FAITH EXPRESSES THE WILL OF GOD
Heb 11:20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau
concerning things to come.
Heb 11:21 By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed
both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon
the top of his staff.
Heb 11:22 By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of
the departing of the children of Israel; and gave
commandment concerning his bones.
God chose the 'Patriarchal Blessing' as the
means of expressing His will at that time.
Gen 27:27 And he came near, and kissed him: and he
smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and
said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a
field which the LORD hath blessed:
Gen 27:28 Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven,
and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and
wine:
Gen 27:29 Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to
thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's
sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth
thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.
Gen 27:37 And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold,
I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I
given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I
sustained him: and what shall I do now unto thee, my
son?
Gen 27:38 And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but
one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my
father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.
Gen 27:39 And Isaac his father answered and said unto
him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the
earth, and of the dew of heaven from above;
Gen 27:40 And by thy sword shalt thou live, and
shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when
thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his
yoke from off thy neck.
1. God had chosen Jacob before his
birth and Esau to serve him.
Gen 25:23 And the LORD said unto her, Two nations
are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be
separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be
stronger than the other people; and the elder shall
serve the younger.
A. This is in keeping with the
Divine principle of rejecting the first and accepting
the second. I.E.;
1. First man Adam was rejected
because of sin. Second man Adam was accepted because of
righteousness.
1 Cor 15:47 The first man is of the earth, earthy:
the second man is the Lord from heaven.
2.Cain was rejected because of the
wrong sacrifice. Abel accepted.
3. You and I. First birth
rejected.
John 3:7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must
be born again.
2. Esau was a 'macho' sort who
pleased his father,
[Gen 25:28 And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat
of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob.] while
Jacob was the mild mannered sort who pleased mamma. [Who
do WE choose as our heroes? Do we look below the
surface?]
3. For the present lesson we
will ignore the deception of Jacob and his mother and
consider the content of Isaac's blessing. [They paid for
their deception, but that is another lesson.]
A. Even as Isaac tried to defy
God's will for his two sons, he spoke the truth and then
stood by it.
1. Concerning Jacob.
Gen 27:28 Therefore God give thee of the dew of
heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn
and wine:
Gen 27:29 Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to
thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's
sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth
thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.
2. Concerning Esau.
Gen 27:39 And Isaac his father answered and said
unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of
the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above;
Gen 27:40 And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt
serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou
shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke
from off thy neck.
In these blessings he painted the future with a
broad brush. The effects are still being felt.
B. The Application. God's Will
is now revealed in the Bible. Though we may not always
be thrilled with the message, we must still preach the
truth and stand by it.
1. Truth may not always appeal
to us.
Heb 12:6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and
scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
2. Truth CANNOT be hidden. The
Jehovah's witness bible reveals the true nature of
Christ in spite of their attempt to hide it. The
catholic bible even condemns their practice of calling
the priests, 'father'
3. When the heavens declare the
glory of God, how can man hide it?
4. Every heretic condemns
himself sooner or later.
5.The person of faith will not
oppose the truth but will rejoice in it, accept it and
stand by it.
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