Theme: Learning to surrender to God’s will and way for my life. In the last message in our series on the life of Jacob we looked at how Laban had lived a life of selfishness which had brought constant grief into his life. We left off following Jacob’s confrontation with Laban as Jacob continued on […]
When we left the account of Jacob’s life last time we had just looked at how God had prospered Jacob in spite of Laban’s attempts to rob him of his wages. This had cause Laban as attitude toward Jacob to change as he no longer saw Jacob as a means by which he could exploit […]
We pick up in our text immediately following the birth of Joseph. In our last message on the life of Jacob we looked at how Jacob laboured for Laban for 14yrs for his two wives Leah and Rachel. This polygamous relationship resulted in a family feud that pitted Leah and Rachel against each other in […]
Jacob Labours for Laban Jacob’s experiences with Laban illustrate themes of deception, rivalry, and the complexities of love and service in a lost world. I. Jacob’s Wages Negotiated 29:15 – 24 Jacob negotiates his wages with Laban, requesting Rachel in exchange for seven years of labour. (Vs 15-18) Laban agrees, seeing profit in the arrangement, […]
Last time we were studying the life of Jacob we looked at all the problems that had arisen in Jacob’s life due to the deceitfulness and selfishness of the family. Today we are going to see how God is able to catch Jacobs’s attention while he’s on the run from Esau and bring him to […]
Text: Genesis 25:19-34 & Genesis 27:1-46 Theme: The error of attempting to earn God’s blessing The life of Jacob began on difficult grounds. God had chosen Jacob to be the next of Abrahams sons to continue the line of the Messiah. Jacobs older brother Esau had been rejected by God because he despised spiritual things […]
Someone has said, “Life is just the dash between two dates on a tomb stone.” How true! God alone controls the length of your dash. Jacob’s dash was 147 years long. Joseph’s dash was 110 years. When death takes a loved one, no matter how long his or her dash was, it is always painful […]
As we come to the end of Jacob’s 147 years on this earth, we find him worn out, but still in his right mind. On the last day of his life, he made out his Last Will & Testament. Though it worked for him, that is not the timing we ought to follow. Many people […]
Joseph told Pharaoh all about his family arriving. He then took five of his brothers in to talk with Pharaoh. They politely told him that they were his servants and that they worked as shepherds (v.3). They then asked him to allow them to sojourn (live temporarily) in Goshen (v.4). Pharaoh granted their request (v.5-6). […]
In your lifetime, you will likely make several major moves. Those moves may include marrying a spouse, changing jobs, purchase of a house, moving to another area. During a major move, our difficulty is knowing what we ought to do. Transition In this chapter, we find four things that Jacob did while making his major […]