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REBEKAH, THE MOTHER THAT DESTROYED HER FAMILY

by Donald Cantrell

Scripture: Genesis 25:20-28, Genesis 27:1-13


Rebekah, the Mother That Destroyed Her Family
Donald Cantrell
Genesis 25: 20-28, Genesis 27:1-13


I - The Perplexity of her Beginning (Gen. 25: 20 - 24)
II - The Poisoning of her Boys (Gen 25: 25 - 28)
III - The Peril of her Behavior (Gen 27: 1 - 13)
IV - The Pain of her Biasness

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James Dobson asked hundreds of teens what they would like to tell their parents. Their answers might surprise you:

- Teach us about God and spiritual things.
- Guide us towards good marriages by modeling a good one.
- Don't curse and smoke, if you don't want us too.
- Be consistent and follow through on things.
- Play with your kids.
- Tell us that you love us often.
- Look for good things in kids and not just the bad.
- Don't pressure us too much to excel.
- Believe us and believe in us.
- Talk to us straight about sensitive subjects.

The Smothers brothers had a famous quote ''Mom always liked you best.'' In 1965 they released an album title ''Mom always liked you best.'' This was very humorous as the cover photograph shows Dick surrounded by a dog, a wagon, a scooter and many other toys while Tom is sitting there with just his chicken.

In our sermon today we are going to see how favoritism between mom and dad will ruin the siblings. Isaac and Rebekah are both seemingly madly in love, but upon having twin boys, it seems their relationship sours. Isaac favors Esau and Rebekah favors Jacob.

Favoritism comes in many forms and though it is often subtle it is still dangerous and destructive to the family structure.

- Birth Order

The oldest is favored due to his being the first born or the youngest is favored due to being the baby. Often the middle child will be woefully overlooked.

- Gender

If the family has four daughters and one son, more than likely the boy will be favored and coddled or just the opposite.

- Personality

The outgoing child with the dynamic persona may ...

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