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September 4th is a soul winning marathon in Tri-Cities being put on by the Spokane church and it's gonna be at Robert Larson's house is where the meetup place is and if you need if you're planning on going to that is there anybody that's interested in going to that?
I'm not going to be here. I'll be flying home. There's a couple people that are interested. I will put that information in our group and just that has like Robert's address and all the information. It starts at nine for breakfast.
And it's 10 to let's see. It's 10 to 12 for the first session. There's lunch and then there'll be 2 to 4 is the other session. Then there'll be a barbecue at his house at night. And apparently he's a pretty good barbecue guy. So who can attest to that? Can I get a witness?
All right, so anyway, I thought it's gonna be pretty cool and hopefully we can have some people from our church go over there. You know, the days are getting or they're going to it's going to be raining again every day. Remember that?
So, but it's been nice weather here. Seventies is really good for soul wine. So it's better lot better than 107, right? So anyway, what else is going on? We got the home school field trip September 21st. That's at sky zone trampoline park. And it'll be at 940 in the morning for a two hour jump. That's in Vancouver here. And to see Rachel Woods for details on that.
And then let's see, October 3rd will be preaching at pure words Baptist church. And then on the fifth will be preaching at the fire breathing Baptist fellowship at steadfast Baptist church.
And November 7th, pastor Roger Jimenez will be preaching for us in the PM service. And we do still have extra soul going on Mondays and Tuesdays and Thursdays. So then all the rest of the stuff you guys already know, we're already saying happy birthday to everybody.
So let's get going with the rest of the service. Let's just sing another song and then we'll receive the offering after that.
Next song will be song number 216, surely goodness and mercy.
Song number 216, surely goodness and mercy.
Song 216, let's sing it on the first.
A pilgrim was I and a wandering
In the cold night of sin I did roam
When Jesus the kind shepherd found me
And now I am on my way home
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
All the days, all the days of my life
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
All the days, all the days of my life
He restoreth my soul when I'm weary
He giveth me strength day by day
He leads me beside the still waters
He guards me each step of the way
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
All the days, all the days of my life
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
All the days, all the days of my life
When I walk through the dark lonesome valley
My Savior will walk with me there
And safely His great hand will lead me
To the mansions He's gone to prepare
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
All the days, all the days of my life
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
All the days, all the days of my life
And I shall dwell in the house of the Lord
Forever and I shall feast at the table spread for me
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
All the days, all the days of my life
Abraham begot Isaac, and Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah the wife, the daughter of Bethuel, the Syrian of Paddamram, the sister of Laban the Syrian.
And Isaac entreated the Lord for his wife because she was barren, and the Lord was entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
And the children struggled together within her, and she said, If it be so, why am I thus?
And she went to inquire the Lord, 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.
And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.
And the first came out red all over like a hairy garment, and they called his name Esau.
And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel, and his name was called Jacob, and Isaac was threescore years old when she bared them.
And the boys grew, and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field, and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.
And Isaac loved Esau because he did eat of his venison, but Rebekah loved Jacob.
And Jacob saw a pottage, and Esau came from the field, and he was faint.
And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage, for I am faint.
Therefore was his name called Edom.
And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.
And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die, and what profit shall this birthright do to me?
And Jacob said, Swear to me this day, and he swore unto him, and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.
Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentils, and he did eat and drink, and rose up and went his way.
Then Esau despised his birthright.
Brother Anthony, will you pray for us?
Before I say that, though, I forgot to say Miss Sarah's mom's memorial service is actually this Saturday,
so I know I said that there's so many in Longview.
People can still go so many in Longview, but it's her memorial service is at 1 p.m.
So if you're planning on going to that, then obviously you wouldn't want to try to go to Longview,
because there's no bridge that just directly gets you right over there, I don't think.
So you'd have to drive up further or come down further.
Anyway, I just wanted to mention that it wasn't in the bulletin, so I apologize for that.
I kept forgetting.
Anyway, let's go on to Genesis chapter 25.
Verse number 1 says, Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah.
Let's pray.
Heavenly Father, we thank you, Lord, so much for this great church,
and once again the privilege to come and just have the word of God preached in your house.
Lord, we pray that you just bless each and every single person here for their faithfulness to this church.
Pray you fill me with your spirit and help me to break down the scriptures as would be pleasing in your sight.
In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.
Alright, so Abraham takes another wife.
Obviously Sarah is dead now, and so he takes a woman named Keturah to be his wife.
Now, and then, so, immediately we see, you know, obviously Abraham pictures the father in a lot of different places in Genesis,
and he's the father of the faithful, the Bible teaches, and obviously Jesus Christ, you know, is the son of God,
and Isaac is pictured as the son of God, and obviously, you know, there's a primary application for the scriptures,
but Jesus is in all the Bible. So we, you know, there is spiritual applications to the Bible,
and the fact that Abraham takes a wife and it's like a Gentile bride kind of just shows that,
you know, if you're looking at all the pictures that I've been painting before,
or like Isaac, you know, obviously pictured Jesus.
Sarah pictured Israel, believing Israel, that when she died, you know, after Sarah died,
then you see, obviously, Isaac marries Rebekah, and then Abraham takes another wife besides Sarah,
and so, you know, we see Abraham, like I said, who pictures the father marrying a Gentile bride
and being the father of many nations. So, remember, God promised him that he would be the father of many nations
and that all nations of the earth would be blessed through Abraham.
So, and that's basically what you see today. You know, you see the whole, all nations of the world being saved,
I mean obviously not the whole nations, but people in those nations.
So, it's not just physical Israel believing Israel. Believers in the New Testament are the new Israel.
We are spiritual Israel. And so, obviously, Gentiles got to get in on the program.
So, every nation is blessed by faith of Abraham, and anyone saved is a son of God, right?
So, Abraham has all these sons that it mentions here, and he has, you know, just multiple nations being blessed by him.
Let's turn to Genesis chapter 17 and verse 4. We'll look at the promise to Abraham here concerning this thing.
So, Genesis 17 verse 4 says,
As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.
Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham, for a father of many nations have I made thee.
And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.
And so, obviously, you have this promise of all these nations being blessed by him, and that he would be the father of many nations.
And all these names that are mentioned that are sons of Keturah, and then they're sons of the concubines that he had,
and obviously Isaac, his son, you know, those are obviously all different, representing different nations.
And it says kings shall come out of thee, and obviously the king of kings and lord of lords is the ultimate king that came out of his loins.
And it says in verse 7, Now I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations,
for an everlasting covenant to be a god unto thee and to thy seed after thee.
So this everlasting covenant, you know, and obviously the seed after him could mean his physical descendants,
but it also is talking about Christ. The seed is Christ. I mean, obviously we've been, you know, we've been over that quite a few times,
but I just think it's very interesting how, you know, because if you think about Rebekah, Rebekah was of their own kindred, right?
When Isaac married her, but then you see Abraham marry this Gentile, and what happened in the Bible is like,
you know, they were supposed to go to the Jew first, and then they were supposed to go to the Gentiles.
So I just thought that was very interesting, and, you know, obviously I don't want to play the picture game too much,
but like those pictures, I mean, to me seem like they're pretty legit.
Turn to John chapter 1 verse 11. John chapter 1 verse 11.
So that everlasting covenant to be a god unto thee and to thy seed after thee, and that seed is Christ.
So through Christ, you know, all these nations are actually able to be blessed because they are the seed of Abraham.
So anyway, look at John chapter 1 verse 11. It says, he came unto his own, and his own received him not.
So, you know, Jesus Christ, of course, went to the house of Israel, went to the house of Judah,
and went to the nation of Israel, and tried to, you know, get them to believe, and obviously there was a remnant that believed,
but then obviously the Jews as a whole, as a nation, rejected the Lord Jesus Christ, and then they were blinded because of this reason,
and then obviously the Gentiles got to see the blessings of God because of their failure.
And it says in verse 12, it says, but as many as received him, to them gave he power to become, what's it say?
The sons of God, even to them that believe on his name, which were born not of blood.
So really your blood relationship, the fact that you're a physical child of Abraham, has nothing to do with how you're saved.
It's because you believe on the name of Christ that makes you a son of God.
It says, which were born not of blood, nor the will of the flesh.
So it's not the will of the flesh, it's not man's will that makes people saved, nor of the will of man, but of God.
So it's God's will, they're born of God.
So nothing that has to do with our physical families or anything like that has to do with our salvation.
So it's the will of God, and that's how God wants it.
So let's look back at our text in Genesis chapter 25, verse number 2, it says,
So Midian, of course, is probably a very familiar name to you in the Bible, you know, the Midianites.
And obviously they end up becoming an enemy of Israel at some point, but they are children of Abraham.
So it says,
I think I'm saying that right, Brother CJ.
He was nervous before he had to read those verses.
I don't blame him, some of those are tongue twisters, they're not things, vowels we're used to saying, right?
So anyway, verse number 4 says,
Abidah and Eldah, all these were the children of Keturah.
So Keturah bared him a lot of sons, but obviously, like I said, Midian is probably the most well known out of all of them.
And it says,
So here's another picture, if you will, of the father and the son.
So Abraham, what did God do for Christ once he did all the things that he was supposed to do?
Well, you know, he gave all that he had unto his son, right?
He inherited all things.
So look at Hebrews chapter 1.
So I believe that this is a picture, you know, of Abraham, he didn't give it to the rest of his sons,
he gave it to, you know, his other sons by other people.
It was like his firstborn, Isaac, that is actually truly his firstborn with Sarah, the seed of promise.
So another picture of the father and the son here.
Look at verse number 1 in Hebrews 1, it says,
So just like Abraham gave all things unto Isaac, well, God the father appointed Christ the heir of all things by whom he made the worlds.
So Christ, of course, is the word of God who spoke the world into existence.
And it says in verse 3, Hebrews chapter 1 verse 3,
who being the brightness of his glory in the express image of his person and upholding all things by the word of his power,
when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the majesty of God.
So Christ was, you know, obviously it says that by himself purged our sins.
You know, Jesus Christ was sent down to redeem mankind and obviously he was 100% God, he was 100% man.
And his mother was Mary.
Okay, just so you all know.
Anyway, Romans chapter 8 verse 14, Romans chapter 8 verse number 14.
So obviously Christ was given all that the father had, right?
And so he sat down at the right hand of the majesty on high.
Romans chapter 8 verse 14 says,
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
For you have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you have received the spirit of adoption,
whereby we cry, Abba, Father, the Spirit itself bearing witness with our spirit that we are the children of God.
And if children, then what?
Heirs. Heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ.
So the privilege that we get as also being sons of God, we're adopted children of God.
Jesus Christ is the only begotten son of God.
But you know, we are still the children of God by faith.
And so what's the Bible say? We are joint heirs with Christ.
We get to inherit all the blessings of being a true born son or daughter of God.
That's a great promise to us.
It says,
So be that we suffer with him that we may be also glorified together.
So one day we're going to be glorified together with Christ.
That's a great promise.
You know, he gave everything unto Isaac and we're blessed by the fact that we have put our faith in Christ,
the one who redeemed us, the one who God gave all the power to on earth.
All things are, all power is given unto him in heaven and earth, right?
And he was given the keys of death and hell.
So he inherited the whole thing. He got the car keys, you know, he's, you know, the son inherited it all, right?
So, and that's a picture in Genesis chapter 25 of God the Father giving the son everything that he had.
Let's look at 1 Corinthians chapter 15 verse 23. 1 Corinthians chapter 15 verse 23.
So he's given everything unto Christ and Christ, you know, obviously was a good son, an obedient son,
did everything that the Father asked of him and so he highly exalted Christ.
He highly exalted Christ and gave him a name above every other name.
You know, at the name of Jesus, how are we saved? By the name of Jesus Christ.
There's no other name that we can call upon to be saved but the name, it's not Yeshua, it's not Yahashua,
it's not whatever Yehuda or whatever all these weird names that people make up, it's Jesus Christ.
So in 1 Corinthians chapter 15 verse 23 it says,
But every man in his own order, speaking about the resurrection, Christ the firstfruits,
afterward they that are Christ at his coming,
then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God even to the Father.
So Christ has secured everything and he's going to give it back unto the Father.
That's what it says, right?
When he shall have put down all rule and all authority and all power,
for he must reign. Who's the he? He's talking about Christ.
Christ must reign till he hath put all enemies under his feet.
And the last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. Praise God for that.
No more death, no more sickness, no more pain.
God's going to wipe all the tears away from our eyes
and we're never going to have to experience death and sorrow like that ever again.
It says, For he hath put all things under his feet,
but when he saith all things are put under him,
it is manifest that he is accepted but did put all things under him.
And when all things shall be subdued unto him,
then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him,
that God may be all in all.
So all that power is going to be given back to God,
but God has put all of his inheritance to Christ the Lord.
Hopefully that makes sense to you.
Look at verse number 6. It says back in our text in Genesis chapter 25.
Of course we're going to keep flipping back and forth to Genesis chapter 25.
It says, But the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had,
Abraham gave gifts and sent them away from Isaac his son
while he yet lived eastward into the east country.
So the sons of the concubines, it's not like Abraham just didn't like them or something,
but obviously Isaac is the one that was the seed that Christ would come from
and so he inherited all things.
But he didn't just kick them to the curb, he gave them gifts
and he sent them away from Isaac.
Obviously he probably didn't want them corrupting him in any way
or getting jealous of him and trying to kill him or something like that.
Kind of like the Jews were with Christ, right?
I know a lot of people think that the countries like Mongolia and Russia
and all those east countries, they think that they're all children of Abraham,
also like the Asian countries and stuff like that.
I don't know, I mean it could just be the east country next to them or something,
but I've heard that theory pulled forth and it says eastward into the east country,
so I'm not sure what country that's talking about.
Okay, verse 7, it says,
And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived,
a hundred threescore and fifteen years.
In King James English that's 175 years old.
So he lived to be old. Remember we talked about in the sermon before
that Jacob lived to be only 137 years old.
So that's a long time to live.
He had a great life.
Then Abraham gave up the ghost and died in a good old age.
An old man and full of years and was gathered to his people.
Abraham was a great, great man of God.
He's one of the most influential men in the whole Bible,
one of the most faithful men in the whole Bible,
probably easily top five greatest men in the whole Bible,
in my opinion, obviously, but he was a great man.
The Bible talks about him a lot in the New Testament also.
He's a picture of a lot of things.
He's a picture of the Father.
The Father of the Faithful.
God tested him and he passed all of his tests.
It says,
In his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah
in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite,
which is before Mamre.
The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth,
there was Abraham buried and Sarah his wife.
It came to pass after the death of Abraham
that God blessed his son Isaac,
and Isaac dwelt by the well the Haroi,
the well of him that liveth and seeth me.
So God blessed the son Isaac after Abraham died,
and it's interesting that he dwelt by a well.
It just made me think of that well of living water
where the Samaritan woman came to him
and the disciples had gone away,
and he just has this meeting with this lady.
But you know Christ,
he obviously wants to give everybody that living water.
And so you think about Abraham,
I mean obviously if you live in a desert
being next to a well is probably a pretty smart thing to do too.
So it might not be some ultra spiritual reason,
but like I said there's a lot of pictures of Christ in all the Bible.
So let's look at John chapter 4 verse 10.
John chapter 4 verse 10.
John chapter 4 verse 10 says,
Jesus answered and said unto her,
If thou knewest the gift of God,
and who it is that saith unto thee,
Give me to drink,
thou wouldest have asked of him,
and he would have given thee living water.
And the woman said unto him,
Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with,
and the well is deep,
from whence then hast thou that living water?
And our father Jacob,
which gave us the well,
and drank there of himself and his children and his cattle,
Jesus answered and said unto her,
Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again,
but whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him
shall never thirst,
but the water that I shall give him
shall be him a well of water
springing up into everlasting life.
So you know you see Isaac,
he's dwelling by this well.
Obviously pictures Christ in a lot of ways.
And then in the New Testament you see Jesus
just hanging out by this well
offering people this living water.
And so that living water,
you know when we go out soul winning
a lot of people just don't believe in eternal security.
I actually had somebody say to me yesterday though,
I believe in once saved always saved.
I was like, Amen, that guy's probably saved.
But you know his first answer was
you have to believe in Jesus.
And then his second answer,
you know to the question was
I believe in once saved always saved.
So but not everybody believes that
and I just personally believe
if you're not once saved always saved
then you're not saved.
If you think that somehow you can affect
the outcome of your own salvation
by your good works or lack of
you know lack of keeping God's commandments
then that means that you think
that you hold your own salvation in your own hand.
So obviously we don't believe
that at this church.
And so you know Jesus offers
when he offers that living water
it's giving you everlasting life.
It's a life that never ends.
Let's look back at our text
in Genesis chapter 25 verse 12 it says
Now these are the generations of Ishmael
Abraham's son whom Hagar the Egyptian
shares handmade bear unto Abraham.
These are the names of the sons of Ishmael
by their names according to their generations
the firstborn of Ishmael,
Nebuchadnezzar, and Kedar, and Abdiel, and Mipsam,
and Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,
Hadar, and Timah, Jethur, Nefesh, and Kadima.
These are the sons of Ishmael
and these are their names by their towns
and by their castles.
So these guys had castles
and it says 12 princes according to their nations.
So Ishmael did become a great nation himself.
And his sons all had their own castles apparently
and they were 12 princes.
And these are the years of the life of Ishmael
in 130 and 7.
And he gave up the ghost and died
and was gathered unto his people.
And they dwelt in Havilah under Shur
that is before Egypt as thou goest toward Assyria
and he died in the presence of all his brethren.
And these are the generations of Isaac
Abraham's son Abraham begat Isaac.
Isaac was 40 years old
and he took Rebekah to wife the daughter of Bethuel
the Syrian of Padan Aram,
the sister of Laban the Syrian.
So one thing you'll notice here is that
well first of all Isaac was 40 years old
when he had his first child, right?
Oh no, when he took Rebekah to wife, excuse me.
And then it says that Bethuel is a Syrian,
not a Syrian but the Syrian.
So and Laban was the Syrian also.
So a Syrian is different than Syrian, okay?
But Deuteronomy 26 verse 5 says
I just find this interesting because
this is talking about Abraham.
You know and Abraham was called a Hebrew, right?
But I think that God basically just branched Abraham
off and made him his own nation.
And like but he was a Syrian before that.
That's what I believe personally.
Someone's probably gonna come up at the end of the service
and go no you're wrong Pastor Thompson, that's okay.
You know I've been wrong before.
So I don't mind being wrong.
If you want to turn over there you can.
Deuteronomy chapter 26 verse 5,
just keep your finger in Genesis chapter 25.
So I just thought this was interesting
because you know Abraham like I said
is called the Hebrew, he's called you know a Jew
or whatever but before that he was a Syrian.
Look what it says.
And thou shalt speak and say before the Lord thy God a Syrian
ready to perish was my father.
And he went down into Egypt
and so adjourned there with a few
and became there a great nation,
excuse me, there a nation a great mighty and populous.
So obviously that's talking about
you know when Jacob went to Egypt
and they became you know the great nation that they are.
You know the nation of Israel
or the Jews whatever you want to call them
but he was a Syrian ready to perish.
That's what it says.
So I just thought that was really interesting.
You know that God can just take somebody
and make another nation out of them
based upon the faith that they have.
So I was just thinking about how God was ready
to just smoke all the children of Israel
and make Moses a nation by himself.
So God can do what he wants.
You know he can rename you if he wants.
He renamed Abram to Abraham.
He named Sarai unto Sarah.
And so you know God,
he kind of just comes up with his own names
for people just like he nicknamed Peter
or you know Simon Peter or Cephas.
So okay let's go back to our text verses
and look at verse 21.
It says and Isaac entreated the Lord for his wife
because she was barren
and the Lord was entreated of him
and Rebekah his wife conceived.
Now obviously it says his wife was barren.
You know and sometimes people have problems
having children and I'm not saying
that we should never get checked out
by a doctor or anything but I think that's fine.
But you know God is the one that opens
and closes the womb ultimately.
So we need to understand that
just waiting a couple years
and you don't get pregnant or whatever,
that's not like the biggest deal in the world.
God can still open the womb
and close the womb as he sees fit.
You know and sometimes maybe
he's just looking for your faith.
You know people try really hard
to have children and sometimes God
just wants you to entreat of him.
You know it says that Isaac
entreated the Lord for his wife
because she was barren.
It says and the Lord was entreated of him
and Rebekah his wife conceived.
So you know obviously both people
can be praying about having children
but it took you know 20 years
for them to have their first child.
So look at what it says in verse 22.
And the children struggled
together within her and she said
if it be so why am I thus
and she went to inquire of the Lord.
So she's having some problems.
The children are struggling within.
It sounds like they're kind of
you know fighting or something
inside the womb.
I mean it doesn't say they're fighting
but they're struggling.
It's obviously given her some discomfort.
And it says in verse 23
so she inquires of the Lord
and asks and the Lord tells her
what's going on.
Says and the Lord said to 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.
So and obviously in the life
it's about to be Jacob and Esau.
Of course everybody knows that.
But it says the elder shall serve the younger
but in the times where you see them
that's not how it happens.
So obviously God is saying
that these are two nations
that are being born.
A lot of people confuse this
and they get this doctrine
where God just hated Esau for no reason
and it's talking about two nations.
Now obviously it's two people
then there are two.
Now notice people have different
varying opinions about this
but I'll get into that here
in just a minute.
But look at verse 24 it says
and her days to be delivered
were fulfilled behold there were
twins in her womb
and the first came out red
all over like a hairy garment
and they called his name Esau.
And so these were not identical twins.
You know there's a lot of times
people have identical twins
but these were not identical twins
and that in fact was red.
Like you know he was just hairy
when he came out.
I mean that would probably be a shock to see
but these are the first twins
that are born in the Bible
and it says they called his name Esau
which actually means hairy
as far as I know
and so he was the first hairy
in the Bible.
So anyway.
But it says in verse 26
and after that came his brother out
and his hand took hold
and his name was called Jacob
and Isaac was three score years old
when she bare them.
So he's 60 years old.
So when did they get married?
When he was 40.
And it says that he was
three score years old.
So they waited to have a child
for 20 years.
So like if you're struggling to have children
I would just say this that
give it some time
and give it to the Lord.
You know there's lots of things
that the medical field
can do to help
but you know nobody's going to help you
more than the Lord will.
So don't give up
if you're trying to have a child
you know just
make it a thing of prayer
and you know every time
when someone's entreated in the Lord
to have children that always happens.
So at least my reading of the Bible
that's how it goes.
So anyway verse 27
a hunting hunter
a man of the field
and Jacob was a plain man
dwelling in tents.
So not only did they look differently
but they did completely different things.
A lot of times identical twins
will have the same interests.
I don't know if you've ever realized that
they get along really good
but like these twins are not identical
and they couldn't be more than
I mean they're just completely different
from each other.
Different mannerisms
Esau was like the hunter guy
the outdoorsman you know
he had the Cabela's bag
and you know all that stuff.
And Jacob was a plain man
dwelling in tents.
So obviously he was a person
that like kept cattle
and things like that.
And so and it says
and Isaac loved Esau
because he did eat
of his venison.
So what I want to say about this
is that that's a weird reason
to love each other.
I personally I just don't
I think it's wrong to show
that you love one child
more than the other like that.
It's you know especially
for a reason that dumb.
It says but Rebecca loved Jacob
so each one of them had their child
that they favored more
and I just think that you should
not do that with your children.
I think it can harbor
bad feelings in them
and obviously nobody's perfect.
Like even Jacob
showed that he loved Joseph more
and what did that do
with his children.
Well they all hated him
and wanted to kill him
and they sold him into slavery to Egypt.
So I mean it's just not
and you know they made it
he made him a special coat
of many colors
and it just didn't work out good.
All of his children
all the children couldn't even talk
like kindly to them at all.
This is a family of America
where you have just one spouse
one you know your kids
are mainly by the same people
for the most part.
But anyway so I think
it's personally wrong to show
your children you love one
more than the other.
And also just just thinking
about this like you know
you think that you know
you know Isaac obviously
was a spiritual guy
but as you get older
Isaac is on the other side
of Isaac in my opinion.
Like he's like basically
that's about as carnal as you
can get that he loved his son
the other son more just
because he made him some
special beef jerky or something
you know.
But Rebecca favored Jacob
but look at verse 29 it says
and Jacob sawed pottage
and Esau came in from the field
and he was faint
and Esau said to Jacob feed me
so Edom means red.
So his name is Esau which
means hairy and he was red
himself and like a lot of
people that like have red
hair like they're just
naturally going to get called
red. Brother Sean does anybody
ever call you red?
Okay my great grandfather's
nickname was red.
All right so I get it
but Edom was called red
because of the red pottage
and his hair probably had
something to do with that.
So anyway so therefore his
name was called Edom and
Jacob said sell me this day
thy birthright and so you
know basically what that
entitled what his birthright
was was like the head of the
family once his dad was gone
and so Edom was the first
born so he would have been
in line for that birthright
and also for the special
blessing but the double
portion of inheritance was
also a thing at that time
and so you'd always give
your first born son the
double portion of the
inheritance and so basically
that's part of what he's
talking about here but also
probably the spiritual
blessing but he ends up Jacob
ends up getting both of those
things from him he ends up
you know he ends up getting
them both so we'll see that
in the next chapter but it
says swear to me this day and
he's swearing to him and he
sold his birthright on to
Jacob and Jacob gave Esau
bread and pottage of lentils
and he did eat and drink
and rose up and went his way
thus Esau despised his birthright
so obviously this birthright
is something that has a
spiritual it's a spiritual
nature involved with it also
and the fact that Esau
gave his birthright you know
shows that he just didn't care
too much about the things of
God that's that's the way I
see that you know and a lot
of people say well was Esau
saved or was he not and
honestly I don't really know
it doesn't say that he was
so but a lot I know a lot of
people argue for the fact
that they think that he is
and I don't care what you
think you can think whatever you
want you can just look at the
Bible so let's look at Hebrews
chapter twelve verse sixteen so
obviously you have these two
things being talked about how
that there are two nations and
that God hated you know
obviously we know the verses
that say God hated our love
Jacob and hated Esau so but
did he hate the person you
know I'm not so sure about
that but let's look at what
the Bible says so Hebrews chapter
twelve verse sixteen this is
the things that it says about
Esau it says lest there be any
fornicator or profane person
as Esau who for one morsel of
meat sold his birthright so
obviously you know it's taught
is it talking favorably about
Esau here Esau was a great
guy you know obviously you can
be a fornicator and a
profane person I guess and
still be saved not saying that
but you know if you think if
you think about it like it's
not really talking favorably
about Esau right here it says
for one morsel of meat sold
his birthright and so
obviously you know to Esau
the things of God weren't
really that important and what
does profane mean it means to
treat something to treat
something sacred with
irreverence or disrespect so it
says he was a profane person
and so it can also mean
relating or devoted to that
which is not sacred or
biblical so it says he was a
fornicator profane person and
then he sold his birthright
for just a piece of food like
just didn't really respect it
that much right and it could
also mean secular rather than
religious so you know
obviously there's a lot of
people that you know they're
saved but they don't go to
church and all that so I'm not
going to say that I for a
hundred percent sure believe that
he was not saved but I'll say
this it doesn't really speak
about it.
So in Hebrews chapter 12 verse
17 excuse me Hebrews chapter
12 verse 17 says for you know
how that afterward when he
would have inherited the
blessing was read he was
rejected for he found a place
of repentance though he sought
it carefully with tears.
So now this I think is a
little more damning on his
part because obviously you could
be a fornicator and a profane
you don't care too much about
the things of God but you know
when it uses this language
like you know when he would
have inherited the blessing he
was rejected you know what what
do you I don't know and that
he found no place of
repentance though he sought it
carefully with tears he was
crying he probably felt bad
that he you know rejected his
birthright he was obviously
crying when he didn't get the
blow and Jacob came in with
no place of repentance though
he sought it carefully with
tears so and it just kind of
made me think of Hebrews
chapter 6 let's turn over to
Hebrews chapter 6 and again
I'm you can think whatever you
want that's fine I just some
of this language seems you
know not favorable for Esau so
look what it says in Hebrews
chapter 6 verse 4 Hebrews
chapter 6 verse 4 says for it
is impossible for those who were
made partakers of the heavenly
gift and have tasted of the
heavenly gift and were made
partakers of the Holy Ghost
so these are these are people
that have tasted something if
you taste something does that
mean you ate it you just
tasted it right when Jesus was
given the vinegar he tasted it
but he didn't drink it right
he didn't drink from it so
but it says that you know if
you've it says you tasted of
the heavenly gift were made
partakers of the Holy Ghost
and have tasted the good word
of the Lord when we preach
the Bible to people they you
know sometimes you can see in
their eyes something changed
we're like they're getting it
or maybe you're just
explaining something to someone
and they still just like yeah
I'm just busy I got something
going on or whatever but you
can see that like the word of
God's affecting them in some
way not in fact affecting them
I mean I'm sure everybody here
has seen people do that and
you're like that even makes
you want to push a little
harder and say are you sure
you don't want to hear
because you know this is
really important oh no there's
this guy that was yesterday
he was just like he was
listening I could see that the
scriptures were affecting him
and he like what I could tell
he wanted to stay and listen
but he was like his first
coming to him and he started
to you know have that look in
his eye like he wanted to hear
more but he was offered a chance
to hear more but he just kind
of backed off and said no I'm
enjoying family time we just
like okay you know he wasn't I
don't think he like was a
reprobate or something like that
but he he tasted the good word
of the Lord and the powers of
the world to come see heaven
can just like get right to the
right to them you know you can
open a door and then they just
won't walk through it they won't
pray they won't they won't
accept it they realize what
they got to give up or
whatever and they don't want
to go that far so they you
know the power they've tasted
the powers of the taste of
the good word of the of God
and the powers of the world to
come says if they shall fall
away to renew them again under
repentance seeing they
crucify themselves the Son of
God afresh and put him to an
open shame you know it says,
For the earth which drinketh
in the rain and cometh off the
earth and then came the
rain that cometh in the
rain, the
earth, and then come the
rain that cometh off the
earth, and then come the
rain that cometh in the
earth which drinketh in the rain and cometh off upon it,
and bringeth forth herbs, meat for them, by whom it is
dressed receiveth the blessing from God.
But that which beareth thorns and briars is rejected,
and is nigh unto cursing, whose end is to be burned."
So there's people that they get right there,
they get right to the door, they're
about to take a drink of that living water,
they're about to eat the bread, and they just taste it.
And then they say, no, I don't want it.
And at that point, I believe that God makes it
to where they can't renew themselves again
unto repentance.
They can't ever get to that point where they get saved.
And obviously, I know some people
believe that this is talking about believers,
but can a believer be brought again to repentance?
Can a believer get backslidden and then just say,
you know what, I want to get right with God
and come back to church, and yeah, that can happen.
So how can that be talking about a believer?
I don't follow that line of thinking,
but I think it's absolutely talking about someone
that had a chance to do that.
But you see the same language in the way
that it's talking about Esau, that he
found no place of repentance.
Though he sought it carefully with tears, he was rejected.
It's the same exact language as you see in Hebrews chapter 6.
I'm not saying that he was a reprobate or whatever.
I'm just saying that that language is very similar,
is it not?
I mean, so, but I'll let you make up your own mind
about that.
Let's look at some more scriptures.
Let's look at Malachi chapter 1, verse number 2.
Malachi chapter 1, verse number 2.
It says, I have loved you, saith the Lord,
yet you say, wherein hast thou loved us?
Was not Esau Jacob's brother, saith the Lord?
Yet I loved Jacob, and I hated Esau,
and laid his mountains and his heritage waste
for the dragons of the wilderness.
Whereas Edom, saith, we are impoverished,
but we will return and build the desolate places.
Thus, saith the Lord of hosts, they shall build,
and I will throw down.
And they shall call them the border of wickedness,
and the people against whom the Lord hath indignation
forever.
So it doesn't sound like God is really
too thrilled with the nation, with Edom, with Esau,
with the people of that nation.
But I mean, some people would argue
that that nation was built upon a person that
was a wicked and profane person and a fornicator.
And later on, you'll see where he's just marrying
people that are not godly.
He's marrying people that are obviously not saved,
and his parents are just vexed by this.
So he takes another wife that they might be happy with.
And again, I'm not saying again that he necessarily 100%
I agree 100% that he's a reprobate
or that he's unsaved.
But I think that you could see it both ways.
But I definitely think that the nation was cursed by God
and that he did hate the nation of Esau or Edom
or whatever you want to call it.
Look at Obadiah chapter 1, verse 18.
Obadiah chapter 1, verse 18.
God hated the house of Esau so much
that he completely destroyed it.
Obadiah chapter 1, verse 18 says,
and the house of Jacob shall be a fire,
and the house of Joseph a flame,
and the house of Esau for stubble.
And they shall kindle in them and devour them,
and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau,
for the Lord hath spoken it.
So what does that mean?
He's wiping out the whole nation.
So there won't be one remaining, any remaining
in the house of Esau.
So it's very clear that when God's talking about Genesis,
there's two nations.
There's two manner of people.
So one is the manner of people that he loves,
and the other is the manner of people that he hates.
Obviously Esau, the Bible doesn't
talk good about him personally.
And again, I'll let you make up
that decision in your own mind whether you
was saved or not, or whatever.
But I know that there's other people that
believe that he is, and whatever.
I have no issue with that.
That's not a hill I'd die on.
I don't really care that much.
But let's look at one more verse,
and then we'll be done for the night.
Romans chapter 9, Romans chapter 9.
Romans chapter 9, verse 10, look what it says.
And not only this, 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 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.
So obviously, I think that when it's
talking about this situation, it's talking about,
you know, it is talking about the two children.
They hadn't done anything wrong.
They hadn't done good or evil at this point.
But it says, but the purpose of God according to the election
might stand, not of works, but him that calleth.
What was the ending of Esau and his people?
They're done.
God totally wiped them out.
And obviously, Jacob is the one of promise.
And Jacob wasn't even really that great of a guy
either for a time in his life.
He tricked his own brother out of his birthright
and stole the blessing from him.
But he wanted something spiritual.
It's not like he, you know, I don't think he necessarily
cared so much about being rich.
But he just wanted to, you know, he was not, you know,
by law was not the first place in that situation.
But like, I'm sure he realized that Esau didn't really
give a crud about his birthright,
didn't care about spiritual things.
And obviously, you know, Jacob was
renamed to Israel, which means prince.
And you know, Jacob is one of the most famous people
in the whole Bible.
The nation of Israel is named after him.
I mean, obviously, he loved the Lord
and cared about things of spiritual nature.
And the elder did end up serving the younger
when you talk about the actual nations themselves.
But you know, Jacob gets, you know,
he's totally scared of his brother.
You know, we'll see that.
I don't want to, you know, wreck other sermons.
But as far as like determining whether you think
Esau was saved or not, that's up to you to decide.
I just showed you some some verses.
And like I said, it's really not that important to me
to be dogmatic about it anyway.
But I think that some of the verses would show
that he definitely wasn't the most spiritual man
in the world, okay.
And so, and all of his offspring
end up getting smoked by God in the end.
So anyway, that's all we got for Genesis chapter 25.
Let's pray.
Lord, we thank you so much for a great day in church,
for all your blessings.
Lord, I pray that you'd help us,
all those that are going home.
Pray you'd watch over us and keep us safe
as we drive home.
And Lord, that you bring us home,
or here back to the church on Thursday night
for our Bible study this week.
Pray you'd just bless all those people's lives.
Lord, we pray for all those that have been sick
and all those that are just heavy-hearted
over various different things.
And let's pray that you'd bless, Lord.
And in Jesus' name we pray, amen.
Song number 215 in the green hymnal,
Heaven came down and glory filled my soul.
Song number 215 in the green,
Heaven came down and glory filled my soul.
Song number 215, let's sing it out on the first.
Oh, what a wonderful, wonderful day,
day I will never forget.
After I'd wandered in darkness away,
Jesus my Savior I met.
Oh, what a tender, compassionate friend.
He met the need of my heart.
Shout, as dispelling with joy I am telling,
He made all the darkness depart.
Heaven came down and glory filled my soul.
When at the cross the Savior made me whole.
My sins were washed away and my night was turned to day.
Heaven came down and glory filled my soul.
All right, I'm going to need someone to fill in on that echo
because it sounded a little too quiet on that part.
You're getting a little awkward, okay?
Let's sing it out on the second.
Born of the Spirit with life from above
into God's family divine.
Justified freely through Calvary's love.
Oh, what a standing in His mind.
And the transaction so quickly was made
when as a sinner I came.
Took the offer of grace He did proffer.
He saved me, oh praise His dear name.
Heaven came down and glory filled my soul.
Filled my soul.
I'm going to do it if you don't do it.
When at the cross the Savior made me whole.
Made me whole.
My sins were washed away and my night was turned to day.
Heaven came down and glory filled my soul.
Now I have a hope that will surely endure
after the passing of time.
I have a future in heaven for sure.
There in those mansions sublime.
And it's because of that wonderful day
when at the cross I believe.
Rich is eternal and blessing supernal
from His precious hand I receive.
Heaven came down and glory filled my soul.
When at the cross the Savior made me whole.
Made me whole.
Amen.
My sins were washed away and my night was turned to day.
Heaven came down and glory filled my soul.
Amen.
It was a good effort.
I'll give you some credit.
Brother Sean, you want to end this in a word of prayer?
Amen.