REMEMBER:
THE
LIE OF JACOB:
SIN WILL TAKE YOU FURTHER THAN YOU WANT TO GO.
SIN WILL COST YOU MORE THAN YOU WANT TO PAY.
WHY GOD PERMITTED THE ACTION OF JACOB?
BECAUSE
SOVEREIGN GOD ALLOWS MANY THINGS TO CARRY OUR HIS WILL.
BUT
JACOB SHOULD HAVE BEEN PATIENT AND WAITED ON GOD.
REMEMBER:
WE REAP WHAT WE SOW.
Esau Sinned And Never Regained His Birthright.
Esau Became Hardened And Never Believed In God.
Jacob Sinned By Lying And Deceit.
Jacob Would Be Cheated And Swindled By His Uncle Laban.
REMEMBER:
THE LORD IS IN CONTROL.
It Is Futile To Suppose That We Can Thwart God's Purposes.
A Man's Heart Devises His Way ; But The Lord Directs His Steps.
REMEMBER:
THE
BLESSING OF JACOB: JACOB MEETS GOD:
God Providence In The Life Of A Believer.
God Might Bring Crisis Into Your Life.
God Wants It To Cause Us To Cast Ourselves Totally On Him.
God Wants Us To Look To Him For Deliverance.
God Will Always Accomplish His Perfect Will.
TO KNOW JACOB’S STORY IS TO KNOW:
His Life Was One Of Never-Ending Struggles.
God Promised Jacob A Great Nation From His Seed.
But He Was A Man Full Of Fears And Anxieties.
At A PIVOTAL POINT IN HIS LIFE:
Jacob Was About To Meet His Brother, Esau.
Esau Had Vowed To Kill Him.
Now Physically Exhausted,
Alone In The Desert Wilderness.
Facing Sure Death.
He Was Divested Of All His Worldly Possessions.
In Fact, He Was Powerless To Control His Fate.
IN THE END, JACOB DOES WHAT WE ALL MUST DO.
He Confronts His Failures.
His Weaknesses, His Sins.
All The Things That Are Hurting Him.
And Faces God.
We Learn That As Christians:
Despite Our Trials And Tribulations.
Our Strivings Are Never Void Of God’s Presence.
His Blessing Follows The Chaotic Struggle.
APPLICATION:
REAL GROWTH EXPERIENCES ALWAYS INVOLVE STRUGGLE AND PAIN.
Though We May Fight God's Will For Us.
God Will Bring Blessing When We Surrender To Him.
REMEMBER:
JACOB FACES ESAU:
Esau Changed His Attitude About Jacob And Forgave Him.
JACOB FACES THE LORD:
The Pre-Incarnate Christ.
JACOB RECEIVED GOD’S BLESSING:
It Was An Exhausting Struggle That Left Him Crippled.
JACOB FACES HIMSELF: GOD CHANGED HIM:
He Is Given A New Name, Israel, Which Means Struggles With God.
NOW REMEMBER THIS:
JACOB FACES REVIVAL IN HIS LIFE:
GENESIS 35 JACOB RETURNS TO DANGER:
KEY TAKEAWAY:
GOD REVIVES HIS PEOPLE,
EVEN THOSE WHO STRAY,
THROUGH RENEWED PROMISES AND RELATIONSHIPS.
OUTLINE:
I. INSTRUCTION TO JACOB (35:1–5).
II. WORSHIP FROM JACOB (35:6–8).
III. GOD APPEARS TO JACOB (35:9–15).
I. INSTRUCTION TO JACOB:
JACOB RETURNS TO BETHEL.
A. GOD SPEAKS TO JACOB, CALLING HIM BACK TO BETHEL.
Then God Said To Jacob: Arise, Go Up To Bethel And Dwell There; And Make An Altar There To God.
FINALLY: He Went Where God Told Him To Go.
Make An Altar There To God:
Jacob Was Told To Go Back To Bethel And Resume A Life Of Worship.
This Had An Especially Good Effect On The Children Of Jacob.
Jacob SURELY Remembered The First Meeting With God At Bethel.
He Returned To Bethel And God Blessed It.
B. THE CLEANSING OF JACOB’S FAMILY.
Jacob Said To His Household And To All Who Were With Him:
Put Away The Foreign Gods That Are Among You.
Purify Yourselves, And Change Your Garments.
Arise And Go Up To Bethel.
I Will Make An Altar There To God.
WHO ANSWERED ME IN THE DAY OF MY DISTRESS.
Who Has Been With Me In The Way Which I Have Gone.
So The Household Put Away The Foreign Gods Which Were In Their Hands.
APPLICATION:
Jacob’s Family Only Got Right With God After Jacob Himself Did.
A Man Resisting God Will See The Same Effect In His Children.
A Man Who Gets Right With God Will Also See The Effect In His Family.
WHY DID JACOB TELL THEM TO CHANGE THEIR GARMENTS?
This Was An Important Step, Both Literally And As A Symbol Of Something Spiritual.
Jacob Wanted Them To Show RESPECT For The God They Had Neglected.
Throughout The Bible, Garments Symbolize Character.
The Inward Life Of The Unregenerate Is Compared To A Polluted Garment.
APPLICATION:
Be Renewed In The Spirit Of Your Mind.
And That You Put On The New Man.
Which Was Created According To God.
In True Righteousness And Holiness.
II. WORSHIP FROM JACOB:
JACOB RETURNS TO DANGER.
GOD’S PROTECTION OF JACOB WHEN HE COMES TO BETHEL.
And They Journeyed,
And The Terror Of God Was Upon The Cities That Were All Around Them,
And They Did Not Pursue The Sons Of Jacob.
This Was God’s Protection On Jacob And His Family.
God’s Grace Covered Jacob Even When His Sin Had Made Them Vulnerable.
So Jacob Came To Bethel, In The Land Of Canaan, With All His People.
Jacob Built An Altar There And Called The Place El Bethel.
Because There God Appeared To Him When He Fled From The Face Of His Brother.
Jacob And His Family Needed This Protection Because The Canaanites Hated Them.
It Was Dangerous For Jacob To Set Out To Bethel.
He Now Did What Was Right Before God.
He Did This Despite The Danger.
HE TRUSTED GOD'S PROTECTION.
But It Was More Dangerous For Him To Disobey God.
The Only Thing That Could Save Him Was A Radical Obedience To The Lord.
No Matter What The Circumstances Look Like, The Safest Thing To Do Is The Will Of God.
III. GOD APPEARS TO JACOB:
GOD SPEAKS TO JACOB AGAIN AT BETHEL.
Then God Appeared To Jacob Again,
And God Said To Him:
YOUR NAME IS JACOB;
YOUR NAME SHALL NOT BE CALLED JACOB ANYMORE,
BUT ISRAEL SHALL BE YOUR NAME.
So He Called His Name Israel.
Also God Said To Him:
I AM GOD ALMIGHTY.
BE FRUITFUL AND MULTIPLY;
A NATION AND A COMPANY OF NATIONS SHALL PROCEED FROM YOU,
AND KINGS SHALL COME FROM YOUR BODY.
THE LAND WHICH I GAVE ABRAHAM AND ISAAC I GIVE TO YOU;
AND TO YOUR DESCENDANTS AFTER YOU I GIVE THIS LAND.
Jacob Set Up An Altar In The Place Where He Talked With Him.
A Column Of Stone;
And He Poured A Drink Offering On It,
And He Poured Oil On It.
And Jacob Called The Name Of The Place Where God Spoke With Him, BETHEL.
Jacob Finally Arrived At The Place God Told Him To And Immediately Found Great Blessing.
Israel Shall Be Your Name:
The Reminder Of The New Name Was Important.
Jacob Had Acted Like The Old Jacob Instead Of Israel.
God Taught Him That His New Name Is How He Should Act.
APPLICATION: God Does The Same With Us.
Reminding Us Who We Are In Him.
God Wants Us To Remember And Live In The Great Names He Gives Us.
SO, It Was A Confirmation To Jacob Of His Title Of Prince.
It Conferred A Dignity On The Whole Family.
For A Father To Be A Prince Makes All The Clan NOBLE.
The Relationship Between God And Jacob Was Restored.
Jacob Remembered To Go Back To Bethel.
He Repented By Getting Rid Of All The Idols,
He Did The First Works By Building An Altar And Worshipping God As Before.
The Land Which I Gave Abraham And Isaac I Give To You;
And To Your Descendants After You I Give This Land:
God Granted Jacob A Precious Reminder Of His Place In God’s Great Covenant.
God Began This Great Covenant With His Grandfather Abraham.
In This, Jacob Did Not Need To Hear Anything New From God.
He Just Needed To Be Reminded Of What Was True And Be Encouraged To OBEY It All.
Then God Went Up From Him In The Place Where He Talked With Him:
SEEMINGLY, GOD APPEARED TO JACOB HERE IN BODILY FORM.
God Blessed Jacob Remarkably After His Return To His First Love.
He Poured A Drink Offering On It, And He Poured Oil On It:
Appropriately, Jacob Performed Sacrificial Acts Of Worship To The God.
God Had Blessed Him So Much.
APPLICATION:
THE IDEA OF A DRINK OFFERING IS FOUND IN SEVERAL PLACES IN THE BIBLE.
The Drink Offering Was Made With Wine Poured Out In Sacrifice Before The Lord At His Altar.
Exodus 29:40-41, Leviticus 23:13, Numbers 15:5-7.
Paul Considered The Pouring Out Of His Life Before God To Be Like:
The Pouring Out Of A Drink Offering At God’s Altar.
(Philippians 2:17 And 2 Timothy 4:6).
The First Recorded Occurrence Of A Drink Offering Was That Given By Jacob In Genesis 35:14.
This Was Right After God Changed His Name To Israel.
Drink Offerings Were Also Included With Burnt And Grain Offerings In God-Ordained Sacrifices.
Including The Morning And Evening Sacrifices Of Exodus 29:40.
One-Quarter Hin, About One Quart, Of Wine Was Poured Out Into The Altar Fire For Each Lamb Sacrificed (Numbers 15:4-5).
A Ram Sacrifice Required One Third Of A Hin (Numbers 15:6).
A Bull Required One Half (Numbers 15:10).
It Has Been Speculated That The Offering Of An Animal, Grain, Oil, And Wine:
THE SMOKE MAKING A SOOTHING AROMA TO THE LORD.
It Is A Metaphor For Providing Food For God.
What We Do Know Is That The Pouring Out Of A Drink Offering Is A Metaphor For The Blood Jesus Spilled On The Cross.
Jesus Spoke To This Directly In Luke 22:20 When He Instituted The New Covenant.
He Picked Up A Cup Of Wine And Said, “This Cup Which Is Poured Out For You Is The New Covenant In My Blood.”
Jesus’ Sacrifice Fulfilled The Need Of A Drink Offering.
His Blood Literally Pouring Out When The Soldier Pierced His Side With A Spear.
Paul Took The Metaphor Further,
Twice Using The Image Of A Drink Offering To Describe His Own Service.
In Philippians 2:17, He Challenged The Church In Philippi To Live A Life Worthy Of His Dedication To Them.
In 2 Timothy 4:6, He Sensed The End Of His Ministry Again Comparing His Efforts To Wine Poured Out Of A Vessel Onto An Altar.
JACOB’S HEART OF WORSHIP
SHOWED GRATITUDE TOWARDS GOD.
WHEN WE LOOK BACK ON LIFE,
WE SHOULD SAY: GOD HAS BLESSED.
THE CORE TEACHING:
A Misunderstanding COULD BE Found Here.
This Misunderstanding Is True For Every False Religion:
WHAT IS THAT MISUNDERSTANDING?
You Must Obey Certain Commands To Be Made Right With God.
Some Emphasize Old Testament Commands;
Some Emphasize New Testament Commands;
Some Emphasize Church Commands;
Some Emphasize The Humanitarian Principles Of Kindness And General Morality.
Regardless Of The Specifics, Obedience To Be Right With God Is A False Gospel.
IT IS NOT THROUGH OBEDIENCE
BUT BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH
THAT WE ARE SAVED (EPHESIANS 2:8–9).
JACOB AND HIS HOUSE TRUSTED GOD BY FAITH.
JACOB TRUSTED GOD THROUGH SAVING FAITH.
OBEDIENCE PLEASES GOD BUT DOES NOT SAVE YOU. FAITH IN HIM IS WHAT SAVES YOU.
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