Jacob Wrestles With God
Brian Fletcher
Genesis 32:22-32
Pre-Introduction: This morning we arrive in Genesis 32 as we progress through this book of beginnings, and what we have been keying in on the book that begins God's Covenantal promise to his people.
We've seen the promise start with Adam and Eve that after they sinned and rebelled against God, he would one day send a redeemer to crush sin and its destructive consequences. The covenant has progressed through God's dealings with Noah and then was made even clearer with the patriarch Abraham, where God promises to be his God, and bless all the nations through the lineage of Abraham.
And one particular theme we have seen all along is that God has been faithful to faithless people. Now, we get to the life of Jacob who is Abraham's grandson. And the theme of God being faithful to the unfaithful will continue with Jacob, whose name literally means ''he cheats''.
Start Reading Genesis 32:22-32 then stop.
Pray.
Introduction:
Corrie ten Boom was a writer and historian. She was born in the Netherlands in 1892. In February of 1944, an informer turned the ten Boom family into the Gestapo for hiding Jews in their Watch and Clock shop. Six family members and 30 friends were arrested. Corrie and her sister Betsie, were sent to the Ravensbrück concentration camp. Betsie and her two brothers, Casper and Christiaan ten Boom died as prisoners. But because of a clerical error, Corrie Ten Boom was released, one week before all the women her age were killed. ten Boom went on to tell her message of survival for the next 32 years in countries throughout the world.
While Corrie ten Boom is most notably known for her book, The Hiding Place, she also wrote many others including Don't Wrestle just Nestle, in this book she encourages Christians to trust in God's promises and ability to provide the courage and strength needed to face the future unafraid, asserting that obedience to his will brings peace and secu ...
Brian Fletcher
Genesis 32:22-32
Pre-Introduction: This morning we arrive in Genesis 32 as we progress through this book of beginnings, and what we have been keying in on the book that begins God's Covenantal promise to his people.
We've seen the promise start with Adam and Eve that after they sinned and rebelled against God, he would one day send a redeemer to crush sin and its destructive consequences. The covenant has progressed through God's dealings with Noah and then was made even clearer with the patriarch Abraham, where God promises to be his God, and bless all the nations through the lineage of Abraham.
And one particular theme we have seen all along is that God has been faithful to faithless people. Now, we get to the life of Jacob who is Abraham's grandson. And the theme of God being faithful to the unfaithful will continue with Jacob, whose name literally means ''he cheats''.
Start Reading Genesis 32:22-32 then stop.
Pray.
Introduction:
Corrie ten Boom was a writer and historian. She was born in the Netherlands in 1892. In February of 1944, an informer turned the ten Boom family into the Gestapo for hiding Jews in their Watch and Clock shop. Six family members and 30 friends were arrested. Corrie and her sister Betsie, were sent to the Ravensbrück concentration camp. Betsie and her two brothers, Casper and Christiaan ten Boom died as prisoners. But because of a clerical error, Corrie Ten Boom was released, one week before all the women her age were killed. ten Boom went on to tell her message of survival for the next 32 years in countries throughout the world.
While Corrie ten Boom is most notably known for her book, The Hiding Place, she also wrote many others including Don't Wrestle just Nestle, in this book she encourages Christians to trust in God's promises and ability to provide the courage and strength needed to face the future unafraid, asserting that obedience to his will brings peace and secu ...
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