Blessings And The Blessing Series

One mark of humility is quietly admitting you were in the wrong and accepting correction. For all his scheming, it seems Isaac was a humble man.

D. Rebekah: SCHEMER par excellence

She had probably been thinking about this for some time.

She is to be applauded for her shrewdness, but she did not exemplify God’s will for us. Jesus urged us to, " … be shrewd as serpents and innocent as doves" (Matthew 10:17). I think it is fair to say that Rebekah was not the most innocent!

E. God: His Sovereign will accomplished through SINFUL people

Jacob obtained the blessing, but at what price?

His brother hated him and from this point on planned to kill him.

Rebekah and Isaac sent Jacob away to preserve his life and that of Esau’s. Jacob would never see his favored parent, Rebekah, again.

Last week, I ended the sermon with a quotation from the Rabbi Hillel, who said, "If I am not for myself who will be for me? Yet, if I am for myself only, what am I?"

This is the question Jacob must struggle with. "What am I?"

F. Us: Sharing God’s Blessings or Receiving THE blessing?

God blesses all His creation. We call this His common grace.

But then He offers THE blessing, which is a relationship with Him through Jesus Christ. This relationship is based upon faith and results in the salvation of our souls and the forgiveness of sin.

Some people want heaven but they don’t want Jesus Christ in their lives; they want the privilege of the blessing, but not the expectation of following Christ that goes with it…

John 1:12-13, "Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God."

You have to receive Him, not just His blessing…

Romans 6:23, "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord."

You have received many blessings from God. But have you received THE blessing? Jesus is THE blessing.