The Price Is Right

Genesis 25:29–34 KJV 1900

And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint: And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom. And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright. And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me? And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob. Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.

Hebrews 12:16–17 KJV 1900

Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright. For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.

Profane - relating or devoted to that which is not sacred or biblical; secular rather than religious.

Romans 9:11 KJV 1900

(For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;)

Romans 8:29 KJV 1900

For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

Ephesians 1:5 KJV 1900

Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

Romans 9:12–14 KJV 1900

It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger. As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated. What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.

The last sentence is a Hebrew idiom meaning:

“I have preferred Jacob to Esau.”

Romans 9:15 KJV 1900

For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.

We can’t tell God who to love and who to hate...

God so loved the world...

How can we say we love God...

Everybody wants to go to heaven, everyone wants their pie in the sky.

But is their anything in the world you would be willing to sell your birthright for?

Birthright - a particular right of possession or privilege one has from birth, especially as an eldest child.

The special privileges and advantages belonging to the first-born son among the Jews.

Despised - feel contempt or a deep repugnance for. (regard with contempt · feel contempt for · shrink from · be repelled by · not be able to bear/stand/stomach · find intolerable · deplore · dislike · scorn · disdain · slight · look down on · pour/heap scorn on · deride · scoff at · jeer at · sneer at · mock · revile · spurn · shun · contemn · disrelish).

Quote: When am 18 am out of here, I’ve got a life to live for myself.

“This church stuff is crazy, you can have it”

“Give me something to fulfill the desires of my flesh”.

Esau sold his birthright for a bowl of beans ($1.20)

Look at Jacob determination to get the birthright....