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 And I'm one of the pastors here at Cheyenne Mountain Presbyterian Church.

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 And it's my joy to bring God's word to you this morning.

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 And we're continuing today in our series on Genesis,

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 which tells the origin story of God's people, Israel.

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 This summer we are in the story of Isaac and Jacob,

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 mostly Jacob, which shows up in chapters 25 through 36.

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 And to a certain extent, it is the same theme as the Abraham story last summer.

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 We are continuing to ask, what does it look like to follow God in faith?

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 But the story of Isaac and Jacob adds some more layers, some new themes that are introduced.

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 So if you were here with us two weeks ago, you'll remember that Isaac repeats the sins of Abraham.

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 And so we talked about God's work in and through dysfunctional families.

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 Now, I warned you at that time, this was going to be a repeated theme that showed up again

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 and guess what?

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 This week we return to the same topic, God's work in and through dysfunctional families.

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 God's faithfulness to sinful, rebellious people, people who trust themselves rather than God.

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 Now, as we come to this story, I will share with you, this is one of the major stories in all of Scripture.

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 It is 42 verses that we're going to read this morning, but it is in fact only one sermon.

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 So as I tell you from time to time, I will say something, not everything.

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 Also, in light of the fact that it is 42 verses, sometimes if we're honest, it can be hard to stay focused

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 and keep on track as we read a long passage together.

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 So if that's you, I have a job for you to help you stay awake.

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 I want you to count as we read together how many times the phrase delicious food shows up in this passage.

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 Okay?

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 So mark delicious food is what you're looking for.

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 Mark it, write the number at the bottom.

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 We can hand them out.

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 We'll grade each other's papers at the end of class.

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 We are in Genesis chapter 26, starting at verse 34, which you will find on pages 7 through 9 of your worship guide.

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 As we turn there, remember that this is God's word.

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 And Isaiah chapter 40 tells us that the grass withers and the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.

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 And so that's why we read now Genesis chapter 26, starting at verse 34.

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 When Esau was 40 years old, he took Judith, the daughter of Beri the Hittite, to be his wife,

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 and Basemath, the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and they made life bitter for Isaac and Rebekah.

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 Chapter 27.

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 When Isaac was old and his eyes were dim so that he could not see, he called Esau, his older 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, 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, 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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 Verse 5.

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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, Rebekah said to her son Jacob,

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 I heard your father speak to your brother Esau, 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, so that I may prepare from them delicious food,

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 for your father, such as he loves.

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 And you shall bring it to your father to eat, so that he may bless you before he dies.

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 But Jacob said to Rebekah his mother,

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 Behold, my brother Esau is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.

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 Perhaps my father will feel me, 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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 Verse 14,

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 So he went and took them, and 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 her older son,

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 which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob her younger son.

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 And the skins of the young goats 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 the bread,

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

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 Verse 18.

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 Excuse me.

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 So he went into 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 you.

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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 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, who felt him, and said,

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 The voice is Jacob's voice, 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, Are you really my son Esau?

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 He answered, I am.

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 Then he said, 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, and he ate,

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 and he brought him wine, and he drank.

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 Verse 26.

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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 and 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 as 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 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 his 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 arise 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 am your son,

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 your firstborn Isaac.

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 Then Isaac trembled very violently and said,

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 Who was it then that hunted game

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 and brought it to me?

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 And I ate it all before you came,

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 and I have blessed him.

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 Yes, and he shall be blessed.

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 Verse 34.

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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

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 and bitter cry,

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 and said to his father,

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 Bless me, even me also,

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 O 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,

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 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,

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 I have made him lord over you.

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 And all his brothers

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 I have given to him for servants,

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 and with grain and wine

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 I have sustained him.

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 What then can I do for you,

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 my son?

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 Esau said to his father,

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 Have you but one blessing,

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 my father?

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 Bless me,

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 even me also,

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 O my father.

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 And Esau lifted up his voice

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 and wept.

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 Then Isaac his father answered

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 and said to him,

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 Behold,

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 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

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 from your neck.

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 I invite you to pray with me

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 as we come to this portion of God's word.

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 Our father in heaven,

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 we do thank you again this morning

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 that you speak to us in your word,

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 and we ask that you would do it.

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 You'd do what you've promised to do,

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 that by your spirit

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 you would help us

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 to understand spiritual things.

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 You'd open our eyes,

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 that you'd soften our hearts,

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 that you would lift Christ high

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 in our sight,

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 in our vision,

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 that we would grow

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 in our love,

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 in our affection,

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 our reverence,

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 our all,

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 our obedience to him.

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 And we ask all of these things

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 in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 If you look on page 9

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 of your worship guide,

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 you'll see a quote

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 from Revenge of the Tipping Point

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 by Malcolm Gladwell,

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 which says this,

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 Communities have their own stories,

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 and those stories are contagious.

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 And you might be thinking,

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 wait, is Matthew confused?

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 Is he preaching the same sermon

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 from two weeks ago?

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 Because this is not the first time

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 you've seen this quote.

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 This is, in fact,

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 the same quote we printed

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 in the worship guide

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 when we were in Genesis chapter 26.

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 Now I told you about that quote

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 because remember,

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 I said this,

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 families also have their own stories,

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 and those stories are contagious.

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 So remember,

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 there's a story

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 that is driving the Abraham family,

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 and it is this,

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 it is all up to me

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 to protect and provide for myself.

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 That's the story

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 that Abraham passed to Isaac.

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 It's my cunning,

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 it's my schemes,

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 those are actually

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 what are going to make the difference.

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 I have to make it happen,

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 I have to manage life,

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 I have to make it work.

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 And when you live by this story,

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 as we've seen,

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 it means fearing man more than God,

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 it means trusting in schemes

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 more than God and his promises.

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 And so that's why,

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 chapter 26,

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 we saw Isaac lies about Rebekah

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 in the same way

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 that Abraham lied about Sarah.

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 This is the default story,

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 it's the story that Abraham

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 and his descendants turn to,

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 and this story continues

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 to drive this family

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 in this passage.

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 It explains the trickery

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 and the lies

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 that show up throughout.

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 Now to understand all this scheming,

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 we have to review one other thing.

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 Remember from four weeks ago,

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 chapter 25 of Genesis,

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 there is a rivalry

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 between Jacob's,

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 Isaac's sons.

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 Okay, Jacob and Esau

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 have a rivalry

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 that started in their mother's womb.

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 And it's actually worse than that,

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 it's not just that

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 they have a rivalry,

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 it's that mom and dad

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 have picked sides

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 in this battle.

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 Rebekah loves Jacob.

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 Isaac loves Esau.

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 With all that background,

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 we come to this passage

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 before us this morning,

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 which is a story

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 about who gets the blessing.

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 Who gets the blessing

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 that God gave to Abraham?

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 Remember we talked about

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 the chain of custody,

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 when the blessing gets passed

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 from Abraham to Isaac.

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 Now there's two sons,

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 not one.

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 Who does the blessing pass to?

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 We're going to look at two things

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 this morning.

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 You'll see on page nine

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 of your worship guide,

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 our sermon title,

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 Sinful People,

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 Faithful God.

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 And that's our outline

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 for right now.

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 Sinful people comes first,

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 and what I'm going to do

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 essentially is this,

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 I'm going to show you

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 everyone's really bad behavior.

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 Okay?

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 No one comes out of this story

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 looking good.

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 First,

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 Isaac behaves poorly.

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 Isaac has a scheme,

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 verses one through four,

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 and he summons Esau

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 and only Esau

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 to receive the blessing.

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 This is not how this

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 is supposed to work.

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 If you're familiar

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 with the story of Genesis,

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 you know there's going to be

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 another blessing seen

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 in chapters 48 and 49

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 where Jacob calls

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 all his sons.

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 Okay?

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 You're supposed to bring

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 the whole family in.

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 Everyone takes part in this.

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 And so Isaac is kind of

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 doing this run-around play.

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 He's going to try to do it

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 so that one son

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 and only one son

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 gets everything.

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 He wants Esau

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 to get all of it.

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 Now there's an irony here.

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 Had he not done this,

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 Rebecca could not run

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 the play that she ran.

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 Okay?

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 If he had brought

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 both sons in,

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 actually he would have

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 prevented what happened

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 to him.

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 By the way,

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 he's also not really

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 supposed to do this

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 until he's about to die.

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 He says in this passage,

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 hey, I don't know

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 when I'm going to die.

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 Well, he doesn't die

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 until Genesis chapter 35,

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 which is over 20 years later.

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 So he's giving

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 the blessing early

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 and he's sneaky about it

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 so he can only give it

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 to one son.

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 By the way,

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 God already said

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 in Genesis chapter 25

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 when the two sons were born

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 that it was going to be

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 Jacob who came out on top.

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 So Esau's not just being sneaky,

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 he's actually trying to subvert

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 what God has already revealed.

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 And in the blessing,

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 he tries to reverse that.

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 If you look at verse 29,

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 he's setting it up

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 because he thinks

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 he's blessing Esau.

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 He's setting it up

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 so that Esau actually

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 ends up on top.

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 Okay?

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 So Jacob is a,

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 so excuse me,

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 Isaac is just a trickster here.

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 And it gets worse.

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 What did we find out

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 at the end of chapter 26?

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 Esau has taken foreign wives.

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 So Isaac should know

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 that this son,

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 by the way,

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 it's not that they're foreign,

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 it's that they're pagan.

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 That's the problem.

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 We'll talk about that next week.

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 Isaac should know

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 that this son,

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 this is for you military people,

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 is unfit for command.

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 And yet he's still going

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 to give him the blessing.

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 Isaac behaves poorly.

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 Isaac wants his favorite son

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 to have the blessing.

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 Well, guess what?

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 Rebecca wants her favorite son

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 to get everything.

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 And so she has this scheme

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 and her scheme is that

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 Jacob pretends to be Esau.

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 That's verses 5 through 17.

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 All this trickery, by the way,

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 is not innocent at all.

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 Remember, we looked

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 at the ninth commandment

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 in our confession of faith.

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 Rebecca and Isaac,

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 excuse me,

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 Rebecca and Jacob

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 are breaking the Ten Commandments

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 left and right.

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 So track with me.

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 The third commandment says,

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 do not use God's name in vain.

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 Oh, look at verse 20.

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 Isaac said to his son,

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 how is it that you have found it

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 so quickly, my son?

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 He answered,

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 because the Lord your God

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 granted me success.

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 It's using God's name in vain.

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 No, the Lord did not grant him success.

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 He's lying through his teeth.

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 Fifth commandment,

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 honor your father and your mother.

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 Here he is taking advantage

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 of his father's old age

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 and lying to him.

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 This is only possible

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 because Isaac actually can't see.

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 Okay, he's taking advantage

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 of his father's infirmity.

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 If that's not dishonoring,

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 I don't know what is.

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 Then we move on

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 to the ninth commandment.

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 Don't bear false testimony.

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 Jacob explicitly lies twice.

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 Verses 19 and 23.

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 He says, look, I am Esau.

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 Of course, the whole performance

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 is a lie.

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 We don't need two verses

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 to prove it.

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 The whole narrative

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 ties up Rebecca as well.

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 She is guilty

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 as the planner

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 of the deception.

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 Rebecca and Jacob

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 behave poorly.

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 Now, what about Isaac and Esau?

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 We've already talked about Isaac

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 a little bit,

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 but we're going to talk about it more

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 because it continues to get bad.

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 Isaac and Esau

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 both break the first commandment,

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 which is this.

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 You shall have no other gods

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 before me.

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 God is clearly

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 not their first love.

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 The author goes out of his way

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 to tell us

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 what Isaac loves

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 more than anything else,

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 which is what?

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 He loves that delicious food.

00:18:16.580 --> 00:18:17.940
 Now, we already know that

00:18:17.940 --> 00:18:19.019
 from chapter 25.

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 Why does Isaac prefer Esau?

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 It says it explicitly.

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 Secondly, Isaac loved Esau

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 because he ate

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 of his game.

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 This has been going on

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 for years.

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 And like father,

00:18:33.059 --> 00:18:33.659
 like son,

00:18:33.759 --> 00:18:35.000
 Esau has the same problem.

00:18:35.099 --> 00:18:35.899
 What did Esau do

00:18:35.899 --> 00:18:36.799
 in chapter 25?

00:18:37.000 --> 00:18:39.139
 He sells his birthright

00:18:39.139 --> 00:18:41.659
 for food.

00:18:42.940 --> 00:18:44.839
 Both father and son

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 are ruled

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 by their stomachs.

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 By the way,

00:18:50.960 --> 00:18:52.059
 I think I got the count wrong

00:18:52.059 --> 00:18:52.779
 on delicious food

00:18:52.779 --> 00:18:53.599
 as I was reading it.

00:18:53.619 --> 00:18:54.539
 How many did you guys get?

00:18:56.079 --> 00:18:56.799
 Okay, yeah.

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 I think I only,

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 I only even had four

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 in what I listed here,

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 but it showed up

00:19:00.220 --> 00:19:01.119
 even more than I realized

00:19:01.119 --> 00:19:01.599
 because I didn't do

00:19:01.599 --> 00:19:02.299
 my count right.

00:19:05.159 --> 00:19:06.039
 Why does it show up

00:19:06.039 --> 00:19:06.679
 six times?

00:19:06.679 --> 00:19:08.419
 So that we can know

00:19:08.419 --> 00:19:09.460
 without a doubt

00:19:09.460 --> 00:19:11.399
 that there is nothing

00:19:11.399 --> 00:19:12.679
 that Isaac loves

00:19:13.319 --> 00:19:14.919
 more than food.

00:19:16.139 --> 00:19:16.919
 Verse four,

00:19:17.279 --> 00:19:18.019
 prepare for me

00:19:18.019 --> 00:19:19.019
 delicious food

00:19:19.019 --> 00:19:21.079
 such as I love.

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 Verse nine,

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 go to the flock

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 and bring me

00:19:24.940 --> 00:19:26.139
 two good young goats

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 that I may prepare

00:19:26.879 --> 00:19:29.000
 for them delicious food

00:19:29.000 --> 00:19:29.960
 for your father

00:19:29.960 --> 00:19:32.419
 such as he loves.

00:19:33.379 --> 00:19:34.399
 Verse 14,

00:19:35.039 --> 00:19:35.460
 and his mother

00:19:35.460 --> 00:19:36.899
 prepared delicious food

00:19:36.899 --> 00:19:40.240
 such as his father loved.

00:19:41.299 --> 00:19:42.319
 Verse 31,

00:19:43.200 --> 00:19:44.220
 this is now Esau.

00:19:44.339 --> 00:19:45.500
 He also prepared

00:19:45.500 --> 00:19:46.659
 delicious food

00:19:46.660 --> 00:19:47.880
 and brought it

00:19:47.880 --> 00:19:49.040
 to his father.

00:19:51.680 --> 00:19:53.540
 Esau gave up

00:19:53.540 --> 00:19:54.660
 his birthright

00:19:54.660 --> 00:19:57.460
 for vegetable stew.

00:19:59.960 --> 00:20:02.160
 Isaac now gives up

00:20:02.160 --> 00:20:03.519
 his integrity,

00:20:04.560 --> 00:20:06.900
 his faith in God

00:20:06.900 --> 00:20:10.519
 for one nice meal.

00:20:10.519 --> 00:20:13.240
 like father,

00:20:13.819 --> 00:20:15.660
 like son.

00:20:18.359 --> 00:20:19.240
 By the way,

00:20:19.700 --> 00:20:21.980
 there's no rule

00:20:21.980 --> 00:20:22.900
 that says

00:20:22.900 --> 00:20:23.660
 you have to send

00:20:23.660 --> 00:20:24.339
 your son

00:20:24.339 --> 00:20:24.920
 to go do

00:20:24.920 --> 00:20:26.019
 some special feat

00:20:26.019 --> 00:20:26.700
 before you give

00:20:26.700 --> 00:20:27.160
 the blessing.

00:20:27.819 --> 00:20:27.940
 Okay,

00:20:27.980 --> 00:20:28.700
 so Isaac has just

00:20:28.700 --> 00:20:29.559
 cooked this up

00:20:29.559 --> 00:20:30.039
 so that he can

00:20:30.039 --> 00:20:30.779
 have a nice meal.

00:20:31.420 --> 00:20:31.779
 Remember,

00:20:31.900 --> 00:20:32.879
 we get to see again

00:20:32.879 --> 00:20:33.559
 how this works

00:20:33.559 --> 00:20:34.440
 in Genesis chapters

00:20:34.440 --> 00:20:35.940
 48 and 49.

00:20:36.539 --> 00:20:37.460
 Jacob does it.

00:20:37.660 --> 00:20:38.319
 He doesn't send

00:20:38.319 --> 00:20:39.339
 anyone to prepare

00:20:39.339 --> 00:20:39.859
 him a meal.

00:20:40.439 --> 00:20:40.539
 Okay,

00:20:40.599 --> 00:20:41.399
 he actually just

00:20:41.399 --> 00:20:42.139
 blesses them.

00:20:42.839 --> 00:20:43.299
 And that's what

00:20:43.299 --> 00:20:43.960
 Isaac is supposed

00:20:43.960 --> 00:20:44.519
 to do here.

00:20:44.619 --> 00:20:45.460
 So he is just

00:20:45.460 --> 00:20:47.639
 steered and ruled

00:20:47.639 --> 00:20:49.659
 by his outrageous appetite.

00:20:50.419 --> 00:20:50.899
 We're supposed

00:20:50.899 --> 00:20:51.639
 to walk away

00:20:51.639 --> 00:20:52.200
 from this thinking,

00:20:52.339 --> 00:20:52.439
 man,

00:20:52.480 --> 00:20:54.079
 this is really gross.

00:20:55.220 --> 00:20:56.359
 Here's this man

00:20:56.359 --> 00:20:56.980
 who has just

00:20:56.980 --> 00:20:59.079
 completely lost

00:20:59.079 --> 00:20:59.759
 the plot.

00:21:00.500 --> 00:21:02.059
 What should he be doing?

00:21:04.759 --> 00:21:05.799
 We found out

00:21:05.799 --> 00:21:06.399
 at the end

00:21:06.399 --> 00:21:07.839
 of chapter 26

00:21:07.839 --> 00:21:09.339
 that Esau

00:21:09.339 --> 00:21:10.139
 got married

00:21:10.139 --> 00:21:10.740
 when he was

00:21:10.740 --> 00:21:13.039
 40 years old.

00:21:13.559 --> 00:21:14.639
 Now that matters

00:21:14.639 --> 00:21:16.519
 because we were told

00:21:16.519 --> 00:21:19.039
 that Isaac

00:21:19.039 --> 00:21:20.480
 married Rebecca

00:21:20.480 --> 00:21:21.679
 when he was also

00:21:21.679 --> 00:21:24.159
 40 years old.

00:21:24.879 --> 00:21:25.799
 So the timing

00:21:25.799 --> 00:21:26.639
 is the same.

00:21:27.459 --> 00:21:28.099
 What's different?

00:21:29.839 --> 00:21:30.839
 Isaac should have

00:21:30.839 --> 00:21:31.339
 been doing

00:21:31.339 --> 00:21:32.679
 what Abraham did.

00:21:33.399 --> 00:21:34.019
 Isaac should have

00:21:34.019 --> 00:21:34.779
 been going out

00:21:34.779 --> 00:21:35.480
 and finding

00:21:35.480 --> 00:21:37.480
 godly spouses

00:21:37.480 --> 00:21:38.559
 for his sons.

00:21:39.819 --> 00:21:40.599
 That's what Abraham

00:21:40.599 --> 00:21:40.940
 did.

00:21:41.259 --> 00:21:41.940
 Abraham sent

00:21:41.940 --> 00:21:42.440
 his servant

00:21:42.440 --> 00:21:42.740
 and said,

00:21:42.860 --> 00:21:43.420
 I can't have

00:21:43.420 --> 00:21:44.019
 my children

00:21:44.019 --> 00:21:45.160
 marrying pagan

00:21:45.160 --> 00:21:45.519
 wives.

00:21:45.599 --> 00:21:46.180
 I need you

00:21:46.180 --> 00:21:46.740
 to go find

00:21:46.740 --> 00:21:47.620
 someone from

00:21:47.620 --> 00:21:48.680
 among our own

00:21:48.680 --> 00:21:49.099
 people.

00:21:51.059 --> 00:21:51.680
 Isaac's lost

00:21:51.680 --> 00:21:52.059
 the plot.

00:21:52.140 --> 00:21:52.579
 He doesn't even

00:21:52.579 --> 00:21:53.160
 realize what's

00:21:53.160 --> 00:21:53.599
 supposed to be

00:21:53.599 --> 00:21:53.960
 happening,

00:21:54.079 --> 00:21:54.539
 how he's supposed

00:21:54.539 --> 00:21:54.940
 to be taking

00:21:54.940 --> 00:21:55.779
 responsibility

00:21:55.779 --> 00:21:56.579
 and agency

00:21:56.579 --> 00:21:57.500
 to carry on

00:21:57.500 --> 00:21:58.259
 God's blessing.

00:21:58.400 --> 00:21:58.620
 No,

00:21:58.860 --> 00:21:59.980
 he is worried

00:21:59.980 --> 00:22:01.039
 about his

00:22:01.039 --> 00:22:02.420
 next meal.

00:22:04.519 --> 00:22:05.180
 There's a whole

00:22:05.180 --> 00:22:05.680
 other sermon,

00:22:05.819 --> 00:22:06.220
 by the way,

00:22:06.900 --> 00:22:07.980
 about how Isaac

00:22:07.980 --> 00:22:09.140
 does not end

00:22:09.140 --> 00:22:09.640
 well.

00:22:10.640 --> 00:22:11.079
 And the author

00:22:11.079 --> 00:22:11.500
 of Genesis

00:22:11.500 --> 00:22:12.960
 goes out of his

00:22:12.960 --> 00:22:13.440
 way in a way

00:22:13.440 --> 00:22:13.799
 we don't have

00:22:13.799 --> 00:22:14.259
 time to go

00:22:14.259 --> 00:22:14.700
 into this

00:22:14.700 --> 00:22:15.720
 morning to

00:22:15.720 --> 00:22:17.220
 highlight how

00:22:17.220 --> 00:22:19.000
 poorly Isaac

00:22:19.000 --> 00:22:20.299
 ends his life.

00:22:22.299 --> 00:22:22.740
 Okay,

00:22:22.819 --> 00:22:23.420
 I said both

00:22:23.420 --> 00:22:24.460
 Isaac and Esau

00:22:24.460 --> 00:22:25.460
 break the first

00:22:25.460 --> 00:22:25.960
 commandment,

00:22:26.019 --> 00:22:26.480
 you shall have

00:22:26.480 --> 00:22:27.200
 no other gods

00:22:27.200 --> 00:22:27.839
 before me.

00:22:27.900 --> 00:22:28.299
 We've talked

00:22:28.299 --> 00:22:28.980
 about Isaac,

00:22:28.980 --> 00:22:29.700
 now it's time

00:22:29.700 --> 00:22:30.420
 for Esau.

00:22:31.180 --> 00:22:32.200
 Esau is also

00:22:32.200 --> 00:22:32.940
 ruled by his

00:22:32.940 --> 00:22:33.880
 appetite as

00:22:33.880 --> 00:22:34.740
 we've discussed,

00:22:35.099 --> 00:22:36.240
 not just his

00:22:36.240 --> 00:22:37.180
 appetite for

00:22:37.180 --> 00:22:37.880
 food,

00:22:38.700 --> 00:22:39.480
 he's ruled by

00:22:39.480 --> 00:22:40.279
 his lust

00:22:40.279 --> 00:22:41.380
 for women.

00:22:42.200 --> 00:22:42.720
 The end of

00:22:42.720 --> 00:22:43.099
 26,

00:22:43.279 --> 00:22:43.960
 which we read,

00:22:44.059 --> 00:22:44.880
 he decides to

00:22:44.880 --> 00:22:45.400
 go get some

00:22:45.400 --> 00:22:46.500
 foreign wives

00:22:46.500 --> 00:22:47.740
 and what does

00:22:47.740 --> 00:22:49.059
 verse 35 tell

00:22:49.059 --> 00:22:49.420
 us?

00:22:50.120 --> 00:22:50.759
 They made

00:22:50.759 --> 00:22:52.059
 life bitter

00:22:52.059 --> 00:22:53.759
 for Isaac

00:22:53.759 --> 00:22:55.579
 and Rebecca.

00:22:56.700 --> 00:22:57.240
 Remember I

00:22:57.240 --> 00:22:57.740
 said foreign

00:22:57.740 --> 00:22:58.059
 wives,

00:22:58.140 --> 00:22:58.460
 the problem

00:22:58.460 --> 00:22:58.920
 is not that

00:22:58.920 --> 00:22:59.480
 they're foreign,

00:22:59.720 --> 00:23:00.480
 the problem

00:23:00.480 --> 00:23:00.779
 is that

00:23:00.779 --> 00:23:01.519
 they're pagan.

00:23:02.660 --> 00:23:03.180
 So Esau

00:23:03.180 --> 00:23:03.560
 has gone

00:23:03.560 --> 00:23:03.840
 out,

00:23:03.960 --> 00:23:04.720
 he's married

00:23:04.720 --> 00:23:05.820
 women who

00:23:05.820 --> 00:23:06.600
 do not

00:23:06.600 --> 00:23:07.580
 worship the

00:23:07.580 --> 00:23:08.060
 true and

00:23:08.060 --> 00:23:08.759
 living God.

00:23:09.620 --> 00:23:10.080
 They don't

00:23:10.080 --> 00:23:11.519
 share the

00:23:11.519 --> 00:23:12.480
 religion of

00:23:12.480 --> 00:23:12.920
 the Abraham

00:23:12.920 --> 00:23:13.539
 family.

00:23:13.940 --> 00:23:14.380
 They're not

00:23:14.380 --> 00:23:14.840
 people who

00:23:14.840 --> 00:23:15.600
 follow after

00:23:15.600 --> 00:23:16.300
 Yahweh and

00:23:16.300 --> 00:23:16.600
 so it

00:23:16.600 --> 00:23:16.860
 shouldn't

00:23:16.860 --> 00:23:17.980
 surprise us

00:23:17.980 --> 00:23:19.980
 that they

00:23:19.980 --> 00:23:20.820
 make life

00:23:20.820 --> 00:23:22.200
 so miserable

00:23:22.200 --> 00:23:23.360
 for the

00:23:23.360 --> 00:23:24.980
 extended family.

00:23:25.560 --> 00:23:25.840
 We're going

00:23:25.840 --> 00:23:26.060
 to spend

00:23:26.060 --> 00:23:26.759
 more time on

00:23:26.759 --> 00:23:27.299
 that next

00:23:27.299 --> 00:23:27.900
 week so I

00:23:27.900 --> 00:23:28.220
 won't say

00:23:28.220 --> 00:23:28.680
 any more.

00:23:29.240 --> 00:23:29.579
 But in

00:23:29.579 --> 00:23:30.140
 short,

00:23:31.200 --> 00:23:31.519
 in case I

00:23:31.519 --> 00:23:31.819
 haven't made

00:23:31.819 --> 00:23:32.220
 it clear,

00:23:33.440 --> 00:23:34.000
 everyone

00:23:34.000 --> 00:23:35.640
 behaves

00:23:35.640 --> 00:23:36.599
 poorly.

00:23:38.119 --> 00:23:38.640
 Isaac

00:23:38.640 --> 00:23:39.879
 behaves

00:23:39.879 --> 00:23:40.259
 badly.

00:23:41.160 --> 00:23:41.940
 He tries to

00:23:41.940 --> 00:23:42.160
 give the

00:23:42.160 --> 00:23:42.680
 blessing to

00:23:42.680 --> 00:23:43.160
 his favorite

00:23:43.160 --> 00:23:43.879
 son even

00:23:43.879 --> 00:23:44.400
 though God

00:23:44.400 --> 00:23:44.799
 had already

00:23:44.799 --> 00:23:45.220
 said that

00:23:45.220 --> 00:23:45.680
 Isaac would

00:23:45.680 --> 00:23:45.980
 rule.

00:23:46.640 --> 00:23:47.039
 Excuse me,

00:23:47.099 --> 00:23:47.420
 that Jacob

00:23:47.420 --> 00:23:48.879
 would rule.

00:23:49.599 --> 00:23:50.339
 He serves

00:23:50.339 --> 00:23:50.920
 his stomach

00:23:50.920 --> 00:23:52.000
 rather than

00:23:52.000 --> 00:23:52.259
 God.

00:23:53.720 --> 00:23:54.220
 Rebecca

00:23:54.220 --> 00:23:55.500
 behaves

00:23:55.500 --> 00:23:56.140
 badly.

00:23:57.060 --> 00:23:57.420
 Rebecca

00:23:57.420 --> 00:23:58.640
 deceives and

00:23:58.640 --> 00:23:59.600
 dishonors the

00:23:59.600 --> 00:24:00.500
 husband she

00:24:00.500 --> 00:24:01.200
 should be

00:24:01.200 --> 00:24:01.960
 protecting,

00:24:02.740 --> 00:24:03.200
 especially

00:24:03.200 --> 00:24:03.759
 because he's

00:24:03.759 --> 00:24:04.180
 blind.

00:24:05.500 --> 00:24:06.100
 Jacob

00:24:06.100 --> 00:24:07.480
 behaves

00:24:07.480 --> 00:24:08.220
 badly.

00:24:09.039 --> 00:24:09.800
 He deceives

00:24:09.800 --> 00:24:10.660
 and dishonors

00:24:10.660 --> 00:24:11.840
 his father,

00:24:11.840 --> 00:24:12.480
 his father

00:24:12.480 --> 00:24:13.400
 defrauds

00:24:13.400 --> 00:24:13.860
 his brother,

00:24:14.640 --> 00:24:15.200
 takes God's

00:24:15.200 --> 00:24:15.539
 name in

00:24:15.539 --> 00:24:15.759
 vain.

00:24:16.900 --> 00:24:17.519
 Esau

00:24:17.519 --> 00:24:18.800
 behaves

00:24:18.800 --> 00:24:19.539
 badly,

00:24:19.539 --> 00:24:20.799
 marries

00:24:20.799 --> 00:24:21.720
 pagan wives

00:24:21.720 --> 00:24:22.420
 rather than

00:24:22.420 --> 00:24:23.399
 women who

00:24:23.399 --> 00:24:24.700
 fear the

00:24:24.700 --> 00:24:24.980
 Lord.

00:24:26.460 --> 00:24:27.159
 Everyone

00:24:27.159 --> 00:24:28.940
 behaves

00:24:28.940 --> 00:24:29.500
 badly.

00:24:36.019 --> 00:24:36.899
 But how

00:24:36.899 --> 00:24:37.480
 does God

00:24:37.480 --> 00:24:38.139
 behave?

00:24:39.659 --> 00:24:40.379
 Remember I

00:24:40.379 --> 00:24:40.839
 told you we

00:24:40.839 --> 00:24:41.079
 have two

00:24:41.079 --> 00:24:41.440
 points,

00:24:41.599 --> 00:24:41.859
 sinful

00:24:41.859 --> 00:24:42.339
 people,

00:24:42.940 --> 00:24:43.259
 faithful

00:24:43.259 --> 00:24:44.200
 God.

00:24:44.519 --> 00:24:44.720
 We're

00:24:44.720 --> 00:24:44.859
 going to

00:24:44.859 --> 00:24:45.480
 turn now

00:24:45.480 --> 00:24:46.379
 to faithful

00:24:46.379 --> 00:24:46.720
 God.

00:24:46.720 --> 00:24:48.680
 God

00:24:48.680 --> 00:24:49.900
 behaves

00:24:49.900 --> 00:24:50.460
 is this.

00:24:52.240 --> 00:24:52.779
 God

00:24:52.779 --> 00:24:54.500
 accomplishes

00:24:54.500 --> 00:24:54.940
 his

00:24:54.940 --> 00:24:55.779
 purposes

00:24:55.779 --> 00:24:57.120
 no

00:24:57.120 --> 00:24:58.019
 matter

00:24:58.019 --> 00:24:58.839
 what.

00:25:01.980 --> 00:25:02.980
 In the

00:25:02.980 --> 00:25:03.640
 midst of

00:25:03.640 --> 00:25:04.339
 everyone's

00:25:04.339 --> 00:25:04.620
 sin,

00:25:05.620 --> 00:25:06.200
 God

00:25:06.200 --> 00:25:07.039
 keeps his

00:25:07.039 --> 00:25:07.460
 promise.

00:25:08.700 --> 00:25:09.279
 Remember

00:25:09.279 --> 00:25:09.839
 his promise,

00:25:09.980 --> 00:25:10.220
 Genesis

00:25:10.220 --> 00:25:11.279
 chapter 25.

00:25:12.259 --> 00:25:12.720
 Jacob and

00:25:12.720 --> 00:25:13.420
 Esau are in

00:25:13.420 --> 00:25:13.759
 the womb.

00:25:13.759 --> 00:25:15.279
 he says

00:25:15.279 --> 00:25:15.819
 the older

00:25:15.819 --> 00:25:17.079
 will serve

00:25:17.079 --> 00:25:17.900
 the younger.

00:25:18.940 --> 00:25:19.619
 And what

00:25:19.619 --> 00:25:19.960
 ends up

00:25:19.960 --> 00:25:20.299
 happening?

00:25:21.519 --> 00:25:22.519
 The older

00:25:22.519 --> 00:25:23.480
 serves

00:25:23.480 --> 00:25:24.319
 the younger.

00:25:25.319 --> 00:25:25.799
 Now that

00:25:25.799 --> 00:25:26.339
 doesn't mean

00:25:26.339 --> 00:25:26.879
 the end

00:25:26.879 --> 00:25:27.700
 justifies the

00:25:27.700 --> 00:25:27.980
 means.

00:25:28.079 --> 00:25:28.460
 It doesn't

00:25:28.460 --> 00:25:29.920
 make anyone's

00:25:29.920 --> 00:25:30.779
 sin correct

00:25:30.779 --> 00:25:31.259
 in this

00:25:31.259 --> 00:25:31.759
 passage.

00:25:32.279 --> 00:25:32.660
 What it

00:25:32.660 --> 00:25:33.000
 means is

00:25:33.000 --> 00:25:33.319
 this.

00:25:34.519 --> 00:25:35.259
 No matter

00:25:35.259 --> 00:25:35.700
 what your

00:25:35.700 --> 00:25:36.379
 scheme,

00:25:37.420 --> 00:25:38.259
 God will

00:25:38.259 --> 00:25:38.720
 come out

00:25:38.720 --> 00:25:39.299
 on top.

00:25:39.299 --> 00:25:41.899
 no matter

00:25:41.899 --> 00:25:42.279
 the

00:25:42.279 --> 00:25:43.059
 actions

00:25:43.059 --> 00:25:44.259
 of men,

00:25:44.940 --> 00:25:45.799
 God's

00:25:45.799 --> 00:25:46.220
 end

00:25:46.220 --> 00:25:46.799
 state

00:25:46.799 --> 00:25:47.819
 will be

00:25:47.819 --> 00:25:49.000
 accomplished.

00:25:50.399 --> 00:25:51.460
 One

00:25:51.460 --> 00:25:51.980
 commentator

00:25:51.980 --> 00:25:52.599
 says this,

00:25:53.539 --> 00:25:54.119
 it is

00:25:54.119 --> 00:25:54.579
 clear

00:25:54.579 --> 00:25:55.919
 that God

00:25:55.919 --> 00:25:56.859
 can accomplish

00:25:56.859 --> 00:25:58.039
 his holy

00:25:58.039 --> 00:25:58.700
 purposes

00:25:58.700 --> 00:26:00.059
 by using

00:26:00.059 --> 00:26:00.720
 not merely

00:26:00.720 --> 00:26:01.419
 unholy

00:26:01.419 --> 00:26:01.879
 people,

00:26:02.480 --> 00:26:03.220
 but even

00:26:03.220 --> 00:26:04.259
 the unholy

00:26:04.259 --> 00:26:04.980
 actions

00:26:04.980 --> 00:26:06.259
 of those

00:26:06.259 --> 00:26:07.159
 he has

00:26:07.159 --> 00:26:07.440
 chosen.

00:26:07.440 --> 00:26:09.340
 it is

00:26:09.340 --> 00:26:10.080
 not just

00:26:10.080 --> 00:26:10.500
 that though,

00:26:10.539 --> 00:26:10.840
 it is not

00:26:10.840 --> 00:26:11.220
 just that

00:26:11.220 --> 00:26:12.180
 God accomplishes

00:26:12.180 --> 00:26:13.140
 his purposes

00:26:13.140 --> 00:26:14.120
 no matter

00:26:14.120 --> 00:26:14.420
 what,

00:26:14.960 --> 00:26:16.039
 it is also

00:26:16.039 --> 00:26:16.660
 that God

00:26:16.660 --> 00:26:17.720
 is faithful

00:26:17.720 --> 00:26:18.660
 to his

00:26:18.660 --> 00:26:19.360
 people

00:26:19.360 --> 00:26:21.120
 no matter

00:26:21.120 --> 00:26:21.860
 what.

00:26:23.299 --> 00:26:24.000
 God made

00:26:24.000 --> 00:26:24.539
 a promise

00:26:24.539 --> 00:26:25.360
 to Abraham.

00:26:26.559 --> 00:26:27.220
 He made

00:26:27.220 --> 00:26:27.820
 a promise

00:26:27.820 --> 00:26:28.480
 to Abraham

00:26:28.480 --> 00:26:29.080
 that his

00:26:29.080 --> 00:26:29.559
 descendants

00:26:29.559 --> 00:26:30.519
 would be

00:26:30.519 --> 00:26:31.019
 as the

00:26:31.019 --> 00:26:31.660
 sands on

00:26:31.660 --> 00:26:32.320
 the seashore

00:26:32.320 --> 00:26:33.140
 and the

00:26:33.140 --> 00:26:33.880
 stars in

00:26:33.880 --> 00:26:34.220
 the sky.

00:26:35.539 --> 00:26:36.680
 He promised

00:26:36.680 --> 00:26:37.340
 to Abraham

00:26:37.339 --> 00:26:39.500
 that his

00:26:39.500 --> 00:26:40.079
 descendants

00:26:40.079 --> 00:26:40.879
 would be

00:26:40.879 --> 00:26:41.659
 the blessing

00:26:41.659 --> 00:26:43.659
 to the

00:26:43.659 --> 00:26:44.099
 nations.

00:26:45.599 --> 00:26:45.879
 And you

00:26:45.879 --> 00:26:46.220
 know what?

00:26:47.019 --> 00:26:47.879
 God is

00:26:47.879 --> 00:26:48.099
 going to

00:26:48.099 --> 00:26:48.759
 keep that

00:26:48.759 --> 00:26:49.299
 promise.

00:26:50.539 --> 00:26:51.339
 The men

00:26:51.339 --> 00:26:52.119
 and women

00:26:52.119 --> 00:26:52.859
 he has

00:26:52.859 --> 00:26:53.339
 chosen

00:26:53.339 --> 00:26:54.899
 break the

00:26:54.899 --> 00:26:55.879
 Ten Commandments

00:26:55.879 --> 00:26:57.159
 left and

00:26:57.159 --> 00:26:57.599
 right.

00:26:59.220 --> 00:26:59.980
 God's

00:26:59.980 --> 00:27:00.659
 promise

00:27:00.659 --> 00:27:01.419
 is

00:27:01.419 --> 00:27:02.579
 unbroken.

00:27:02.579 --> 00:27:04.579
 God's

00:27:04.579 --> 00:27:04.579


00:27:04.579 --> 00:27:04.579


00:27:04.579 --> 00:27:06.579
 kingdom.

00:27:06.439 --> 00:27:06.799
 point is

00:27:06.799 --> 00:27:07.119
 this.

00:27:08.939 --> 00:27:09.439
 The

00:27:09.439 --> 00:27:10.019
 generational

00:27:10.019 --> 00:27:10.679
 sin

00:27:10.679 --> 00:27:11.799
 of your

00:27:11.799 --> 00:27:12.399
 family

00:27:12.399 --> 00:27:14.339
 cannot

00:27:14.339 --> 00:27:15.579
 stand

00:27:16.480 --> 00:27:16.859
 in the

00:27:16.859 --> 00:27:17.240
 way

00:27:17.240 --> 00:27:18.139
 of the

00:27:18.139 --> 00:27:18.619
 freight

00:27:18.619 --> 00:27:19.099
 train

00:27:19.099 --> 00:27:20.139
 of God's

00:27:20.139 --> 00:27:20.720
 kingdom.

00:27:20.720 --> 00:27:22.720
 God

00:27:22.720 --> 00:27:22.720


00:27:22.720 --> 00:27:25.680
 no matter

00:27:25.680 --> 00:27:26.200
 how

00:27:26.200 --> 00:27:27.259
 powerful

00:27:27.259 --> 00:27:28.019
 the

00:27:28.019 --> 00:27:28.720
 forces

00:27:28.720 --> 00:27:29.120
 that

00:27:29.120 --> 00:27:29.620
 flow

00:27:29.620 --> 00:27:30.100
 down

00:27:30.100 --> 00:27:30.559
 to you

00:27:30.559 --> 00:27:30.819
 from

00:27:30.819 --> 00:27:31.380
 previous

00:27:31.380 --> 00:27:32.160
 generations

00:27:32.160 --> 00:27:33.460
 God

00:27:33.460 --> 00:27:34.319
 is

00:27:34.319 --> 00:27:34.920
 more

00:27:34.920 --> 00:27:36.100
 powerful

00:27:36.100 --> 00:27:37.319
 still.

00:27:39.259 --> 00:27:40.019
 Jeremiah

00:27:40.019 --> 00:27:40.559
 chapter

00:27:40.559 --> 00:27:41.180
 23

00:27:41.180 --> 00:27:42.259
 his

00:27:42.259 --> 00:27:42.720
 word

00:27:42.720 --> 00:27:43.480
 is like

00:27:43.480 --> 00:27:44.120
 a hammer

00:27:44.120 --> 00:27:45.039
 that breaks

00:27:45.039 --> 00:27:45.700
 a rock

00:27:45.700 --> 00:27:46.839
 into pieces.

00:27:46.839 --> 00:27:48.879
 there is

00:27:48.879 --> 00:27:49.599
 nothing

00:27:49.599 --> 00:27:50.379
 so

00:27:50.379 --> 00:27:51.079
 powerful

00:27:51.079 --> 00:27:51.899
 that

00:27:51.899 --> 00:27:52.659
 God's

00:27:52.659 --> 00:27:53.079
 word

00:27:53.079 --> 00:27:54.240
 is not

00:27:54.240 --> 00:27:54.939
 more

00:27:54.939 --> 00:27:55.759
 powerful

00:27:55.759 --> 00:27:56.679
 still.

00:28:05.799 --> 00:28:06.720
 Now I'm

00:28:06.720 --> 00:28:07.240
 not peddling

00:28:07.240 --> 00:28:07.859
 cheap grace

00:28:07.859 --> 00:28:08.099
 here.

00:28:08.679 --> 00:28:08.980
 Sometimes

00:28:08.980 --> 00:28:09.419
 it's tempting

00:28:09.419 --> 00:28:09.779
 for people

00:28:09.779 --> 00:28:10.099
 to hear

00:28:10.099 --> 00:28:10.559
 things like

00:28:10.559 --> 00:28:10.839
 that and

00:28:10.839 --> 00:28:11.240
 think oh

00:28:11.240 --> 00:28:11.639
 so what

00:28:11.639 --> 00:28:12.119
 Matthew's

00:28:12.119 --> 00:28:12.939
 saying is

00:28:12.939 --> 00:28:13.659
 I can

00:28:13.659 --> 00:28:13.839
 do

00:28:13.839 --> 00:28:14.419
 whatever

00:28:14.419 --> 00:28:15.119
 I want

00:28:15.119 --> 00:28:15.500
 and it

00:28:15.500 --> 00:28:15.959
 doesn't

00:28:15.959 --> 00:28:16.319
 matter.

00:28:16.839 --> 00:28:18.000
 No.

00:28:19.079 --> 00:28:20.139
 In this

00:28:20.139 --> 00:28:21.139
 one day

00:28:21.139 --> 00:28:21.639
 and this

00:28:21.639 --> 00:28:22.480
 one episode

00:28:22.480 --> 00:28:23.279
 the Abraham

00:28:23.279 --> 00:28:24.199
 family has

00:28:24.199 --> 00:28:24.779
 made a

00:28:24.779 --> 00:28:25.659
 mess that

00:28:25.659 --> 00:28:26.259
 will echo

00:28:26.259 --> 00:28:27.639
 for hundreds

00:28:27.639 --> 00:28:29.299
 of years.

00:28:30.859 --> 00:28:31.619
 Next

00:28:31.619 --> 00:28:32.199
 week you're

00:28:32.199 --> 00:28:32.399
 going to

00:28:32.399 --> 00:28:32.879
 see that

00:28:32.879 --> 00:28:33.299
 Esau

00:28:33.299 --> 00:28:33.799
 threatens

00:28:33.799 --> 00:28:34.379
 to kill

00:28:34.379 --> 00:28:34.859
 Jacob

00:28:34.859 --> 00:28:35.500
 and so

00:28:35.500 --> 00:28:35.919
 Jacob

00:28:35.919 --> 00:28:36.500
 has to

00:28:36.500 --> 00:28:37.299
 run away

00:28:37.299 --> 00:28:38.279
 and doesn't

00:28:38.279 --> 00:28:38.699
 see his

00:28:38.699 --> 00:28:39.480
 brother again

00:28:39.480 --> 00:28:40.419
 for 20

00:28:40.419 --> 00:28:41.099
 years.

00:28:42.859 --> 00:28:43.619
 Remember

00:28:43.619 --> 00:28:44.220
 that Jacob

00:28:44.220 --> 00:28:45.279
 is Rebecca's

00:28:45.279 --> 00:28:46.000
 favorite

00:28:46.000 --> 00:28:46.619
 son.

00:28:46.839 --> 00:28:48.079
 She

00:28:48.079 --> 00:28:48.319
 will

00:28:48.319 --> 00:28:49.059
 never

00:28:49.059 --> 00:28:50.319
 see him

00:28:50.319 --> 00:28:50.720
 again.

00:28:54.779 --> 00:28:55.619
 Isaac

00:28:55.619 --> 00:28:56.379
 gets to

00:28:56.379 --> 00:28:57.079
 watch this

00:28:57.079 --> 00:28:58.099
 unfold in

00:28:58.099 --> 00:28:58.779
 his old

00:28:58.779 --> 00:28:59.939
 age as

00:28:59.939 --> 00:29:00.779
 his sons

00:29:00.779 --> 00:29:01.459
 are at

00:29:01.459 --> 00:29:02.220
 each other's

00:29:02.220 --> 00:29:02.659
 throats.

00:29:03.099 --> 00:29:03.539
 By the

00:29:03.539 --> 00:29:05.000
 way Esau's

00:29:05.000 --> 00:29:05.639
 descendants

00:29:05.639 --> 00:29:06.519
 become the

00:29:06.519 --> 00:29:07.179
 Edomites

00:29:07.179 --> 00:29:08.059
 and the

00:29:08.059 --> 00:29:08.539
 Edomites

00:29:08.539 --> 00:29:08.899
 are going

00:29:08.899 --> 00:29:09.539
 to be a

00:29:09.539 --> 00:29:10.319
 thorn in

00:29:10.319 --> 00:29:11.000
 the side

00:29:11.000 --> 00:29:11.759
 of God's

00:29:11.759 --> 00:29:13.000
 people for

00:29:13.000 --> 00:29:14.359
 hundreds

00:29:14.359 --> 00:29:15.719
 hundreds

00:29:15.719 --> 00:29:16.559
 of years.

00:29:18.259 --> 00:29:18.859
 This is

00:29:18.859 --> 00:29:19.059
 not

00:29:19.059 --> 00:29:19.679
 insignificant.

00:29:20.319 --> 00:29:20.699
 I am

00:29:20.699 --> 00:29:21.299
 not telling

00:29:21.299 --> 00:29:21.740
 you, oh

00:29:21.740 --> 00:29:22.319
 God is

00:29:22.319 --> 00:29:23.019
 faithful, do

00:29:23.019 --> 00:29:23.599
 whatever you

00:29:23.599 --> 00:29:23.899
 want.

00:29:23.959 --> 00:29:24.259
 No, I'm

00:29:24.259 --> 00:29:24.839
 saying God

00:29:24.839 --> 00:29:25.679
 is faithful,

00:29:26.299 --> 00:29:27.219
 follow his

00:29:27.219 --> 00:29:27.859
 commands.

00:29:29.519 --> 00:29:30.319
 Choose the

00:29:30.319 --> 00:29:31.279
 easy way,

00:29:31.839 --> 00:29:33.139
 not the

00:29:33.139 --> 00:29:33.939
 hard way.

00:29:34.740 --> 00:29:35.039
 It's the

00:29:35.039 --> 00:29:35.579
 same quote

00:29:35.579 --> 00:29:35.959
 from two

00:29:35.959 --> 00:29:36.359
 weeks ago,

00:29:36.459 --> 00:29:37.139
 page nine

00:29:37.139 --> 00:29:37.859
 on your

00:29:37.859 --> 00:29:38.479
 worship guide

00:29:38.479 --> 00:29:38.939
 from Crime

00:29:38.940 --> 00:29:39.519
 and punishment.

00:29:40.240 --> 00:29:40.880
 Your worst

00:29:40.880 --> 00:29:41.840
 sin is that

00:29:41.840 --> 00:29:42.160
 you have

00:29:42.160 --> 00:29:43.120
 destroyed and

00:29:43.120 --> 00:29:43.620
 betrayed

00:29:43.620 --> 00:29:45.120
 yourself for

00:29:45.120 --> 00:29:45.680
 nothing.

00:29:47.200 --> 00:29:47.920
 Isaac,

00:29:48.259 --> 00:29:48.700
 Jacob,

00:29:48.900 --> 00:29:49.340
 Esau,

00:29:49.460 --> 00:29:50.259
 and Rebekah

00:29:50.259 --> 00:29:51.019
 have all

00:29:51.019 --> 00:29:51.740
 thought that

00:29:51.740 --> 00:29:52.840
 their scheming

00:29:52.840 --> 00:29:53.620
 was going to

00:29:53.620 --> 00:29:54.420
 be the answer

00:29:54.420 --> 00:29:56.440
 and the only

00:29:56.440 --> 00:29:57.180
 people they've

00:29:57.180 --> 00:29:58.680
 punished are

00:29:58.680 --> 00:29:59.180
 themselves.

00:30:01.380 --> 00:30:02.420
 One author

00:30:02.420 --> 00:30:03.120
 says this,

00:30:03.740 --> 00:30:04.720
 trusting God

00:30:04.720 --> 00:30:05.500
 is hard,

00:30:06.580 --> 00:30:07.600
 but failing

00:30:07.599 --> 00:30:08.659
 to trust God

00:30:08.659 --> 00:30:09.839
 is even

00:30:09.839 --> 00:30:10.819
 harder.

00:30:12.439 --> 00:30:13.579
 Trusting God

00:30:13.579 --> 00:30:14.379
 is hard,

00:30:16.159 --> 00:30:16.899
 failing to

00:30:16.899 --> 00:30:17.639
 trust God

00:30:17.639 --> 00:30:18.359
 is even

00:30:18.359 --> 00:30:18.980
 harder.

00:30:20.319 --> 00:30:21.019
 God will

00:30:21.019 --> 00:30:21.519
 accomplish

00:30:21.519 --> 00:30:22.659
 his purposes.

00:30:23.919 --> 00:30:24.459
 God will

00:30:24.459 --> 00:30:25.339
 keep the

00:30:25.339 --> 00:30:26.319
 promises that

00:30:26.319 --> 00:30:26.779
 he has

00:30:26.779 --> 00:30:27.199
 made,

00:30:27.939 --> 00:30:30.119
 and our

00:30:30.119 --> 00:30:31.139
 actions still

00:30:31.139 --> 00:30:32.079
 have consequences.

00:30:33.279 --> 00:30:34.379
 We can

00:30:34.379 --> 00:30:35.699
 still betray

00:30:35.699 --> 00:30:37.079
 ourselves,

00:30:37.599 --> 00:30:38.319
 for nothing.

00:30:40.179 --> 00:30:40.659
 Do you

00:30:40.659 --> 00:30:40.839
 want to

00:30:40.839 --> 00:30:41.419
 avoid

00:30:41.419 --> 00:30:42.480
 pain?

00:30:44.099 --> 00:30:44.679
 Do you

00:30:44.679 --> 00:30:44.879
 want to

00:30:44.879 --> 00:30:45.299
 do what's

00:30:45.299 --> 00:30:45.679
 for your

00:30:45.679 --> 00:30:46.240
 good

00:30:46.240 --> 00:30:47.859
 and God's

00:30:47.859 --> 00:30:48.359
 glory?

00:30:49.879 --> 00:30:50.219
 Proverbs

00:30:50.219 --> 00:30:50.759
 chapter 3

00:30:50.759 --> 00:30:51.259
 tells us

00:30:51.259 --> 00:30:51.639
 how to do

00:30:51.639 --> 00:30:51.879
 that.

00:30:52.879 --> 00:30:53.419
 Trust in

00:30:53.419 --> 00:30:53.839
 the Lord

00:30:53.839 --> 00:30:54.259
 with all

00:30:54.259 --> 00:30:54.779
 your heart

00:30:54.779 --> 00:30:55.859
 and do

00:30:55.859 --> 00:30:56.759
 not lean

00:30:56.759 --> 00:30:57.459
 on your

00:30:57.459 --> 00:30:57.899
 own

00:30:57.899 --> 00:30:58.859
 understanding.

00:30:59.859 --> 00:31:00.379
 In all

00:31:00.379 --> 00:31:00.959
 your ways

00:31:00.959 --> 00:31:01.459
 acknowledge

00:31:01.459 --> 00:31:02.199
 him and

00:31:02.199 --> 00:31:02.619
 he will

00:31:02.619 --> 00:31:03.299
 make straight

00:31:03.299 --> 00:31:04.459
 your paths.

00:31:05.779 --> 00:31:06.399
 Be not

00:31:06.400 --> 00:31:07.540
 wise in

00:31:07.540 --> 00:31:08.160
 your own

00:31:08.160 --> 00:31:08.720
 eyes.

00:31:09.460 --> 00:31:10.080
 Fear the

00:31:10.080 --> 00:31:11.519
 Lord and

00:31:11.519 --> 00:31:12.180
 turn away

00:31:12.180 --> 00:31:13.120
 from evil.

00:31:15.040 --> 00:31:15.980
 Remember the

00:31:15.980 --> 00:31:16.620
 story of the

00:31:16.620 --> 00:31:17.440
 Abraham family.

00:31:17.700 --> 00:31:18.620
 It is all

00:31:18.620 --> 00:31:19.540
 up to me

00:31:19.540 --> 00:31:19.960
 and my

00:31:19.960 --> 00:31:20.700
 cleverness

00:31:20.700 --> 00:31:21.060
 and my

00:31:21.060 --> 00:31:22.120
 skill and

00:31:22.120 --> 00:31:22.640
 my ability

00:31:22.640 --> 00:31:23.320
 to control

00:31:23.320 --> 00:31:24.140
 and manage

00:31:24.140 --> 00:31:24.800
 the world.

00:31:24.799 --> 00:31:24.899
 God

00:31:24.899 --> 00:31:25.799
 is all

00:31:25.799 --> 00:31:27.240
 and the

00:31:27.240 --> 00:31:27.940
 gospel tells

00:31:27.940 --> 00:31:28.440
 the opposite

00:31:28.440 --> 00:31:28.940
 story.

00:31:30.139 --> 00:31:30.779
 The gospel

00:31:30.779 --> 00:31:31.279
 tells the

00:31:31.279 --> 00:31:32.000
 story of

00:31:32.000 --> 00:31:32.859
 Psalm 23.

00:31:34.000 --> 00:31:34.500
 The Lord

00:31:34.500 --> 00:31:34.919
 is my

00:31:34.919 --> 00:31:35.299
 shepherd.

00:31:35.859 --> 00:31:36.599
 I shall

00:31:36.599 --> 00:31:37.339
 not

00:31:37.339 --> 00:31:37.879
 want.

00:31:39.500 --> 00:31:40.200
 Surely

00:31:40.200 --> 00:31:40.799
 goodness

00:31:40.799 --> 00:31:41.839
 and mercy

00:31:41.839 --> 00:31:43.279
 will follow

00:31:43.279 --> 00:31:44.079
 me all

00:31:44.079 --> 00:31:44.799
 the days

00:31:44.799 --> 00:31:45.119
 of my

00:31:45.119 --> 00:31:45.480
 life.

00:31:47.180 --> 00:31:47.480
 And I

00:31:47.480 --> 00:31:47.700
 don't have

00:31:47.700 --> 00:31:48.240
 to scheme

00:31:48.240 --> 00:31:49.079
 and lie

00:31:49.079 --> 00:31:49.879
 and plan

00:31:49.879 --> 00:31:51.180
 for that

00:31:51.180 --> 00:31:51.619
 to happen.

00:31:51.619 --> 00:31:54.500
 what everyone

00:31:54.500 --> 00:31:54.899
 in this

00:31:54.899 --> 00:31:55.279
 story

00:31:55.279 --> 00:31:55.719
 misses

00:31:55.719 --> 00:31:57.319
 is to

00:31:57.319 --> 00:31:57.859
 trust

00:31:57.859 --> 00:31:58.719
 in God

00:31:58.719 --> 00:31:59.699
 and his

00:31:59.699 --> 00:32:00.099
 provision.

00:32:01.919 --> 00:32:02.519
 And as I've

00:32:02.519 --> 00:32:03.000
 told you many

00:32:03.000 --> 00:32:03.679
 times, we

00:32:03.679 --> 00:32:04.599
 have even

00:32:04.599 --> 00:32:05.879
 greater reasons

00:32:05.879 --> 00:32:06.819
 to trust in

00:32:06.819 --> 00:32:07.399
 God than

00:32:07.399 --> 00:32:08.119
 Isaac and

00:32:08.119 --> 00:32:08.659
 Jacob and

00:32:08.659 --> 00:32:09.179
 Esau and

00:32:09.179 --> 00:32:09.819
 Rebecca did.

00:32:10.439 --> 00:32:11.379
 Because we've

00:32:11.379 --> 00:32:12.179
 seen something,

00:32:12.319 --> 00:32:13.039
 we look back

00:32:13.039 --> 00:32:13.539
 to something

00:32:13.539 --> 00:32:14.259
 that they only

00:32:14.259 --> 00:32:14.979
 look forward

00:32:14.979 --> 00:32:16.239
 to, which

00:32:16.239 --> 00:32:16.599
 is the

00:32:16.599 --> 00:32:17.179
 death and

00:32:17.179 --> 00:32:17.839
 the resurrection

00:32:17.839 --> 00:32:18.719
 of Jesus

00:32:18.719 --> 00:32:19.179
 Christ.

00:32:19.180 --> 00:32:20.980
 that God

00:32:20.980 --> 00:32:21.799
 sends his

00:32:21.799 --> 00:32:22.660
 one and

00:32:22.660 --> 00:32:23.580
 only son

00:32:23.580 --> 00:32:24.160
 to live

00:32:24.160 --> 00:32:24.779
 the perfect

00:32:24.779 --> 00:32:25.360
 life that

00:32:25.360 --> 00:32:25.660
 we should

00:32:25.660 --> 00:32:26.180
 have lived

00:32:26.180 --> 00:32:26.500
 and to

00:32:26.500 --> 00:32:27.180
 die the

00:32:27.180 --> 00:32:28.180
 death that

00:32:28.180 --> 00:32:28.799
 we deserved.

00:32:29.299 --> 00:32:29.940
 If he

00:32:29.940 --> 00:32:30.840
 did that,

00:32:31.840 --> 00:32:33.340
 will he

00:32:33.340 --> 00:32:34.460
 not do

00:32:34.460 --> 00:32:35.519
 everything

00:32:35.519 --> 00:32:36.340
 else?

00:32:38.060 --> 00:32:38.560
 Remember

00:32:38.560 --> 00:32:38.920
 Romans

00:32:38.920 --> 00:32:39.539
 chapter 8

00:32:39.539 --> 00:32:40.440
 verse 32.

00:32:41.640 --> 00:32:42.160
 He who

00:32:42.160 --> 00:32:42.580
 did not

00:32:42.580 --> 00:32:43.380
 spare his

00:32:43.380 --> 00:32:44.039
 own son

00:32:44.039 --> 00:32:44.539
 but gave

00:32:44.539 --> 00:32:44.860
 him up

00:32:44.860 --> 00:32:45.299
 for us

00:32:45.299 --> 00:32:45.580
 all,

00:32:46.140 --> 00:32:46.700
 how will

00:32:46.700 --> 00:32:47.080
 he not

00:32:47.080 --> 00:32:48.000
 also with

00:32:48.000 --> 00:32:49.619
 him graciously

00:32:49.619 --> 00:32:50.480
 give us

00:32:50.480 --> 00:32:52.099
 all things.

00:32:53.619 --> 00:32:54.240
 Sinful

00:32:54.240 --> 00:32:54.640
 people,

00:32:55.700 --> 00:32:56.079
 faithful

00:32:56.079 --> 00:32:57.259
 God.

00:32:59.099 --> 00:33:00.140
 What love

00:33:00.140 --> 00:33:00.839
 could remember,

00:33:01.579 --> 00:33:02.460
 no wrongs

00:33:02.460 --> 00:33:02.779
 we have

00:33:02.779 --> 00:33:03.140
 done,

00:33:04.380 --> 00:33:05.000
 omniscient

00:33:05.000 --> 00:33:05.759
 all-knowing,

00:33:06.500 --> 00:33:07.099
 he counts

00:33:07.099 --> 00:33:07.799
 not their

00:33:07.799 --> 00:33:08.119
 sum.

00:33:09.500 --> 00:33:09.940
 Thrown

00:33:09.940 --> 00:33:10.559
 into a

00:33:10.559 --> 00:33:10.940
 sea,

00:33:11.940 --> 00:33:12.220
 without

00:33:12.220 --> 00:33:12.720
 bottom

00:33:12.720 --> 00:33:13.539
 or shore,

00:33:14.740 --> 00:33:15.460
 our sins

00:33:15.460 --> 00:33:15.779
 they are

00:33:15.779 --> 00:33:16.039
 many,

00:33:16.039 --> 00:33:17.659
 his mercy

00:33:17.659 --> 00:33:18.839
 is more.

00:33:19.879 --> 00:33:20.440
 Let's

00:33:20.440 --> 00:33:20.680
 pray.

00:33:22.599 --> 00:33:23.180
 Our

00:33:23.180 --> 00:33:23.639
 Father in

00:33:23.639 --> 00:33:23.819
 heaven,

00:33:23.940 --> 00:33:24.659
 we thank

00:33:24.659 --> 00:33:25.159
 you and

00:33:25.159 --> 00:33:25.639
 we praise

00:33:25.639 --> 00:33:26.039
 you that

00:33:26.039 --> 00:33:27.079
 you keep

00:33:27.079 --> 00:33:28.099
 your promise

00:33:28.099 --> 00:33:29.119
 no matter

00:33:29.119 --> 00:33:29.460
 what.

00:33:30.480 --> 00:33:30.960
 We ask

00:33:30.960 --> 00:33:31.279
 that you

00:33:31.279 --> 00:33:32.059
 would root

00:33:32.059 --> 00:33:32.659
 that deep

00:33:32.659 --> 00:33:32.940
 in our

00:33:32.940 --> 00:33:33.460
 hearts that

00:33:33.460 --> 00:33:33.819
 we would

00:33:33.819 --> 00:33:34.819
 trust you

00:33:34.819 --> 00:33:35.980
 rather than

00:33:35.980 --> 00:33:36.440
 ourselves,

00:33:36.659 --> 00:33:37.480
 that we

00:33:37.480 --> 00:33:38.119
 would look

00:33:38.119 --> 00:33:38.659
 to you

00:33:38.659 --> 00:33:39.059
 and your

00:33:39.059 --> 00:33:39.500
 provision

00:33:39.500 --> 00:33:40.119
 more than

00:33:40.119 --> 00:33:40.799
 anything else,

00:33:40.859 --> 00:33:41.139
 that you

00:33:41.139 --> 00:33:41.519
 would

00:33:41.519 --> 00:33:44.440
 lead us.

00:33:45.240 --> 00:33:45.819
 Psalm 23

00:33:45.819 --> 00:33:46.299
 says,

00:33:47.379 --> 00:33:47.900
 lead us

00:33:47.900 --> 00:33:48.740
 streams of

00:33:48.740 --> 00:33:49.000
 water.

00:33:50.240 --> 00:33:50.759
 Ask all

00:33:50.759 --> 00:33:51.019
 of these

00:33:51.019 --> 00:33:51.559
 things in

00:33:51.559 --> 00:33:51.779
 Jesus'

00:33:51.980 --> 00:33:52.180
 name.

00:33:52.779 --> 00:33:53.059
 Amen.