BIRTHRIGHT SOLD (2 OF 14)
Scripture: Genesis 25:27-34
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Birthright Sold (2 of 14)
Series: God Walks with Us
Stephen Whitney
Genesis 25:27-34
How do you make decisions? If it feels good, if it is practical, if you can afford it, or if it is a good deal, if you like it? Often our decisions are based on our feelings at the moment instead of asking, ''What would God have me do?''
A woman wanted to visit her relatives in California and she was not sure if it was God's will to go or not. One morning she went into her bedroom and prayed for God's guidance. While she was on her knees, she glanced up at her digital clock which read: ''7:47.'' She knew that ''747'' was the name of a jet plane and was sure that God had given her his direction to go to California. Using this kind of sign as divine guidance is dangerous.
Hadden Robinson in Decision Making By The Book, wrote, ''We should not turn to Scripture in search of a detailed road map. The Bible is not so much a map as it is a compass. It doesn't give us specifics, but it does provide direction.''
Ps. 119:105 Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. God has given us principles in his word so that every decision we make would honor him as we walk by faith in his promises.
INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERS :27-28 Esau Skillful (KJB cunning) hunter - Heb. to learn by experience. As he spent time hunting, he learned how to tract animals. He became skilled at shooting a bow and arrow so he could track an animal and then kill it.
Jacob Quiet (KJB plain, NKJ mild) - Heb. mild disposition. Gesenius Hebrew Lexicon - ''It indicates a milder disposition of Jacob, as opposed to the more ferocious character of Esau.''
Derek Kidner - ''The level-headed quality made Jacob, at his best, toughly dependable, and at his worst a formidably cool opponent.''
The two brothers are complete opposites of one another just as the two nations they would father would also eventually be.
:28 Isaac loved Esau because he loved to eat fresh game. The text gives us a hint ...
Series: God Walks with Us
Stephen Whitney
Genesis 25:27-34
How do you make decisions? If it feels good, if it is practical, if you can afford it, or if it is a good deal, if you like it? Often our decisions are based on our feelings at the moment instead of asking, ''What would God have me do?''
A woman wanted to visit her relatives in California and she was not sure if it was God's will to go or not. One morning she went into her bedroom and prayed for God's guidance. While she was on her knees, she glanced up at her digital clock which read: ''7:47.'' She knew that ''747'' was the name of a jet plane and was sure that God had given her his direction to go to California. Using this kind of sign as divine guidance is dangerous.
Hadden Robinson in Decision Making By The Book, wrote, ''We should not turn to Scripture in search of a detailed road map. The Bible is not so much a map as it is a compass. It doesn't give us specifics, but it does provide direction.''
Ps. 119:105 Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. God has given us principles in his word so that every decision we make would honor him as we walk by faith in his promises.
INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERS :27-28 Esau Skillful (KJB cunning) hunter - Heb. to learn by experience. As he spent time hunting, he learned how to tract animals. He became skilled at shooting a bow and arrow so he could track an animal and then kill it.
Jacob Quiet (KJB plain, NKJ mild) - Heb. mild disposition. Gesenius Hebrew Lexicon - ''It indicates a milder disposition of Jacob, as opposed to the more ferocious character of Esau.''
Derek Kidner - ''The level-headed quality made Jacob, at his best, toughly dependable, and at his worst a formidably cool opponent.''
The two brothers are complete opposites of one another just as the two nations they would father would also eventually be.
:28 Isaac loved Esau because he loved to eat fresh game. The text gives us a hint ...
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