
I
think
he
would
gladly
let
Esau
have
the
blessing
instead.
God
promised
Jacob
that he
would
be
with
Jacob
and
bring
him
back
to
his
homeland.
This
promise
gave
Jacob
the
strength
to
go
on
the
long
journey
until
he
reached
his
uncle's
place.
With
God's
presence,
Jacob
now had
a much
bigger
purpose
in his
life.
Initially,
he wanted
to get
a blessing
so that
he could
have a
comfortable
and
secure
life.
Now
he
started
to
realize
that
God
had
appointed
something
much
greater
for
his
life
on
earth.
He
God
said,
in him
and his
offspring
shall
all the
families
of the
earth
be
blessed.
Jacob
did not
understand
how
all the
families
of the
earth
shall
be
blessed.
But
now he
treasured
his
life
in a
different
way.
He
started
to see
things
differently
and
there
starts
the
hope
within
him
to
live
full.
He
began
to
train
his
body
and
learn
how
to
live
outdoors
as
he
traveled
north.
Day
by day
he
became
stronger.
We
will
see
that
when
he
reached
around
how
he
became
stronger.
But
today I
want to
talk about
how
God's
blessing
of
Jacob
needs
to
the
families
of
the
earth
being
blessed.
Eventually
God
changed
Jacob's
name
to
Israel
and
through
Jacob's
12
sons
God
formed
the
people
of
Israel
and
through
this
nation
Jesus
of
Nazareth
came
to
the
world.
We
can
read
this
if
you
want
to
turn
to
John
chapter
1.
John
chapter
1
verses
45
to
51.
I'll
read to
you.
Philip
found
Nathaniel
and said
to him,
We have
found him
of home
Moses
in the
law
and also
the
prophets
wrote,
Jesus
of
Nazareth,
the son
of
Joseph.
Nathaniel
said
to him,
Can
anything
good
come
out of
Nazareth?
Philip
said to
him,
Come
and
see.
Jesus
saw
Nathaniel
coming
toward him
and said
to him,
Behold,
an
Israelite
indeed,
in
whom
there
is
no
deceit.
Nathaniel
said
to
him,
How
do
you
know
me?
And
then
God
changed
them
to
Israel.
And
now
Jesus
is
saying,
I
know
you
are
a
real
Israelite
and
in
you
there
is
no
deceit.
There
is
a
change
in
nature.
in
this
passage
we
see
that
there
are
people
like
Nathaniel
and
Philip
still
waiting
for
God's
promise
to
be
fulfilled.
There
is
1,800
years
after
God
promised
Abraham
this
blessing.
And
they
were
looking
for
these
special
people.
And
Nathaniel
at
first
did
not
believe
that
could
come
from
Jesus
because
Jesus
is
from
Nazareth.
Nazareth
is
a
very
insignificant
place.
How
can
such
significant
people
come
from
such
a
insignificant
place?
So
when
a lot
of
people
use
the
name
Jesus
of
Nazareth
it
basically
means
that
Jesus
of
nobody
coming
from
nowhere.
But
then
when
Jesus
revealed
to
Nathaniel
that
Jesus
knew
what
was
in
Nathaniel's
mind
Nathaniel
changed
his
mind
very
quickly
and
acknowledged
Jesus
to be
the
son
of
God
and
the
king
of
Israel.
But
Jesus
told
Nathaniel
not to
be
impressed
because
of his
supernatural
power
but because
of the
fulfillment
of
Jacob's
dream.
So
unless
you know
Jacob's
dream
what
Jesus
told
Nathaniel
would
not
make
much
sense.
I
think
because
there's
two
reasons.
One
for the
angels
to
descend
on
the
son
of
man
or
on
Jesus
then
either
the
angels
are
very
tiny
coming
up
and
down
or
Jesus
was
a
giant
for
that
to
happen.
Secondly
it
would
be
nobody
ever
seen
that
happen
physically.
So
that
would
have
to
be
what
Jesus
was
saying
was
to
do
with
Jacob's
dream.
You
can
say
that
if
Jesus
is
God
he
could
certainly
make
himself
a
giant
for
the
angels
to
come
up
and
down
on
him.
But
you
notice
that
Nathaniel
addressed
Jesus
as
the
son
of
God
but
Jesus
addressed
himself
as
the
son
of
man.
Jesus
was
telling
Nathaniel
that
he
came
as
a
man.
So
therefore
it's
not
likely
that
Jesus
would
use
his
power
in
that
way
and
make
himself
a
Zion.
So
that
we
understand
what
Jesus
said
about
the
angels
ascending
and
descending
on
the
son
of
man
is
that
he
would
be
the
ladder.
So
in
Jacob's
dream
the
ladder
was
set
up
from
earth
to
heaven.
Angels
were
ascending
and
descending
on
the
ladder
but
God
stayed
above
the
ladder.
Jacob
was
fearful
enough
seeing
God
in
a
distance.
If
God
came
down
in
all
his
glory
I
don't
think
Jacob
could
survive
in
God's
presence.
So
how
is God
coming
to
human?
How
is God
coming
to
man?
He
came
to
us
in
the
person
of
Jesus.
We
read
in
John
if
we
can
turn
to
Philippians
chapter
2
verses
5
to
11
tells
us
God
has
highly
exalted
him
and
bestowed
on
him
the
name
that
is
above
all
and
every
name
so
that
at
the
name
of
Jesus
every
knee
should
bow
in
heaven
and
earth
and
under
the
earth
and
every
tongue
confess
that
Christ
Jesus
is
Lord
to the
glory of
God
the
Father.
Philippians
tells us
that
God
emptied
himself
of
his
glory
came to
us
as
a
servant
he
died
on
the
cross
that
was
how
Jesus
became
the
ladder
for us
to
return
to
God
the
presence
of
angels
in
Jacob's
dream
tells us
that
God
is
in
control
of
everything
happening
on
earth
whether
we
believe
in
him
or
not
the
angels
also
serve
as
a
reference
point
for
Jesus
to
tell
us
that
he
is
that
ladder
so
Jesus
was
telling
Nathaniel
not
to
believe
in
him
because
of
his
supernatural
power
but
because
of
his
death
on
the
cross
because
there
are
many
gods
we
could
believe
because
they
are
supposed
to
give
us
or
help
us
to
be
wealthy
or
healthy
but
there
is
only
one
God
who
would
die
for
our
sins
did
Jacob
understand
God
more
after
God
spoke
to
him
yes
in
some
way
he
did
from
his
response
and
how
he
lived
later
but
in
some
ways
he
didn't
he
still
was
thinking
he
still
thinking
God's
thought
with
his
own
mind
because
we
are
all
slow
to
learn
we
do
not
even
understand
our
own
parents
well
how
are
we
to
understand
God
and
that
was
what
Philippians
2.5
was
saying
have
this
mind
among
yourself
which
is
yours
in
Christ
Jesus
telling
us
that
we
will
learn
from
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ
and
not
to
focus
on
ourselves
empty
ourselves
as
well
if
I
keep
thinking
that
I'm
the
most
important
person
in
the
universe
I
will
never
have
a
chance
to
understand
anyone
else
Jacob
was
still
a
bit
full
of
himself
in
his
response
to
God
because
when
we
have
crooked
minds
we
tend
to
judge
others
with
our
own
crooked
minds
so
in
verse
20
of
Genesis
chapter
28
Jacob
then
Jacob
make
a
vow
saying
if
God
will
be
with
you
and
will
keep
me
with
me
and will
keep
me
in
this
way
that I
go
and will
give me
bread to
eat
and clothing
to wear
so that I
come again
to my
father's
house
in peace
then the
Lord shall
be my
God
and this
stone
which I
have set up
for a
pillar
shall be
God's
house
and all
that you
give me
I will
give a
full
thanks
to
love
to
so
what
did
God
tell
Jacob
I
will
be
with
you
and
what
was
Jacob's
response
if
God
will
be
with
me
then
I
will
do
something
for
God
if
you
were
God
what
will
you
do
to
Jacob
I
will
strangle
him
and
ask
which
of
the
words
I
will
be
with
you
he
did
not
understand
God
is
not
like
us
otherwise
none
of
us
will
survive
any
encounter
with
God
we
are
so
slow
God
know
that
I
think
Jacob
eventually
did
learn
that
he
could
not
give
God
anything
in
his
chance
for
God's
favor
in
that
incident
God
had
to
cripple
Jacob
to
take
away
the
last
bit
of
his
self
centreness
it
happened
in
chapter
32
just
before
the
sun
rose
on
him
nevertheless
Jacob's
response
was more
honorable
than
that
of
our
generation
we
live
in
the
age
of
entitlement
and
duty
of
care
we
tell
everyone
including
God
that
they
have
the
duty
to
care
for
us
it
is
true
that
we
cannot
do
anything
to
exchange
God's
favor
but
to
do
nothing
in
response
to
God's
creating
providing
redeeming
us
is the
ultimate
self
centreness
the
blessing
which
Isaac
gave
Jacob
is being
fulfilled
in
Jesus
Christ
as
Philippians
2
verses
9-11
tells
us
that
therefore
God
has
highly
exhorted
him
and
bestowed
on
him
the
name
that
is
above
every
name
so
that
at
the
name
of
Jesus
every
knee
should
bow
in
heaven
and
earth
and
under
the
earth
and
every
tongue
confess
that
Jesus
Christ
is
Lord
to
the
glory
of
God
the
Father
do
you
know
who
is
in
the
center
of
the
universe
Jesus
Christ
do you
know
who
is
in
the
mind
what
is
in
the
mind
of
God
to
exalt
Jesus
Christ
why
because
it is
only
in
this
offspring
Jesus
Christ
this
offspring
of
Abraham
that
all
the
families
of
the
earth
will
be
blessed
there's
no
other
way
the
only
way
for
God
blessing
to
come
is
through
Jesus
as
a
sacrificial
name
and
the
risen
king
the
death
on
the
cross
proved
to
us
that
Jesus
loved
us
he
did
not
die
to
trick
us
to
worship
a
false
God
he
died
to
become
the
ladder
to
reconcile
us
with
true
God
in
Jesus
we
are
free
from
the
need
to
worship
ourselves
when
we
know
the
God
who
is
behind
this
blessing
we
will
start
worshipping
a
being
who
is
far
greater
than
us
a
God
who
is
both
great
and
good
let
us
pray
Father
God
we
are
amazed
at
the
way
you
carry
out
your
plan
and
humble
by
your
love
towards
us
we
want
to
worship
you
right
thank
you
Father
we
pray
in
Jesus
name
Amen