My problem is I was so attached to this place that I think it was like green and real and that
and when I was like I thought like it disappeared and it wasn't there it just it seemed like I was
wrong but I was happy to be here and I just think that's my dream I was awake I was asleep by the
time. Good evening welcome to our services tonight here at Faith Ward Baptist Church
it's a joy to see you all here on this Sunday night if you'd all please find your seats and
we'll begin with our singing tonight and let's take our song books please and let's go to hymn
number 229 to start hymn number 229 since I have been redeemed number 229 and we'll
start together on that first verse hymn number 229 I have a song I love to sing so sing it out
together
Yes, I will vote in my Savior's name. I have a right that's at his might since I have been redeemed.
Since I have been redeemed, since I have been redeemed,
since I have been redeemed, I will glory in His name.
Since I have been redeemed, I will glory in my Savior's name.
I have a witness, bright and clear,
since I have been redeemed.
This, that, with every doubt and fear,
since I have been redeemed.
Since I have been redeemed, since I have been redeemed,
I will glory in His name.
Since I have been redeemed, I will glory in my Savior's name.
I have a home prepared for me, since I have been redeemed,
where I shall dwell eternally, since I have been redeemed.
Since I have been redeemed, since I have been redeemed,
I will glory in His name.
Since I have been redeemed, I will glory in my Savior's name.
Amen.
Good start to sing tonight.
That's for the Kevin, so let's look for a prayer.
Father in heaven, thank you for the opportunity
to be here tonight.
And thank you for the hymns that you've given us.
I pray that you help us to learn them and sing them out to you.
And please bless the services as well.
It's in Christ's name I pray.
Amen.
Act of 130.
Hymn number 130.
Yesterday, today, forever, Jesus is the same.
Wonderful truth there in number 130.
Let's sing it out together on that first verse.
Oh, how sweet the glorious message simple faith
may claim number 130.
On this first verse together.
Oh, how sweet the glorious message simple faith
may claim.
Yesterday, today, forever, Jesus is the same.
Still He loves to save the sinful, heal the sick,
and lay.
Cheer the borders till the tempest glory to His name.
Yesterday, today, forever, Jesus is the same.
All may change, but Jesus never.
Glory to His name.
All may change, but Jesus never.
Glory to His name.
He who pardoned every painter, never gives out fear.
He that came to faith, my strongest, all I doubt
will clear.
He who led the love disciple on his voice of praise.
His resale with love and standard
lean upon His breath.
Yesterday, today, forever, Jesus is the same.
All may change, but Jesus never.
Glory to His name.
All may change, but Jesus never.
Glory to His name.
He who made the raging bellows, walked upon the sea,
sailed in the sharp wildness tempest as of Galilee.
He who waked and prayed and anguished in death's enemy,
drinks with us each up on trembling in our agony.
Yesterday, today, forever, Jesus is the same.
All may change, but Jesus never.
Glory to His name.
All may change, but Jesus never.
Glory to His name.
As the holy ones, when they have sent them to abide.
So through all life's waiting, God did never hear our sigh.
Soon again shall we be old and hasten for the day.
But the sick will be missing Jesus as He went away.
Yesterday, today, forever, Jesus is the same.
All may change, but Jesus never.
Glory to His name.
All may change, but Jesus never.
Glory to His name.
All right, this time we'll go through our announcements.
If you don't have a bulletin, slip up your hand nice and high.
We'll get to you with one.
On the inside, we have our service time.
Sunday mornings at 1030 is our preaching service.
Sunday nights at 6.
Wednesday nights at 7 is our Bible study.
This Wednesday, we will be in Ezekiel chapter 30.
We've got the soul-winning times listed there below, as well as
salvations and baptisms.
Birthdays and anniversaries are listed across the page.
On the back, congratulations to the Rogalski family on the birth
of baby Angelie, born on Saturday, February 26th.
So congratulations to them.
And then we've got Mexico Monday tomorrow.
If you want to come, get with brother Segura tonight.
Get some details.
But the trip leaves tomorrow morning at 7 a.m., gets back
around 10 at night.
And then speaking of brother Segura, there's also the Spanish
night coming up this Thursday night.
And then the soul-winning marathon in San Diego is this
Saturday.
There will be a bunch of other soul-winning marathons coming
up in other parts of the country.
And so if you need details on that, see brother Daniel
Reiter.
He's got the details.
And then of course the missions trip in St. Thomas.
So that's about it for announcements.
Let's go ahead and count up the soul-winning for the past few
days.
So going back to Thursday, anything from Thursday?
Got it?
Okay.
Got it.
Anything else from Thursday?
How about Friday?
Anything from Friday?
What about Saturday?
Okay.
Got it?
Anything else from Saturday?
13 for the main group of brother Scott.
Okay.
Anything else?
Okay.
Is that a 3?
Okay.
Anything else from today?
All right.
There we go.
Keep up the great work with soul-winning.
And with that, let's sing our next song.
All right.
Turn your song books to number 328.
328.
Let's sing it out on that first verse together.
I saw the giant
of prayerlessness upon the mountain high.
Number 328.
Let's sing it out on this first verse together.
328.
I saw
the giant of prayerlessness
upon the mountain high.
He laughed so hard at my
abandoned knee.
No longer
in the wilderness I'll say
and so I cried.
I want that mountain
Where the milk and honey flow
Where the great sun has shone from
I want that mountain
The mountain
that my Lord has given me
There was a giant of
faithlessness
who said I wouldn't go
and with this
for the one who set me free
I'll
come from the whole wilderness
I'll make this now I know
I want that mountain
It belongs to me
I want that mountain
Where the milk and honey flow
Where the great sun has shone from
I want that mountain
The mountain
The mountain that my Lord
has given me
One faithless
child upon the breast of
Abraham's lofty hide
has found that he's the one
to make me clean
I'll climb from
out the wilderness and trust
our old life's might
I want that mountain
It belongs to me
I want that mountain
Where the milk and honey
flow
Where the great sun has shone from
I want that mountain
The mountain
that my Lord has given me
Let every giant
of distress and unbelief
and sin get ready
now to think it for you
see
I'll come from out the wilderness
I know I'm going to win
I want that mountain
It belongs to me
I want that
mountain
I want that mountain
Where the milk and honey
flow
Where the great sun has shone from
I want that mountain
The mountain
that my Lord has given me
given me
is thy faithfulness
O God
my Father
there is
no shadow
on turning
with thee
thou changest
not like
the passions they
failed on
as thou has
been thou
forever will
be
Great is thy
faithfulness
Great is thy
faithfulness
Morning by
morning new
mercies I
see
All I have
needed thy
hand hath provided
Great is thy
faithfulness
Lord unto
me
Summer and
winter and
springtime and
harvest
sun, moon and
stars in their
courses above
join
with all
nature and
manifold witness
to thy
great
faithfulness
mercy and
love
Great is thy
faithfulness
Great is thy
faithfulness
Morning by
morning new
mercies I
see
All I have
needed thy
hand hath provided
Great is thy
faithfulness
Lord unto
me
Born and
for sin and
of peace that
endureth
Thy own
dear presence
to cheer and
guide
strength for today
and bright hope
for tomorrow
blessings
all mine
with ten thousand
beside
Great is
thy
faithfulness
Great is thy
faithfulness
Morning by
morning new
mercies I
see
All I have
needed thy
hand hath provided
Great is thy
faithfulness
Lord unto
me
Amen. Good singing tonight.
This time we'll pass our offering plates around.
Let's turn our Bibles to Romans chapter 9.
Romans chapter number 9
as we always do. We'll read the entire
chapter beginning in verse number 1.
Follow along silently with brother Nick
as he reads Romans chapter 9
starting in verse number 1.
Romans chapter 9 the Bible reads
I
say the truth in Christ I lie not.
My conscience also bearing me witness
in the Holy Ghost that I have
great heaviness and continual sorrow
in my heart for I could wish
that myself were accursed from Christ
for my brethren my kinsmen according
to the flesh who are Israelites
to whom pertaineth the adoption
and the glory and the
covenants and the giving of the law
and the service of God and the promises
whose are the fathers and
of whom as concerning the flesh Christ
came who is overall God
blessed forever. Amen.
Rebecca also had conceived by one
even by our father Isaac
for the children being not yet born
neither having done any good or evil that the
purpose of God according to the election
might stand not of works
but of him that calleth 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
for he sayeth to Moses I will
have mercy on whom I will have mercy
and I will have compassion on whom I will
have compassion. So then
it is not of him that willeth nor of him that
runneth but of God that showeth
mercy. For the scripture saith
unto Pharaoh even for this same
purpose have I raised thee up that I might
show my power in thee and that my
name might be declared throughout all the earth
therefore hath he mercy
on whom he will have mercy
and whom he will he hardeneth.
Thou wilt say then unto me
why doth he yet find fault for
who hath resisted his will? Nay
but oh man who art thou that repliest
against God shall the thing formed
say to him that formed it why hast thou
made me thus? Hath not the
potter power over the clay of the
same lump to make one vessel unto honor
and another unto dishonor?
What if God willing to show his wrath
and to make his power known endured
with much long suffering the vessels of wrath
fitted to destruction
and that he might make known the riches
of his glory on the vessels of mercy
which he had afore prepared unto glory
even us whom he hath called
not of the Jews only
but also of the Gentiles
as he saith also in Osea I will call them
my people which were not my people
and her beloved which was not
beloved and it shall come to pass
that in the place where it was said unto them
ye are not my people there shall
they be called the children of the living
God. Esaias also
crieth concerning Israel though the
number of the children of Israel be as
the sand of the sea a remnant
shall be saved for he will finish
the work and cut it short in righteousness
because a short work will the Lord
make upon the earth and as Esaias
said before except the Lord of
Sabaoth had left us a seed we had been
as Sedoma and been made like
under Gomorrah. What shall we
say then that the Gentiles
which followed not after righteousness
have attained to righteousness
even the righteousness which is of faith
but Israel which followed after
the law of righteousness hath not
attained to the law of righteousness
wherefore because they sought
it not by faith but as it were
by the works of the law for they stumbled
at that stumbling stone as
it is written behold I lay in Zion a
stumbling stone and rock of offense
and whosoever believeth on him shall not
be ashamed.
Dear
Father in heaven please fill path through spirit
so we can give us wisdom and give us
ears to hear and receive wisdom from this
sermon this night we pray in Jesus name Amen.
Amen the title of my sermon tonight is
Who is Esau? Who is Esau?
In this passage in Romans chapter 9
there's a discussion about Jacob
and Esau and we're going to talk particularly
about who Esau represents
in this passage but
the Bible says beginning in verse number
one here of Romans chapter 9 I say
the truth in Christ I lie not
my conscience also bearing me witness in
Christ that I have great heaviness
and continual sorrow in my heart
for I could wish that myself were
accursed from Christ for my brethren
my kinsmen according
to the flesh. Now the Apostle
Paul is in agony
he's very upset about the fact
that his kinsmen according
to the flesh the Israelites
that they're not saved
that they have rejected Christ
that the majority of them are
on their way to hell obviously there were
many people that did receive Christ as
savior in the land of Israel
but the vast majority of the nation rejected
Christ and this really just breaks
the Apostle Paul's heart
and he just has continual
sorrow and heaviness about this it just really
bothers him that his people
don't get saved and he's having great success
at getting people saved on the foreign
mission field but he really wants his
people the Israelites to be
saved it says in verse 4 who are the Israelites
you know that that's who he has this filling
for to pertain at the
adoption and the glory
and the covenants and the giving of the law
and the service of God and the promises
he's saying look these people would be perfect to get
saved they'd be perfect for
Christianity they've got the
Old Testament they're
you know God's people from back then
like what's the deal why won't they just
get saved this should
be perfect for them
whose are the fathers and of whom are concerning
the flesh
and of whom as concerning the flesh
Christ came who is
overall God bless forever
amen so he's just saying man
you know these people of all people
should be receiving Christ
and getting saved
why are we not having success reaching
these people they're not saved
and then he says in verse 6
not as though the word of God has taken
none effect for they are not
all Israel which are
of Israel neither
because they are the seed of Abraham are they
all children but in Isaac shall thy seed
be called now what does he mean there when he
says not as though the word of God has taken
none effect because there are so many
promises in the Old Testament
about Israel there are all these
Old Testament promises
about all the things that God's going to do
with Israel in the future
and the Apostle Paul
is looking at reality and he's
looking at Israel and seeing that they've rejected
the Lord Jesus Christ and of course it's the same
way today if we look at
so called Israel or so called
Israelites or Israelis
or those who call themselves Jews we see
that they've rejected the Lord Jesus Christ there's no blessing
in that you know
there's a curse on
that because the Bible
says that whoever doesn't believe on the Lord Jesus
Christ has God's wrath abiding on them
well except Jews
that's not what the Bible says if
they don't believe on the Lord Jesus Christ they have God's
wrath abiding on them
so the Apostle Paul's looking at that reality
and it breaks his heart but he
says well you know what this doesn't
mean that the promise
of God had taken none effect it's not that the
word of God has not returned
void here because
of the fact and he explains why
they are not all Israel at the
end of verse 6 which are
of Israel they're not all Israel
which are of Israel so he's saying this
does not represent a breaking of God's
promise because
of the fact that these
people who are my
kinsmen according to the flesh in
God's eyes are not the real
Israel you know
he's looking at these people and saying these are my
kinsmen according to the flesh
these are the descendants of Abraham Isaac and Jacob
but in God's book
they're not Israel
because it says they are not
all Israel which are of Israel
neither because they are the seed of Abraham are they all
children
you say well but they descend from Abraham
but he says well hold on a minute
didn't Ishmael also descend
from Abraham
but yet that didn't make him the chosen
people and Isaac
shall thy seed be called
and even when we get to Isaac
well Isaac has two sons Jacob
and Esau they're both
the sons of Abraham they're both
Abraham's seed they're both
Isaac's seed they're the children but
hold on a second then it branches off again doesn't
it and it goes with Jacob
and not Esau okay
well what happens is when we
get to the Lord Jesus
Christ coming to this earth
you know what we reach is
another branch
another fork in the road
where the people who get on
the wrong branch are no longer
God's chosen people just like
you know Abraham's the chosen one and his
seed's going to be blessed and then it forks
into Isaac and Ishmael and the blessings
with Isaac then it forks again
Jacob and Esau the blessings
with Jacob well then when we get to
the New Testament it forks again
and the blessings with Christ
and those who don't believe in Christ
are rejected that's how this works
so let's read through this real quick it says
uh in Isaac
shall thy seed be called verse 8 and then he just
spells it out in verse 8 that is
they which are the children
of the flesh these
are not the children
of God now think about what he just said
at the end of verse 3 my kinsmen
according to the flesh who are
Israelites but he says
these children of the flesh these are not
the children of God but the children of the
promise are counted for the seed
for this is the word of promise at this
time will I come and Sarah shall have a son
and not only this not just
the Isaac and Ishmael fork in the road
but when Rebekah also had conceived
by one even by our father
Isaac 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 it was said unto her
the elder shall serve the younger
as it is written Jacob have I love
but Esau have I hated
and so what we see here is that
Judaism
or unbelieving Israel
or Christ rejecting
Israel represents this
branch of the seed of Abraham
that is not inheriting the blessing
of God so they are represented by
Ishmael when we go over to Galatians
chapter 4 the
Bible compares
the Jews and those who are
trying to be justified by the law of
Moses those who are looking for salvation
in the old covenant he calls
them Ishmael and he says
that we as Isaac
was we are the children
of promise as Isaac was
so they are Ishmael
we are Isaac then when we get
to Jacob and Esau they
are Esau and we are
Jacob as Christians
ok now if you think about
this or if you would flip over to
Hebrews chapter number 12
and while you're turning to Hebrews chapter 12 I'm going to refresh your
memory a little bit about the story of
Jacob and Esau so
Esau is the elder brother
so Esau is
the one who should be
inheriting
the double portion of the inheritance right because
the way it worked in the Old Testament
is that the eldest
son would get a double portion
of the inheritance so
you know if you've got say
just the two boys inheriting
Jacob and Esau and Esau is the first born
then Esau basically should
get two thirds of
the wealth and then Jacob gets one third
that's the birth right
of being the eldest son you get
a double portion of the
inheritance ok
and then also he was supposed to
receive the blessing
of uh you know
being basically the patriarch of
the family or being the
the guy who even would be
the progenitor of the Lord Jesus Christ
and so you know Esau
is the older brother who
by right should be
inheriting the birth right he should be getting
the blessing he should be getting the double portion
but he didn't did he
now the Bible talks
about how he sells
his birth right back in Genesis
he sells his birth right
to Jacob because he's just so hungry
you know he's been out in the field
he comes in from the field and he's starving
and Jacob has this really good
food that he's cooking he's cooking
like a soup of lentils and
basically he says
to Jacob give me some of this food
and Jacob says sell me
your birth right
and I'll feed you
and he
basically says well
ok
Esau says what good is my
birth right going to do me
if I die of hunger here I'm starving
I need to eat right now and so
yes and he says ok swear
it to me and then he swears to
him yup I swear to you
the birth right is yours and
then he's fed by his brother Jacob
and he even gets like a side
dish of bread on the side of the
pottage and everything he eats the pottage
he gets the bread hopefully
it was buttered bread if it's going to cause you
your whole inheritance
you know so now
now Jacob's going to get double inheritance
of what Esau's going to get
so this is just how
short sighted Esau was and
in Genesis it says so Esau despised
his birth right he just
didn't even care about it
didn't mean anything to him he sold it
for that
uh you know bowl of food
but then later
there's the story
where Jacob gets the
blessing from Isaac that
Esau was supposed to get through
trickery so if you remember
uh Isaac's
wife Rebecca
she really preferred
Jacob as a son ok
so she wants Jacob to get the blessing
so she connives this plan
whereby they're going to trick
Isaac into accidentally
blessing Jacob instead of
Esau because Isaac
is pretty much blind at this point he's a very
old man he can't see
and so they figure they're going to be able to
trick him ok
so Isaac tells
Esau go out in the field
and I want you to go hunting
and I want you to uh
bring back your quarry
and make me savory
savory meat such as
I love make me venison that I love
and then my soul is going to bless you
before I die
turned out he didn't die for a long time but he thought he was
going to die you know it was a false alarm
but anyway
so Esau goes out
hunting and
Rebecca tells Jacob alright here's what we're
going to do we're not going to do any hunting
because it's really just all about the
seasonings you know it doesn't really matter
what kind of meat we use as long as we
season it right he's not going to know the difference
he can't see he can't taste you know he's
old so they go and just
get a goat and they kill the
goat they cook up the goat meat
season it up make it
taste like what Esau would have brought
and then Jacob's going to go in
and give it to his dad
pretend to be Esau and get the blessing
now Jacob
is a little bit apprehensive about
this idea he says you know
isn't dad going to know
that I'm not Esau what if he figures
it out then instead of blessing me he's
going to curse me and
Rebecca says you know well hey
if that happens then let that
curse be upon me may the curse be upon me
but just do what I say it's
going to work okay so
Jacob also
objects and says well you know I'm a smooth
man and
Esau's a really hairy guy
and so what if he feels me
you know what if what if
Isaac reaches out and touches me and
feels my smoothness
and he's going to know that it's not
Esau
so not only do they cook the goat
meat and give it to
him for the meal but they also
take of the goat's skin
and put it on
Jacob so he puts this skin on him
to make him hairy
so he you know gets hairy so that when
Isaac reaches out and touches him he feels that hairiness
okay and actually
thinks that it's Esau
and then kind of smells the goat
because Esau is kind of a guy who's outside
a lot and he's
kind of a mountain man so
that kind of gives Jacob more of
a wilderness smell
and he feels hairy and everything like that
so then he goes in
and he gets the blessing
now you look at that and you say well hold on
a second you know that's not right because
Rebecca and Jacob they're lying
that you know he
says are you Esau yes I'm Esau
I mean he's just lying to his dad
that isn't right
you know obviously
Esau sold the birthright
to Jacob that was Esau being
an idiot but
when it comes to this it's like you know Jacob's
going in and basically
taking it by trickery
but here's the thing if we look at Hebrews
chapter 12 we can see that God
allowed that to happen
because of the fact that
God was not
going to let Esau get that blessing
now obviously the exact way that they went about
it wasn't right but
still the outcome was of
the Lord that Esau
not get the blessing because look what the Bible
says in Hebrews chapter 12
because we should always use the New Testament
to interpret these Old Testament
stories right
look at the Old Testament through the lens of
the New Testament it says in
verse 16 lest there be
any fornicator or profane person
as Esau
who for one morsel of meat
sold his birthright
so that was the stupid thing that he did
and the Bible is comparing him to a
fornicator
it's not saying that Esau
was a fornicator there's nothing
in scripture to teach that Esau
committed fornication that's not the point the Bible
is saying that if you're a fornicator you're like
Esau because
just as Esau sold his birthright
for one morsel of meat just to
gratify the flesh just to
tickle his taste buds he sold
his birthright
the fornicator is
basically selling out their
future selling out blessings
from God just to
enjoy some physical enjoyment
just like Esau took
that physical enjoyment right now
and he's messing up his life later
that's what you're doing when you commit fornication
and so that's why the fornicator is compared
to Esau who for one
morsel of meat sold his birthright
don't you sell your birthright for one
morsel of meat you know pleasure
for a moment pain for a lifetime
it's not worth it
and so the Bible says here
he sold his birthright but then look at verse 17
for you know
he's saying look don't be like Esau
because what happened to Esau?
Esau how that afterward
when he would
have inherited the blessing
don't miss that
he would have
inherited the blessing
he was rejected
for he found no place of repentance
though he sought it carefully with tears
notice what the Bible is saying here
if he had not sold his birthright
he would have inherited the blessing
that's what the Bible is saying it's saying look
he for one morsel of meat
he despised his birthright
and God looked down and saw
Esau despising his birthright
and says you know what you're not going to get the blessing
either and so I'm going to
allow this
crazy plan of Rebecca
and Jacob to go forward
I'm going to allow them to pull it off because
you know what you don't deserve the blessing
because if you sell the birthright you don't
deserve the blessing and in Hebrews chapter
12 the Bible is saying that he
afterward he would have inherited the blessing
except for what? except for the fact that he
had sold his birthright
and afterward he would have inherited the blessing
for he found no place of he was rejected
he was rejected
for he found no place of repentance
though he sought it carefully
with tears okay
now let's go back to Genesis 27
with that in mind
Genesis chapter 27 and let's
Genesis 27 is where the story
of Jacob and Esau takes place
and remember what are we actually
talking about tonight we're talking about the fact
that Christianity is Jacob
Christianity is Jacob
Judaism is Esau
okay these are brothers
two brothers
Christianity and Judaism
are the two brothers
now don't make a mistake about this
and think oh well you know
there's Judaism and then Christianity
Christianity is sort of an offshoot out of
Judaism we're like the son of Judaism
wrong that is not true
Christianity and Judaism
are brothers not
father and son brothers
let me explain to you why
okay because Judaism
rabbinical Judaism
of today is
not the religion of the
Old Testament it's not Old Testament
Israel I don't see them offering
a bunch of animal sacrifices
I don't see the tabernacle
I don't see a temple
I don't see them doing all the things
that I read about in Leviticus 1
Leviticus 1? Nope. Leviticus 2?
Nope. Leviticus 3? Nope.
Leviticus 4? Nope.
Leviticus 2013? Nope.
But you know we can go down the list
I mean if you
if you literally just took a checklist
of chapters of the law
the mosaic law
you know the law
stuff starts about halfway through the book of Exodus
so you got the second half of
Exodus and then you've got
the book of Leviticus you've got
portions of numbers but mainly
it's second of
second half of Exodus
whole book of Leviticus whole book of Deuteronomy
is pretty much your law books
I tell you what
if we listed those chapters and just put
an X if they're not
doing it or a check mark
if they're doing it it would just be so many
it would just be like nope nope nope
nope nope nope nope
because how many just countless
chapters about animal sacrifices
the tabernacle
all of the different
offices of the high priest and what
he's going to do and they don't do
any of that so to sit there and
say that they are the religion of the
Old Testament is absurd
because they're not
doing the lion's share
of what God had
given the children of Israel to do
so the religion of Judaism
what we have today is something that
originated
after 70 AD
because when the
temple was destroyed in 70
AD that's where we
enter this new phase
for them where they're no longer
doing any animal sacrifices
they no longer have the temple it's not
about Jerusalem anymore everything
fundamentally changes
in 70 AD and basically
they create
this new religion as a response
to that where oh well we're not
going to do animal sacrifice we're going to do these prayers
instead and we're going to do this and that
so there's a dramatic change
that happens in 70 AD
not only that but
rabbinical Judaism is based
upon the teachings of the Talmud
not the Torah
which Torah is
just the first five books of the
Bible not
the Tanakh which is the rest of the Old Testament
no their teachings
are based on the Talmud and when
was the Talmud written
the Talmud goes back to
approximately AD
500
so their
scripture their holy
book that actually
governs the way that they
follow their religion today
because I don't see them doing Leviticus 1
2 3 4 5 6
7 go down the list they're not doing any of that
but what they are doing is the Talmud
Talmud is 500
AD
ok that's 500 years
after the birth
of Christ so it's like
oh you know you guys
get mad at the Mormons you know
for adding stuff but I mean you know
the Jews probably feel the same way you know
with you guys coming along and adding the New Testament
you know
it's like well hold on a second
hold on just a second there
the Jews added the Talmud
500 years after
the time of Christ
that's a fact ok
and even the earlier
parts of the Talmud that would be
called the Mishnah what's that about
200 AD either way
we're talking about hundreds of years after
Christ we're talking
about something that didn't
even really begin to materialize
in its current form until after
70 AD you don't have their
holy books until 200
years after Christ 500 years after
Christ ok so don't tell
me that Judaism is the parent
of Christianity
that's nonsense
the Old
Testament scriptures
are the parent
of us both
ok the Old Testament scriptures
basically have begotten
these two different
faiths Christianity
and Judaism
right these are both
faiths that would look to the Old
Testament scriptures and say hey
you know this is where we're coming from here
and then now it has
changed to this
we got the New Testament on one hand
Jacob
we've got the Talmud on the other hand
Esau right
Judaism, Christianity
that's what it is it's Esau and Jacob
and so
think about the imagery here in Genesis
chapter 27 when
Jacob puts on these skins of
the goat upon his flesh
this is a picture of
us as Christians
being clothed
in the righteousness of the Lord Jesus
Christ as our savior
because think about the goat that is sacrificed
represents the Lord Jesus Christ
and Jacob putting on
that goatskin represents
him putting on the righteousness of Jesus
being clothed in the righteousness of Jesus
so that when the father looks at
him when the father
looks at him he basically
sees or
feels that goatskin just as
the Lord in heaven looks down
at us and what does he see he sees
Christ's righteousness
see think about Adam and Eve
you know when Adam and Eve sinned
how did the Lord make an atonement for that
he gave them coats of skins
to cover their sin
and that coat of skin
again an animal had to die
to provide that garment
unlike the fig leaf
apron that they sewed together
which involved no shedding
of blood without the shedding of blood
is no remission
Adam and Eve received the
coats of skins there had to be
bloodshed and then they are
clothed in the
skin of that animal
right Jesus is the lamb
of God which take away the sin of the world
and often in the Old Testament it's not just a lamb
that represents Jesus but
it's a goat it's a bullock
it's a calf
right because all of these different animals they got
sacrifice turtle doves pigeons
every animal that is sacrificed
under the old covenant represents Jesus
you know when we see
animals being sacrificed and their blood
being shed and an atonement being
made on the altar that's a picture of Jesus'
blood saving us because it's not possible
that the blood of bulls and of goats
should take away sins what did the bull represent
Jesus what did the goat represent
Jesus what did the lamb represent Jesus
now usually we think
of it as the lamb of God because that's
going back to the Passover
which is the most important picture
of Jesus the Passover
lamb and so in the New Testament
that imagery of the lamb
is a big
image for Christ but you know it could also be a ram
because in Genesis 22
what about the ram that gets caught in the
thicket and the ram's head
is stuck in the thorns and that's a picture of
Jesus with the crown of thorns
being the sacrifice
so that Isaac doesn't have to die
Jesus died
right the ram dies and
the thorns represent the crown of thorns
so it could be a ram it could be a lamb
it could be a goat it could be a bullock
a calf all different
animals that are sacrificed in the Old Testament
Jesus is also the lion of
the tribe of Judah you know these are just metaphors
he's obviously not actually an
animal so you can use all these different animals just to
represent different aspects
of the Lord Jesus Christ the scapegoat
represents Jesus as well
and so
the skin
of the goat that's put on Jacob
is a picture of him being clothed
in Christ
and now he gets the blessing now
that's us as Christians we're Christians
so Esau
doesn't get the blessing we get the blessing
and we don't get the blessing
on our own merits we get the
blessing because we're clothed
in the righteousness of Jesus Christ
that's the picture here
now remember what
Hebrews 12 said we know that afterward
when he would have inherited the blessing when
Esau would have inherited the blessing
he was rejected
for he found no place of repentance
so he sought it carefully with tears
let's see what the blessing was that he missed out on
the Bible says
in verse number
we're in Genesis chapter 27
and it says in verse 28
therefore
God give thee of the dew of heaven
and the fatness of the earth
and plenty of corn and wine
let people serve thee and nations
bow down to thee be Lord
over thy brethren and let thy
mothers sons bow down to thee
ah ah here it is
cursed be everyone that curseth
thee and blessed be he
that blesseth thee
now look at that
so what do we see here what we see here
is enjoying the
abundance of what the earth has to offer
ruling and reigning
over our
brethren and
cursed is everyone that curseth
us and blessed is everyone that blesseth us
now what's so funny today
is that many people will try to
apply that thing of oh you know
well we gotta support Israel because
God's gonna bless those who bless Israel
and curse those who curse Israel
no my friend because we are Jacob
and they are Esau
they did not receive this blessing
they sold their birth right
you know the Apostle Paul
said look man the promise
is pertaining to them unto them
were committed the oracles of God I mean
they should have received it I mean the birth right
was theirs
but they didn't did they? no you know what they said
we have no king but Caesar
give us Barabbas
we have no king but Caesar they chose Caesar
they chose Barabbas that was
their pottage of lentils
was their little Roman province
they said what are we gonna do we don't want people to believe in Jesus
then the Romans will come and take away our country
they chose
that which was carnal
they chose their standing
with the Roman emperor
they chose whatever they wanted
Barabbas, Caesar
whatever
they rejected the birth right and so as a result
they don't inherit the blessing
so how can you sit there and say well they get the blessing
anyway
God will bless those who bless them and curse those who curse them
no they don't they sold that
they lost that
that goes to Jacob
now you say well hold on a second
we're gonna reign over
well have you ever heard of the millennial reign of Christ?
because we as Christians will live
and reign with Christ for 1000 years
the Jews
that have rejected the Lord Jesus Christ
will not be reigning
Israel will not be reigning
now of course if Israelites
get saved
then yeah now they're Christians
now they're Jacob
now they rule and reign with us
for 1000 years with Christ
but this ruling and reigning is not for
Israel see a lot of people have this idea
about the millennium that somehow
oh you know Israel's coming back in the millennium
they're coming back but hold on a minute
yeah
saved Israelites from the past
are gonna get resurrected
in the end times amen you know every saved person
gets resurrected
but the current Christ rejecting Israel
isn't coming back
no they're not
except obviously we can reach the individual
you know we can get individual
Jews or Israelis
saved and we have done so at our church
and we will continue to do so
God willing
so now let's look what Esau gets
because Esau comes
and he cries and he wants
to get a blessing later in the
chapter if you jump down
to verse number
38
and Esau said unto his father
hast thou but one blessing my father
bless me even also
my father
and Esau lift up his voice and wept
he said don't you have anything for me
isn't there any blessing he's like sorry I already
gave it to Jacob
don't you have something for me
and Isaac and his father answered and said unto him
behold thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth
and of the dew of heaven from love
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
and Esau hated
Jacob because of the blessing
wherewith his father blessed him notice what's
conspicuously absent from that blessing
oh God's gonna bless those who bless
you and curse those who curse you nope
Esau doesn't receive that blessing
he missed out on that he lost
that because he sold his birthright
and as
a result he hated his
brother Jacob and this is why
Judaism hates
Christianity
Judaism hates Christianity because Christianity
has received the blessing that they should
have inherited that they would have inherited
had they not sold their birthright
so if you
would go back to Romans chapter 9
Romans chapter number 9
so we see
that we are the chosen people
we are the seed of
Abraham we are the seed
of Isaac we are the seed of Jacob
spiritually okay
we
as Isaac was are the children of promise
the children of the flesh these
are not the children of God
they're not all Israel which are of Israel
so whenever these people come at you and say
well look at all these Bible verses about Israel
you always have to stop and say wait a minute
they're not all Israel which are of Israel
if you're not of the promise
if you're not in Christ
you are literally nothing
to God
he's like I never even knew you
depart from me that's what he's going to say
so back in uh
Romans chapter 9
the Bible says
in verse number
21 have not
the potter power over the clay
of the same lump to make
one vessel unto honor and another unto
dishonor
what of God willing to show
his wrath and to make his power
known endured which
with much long suffering the vessels
of wrath fitted to destruction
let me stop right here and just go on a quick little
rabbit trail it always kind of
cracks me up when
Calvinists will pull out this verse
and say well you know there's
just those vessels of wrath fitted to destruction
you know those people are just kind of just made
to be damned
you know God's the potter
and he just made some people to be saved and made
some people to be damned it's so ridiculous
because in this passage
what is it what did it just did you hear what it just said
it said
what of God willing to show his wrath and to make his power
known watch this endured
with much long suffering
the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction
sounds like God's having
mercy on the vessels of wrath fitted to
destruction
so how can you have this idea like well vessels
of wrath fitted to destruction people are just
doomed and damned and there's nothing they can do about it
keep reading
and then he might make known the riches of his glory
on the vessels of mercy
which he had afore prepared unto
glory even us who he had
called not of the Jews only but also the
Gentiles as he sayeth also
in Ozy I will call them
my people which were not my people and
her beloved which was not beloved here's what the
Bible is actually saying it's saying the vessels
of wrath fitted for destruction you know what God's
going to do he's going to show mercy on it
and he's going to make it into something
usable
that doesn't sound at all like what the Calvinists
are telling me that oh they're just doomed
and damned and there's no hope
folks God is not willing that any should perish
but that all should come to repentance he will have
all men to be saved and to come into the knowledge
of the truth
he gave himself a ransom for all
he tasted death for every man
Calvinism is junk
ok don't let them
twist this passage and take it
out of its context the context is about
Israel versus
Christianity
that's what it's about
we're talking about Ishmael
versus Isaac Jacob versus
Esau that's what we're talking about
and the vessels of wrath fitted for
destruction are the Gentiles
they're the ones
who are seemingly
useless
and then the Jews are the ones that you would
expect God to use but yet
what does he do?
He calls them his people verse 25
which were not his people
he said I will call her
beloved which was not
beloved so God
is showing mercy on the vessels of
wrath fitted for destruction
the Gentiles us
he has reached out to the Gentiles
and offered them
not only a chance to be saved
but also in the New Testament
to actually be his chosen people
to be that
royal nation
I will call them my people
which were not my people
now this can't be talking about Israelites or
Jews because they were called God's
people in the past he says
no no I'm going to call them my people which were not my people
and this was already
being prophesied in Hosea when it says
Oz there that's just
a New Testament spelling
of Hosea
the Old Testament prophet Hosea
and it says
and it shall come to pass
verse 26 in the place where it was said
to them you're not my people
there shall they be called the children
of the living God
Esaias meaning Isaiah
also crieth concerning Israel
though the number of the children of Israel
be as the sand of the sea
a remnant shall be saved
you know what that means? A very small percentage will be saved
because if you have
a group of people that's like the sand of
the sea for multitude
though the number of the children of Israel will be as the sand of the sea
and then you say but a
remnant's going to be saved
what are you saying? A small percentage
of the whole is getting saved
that's what the Bible's saying
for you will finish the work and cut it short in righteousness
because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth
and as Isaiah
Esaias but it's Isaiah
said before
except the Lord of Sabaoth
Sabaoth is just the Hebrew word
for hosts
so the Lord of hosts
except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed
we'd been as some
Sedoma not Sedona
Sedoma
and been made like unto Gomorrah
what shall we say then?
that the Gentiles
which followed not after
righteousness have attained to righteousness
even
the righteousness which is of faith
but Israel
which followed
after the law of righteousness
have not attained to the law of righteousness
now isn't that ironic?
Israel is so dedicated
to the law that they failed to attain
the righteousness of the law
whereas the Gentiles
which followed not after
righteousness attained to righteousness
isn't that ironic
that the Gentiles
who are not following the law of God have
achieved righteousness
and the Jews who are so zealous
of the law have not attained
why not?
verse 32 because they sought it
not by faith
but as it were by the works
of the law for they stumbled at that
stumbling stone as it is written behold I lay in
Zion a stumbling stone
and a rock of offense
and whosoever believeth on
him shall not be ashamed the rock is a
hymn the rock of
you know the song
rock of ages
I'm going to come up with a new hymn
rock of offense
you know Jesus is the rock
of offense
sorry to offend you
but Jesus is
the rock of offense
say well you're offensive
Jesus is the rock of offense
he's a stumbling block
you're being a stumbling block
just being like Jesus
now look
obviously there's a wrong way
to be a stumbling block we don't want to be a stumbling block
in a bad way but you know what
if people are stumbling
at the gospel if they're stumbling
at the truth if they're stumbling at what the Bible says
that's a good kind of stumbling block
Jesus is a stumbling block
you say
Jesus has been established as a cornerstone
you know Jesus has been established as a stumbling block
Jesus
is the greatest stumbling block that has ever
existed
when was the last time you heard that preached?
but it's what the Bible says isn't it
it's right in front of your face right there
it says right there
I lay in Zion a stumbling stone
Jesus the great
stumbling stone
Jesus the rock of offense that people are constantly
tripping on
tripping and falling and smashing their faces
in on Jesus
but if you believe on him you'll be fine
the sort of
believing on him should not be ashamed
but those who reject him they
stumble at that stumbling stone
okay
so you have to seek for
righteousness by faith you have to believe
in Jesus if you believe on Jesus
you achieve
righteousness not your own righteousness
which is of the law but that which is through
the faith of Christ the righteousness which is
of God by faith by
believing in Jesus his righteousness
is imputed unto you
without works
he did the work
and it just gets imputed unto you
verses well I'm gonna go out and
work hard and do I'm gonna be a really good
Christian and I'm gonna follow all the rules
you're not gonna make it
you're gonna come short
and you're gonna crash
and fall over that stumbling stone
the rock of offense
see if the word of God
offends people so be it if Jesus offends
people so be it if the gospel offends people so be it
now if I offend people because I
of sin in my life or something stupid
that I say or do that's my
fault but if it
offends people and it's coming from the
word of God I'm not gonna take responsibility
for that like it or lump it
and so
that's why he says in verse
1 of chapter 10 brethren my heart's desire and prayer
to God for Israel is that they might be saved you know he's saying
I want them to be saved and
he goes on to talk about how easy it is to be
saved in Romans chapter 10 it's just
so easy you just confess with your mouth
the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart
that God has raised him from the dead
and and thou shalt be saved
and it's it's just right there
you know the word is nigh thee even on thy mouth
and in thy heart it's just right there
it's so easy you need to believe
in Jesus but they're they're working
so hard aren't they you know some of
these Jews they're working hard today
some of them most of them aren't
working hard at religion but
some of them are
you know and I don't but I don't care how much
Torah they study
and I don't care how many tears that they cry
at that weeping wall you know because the Bible said
that Esau sought it carefully with tears
Esau cried
and begged and prayed
and wished and hoped
and you know what the Jews they can cry
and cry
and cry but it's never
going to work because
they're rejected just
like Esau it's too late it was too
late for Esau it's too
late for them as a nation
and again it's not too late for the individual
don't sit there and think that
Jews are reprobates
or Israelis are reprobates that is not
true we can
get Jews saved we can get
Israelites saved they are some of the most
unreceptive people to the Gospel
they don't get saved all the time
but let me tell you something they can be saved
so we don't want to
just write off the individual
but as a nation
they've been rejected by God and been replaced
by Christianity
and so we need to understand that
distinction the individual can of course
be saved and if they get saved
then they will be graphed in
to the olive tree and you know it's interesting
I'll close out on this thought
because we're talking about
Judaism and Christianity being brothers
they're not father and son
Judaism did not beget
Christianity because
Christianity's never had anything to do with the
Krishna or the Talmud
or this rabbinic form of Judaism
you know when Jesus was on this earth you want to know the
kind of religion that Jesus
practiced when he was a Jew
because he said, you know,
salvation's of the Jews and
he was born and
raised, circumcised
and all that he did all that
but you know what he did
he kept telling people you need to go offer that sacrifice
that Moses told you to offer
do you remember that?
and he says okay now go to the temple
and do what the Bible says
and offer the gift that Moses
commanded for testimony unto them
you know so you see Jesus
practicing the
Old Testament not rabbinical
Judaism you don't see Jesus saying like
oh well you know we don't do any animal
sacrifice we're just going to pray
you see Jesus actually participating
in the Old Testament
commandments
because he's under the law
okay and he lived that life
and so
you know Christianity did not
come from Judaism don't ever let anybody
tell you that you know well Judaism
came first and
you know well Esau came first
okay but it
didn't even come first anyway
because in its current form
it dates back to depending on how
you slice it you could say it dates back to
70 AD or you could say it dates back
to around 200 AD or you could say it
dates back to around 500 AD you
know wherever you want to draw the line it's going to be after
Jesus for sure
but you say well yeah but they've been around
like folks
Judaism is
the child of the Old Testament
just as Christianity is
also but here's the
thing in Romans chapter 11
we have this idea about the
branches and they're called
the natural branches and we're the
we as the Gentiles are the branches that are graphed in
to the olive tree
and the ones who didn't believe on Christ
they got broken off and then
we got the wild olive branches
the Gentiles who believed in Christ got
graphed in to the olive
tree
but he talks about the root
folks the root is not
Judaism
Judaism are branches that got broke off
the root is the
word of God you know yeah you could say
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy
that's the root
say Jesus is the root
God's the root the Lord's the root
okay but
the natural
branches aren't the root they're branches
and they're a different branch what does a
branch mean a branch is when something splits
right
you're growing you're growing you're growing
and then a split and this
is what I want you to take away from the sermon is that
you know you got Abraham blessed by
God and then there's a split
Isaac and Ishmael
oh another split Jacob and Esau
oh another split
Christianity Judaism
if you want to be blessed by God you have to
be on the right side of that split
that's what it comes down to
and you can't be like well Abraham's my
father but the Ishmaelites could
say the same thing the Edomites
could say the same thing the Jews
could say that but the bottom line is
if you're on the wrong side of that split
you lose the blessing of God
you've got to stay on
the right side of that split and so we
as Christians today we
believe that we are saved simply
because we believe on Jesus
believe on Jesus
we're not trying to be justified by the law
it's not the ten commandments that saves us
it's not any commandments that
saves us it's just Jesus
it's his imputed righteousness
the righteousness of Jesus
on our account we are
justified freely
by his grace justified
means just as if I'd
never sinned justified
just as if I'd never sinned
that's what it means to be a Christian
that's what it means to be saved the Jews
today don't you have one blessing for
them nope
how folks how can you be blessed if you don't have Jesus
take the world and give me Jesus
I don't know it looks like they're being blessed
because look how much money they have
is that that's the blessing that you want
is that what you think the blessing of God is
money
you got a lot to learn about
spiritual things if you think
well look how much power
and money and fame they have
look how they thrive in Hollywood
folks that's not the blessing of God
but you know the
sad thing is that I'll bet you a lot of Christian
young people they grow up in a church like ours
and they grow up and you know what they think they think
money is success
they think being good looking
is success fame is success
fancy clothing is success
is that success
righteousness
is success
you know better is a
little with the fear of the Lord
a little bit with
the fear of the Lord
than great revenues
with unrighteousness
you know I'm paraphrasing
but it's something like that it's real close to that
alright it says something along those lines
you'd rather have a little bit with the fear of the Lord
than great abundance
great revenues
that you've gotten unjustly
or that you've gotten without righteousness
or without the Lord
I'd rather be a door keeper
in the house of God than to dwell in the
tents of wickedness
you know I'd rather be the
least in the kingdom of heaven
than to be the top dog
on this earth
without Jesus in my heart
you know it's not worth anything
if you don't and how can anyone
not understand how can people
go to church their whole lives how can people
you know attend
hundreds of sermons or thousands of sermons
in their life and not understand that if you don't have
Jesus you have nothing
like did we
what did we fail to teach you
if you think that there's anything
that matters if you
don't have Jesus there's nothing, nothing matters
if you don't have
Christ nothing matters
nothing else matters in your life
you don't matter
nothing matters like
like well but you know money
and fame you could live the most
awesome perfect
life ever where you just have
everything that anybody could want just the
coolest greatest life
you're no you're nothing
you don't matter
you're going to go to hell
when you die because you don't have
Jesus Jesus
well you know I mean I know they're not
saved but I mean they're still
God's people
how does that even work
I mean I know they're
I mean I know God's wrath
is abiding on them they're going to burn in hell
for all eternity you know
I mean but I mean come on there's still
God's chosen people though
how can anybody even say that with a straight
face
it's madness
it's crazy it's absurd
well yeah I mean we're not talking about being
saved okay
obviously we know they're not saved
I mean nobody's saying
that they're saved we're just saying that they're God's
special chosen people
what do they get a little special compartment in hell
get a little
like non-smoking section in hell
I mean what kind of stupidity
is that
if any look I mean
doesn't the Bible say if any man
love not our Lord Jesus Christ let him be
anathema
well I mean I know they're anathema and everything
but I mean come on
they're blessed
even as they're cursed
even as even as they're
under the wrath it's like a blessed
wrath
folks it's dumb
let it go
you know if you're one of these people that's hanging on
to that doctrine where you're just like
let it go I remember one time
I was preaching this to
to a brother in Christ and
basically
this is many many years ago I was
explaining this to him and I was teaching
this to him and I'm showing him how like it's not
it's not Israel it's us
we're the chosen people
Christians and I'm showing him
all these verses and he's just like he's like
he's like you're totally right
but I still feel like there's just like
something for them like
there's something and it just immediately
popped into my mind like Esau like
don't you just have something for me?
he's like I still think there's
just something and you know
and eventually
you know he realized nope
there isn't
because if you don't have
Christ you literally have nothing
nothing could be simpler to understand
than that I hope that if you've been in church for
any length of time you realize
that if you don't have Christ
God's not listening
to you God's
not going to bless you
okay God
is waiting for you to get saved
he wants you to get saved
but until you get saved
you're not in the family
and if you don't end up
getting saved nothing else
about your life will ever matter
thousands of years from now nothing will matter
you know the most
the most ghetto
thug and
you know Snoop Dogg and
Ice Cube and Dr. Dre
are going to the same hell
if they don't believe
in Jesus am I
right?
it's not going to matter like well these rap
artists have made millions of dollars folks
the poorest person who listens to
their music is going to the same place that they're
going and it's not
it's not going to be like like
4,000 years from now in hell it's like
whoa you're Dr. Dre
this is so cool
I've always wanted to meet you
whoa look it's Snoop Dogg
this is so cool
and we can do the
same thing we can do the same thing with any genre
of music we could we could say you know
the the poorest farmhand
and Garth Brooks or something
I don't know
I'm just saying like it doesn't really like like
if you're saved
you're somebody
but if you're not saved
it's not going to matter it's not like people
are going to be getting autographs from actors
and actresses in hell
a thousand years from now it's
not going to be happening
there's no glory there
ok Christ
is everything so who is Esau
who is Esau it's
Christ rejecting Israel that is Esau
they are Esau according
to scripture that's what Romans 9 teaches
let's bow your heads and have a word of prayer
Father we thank you for your word Lord and thank you for
giving us such an abundance of spiritual
blessings Lord and and thank you
that Lord even if we lost
every penny
even if we uh lost
everything that mattered to us physically
in this world Lord we have the most
priceless possession that can never
be taken away from us which is
Christ in us the hope of glory
and it's in his name we pray Amen
Amen
Amen let's take our song books please
and go to hymn number 178
178 Jesus
loves even mean number 178
178 let's sing it on that first verse
I am so glad that our Father in Heaven
number 178
178
let's sing it out together on that verse
verse 178
I am so glad that Jesus
I am so glad that
Jesus
I am so glad that
Jesus
Oh
I can see
when
I see
my song
Oh
Jesus
I am so glad that
Jesus
I am so glad that
Jesus