9/15 It was time to go home

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Sermon Series: The hand of the Lord was in the struggle

Title: It was time to go home

Charles Spurgeon Queto’s

God promises / to keep his people, / and he will keep his promise.

Jacob had a promise

The struggle was going to push him to move forward....

20 years building his family, / wealth / It was time for Jacob to go home...

Genesis 31:1–7 (NIV)

Jacob heard that Laban’s / sons were saying, /

“Jacob has taken everything / our father owned / and has gained all this wealth/ from what belonged / to our father.”

And Jacob noticed/ that Laban’s attitude toward him / was not what it had been.

Then the Lord said to Jacob, “Go back to the land of your fathers and to your relatives, and I will be with you.”

So Jacob sent word / to Rachel and Leah / to come out to the fields /

where his flocks were. He said to them, “I see that your father’s attitude toward me is not what it was before, but the God of my father has been with me.

You know that I’ve worked / for your father / with all my strength, / yet your father has cheated me by changing my wages ten times. However, God has not allowed him to harm me.

There is so much to this story /

I Really encourage you to go back and read if for yourself.

History

1.) Jacob fled from his / brother to be with Laban

2.) His wives Began / to have Children

3.) His livestock begins to grow

4.) By manipulating the flocks to increase his wages / Through wisdom of the Holy Spirit.

We see where L

Laban Recognizes the Favor of the Lord on Jacob’s life

Laban practiced trickery to gain the advantage of his agreement with Jacob in Gen 30:25–36,

Dispite Laban’s Negitive adittute towards Jacob, this is both a command and a warning.

This echoes the promise given to Jacob at Bethel ( Gen 28:15) and Jacob’s own vow

Defin: A declaration or assurance that one will do a paticulure thing will happen

Genesis 28:15 ESV

Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”

Defin: A set of promises committing one to a prescribed Role, calling or course of action.

and Jacob’s own vow

Genesis 28:20 ESV

Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat and clothing to wear,

In the patriarchal culture, Jacob does not need to ask permission of his wives. Nonetheless, Jacob explains his decision to leave to Rachel and Leah, hoping that they will not tell their extended family or Laban. If they were to do so, he knows it would be difficult for him to escape from Laban (see v. 20). Jacob sincerely defends his own integrity before fleeing.

Jacob waits / for the right moment / and calls his wives, / into a field

and explains that Laban has cheated him and had changed his wages more than 10 times.

Now Yahweh tells him to go home

Jacob,

recounts his dream , how the Lord appeared himself to him reveals that He knows about Laban’s wrongs against Jacob.

In the patriarchal culture,

Jacob does not need to ask permission of his wives.

Nonetheless, Jacob explains his decision to leave to Rachel and Leah, hoping that they will not tell their extended family or Laban.

If they were to do so, he knows it would be difficult for him to escape from Laban (see v. 20). Jacob sincerely defends his own integrity before fleeing.

Genesis 31:20 ESV

And Jacob tricked Laban the Aramean, by not telling him that he intended to flee.

Point 2 Jacob Flees