Sermons on Jacob Laban:

One Mother - Two Nations: Part #2 - Jacob Series

Contributed by Tom Shepard on Oct 29, 2011

This sermon has two points. 1. The believer’s life is a battle. 2. The believer’s hope is in heaven.

One Mother – Two Nations Part #2 - Jacob “Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field, but Jacob was a peaceful man, living in tents.” Genesis 25:27 (NASB) Today we want to look at the character of Jacob. From our text we find that he was “a peaceful man – living in tents”. But we know a ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 25:27

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Dreams In The Bible - Part 1 – Jacob's Ladder Series

Contributed by Antonio Silveira on Apr 4, 2012

The ancients understood that the world of dreams opens a channel of communication between mankind and the spiritual world, and opens sleepers to a different realm from the one they manage during the day.

The ancients understood that the world of dreams opens a channel of communication between mankind and the spiritual world, and opens sleepers to a different realm from the one they manage during the day. The ancients dared to imagine, moreover, that this mysterious communication is one venue in ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 28:10-12

Denomination: Baptist

Reconcilable Differences. The Reconciliation Of Jacob And Esau - Genesis 33

Contributed by William Akehurst on Sep 2, 2024

Do you need reconciliation in your life? Is the fear of confrontation holding you back from fulfilling GOD’s Purpose in your life? Have you changed from what or who you once were? Don't let the past hinder your future. When we surrender ourselves to the LORD, we should...

2024.09.01.Sermon Notes. Reconciliation of Jacob and Esau - Genesis 33:1-20 William Akehurst, HSWC BIG IDEA: Do you need reconciliation in your life? Is the fear of confrontation holding you back from fulfilling GOD’s Purpose in your life? Have you changed from what or who you once were? ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 33:1-20, Genesis 27:29, John 13:13-17, 1 Timothy 6:6, Genesis 31:13, Jeremiah 32:17, Jeremiah 32:26-27, Luke 1:37  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Jacob-He Lost More Than He Gained Series

Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Feb 3, 2022

Rebekah, mother of Esau and Jacob, wanted Jacob to have the paternal blessing which Isaac was going to bestow on Esau. She developed a plan for Jacob to get it--and they went through with it. Results? Bad!

Introduction: Jacob had already purchased Esau’s birthright (some might say, swindled Esau out of it) some years before this event took place. Now, with his mother Rebekah’s help, he was about to swindle his father, Isaac, out of Esau’s blessing. Jacob got the blessing, but he lost more than ever ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 27:1-41, Hebrews 12:14-17

Denomination: Baptist

Esau: Daddy's Fair-Haired Boy. Series

Contributed by Michael Stark on Jan 2, 2016

What can we learn of our own character and of God's grace when we study Esau selling his birthright?

“These are the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son: Abraham fathered Isaac, and Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean, to be his wife. And Isaac prayed to the LORD for his wife, because she ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 25:19-34

Denomination: Baptist

Scoundels Included

Contributed by Kevin Ruffcorn on Oct 2, 2013

Jacob obtains a blessing by trickery, but is still included in God’s chosen people.

Genesis 27:1-4, 15-23, 28:10-17 “Scoundrels Included” INTRODUCTION Today’s society has an interest in the “anti-hero hero.” Usually our heroes have been upstanding people. For example, we have Clark Kent the mild manner reporter, or James T. Kirk the ...read more

Denomination: Lutheran

Approval Or Achievement Series

Contributed by Ken Ritz on Mar 1, 2016

Part 3 of a series on the life of Jacob

Approval or Achievement? Dying To Self, Part 3 If you have your bible turn to Genesis 29 We’ve been looking for the last couple weeks at the life of Jacob, and one of the things we saw is that God uses conflicted, complicated people, which is a good thing because all of us are ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Father's Day Sermon

Contributed by Sam Mccormick on Jul 1, 2022

Lessons from some good - but imperfect - fathers in the bible.

Fathers Day Sermon There are two stories of when the first Father’s Day was celebrated. The earliest occurred in Fairmont, West Virginia on July 5, 1908. Grace Golden Clayton suggested to the minister of the local Methodist church that they hold services to celebrate fathers after a deadly mine ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 3:1, John 5:19-20, John 10:15-17, Romans 8:15, Galatians 4:6, Luke 11:11-13, Genesis 31:14-15, Hebrews 11:17-19, 2 Samuel 18:33  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Wrestling With God Series

Contributed by Paul Barreca on Mar 2, 2013

Here, God empties Jacob of his NATURAL effort and teaches Jacob to trust Him completely.

What images come to mind when I mention the word wrestling? For some, it is an image of a High school wrestling match. Others happily envision Dad wrestling with his son. And a few of us think of the theater of “professional wrestling” with Iron Rings of death and tag team death ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 32:1-32

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The God Of Love Series

Contributed by Jim Kilson on Nov 7, 2014

Part 3 of 5 in a series on the false gods of this world (i.e. of our own creation) that vie to be the ultimate object of our worship.

INTRODUCTION: To begin with let me ask you a question… as a culture is we an “obsessive” people? • We obsess over money; often wanting the lifestyle it brings, and being secretly jealous of those who we think have it! • We obsess over looks; often wanting the trim ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 29:16-35

Denomination: Christian Church

Strengthened By A Limp Series

Contributed by Stephen Todd on Apr 1, 2004

Jacob’s attempt to receive God’s blessing by his own devious devices is finally halted by a direct encounter with God.

Genesis 32 January 17, 2004 I can hardly believe that the last time we looked together into the book of Genesis was October 5. We need to remind ourselves of where we are in the narrative. Isaac and Rebekkah have two sons - Esau and Jacob Esau is the older but God picks Jacob to be the one ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 32:1-20

Denomination: Baptist

The Stairway To Heaven

Contributed by Justin Steckbauer on May 3, 2021

Have you ever noticed that? The Bible is not simple, and it's not man made. It's all interconnected. The first verse of the Old Testament says "in the beginning God created" it all. Of course we know from Genesis chapters 2 and 3 that things went wrong.

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Genesis 1:1. In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. John 1:1. Have you ever noticed that? The Bible is not simple, and it's not man made. It's all interconnected. The first verse of the Old ...read more

Scripture: John 14:6, Genesis 1:1, John 1:1, Job 19:25, Genesis 28:10-22  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Salvation Army

Northing But The Truth Series

Contributed by Dr. Jerry N. Watts on Feb 17, 2008

From a series on the 10 Commandments (The Truth About Truth)..This deals with the ninth commandment.

TRUTH ABOUT TRUTH #10 “Nothing But the Truth” Exodus 20:16 * The “minister wound up the services one morning by saying, "Next Sunday I am going to preach on the subject of LIARS. And in this connection, I would like you all to read the 17th chapter of Mark." The next Sunday, the preacher rose to ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 20:16

Denomination: Baptist

Genesis 37 Series

Contributed by Tom Owen on Aug 6, 2009

verse-by-verse

We’re now at a point in the book of Genesis where the differences between Isaac’s sons Esau and Jacob are highlighted. Remember how we saw that from birth the Lord had declared their differences in person and in purpose. Then we saw how Jacob gained his older brother’s birthright by taking ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Isaac And Rebekah Series

Contributed by Roshelle Brenneise on Nov 14, 2024

Right from the start we know that Isaac and Rebekah are going to be in for a bumpy ride because “the babies jostled with each other in her womb.”

November 16, 2024 Last week we concluded the story of Abraham and Sarah with a bridge that included the genealogies of 2 of the 3 branches of his family: the children of Keturah and the children of Ishmael. Today we begin with the “account of Abraham’s son, Isaac.” Isaac was 40 years old when ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 25:19-34

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist