Jacob’s Deception for the Blessing Genesis 26:34-27:9

God

Abraham (Abram)

Gen 12:2–3“I will make you into a great

nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you

will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you,

and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.”

Abraham 85 yrs old

Ishmael Gen 16:1–2

Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. But she had an Egyptian slave named

Hagar; so she said to Abram, “The LORD has kept me from having

children. Go, sleep with my slave; perhaps I can build a family

through her.”

Abraham 100 yrs old

Ishmael

Isaac

Gen 17:19Then God said, “Yes, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son,

and you will call him Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him

as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.

Abraham

Ishmael Isaac

Esau Jacob

Gen 25:23 The LORD said to her, “Two

nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated; one people

will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve

the younger.”Jacob’s Deception for the Blessing

Genesis 26:34-27:9

Abraham

Ishmael Isaac

Esau Jacob

Jesus

Gen 12:2–3“I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who

bless you, and whoever curses you I

will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through

you.”

God’s Sovereignty

Psalm 24:8The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.

Genesis 18:14“Is anything too hard for the LORD?”

God’s Sovereignty

Ephesians 3:20“ … is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine”

2 Cor 6:18; Rev 1:8“… the Lord Almighty”

God’s Sovereignty

Luke 1:37“ … with God nothing will be impossible.”

Matthew 19:26“With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

100%

Sovereign

Human Responsibility1. Our actions have real results and do change the course of events

“Cause and Effect” principle Abram + Hagar Ishmael Jacob the “deceiver” Laban, Esau

Human Responsibility1. Our actions have real results and do change the course of events

Acts 18:9-10“Do not be afraid; keep on speaking, do not be silent. For I am with you, and no one is going to attack and harm you, because I have many people in this city.”

Human Responsibility1. Our actions have real results and do change the course of events

Acts 18:11So Paul stayed in Corinth for a year and a half, teaching them the word of God.

Human Responsibility2. Prayer is one specific action that does change the course of events

James 4:2You do not have because you do not ask God.

John 16:24 “Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete.”

Human Responsibility3. No such thing as “luck” or “chance”

A more personal God Rom 8:28 “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.”

Examen prayer “POTBLESS”

Human Responsibility4. Do not be afraid, trust in God Our sovereign God watches over us and

cares for His children.

Matthew 6:26 “Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?”

Human Responsibility4. Do not be afraid, trust in God Our sovereign God watches over us and

cares for His children.

Psalm 4:8 “In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, LORD, make me dwell in safety.”

Human Responsibility4. Do not be afraid, trust in God Our sovereign God watches over us and

cares for His children.Genesis 28:5After blessing Jacob ... Then Isaac sent Jacob on his way, and he went to Paddan Aram, to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, who was the mother of Jacob and Esau.

God 100%

Sovereign

Man 100%

Responsible

Jacob’s Deception for the Blessing Genesis 26:34-27:9