THE PARENT TRAP PART ONE (1 OF 6)
by Scott Maze
Scripture: Genesis 25:19-34
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The Parent Trap Part One (1 of 6)
Series: My Crazy Family
Scott Maze
Genesis 25:19-34
Who of us has cornered the market for craziness in our family? It seems that broken families and dysfunctional families are everywhere. There's hope for even crazy families because of Jesus Christ. Great things can come from broken families.
Jacob's life stands above the rest of humanity like a tall Colorado Rocky mountain peak over the horizon. More than a 1,000 years after Jacob died, his impact still lived on for the prophet Hosea said of him:
''In the womb he took his brother by the heel,
and in his manhood he strove with God.
4 He strove with the angel and prevailed;
he wept and sought his favor.
He met God at Bethel,
and there God spoke with us-'' (Hosea 12:3-4)
Jacob's life works like a Russian nesting doll, for his life has one conflict inside conflict inside yet another conflict. What begins as a conflict with his twin brother Esau, moves to his quarrel with his eventual father-in-law Laban, to continual run-ins with his two wives (yes, he was a polygamist). Jacob's family life is one quarrel wrapped around another.
We will follow him from his birth right to his deathbed in the weeks to come. As great as Jacob was, he will transform before our eyes in the weeks to come. From a scheming manipulator to a humbled man, Jacob transforms by the grace of God. We will see him used of God and watch in wonder as God starts a nation from his lineage.
Today's Scripture
''These are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham fathered Isaac, 20 and Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean, to be his wife. 21 And Isaac prayed to the Lord for his wife, because she was barren. And the Lord granted his prayer, and Rebekah his wife conceived. 22 The children struggled together within her, and she said, ''If it is thus, why is this happening to me?'' So she went ...
Series: My Crazy Family
Scott Maze
Genesis 25:19-34
Who of us has cornered the market for craziness in our family? It seems that broken families and dysfunctional families are everywhere. There's hope for even crazy families because of Jesus Christ. Great things can come from broken families.
Jacob's life stands above the rest of humanity like a tall Colorado Rocky mountain peak over the horizon. More than a 1,000 years after Jacob died, his impact still lived on for the prophet Hosea said of him:
''In the womb he took his brother by the heel,
and in his manhood he strove with God.
4 He strove with the angel and prevailed;
he wept and sought his favor.
He met God at Bethel,
and there God spoke with us-'' (Hosea 12:3-4)
Jacob's life works like a Russian nesting doll, for his life has one conflict inside conflict inside yet another conflict. What begins as a conflict with his twin brother Esau, moves to his quarrel with his eventual father-in-law Laban, to continual run-ins with his two wives (yes, he was a polygamist). Jacob's family life is one quarrel wrapped around another.
We will follow him from his birth right to his deathbed in the weeks to come. As great as Jacob was, he will transform before our eyes in the weeks to come. From a scheming manipulator to a humbled man, Jacob transforms by the grace of God. We will see him used of God and watch in wonder as God starts a nation from his lineage.
Today's Scripture
''These are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham fathered Isaac, 20 and Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean, to be his wife. 21 And Isaac prayed to the Lord for his wife, because she was barren. And the Lord granted his prayer, and Rebekah his wife conceived. 22 The children struggled together within her, and she said, ''If it is thus, why is this happening to me?'' So she went ...
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