Love & Marriage (3 of 6)
Series: My Crazy Family
Scott Maze
Genesis 29:15-35
We continue our series, My Crazy Family, only it is the Tailgate edition. It gets even crazier today. Great things can come from broken families. Jacob is a complex character - he's truly a piece of work. For much of his life, this much was true of Jacob - Jacob always put Jacob first in every area of his life. Jacob didn't love people, instead he used people.
Jacob's family life is almost continual strife. As great Jacob became, he will see him transform before our eyes in the weeks to come. From a scheming manipulator to a humbled man, Jacob transforms by the grace of God. Fresh off seeing a vision of angels ascending and descending a stairway from heaven, Jacob returns back to the land of his grandfather, Abraham. Fleeing for his life, he finds love. But we are seeing a work in progress and God is going to use the school of suffering to humble Jacob.
Today's Scripture
''Then Laban said to Jacob, ''Because you are my kinsman, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what shall your wages be?'' Now Laban had two daughters. The name of the older was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. Leah's eyes were weak, but Rachel was beautiful in form and appearance. Jacob loved Rachel. And he said, ''I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.'' Laban said, ''It is better that I give her to you than that I should give her to any other man; stay with me.'' So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed to him but a few days because of the love he had for her. Then Jacob said to Laban, ''Give me my wife that I may go in to her, for my time is completed.'' So Laban gathered together all the people of the place and made a feast. But in the evening he took his daughter Leah and brought her to Jacob, and he went in to her. (Laban gave his female servant Zilpah to his daughter Leah to be her servant.) And in the morning, behold, it was Lea ...
Series: My Crazy Family
Scott Maze
Genesis 29:15-35
We continue our series, My Crazy Family, only it is the Tailgate edition. It gets even crazier today. Great things can come from broken families. Jacob is a complex character - he's truly a piece of work. For much of his life, this much was true of Jacob - Jacob always put Jacob first in every area of his life. Jacob didn't love people, instead he used people.
Jacob's family life is almost continual strife. As great Jacob became, he will see him transform before our eyes in the weeks to come. From a scheming manipulator to a humbled man, Jacob transforms by the grace of God. Fresh off seeing a vision of angels ascending and descending a stairway from heaven, Jacob returns back to the land of his grandfather, Abraham. Fleeing for his life, he finds love. But we are seeing a work in progress and God is going to use the school of suffering to humble Jacob.
Today's Scripture
''Then Laban said to Jacob, ''Because you are my kinsman, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what shall your wages be?'' Now Laban had two daughters. The name of the older was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. Leah's eyes were weak, but Rachel was beautiful in form and appearance. Jacob loved Rachel. And he said, ''I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.'' Laban said, ''It is better that I give her to you than that I should give her to any other man; stay with me.'' So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed to him but a few days because of the love he had for her. Then Jacob said to Laban, ''Give me my wife that I may go in to her, for my time is completed.'' So Laban gathered together all the people of the place and made a feast. But in the evening he took his daughter Leah and brought her to Jacob, and he went in to her. (Laban gave his female servant Zilpah to his daughter Leah to be her servant.) And in the morning, behold, it was Lea ...
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