JACOB'S FAMILY (3 OF 3)
Scripture: Genesis 29:1-35, Genesis 30:1-43, Genesis 31:1-55
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Title: Jacob's Family (3 of 3)
Series: Molded-The Life of Jacob
Author: Dave Gustavsen
Text: Genesis 29-31
We're taking the month of August to focus on the life of Jacob. Jacob's grandfather was Abraham, and back in Genesis 12, God made an amazing promise to Abraham. He took him outside on a clear night, and he said, "Look up at the stars-that's how numerous your descendants are going to be. I'm going to make a great nation out of you, and bless you, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed through you." And then later, God made it clear that he was fulfilling that promise through Abraham's son, Isaac. And then, God said the promise was being passed down from Isaac to Jacob. So Jacob's descendants would be a great nation, and they'd be blessed by God in a special way. So it seems like Jacob had everything going for him.
Except for one thing: he had a serious character flaw. What was it? He was a deceiver. Early in life, he developed a personality that was sneaky and shifty and dishonest and manipulative. He knew how to shade the truth to get what he wanted. So he tricked his twin brother, Esau, out of his birthright as the firstborn, and out of his parental blessing; he tricked his father, Isaac, into giving him that blessing. And that deceitfulness caused so much chaos in his family that Jacob had to run for his life-he traveled on foot to go stay with his Uncle Laban.
On the way there, he had this amazing dream where he saw a ladder connecting heaven and earth, and in the dream God again reiterated his promise to bless Jacob and make a great nation out of him. So Jacob woke up from the dream, and continued his journey to Uncle Laban's house. And that's where we'll continue the story today.
So why does this matter for us? Well, because we are all Jacob. All of us are the recipients of amazing promises that God makes to us, but at the same time, we all have character flaws. Your flaws might be different from Jacob's, but you have them. An ...
Series: Molded-The Life of Jacob
Author: Dave Gustavsen
Text: Genesis 29-31
We're taking the month of August to focus on the life of Jacob. Jacob's grandfather was Abraham, and back in Genesis 12, God made an amazing promise to Abraham. He took him outside on a clear night, and he said, "Look up at the stars-that's how numerous your descendants are going to be. I'm going to make a great nation out of you, and bless you, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed through you." And then later, God made it clear that he was fulfilling that promise through Abraham's son, Isaac. And then, God said the promise was being passed down from Isaac to Jacob. So Jacob's descendants would be a great nation, and they'd be blessed by God in a special way. So it seems like Jacob had everything going for him.
Except for one thing: he had a serious character flaw. What was it? He was a deceiver. Early in life, he developed a personality that was sneaky and shifty and dishonest and manipulative. He knew how to shade the truth to get what he wanted. So he tricked his twin brother, Esau, out of his birthright as the firstborn, and out of his parental blessing; he tricked his father, Isaac, into giving him that blessing. And that deceitfulness caused so much chaos in his family that Jacob had to run for his life-he traveled on foot to go stay with his Uncle Laban.
On the way there, he had this amazing dream where he saw a ladder connecting heaven and earth, and in the dream God again reiterated his promise to bless Jacob and make a great nation out of him. So Jacob woke up from the dream, and continued his journey to Uncle Laban's house. And that's where we'll continue the story today.
So why does this matter for us? Well, because we are all Jacob. All of us are the recipients of amazing promises that God makes to us, but at the same time, we all have character flaws. Your flaws might be different from Jacob's, but you have them. An ...
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