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liberty bible church          7~/13~/08 P.M.
By Tom Zobrist
“The Dangers of Parental Favoritism”
Genesis 27:30-28:9
introduction
Illus. of Sibling Rivalry article.
What this article does not share is what can be the results of sibling rivalry gone bad.
I.e. a brother’s shooting recently up in Marshall County.
Police reported that they were frequently called to their home to break up fights.
Their mother also lived there.
Sibling rivalry is part of our sin nature.
It has been part of our DNA since Caan and Abel.
Parental favoritism is a contributing factor.
What are some dangers of this and how can we avoid it?
OPEN to passage.
*Prop.
*In this passage, we see how dangerous playing favorites with our kids can be.
Open in PRAYER.
PREVIEW the passage.
It appears from Scripture that Isaac and Rebekah both may have chosen a favorite from their twin boys.
Cf.
Gen. 25:21-28 So far, We’ve seen Jacob steal Esau’s birthright.
Last week, we saw Jacob connive with his mother to steal Esau’s blessing as well.
This would have been God’s will for him anyway.
There was no need to be deceptive, but Rebekah and Jacob both chose that path.
Tonight, we see the results of those choices.
What can be the results of playing favorites with our kids?
First…
 
  i.
Dissatisfaction vs. 30-36
Illus. of The Ultimate Gift clip.
Here was a group of dissatisfied siblings that wanted only monetary blessings.
Something similar happens here when Esau and Jacob compete for their father’s blessing.
Like this clip…    
a.
emotions run high   
V 30    1.
This account reads like a Hollywood script.
Jacob gets out just in the nick of time.
But the damage was done.
V 31    2.
Esau makes his tasty food, wild game that his father requested, and takes it in to him.
He had lost his birthright and was excited to get the blessing.
But, he soon to be disappointed.
V 32    3.
Isaac was full.
He had already eaten.
He was not expecting another meal.
When he discovers what has happened, he becomes very emotional.
V 33    4.
He is literally shaken up.
He knew that God’s plan would be fulfilled one way or another and he realized that it was coming to pass, even in spite of his favoritism of Esau.
Jacob would indeed be blessed because God had willed it.
He had chosen Jacob.
Cf.
Rom.
9:10-13; Mal.
1:2-3 Isaac should not have tried to overrule God.
V 34    5.
Esau was very bitter and angry.
He also wanted a blessing.
But it was not to be.
b.
Esau is dissatisfied
V 35    1.
Although Isaac was wrong in trying to bless Esau, Jacob was wrong in using deceit to accomplish that which God would have eventually anyway.
We can’t get ahead of God’s timing.
V 36a   2.
Esau is beginning to realize what type of a person his brother is at this point in his life.
Twice he had supplanted or deceived his brother.
He had also taken his heel at birth and thus his name.
Cf. 25:26
V 36b  3.
Once last plea for a blessing.
But it was not to be.
Rather than fighting God, he should have submitted to His will.
That was something this family struggled with.
They tried to gain blessings their way.
*Trans.*
One result of parental favoritism is DISSATISFACTION.
A second is…
 
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divergence vs. 37-40
Illus. of when our children are little, they take the same path.
They mostly go with us, together.
As they get older, they go their separate ways.
Sometimes it’s even hard to get them together.
It is what God intended.
He has a different plan for each of them and they have different gifts to get those plans accomplished.
Here, Isaac’s blessing reveals that Esau will take a divergent path from Jacob, but it will not be what Esau wants.
a. the bad news  
V 37    1.
Isaac reveals the details of his blessing for Jacob.
Jacob will be over Esau.
Esau’s children would serve Jacob’s.
The blessing provided support from the land abundantly.
Note that Isaac’s blessing, which he thought was for Esau, was contrary to what God had willed.
Cf.
Gen. 25:23 Now he is resigned to God’s plan.
But, Esau doesn’t like it.
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