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Intro
Text - Genesis 27.33-36
Title - Stolen Blessing
Background
Various ideas on blessing -
“feeling” blessed
blessing is all about material possessions
blessing is gained by doing certain activities
praying a set of prayers
following after the zodiac signs
“like” “amen” “share” pictures of money
feng shu - proper positioning of objects in the house
numbers - lucky and unlucky - 13; 4; 6; etc.
kumakaway na pusa
wearing lucky charms -
displaying “round objects” on new year’s eve
Issues
can your blessing be taken away from you?
how can we best secure God’s blessing over our life?
Key Points
Esau and Jacob are illustrations of modern Christians in relation to blessing
Two categories of blessing
Blessing under the Covenant
Jacob the new man
Esau and Jacob are illustrations of modern Christians in relation to blessing
Esau had no regard for his birthright
Today’s Esau’s have no regard for their Christian faith
Genesis 25.32-34 “32 And Esau said, “Look, I am about to die; so what is this birthright to me?” 33 Then Jacob said, “Swear to me as of this day.”
So he swore to him, and sold his birthright to Jacob.
34 And Jacob gave Esau bread and stew of lentils; then he ate and drank, arose, and went his way.
Thus Esau despised his birthright.”
“what is this birthright to me if I will die”
Esau “despised” his birthright - look down with contempt
Today’s Esau’s are self-confident that no one can take away their “blessing”
Paul’s warnings
take heed lest you fall - 1 Cor 10.12
do not be haughty, but fear - Romans 11.20
what “over-confident” Christians do -
miss 1 or 2 Sundays
not correcting their offenses against a brother/sister
not giving their tithes or missing their pledges
Esau blamed Jacob for his misfortune
Genesis 27.36 “36 And Esau said, “Is he not rightly named Jacob?
For he has supplanted me these two times.
He took away my birthright, and now look, he has taken away my blessing!”
And he said, “Have you not reserved a blessing for me?””
Today’s Esau’s blame others in their misfortune -
they blame their fellow Christians, even their pastor
they blame their office mates, the government, etc.
Today’s Esau’s get bitter when others are blessed
Jacob was obsessed with “blessing”
he was ready to do anything in order to get the blessing
he did not care if others will get hurt by his actions - he must get the blessing
he deceived his father
he supplanted his brother
Jacob - “supplanter”
supplant - to take by the heel; to come from behind; to restrain; to cheat;
M-W Dic. - to supersede (another) by force, trickery or treachery (synonyms - cut out, displace, usurp)
Today’s Jacob’s are obsessed with “blessings”
their favorite sermons are all about blessings
their focus in life is material gain
they read the Bible for the sake of earthly gain
when they do good, they do so in order to gain more
they go where there is opportunity to gain more
Today’s Jacob’s have no regard for the welfare of their fellow Christians
Today’s Jacob’s will even steal
What Jacob failed to see during those times -
the blessing is not the goal of life - there is more to Christian life than material gains
Romans 14.17 “17 for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.”
the end does NOT justify the means - carnal actions do not produce godly results
a noble intention does not give us authority to transgress
the birthright is not the ONLY way to gain the blessing of God
steal - to take what belongs to another wrongfully; to gain by trickery, skill or daring (act);
There is no real blessing gained by stealing -
real blessing CANNOT BE STOLEN from others - IT IS GIVEN!
Two categories of blessing
God is good to everyone, even to the non-believing
but there are differences in how his blessings are gained
The bible shows us 2 types of blessing based on how they are gained.
one is gained by doing good - human effort
one is received under covenant with God - divine favor
“I will bless you” - God’s blessing to Abram under the covenant
“I will bless those who bless” - God’s blessing to anyone who do good to Abram
These 2 types of blessing were evident in Isaac’s pronouncements
to Jacob (who wanted to steal the blessing)
God’s divine favor preceds the person’s life
to Esau
he was not cursed - but he will have to go and find out for himself
he will survive by his own strength
Examples of blessing by good works
Blessing under the Covenant
While God blesses all of His creation, He does have divine favor over others.
Esau and Jacob are not the same in the eyes of God -
they are not different as a matter of preference (based on favorable actions on their parts)
The main difference between is that God has a plan over Jacob’s life!
to Esau - he had none
God’s purpose with Jacob -
was determined before the foundation of the world
was to be fulfilled under the covenant which God established with Abraham and his descendants
WHAT’S THE POINT?
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