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 Thank you.

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 Well, if we could turn in our Bibles, please, to Genesis chapter 27.

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 Genesis chapter 27, which is right at the beginning of the Bible.

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 We've been looking at the life of Abraham, his family,

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 and we've been looking in particular at his son Isaac and his sons, Isaac and Jacob.

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 Or Jacob and Esau, rather.

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 So we've got a long reading today.

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 It's chapter 27, but it's very hard to just pick little bits out.

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 It's something we've got to read together.

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 So I've got a few helpers this morning.

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 So if they could come up ready to jump in as we need to, that'll be great.

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 So Genesis chapter 27, starting in verse 1 through to verse 45.

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 So Genesis 27, starting at verse 1.

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 When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see,

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 he called for his elder son Esau and said to him,

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 My son, here I am, he answered.

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 Isaac said, I am now an old man and don't know the day of my death.

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 Now then get your equipment, your quiver and bow,

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 and go out into the open country to hunt some wild game for me.

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 Prepare me the kind of tasty food I like,

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 and bring it to me to eat,

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 so that I may give you my blessing before I die.

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 Now Rebecca was listening as Isaac spoke to his son Esau.

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 When Esau left for the open country to hunt game and bring it back,

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 Rebecca said to her son Jacob,

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 Look, I overheard your father say to your brother Esau,

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 Bring me some game and prepare me some tasty food to eat,

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 so that I may give you my blessing in the presence of the Lord before I die.

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 Now my son, listen carefully and do what I tell you.

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 Go out to the flock and bring me two choice young goats,

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 so that I can prepare some tasty food for your father,

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 just the way he likes it.

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 Then take it to your father to eat,

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 so that he may give you his blessing before he dies.

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 Jacob said to Rebecca, his mother,

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 But my brother Esau is a hairy man while I have smooth skin.

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 What if my father touches me?

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 I would appear to be tricking him

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 and would bring down a curse on myself rather than a blessing.

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 His mother said to him,

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 My son, let the curse fall on me.

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 Just do what I say, go and get them for me.

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 So he went and got them and brought them to his mother,

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 and she prepared some tasty food just the way his father liked it.

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 Then Rebecca took the best clothes of her elder son Esau,

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 which she had in the house,

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 and put them on her younger son Jacob.

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 She also covered his hands and the smooth part of his neck with the goat skins.

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 Then she handed to her son Jacob the tasty food and the bread she had made.

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 He went to his father and said,

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 My father.

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 Yes, my son, he answered.

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 Who is it?

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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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 Please sit up and eat some of my game so that you may give me your blessing.

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 Isaac asked his son,

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 How did you find it so quickly, my son?

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 The Lord your God gave me success, he replied.

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 Then Isaac said to Jacob,

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 Come near so I can touch you, my son,

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

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 Jacob went close to his father Isaac,

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 who touched him and said,

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 The voice is the voice of Jacob,

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 but the hands are the hands of Esau.

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 He did not recognize him,

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 for his hands were hairy like those of his brother Esau,

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 so he proceeded to bless him.

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 Are you really my son Esau?

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 he asked.

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 I am, he replied.

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 Then he said,

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 My son, bring me some of your game to eat

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 so that I may give you my blessing.

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 Jacob brought it to him and he ate,

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 and he brought some wine and he drank.

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 Then his father Isaac said to him,

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 Come here, my son, and kiss me.

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 So he went to him and kissed him.

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 When Isaac caught the smell of his clothes,

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 he blessed him and said,

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 Ah, the smell of my son

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 is like the smell of a field

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 that the Lord has blessed.

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 May God give you heaven's dew

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 and earth's richness,

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 an abundance of grain and new wine.

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 May nations serve you

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 and peoples bow down to you.

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 Be Lord over your brothers

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 and may the sons of your mother

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 bow down to you.

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 May those who curse you be cursed

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 and those who bless you be blessed.

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 After Isaac finished blessing him

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 and Jacob had scarcely left

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 his father's presence,

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 his brother Esau came in from hunting.

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 He too prepared some tasty food

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 and brought it to his father.

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 Then he said to him,

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 My father, please sit up

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 and eat some of my game

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 so that you may give me your blessing.

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 His father Isaac asked him,

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 Who are you?

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 I am your son, he answered,

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 your firstborn, Esau.

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 Isaac trembled 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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 I ate it just before you came

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 and I blessed him

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 and indeed he will be blessed.

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 When Esau heard his father's words,

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 he burst out with a loud and bitter cry

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 and said to his father,

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 Bless me, me too, my father.

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 But he said,

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 Your brother came deceitfully

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 and took your blessing.

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 Esau said,

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 Isn't he rightly named Jacob?

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 This is the second time

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 he has taken advantage of me.

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 He took my birthright

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 and now he has taken my blessing.

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 Then he asked,

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 Haven't you reserved any blessing for me?

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 Isaac answered Esau,

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 I have made him lord over you

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 and have made all his relatives his servants

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 and I have sustained him with grain and new wine.

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 So what can I possibly do for you, my son?

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 Esau said to his father,

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 Do you have only one blessing, my father?

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 Bless me too, my father.

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 Then Esau wept aloud.

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 His father Isaac answered him,

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 Your dwelling will be away from the earth's richness,

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 away from the dew of heaven above.

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 You will live by the sword

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 and you will serve your brother.

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 But when you grow restless,

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 you will throw his yoke from off your neck.

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 Esau held a grudge against Jacob

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 because of the blessing his father had given him.

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 He said to himself,

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 The days of mourning for my father are near.

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 Then I will kill my brother Jacob.

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 When Rebecca was told what her older son Esau had said,

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 she sent for her younger son Jacob and said to him,

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 Your brother Esau is planning to avenge himself by killing you.

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 Now then, my son, do what I say.

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 Flee at once to my brother Laban in Haran.

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 Stay with him for a while until your brother's fury subsides.

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 When your brother is no longer angry with you

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 and forgets what you did to him,

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 I'll send word for you to come back from there.

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 Why should I lose both of you in one day?

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 Thank you, Chris and Kirsty.

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 Keep your Bibles open there at chapter 27.

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 We're going to pray

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 and ask for God's help.

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 Father, teach us wonderful things in your word.

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 Teach us so that our lives are changed and transformed.

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 Teach us today by your spirit

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 that it may be for our good,

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 for our blessing.

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 We need you.

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 So please help in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Well, we've been looking together, haven't we,

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 at the family of Abraham.

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 You may say,

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 well, is there not a better family we could study together?

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 Well, the reason is

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 God has a plan to redeem the world,

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 to undo the curse

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 and bring blessing,

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 to bring humanity back into relationship with God.

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 Now, this big plan of redemption

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 is all being worked out

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 through the chosen family of Abraham.

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 God's big plan,

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 but it's being enacted

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 through the family of Abraham.

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 From this family,

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 God promised that a son was going to come,

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 a son who would restore our disordered lives

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 and renew this broken world.

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 through this family,

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 all the nations of the world

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 were going to be blessed.

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 So according to God's plan and promise,

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 the blessing was passed from Abraham

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 down to his son Isaac.

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 And now Isaac,

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 as we've just been reading,

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 is getting old

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 and must pass the blessing on to his son.

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 You see,

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 the family of Abraham are important.

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 They're central to God's plan of redemption

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 for the whole world.

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 But what happens

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 when this special chosen family

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 don't want to play ball?

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 What happens

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 when this chosen family,

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 instead of going with God's plan,

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 actually start opposing God's plan?

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 What's going to happen then?

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 Well,

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 that's what chapter 27

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 is all about.

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 Three things we're going to see

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 from the text.

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 Here's the first big one.

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 God's plan

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 is always opposed.

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 God's plan is always opposed.

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 His plan is to redeem the world,

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 to bring humanity

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 back into relationship with God.

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 But it seems

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 that humanity

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 don't want to go along with it.

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 People

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 are opposed

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 to God's plan.

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 And we see this

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 in the family

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 of Isaac and Rebecca

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 and their two sons,

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 Jacob and Esau.

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 We can see

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 their opposition

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 to God's plan

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 in the deadly

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 D's.

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 D's.

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 Here's four deadly D's.

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 Here's the first one.

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 Isaac

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 disobeys

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 God's word.

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 He's getting old,

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 he's nearing death,

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 and he's getting ready

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 to pass the blessing

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 on to his son.

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 And so in preparation,

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 at the beginning of 27,

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 he calls in his eldest son,

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 Esau,

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 verse 4,

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 prepare me

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 the kind of tasty food I like,

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 bring it in to me to eat,

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 that I may give you

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 my blessing

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 before I die.

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 Seems normal enough,

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 doesn't it?

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 Except for one

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 glaring fact.

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 Before

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 Jacob and Esau

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 were ever born,

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 God had revealed

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 to Isaac and Rebecca

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 that the blessing

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 wasn't going to go

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 to the eldest son,

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 Esau,

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 but it was going

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 to the youngest son,

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 Jacob.

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 That would be like

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 the crown

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 bypassing

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 William

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 and going to

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 Harry.

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 Oh my goodness,

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 you couldn't do that,

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 could you?

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 But this was

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 God's choice.

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 God was clear.

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 The elder

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 is going to serve

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 the younger.

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 But Isaac,

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 oh no, no, no.

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 Isaac has his own plans.

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 He wants it

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 to go to Esau,

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 the son that he

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 loved,

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 the one who made

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 special dinners

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 and, well,

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 he loved him.

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 So secretly

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 and without even

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 telling his wife,

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 he plans to give

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 the blessing

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 over to Esau.

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 He knows

00:13:53.600 --> 00:13:54.960
 what God has said,

00:13:55.960 --> 00:13:57.139
 but he just

00:13:57.139 --> 00:13:58.480
 chooses to disobey

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 what God says.

00:14:01.700 --> 00:14:02.980
 So there's Isaac

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 and his disobedience.

00:14:04.439 --> 00:14:04.879
 And then

00:14:04.879 --> 00:14:05.799
 we've got

00:14:05.799 --> 00:14:06.360
 Rebecca

00:14:06.360 --> 00:14:08.899
 and her distrust

00:14:08.899 --> 00:14:11.060
 of God's promises.

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 It seems

00:14:12.820 --> 00:14:14.220
 that Isaac's secret

00:14:14.220 --> 00:14:15.259
 wasn't really

00:14:15.259 --> 00:14:16.300
 a secret at all,

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 was it?

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 Look at verse 5.

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 Because, well,

00:14:19.019 --> 00:14:20.419
 just outside the bedroom,

00:14:20.600 --> 00:14:22.019
 Rebecca was listening

00:14:22.019 --> 00:14:23.580
 as Isaac spoke

00:14:23.580 --> 00:14:25.060
 to his son Esau.

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 She too knows

00:14:26.460 --> 00:14:27.519
 what God had said,

00:14:27.600 --> 00:14:28.320
 that the blessing

00:14:28.320 --> 00:14:29.039
 would be passed

00:14:29.039 --> 00:14:29.600
 to Jacob.

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 But instead of

00:14:30.960 --> 00:14:32.300
 dealing with it rightly,

00:14:32.299 --> 00:14:34.759
 instead of trusting God

00:14:34.759 --> 00:14:35.379
 with the way

00:14:35.379 --> 00:14:36.500
 he would do things,

00:14:36.819 --> 00:14:37.819
 she decides

00:14:37.819 --> 00:14:38.599
 to take things

00:14:38.599 --> 00:14:39.559
 into her own hands.

00:14:40.240 --> 00:14:41.159
 She takes

00:14:41.159 --> 00:14:41.859
 the place

00:14:41.859 --> 00:14:42.719
 of God.

00:14:44.479 --> 00:14:45.559
 To Rebecca,

00:14:45.740 --> 00:14:46.599
 it just seems,

00:14:46.879 --> 00:14:46.919
 well,

00:14:47.039 --> 00:14:47.859
 God is just

00:14:47.859 --> 00:14:48.719
 incapable

00:14:48.719 --> 00:14:50.399
 of fulfilling

00:14:50.399 --> 00:14:51.240
 his promises.

00:14:51.759 --> 00:14:52.559
 He needs

00:14:52.559 --> 00:14:53.359
 help.

00:14:54.439 --> 00:14:55.240
 So Rebecca

00:14:55.240 --> 00:14:56.179
 plays

00:14:56.179 --> 00:14:56.959
 God

00:14:56.959 --> 00:14:57.599
 herself.

00:14:57.740 --> 00:14:58.419
 Her plan is

00:14:58.419 --> 00:14:59.479
 to trick her husband

00:14:59.479 --> 00:15:00.639
 and so she

00:15:00.639 --> 00:15:01.559
 tells Jacob,

00:15:01.559 --> 00:15:02.639
 look at verse 9,

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 go out to the flock

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 and bring me in

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 two of your choice

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 young goats

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 so that I can prepare

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 some tasty food

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 for your father

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 just the way he likes it.

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 Then take it

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 to your father to eat

00:15:13.679 --> 00:15:15.719
 so that he may give you

00:15:15.719 --> 00:15:16.419
 his blessing

00:15:16.419 --> 00:15:18.019
 before he dies.

00:15:19.000 --> 00:15:20.000
 She knows

00:15:20.000 --> 00:15:20.899
 the promise.

00:15:22.939 --> 00:15:24.279
 But she decides

00:15:24.279 --> 00:15:25.439
 to distrust

00:15:25.439 --> 00:15:27.119
 the promise.

00:15:28.839 --> 00:15:30.019
 And then we've got

00:15:30.019 --> 00:15:30.599
 Jacob.

00:15:31.559 --> 00:15:32.519
 Well,

00:15:32.659 --> 00:15:34.119
 Jacob deceives

00:15:34.119 --> 00:15:35.539
 God's people,

00:15:35.639 --> 00:15:36.039
 doesn't he?

00:15:36.339 --> 00:15:37.399
 Rebecca's plan

00:15:37.399 --> 00:15:38.199
 might be good.

00:15:38.299 --> 00:15:39.059
 It seems to be

00:15:39.059 --> 00:15:40.439
 pretty well thought out

00:15:40.439 --> 00:15:41.359
 but has she

00:15:41.359 --> 00:15:42.479
 forgotten something?

00:15:43.559 --> 00:15:44.359
 Verse 11,

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 Mum!

00:15:46.599 --> 00:15:47.139
 Well,

00:15:47.299 --> 00:15:47.959
 what about

00:15:47.959 --> 00:15:48.699
 Esau?

00:15:49.019 --> 00:15:50.059
 He's hairy.

00:15:51.139 --> 00:15:51.739
 I've got

00:15:51.739 --> 00:15:52.679
 smooth skin.

00:15:52.819 --> 00:15:53.399
 What if my

00:15:53.399 --> 00:15:54.739
 father touches me?

00:15:54.979 --> 00:15:55.759
 I would appear

00:15:55.759 --> 00:15:56.799
 to be tricking him

00:15:56.799 --> 00:15:57.779
 and would bring

00:15:57.779 --> 00:15:58.479
 down a curse

00:15:58.479 --> 00:15:59.099
 on myself

00:15:59.099 --> 00:15:59.839
 rather than

00:15:59.840 --> 00:16:00.360
 a blessing.

00:16:01.399 --> 00:16:02.000
 Don't worry,

00:16:02.160 --> 00:16:02.440
 Jacob.

00:16:03.220 --> 00:16:04.100
 I've got a plan

00:16:04.100 --> 00:16:04.879
 for this one.

00:16:05.500 --> 00:16:06.440
 You go off

00:16:06.440 --> 00:16:07.259
 and dress in some

00:16:07.259 --> 00:16:08.180
 of Esau's old

00:16:08.180 --> 00:16:09.100
 smelly clothes.

00:16:09.540 --> 00:16:10.540
 I'm going to take

00:16:10.540 --> 00:16:11.820
 some of that goat skin.

00:16:12.060 --> 00:16:12.820
 We're going to put it

00:16:12.820 --> 00:16:13.580
 on your arms

00:16:13.580 --> 00:16:14.440
 and on your neck

00:16:14.440 --> 00:16:16.320
 and he's going to

00:16:16.320 --> 00:16:17.400
 think you're Esau.

00:16:18.100 --> 00:16:18.660
 Anyway,

00:16:18.900 --> 00:16:20.260
 he can hardly see

00:16:20.260 --> 00:16:21.080
 so he's never

00:16:21.080 --> 00:16:21.620
 going to know

00:16:21.620 --> 00:16:22.060
 anyway.

00:16:22.700 --> 00:16:23.040
 So,

00:16:23.220 --> 00:16:24.120
 verse 22,

00:16:24.860 --> 00:16:25.660
 Jacob went

00:16:25.660 --> 00:16:26.380
 close to his

00:16:26.380 --> 00:16:27.100
 father Isaac

00:16:27.100 --> 00:16:27.920
 who touched him

00:16:27.920 --> 00:16:28.320
 and said,

00:16:28.320 --> 00:16:30.480
 the voice is

00:16:30.480 --> 00:16:31.100
 the voice of

00:16:31.100 --> 00:16:31.500
 Jacob,

00:16:32.500 --> 00:16:33.520
 but the hands

00:16:33.520 --> 00:16:34.800
 they're hairy.

00:16:35.200 --> 00:16:35.920
 They're the hands

00:16:35.920 --> 00:16:36.520
 of Esau.

00:16:37.540 --> 00:16:38.320
 He did not

00:16:38.320 --> 00:16:39.140
 recognize him

00:16:39.140 --> 00:16:39.860
 for his hands

00:16:39.860 --> 00:16:40.879
 were hairy

00:16:40.879 --> 00:16:41.580
 like those

00:16:41.580 --> 00:16:42.140
 of his brother

00:16:42.140 --> 00:16:42.580
 Esau,

00:16:42.760 --> 00:16:43.980
 so he proceeded

00:16:43.980 --> 00:16:45.820
 to bless him.

00:16:48.400 --> 00:16:48.780
 Now,

00:16:48.860 --> 00:16:49.420
 not for the

00:16:49.420 --> 00:16:50.260
 first time,

00:16:50.860 --> 00:16:52.200
 Isaac asks,

00:16:52.800 --> 00:16:53.920
 are you

00:16:53.920 --> 00:16:54.660
 really

00:16:54.660 --> 00:16:55.420
 my son

00:16:55.420 --> 00:16:55.900
 Esau?

00:16:55.899 --> 00:16:58.179
 I am,

00:16:58.879 --> 00:16:59.740
 he replied.

00:17:01.639 --> 00:17:02.179
 Lies

00:17:02.179 --> 00:17:03.100
 and deceit

00:17:03.100 --> 00:17:04.299
 just drip

00:17:04.299 --> 00:17:05.619
 from his mouth.

00:17:06.039 --> 00:17:06.379
 Jacob

00:17:06.379 --> 00:17:07.119
 was prepared

00:17:07.119 --> 00:17:07.900
 to say

00:17:07.900 --> 00:17:08.759
 whatever

00:17:08.759 --> 00:17:09.839
 and do

00:17:09.839 --> 00:17:10.420
 whatever

00:17:10.420 --> 00:17:11.839
 just to get

00:17:11.839 --> 00:17:12.759
 that blessing.

00:17:14.579 --> 00:17:15.019
 He was

00:17:15.019 --> 00:17:15.779
 a deceiver.

00:17:18.500 --> 00:17:19.480
 And then

00:17:19.480 --> 00:17:20.000
 we've got

00:17:20.000 --> 00:17:20.559
 the other

00:17:20.559 --> 00:17:21.000
 brother,

00:17:22.619 --> 00:17:23.139
 Esau.

00:17:24.240 --> 00:17:24.839
 Well,

00:17:24.920 --> 00:17:25.160
 he

00:17:25.160 --> 00:17:26.480
 despises

00:17:26.480 --> 00:17:27.480
 God's

00:17:27.480 --> 00:17:27.920
 blessing.

00:17:29.100 --> 00:17:29.840
 It's quite

00:17:29.840 --> 00:17:30.540
 the story,

00:17:30.680 --> 00:17:31.019
 isn't it?

00:17:31.240 --> 00:17:31.840
 No sooner

00:17:31.840 --> 00:17:32.420
 has Jacob

00:17:32.420 --> 00:17:33.060
 brought in

00:17:33.060 --> 00:17:33.519
 his food

00:17:33.519 --> 00:17:33.900
 and got

00:17:33.900 --> 00:17:34.480
 the blessing

00:17:34.480 --> 00:17:34.820
 and the

00:17:34.820 --> 00:17:35.440
 dirty deed

00:17:35.440 --> 00:17:35.820
 done,

00:17:36.200 --> 00:17:36.700
 than he

00:17:36.700 --> 00:17:37.300
 goes out

00:17:37.300 --> 00:17:37.980
 and Esau

00:17:37.980 --> 00:17:38.560
 arrives

00:17:38.560 --> 00:17:39.440
 with his

00:17:39.440 --> 00:17:40.440
 tasty food.

00:17:41.519 --> 00:17:41.980
 But it's

00:17:41.980 --> 00:17:42.460
 all too

00:17:42.460 --> 00:17:42.820
 late,

00:17:42.900 --> 00:17:43.460
 isn't it?

00:17:44.300 --> 00:17:45.060
 His shock

00:17:45.060 --> 00:17:45.519
 of being

00:17:45.519 --> 00:17:46.259
 done over

00:17:46.259 --> 00:17:46.820
 by his

00:17:46.820 --> 00:17:47.600
 younger brother

00:17:47.600 --> 00:17:48.460
 was clear

00:17:48.460 --> 00:17:48.940
 for all

00:17:48.940 --> 00:17:49.380
 to see

00:17:49.380 --> 00:17:49.779
 and hear.

00:17:50.100 --> 00:17:50.279
 He

00:17:50.279 --> 00:17:50.900
 shouts

00:17:50.900 --> 00:17:51.340
 out with

00:17:51.340 --> 00:17:51.940
 a loud

00:17:51.940 --> 00:17:52.500
 and bitter

00:17:52.500 --> 00:17:52.980
 cry.

00:17:53.340 --> 00:17:53.779
 He's

00:17:53.779 --> 00:17:54.779
 distraught.

00:17:55.160 --> 00:17:57.480
 Now,

00:17:57.540 --> 00:17:57.860
 Esau

00:17:57.860 --> 00:17:58.380
 might be

00:17:58.380 --> 00:17:58.840
 angry,

00:17:59.560 --> 00:18:00.279
 but let's

00:18:00.279 --> 00:18:00.720
 not be

00:18:00.720 --> 00:18:01.380
 fooled

00:18:01.380 --> 00:18:03.140
 by Esau's

00:18:03.140 --> 00:18:03.540
 tears.

00:18:04.600 --> 00:18:05.160
 Remember

00:18:05.160 --> 00:18:05.779
 back when

00:18:05.779 --> 00:18:06.460
 these brothers

00:18:06.460 --> 00:18:07.080
 were younger,

00:18:07.560 --> 00:18:08.180
 Esau was

00:18:08.180 --> 00:18:08.640
 hungry,

00:18:09.480 --> 00:18:10.040
 and he

00:18:10.040 --> 00:18:11.060
 handed over

00:18:11.060 --> 00:18:11.860
 his birthright

00:18:11.860 --> 00:18:12.460
 to Jacob

00:18:12.460 --> 00:18:13.320
 for just a

00:18:13.320 --> 00:18:13.759
 bowl of

00:18:13.759 --> 00:18:14.120
 stew.

00:18:15.519 --> 00:18:16.080
 The author

00:18:16.080 --> 00:18:17.180
 actually records

00:18:17.180 --> 00:18:17.840
 for us and

00:18:17.840 --> 00:18:18.400
 tells us

00:18:18.400 --> 00:18:19.140
 what was

00:18:19.140 --> 00:18:19.740
 going on

00:18:19.740 --> 00:18:20.759
 inside Esau's

00:18:20.759 --> 00:18:21.400
 heart at that

00:18:21.400 --> 00:18:21.720
 time.

00:18:21.720 --> 00:18:22.660
 It tells

00:18:22.660 --> 00:18:23.500
 us in

00:18:23.500 --> 00:18:24.120
 25

00:18:24.120 --> 00:18:25.299
 verse 34,

00:18:25.880 --> 00:18:26.500
 Esau

00:18:26.500 --> 00:18:28.299
 despised

00:18:28.299 --> 00:18:29.759
 his birthright.

00:18:30.980 --> 00:18:31.500
 He might

00:18:31.500 --> 00:18:32.019
 have lots

00:18:32.019 --> 00:18:32.819
 of regrets,

00:18:33.339 --> 00:18:33.920
 but deep

00:18:33.920 --> 00:18:34.480
 down in

00:18:34.480 --> 00:18:35.039
 his heart,

00:18:35.460 --> 00:18:36.160
 Esau was

00:18:36.160 --> 00:18:37.220
 despising

00:18:37.220 --> 00:18:38.319
 God's

00:18:38.319 --> 00:18:39.079
 blessing.

00:18:41.160 --> 00:18:43.059
 What a

00:18:43.059 --> 00:18:43.579
 mess.

00:18:44.940 --> 00:18:45.519
 This is

00:18:45.519 --> 00:18:46.360
 the family

00:18:46.360 --> 00:18:47.799
 chosen by

00:18:47.799 --> 00:18:48.299
 God,

00:18:48.600 --> 00:18:49.240
 a special

00:18:49.240 --> 00:18:49.740
 family,

00:18:49.740 --> 00:18:50.740
 to bring

00:18:50.740 --> 00:18:51.460
 redemption

00:18:51.460 --> 00:18:52.359
 and blessing

00:18:52.359 --> 00:18:52.759
 to the

00:18:52.759 --> 00:18:53.420
 whole world,

00:18:53.599 --> 00:18:54.140
 but this

00:18:54.140 --> 00:18:54.839
 family is

00:18:54.839 --> 00:18:55.359
 riddled

00:18:55.359 --> 00:18:55.640
 with

00:18:55.640 --> 00:18:56.740
 disobedience,

00:18:57.240 --> 00:18:57.920
 distrust,

00:18:58.480 --> 00:18:59.079
 deception,

00:18:59.779 --> 00:19:00.720
 and despising.

00:19:01.480 --> 00:19:02.599
 Rather than

00:19:02.599 --> 00:19:03.579
 supporting the

00:19:03.579 --> 00:19:04.319
 plan of God,

00:19:04.720 --> 00:19:05.519
 they're opposing

00:19:05.519 --> 00:19:06.279
 the plan of

00:19:06.279 --> 00:19:06.519
 God.

00:19:06.839 --> 00:19:07.400
 At least

00:19:07.400 --> 00:19:08.539
 they're opposing

00:19:08.539 --> 00:19:09.980
 the way God

00:19:09.980 --> 00:19:10.819
 wants to do

00:19:10.819 --> 00:19:11.660
 his work.

00:19:12.500 --> 00:19:13.000
 And the

00:19:13.000 --> 00:19:14.120
 consequences are

00:19:14.120 --> 00:19:14.779
 disastrous.

00:19:15.240 --> 00:19:15.960
 Isaac ends

00:19:15.960 --> 00:19:16.400
 up being

00:19:16.400 --> 00:19:17.180
 distressed,

00:19:18.019 --> 00:19:18.720
 Esau is

00:19:18.720 --> 00:19:19.440
 plotting to

00:19:19.440 --> 00:19:19.940
 kill his

00:19:19.940 --> 00:19:20.340
 brother,

00:19:21.140 --> 00:19:22.000
 Jacob runs

00:19:22.000 --> 00:19:22.519
 away in

00:19:22.519 --> 00:19:22.799
 fear,

00:19:23.180 --> 00:19:23.860
 and Rebecca,

00:19:24.240 --> 00:19:24.900
 if we read

00:19:24.900 --> 00:19:25.400
 on in the

00:19:25.400 --> 00:19:25.840
 story,

00:19:26.200 --> 00:19:26.900
 never ever

00:19:26.900 --> 00:19:27.380
 gets to

00:19:27.380 --> 00:19:27.840
 see her

00:19:27.840 --> 00:19:28.460
 son again.

00:19:31.799 --> 00:19:33.140
 What a

00:19:33.140 --> 00:19:33.580
 mess.

00:19:36.000 --> 00:19:36.680
 But let's

00:19:36.680 --> 00:19:37.420
 not think we

00:19:37.420 --> 00:19:37.820
 would do

00:19:37.820 --> 00:19:38.440
 any better.

00:19:39.940 --> 00:19:40.779
 The story

00:19:40.779 --> 00:19:41.200
 of this

00:19:41.200 --> 00:19:41.620
 family,

00:19:41.779 --> 00:19:42.019
 well,

00:19:42.100 --> 00:19:43.259
 it's like

00:19:43.259 --> 00:19:43.940
 any Irish

00:19:43.940 --> 00:19:44.380
 family,

00:19:44.500 --> 00:19:44.860
 isn't it,

00:19:44.920 --> 00:19:45.160
 really?

00:19:45.160 --> 00:19:47.060
 in fact,

00:19:47.140 --> 00:19:47.500
 it's the

00:19:47.500 --> 00:19:48.920
 story of

00:19:48.920 --> 00:19:49.600
 humanity.

00:19:50.720 --> 00:19:51.120
 You see,

00:19:51.220 --> 00:19:51.720
 we might

00:19:51.720 --> 00:19:52.480
 all want

00:19:52.480 --> 00:19:53.080
 redemption.

00:19:53.580 --> 00:19:54.000
 We may

00:19:54.000 --> 00:19:54.580
 want this

00:19:54.580 --> 00:19:55.240
 world to

00:19:55.240 --> 00:19:55.779
 be sorted,

00:19:55.920 --> 00:19:56.100
 and we

00:19:56.100 --> 00:19:56.680
 want things

00:19:56.680 --> 00:19:57.300
 to change

00:19:57.300 --> 00:19:57.620
 in our

00:19:57.620 --> 00:19:57.920
 lives.

00:19:58.160 --> 00:19:58.680
 We long

00:19:58.680 --> 00:19:59.660
 for restoration

00:19:59.660 --> 00:20:00.340
 and renewal,

00:20:00.580 --> 00:20:01.320
 but you

00:20:01.320 --> 00:20:01.779
 know what?

00:20:01.860 --> 00:20:02.400
 God's got

00:20:02.400 --> 00:20:02.960
 his plan,

00:20:03.660 --> 00:20:04.080
 but let

00:20:04.080 --> 00:20:04.560
 him tell

00:20:04.560 --> 00:20:05.660
 me my

00:20:05.660 --> 00:20:06.160
 plan.

00:20:06.920 --> 00:20:07.519
 I want

00:20:07.519 --> 00:20:07.920
 to do

00:20:07.920 --> 00:20:09.500
 things my

00:20:09.500 --> 00:20:09.880
 way.

00:20:10.820 --> 00:20:11.279
 You see,

00:20:11.360 --> 00:20:12.180
 this family,

00:20:12.180 --> 00:20:13.920
 as disastrous

00:20:13.920 --> 00:20:14.480
 as they

00:20:14.480 --> 00:20:14.840
 are,

00:20:15.279 --> 00:20:16.160
 are alive

00:20:16.160 --> 00:20:16.759
 and well

00:20:16.759 --> 00:20:17.320
 in each

00:20:17.320 --> 00:20:17.680
 of our

00:20:17.680 --> 00:20:18.560
 own hearts.

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 Because

00:20:20.240 --> 00:20:20.960
 don't we

00:20:20.960 --> 00:20:21.480
 too,

00:20:22.000 --> 00:20:22.420
 well,

00:20:22.940 --> 00:20:23.440
 you know,

00:20:24.279 --> 00:20:24.860
 I know

00:20:24.860 --> 00:20:25.640
 what God's

00:20:25.640 --> 00:20:26.400
 word says,

00:20:26.519 --> 00:20:27.100
 but just

00:20:27.100 --> 00:20:28.140
 sometimes I

00:20:28.140 --> 00:20:29.060
 just choose

00:20:29.060 --> 00:20:30.820
 to disobey

00:20:30.820 --> 00:20:31.340
 what it

00:20:31.340 --> 00:20:31.860
 says.

00:20:33.259 --> 00:20:33.820
 And I

00:20:33.820 --> 00:20:34.380
 know God

00:20:34.380 --> 00:20:35.200
 has given

00:20:35.200 --> 00:20:35.980
 us promises

00:20:35.980 --> 00:20:36.500
 in his

00:20:36.500 --> 00:20:36.860
 word,

00:20:37.019 --> 00:20:37.880
 and he's

00:20:37.880 --> 00:20:38.440
 promised to

00:20:38.440 --> 00:20:38.840
 be with

00:20:38.840 --> 00:20:39.060
 me,

00:20:39.140 --> 00:20:39.779
 and he's

00:20:39.779 --> 00:20:40.400
 promised to

00:20:40.400 --> 00:20:40.920
 do this

00:20:40.920 --> 00:20:41.400
 for me,

00:20:41.400 --> 00:20:41.620
 and,

00:20:42.660 --> 00:20:42.960
 well,

00:20:43.140 --> 00:20:43.560
 you know,

00:20:43.800 --> 00:20:44.860
 think about

00:20:44.860 --> 00:20:45.080
 it.

00:20:45.200 --> 00:20:45.960
 Sometimes he

00:20:45.960 --> 00:20:46.640
 just doesn't

00:20:46.640 --> 00:20:47.480
 quite deliver

00:20:47.480 --> 00:20:47.920
 in the way

00:20:47.920 --> 00:20:48.620
 I want him

00:20:48.620 --> 00:20:48.820
 to,

00:20:49.000 --> 00:20:50.000
 so I'll

00:20:50.000 --> 00:20:50.519
 just do

00:20:50.519 --> 00:20:51.320
 things my

00:20:51.320 --> 00:20:51.700
 way.

00:20:54.060 --> 00:20:54.880
 Or maybe

00:20:54.880 --> 00:20:55.640
 we're just

00:20:55.640 --> 00:20:56.300
 a bit like

00:20:56.300 --> 00:20:56.759
 Jacob,

00:20:56.860 --> 00:20:57.160
 and we

00:20:57.160 --> 00:20:57.519
 think,

00:20:58.620 --> 00:20:59.180
 well,

00:20:59.400 --> 00:21:00.060
 maybe I

00:21:00.060 --> 00:21:00.460
 can just

00:21:00.460 --> 00:21:01.080
 kind of go

00:21:01.080 --> 00:21:01.580
 in under

00:21:01.580 --> 00:21:02.120
 the radar

00:21:02.120 --> 00:21:02.620
 a little

00:21:02.620 --> 00:21:02.840
 bit,

00:21:02.920 --> 00:21:03.340
 and just

00:21:03.340 --> 00:21:04.240
 give a

00:21:04.240 --> 00:21:04.620
 little bit

00:21:04.620 --> 00:21:05.460
 of pretense,

00:21:05.660 --> 00:21:05.759
 and,

00:21:06.180 --> 00:21:06.320
 well,

00:21:06.360 --> 00:21:06.900
 God's not

00:21:06.900 --> 00:21:07.200
 going to

00:21:07.200 --> 00:21:07.660
 really know

00:21:07.660 --> 00:21:08.440
 any difference,

00:21:08.500 --> 00:21:08.860
 is he?

00:21:09.780 --> 00:21:10.259
 I can

00:21:10.259 --> 00:21:11.240
 deceive my

00:21:11.240 --> 00:21:11.940
 way along.

00:21:14.339 --> 00:21:15.059
 Or maybe

00:21:15.059 --> 00:21:15.599
 we're just

00:21:15.599 --> 00:21:16.000
 thinking,

00:21:16.160 --> 00:21:16.480
 you know,

00:21:17.000 --> 00:21:17.700
 I've been

00:21:17.700 --> 00:21:18.460
 told all

00:21:18.460 --> 00:21:19.339
 these stories

00:21:19.339 --> 00:21:20.420
 about God

00:21:20.420 --> 00:21:21.240
 and Jesus,

00:21:21.460 --> 00:21:21.940
 and I've

00:21:21.940 --> 00:21:22.440
 heard it

00:21:22.440 --> 00:21:23.319
 so often,

00:21:23.500 --> 00:21:23.599
 and,

00:21:24.880 --> 00:21:25.140
 well,

00:21:25.180 --> 00:21:25.799
 I think I

00:21:25.799 --> 00:21:26.319
 can just

00:21:26.319 --> 00:21:27.339
 live without

00:21:27.339 --> 00:21:27.839
 it,

00:21:28.359 --> 00:21:29.000
 and we

00:21:29.000 --> 00:21:30.200
 despise

00:21:30.200 --> 00:21:31.700
 the blessings

00:21:31.700 --> 00:21:32.220
 that have

00:21:32.220 --> 00:21:32.660
 been given

00:21:32.660 --> 00:21:33.359
 to us.

00:21:35.019 --> 00:21:35.759
 You see,

00:21:35.819 --> 00:21:36.359
 the reality

00:21:36.359 --> 00:21:37.099
 is we are

00:21:37.099 --> 00:21:37.640
 a broken

00:21:37.640 --> 00:21:38.400
 mess,

00:21:38.400 --> 00:21:39.740
 due to

00:21:39.740 --> 00:21:40.440
 our sinful

00:21:40.440 --> 00:21:41.160
 decisions

00:21:41.160 --> 00:21:42.040
 and selfish

00:21:42.040 --> 00:21:42.759
 choices.

00:21:43.519 --> 00:21:44.080
 And there's

00:21:44.080 --> 00:21:44.780
 never any

00:21:44.780 --> 00:21:46.080
 winners when

00:21:46.080 --> 00:21:46.920
 we go against

00:21:46.920 --> 00:21:47.680
 God's plan,

00:21:47.860 --> 00:21:48.440
 when we

00:21:48.440 --> 00:21:49.660
 decide we

00:21:49.660 --> 00:21:50.400
 know best

00:21:50.400 --> 00:21:51.380
 for ourselves.

00:21:52.560 --> 00:21:53.280
 Going our

00:21:53.280 --> 00:21:54.080
 way is only

00:21:54.080 --> 00:21:54.680
 going to lead

00:21:54.680 --> 00:21:55.100
 in one

00:21:55.100 --> 00:21:55.620
 direction,

00:21:55.960 --> 00:21:57.060
 more destruction,

00:21:57.600 --> 00:21:58.400
 more disorder,

00:21:58.840 --> 00:21:59.560
 more mess,

00:22:00.060 --> 00:22:00.600
 and more

00:22:00.600 --> 00:22:01.500
 chaos in the

00:22:01.500 --> 00:22:01.920
 family.

00:22:03.780 --> 00:22:04.700
 What's God

00:22:04.700 --> 00:22:05.519
 going to do?

00:22:05.519 --> 00:22:07.680
 His plan

00:22:07.680 --> 00:22:08.359
 seems in

00:22:08.359 --> 00:22:08.779
 tatters.

00:22:09.240 --> 00:22:09.920
 This is the

00:22:09.920 --> 00:22:11.059
 chosen family

00:22:11.059 --> 00:22:11.859
 to bring

00:22:11.859 --> 00:22:12.700
 redemption to

00:22:12.700 --> 00:22:13.019
 the whole

00:22:13.019 --> 00:22:13.359
 world.

00:22:13.660 --> 00:22:14.119
 They're meant

00:22:14.119 --> 00:22:14.900
 to be blessing

00:22:14.900 --> 00:22:15.599
 the nations,

00:22:15.819 --> 00:22:16.539
 but instead

00:22:16.539 --> 00:22:17.139
 they're bringing

00:22:17.139 --> 00:22:18.099
 curses on

00:22:18.099 --> 00:22:18.660
 themselves.

00:22:19.079 --> 00:22:19.639
 If God

00:22:19.639 --> 00:22:20.259
 has a plan

00:22:20.259 --> 00:22:21.000
 to redeem,

00:22:21.440 --> 00:22:21.680
 well,

00:22:21.720 --> 00:22:22.200
 he hasn't

00:22:22.200 --> 00:22:22.839
 sought it out

00:22:22.839 --> 00:22:23.460
 very well,

00:22:23.519 --> 00:22:23.980
 because it's

00:22:23.980 --> 00:22:24.539
 not going

00:22:24.539 --> 00:22:25.180
 to plan,

00:22:25.259 --> 00:22:25.720
 is it?

00:22:27.400 --> 00:22:28.000
 What's

00:22:28.000 --> 00:22:28.480
 God

00:22:28.480 --> 00:22:29.740
 to do?

00:22:32.379 --> 00:22:32.940
 Well,

00:22:33.019 --> 00:22:33.859
 God's plan

00:22:33.859 --> 00:22:34.679
 will always

00:22:34.679 --> 00:22:36.439
 be opposed,

00:22:37.659 --> 00:22:39.039
 but second,

00:22:39.240 --> 00:22:40.119
 God's plan

00:22:40.119 --> 00:22:40.839
 is going

00:22:40.839 --> 00:22:41.539
 to be

00:22:41.539 --> 00:22:42.579
 accomplished.

00:22:43.559 --> 00:22:43.959
 You see,

00:22:44.079 --> 00:22:44.759
 despite the

00:22:44.759 --> 00:22:45.259
 mess of

00:22:45.259 --> 00:22:45.799
 Isaac and

00:22:45.799 --> 00:22:46.359
 Rebecca and

00:22:46.359 --> 00:22:46.899
 their family,

00:22:47.399 --> 00:22:48.240
 God's plan

00:22:48.240 --> 00:22:49.299
 actually remains

00:22:49.299 --> 00:22:50.059
 on track.

00:22:50.899 --> 00:22:51.740
 Despite all

00:22:51.740 --> 00:22:52.439
 the opposition

00:22:52.439 --> 00:22:52.939
 and the

00:22:52.939 --> 00:22:53.979
 deadly deeds,

00:22:54.719 --> 00:22:55.759
 God's plan

00:22:55.759 --> 00:22:57.159
 is going

00:22:57.159 --> 00:22:59.399
 just as

00:22:59.399 --> 00:22:59.839
 he says

00:22:59.839 --> 00:23:00.299
 it would.

00:23:01.500 --> 00:23:02.240
 Two big

00:23:02.240 --> 00:23:02.779
 things we

00:23:02.779 --> 00:23:03.819
 can learn

00:23:03.819 --> 00:23:04.339
 here as

00:23:04.339 --> 00:23:05.599
 we read

00:23:05.599 --> 00:23:06.319
 between the

00:23:06.319 --> 00:23:07.019
 lines of

00:23:07.019 --> 00:23:07.619
 what's going

00:23:07.619 --> 00:23:08.539
 on in

00:23:08.539 --> 00:23:09.180
 this family.

00:23:09.539 --> 00:23:10.039
 First,

00:23:10.460 --> 00:23:11.700
 sin or

00:23:11.700 --> 00:23:12.259
 rebellion

00:23:12.259 --> 00:23:13.359
 can't

00:23:13.359 --> 00:23:14.299
 frustrate

00:23:14.299 --> 00:23:15.240
 God's

00:23:15.240 --> 00:23:15.660
 plan.

00:23:16.379 --> 00:23:17.200
 It can't

00:23:17.200 --> 00:23:17.700
 frustrate

00:23:17.700 --> 00:23:18.099
 God's

00:23:18.099 --> 00:23:18.379
 plan.

00:23:18.720 --> 00:23:19.299
 In all

00:23:19.299 --> 00:23:19.879
 the plotting

00:23:19.879 --> 00:23:20.379
 and all

00:23:20.379 --> 00:23:21.740
 the scheming,

00:23:22.039 --> 00:23:22.960
 God's plan

00:23:22.960 --> 00:23:23.579
 can't be

00:23:23.579 --> 00:23:24.059
 derailed.

00:23:24.399 --> 00:23:25.259
 Just as

00:23:25.259 --> 00:23:25.819
 God had

00:23:25.819 --> 00:23:26.420
 said at

00:23:26.420 --> 00:23:26.819
 the very

00:23:26.819 --> 00:23:27.379
 beginning,

00:23:27.960 --> 00:23:28.559
 the younger

00:23:28.559 --> 00:23:29.799
 or the

00:23:29.799 --> 00:23:30.319
 elder will

00:23:30.319 --> 00:23:30.839
 serve the

00:23:30.839 --> 00:23:32.160
 younger and

00:23:32.160 --> 00:23:32.820
 Jacob will

00:23:32.820 --> 00:23:33.360
 be blessed.

00:23:33.480 --> 00:23:33.900
 And that's

00:23:33.900 --> 00:23:34.500
 what happens.

00:23:34.640 --> 00:23:34.900
 Look at

00:23:34.900 --> 00:23:35.800
 verse 27.

00:23:37.320 --> 00:23:38.060
 So when

00:23:38.060 --> 00:23:38.820
 Jacob went

00:23:38.820 --> 00:23:39.920
 to Isaac

00:23:39.920 --> 00:23:40.660
 and kissed

00:23:40.660 --> 00:23:41.000
 him,

00:23:42.000 --> 00:23:42.440
 and Isaac

00:23:42.440 --> 00:23:43.040
 caught the

00:23:43.040 --> 00:23:43.480
 smell of

00:23:43.480 --> 00:23:44.180
 his clothes

00:23:44.180 --> 00:23:44.759
 and blessed

00:23:44.759 --> 00:23:45.160
 him and

00:23:45.160 --> 00:23:45.500
 said,

00:23:46.120 --> 00:23:46.380
 Ah,

00:23:46.460 --> 00:23:47.140
 the smell

00:23:47.140 --> 00:23:47.519
 of my

00:23:47.519 --> 00:23:47.980
 son.

00:23:48.900 --> 00:23:49.380
 It's like

00:23:49.380 --> 00:23:50.080
 the smell

00:23:50.080 --> 00:23:50.420
 of a

00:23:50.420 --> 00:23:52.100
 field that

00:23:52.100 --> 00:23:52.740
 the Lord

00:23:52.740 --> 00:23:54.180
 has blessed.

00:23:55.279 --> 00:23:55.840
 Isaac

00:23:55.840 --> 00:23:56.920
 thought at

00:23:56.920 --> 00:23:57.759
 that moment

00:23:57.759 --> 00:23:58.620
 he was

00:23:58.620 --> 00:23:59.200
 giving the

00:23:59.200 --> 00:23:59.840
 blessing to

00:23:59.839 --> 00:24:00.439
 Esau.

00:24:01.599 --> 00:24:02.319
 But no,

00:24:03.000 --> 00:24:03.559
 God's

00:24:03.559 --> 00:24:04.379
 plan wasn't

00:24:04.379 --> 00:24:04.799
 going to

00:24:04.799 --> 00:24:05.699
 be frustrated,

00:24:05.959 --> 00:24:06.399
 it was

00:24:06.399 --> 00:24:07.519
 going to

00:24:07.519 --> 00:24:07.959
 Jacob.

00:24:09.399 --> 00:24:10.079
 And so,

00:24:10.199 --> 00:24:10.559
 end of

00:24:10.559 --> 00:24:11.459
 verse 29,

00:24:11.959 --> 00:24:12.579
 the blessing

00:24:12.579 --> 00:24:13.039
 came,

00:24:13.139 --> 00:24:13.779
 may those

00:24:13.779 --> 00:24:14.740
 who curse

00:24:14.740 --> 00:24:15.220
 you be

00:24:15.220 --> 00:24:15.639
 cursed,

00:24:16.079 --> 00:24:16.379
 and may

00:24:16.379 --> 00:24:17.039
 those who

00:24:17.039 --> 00:24:17.859
 bless you

00:24:17.859 --> 00:24:19.139
 be blessed.

00:24:20.220 --> 00:24:21.000
 And even

00:24:21.000 --> 00:24:21.720
 when Esau

00:24:21.720 --> 00:24:22.720
 pleads for

00:24:22.720 --> 00:24:23.419
 his father,

00:24:23.740 --> 00:24:24.099
 when he

00:24:24.099 --> 00:24:24.699
 finds out

00:24:24.699 --> 00:24:25.299
 about what's

00:24:25.299 --> 00:24:25.759
 gone on,

00:24:25.819 --> 00:24:26.220
 he goes

00:24:26.220 --> 00:24:26.539
 to his

00:24:26.539 --> 00:24:27.079
 father and

00:24:27.079 --> 00:24:28.199
 pleads for

00:24:28.199 --> 00:24:29.299
 somehow that

00:24:29.299 --> 00:24:29.680
 he could

00:24:29.680 --> 00:24:30.059
 get a

00:24:30.059 --> 00:24:30.339
 blessing,

00:24:30.480 --> 00:24:30.899
 that somehow

00:24:30.899 --> 00:24:31.539
 things could

00:24:31.539 --> 00:24:32.359
 be changed.

00:24:32.899 --> 00:24:33.339
 What does

00:24:33.339 --> 00:24:34.079
 Isaac say,

00:24:34.159 --> 00:24:34.960
 verse 37?

00:24:35.960 --> 00:24:36.720
 I have

00:24:36.720 --> 00:24:37.200
 made him

00:24:37.200 --> 00:24:37.819
 Lord over

00:24:37.819 --> 00:24:38.180
 you and

00:24:38.180 --> 00:24:38.619
 have made

00:24:38.619 --> 00:24:39.059
 all his

00:24:39.059 --> 00:24:39.819
 relatives his

00:24:39.819 --> 00:24:40.180
 servants,

00:24:40.839 --> 00:24:41.319
 and I

00:24:41.319 --> 00:24:42.159
 have sustained

00:24:42.159 --> 00:24:42.619
 him with

00:24:42.619 --> 00:24:43.200
 grain and

00:24:43.200 --> 00:24:43.799
 new wine,

00:24:44.460 --> 00:24:45.379
 so what

00:24:45.379 --> 00:24:45.859
 can I

00:24:45.859 --> 00:24:46.960
 possibly do

00:24:46.960 --> 00:24:47.480
 for you,

00:24:47.619 --> 00:24:48.180
 my son?

00:24:49.980 --> 00:24:50.419
 You see,

00:24:50.480 --> 00:24:51.259
 God's plan

00:24:51.259 --> 00:24:52.119
 can't be

00:24:52.119 --> 00:24:52.740
 frustrated.

00:24:53.579 --> 00:24:54.200
 Sinful

00:24:54.200 --> 00:24:55.139
 humanity

00:24:55.139 --> 00:24:56.319
 can never

00:24:56.319 --> 00:24:57.539
 halt or

00:24:57.539 --> 00:24:58.920
 hinder the

00:24:58.920 --> 00:25:00.259
 purposes of

00:25:00.259 --> 00:25:00.720
 God.

00:25:03.319 --> 00:25:04.079
 Well, not

00:25:04.079 --> 00:25:05.319
 only doesn't

00:25:05.319 --> 00:25:06.399
 sin frustrate

00:25:06.399 --> 00:25:07.319
 God's plan,

00:25:08.399 --> 00:25:09.639
 something bigger

00:25:09.639 --> 00:25:10.259
 happens.

00:25:10.920 --> 00:25:12.279
 Sin only

00:25:12.279 --> 00:25:13.519
 fulfills

00:25:13.519 --> 00:25:15.039
 God's plan.

00:25:17.099 --> 00:25:18.579
 God uses

00:25:18.579 --> 00:25:19.579
 sinful

00:25:19.579 --> 00:25:20.599
 behaviours

00:25:20.599 --> 00:25:21.960
 to accomplish

00:25:21.960 --> 00:25:23.180
 his plan.

00:25:24.019 --> 00:25:24.639
 Now, this

00:25:24.639 --> 00:25:25.259
 doesn't mean to

00:25:25.259 --> 00:25:25.920
 say that God

00:25:25.920 --> 00:25:26.800
 takes part

00:25:26.800 --> 00:25:27.400
 in sin,

00:25:27.840 --> 00:25:28.620
 or that God

00:25:28.620 --> 00:25:29.340
 is turning a

00:25:29.340 --> 00:25:29.940
 blind eye

00:25:29.940 --> 00:25:30.360
 to sin.

00:25:30.620 --> 00:25:31.120
 No, God

00:25:31.120 --> 00:25:31.880
 is pure

00:25:31.880 --> 00:25:32.519
 and holy.

00:25:32.660 --> 00:25:33.120
 He cannot

00:25:33.120 --> 00:25:34.120
 tolerate it.

00:25:34.460 --> 00:25:34.960
 In fact,

00:25:35.019 --> 00:25:35.539
 he's going to

00:25:35.539 --> 00:25:36.340
 hold the

00:25:36.340 --> 00:25:37.120
 whole world

00:25:37.120 --> 00:25:37.720
 to account.

00:25:38.080 --> 00:25:38.560
 However,

00:25:39.140 --> 00:25:39.720
 God is

00:25:39.720 --> 00:25:40.120
 sovereign

00:25:40.120 --> 00:25:41.560
 over sin.

00:25:42.019 --> 00:25:42.360
 He's

00:25:42.360 --> 00:25:42.680
 sovereign

00:25:42.680 --> 00:25:44.100
 over evil,

00:25:44.420 --> 00:25:44.840
 and he

00:25:44.840 --> 00:25:46.140
 works all

00:25:46.140 --> 00:25:46.580
 of it

00:25:46.580 --> 00:25:47.680
 for his

00:25:47.680 --> 00:25:48.140
 good

00:25:48.140 --> 00:25:49.000
 purposes.

00:25:50.940 --> 00:25:51.320
 You see,

00:25:51.400 --> 00:25:51.920
 Isaac and

00:25:51.920 --> 00:25:52.259
 Esau

00:25:52.259 --> 00:25:53.300
 disobey and

00:25:53.300 --> 00:25:54.400
 despise God.

00:25:54.400 --> 00:25:55.540
 Rebecca and

00:25:55.540 --> 00:25:56.220
 Jacob may

00:25:56.220 --> 00:25:57.160
 distrust and

00:25:57.160 --> 00:25:57.640
 seek to

00:25:57.640 --> 00:25:58.500
 deceive God.

00:25:58.800 --> 00:25:59.480
 They're all

00:25:59.480 --> 00:26:00.280
 acting in

00:26:00.280 --> 00:26:01.240
 selfish ways,

00:26:01.620 --> 00:26:02.259
 but God

00:26:02.259 --> 00:26:03.080
 uses their

00:26:03.080 --> 00:26:04.380
 schemes to

00:26:04.380 --> 00:26:05.300
 achieve his

00:26:05.300 --> 00:26:06.300
 very purposes.

00:26:07.120 --> 00:26:07.860
 The promises

00:26:07.860 --> 00:26:08.820
 of blessing

00:26:08.820 --> 00:26:10.000
 are being

00:26:10.000 --> 00:26:10.720
 passed down

00:26:10.720 --> 00:26:11.400
 to Jacob,

00:26:11.759 --> 00:26:12.740
 just as God

00:26:12.740 --> 00:26:13.280
 had said,

00:26:13.580 --> 00:26:14.700
 so that the

00:26:14.700 --> 00:26:15.519
 nations of the

00:26:15.519 --> 00:26:16.060
 world would

00:26:16.060 --> 00:26:16.700
 be blessed.

00:26:16.700 --> 00:26:16.779
 Christ.

00:26:19.580 --> 00:26:20.140
 Now,

00:26:20.220 --> 00:26:20.620
 this is

00:26:20.620 --> 00:26:21.220
 true,

00:26:21.519 --> 00:26:22.200
 not just

00:26:22.200 --> 00:26:22.559
 in the

00:26:22.559 --> 00:26:22.980
 grand

00:26:22.980 --> 00:26:23.600
 redemption

00:26:23.600 --> 00:26:24.480
 scale,

00:26:24.759 --> 00:26:25.340
 but it's

00:26:25.340 --> 00:26:26.340
 also true

00:26:26.340 --> 00:26:27.039
 in each

00:26:27.039 --> 00:26:27.400
 of our

00:26:27.400 --> 00:26:27.620
 own

00:26:27.620 --> 00:26:28.120
 individual

00:26:28.120 --> 00:26:28.900
 lives.

00:26:30.600 --> 00:26:31.160
 Maybe

00:26:31.160 --> 00:26:31.660
 you've

00:26:31.660 --> 00:26:32.340
 been involved

00:26:32.340 --> 00:26:32.880
 in some

00:26:32.880 --> 00:26:33.220
 sin,

00:26:33.279 --> 00:26:33.600
 or you're

00:26:33.600 --> 00:26:34.180
 just aware

00:26:34.180 --> 00:26:34.360
 of it,

00:26:34.400 --> 00:26:34.539
 and you

00:26:34.539 --> 00:26:34.740
 think,

00:26:34.840 --> 00:26:35.440
 that's it,

00:26:36.140 --> 00:26:36.620
 end of

00:26:36.620 --> 00:26:37.039
 story,

00:26:37.380 --> 00:26:37.940
 that's put

00:26:37.940 --> 00:26:38.240
 up a

00:26:38.240 --> 00:26:38.600
 barrier,

00:26:39.039 --> 00:26:39.519
 God can

00:26:39.519 --> 00:26:39.960
 do no

00:26:39.960 --> 00:26:40.480
 more work

00:26:40.480 --> 00:26:40.799
 in my

00:26:40.799 --> 00:26:41.240
 life.

00:26:42.120 --> 00:26:42.819
 Or maybe

00:26:42.819 --> 00:26:43.120
 you've

00:26:43.120 --> 00:26:43.500
 been on

00:26:43.500 --> 00:26:44.100
 the receiving

00:26:44.100 --> 00:26:44.700
 end of

00:26:44.700 --> 00:26:45.900
 somebody's

00:26:45.900 --> 00:26:46.519
 sin or

00:26:46.519 --> 00:26:46.980
 behaviour

00:26:46.980 --> 00:26:47.780
 towards you

00:26:47.780 --> 00:26:48.160
 that's

00:26:48.160 --> 00:26:48.840
 changed your

00:26:48.840 --> 00:26:49.259
 life or

00:26:49.259 --> 00:26:49.460
 your

00:26:49.460 --> 00:26:50.200
 circumstances,

00:26:50.340 --> 00:26:50.500
 and you

00:26:50.500 --> 00:26:50.700
 think,

00:26:51.060 --> 00:26:51.640
 the plan,

00:26:51.960 --> 00:26:52.320
 God's

00:26:52.320 --> 00:26:52.620
 plan,

00:26:52.680 --> 00:26:52.900
 it's

00:26:52.900 --> 00:26:53.280
 ruined.

00:26:54.240 --> 00:26:54.640
 They've

00:26:54.640 --> 00:26:55.340
 wrecked it.

00:26:57.180 --> 00:26:57.460
 Well,

00:26:57.480 --> 00:26:57.759
 you know

00:26:57.759 --> 00:26:57.960
 what,

00:26:58.019 --> 00:26:58.259
 there's

00:26:58.259 --> 00:26:58.940
 nothing we

00:26:58.940 --> 00:26:59.540
 can say

00:26:59.540 --> 00:27:00.180
 or do,

00:27:01.100 --> 00:27:01.700
 and there's

00:27:01.700 --> 00:27:02.300
 nothing that

00:27:02.300 --> 00:27:02.720
 can ever

00:27:02.720 --> 00:27:03.300
 happen to

00:27:03.300 --> 00:27:04.040
 us by

00:27:04.040 --> 00:27:04.600
 anybody

00:27:04.600 --> 00:27:05.680
 else that

00:27:05.680 --> 00:27:05.920
 will

00:27:05.920 --> 00:27:07.019
 frustrate

00:27:07.019 --> 00:27:08.640
 or derail

00:27:08.640 --> 00:27:09.800
 God's

00:27:09.800 --> 00:27:10.360
 purposes

00:27:10.360 --> 00:27:11.660
 and plans

00:27:11.660 --> 00:27:13.120
 for your

00:27:13.120 --> 00:27:13.920
 life.

00:27:13.920 --> 00:27:15.840
 God is

00:27:15.840 --> 00:27:16.400
 sovereign

00:27:16.400 --> 00:27:17.740
 over every

00:27:17.740 --> 00:27:18.340
 single

00:27:18.340 --> 00:27:19.060
 detail.

00:27:20.259 --> 00:27:20.560
 God

00:27:20.560 --> 00:27:21.019
 doesn't

00:27:21.019 --> 00:27:21.400
 do

00:27:21.400 --> 00:27:22.360
 mistakes,

00:27:23.480 --> 00:27:24.840
 as one

00:27:24.840 --> 00:27:25.500
 writer put

00:27:25.500 --> 00:27:25.820
 it.

00:27:27.779 --> 00:27:28.279
 Sorry,

00:27:28.400 --> 00:27:28.680
 you'll just

00:27:28.680 --> 00:27:29.140
 have to,

00:27:30.340 --> 00:27:30.759
 whoops,

00:27:31.259 --> 00:27:32.100
 just listen

00:27:32.100 --> 00:27:32.539
 here, I

00:27:32.539 --> 00:27:32.960
 don't have

00:27:32.960 --> 00:27:33.259
 it there,

00:27:33.360 --> 00:27:33.720
 but listen

00:27:33.720 --> 00:27:34.200
 to this.

00:27:35.000 --> 00:27:35.740
 God is

00:27:35.740 --> 00:27:36.340
 not just

00:27:36.340 --> 00:27:36.900
 sovereign

00:27:36.900 --> 00:27:37.980
 over your

00:27:37.980 --> 00:27:39.200
 best deeds,

00:27:39.860 --> 00:27:40.420
 he is

00:27:40.420 --> 00:27:41.220
 sovereign over

00:27:41.220 --> 00:27:42.080
 the darkest,

00:27:42.539 --> 00:27:43.539
 most selfish,

00:27:43.539 --> 00:27:44.420
 and most

00:27:44.420 --> 00:27:45.039
 destructive

00:27:45.039 --> 00:27:46.240
 acts that

00:27:46.240 --> 00:27:46.639
 you will

00:27:46.639 --> 00:27:47.480
 ever commit

00:27:47.480 --> 00:27:48.240
 or that

00:27:48.240 --> 00:27:49.000
 others will

00:27:49.000 --> 00:27:49.619
 ever commit

00:27:49.619 --> 00:27:50.399
 against you

00:27:50.399 --> 00:27:51.200
 and he

00:27:51.200 --> 00:27:51.940
 will use

00:27:51.940 --> 00:27:52.619
 these to

00:27:52.619 --> 00:27:53.200
 accomplish

00:27:53.200 --> 00:27:54.440
 his good

00:27:54.440 --> 00:27:55.559
 and perfect

00:27:55.559 --> 00:27:57.039
 will in

00:27:57.039 --> 00:27:57.859
 your life.

00:27:59.139 --> 00:28:00.139
 So God

00:28:00.139 --> 00:28:01.259
 overrules

00:28:01.259 --> 00:28:02.680
 our rebellion,

00:28:03.519 --> 00:28:04.180
 he even

00:28:04.180 --> 00:28:05.480
 uses our

00:28:05.480 --> 00:28:05.940
 rebellion

00:28:05.940 --> 00:28:07.359
 to accomplish

00:28:07.359 --> 00:28:08.539
 his plan.

00:28:09.599 --> 00:28:10.279
 Isaac and

00:28:10.279 --> 00:28:10.720
 Rebecca,

00:28:11.319 --> 00:28:11.899
 Jacob and

00:28:11.900 --> 00:28:12.340
 Esau,

00:28:12.540 --> 00:28:13.140
 they may

00:28:13.140 --> 00:28:13.620
 stand

00:28:13.620 --> 00:28:14.340
 opposed to

00:28:14.340 --> 00:28:14.780
 God's

00:28:14.780 --> 00:28:15.180
 plan,

00:28:15.640 --> 00:28:15.980
 they may

00:28:15.980 --> 00:28:16.440
 stand

00:28:16.440 --> 00:28:17.100
 opposed to

00:28:17.100 --> 00:28:17.700
 how God

00:28:17.700 --> 00:28:18.200
 works,

00:28:18.540 --> 00:28:19.460
 but nothing

00:28:19.460 --> 00:28:20.420
 and no one

00:28:20.420 --> 00:28:21.160
 is going to

00:28:21.160 --> 00:28:22.320
 hinder what

00:28:22.320 --> 00:28:23.420
 God has said

00:28:23.420 --> 00:28:24.259
 he is going

00:28:24.259 --> 00:28:24.680
 to do.

00:28:24.940 --> 00:28:25.940
 His plan

00:28:25.940 --> 00:28:27.000
 is going to

00:28:27.000 --> 00:28:27.880
 be accomplished.

00:28:30.259 --> 00:28:31.220
 Now that's

00:28:31.220 --> 00:28:32.080
 good news for

00:28:32.080 --> 00:28:32.580
 us.

00:28:33.700 --> 00:28:34.500
 It's good news

00:28:34.500 --> 00:28:35.000
 for our

00:28:35.000 --> 00:28:35.560
 church,

00:28:36.480 --> 00:28:37.420
 because people

00:28:37.420 --> 00:28:38.380
 are opposed

00:28:38.380 --> 00:28:39.540
 to God's

00:28:39.540 --> 00:28:39.960
 plan,

00:28:40.400 --> 00:28:40.880
 people are

00:28:40.880 --> 00:28:42.000
 opposed to

00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:42.660
 the gospel,

00:28:44.100 --> 00:28:44.760
 but nothing

00:28:44.760 --> 00:28:45.800
 is ever going

00:28:45.800 --> 00:28:46.520
 to hinder

00:28:46.520 --> 00:28:47.600
 what God

00:28:47.600 --> 00:28:48.140
 has said

00:28:48.140 --> 00:28:48.940
 he is going

00:28:48.940 --> 00:28:49.480
 to do

00:28:49.480 --> 00:28:50.340
 through his

00:28:50.340 --> 00:28:51.300
 people and

00:28:51.300 --> 00:28:51.920
 through his

00:28:51.920 --> 00:28:52.340
 church.

00:28:52.880 --> 00:28:53.720
 He will

00:28:53.720 --> 00:28:54.560
 build it

00:28:54.560 --> 00:28:56.320
 and nothing

00:28:56.320 --> 00:28:57.800
 will stand

00:28:57.800 --> 00:28:58.640
 against it.

00:29:00.340 --> 00:29:01.300
 This is

00:29:01.300 --> 00:29:02.140
 good news,

00:29:02.560 --> 00:29:04.380
 because we

00:29:04.380 --> 00:29:05.920
 also are

00:29:05.920 --> 00:29:06.520
 in need

00:29:06.519 --> 00:29:07.779
 of redemption.

00:29:08.779 --> 00:29:09.420
 So God's

00:29:09.420 --> 00:29:09.900
 plan is

00:29:09.900 --> 00:29:10.519
 opposed,

00:29:11.359 --> 00:29:11.720
 God's

00:29:11.720 --> 00:29:12.139
 plan will

00:29:12.139 --> 00:29:12.319
 be

00:29:12.319 --> 00:29:12.819
 accomplished,

00:29:14.099 --> 00:29:14.539
 and then

00:29:14.539 --> 00:29:14.859
 third,

00:29:15.000 --> 00:29:15.379
 God's

00:29:15.379 --> 00:29:15.720
 plan

00:29:15.720 --> 00:29:16.680
 achieves

00:29:16.680 --> 00:29:17.460
 our

00:29:17.460 --> 00:29:17.940
 redemption.

00:29:19.119 --> 00:29:19.500
 You see,

00:29:19.599 --> 00:29:20.299
 God doesn't

00:29:20.299 --> 00:29:20.920
 give up on

00:29:20.920 --> 00:29:21.799
 sinful humanity.

00:29:22.180 --> 00:29:22.779
 We look at

00:29:22.779 --> 00:29:23.599
 a family like

00:29:23.599 --> 00:29:24.039
 this and we

00:29:24.039 --> 00:29:24.259
 go,

00:29:24.559 --> 00:29:24.759
 right,

00:29:24.839 --> 00:29:25.259
 that's it,

00:29:25.460 --> 00:29:26.059
 write it all

00:29:26.059 --> 00:29:26.319
 off,

00:29:26.599 --> 00:29:27.119
 that's the

00:29:27.119 --> 00:29:27.480
 end of

00:29:27.480 --> 00:29:28.000
 humanity.

00:29:29.019 --> 00:29:29.519
 In fact,

00:29:29.619 --> 00:29:30.480
 God works

00:29:30.480 --> 00:29:31.420
 in spite of

00:29:31.420 --> 00:29:31.940
 our sin

00:29:31.940 --> 00:29:32.920
 and through

00:29:32.920 --> 00:29:33.440
 our sin

00:29:33.440 --> 00:29:34.200
 to achieve

00:29:34.200 --> 00:29:34.559
 what he

00:29:34.559 --> 00:29:35.160
 wants to

00:29:35.160 --> 00:29:35.480
 do.

00:29:35.480 --> 00:29:36.660
 And we

00:29:36.660 --> 00:29:37.299
 see this

00:29:37.299 --> 00:29:38.019
 being worked

00:29:38.019 --> 00:29:38.519
 out in

00:29:38.519 --> 00:29:39.000
 God's

00:29:39.000 --> 00:29:39.519
 ultimate

00:29:39.519 --> 00:29:39.980
 promised

00:29:39.980 --> 00:29:40.339
 son,

00:29:40.640 --> 00:29:41.200
 who comes

00:29:41.200 --> 00:29:41.860
 down through

00:29:41.860 --> 00:29:43.339
 the family

00:29:43.339 --> 00:29:44.519
 of Abraham,

00:29:44.779 --> 00:29:45.299
 from Isaac

00:29:45.299 --> 00:29:45.980
 to Jacob

00:29:45.980 --> 00:29:46.839
 and so on,

00:29:47.200 --> 00:29:47.480
 till we

00:29:47.480 --> 00:29:47.880
 come to

00:29:47.880 --> 00:29:48.460
 his ultimate

00:29:48.460 --> 00:29:48.940
 son,

00:29:49.380 --> 00:29:49.740
 Jesus

00:29:49.740 --> 00:29:50.400
 Christ.

00:29:51.460 --> 00:29:52.160
 The son

00:29:52.160 --> 00:29:52.819
 who was

00:29:52.819 --> 00:29:53.420
 unlike

00:29:53.420 --> 00:29:54.579
 this family,

00:29:54.920 --> 00:29:55.940
 who obeyed

00:29:55.940 --> 00:29:56.640
 God's word

00:29:56.640 --> 00:29:57.380
 and trusted

00:29:57.380 --> 00:29:58.120
 God's word,

00:29:58.440 --> 00:29:58.960
 the true

00:29:58.960 --> 00:29:59.880
 son who

00:29:59.880 --> 00:30:00.360
 came to

00:30:00.360 --> 00:30:01.160
 bring blessing

00:30:01.160 --> 00:30:02.460
 to all

00:30:02.460 --> 00:30:03.360
 nations.

00:30:03.359 --> 00:30:03.619
 nations.

00:30:04.939 --> 00:30:05.379
 Have a

00:30:05.379 --> 00:30:05.719
 look with

00:30:05.719 --> 00:30:05.899
 me,

00:30:06.000 --> 00:30:06.299
 please,

00:30:06.399 --> 00:30:07.019
 in Acts.

00:30:09.099 --> 00:30:09.959
 Go to

00:30:09.959 --> 00:30:10.779
 Acts chapter

00:30:10.779 --> 00:30:11.240
 2.

00:30:18.959 --> 00:30:19.779
 Here the

00:30:19.779 --> 00:30:20.740
 apostle Peter

00:30:20.740 --> 00:30:22.539
 is preaching

00:30:22.539 --> 00:30:23.039
 to a

00:30:23.039 --> 00:30:23.479
 gathering

00:30:23.479 --> 00:30:25.179
 that includes

00:30:25.179 --> 00:30:25.699
 what,

00:30:25.899 --> 00:30:26.479
 guess what,

00:30:26.819 --> 00:30:27.559
 nations

00:30:27.559 --> 00:30:28.740
 from all

00:30:28.740 --> 00:30:29.219
 around the

00:30:29.219 --> 00:30:29.519
 world.

00:30:30.399 --> 00:30:31.099
 People from

00:30:31.099 --> 00:30:31.859
 all kinds of

00:30:31.859 --> 00:30:32.639
 different countries

00:30:32.640 --> 00:30:33.320
 have gathered,

00:30:33.720 --> 00:30:34.640
 it's Pentecost,

00:30:35.040 --> 00:30:35.640
 they've come

00:30:35.640 --> 00:30:36.460
 into Jerusalem

00:30:36.460 --> 00:30:37.460
 and Peter

00:30:37.460 --> 00:30:37.980
 has an

00:30:37.980 --> 00:30:39.080
 audience of

00:30:39.080 --> 00:30:39.640
 all these

00:30:39.640 --> 00:30:40.320
 different

00:30:40.320 --> 00:30:41.380
 nationalities.

00:30:41.680 --> 00:30:42.040
 And his

00:30:42.040 --> 00:30:43.220
 message is

00:30:43.220 --> 00:30:43.840
 all about

00:30:43.840 --> 00:30:44.620
 the redemption

00:30:44.620 --> 00:30:46.240
 of Jesus

00:30:46.240 --> 00:30:46.920
 Christ.

00:30:47.960 --> 00:30:48.600
 Now look

00:30:48.600 --> 00:30:49.080
 at what he

00:30:49.080 --> 00:30:50.940
 says about

00:30:50.940 --> 00:30:51.980
 Jesus'

00:30:52.259 --> 00:30:52.759
 death.

00:30:53.120 --> 00:30:53.500
 We're going

00:30:53.500 --> 00:30:53.920
 to pick it

00:30:53.920 --> 00:30:55.120
 up in

00:30:55.120 --> 00:30:56.140
 verse 22.

00:30:56.140 --> 00:31:01.480
 fellow

00:31:01.480 --> 00:31:01.920
 Israelites,

00:31:02.240 --> 00:31:02.640
 listen to

00:31:02.640 --> 00:31:03.040
 this.

00:31:03.540 --> 00:31:04.360
 Jesus of

00:31:04.360 --> 00:31:04.780
 Nazareth

00:31:04.780 --> 00:31:05.360
 was a

00:31:05.360 --> 00:31:06.860
 man accredited

00:31:06.860 --> 00:31:07.500
 by God

00:31:07.500 --> 00:31:08.240
 to you by

00:31:08.240 --> 00:31:08.860
 miracles,

00:31:09.220 --> 00:31:09.940
 wonders and

00:31:09.940 --> 00:31:11.259
 signs which

00:31:11.259 --> 00:31:11.860
 God did

00:31:11.860 --> 00:31:12.600
 among you

00:31:12.600 --> 00:31:13.840
 through him

00:31:13.840 --> 00:31:14.759
 as you

00:31:14.759 --> 00:31:15.280
 yourselves

00:31:15.280 --> 00:31:15.660
 know.

00:31:16.720 --> 00:31:17.780
 This man

00:31:17.780 --> 00:31:19.080
 was handed

00:31:19.080 --> 00:31:19.820
 over to

00:31:19.820 --> 00:31:20.360
 you by

00:31:20.360 --> 00:31:21.100
 God's

00:31:21.100 --> 00:31:21.640
 deliberate

00:31:21.640 --> 00:31:23.140
 plan and

00:31:23.140 --> 00:31:24.040
 foreknowledge

00:31:24.039 --> 00:31:25.119
 and you

00:31:25.119 --> 00:31:25.539
 with the

00:31:25.539 --> 00:31:25.980
 help of

00:31:25.980 --> 00:31:26.559
 wicked men

00:31:26.559 --> 00:31:27.299
 put him

00:31:27.299 --> 00:31:27.720
 to death

00:31:27.720 --> 00:31:28.420
 by nailing

00:31:28.420 --> 00:31:28.720
 him to

00:31:28.720 --> 00:31:29.319
 a cross.

00:31:30.139 --> 00:31:31.119
 But God

00:31:31.119 --> 00:31:32.079
 raised him

00:31:32.079 --> 00:31:32.460
 from the

00:31:32.460 --> 00:31:32.720
 dead,

00:31:33.240 --> 00:31:33.920
 freeing him

00:31:33.920 --> 00:31:34.279
 from the

00:31:34.279 --> 00:31:34.779
 agony of

00:31:34.779 --> 00:31:35.579
 death because

00:31:35.579 --> 00:31:35.940
 it was

00:31:35.940 --> 00:31:37.099
 impossible for

00:31:37.099 --> 00:31:37.579
 death to

00:31:37.579 --> 00:31:38.000
 keep its

00:31:38.000 --> 00:31:38.440
 hold on

00:31:38.440 --> 00:31:38.659
 him.

00:31:39.980 --> 00:31:40.440
 Now can

00:31:40.440 --> 00:31:41.019
 you see

00:31:41.019 --> 00:31:41.779
 the rebellion

00:31:41.779 --> 00:31:42.659
 and the

00:31:42.659 --> 00:31:43.319
 opposition

00:31:43.319 --> 00:31:44.839
 and the

00:31:44.839 --> 00:31:45.559
 sin of the

00:31:45.559 --> 00:31:46.180
 people here

00:31:46.180 --> 00:31:46.599
 in these

00:31:46.599 --> 00:31:46.960
 verses?

00:31:46.960 --> 00:31:48.279
 Do you

00:31:48.279 --> 00:31:48.620
 see it

00:31:48.620 --> 00:31:48.840
 there?

00:31:49.340 --> 00:31:49.700
 Wicked

00:31:49.700 --> 00:31:50.420
 men

00:31:50.420 --> 00:31:52.460
 put him

00:31:52.460 --> 00:31:53.160
 to death.

00:31:53.680 --> 00:31:54.240
 That's how

00:31:54.240 --> 00:31:54.680
 the death

00:31:54.680 --> 00:31:55.160
 of Jesus

00:31:55.160 --> 00:31:56.039
 is described.

00:31:56.640 --> 00:31:56.940
 Wicked

00:31:56.940 --> 00:31:57.460
 men

00:31:57.460 --> 00:31:58.299
 put him

00:31:58.299 --> 00:31:58.759
 to death.

00:31:59.480 --> 00:32:00.160
 Disobedient,

00:32:00.660 --> 00:32:01.460
 distrusting,

00:32:01.920 --> 00:32:02.480
 deceiving,

00:32:02.680 --> 00:32:03.700
 despising people,

00:32:03.819 --> 00:32:04.680
 opposed God,

00:32:05.039 --> 00:32:05.759
 turned against

00:32:05.759 --> 00:32:07.039
 his son and

00:32:07.039 --> 00:32:08.500
 they crucified

00:32:08.500 --> 00:32:09.100
 him.

00:32:13.460 --> 00:32:14.360
 But this

00:32:14.360 --> 00:32:14.960
 was God's

00:32:14.960 --> 00:32:15.360
 plan.

00:32:15.359 --> 00:32:17.279
 verse 23.

00:32:18.559 --> 00:32:19.559
 This man

00:32:19.559 --> 00:32:20.259
 was handed

00:32:20.259 --> 00:32:20.939
 over to

00:32:20.939 --> 00:32:21.659
 you by

00:32:21.659 --> 00:32:23.319
 God's

00:32:23.319 --> 00:32:23.979
 deliberate

00:32:23.979 --> 00:32:25.039
 plan and

00:32:25.039 --> 00:32:25.879
 foreknowledge

00:32:25.879 --> 00:32:26.379
 and you

00:32:26.379 --> 00:32:26.779
 with the

00:32:26.779 --> 00:32:27.259
 help of

00:32:27.259 --> 00:32:27.939
 wicked men

00:32:27.939 --> 00:32:29.179
 put him

00:32:29.179 --> 00:32:30.399
 to death.

00:32:31.479 --> 00:32:32.059
 You see,

00:32:32.819 --> 00:32:33.479
 God's

00:32:33.479 --> 00:32:34.240
 plan can't

00:32:34.240 --> 00:32:34.919
 be derailed.

00:32:36.119 --> 00:32:36.500
 It was

00:32:36.500 --> 00:32:37.339
 God's plan

00:32:37.339 --> 00:32:37.779
 that his

00:32:37.779 --> 00:32:38.219
 son would

00:32:38.219 --> 00:32:38.519
 die,

00:32:38.899 --> 00:32:39.500
 that Jesus

00:32:39.500 --> 00:32:40.079
 would come

00:32:40.079 --> 00:32:40.759
 to redeem

00:32:40.759 --> 00:32:41.219
 us from

00:32:41.219 --> 00:32:42.019
 the brokenness

00:32:42.019 --> 00:32:42.679
 and disorder

00:32:42.679 --> 00:32:43.000
 of our

00:32:43.000 --> 00:32:43.279
 lives.

00:32:43.740 --> 00:32:44.579
 He comes

00:32:44.579 --> 00:32:45.799
 to families

00:32:45.799 --> 00:32:46.599
 like you

00:32:46.599 --> 00:32:47.279
 and I.

00:32:47.699 --> 00:32:48.379
 He becomes

00:32:48.379 --> 00:32:49.379
 our sin.

00:32:49.779 --> 00:32:50.559
 He's treated

00:32:50.559 --> 00:32:52.059
 as disobedient,

00:32:52.199 --> 00:32:53.199
 as distrusting,

00:32:53.579 --> 00:32:54.419
 as deceiving

00:32:54.419 --> 00:32:55.399
 and despising

00:32:55.399 --> 00:32:56.139
 on the cross.

00:32:56.500 --> 00:32:57.259
 He's punished.

00:32:57.679 --> 00:32:58.279
 The curse

00:32:58.279 --> 00:32:58.759
 that should

00:32:58.759 --> 00:32:59.559
 fall on us

00:32:59.559 --> 00:33:00.879
 falls on him

00:33:00.879 --> 00:33:02.059
 so that we

00:33:02.059 --> 00:33:02.839
 might receive

00:33:02.839 --> 00:33:03.500
 the promises

00:33:03.500 --> 00:33:04.319
 of blessing.

00:33:05.399 --> 00:33:05.879
 God

00:33:05.879 --> 00:33:07.079
 overrules

00:33:07.079 --> 00:33:07.759
 all the

00:33:07.759 --> 00:33:08.240
 rebellion

00:33:08.240 --> 00:33:09.480
 and uses

00:33:09.480 --> 00:33:10.199
 all the

00:33:10.199 --> 00:33:10.619
 rebellion

00:33:10.619 --> 00:33:12.119
 to achieve

00:33:12.119 --> 00:33:12.939
 our

00:33:12.939 --> 00:33:13.959
 redemption.

00:33:16.339 --> 00:33:17.279
 You see,

00:33:17.379 --> 00:33:17.899
 God is

00:33:17.899 --> 00:33:18.399
 sovereign

00:33:18.399 --> 00:33:19.839
 over the

00:33:19.839 --> 00:33:20.479
 darkest,

00:33:20.919 --> 00:33:22.119
 most selfish

00:33:22.119 --> 00:33:23.039
 and most

00:33:23.039 --> 00:33:23.739
 destructive

00:33:23.739 --> 00:33:24.979
 acts that

00:33:24.979 --> 00:33:25.799
 anyone could

00:33:25.799 --> 00:33:26.500
 ever commit

00:33:26.500 --> 00:33:27.319
 against God.

00:33:27.679 --> 00:33:28.219
 He uses

00:33:28.219 --> 00:33:28.959
 the betrayal

00:33:28.959 --> 00:33:29.399
 and the

00:33:29.399 --> 00:33:29.779
 hatred,

00:33:30.259 --> 00:33:30.859
 the thorns

00:33:30.859 --> 00:33:31.239
 and the

00:33:31.239 --> 00:33:32.359
 crowns to

00:33:32.359 --> 00:33:33.359
 do what

00:33:33.359 --> 00:33:34.059
 he set

00:33:34.059 --> 00:33:34.519
 out to

00:33:34.519 --> 00:33:34.839
 do.

00:33:35.639 --> 00:33:36.239
 God's

00:33:36.239 --> 00:33:36.779
 plan

00:33:36.779 --> 00:33:37.919
 cannot be

00:33:37.919 --> 00:33:38.539
 frustrated

00:33:38.539 --> 00:33:39.199
 by our

00:33:39.199 --> 00:33:39.619
 sin.

00:33:39.619 --> 00:33:40.639
 In fact,

00:33:40.779 --> 00:33:41.159
 it is

00:33:41.159 --> 00:33:41.479
 being

00:33:41.479 --> 00:33:42.319
 fulfilled

00:33:42.319 --> 00:33:43.739
 through

00:33:43.739 --> 00:33:44.079
 our

00:33:44.079 --> 00:33:44.399
 sin.

00:33:46.819 --> 00:33:47.539
 How are

00:33:47.539 --> 00:33:47.899
 we to

00:33:47.899 --> 00:33:48.479
 respond

00:33:48.479 --> 00:33:50.099
 to such

00:33:50.099 --> 00:33:50.539
 a good

00:33:50.539 --> 00:33:51.099
 and gracious

00:33:51.099 --> 00:33:51.779
 God as

00:33:51.779 --> 00:33:52.179
 this?

00:33:52.919 --> 00:33:53.179
 Well,

00:33:53.279 --> 00:33:53.679
 flick over

00:33:53.679 --> 00:33:54.239
 the page,

00:33:54.339 --> 00:33:54.939
 Acts chapter

00:33:54.939 --> 00:33:55.319
 2,

00:33:55.439 --> 00:33:55.779
 verse

00:33:55.779 --> 00:33:57.519
 37.

00:34:02.319 --> 00:34:02.839
 Verse

00:34:02.839 --> 00:34:03.519
 37,

00:34:03.639 --> 00:34:03.979
 When the

00:34:03.979 --> 00:34:04.639
 people heard

00:34:04.639 --> 00:34:04.899
 this,

00:34:05.000 --> 00:34:05.279
 they were

00:34:05.279 --> 00:34:05.699
 cut to

00:34:05.699 --> 00:34:06.099
 the heart

00:34:06.099 --> 00:34:06.419
 and they

00:34:06.419 --> 00:34:06.839
 said to

00:34:06.839 --> 00:34:07.319
 Peter and

00:34:07.319 --> 00:34:07.679
 the other

00:34:07.679 --> 00:34:08.199
 apostles,

00:34:08.199 --> 00:34:09.019
 brothers,

00:34:09.259 --> 00:34:09.679
 what shall

00:34:09.679 --> 00:34:10.199
 we do?

00:34:11.539 --> 00:34:12.159
 What shall

00:34:12.159 --> 00:34:12.579
 we do

00:34:12.579 --> 00:34:13.019
 with all

00:34:13.019 --> 00:34:13.659
 our mess

00:34:13.659 --> 00:34:14.579
 and brokenness

00:34:14.579 --> 00:34:14.960
 and our

00:34:14.960 --> 00:34:16.279
 life of

00:34:16.279 --> 00:34:16.699
 sin?

00:34:18.039 --> 00:34:19.099
 Peter replied,

00:34:19.279 --> 00:34:20.939
 repent and

00:34:20.939 --> 00:34:21.699
 be baptized

00:34:21.699 --> 00:34:22.819
 every one of

00:34:22.819 --> 00:34:23.239
 you in the

00:34:23.239 --> 00:34:23.639
 name of

00:34:23.639 --> 00:34:24.460
 Jesus Christ

00:34:24.460 --> 00:34:24.819
 for the

00:34:24.819 --> 00:34:25.239
 forgiveness

00:34:25.239 --> 00:34:25.839
 of your

00:34:25.839 --> 00:34:27.480
 sins and

00:34:27.480 --> 00:34:27.859
 you will

00:34:27.859 --> 00:34:28.519
 receive the

00:34:28.519 --> 00:34:29.659
 gift of

00:34:29.659 --> 00:34:30.119
 the Holy

00:34:30.119 --> 00:34:30.579
 Spirit.

00:34:33.859 --> 00:34:34.539
 It's a

00:34:34.539 --> 00:34:36.919
 command to

00:34:36.919 --> 00:34:37.379
 repent.

00:34:38.199 --> 00:34:39.339
 to turn

00:34:39.339 --> 00:34:41.519
 and as a

00:34:41.519 --> 00:34:41.899
 visible

00:34:41.899 --> 00:34:43.500
 demonstration

00:34:43.500 --> 00:34:44.179
 of your

00:34:44.179 --> 00:34:44.719
 heart's

00:34:44.719 --> 00:34:45.319
 response,

00:34:45.919 --> 00:34:46.239
 be

00:34:46.239 --> 00:34:47.159
 baptized.

00:34:48.579 --> 00:34:49.299
 This is

00:34:49.299 --> 00:34:49.879
 what God

00:34:49.879 --> 00:34:50.419
 is saying

00:34:50.419 --> 00:34:51.079
 to us.

00:34:52.639 --> 00:34:53.480
 So how

00:34:53.480 --> 00:34:53.759
 are you

00:34:53.759 --> 00:34:54.259
 going to

00:34:54.259 --> 00:34:55.919
 respond to

00:34:55.919 --> 00:34:56.259
 what his

00:34:56.259 --> 00:34:56.719
 word is

00:34:56.719 --> 00:34:57.079
 saying?

00:34:58.739 --> 00:34:59.000
 Well,

00:34:59.039 --> 00:34:59.480
 maybe you

00:34:59.480 --> 00:34:59.960
 just think,

00:35:00.099 --> 00:35:00.339
 well,

00:35:00.519 --> 00:35:01.179
 I know

00:35:01.179 --> 00:35:01.519
 what it

00:35:01.519 --> 00:35:01.960
 says,

00:35:02.960 --> 00:35:03.819
 but I'm

00:35:03.819 --> 00:35:04.079
 going to

00:35:04.079 --> 00:35:04.679
 choose to

00:35:04.679 --> 00:35:05.839
 disobey

00:35:05.840 --> 00:35:06.820
 what it

00:35:06.820 --> 00:35:07.240
 says.

00:35:08.280 --> 00:35:08.620
 Oh,

00:35:08.660 --> 00:35:09.000
 I hear

00:35:09.000 --> 00:35:09.700
 the promise

00:35:09.700 --> 00:35:10.280
 that there

00:35:10.280 --> 00:35:10.620
 will be

00:35:10.620 --> 00:35:11.120
 forgiveness

00:35:11.120 --> 00:35:12.220
 and the

00:35:12.220 --> 00:35:12.640
 gift of

00:35:12.640 --> 00:35:13.019
 the Holy

00:35:13.019 --> 00:35:13.519
 Spirit,

00:35:13.700 --> 00:35:15.140
 but you

00:35:15.140 --> 00:35:15.500
 know what,

00:35:15.539 --> 00:35:16.260
 I think I

00:35:16.260 --> 00:35:17.059
 can do

00:35:17.059 --> 00:35:17.720
 things better

00:35:17.720 --> 00:35:18.320
 my way.

00:35:20.720 --> 00:35:21.640
 Or maybe

00:35:21.640 --> 00:35:22.260
 we think,

00:35:22.360 --> 00:35:22.539
 you know,

00:35:22.600 --> 00:35:22.960
 all this

00:35:22.960 --> 00:35:23.640
 business of

00:35:23.640 --> 00:35:24.559
 repenting and

00:35:24.559 --> 00:35:25.960
 following God,

00:35:26.079 --> 00:35:27.220
 I can just

00:35:27.220 --> 00:35:27.980
 get in under

00:35:27.980 --> 00:35:28.900
 the radar and

00:35:28.900 --> 00:35:30.160
 just do what

00:35:30.160 --> 00:35:30.740
 needs to be

00:35:30.740 --> 00:35:31.240
 done and,

00:35:31.519 --> 00:35:31.700
 well,

00:35:31.840 --> 00:35:32.380
 people won't

00:35:32.380 --> 00:35:32.880
 make any

00:35:32.880 --> 00:35:33.380
 difference and

00:35:33.380 --> 00:35:34.000
 maybe God

00:35:34.000 --> 00:35:34.740
 won't see any

00:35:34.740 --> 00:35:35.519
 difference either

00:35:35.519 --> 00:35:36.740
 and I'll be

00:35:36.740 --> 00:35:37.160
 okay.

00:35:40.099 --> 00:35:40.900
 Or maybe

00:35:40.900 --> 00:35:41.820
 it's a case of

00:35:41.820 --> 00:35:42.740
 just hearing the

00:35:42.740 --> 00:35:43.640
 same message

00:35:43.640 --> 00:35:44.559
 over and over

00:35:44.559 --> 00:35:45.480
 and over again

00:35:45.480 --> 00:35:45.900
 and go,

00:35:46.860 --> 00:35:47.300
 no,

00:35:48.099 --> 00:35:49.000
 not for me.

00:35:50.760 --> 00:35:51.720
 I really

00:35:51.720 --> 00:35:52.420
 think I can

00:35:52.420 --> 00:35:53.119
 do it myself.

00:35:56.300 --> 00:35:57.000
 What's our

00:35:57.000 --> 00:35:57.740
 response?

00:35:58.740 --> 00:35:59.360
 Whether this

00:35:59.360 --> 00:36:00.019
 is the first

00:36:00.019 --> 00:36:00.660
 time we're

00:36:00.660 --> 00:36:01.400
 ever confronted

00:36:01.400 --> 00:36:02.280
 with repentance

00:36:02.280 --> 00:36:04.080
 or there's

00:36:04.080 --> 00:36:04.900
 stuff in our

00:36:04.900 --> 00:36:06.100
 life personally

00:36:06.100 --> 00:36:07.300
 or within our

00:36:07.300 --> 00:36:08.400
 families that

00:36:08.400 --> 00:36:09.140
 we're just

00:36:09.140 --> 00:36:09.940
 ignoring and

00:36:09.940 --> 00:36:10.540
 not dealing

00:36:10.540 --> 00:36:10.960
 with,

00:36:12.480 --> 00:36:13.340
 what's our

00:36:13.340 --> 00:36:14.140
 response going

00:36:14.140 --> 00:36:14.580
 to be?

00:36:17.360 --> 00:36:18.040
 Well,

00:36:19.080 --> 00:36:20.519
 go with me

00:36:20.519 --> 00:36:21.060
 please to

00:36:21.060 --> 00:36:21.980
 Hebrews chapter

00:36:21.980 --> 00:36:22.420
 12,

00:36:23.540 --> 00:36:24.980
 because this

00:36:24.980 --> 00:36:25.760
 family that

00:36:25.760 --> 00:36:26.200
 we've been

00:36:26.200 --> 00:36:26.920
 looking at

00:36:26.920 --> 00:36:30.320
 is a

00:36:30.320 --> 00:36:31.019
 warning to

00:36:31.019 --> 00:36:31.440
 us.

00:36:32.280 --> 00:36:33.360
 Hebrews chapter

00:36:33.360 --> 00:36:34.000
 12.

00:36:42.480 --> 00:36:43.280
 As we

00:36:43.280 --> 00:36:43.960
 think about

00:36:43.960 --> 00:36:45.000
 our response

00:36:45.000 --> 00:36:46.080
 to God's

00:36:46.080 --> 00:36:47.560
 gift of

00:36:47.560 --> 00:36:48.080
 redemption,

00:36:49.080 --> 00:36:50.080
 his call to

00:36:50.080 --> 00:36:50.700
 repentance,

00:36:51.060 --> 00:36:51.700
 to deal

00:36:51.700 --> 00:36:53.600
 with things

00:36:53.600 --> 00:36:54.320
 in our life

00:36:54.320 --> 00:36:55.040
 that need to

00:36:55.040 --> 00:36:55.460
 be dealt

00:36:55.460 --> 00:36:55.860
 with or

00:36:55.860 --> 00:36:56.620
 perhaps we're

00:36:56.620 --> 00:36:57.120
 ignoring,

00:36:57.119 --> 00:37:01.539
 let the

00:37:01.539 --> 00:37:02.400
 weight of

00:37:02.400 --> 00:37:03.159
 Esau's

00:37:03.159 --> 00:37:03.900
 response

00:37:03.900 --> 00:37:05.779
 be heard

00:37:05.779 --> 00:37:06.339
 to us

00:37:06.339 --> 00:37:06.839
 today.

00:37:07.519 --> 00:37:08.579
 Hebrews 12

00:37:08.579 --> 00:37:09.699
 verse 16.

00:37:12.699 --> 00:37:14.139
 See that

00:37:14.139 --> 00:37:15.199
 no one,

00:37:15.839 --> 00:37:16.739
 not one of

00:37:16.739 --> 00:37:17.159
 us is

00:37:17.159 --> 00:37:17.880
 sexually or

00:37:17.880 --> 00:37:19.319
 moral or

00:37:19.319 --> 00:37:20.440
 is godless

00:37:20.440 --> 00:37:21.599
 like Esau.

00:37:21.599 --> 00:37:23.159
 well,

00:37:23.159 --> 00:37:23.559
 we've just

00:37:23.559 --> 00:37:24.000
 been looking

00:37:24.000 --> 00:37:24.420
 at him,

00:37:24.500 --> 00:37:24.980
 haven't we,

00:37:25.299 --> 00:37:26.059
 who for a

00:37:26.059 --> 00:37:26.940
 single meal

00:37:26.940 --> 00:37:27.819
 sold his

00:37:27.819 --> 00:37:29.000
 inheritance rights

00:37:29.000 --> 00:37:30.059
 as the

00:37:30.059 --> 00:37:30.819
 oldest brother.

00:37:31.400 --> 00:37:31.880
 Afterwards,

00:37:32.119 --> 00:37:32.960
 as you know,

00:37:33.219 --> 00:37:34.019
 and we do

00:37:34.019 --> 00:37:34.599
 know because

00:37:34.599 --> 00:37:35.159
 we've just

00:37:35.159 --> 00:37:35.739
 read it,

00:37:36.119 --> 00:37:36.559
 when he

00:37:36.559 --> 00:37:37.279
 wanted to

00:37:37.279 --> 00:37:38.119
 inherit this

00:37:38.119 --> 00:37:38.559
 blessing,

00:37:38.819 --> 00:37:39.319
 he was

00:37:39.319 --> 00:37:39.900
 rejected.

00:37:41.339 --> 00:37:41.900
 Even

00:37:41.900 --> 00:37:42.420
 though he

00:37:42.420 --> 00:37:43.259
 sought the

00:37:43.259 --> 00:37:44.000
 blessing with

00:37:44.000 --> 00:37:44.659
 tears,

00:37:44.659 --> 00:37:46.719
 he could

00:37:46.719 --> 00:37:47.859
 not change

00:37:47.859 --> 00:37:49.619
 what he

00:37:49.619 --> 00:37:50.159
 had done.

00:37:53.000 --> 00:37:53.719
 You see,

00:37:53.819 --> 00:37:54.399
 the time

00:37:54.399 --> 00:37:55.259
 will come

00:37:55.259 --> 00:37:56.519
 when the

00:37:56.519 --> 00:37:57.099
 opportunity

00:37:57.099 --> 00:37:58.159
 to change

00:37:58.159 --> 00:37:58.940
 will have

00:37:58.940 --> 00:38:00.199
 passed us

00:38:00.199 --> 00:38:00.559
 by.

00:38:02.759 --> 00:38:03.279
 And maybe

00:38:03.279 --> 00:38:03.719
 you're here

00:38:03.719 --> 00:38:04.399
 this morning

00:38:04.399 --> 00:38:05.500
 and you've

00:38:05.500 --> 00:38:06.960
 never done

00:38:06.960 --> 00:38:07.759
 business with

00:38:07.759 --> 00:38:08.039
 God,

00:38:08.119 --> 00:38:08.679
 you've heard

00:38:08.679 --> 00:38:09.099
 it,

00:38:11.000 --> 00:38:11.480
 but you've

00:38:11.480 --> 00:38:12.000
 never ever

00:38:12.000 --> 00:38:12.519
 repented.

00:38:12.519 --> 00:38:15.579
 you've

00:38:15.579 --> 00:38:16.280
 never dealt

00:38:16.280 --> 00:38:16.780
 with the

00:38:16.780 --> 00:38:17.300
 issues.

00:38:19.159 --> 00:38:19.960
 Or maybe

00:38:19.960 --> 00:38:20.719
 there's sinful

00:38:20.719 --> 00:38:22.119
 behaviour and

00:38:22.119 --> 00:38:22.759
 habits in

00:38:22.759 --> 00:38:23.139
 your own

00:38:23.139 --> 00:38:23.559
 life,

00:38:24.079 --> 00:38:24.860
 stuff in

00:38:24.860 --> 00:38:25.599
 my life I

00:38:25.599 --> 00:38:26.019
 need to

00:38:26.019 --> 00:38:26.679
 pay attention

00:38:26.679 --> 00:38:27.079
 to,

00:38:27.579 --> 00:38:28.420
 maybe things

00:38:28.420 --> 00:38:29.119
 going on in

00:38:29.119 --> 00:38:29.480
 your own

00:38:29.480 --> 00:38:30.719
 family that's

00:38:30.719 --> 00:38:31.340
 never been

00:38:31.340 --> 00:38:32.000
 worked through.

00:38:34.360 --> 00:38:35.099
 Don't

00:38:35.099 --> 00:38:36.159
 despise

00:38:36.159 --> 00:38:38.380
 the blessing

00:38:38.380 --> 00:38:40.059
 that God

00:38:40.059 --> 00:38:40.539
 is giving

00:38:40.539 --> 00:38:41.619
 you through

00:38:41.619 --> 00:38:42.239
 forgiveness.

00:38:42.519 --> 00:38:43.699
 and the

00:38:43.699 --> 00:38:44.119
 gift of

00:38:44.119 --> 00:38:44.880
 his spirit

00:38:44.880 --> 00:38:46.519
 and the

00:38:46.519 --> 00:38:46.940
 wonderful

00:38:46.940 --> 00:38:47.699
 offer of

00:38:47.699 --> 00:38:48.179
 redemption.

00:38:50.179 --> 00:38:51.179
 Time is

00:38:51.179 --> 00:38:51.679
 short.

00:38:53.340 --> 00:38:53.699
 Time

00:38:53.699 --> 00:38:54.480
 might pass

00:38:54.480 --> 00:38:55.019
 you by.

00:38:56.699 --> 00:38:57.340
 Don't be

00:38:57.340 --> 00:38:58.079
 like Esau.

00:39:00.300 --> 00:39:01.280
 Turn to

00:39:01.280 --> 00:39:01.699
 God

00:39:01.699 --> 00:39:03.880
 in repentance

00:39:03.880 --> 00:39:05.900
 and deal

00:39:05.900 --> 00:39:06.340
 with what

00:39:06.340 --> 00:39:06.940
 needs to be

00:39:06.940 --> 00:39:07.559
 dealt with.

00:39:08.519 --> 00:39:09.099
 Jesus

00:39:09.099 --> 00:39:10.079
 Let's

00:39:10.079 --> 00:39:10.440
 pray.

00:39:29.559 --> 00:39:31.400
 Want to

00:39:31.400 --> 00:39:32.099
 know what a

00:39:32.099 --> 00:39:32.840
 rebellious

00:39:32.840 --> 00:39:33.920
 sinner looks

00:39:33.920 --> 00:39:48.099
 like? Stand in front of the mirror. Father, your word has been a mirror to us today, helping

00:39:48.099 --> 00:40:00.280
 us to see how we can so easily and subtly disobey, distrust, deceive others, despise

00:40:00.280 --> 00:40:12.860
 the good gifts that you give us. We humbly come before you and say sorry. Sorry for our sin.

00:40:14.300 --> 00:40:24.480
 Sorry for our failure. Please work in us what is good and right and help us that we may come

00:40:24.480 --> 00:40:34.000
 running back to Jesus time and time again. Father, help us to deal with things in our own

00:40:34.000 --> 00:40:46.920
 life, things within our families, sin between husband and wife, parents and children, that

00:40:46.920 --> 00:40:55.980
 we would not let these things just drift by, but that we would take time to deal with it

00:40:55.980 --> 00:41:04.320
 because we know that opposing your ways will only end in further mess, further destruction

00:41:04.320 --> 00:41:14.860
 and chaos. We need your peace. We need your grace. And we thank you that that blessing is available

00:41:14.860 --> 00:41:23.080
 to us today. Help us, Lord, we ask. In Jesus' name. Amen.

00:41:23.079 --> 00:41:42.799
 Amen. We're going to sing the wondrous mystery that God could work despite our sin and through

00:41:42.799 --> 00:41:52.279
 our sin to achieve his purposes in our life, our redemption. Let's stand together as we sing

00:41:52.280 --> 00:41:53.280
 with you to advance. Amen.

00:41:53.320 --> 00:41:54.320
 Amen.

00:41:54.320 --> 00:41:58.420
 Amen.