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SF610
*A LESS THAN PERFECT DAD*
*Genesis 25:21-28*
*INTRODUCTION*
*/Jacob - Background/*
*Not considered a man of great faith*
*Certainly not thought of as the “model Dad”*
*He had more than one wife*
*He had a blended family*
*He experienced tragedy in his family*
/Broken relationship with Father and Brother./
/Broken relationship with his in-laws./
/Marital problems/
/Daughter Dinah raped - sons commit murder.
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/Dissension and hatred among his sons/
/He played favorites/
/Lost his fortune in the famine/
*/Despite all this God worked in Jacob’s life and used him/*
\\ *1A.
GOD CHOOSING JACOB*
*/(Malachi 1:2‑3) /*/""...Yet I have loved Jacob, {3} but Esau I have hated,...""/
*/Why would God choose Jacob?/*
/"I know of no reason for God to choose Jacob, because in him was no good thing."
John Phillips/
*/1B.
The Fact of God’s Choice/*
*/(Romans 5:8)/*/ "But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us."/
*/(Ephesians 1:4)/*/ "For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight...”/
*There was a day in the life of Jacob when he chose God but there was never a day in the life of Esau when he chose God.*
*/2B.
The Folly of God’s Choice/*
*We would not have chosen Jacob*
*Because of his name...*
/Jacob = he deceives/
*Because of his nature...*
/He was quiet, impatient, greedy, crafty, He defeated his brother (Genesis 25), He deceived his dad (Genesis 27)/
*/3B.
The Force of God’s Choice/*
*Earthly blessings - Father of Israel*
*Eternal Life*
\\ *2A.
GOD CHALLENGING JACOB (GENESIS 28:10-15)*
/So, we find Jacob away from home for the very first time.
He is lonely and frightened.
At this point he is still unsaved.
The memory of Esau's threat still ring in his ears.
With no thought of God he goes to sleep./
*/1B.
Jacob’s Dilemma (10-11)/*
*Left the security of home*
*Lost the standing of a son*
*/2B.
Jacob’s Dream/*
*Jacob Encounters...*
/God’s person (12)/
/God’s promise (13)/
/God’s purpose (14)/
/God’s presence (15)/
*/3B.
Jacob’s Declaration/*
*The reality of God’s presence (16)*
*The result of God’s presence (17)*
*/4B.
Jacob’s Decision/*
*Prompt compliance (18a)*
*Public confession (18b-19)*
/Luz = separation/
/Bethel = house of God/
*Personal commitment*
/Rely on God’s provision (20)/
/Respect for God’s place (22a)/
/Remember God’s portion (22b)/
\\ *3A.
GOD CHASTENING JACOB*
*/1B.
Concerning His Ways/*
*The matter of his wives (29:13-29)*
*Poetic Justice*
God sees that we get what we deserve.
Laban callously palmed off Leah on Jacob, purposely deceiving him.
What cared Laban that his methods were underhanded, despicable, and mean?
What cared Laban that he was trampling on the most sacred feeling of Jacob's heart?
Go back seven years in Jacob's life.
See him standing before his blind father pretending to be Esau, his older brother.
What had Jacob cared....
Now he had to reap just what he had sowed.
"The mills of God grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly fine."
*The matter of his wages (31:7)*
*Poetic Justice:*
What cared Laban that Jacob was his own kin, his nephew?
What did he care he was taking advantage of a weaker man temporarily in his power?
To Laban Jacob was a mere tool to be used and tossed aside once he had been made to minister to his own personal ambitions.
Go back some fourteen years... Recall how Jacob treated Esau the day Esau came in weak from the hunt and wanted some of Jacob's stew...
*/2B.
Concerning His Walk (32:22-32)/*
*Jacob being broken by God (22-27)*
*Jacob being blessed by God (28-30)*
*Jacob being branded by God (31-32)*
/At Bethel he saw the ladder, at the Jabbok he saw the Lord; At Bethel he became a believing man, here he became a broken man; At Bethel he became a son of God, here he became a saint of God.
He left Bethel with a new spring in his step; he left Jabbok with a lasting limp in his walk.
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