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Intro
We’ve discussed God’s sovereignty in the life of Jacob.
Lost, displaces, found through a dream at Bethel.
Jacob was terrible at relationships.
God found Jacob at Bethel as he was sleeping on a stone pillows.
Jacob was given purpose and direction.
He made a vow that the Lord would be his God.
God finds people that aren’t looking for Him.
Jacob then went east, found Laban and worked under him for 20 years.
Married Leah and Rachel
Numerous children
Blessed abundantly.
Things soured with his father-in-law and family.
Jacob was given direction from God to head back to Bethel.
God’s plan is better.
But it’s not convenient.
There is pain in the past.
God didn’t find you to that you could remain comfortable.
He get’s glory through obedience and sacrifice.
Jacob was like us though.
God lived up to His end.
Jacob hadn’t.
God called him to come back to Bethel, and Jacob eventually ended up going to the city of Shechem in the land of Canaan.
He want’s God’s blessings, but didn’t necessarily desire God.
And yet, God wouldn’t let go of Jacob...
God finds people and gives them a new name.
1. Hearing God’s message is easier when we put aside sinful behavior.
(1-4)
It had been 30 years since Jacob’s experience at Bethel.
He had already erected a pillar.
He is instructed to build an alter at the same location.
Jacob needed to get out of Shechem.
Bethel 30 miles south of Shechem.
Ascent from a low to highland country.
Jacob had not performed his original vow in chapter 28.
His sons had defied him due to bad decisions on his part.
He had allowed foreign gods into his family.
(Worldly influences)
Jacob took control of his family.
Buried gods, instruments of false worship, and changed their clothes.
He had a funeral for the items that made them sin in front of his entire family.
Fireproof - Caleb destroys computer.
Isn’t this the struggle?
Destroying instruments of sin makes you a fanatic.
Disciple - Disciplined follower of a master.
In other words, a fanatic.
People who want to hear from God will recognize the places in their life that stand in the way of God’s voice.
For many, people will never hear because they are unwilling.
God is one sin funeral away from telling you His purpose.
God finds people and gives them a new name.
2. God is superior to all others.
(5-8)
As Jacob journeyed, God lived up to His promise providing presence and protection.
The Canaanite tribes were terrified of them.
There was every reason for them to fall, and yet they didn’t .
God was their shield.
What used to be unoccupied ground, had now been taken over by the Canaanites.
Almond trees everywhere.
Modern day Beitin.
El-Bethel
ha-elohim - “The God of Bethel”.
Yahweh is the God, set apart from, and superior to all others.
People wouldn’t be at odds in their life all the time if they understood that God is superior.
A high view of God.
What’s your #1?
Who is your superior?
Heart - mind and emotions.
Soul - source of your being.
Strenght - love hard.
The basis of all is love.
Don’t expect a word from God is you’re not willing to make Him superior to you.
Sooner or later, your desire for worldly things must fall away compared to who God is.
It is at this point that God will find you and give you a new name.
3. A new name is a new life.
(9-15)
30 years after appearing to Jacob at Bethel, God encountered Jacob again.
God proved that He remembered the promise by bringing together different parts of Jacob’s life.
It was here that Jacob recieved his name Israel.
Abram=Abraham
Simon=Peter (Rock)
Saul = Paul
It was from the sons of Israel where there would be 12 tribes.
“God Almighty” - El Shaddai
El Shaddai would bring up a great nation fulfilling His promise to Abraham.
Eventually, King David would be born from the tribe of Judah.
Jesus would come from the line of David.
Again, the presence of God would leave Israel.
Israel erected a pillar of stone.
Pour out wine on the ground honoring god.
Poured oil on the stone making it sacred.
Jacob, now Israel named the place Bethel.
We have watered down the effects of salvation on people.
It’s more than a change of our outlook on life.
Its a brand new life.
You’re new!
You are in His presence.
You have His protection.
It’s all different now.
God finds people and gives them a new name.
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