1 00:00:00,600 --> 00:00:03,680 This is City Post Church. We're about three things. 2 00:00:03,960 --> 00:00:08,160 Build equipped and send. All under the Lordship of Jesus 3 00:00:08,160 --> 00:00:10,240 Christ. A small church plant in Fort 4 00:00:10,240 --> 00:00:12,400 Worth, TX. Who decided to do things a 5 00:00:12,400 --> 00:00:16,880 little differently? Adoramos ayesu cristo I love 6 00:00:16,880 --> 00:00:20,480 city post because of the people. It's where I belong. 7 00:00:20,640 --> 00:00:23,640 We truly preach the Word. I love City Post because of the 8 00:00:23,640 --> 00:00:25,000 community we've been able to build. 9 00:00:25,240 --> 00:00:28,040 To do ministry like Jesus. For light to push back. 10 00:00:28,040 --> 00:00:32,640 Darkness. This is City Post podcast. 11 00:00:38,100 --> 00:00:39,780 And thank you. Because you're so good to. 12 00:00:39,780 --> 00:00:44,180 Us and Amy when you say I don't. Care what you're doing is that 13 00:00:44,180 --> 00:00:46,420 you are. Giving up your right to. 14 00:00:46,420 --> 00:00:50,260 Choose you are. Saying I don't care, then that 15 00:00:50,260 --> 00:00:52,820 means something else is going to come in and fill that gap. 16 00:00:54,300 --> 00:00:56,180 And as I was, I was looking into this story. 17 00:00:56,180 --> 00:00:57,620 We're doing a series. Called Fight Club. 18 00:00:58,400 --> 00:01:00,920 And I first I thought I was like, man, you know, Jacob kind 19 00:01:00,920 --> 00:01:04,239 of hustled his brother. But honestly after seeing. 20 00:01:04,519 --> 00:01:07,960 This story, the birthright that. Belonged to Esau. 21 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:11,920 Esau was pretty much I don't care, I don't care that this 22 00:01:11,920 --> 00:01:12,760 belongs to me. I don't care. 23 00:01:12,760 --> 00:01:15,520 What God is doing? And what ends up happening is 24 00:01:15,520 --> 00:01:18,960 when you say I don't care, something else will fill it. 25 00:01:19,880 --> 00:01:24,160 And I think as believers, as Christians, the term I don't 26 00:01:24,160 --> 00:01:27,280 care is probably one of the most dangerous phrases. 27 00:01:27,560 --> 00:01:30,360 That. We can say because you're not 28 00:01:30,360 --> 00:01:32,760 choosing sides and when it comes to the things. 29 00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:37,640 Of God I don't. Care means that you don't care 30 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:41,280 and you don't know. And really it's when it comes to 31 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:43,520 the things of God is like, no. You should care. 32 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:47,640 You have to care and. We are living in a. 33 00:01:47,640 --> 00:01:50,560 Culture, that is. Kind of bleeding. 34 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:53,560 This whole idea of I. Don't care this whole quiet 35 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:59,040 quitting, the ghosting the the like non responsiveness to life. 36 00:01:59,040 --> 00:02:02,480 Is a way of saying. I don't care if it's not about 37 00:02:02,480 --> 00:02:06,080 me. It's very dangerous. 38 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:09,080 What? We're going to see here, so 39 00:02:09,080 --> 00:02:10,759 you're not. Talking bad about the things of 40 00:02:10,759 --> 00:02:12,200 God, but you? Also, ain't talking good. 41 00:02:12,200 --> 00:02:17,320 About them, you're just like. Nonchalant, which is extremely 42 00:02:17,320 --> 00:02:19,640 dangerous and which we're going to. 43 00:02:19,640 --> 00:02:23,640 Look at today, this battle. Between the two brothers in the 44 00:02:23,640 --> 00:02:28,960 story of Jacob and Esau. So look at Genesis chapter. 25 45 00:02:28,960 --> 00:02:30,240 we're going to just dive into it and. 46 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:35,200 We're going. To start, in verse 19, this is 47 00:02:35,200 --> 00:02:39,400 the account of the family line of Abraham's son. 48 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:42,840 Isaac, Abraham. Became the father of Isaac and. 49 00:02:43,280 --> 00:02:45,400 Isaac was 40. Years old when he married. 50 00:02:45,400 --> 00:02:50,840 Rebecca, daughter of Petul. The Armenian from Patan Arm. 51 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:54,720 The sister. Of Laban the Armenian. 40 years 52 00:02:54,720 --> 00:02:56,160 old. There's hope for some of y'all 53 00:02:56,160 --> 00:03:01,000 out there. Stick it out So before we keep. 54 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:03,000 Reading I want to. Catch us up here. 55 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:06,280 Because in the beginning of Genesis chapter 25, we see the 56 00:03:06,280 --> 00:03:09,840 end of Abraham's life and what a lot of people don't. 57 00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:11,720 See if you keep reading if you read the. 58 00:03:11,720 --> 00:03:15,360 Beginning of chapter 25 it says that Abraham remarried after 59 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:17,600 Sarah passed, Abraham got married again. 60 00:03:18,280 --> 00:03:25,480 Father Abraham had lots of game joking and if you keep reading 61 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:30,720 that it goes on to list. All the kids that Abraham. 62 00:03:30,720 --> 00:03:33,240 Had with his second wife and I'm wondering like. 63 00:03:33,240 --> 00:03:38,640 Why does it list this? Long list of names remember what 64 00:03:38,640 --> 00:03:40,960 was the promise that God gave Abraham? 65 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:42,960 You're. Going to be the. 66 00:03:42,960 --> 00:03:46,040 Father of many nations, your descendants are going to be. 67 00:03:46,040 --> 00:03:50,760 Like the stars and we're. Seeing this promise come forth 68 00:03:51,080 --> 00:03:55,640 early on, even at the end of Abraham's life, God's promise is 69 00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:59,720 beginning to come true. And then, as Abraham is in his 70 00:03:59,720 --> 00:04:02,920 last years, he begins to give things. 71 00:04:02,920 --> 00:04:06,240 To his kids, he gives Isaac the birthright. 72 00:04:06,240 --> 00:04:07,560 He gives Isaac everything and we're. 73 00:04:07,560 --> 00:04:09,600 Going to to talk about what it means to. 74 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:13,080 Receive a birthright versus a. Blessing he gives. 75 00:04:13,080 --> 00:04:16,760 Isaac, everything he gives. Ishmael stuff. 76 00:04:16,760 --> 00:04:19,760 So that way Ishmael could go on and create his nation. 77 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:26,360 And now we get to Isaac's family and what we see. 78 00:04:26,360 --> 00:04:29,120 Here right off the bat. Abraham became the father of 79 00:04:29,120 --> 00:04:32,360 Isaac, and Isaac was. 40 years old when he. 80 00:04:32,360 --> 00:04:36,560 Was married to Rebecca and listen, Rebecca was incredible. 81 00:04:37,240 --> 00:04:40,600 Viewed, the Bible says. Beautiful servant of the Lord, 82 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:42,960 but the one thing was that she was barren. 83 00:04:43,680 --> 00:04:49,320 She could not have a child. Didn't Abraham and Sarah have 84 00:04:49,320 --> 00:04:53,960 that same mission? But here's the difference with 85 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:57,280 Abraham. When, when, when God prompts a 86 00:04:57,280 --> 00:05:00,200 man, I'm going to promise you a son and they couldn't have a. 87 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:05,200 A child. What Sarah did was hey, sleep. 88 00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:07,560 With my servant. And that's where Ishmael came 89 00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:11,040 and to this. Day we see the problem with 90 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:11,840 that. Look at the middle. 91 00:05:11,840 --> 00:05:16,600 East. But what Isaac does here is that 92 00:05:16,600 --> 00:05:20,720 he inquires of the Lord. He looked at what his father did 93 00:05:20,720 --> 00:05:23,680 and went through and he learned from that, it says Isaac. 94 00:05:23,680 --> 00:05:26,120 Prayed to the Lord in verse. 21 on. 95 00:05:26,120 --> 00:05:30,280 Behalf of his wife. So Isaac didn't just inquire of 96 00:05:30,280 --> 00:05:33,200 the Lord. Praying for a wife, but also 97 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:36,400 when she. Couldn't have a child he prayed 98 00:05:36,400 --> 00:05:38,360 on. Behalf of his wife because she 99 00:05:38,360 --> 00:05:42,920 was childless here's a. Lesson in God's timing, y'all. 100 00:05:43,840 --> 00:05:46,480 And the Lord answered his prayer, and his wife Rebecca 101 00:05:46,480 --> 00:05:48,680 became pregnant. And then. 102 00:05:48,680 --> 00:05:52,280 Like, let's keep, let's keep. Seeing this, because think about 103 00:05:52,280 --> 00:05:55,680 this, they get married 20 years later they have. 104 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:59,840 Their first children, which is. Jacob and Esau, so I'm married. 105 00:05:59,840 --> 00:06:02,520 At 40, I'm 60 by. The time I have my first born 106 00:06:02,520 --> 00:06:04,320 kid. That's crazy. 107 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:12,520 So she was buried. She prayed, but look. 108 00:06:12,520 --> 00:06:15,440 What happens in verse 22? This is something that we could 109 00:06:15,440 --> 00:06:18,160 all learn. Here the babies jostled each 110 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:21,600 other within her and she said, why is this happening? 111 00:06:21,600 --> 00:06:23,040 To me. So what did she do? 112 00:06:23,400 --> 00:06:28,400 She went to inquire of the Lord. Look what they're doing. 113 00:06:28,440 --> 00:06:30,760 When there is a this. Is something we could all learn 114 00:06:30,760 --> 00:06:33,600 from when there's a problem. When there's a worry, what? 115 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:36,920 Does Isaac and Rebecca. Do they seek the Lord? 116 00:06:38,360 --> 00:06:40,560 Many times when we're going through something or something 117 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:42,480 we don't understand or there's an issue, you know what? 118 00:06:42,480 --> 00:06:48,280 The last thing we do is pray. We don't pray we don't seek the 119 00:06:48,280 --> 00:06:48,920 Lord. We don't. 120 00:06:48,920 --> 00:06:55,120 Ask God for help and we see here Isaac and Rebecca Godly. 121 00:06:55,120 --> 00:06:59,640 People and they inquire. Of the Lord, they pray and they 122 00:06:59,640 --> 00:07:00,880 ask. Him in and. 123 00:07:00,880 --> 00:07:03,640 Jesus tells us this. He's like, man, you do not have 124 00:07:03,640 --> 00:07:06,840 because you do not ask. And if you ask anything. 125 00:07:06,840 --> 00:07:10,800 In my name I will. Provide that for you, Jesus 126 00:07:10,800 --> 00:07:12,120 tells. Us in the New Testament. 127 00:07:12,280 --> 00:07:14,720 You got to pray. So what does he ask? 128 00:07:14,720 --> 00:07:18,080 He's like, pray, inquire the Lord, seek the Lord, we even. 129 00:07:18,080 --> 00:07:20,040 Cease in the Old Testament. Isaac. 130 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:22,320 And Rebecca are doing this. They're praying like we're 131 00:07:22,320 --> 00:07:24,480 barren. Now remember, Isaac is the 132 00:07:24,480 --> 00:07:29,680 promised child of Abraham, so he knows that there is something 133 00:07:29,680 --> 00:07:33,360 special coming through this line and he can't understand it 134 00:07:33,360 --> 00:07:34,880 because he doesn't have children yet. 135 00:07:36,080 --> 00:07:40,520 So she acquires of the Lord. And let's see what happens. 136 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:45,520 She becomes pregnant and she feels something inside, like 137 00:07:45,640 --> 00:07:50,280 something is off, something is not like feeling right. 138 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:53,360 She inquires of the Lord. Look at verse 23. 139 00:07:53,360 --> 00:07:55,360 Look. What it look what God tells her, 140 00:07:56,400 --> 00:07:59,280 The Lord said to her. Two nations are in your womb. 141 00:07:59,720 --> 00:08:03,120 The two people from within you will be separated. 142 00:08:03,120 --> 00:08:07,080 One people will be stronger than the other, and the older will 143 00:08:07,080 --> 00:08:10,920 serve the younger. All right, that's key right 144 00:08:10,920 --> 00:08:12,600 there. I got something you should 145 00:08:12,600 --> 00:08:15,880 underline or highlight God is giving her. 146 00:08:15,880 --> 00:08:19,360 A heads up of what's? Happening with the two human 147 00:08:19,360 --> 00:08:22,800 beings inside of her body. And the first thing God says is 148 00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:24,960 there's going to be two nations that come out of your womb. 149 00:08:25,520 --> 00:08:28,760 That means that. Each of these children. 150 00:08:28,760 --> 00:08:30,560 Are going to be ancestors. To. 151 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:33,200 Thousands and thousands and thousands of people. 152 00:08:34,200 --> 00:08:37,880 Can you imagine you have two nations inside of you? 153 00:08:38,600 --> 00:08:40,400 Imagine like man. No, No. 154 00:08:40,400 --> 00:08:43,799 Pressure. This is a big deal, God. 155 00:08:43,960 --> 00:08:47,680 God is letting her know. And also I think this is an 156 00:08:47,680 --> 00:08:50,360 argument for life because you have no idea what God's cooking 157 00:08:51,280 --> 00:08:54,680 and for you to step in and say life doesn't matter, you have no 158 00:08:54,680 --> 00:08:59,240 idea what God has. And God is saying, man, there's 159 00:08:59,240 --> 00:09:02,680 two nations. Here, however, these two people. 160 00:09:02,680 --> 00:09:04,320 Groups are going to be separated, there's going to be a 161 00:09:04,320 --> 00:09:09,200 division amongst them and the older is going to serve the 162 00:09:09,200 --> 00:09:13,040 younger. You see that that doesn't make 163 00:09:13,040 --> 00:09:17,680 sense culturally because in culture the older the first born 164 00:09:17,680 --> 00:09:19,240 always gets. The birthright. 165 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:21,120 The birthright you get double the. 166 00:09:21,120 --> 00:09:25,200 Portion and and the you pretty much get everything that the 167 00:09:25,200 --> 00:09:27,960 father leaves behind. So you don't just get double 168 00:09:27,960 --> 00:09:31,680 portion, but it's your responsibility to continue to 169 00:09:31,680 --> 00:09:33,480 run the family. You get all the liquid. 170 00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:35,920 Assets, you're the one that. Keeps everything. 171 00:09:35,920 --> 00:09:38,400 Going it's super duper important. 172 00:09:40,120 --> 00:09:43,120 So this is this. Is what he's getting. 173 00:09:44,200 --> 00:09:46,440 He's. God's telling her these are the 174 00:09:46,440 --> 00:09:48,360 things that are coming in coming up. 175 00:09:48,520 --> 00:09:52,520 Look at verse 24 when the time came for her to. 176 00:09:52,520 --> 00:09:55,840 Give birth they were. Twin boys in her womb. 177 00:09:56,760 --> 00:10:01,440 So they were quite this. He had twins, the first one was 178 00:10:01,440 --> 00:10:04,120 red and. His whole body was like a hairy. 179 00:10:04,120 --> 00:10:07,120 Garment. So they named him Esau. 180 00:10:08,040 --> 00:10:09,760 It's like a mix of Andrew and Esteban. 181 00:10:12,720 --> 00:10:19,880 Red bro like Chewbacca, just a hairy, hairy human being and his 182 00:10:19,880 --> 00:10:21,880 name is. Ethan, because of his 183 00:10:21,880 --> 00:10:27,480 appearance, he was. Hairy even to the point where he 184 00:10:27,480 --> 00:10:31,200 later on he's going to be the head of the Edomites. 185 00:10:31,720 --> 00:10:36,080 The word Edom means red, and then we're also going to see 186 00:10:36,080 --> 00:10:36,720 that. The color. 187 00:10:36,720 --> 00:10:39,320 Of the Stew that Jacob made was red. 188 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:41,640 It's like, what is the what's the Bible? 189 00:10:41,640 --> 00:10:44,080 Trying to and I was digging. I was like, what is this? 190 00:10:44,440 --> 00:10:46,280 And honestly, there's really nothing that came. 191 00:10:46,280 --> 00:10:49,920 About it, but you got stick to the text. 192 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:53,120 Look at verse 25. The first to come out was. 193 00:10:53,120 --> 00:10:55,760 Red, His whole body was a hairy. Garment, and they named him 194 00:10:55,880 --> 00:10:58,560 Esau. And then verse 20. 6 After this 195 00:10:58,560 --> 00:11:01,440 his brother. Came out and his hand grasping 196 00:11:01,480 --> 00:11:06,240 Esau's heel so he was named. Jacob Isaac was 36. 197 00:11:06,520 --> 00:11:09,960 Sorry, 60 years old. When Rebecca gave birth to them. 198 00:11:11,600 --> 00:11:13,280 So look, look what the names are. 199 00:11:14,040 --> 00:11:17,200 Esau comes out and he's giving a name based on his appearance. 200 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:22,960 Jacob comes out and he's giving a name based on his actions, and 201 00:11:22,960 --> 00:11:27,080 Jacob comes out and he is grabbing the heel of Esau. 202 00:11:27,960 --> 00:11:32,040 Kind of strange. A lot of scholars believe that. 203 00:11:32,040 --> 00:11:34,080 Even when they were in their mother's wombs, they were 204 00:11:34,080 --> 00:11:38,640 fighting with each other. They were fighting for position 205 00:11:39,520 --> 00:11:42,760 on who comes out first. You know, I was looking into 206 00:11:42,760 --> 00:11:43,960 this. There's also something called 207 00:11:43,960 --> 00:11:47,040 Palmer. Grass reflex if you have a baby. 208 00:11:47,040 --> 00:11:49,120 If you notice with babies anything you put in their hand 209 00:11:49,120 --> 00:11:51,600 they immediately close it and if you. 210 00:11:51,600 --> 00:11:53,280 Have a toddler? They'll just. 211 00:11:53,600 --> 00:11:55,600 When I had. Glasses, that's what. 212 00:11:55,600 --> 00:11:57,520 Libby and Elena would do. They would grab my glasses and 213 00:11:57,520 --> 00:11:59,280 clinch on like the. Claws of Death. 214 00:11:59,920 --> 00:12:01,200 And you're just trying to fight like let. 215 00:12:01,200 --> 00:12:03,240 Go of it. And guys, this is. 216 00:12:03,360 --> 00:12:09,040 A natural reaction. To babies, but. 217 00:12:09,440 --> 00:12:13,440 Coming out of the womb. That's a little bit off. 218 00:12:14,880 --> 00:12:17,480 So what we see here is that Jacob. 219 00:12:17,480 --> 00:12:19,920 Is immediately grabbing Esau Almost. 220 00:12:19,920 --> 00:12:23,920 Like he was fighting for. Position and imagine his name. 221 00:12:23,920 --> 00:12:27,200 Jacob the heel. Grabber, listen, this is not. 222 00:12:27,960 --> 00:12:28,640 A. Great. 223 00:12:28,760 --> 00:12:31,800 You know, like I'm trying to name my kid. 224 00:12:31,800 --> 00:12:34,760 Something cool here. Heel grabber. 225 00:12:35,560 --> 00:12:37,640 Actually means somebody that's a scoundrel. 226 00:12:37,640 --> 00:12:41,040 Like a Rascal, like a trickster. It's like if. 227 00:12:41,040 --> 00:12:42,880 You use the term man, you're pulling my leg. 228 00:12:43,320 --> 00:12:47,000 You play too much. That's Jacob and Jacob. 229 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:51,240 'S name was Heel Grabber. Then I started thinking before 230 00:12:51,240 --> 00:12:54,520 Genesis 25. Where else do we see? 231 00:12:54,720 --> 00:12:57,640 Something with a heel or grabbing the heel. 232 00:12:58,440 --> 00:13:01,800 Genesis 3. Genesis 315. 233 00:13:04,080 --> 00:13:07,200 The word says I. Will put enmity between you and 234 00:13:07,200 --> 00:13:11,280 the woman, and between your offspring and hers, and he will 235 00:13:11,280 --> 00:13:15,360 crush your head and. You will strike his what heel? 236 00:13:16,560 --> 00:13:20,280 So this is not a good connotation when something goes. 237 00:13:20,400 --> 00:13:25,440 Through the heel. So we see this, that Jacob is a 238 00:13:25,440 --> 00:13:26,480 heel grabber. This is who? 239 00:13:26,480 --> 00:13:28,600 He's going to be. And we talked about this a few 240 00:13:28,600 --> 00:13:30,680 weeks. Ago, this is the personality. 241 00:13:30,680 --> 00:13:33,960 Of Jacob. Now look at verse 27. 242 00:13:33,960 --> 00:13:34,960 The. Boys grew up. 243 00:13:35,520 --> 00:13:37,800 And Esau became a. Skillful, Skillful. 244 00:13:37,800 --> 00:13:42,480 Hunter, a man of the open country, while Jacob was content 245 00:13:42,480 --> 00:13:47,080 to stay at home among the tents. Esau. 246 00:13:47,080 --> 00:13:48,840 Loved. To go outside and hunt. 247 00:13:49,520 --> 00:13:51,680 Jacob. Liked to stay inside and chill 248 00:13:52,640 --> 00:13:56,400 and that word content or actually means wholeness they we 249 00:13:56,400 --> 00:14:00,760 see the same Hebrew word in the. Book of job so like. 250 00:14:00,760 --> 00:14:03,000 Siblings, they had different tastes, they had different 251 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:07,440 personalities, and for some reason it kind of leaned where 252 00:14:07,440 --> 00:14:12,480 the parents actually began to look at their children and have 253 00:14:12,480 --> 00:14:19,640 favorites, which is not good. So Isaac had a taste. 254 00:14:19,640 --> 00:14:24,160 Of wild game in verse 28 so he loved esau and. 255 00:14:24,160 --> 00:14:28,000 Rebecca loved Jacob you. Have a mama's boy and. 256 00:14:28,560 --> 00:14:33,280 You have a daddy's boy. And their love for favoritism 257 00:14:33,680 --> 00:14:37,800 actually began to divide. There's three things I want to 258 00:14:37,800 --> 00:14:38,800 select. It's not going to be on the 259 00:14:38,800 --> 00:14:41,080 screen. But things that began to 260 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:45,800 manifest here between the brothers was ancestral, right? 261 00:14:45,800 --> 00:14:48,160 So Esau is going to. Be the head of the. 262 00:14:48,160 --> 00:14:52,400 Edomites doesn't end well and then Jacob is going to be where 263 00:14:52,400 --> 00:14:55,040 Israel comes out of we. Saw that few weeks ago. 264 00:14:55,600 --> 00:14:57,120 They were different in this position. 265 00:14:57,320 --> 00:15:00,120 Right Esau was rugged. Headstrong hunter preferring 266 00:15:00,120 --> 00:15:01,680 the. Outdoors, Jacob was just a. 267 00:15:01,680 --> 00:15:04,800 Plain old guy that loved the comforts of inside. 268 00:15:04,800 --> 00:15:08,040 He loved the air conditioning. He didn't like the sweat. 269 00:15:08,400 --> 00:15:10,680 There's nothing wrong with that. Personalities. 270 00:15:11,320 --> 00:15:13,560 And then we see this parental favoritism. 271 00:15:14,280 --> 00:15:18,280 Esau from his dad Jacob. From his mother and listen when 272 00:15:18,280 --> 00:15:23,040 you list these three things. These are this is an ingredients 273 00:15:24,440 --> 00:15:28,600 for conflict and head and heartache for any family. 274 00:15:29,560 --> 00:15:33,160 This is going to cause a divide. Started doing more research on 275 00:15:33,160 --> 00:15:36,560 this and I was like man, like I know like with siblings, there's 276 00:15:36,560 --> 00:15:40,000 kids where parents favor one or the other. 277 00:15:41,440 --> 00:15:44,360 And what we see here is that the child that. 278 00:15:44,360 --> 00:15:48,400 The parent does not favor actually grows up with emotional 279 00:15:48,400 --> 00:15:52,120 distress, low self esteem, they have damaged sibling 280 00:15:52,120 --> 00:15:55,720 relationships, identity issues and then they have increased. 281 00:15:55,720 --> 00:15:59,520 Risk factors like poor. Academic performances depression 282 00:15:59,680 --> 00:16:03,280 and then it might lead to substance abuse that's a child 283 00:16:03,280 --> 00:16:05,120 that whenever they. See their brother or sister. 284 00:16:05,120 --> 00:16:09,680 Sibling being favored and them not getting that same love and 285 00:16:09,680 --> 00:16:11,920 attention but on the flip. Side. 286 00:16:12,080 --> 00:16:14,120 The child that the parent. Favored. 287 00:16:14,680 --> 00:16:17,680 They grew up with the pressure to feel, to be perfect. 288 00:16:18,560 --> 00:16:24,400 Which also leads to anxiety. High anxiety overindulgence is 289 00:16:24,400 --> 00:16:26,400 going to cause a hard time developing life. 290 00:16:26,400 --> 00:16:27,960 Skills. Is going to strain 291 00:16:27,960 --> 00:16:29,680 relationships, even might lead to bad. 292 00:16:29,680 --> 00:16:32,640 Health. And then of course, they're 293 00:16:32,640 --> 00:16:34,520 going to struggle with relationship dynamics. 294 00:16:36,200 --> 00:16:38,480 Either way. It's not good for. 295 00:16:38,480 --> 00:16:41,480 Parents to pick favorites. It's actually terrible. 296 00:16:41,480 --> 00:16:46,760 It's damaging to the family unit and God created the family for 297 00:16:46,760 --> 00:16:48,440 mom and like he created a system of. 298 00:16:48,440 --> 00:16:51,560 Order and it's for to love every child. 299 00:16:51,800 --> 00:16:55,080 The same and what? We're seeing here is. 300 00:16:55,080 --> 00:16:57,280 Evidence that when parents favored. 301 00:16:57,680 --> 00:16:59,120 Their children. It causes a. 302 00:16:59,120 --> 00:17:00,920 Division, this is what we're going to see here. 303 00:17:01,960 --> 00:17:04,839 So let's see how this all boils up. 304 00:17:05,079 --> 00:17:11,359 OK, so verse. 29 Once when Jacob was cooking some Stew, Esau came 305 00:17:11,359 --> 00:17:15,640 in from the open country and he was famished all right. 306 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:19,520 He wasn't just hungry, he was hungry, hungry all right. 307 00:17:19,520 --> 00:17:22,920 So that when you see famished, it's it's almost like I have 308 00:17:22,920 --> 00:17:26,040 nothing left. I have I am starving. 309 00:17:26,480 --> 00:17:29,080 I have no energy. I have nothing left to give 310 00:17:29,360 --> 00:17:32,400 unless I have food. Then verse 30. 311 00:17:32,560 --> 00:17:35,760 He said to Jacob Quick. Let me have some of that. 312 00:17:35,760 --> 00:17:40,880 Red Stew, give me some. Of that menudo I'm famished and 313 00:17:40,880 --> 00:17:42,040 that's. Why he was also called? 314 00:17:42,040 --> 00:17:45,760 Eden because the Stew was red. They eat them. 315 00:17:45,760 --> 00:17:48,160 It's just a play on words. That we see here. 316 00:17:48,360 --> 00:17:50,000 Don't don't miss the the point here. 317 00:17:50,400 --> 00:17:53,440 So Jacob replied. Now this is an opportunity for 318 00:17:53,440 --> 00:17:57,000 Jacob and I believe because we see the faithfulness. 319 00:17:57,000 --> 00:18:00,880 Of God from. Isaac and Rebecca they raised 320 00:18:00,880 --> 00:18:02,960 their children talking about the. 321 00:18:02,960 --> 00:18:04,760 Lord, they raised their children. 322 00:18:04,760 --> 00:18:08,120 Tell them about the promises of Abraham and and the God of 323 00:18:08,120 --> 00:18:10,920 Abraham and what it means. To have this. 324 00:18:10,920 --> 00:18:13,600 Birthright, and I'm pretty sure they kept telling Esau. 325 00:18:14,160 --> 00:18:16,320 That this birthright. Is going to be yours one day, 326 00:18:16,320 --> 00:18:18,640 but. What we see here is that. 327 00:18:18,800 --> 00:18:20,480 Esau probably wanted nothing to do with it. 328 00:18:21,280 --> 00:18:22,680 He hit him with that. I don't care. 329 00:18:24,200 --> 00:18:26,920 And Jacob, being the scoundrel that he was, being the little 330 00:18:26,920 --> 00:18:29,040 like trickster. That he was he. 331 00:18:29,040 --> 00:18:32,680 Saw the open opportunity so now he's cooking. 332 00:18:33,600 --> 00:18:36,040 Which they're they're just. Being in their normal zones, 333 00:18:36,040 --> 00:18:37,360 like he loved to be inside, He loved. 334 00:18:37,360 --> 00:18:39,000 To cook. Esau loved to hunt. 335 00:18:40,200 --> 00:18:42,160 Esau's like, I'm starving, I'm going to fall. 336 00:18:42,160 --> 00:18:46,160 Out Jacob's like great. Sell me your birthright now. 337 00:18:46,160 --> 00:18:47,600 Why? This is such a big deal. 338 00:18:47,600 --> 00:18:50,040 Like if you read the. Old Testament and Deuteronomy. 339 00:18:50,320 --> 00:18:52,600 The the. Eldest son is actually you. 340 00:18:52,600 --> 00:18:54,600 Are allowed to sell your birthright. 341 00:18:55,080 --> 00:18:56,720 It is not against the law to sell your. 342 00:18:56,720 --> 00:18:59,600 Birthright. It's up to you, however, to sell 343 00:18:59,600 --> 00:19:01,240 it for a bowl of Stew. Really. 344 00:19:02,600 --> 00:19:06,080 You get land out of that, you get you get so much more out of 345 00:19:06,240 --> 00:19:10,000 selling your birthright. And Jacob did not care. 346 00:19:10,400 --> 00:19:13,080 Now what? Jacob knew Jacob understood the 347 00:19:13,080 --> 00:19:14,280 birthright. So go ahead and put up that 348 00:19:14,280 --> 00:19:16,640 slide about what the birthright is. 349 00:19:17,480 --> 00:19:19,560 I want us. To look at this because. 350 00:19:19,560 --> 00:19:21,320 I think this is something really important here. 351 00:19:21,720 --> 00:19:24,880 The birthright. It's a double portion of the 352 00:19:24,880 --> 00:19:27,880 inheritance. So whenever you are the first 353 00:19:27,880 --> 00:19:30,680 born child, the birthright. You get a double. 354 00:19:30,680 --> 00:19:33,200 Portion and then you also lead the family. 355 00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:36,640 Spiritually you, you lead all the liquid assets you. 356 00:19:36,640 --> 00:19:41,200 Keep the family name going, but this one, this birthright, was 357 00:19:41,200 --> 00:19:44,480 really important. Because this birthright, the 358 00:19:44,480 --> 00:19:46,880 birthright that Isaac had, that he was. 359 00:19:46,880 --> 00:19:50,760 Going to pass on was going to determine who would inherit the 360 00:19:50,760 --> 00:19:55,480 covenant God made with Abraham. This covenant included land, it 361 00:19:55,480 --> 00:20:01,360 included a nation, and it included the Messiah, the seed 362 00:20:01,360 --> 00:20:02,160 of. Jesus. 363 00:20:02,840 --> 00:20:05,280 Guys, this was not just some ordinary thing. 364 00:20:05,520 --> 00:20:09,800 No, no, the covenant of Abraham was a big deal. 365 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:12,840 And for Jacob? To just be like, yeah. 366 00:20:12,840 --> 00:20:15,640 Whatever. That's not good. 367 00:20:17,320 --> 00:20:20,560 So as we see this. There's a difference between a 368 00:20:20,560 --> 00:20:25,080 birthright and a blessing, so. Jacob schemes Esau for. 369 00:20:25,440 --> 00:20:29,480 The birthright now next chapter he's going to, him and Rebecca 370 00:20:29,480 --> 00:20:32,520 are going to hustle Isaac and Esau for the blessing. 371 00:20:33,480 --> 00:20:36,720 Because when you don't care for one thing of God, you miss out 372 00:20:36,720 --> 00:20:39,680 on the blessing. And that's something that we got 373 00:20:39,680 --> 00:20:46,080 to grab onto, no pun intended. So Deuteronomy 2117. 374 00:20:46,080 --> 00:20:47,880 I'm just going to read through this for times sake. 375 00:20:48,880 --> 00:20:51,280 We talked about the birthright. It says he must. 376 00:20:51,280 --> 00:20:55,640 Acknowledge the son of his unloved wife as the first born 377 00:20:55,640 --> 00:20:58,120 by giving him a double share. Of all that. 378 00:20:58,120 --> 00:21:02,920 He has that son. Yeah, that son is the first sign 379 00:21:03,040 --> 00:21:05,600 of his father's strength. The right of the 1st. 380 00:21:05,600 --> 00:21:09,640 Born belongs to him, so anybody that's the first born, they get 381 00:21:09,640 --> 00:21:10,960 the birthright. They get all of that. 382 00:21:10,960 --> 00:21:17,000 Stuff even in Exodus chapter. 4. When when Moses is is trying to 383 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:19,440 get his. People to be freed by Pharaoh. 384 00:21:19,600 --> 00:21:22,000 They then say to. Pharaoh, this is what the Lord 385 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:25,200 says. Israel is my first born and I 386 00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:29,520 told you, let my son go so that he may worship. 387 00:21:29,520 --> 00:21:31,560 Me, but you refuse. To let him. 388 00:21:31,560 --> 00:21:35,440 Go so I will kill. Your first born son God is 389 00:21:35,440 --> 00:21:39,200 threatening Pharaoh with removing the first born. 390 00:21:39,320 --> 00:21:41,000 You know how many legacies are going to be. 391 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:43,040 Destroyed. I never understood the 392 00:21:43,040 --> 00:21:48,800 implications of the plagues. God is wiping out a generation 393 00:21:49,560 --> 00:21:51,480 because they're being disobedient. 394 00:21:52,360 --> 00:21:53,360 So. Pharaoh, you don't want to let 395 00:21:53,360 --> 00:21:55,240 my people go. Done. 396 00:21:55,360 --> 00:21:56,360 First born. Gone. 397 00:21:57,400 --> 00:21:59,040 Because this is. Being a first born, this is. 398 00:21:59,040 --> 00:22:00,160 This is a big. Deal. 399 00:22:02,120 --> 00:22:04,720 Verse 32 Look. Look how? 400 00:22:04,720 --> 00:22:07,040 Look how like Esau responds. This is crazy. 401 00:22:07,040 --> 00:22:10,920 You want to talk about dramatic? Look, I'm about to die. 402 00:22:10,960 --> 00:22:14,240 Esau said. What good is the birthright? 403 00:22:14,240 --> 00:22:20,360 To me, what is Esau saying here? Esau's pretty much saying. 404 00:22:22,080 --> 00:22:26,320 I don't value this. I got one life to live. 405 00:22:27,280 --> 00:22:31,480 If I die, this has. No benefit to my life. 406 00:22:31,920 --> 00:22:33,360 So this. Birthright that I've been 407 00:22:33,360 --> 00:22:36,600 hearing about and all this stuff that doesn't benefit me at. 408 00:22:36,600 --> 00:22:42,840 All I could care less about it. So it's a very, very selfish. 409 00:22:42,840 --> 00:22:47,680 Motive that Esau gives He does not value the birthright. 410 00:22:48,640 --> 00:22:50,960 He didn't care. So 33 but. 411 00:22:51,120 --> 00:22:54,400 Jacob said Swear to me. 1st so he swore. 412 00:22:54,400 --> 00:22:58,240 To the oath to him. Sell me the birthright to Jacob. 413 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:02,600 Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and some lentil Stew. 414 00:23:03,160 --> 00:23:06,240 He drank and ate. Then he got up and left. 415 00:23:06,560 --> 00:23:11,800 So Esau despised his birthright, and that word despised as 416 00:23:11,800 --> 00:23:14,720 strong. That word despised means I don't 417 00:23:14,720 --> 00:23:15,760 care if you have a. Future. 418 00:23:17,080 --> 00:23:19,040 Esau wanted nothing to do with it. 419 00:23:19,040 --> 00:23:21,840 He got up and he. Left like it was like. 420 00:23:22,080 --> 00:23:25,080 Any other day. And what's crazy is that. 421 00:23:25,080 --> 00:23:26,840 Once he finished the bowl of Stew. 422 00:23:27,040 --> 00:23:29,000 The Bible does not. Say Esau felt. 423 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:31,440 Remorse. The Bible does not say that. 424 00:23:31,440 --> 00:23:34,520 Esau felt bad. He did not say that that he 425 00:23:34,520 --> 00:23:38,760 wanted to repent. He just got up and left like it 426 00:23:38,760 --> 00:23:43,280 was no thing. Man Malachi chapter 1. 427 00:23:43,880 --> 00:23:46,080 Now read this if you want to look in your scripture. 428 00:23:46,800 --> 00:23:52,120 This this passage is is. Wild to me, Malachi chapter one. 429 00:23:52,120 --> 00:23:54,560 I'm going to start in verse. 2 Just read through verse 5. 430 00:23:56,440 --> 00:24:01,800 Malachi is one of the prophets, and he's speaking to Israel on 431 00:24:01,800 --> 00:24:04,320 behalf of the. Lord, he says, I have loved you, 432 00:24:04,320 --> 00:24:06,400 says the Lord, But you. Ask. 433 00:24:06,600 --> 00:24:10,040 How have you loved us? Was not Esau's? 434 00:24:10,320 --> 00:24:14,160 What was not Esau Jacob's? Brother declares the Lord. 435 00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:17,800 Yet I have loved Jacob, but Esau I have. 436 00:24:17,800 --> 00:24:22,600 Hated and I have turned his Hill Country into a wasteland and and 437 00:24:22,600 --> 00:24:24,720 left his inheritance to the desert. 438 00:24:24,720 --> 00:24:26,720 Jackals. Edom May. 439 00:24:26,720 --> 00:24:29,560 Say, though, we have been. Crushed, we will rebuild the 440 00:24:29,560 --> 00:24:31,360 ruins. But this is what the. 441 00:24:31,360 --> 00:24:35,080 Lord says they may rebuild, but I will demolish. 442 00:24:35,400 --> 00:24:38,520 They will be. Called the wicked land, a people 443 00:24:38,520 --> 00:24:42,560 always under the wrath of the. Lord, and you will see it with 444 00:24:42,560 --> 00:24:44,000 your. Own eyes and. 445 00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:47,240 Say, great is the Lord. Even beyond the borders. 446 00:24:47,400 --> 00:24:50,200 Of Israel. This is crazy. 447 00:24:50,200 --> 00:24:51,520 Where do? You, man, look what's happened 448 00:24:51,520 --> 00:24:55,040 in the Middle East today. Guys, this is Edom. 449 00:24:56,040 --> 00:24:58,040 I've never seen a passage before. 450 00:24:58,040 --> 00:25:02,520 I've never seen a verse that said God hated somebody crazy 451 00:25:02,520 --> 00:25:06,920 to. Me Esau had the ability to grab 452 00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:09,280 a. Hold of the promise which was 453 00:25:09,280 --> 00:25:13,120 the lenience of Jesus Christ. But he said I don't. 454 00:25:13,120 --> 00:25:17,720 Care. Here's what's wild Esau will 455 00:25:17,720 --> 00:25:19,680 forever. Be known as the red. 456 00:25:19,680 --> 00:25:22,960 Hairy guy. That's his whole name. 457 00:25:22,960 --> 00:25:23,480 That's. It. 458 00:25:24,400 --> 00:25:26,600 He will ever be known of the Edomite. 459 00:25:26,920 --> 00:25:30,120 Red hairy guy that did. Not grab a hold of the promise, 460 00:25:30,440 --> 00:25:32,280 but yet. He was a hunter he was loved by. 461 00:25:32,280 --> 00:25:37,280 Isaac and did awesome things. Jacob was a jacked up 462 00:25:37,280 --> 00:25:41,120 individual, a scoundrel where God had to wrestle with him. 463 00:25:41,280 --> 00:25:45,800 But because he survived, God changed his name to Israel and. 464 00:25:46,080 --> 00:25:48,680 Jacob was a jacked. Up human being but wanted the 465 00:25:48,680 --> 00:25:51,920 promise. Guys, this is what the gospel 466 00:25:51,920 --> 00:25:55,200 is. It's not about performance. 467 00:25:55,680 --> 00:25:57,160 This is what God. This is why Jesus. 468 00:25:57,160 --> 00:25:59,520 Came. It's about belief. 469 00:25:59,640 --> 00:26:01,720 It's about grabbing a hold of the promise. 470 00:26:01,720 --> 00:26:04,280 Was Jesus Christ. And listen, it doesn't matter. 471 00:26:04,280 --> 00:26:06,840 What your life looks like but if you believe. 472 00:26:06,840 --> 00:26:09,840 In him then God's going to show you with grace there's 473 00:26:09,840 --> 00:26:12,480 forgiveness of sin and there's a new future. 474 00:26:12,680 --> 00:26:14,600 But if you go on through life thinking that you. 475 00:26:14,600 --> 00:26:17,400 Have to be. Perfect and perform and do. 476 00:26:17,400 --> 00:26:19,880 All these religious. Things and call people out and 477 00:26:19,880 --> 00:26:22,040 you don't care about the promise of God. 478 00:26:22,720 --> 00:26:24,720 It's not going to end. Well, for you. 479 00:26:26,160 --> 00:26:29,520 And we see this right along. We even see this in Romans 480 00:26:29,520 --> 00:26:35,680 Chapter 9, verses 10 through 13. Not only that, but. 481 00:26:35,920 --> 00:26:38,120 Rebecca's children were conceived. 482 00:26:38,120 --> 00:26:42,400 At the same time. As their father Isaac by our 483 00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:45,920 father Isaac excuse. Me yet before the twins were 484 00:26:45,920 --> 00:26:51,680 born, or had anything good or bad, in order that God's purpose 485 00:26:51,680 --> 00:26:55,240 and election might stand, not by works, but by Him who? 486 00:26:55,240 --> 00:26:58,280 Calls, she was told the. Older will serve the. 487 00:26:58,280 --> 00:27:03,920 Younger, just as it is written. Jacob I love, but Esau I hated 488 00:27:05,080 --> 00:27:07,360 God. Is saying listen like God is 489 00:27:07,360 --> 00:27:11,360 pointing out listen Esau. His terrible choices. 490 00:27:12,320 --> 00:27:13,320 People were like, well, didn't that? 491 00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:17,040 Catch God by surprise. Like no, because of God's 492 00:27:17,040 --> 00:27:20,840 sovereignty, God is showing us. That because of Esau's choices, 493 00:27:20,920 --> 00:27:23,640 he had to choose Jacob. He said all this before they 494 00:27:23,640 --> 00:27:26,600 were. Even born God mapped all this 495 00:27:26,600 --> 00:27:30,680 out and he's showing us. That Jacob was. 496 00:27:30,680 --> 00:27:32,280 Jacked up man he was. Bad. 497 00:27:32,280 --> 00:27:33,960 He's a bad character. He's a bad. 498 00:27:33,960 --> 00:27:36,120 Person but because he. Grabbed a hold. 499 00:27:36,120 --> 00:27:39,000 Of the promise God forgave him and God give him a new future. 500 00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:40,360 He's like, you're going to leave my people? 501 00:27:41,120 --> 00:27:45,080 But Esau had it backwards. Esau was a good guy. 502 00:27:45,080 --> 00:27:46,640 He did everything he was asked to. 503 00:27:46,760 --> 00:27:49,200 But he. Did not care about the promise. 504 00:27:51,080 --> 00:27:53,160 I think that there's a few things that we could learn from. 505 00:27:53,280 --> 00:27:56,920 Esau today as believers. Because I'm reading this text 506 00:27:56,920 --> 00:27:58,720 and I'm like man, what? Should we fight? 507 00:27:58,720 --> 00:28:03,600 Against As believers in Christ, what can we learn from the 508 00:28:03,600 --> 00:28:05,280 mistakes? Of Esau so that way. 509 00:28:05,280 --> 00:28:09,240 We don't make those mistakes. So #1 what can we learn? 510 00:28:09,240 --> 00:28:13,880 I don't care is the same as I don't believe when you say 511 00:28:13,880 --> 00:28:17,840 things like I don't care when it comes to the things of God. 512 00:28:19,080 --> 00:28:20,800 Like I talk. To people all the time and 513 00:28:20,800 --> 00:28:21,960 they're like, man, Ricky, I don't care. 514 00:28:21,960 --> 00:28:23,880 About the church. I don't care about. 515 00:28:23,880 --> 00:28:25,200 Like his? Spirit I don't care about. 516 00:28:25,440 --> 00:28:28,120 Like his, his word. I don't care about like, 517 00:28:28,120 --> 00:28:29,640 worship. I don't, I don't care about 518 00:28:29,640 --> 00:28:30,680 prayer. I don't care about all these 519 00:28:30,680 --> 00:28:31,640 things. Well, listen then. 520 00:28:31,640 --> 00:28:35,160 You don't believe there's absolutely no evidence of a 521 00:28:35,160 --> 00:28:38,360 regenerated heart. So you could go around and you 522 00:28:38,360 --> 00:28:42,640 could say I know God all you want to, but the proof is in 523 00:28:42,640 --> 00:28:44,400 the. Fruit that your life bears. 524 00:28:44,720 --> 00:28:50,000 Listen Esau, by him saying I don't care knowing what the 525 00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:54,120 promise was going to bring, that means that he did not believe in 526 00:28:54,120 --> 00:28:58,240 the promises of God themself to the point where he's like I'd 527 00:28:58,240 --> 00:29:01,040 rather not be hungry then go through. 528 00:29:01,040 --> 00:29:05,280 All of this Jack stuff. So when we say. 529 00:29:05,760 --> 00:29:08,080 To the things of God, man, I don't. 530 00:29:08,080 --> 00:29:12,600 Care Isa had this. Whole mentality of like, man, I 531 00:29:12,600 --> 00:29:15,520 don't you only live once, like I'm living one time. 532 00:29:15,680 --> 00:29:19,120 If this is not going to benefit me, my future, I don't want it. 533 00:29:19,240 --> 00:29:22,280 He clearly did not. See the value of his. 534 00:29:22,280 --> 00:29:25,360 Birthright and God took it away from him. 535 00:29:27,400 --> 00:29:30,640 And listen, when we go around and we say things like that, I 536 00:29:30,640 --> 00:29:32,160 don't care. Then we got to start 537 00:29:32,160 --> 00:29:34,080 questioning, What do you actually believe? 538 00:29:35,120 --> 00:29:37,600 Have you actually repented? Have you given your heart? 539 00:29:38,080 --> 00:29:40,960 To Jesus Christ have. You surrendered to his Lordship. 540 00:29:40,960 --> 00:29:42,560 Or. Are you just going to church, 541 00:29:42,560 --> 00:29:44,080 man? Like, like you're just going and 542 00:29:44,080 --> 00:29:47,120 you're doing the right things. You got to grab. 543 00:29:47,120 --> 00:29:49,600 A hold of the promise, and that promise is Jesus. 544 00:29:50,320 --> 00:29:52,440 So I don't care. It's the same as I don't 545 00:29:52,440 --> 00:29:53,560 believe. Got to be careful with our 546 00:29:53,560 --> 00:29:57,760 language #2. Esau put very little value. 547 00:29:58,040 --> 00:30:01,120 Of spiritual things. Esau will forever be a. 548 00:30:01,120 --> 00:30:03,760 Lasting example on what it. Looks. 549 00:30:03,760 --> 00:30:07,040 Like to pick the things of this world over the things of. 550 00:30:07,040 --> 00:30:10,560 God, he's always. Going to be known for. 551 00:30:10,560 --> 00:30:15,520 This esau about. Only valued material things When 552 00:30:15,520 --> 00:30:17,240 he could grab we could what he could. 553 00:30:17,240 --> 00:30:22,840 Produce we could grab a hold of the spiritual birthright. 554 00:30:22,840 --> 00:30:28,280 Meant to him nothing compared to a hungry stomach and he got to a 555 00:30:28,280 --> 00:30:30,320 point where he's like, man, I'm hungry. 556 00:30:30,320 --> 00:30:34,560 I'd rather have food than the things of God. 557 00:30:35,760 --> 00:30:39,240 And that begs the question, what are you willing to trade for the 558 00:30:39,240 --> 00:30:42,000 promises of God? Because we read this. 559 00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:43,480 You're like man Ricky, that's so dumb. 560 00:30:43,720 --> 00:30:44,760 Why would? He just get a. 561 00:30:44,760 --> 00:30:47,320 Bowl of soup, knowing that he has all this stuff coming to 562 00:30:47,320 --> 00:30:48,200 him. I don't know. 563 00:30:48,200 --> 00:30:52,960 Let me ask us that same question why Why would I get into a 564 00:30:52,960 --> 00:30:57,240 relationship knowing that I don't belong there over the 565 00:30:57,240 --> 00:30:59,280 plans and the will that God has for my life? 566 00:31:00,280 --> 00:31:03,640 Why would I fall into this addiction knowing that God has 567 00:31:03,640 --> 00:31:05,200 something so much greater for me? 568 00:31:05,920 --> 00:31:08,400 Why would I cheat on my? Wife Why would I? 569 00:31:08,400 --> 00:31:11,360 Cheat on my husband knowing that that is not what? 570 00:31:11,360 --> 00:31:13,520 God has for us, we. Could go down the line guys, 571 00:31:13,520 --> 00:31:14,240 there's. A. 572 00:31:14,240 --> 00:31:17,400 Thousand other. Things that we could put before 573 00:31:17,400 --> 00:31:19,960 the Lord. We just don't. 574 00:31:19,960 --> 00:31:22,560 See it this way? But it's true. 575 00:31:23,600 --> 00:31:27,400 And when we put things. Before the Lord, those are 576 00:31:27,400 --> 00:31:30,200 called idols, so we've talked about this. 577 00:31:31,560 --> 00:31:33,720 And how do we know? I think like, how do we know 578 00:31:33,720 --> 00:31:34,840 that we're putting things before? 579 00:31:34,840 --> 00:31:37,320 God. Well, whose voice are you 580 00:31:37,320 --> 00:31:41,240 listening to? So we got to think about what 581 00:31:41,240 --> 00:31:42,880 are we listening to? Here, because the voice of. 582 00:31:42,880 --> 00:31:45,760 Satan always pushes selfishness and pride. 583 00:31:46,480 --> 00:31:49,160 When it's all about you. Like you didn't get credit? 584 00:31:49,160 --> 00:31:51,520 For it. You were not the focus they're 585 00:31:51,600 --> 00:31:53,160 going to make. You look stupid. 586 00:31:53,320 --> 00:31:55,880 Like people are not going to acknowledge you when everything 587 00:31:55,880 --> 00:31:58,240 becomes about you. That is not the voice of God 588 00:31:59,480 --> 00:32:00,800 because you're looking for trophies. 589 00:32:00,800 --> 00:32:04,440 Instead of towels. And many of us when it is the. 590 00:32:04,440 --> 00:32:07,800 Voice of God it is. Known like I have a greater plan 591 00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:11,920 for you, I have forgiven you. If you repent, I will forgive 592 00:32:11,920 --> 00:32:13,960 you. If you seek me, you will find 593 00:32:13,960 --> 00:32:16,480 me. See everything that God points 594 00:32:16,480 --> 00:32:18,000 to. When God's directing you, it all 595 00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:22,920 lands on Him. When everything is about you, 596 00:32:23,920 --> 00:32:27,640 you are not. Created to carry that weight. 597 00:32:28,480 --> 00:32:30,240 You're not created to share God's glory. 598 00:32:30,240 --> 00:32:32,920 You're not created. To try to get forgiveness 599 00:32:32,920 --> 00:32:36,120 yourself, that is. Going to crush you. 600 00:32:37,440 --> 00:32:40,120 But when it comes to the things of God, God's like, no, I'm 601 00:32:40,120 --> 00:32:41,320 going to take. Care of that for you. 602 00:32:41,680 --> 00:32:43,400 I love you. I will forgive you. 603 00:32:43,800 --> 00:32:46,560 I will guide your steps. I will connect you to the right. 604 00:32:46,560 --> 00:32:49,920 People like, if you just worship like, let me take care of it. 605 00:32:51,720 --> 00:32:56,080 See, 1 is about performance, but the other one's about 606 00:32:56,080 --> 00:32:59,960 acceptance, you see. Esau was all about. 607 00:32:59,960 --> 00:33:04,640 Performance and selfishness and pride, Jacob even in his. 608 00:33:04,840 --> 00:33:08,240 Terrible character was about. Acceptance. 609 00:33:08,960 --> 00:33:13,040 He wrestled with God and survived and he said bless me 610 00:33:13,040 --> 00:33:17,160 Lord, and God blessed him. Then last one. 611 00:33:17,720 --> 00:33:21,160 Esau valued temporary satisfaction over a long term 612 00:33:21,160 --> 00:33:24,600 blessing. Esau valued satisfaction over 613 00:33:24,600 --> 00:33:27,680 blessing. For many of us, man, God has 614 00:33:27,680 --> 00:33:32,280 this amazing blessing in store for your life, but you continue 615 00:33:32,280 --> 00:33:34,280 to give up before you could even receive it. 616 00:33:36,040 --> 00:33:37,840 And when you cry out, you're like man, but. 617 00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:39,560 The question is why you quit so fast? 618 00:33:41,120 --> 00:33:43,840 Why do you give up so? Quickly when it gets hard. 619 00:33:45,760 --> 00:33:47,680 And what we do is that we are. Obedient to. 620 00:33:47,680 --> 00:33:49,640 God, until it gets difficult and. 621 00:33:50,880 --> 00:33:52,840 Then we find other ways. We dip out. 622 00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:55,760 We don't want it. And God is like, no, like if 623 00:33:55,760 --> 00:33:57,720 you're going to seek me, if you're going to follow me, 624 00:33:58,840 --> 00:34:00,560 you're not going to give in to your temptations. 625 00:34:00,560 --> 00:34:02,280 You're not going to give in to your comforts. 626 00:34:02,360 --> 00:34:03,680 You're going to keep. You're going to keep. 627 00:34:03,680 --> 00:34:07,200 Following me, many of you. Guys like God has a. 628 00:34:07,200 --> 00:34:09,360 Big plan for. You God has a big blessing for 629 00:34:09,360 --> 00:34:10,960 you. God has this amazing will. 630 00:34:10,960 --> 00:34:14,719 For your life. But you keep dipping out. 631 00:34:14,840 --> 00:34:16,320 You keep letting go of the promise. 632 00:34:16,800 --> 00:34:19,400 You keep choosing Stew over. Your birthright. 633 00:34:21,280 --> 00:34:24,320 And it's not going to work. God is not a genie in a bottle. 634 00:34:26,600 --> 00:34:28,400 God is a holy and righteous being. 635 00:34:28,520 --> 00:34:30,800 There's an amazing plan in your life for your life. 636 00:34:30,960 --> 00:34:33,800 And they sent Jesus. To help you walk. 637 00:34:33,800 --> 00:34:37,960 That out can't give up. You got to stick with it. 638 00:34:38,159 --> 00:34:40,280 We trade our. Birthright for cheap 639 00:34:40,280 --> 00:34:44,040 entertainment popularity. And pleasures that don't last, 640 00:34:45,320 --> 00:34:50,000 we get rid of it. For these things, so I want to. 641 00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:53,239 Hear Rachel at Read. Ephesians chapter 1 because the. 642 00:34:53,239 --> 00:34:57,280 Truth is, we have a birthright. When we become born again, we 643 00:34:57,280 --> 00:35:01,360 become sons and daughters of the Most High God, and God is saying 644 00:35:01,360 --> 00:35:02,760 I have a birthright. That I want to. 645 00:35:02,760 --> 00:35:03,960 Give to you. I want to. 646 00:35:03,960 --> 00:35:06,600 I want to transition to you. But you got to trust me. 647 00:35:06,600 --> 00:35:08,200 You got to. Repent of your sin. 648 00:35:08,480 --> 00:35:11,720 But you have to take a hold of it, don't have to earn it. 649 00:35:12,000 --> 00:35:13,560 You don't have to clean yourself up. 650 00:35:13,760 --> 00:35:15,240 You don't have to be perfect, just. 651 00:35:15,240 --> 00:35:17,680 Come to me, come to the cross and make. 652 00:35:17,680 --> 00:35:20,400 Sure, you get your birthright. What is the birthright? 653 00:35:20,400 --> 00:35:21,360 That God. Has for us. 654 00:35:21,640 --> 00:35:23,240 I'm just going to summarize. It I'll. 655 00:35:23,440 --> 00:35:27,920 Be on the screen Ephesians chapter 1 versus 3 through 14. 656 00:35:28,080 --> 00:35:31,040 Paul writes the longest run on paragraph. 657 00:35:31,040 --> 00:35:32,880 Ever. It's hard to read, but look. 658 00:35:32,880 --> 00:35:34,200 Look what? Everything's in the Birthright. 659 00:35:34,200 --> 00:35:35,760 I know it's kind of small so I'll read it out for you. 660 00:35:36,200 --> 00:35:38,480 Every spiritual. Blessing is a part of. 661 00:35:38,480 --> 00:35:41,120 This the. Blessing of being chosen by. 662 00:35:41,200 --> 00:35:45,640 Jesus adoption into God's. Family, complete acceptance by 663 00:35:45,640 --> 00:35:49,880 God in Christ. Redemption from our slavery to 664 00:35:49,880 --> 00:35:52,680 sin. True and total forgiveness. 665 00:35:52,840 --> 00:35:56,120 The riches of God's. Grace, the revelation and 666 00:35:56,120 --> 00:35:58,200 knowledge. Of the Mystery of. 667 00:35:58,200 --> 00:36:01,080 God's will and eternity, Eternal inheritance. 668 00:36:01,560 --> 00:36:03,760 And a. Guarantee of the indwelling. 669 00:36:03,760 --> 00:36:07,360 Of the Holy Spirit this is the birthright that God has for you 670 00:36:07,640 --> 00:36:13,640 and all you have to do is accept it but yeah, you're willing to 671 00:36:13,640 --> 00:36:17,040 give it away for. Stew because you want comfort 672 00:36:17,040 --> 00:36:20,520 for just a tiny moment and God's like I have something so. 673 00:36:20,520 --> 00:36:23,040 Much bigger for you I. Have something so much. 674 00:36:23,040 --> 00:36:25,680 Better for you, I don't care about your. 675 00:36:26,040 --> 00:36:27,360 Men. We've got to get over. 676 00:36:27,360 --> 00:36:31,760 Comfortableness or comfort? He sent us the Holy Spirit, the 677 00:36:31,760 --> 00:36:35,000 great Comforter. You can't be. 678 00:36:35,000 --> 00:36:36,920 If you're comfortable all the time, you're not going to be 679 00:36:36,920 --> 00:36:40,280 able to experience Him. God is. 680 00:36:40,520 --> 00:36:46,080 Giving us all of this and just. For a little taste of Stew. 681 00:36:46,440 --> 00:36:47,840 Just for a little taste. Of comfort. 682 00:36:47,840 --> 00:36:50,280 He gave it all up. And I see this all the time, 683 00:36:50,560 --> 00:36:53,040 man, even in. Scripture I was thinking about. 684 00:36:53,040 --> 00:36:57,440 This so I was like man, Luke 1623, the rich man and Lazarus. 685 00:36:59,120 --> 00:37:00,720 Where is the story that Jesus is? 686 00:37:00,720 --> 00:37:05,080 Giving in verse 26 in Hades where he was tormented, he 687 00:37:05,080 --> 00:37:09,240 looked up and saw Abraham. Far away, with Lazarus by his 688 00:37:09,240 --> 00:37:12,200 side, he called. Him and said, Father Abraham, 689 00:37:12,360 --> 00:37:15,880 have pity on me and send. Lazarus to dip his. 690 00:37:15,880 --> 00:37:21,120 Finger in water just to cool my tongue because I'm in agony of 691 00:37:21,120 --> 00:37:23,800 this fire. The rich man doesn't even repent 692 00:37:23,800 --> 00:37:26,800 of his sin. Just a small taste, just a just 693 00:37:26,800 --> 00:37:29,200 a little bit of Stew, but also we see. 694 00:37:29,200 --> 00:37:32,240 Jesus on the cross and as Jesus hanging on the cross in John 695 00:37:32,240 --> 00:37:35,920 chapter 19, Jesus says I'm thirsty and he's doing this to. 696 00:37:36,200 --> 00:37:37,920 Fulfill prophecy, he says. I'm. 697 00:37:37,920 --> 00:37:39,440 Thirsty. And so instead of giving him 698 00:37:39,440 --> 00:37:42,520 water, what do they give him? They give him this vinegar wine 699 00:37:42,520 --> 00:37:43,840 to help. Ease the pain. 700 00:37:44,480 --> 00:37:47,040 And as they. Give it to Christ, He realizes 701 00:37:47,040 --> 00:37:49,000 what it is. But he turns away. 702 00:37:49,000 --> 00:37:54,640 From it. Jesus rejects the comfort so 703 00:37:54,640 --> 00:37:58,520 that way you and I could have. A taste of the birthright that 704 00:37:58,520 --> 00:38:04,040 he has. For US1 swig one taste, but I 705 00:38:04,040 --> 00:38:06,440 also think taste and see that. The Lord is good. 706 00:38:06,440 --> 00:38:08,280 Try it. One taste of Jesus. 707 00:38:08,280 --> 00:38:11,360 Nothing else will matter. For you, except his forgiveness, 708 00:38:11,400 --> 00:38:14,320 except his birthright. We'll pray for us. 709 00:38:15,440 --> 00:38:21,720 So Jesus, thank you for. All you do for us, let's 710 00:38:21,720 --> 00:38:22,040 worship.