Sermons on Rebekah And Jacob:

The Father's Blessing - Genesis 48-49

Contributed by William Akehurst on Jan 4, 2025

In the story of Jacob, the father’s blessing spoken over his children greatly impacted their lives and the generations to come. As believers in JESUS, OUR HEAVENLY FATHER has spoken blessing in HIS WORD that can change our lives too.

2024.12.08.Sermon Notes. Genesis 48-49 THE FATHER’S BLESSING William Akehurst, HSWC ADVENT: PEACE. Pray for Peace in the world Scriptures: Psalms 71:18, Genesis 48:1-22, Ephesians 4:26-27, Ephesians 4:31-32, Genesis 49:1-33, Genesis 26:24, Ephesians 1:3, Matthew 5:3-12, 1 Chronicles 4:10, Psalms ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 71:18, Genesis 48:1-22, Ephesians 4:26-27, Ephesians 4:31-32, Genesis 49:1-33, Genesis 26:24, Ephesians 1:3, Matthew 5:3-12, 1 Chronicles 4:10, Psalm 103:1-5, Matthew 25:34, Psalm 112:1-2, Matthew 7:11, James 1:17  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

When We Make A Mess Of Our Lives…

Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Mar 17, 2022

An extraordinary thing has happened in this passage of Scripture concerning Jacob.

Sometimes when we get together with others and they tell us of some unusual thing that has happened to them, we feel almost compelled to share some unusual thing that has happened to us. Illus: For example, little Johnny was talking to a couple of boys in the school yard. Each was bragging about ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 32:22-32

Denomination: Baptist

The Crooked Answer To A Crosseyed Question Series

Contributed by Thomas Black on Feb 2, 2005

The Crooked Answer To A Crosseyed Question How Jacob’s Deception Fullfilled God’s promise of Genesis 25:23 Given in response to Rebeka’s Question of Genesis 25:22

There is nothing more disconcerting than a wormy apple to a hungry eye. Some apples look very good on the outside but when you bite into them you discover it’s full of worms. But others are more obvious in their contents. Sometimes you can look at an apple and see through it’s bruises and ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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

The Labor Of Love Series

Contributed by Victor Yap on Apr 27, 2005

Bible Couples, Pt. 4 "Jacob and Rachel"

THE LABOR OF LOVE (GEN. 29:9-35) One of the best quotes on love I know of comes from Liz Carpenter. She said, “Love is a moment and a lifetime. It is looking at him (a person) across a room and feeling that if I don’t send the rest of my life with him, I’ll have missed the boat.” More than 66% of ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 29:9-35

Denomination: Independent/Bible

God Reaches Out To The Outcast Series

Contributed by Stephen Todd on Nov 28, 2003

As Jacob flees from home, GOd takes the initiative to reach out to Jacob and to bless him.

Genesis 28:10-22 September 14, 2003 Do you remember the first time that you were away from home? Maybe it was staying with grandma or grandpa. Maybe it was your first sleep-away camp. Maybe it wasn’t till you went away to university or got your first job. Do you remember what was going through ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 28:10-22

Denomination: Baptist

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

How Do We Live By Faith? Series

Contributed by Paul Clemente on Feb 10, 2009

The righteous shall live by faith and God teaches us how to live by faith through Abraham, Abraham’s Chief Servant, and Rebekah.

We read in the New Testament in a letter to the Christians in Galatia, (Gal 3:11) Clearly no one is justified before God by the law, because, "The righteous will live by faith." To be justified before God means to be just or right before God. Turn to 2 Peter Chapter 2 for a moment. Read along with ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 24:1-67

Denomination: Independent/Bible

A Bride For The Son

Contributed by William Akehurst on Jun 24, 2024

Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebekah, The Church and the Bridegroom. A Bride for the Son. Parallels of The Servant and the Father’s Plan and The Holy Spirit and The Bride of Christ

2024.06.23. Sermon Notes. A Bride for the Son. Parallels of The Servant and the Father’s Plan. William Akehurst, HSWC BIG IDEA: The account of Abraham and Isaac, continues. From the substitute sacrifice at Mount Moriah, to the Father’s Plan to find his son Isaac, a wife. Both accounts give us ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 22:20-24, Genesis 23:1-20, Genesis 24:1-67, Genesis 13:14-15, Genesis 15:2, Matthew 22:1-2, John 14:16, John 16:14, John 4:32-34, Romans 8:26, Colossians 1:16-18, John 15:26, Hebrews 1:14, John 14:26, 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17, John 3:16-18  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Favour Of God

Contributed by Pastor E. Jolly Erhunwmunse on Mar 11, 2011

Jacob was not the rightful person to receive the blessing from the father, but because the mother loved Jacob more than Esau which made Jacob to become a candidate of uncommon favour.

Gen. 27:27-29 “27 So he went to him and kissed him. When Isaac caught the smell of his clothes, he blessed him and said, “Ah, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field that the LORD has blessed. 8 May God give you heaven’s dew and earth’s richness— an abundance ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 27:27-29

Denomination: Pentecostal

Wrestling For A Change Series

Contributed by Wayde Wilson on Nov 13, 2000

Spiritual Growth

“Wrestling For A Change” Genesis 32:22-32 Change can be a painful process, particularly in the area of spiritual maturity. I look back 20 years or so ago to my high school and college days and I realize God was working with some pretty “raw” material. I think of some of the things I did and ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 32:22-32, Ephesians 6:12-13

Denomination: Pentecostal

Chosen For God's Eternal Purpose

Contributed by Vic Folkert on Jul 20, 2020

Election--God's choice--for the purpose of bringing salvation to the world. Election, not as a theological term, but as Paul illustrates from OT people. Fulfill our purpose: to display God's glory and bring others to Christ.

CHOSEN FOR GOD’S ETERNAL PURPOSE--Romans 9:1-26 ***Jimmy and Billy were brothers, born more than ten years apart. Jimmy seemed successful from an early age, graduating from the United States Naval Academy, and serving in the Navy before going home to the family business. Billy tried college, but ...read more

Scripture: Romans 9:1-26

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Wrestling With God

Contributed by Carl Greene on Jul 18, 2009

Jacob wrestles with God and names the place "Peniel," meaning "face of God". Each of us needs our own "Peniel," a place to meet God. God gives us such a place, the Holy Bible.

OPENING Talk about the courage to suffer: A first-grade teacher seated her students in a circle. She asked them what they wanted to be when they grew up. One by one, each child got up and announced, "I’d like to be a nurse like my mother," or "I want to be a banker like my father," or "I want to ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 32:22-31

Denomination: Methodist

A Broken Family Series

Contributed by C. Philip Green on Nov 18, 2020

Trust and obey the Lord, and let Him do for you what you could never do for yourself.

Richard Blake and his wife, from San Luis, California, were at a wedding where their neighbor’s son, Robert, was one of the ushers. He seemed young to be an usher at a wedding, but a veteran usher gave him some quick pointers. He instructed Robert to ask the person he was escorting, “Are you a ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 27:1-45

Denomination: Evangelical Free

Returning To Our Proper Place Series

Contributed by Bruce Landry on Jul 6, 2002

We will walk with Joseph at the death of Jacob, mourning with him and going with him to return Jacob-Israel to Canaan.

Returning to our Proper Place A. Return B. Reassurance C. Removal Promised DBF, 7/7/02 It is good to be in the presence of God. I feel safe and comfortable there. In the last year there were numerous happenings that stole this feeling of safety and comfort to people around the world. The ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 50:1-26

Denomination: Baptist