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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="CENTER"><font size="3"><b>Jim
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<a href="http://www.2rbetter.org/">www.2rbetter.org</a></b></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="CENTER">April 14, 2011<br></p><p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="CENTER">
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="CENTER"><b>JAN
14 - GENESIS 27-36 - JACOB AND ESAU</b></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="LEFT"><b>1.
27:35-36a (27:1-28:9) JACOB: STEALS A BLESSING. “And he said,
Your brother came with guile, and has taken away your blessing. <font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">36a</font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
And he said, Is he not rightly named Jacob for he has supplanted me
these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he has
taken away my blessing.” </font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">This
is not an example of Kingdom principles: this is the heritage of Adam
at work before Jabbok and a change of nature and name! </span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>Hallowed
be Your Name!</i></font></b></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>2. 29:20, 23 (28:10-29:30)
JACOB: MEETS HIS MATCH. “And Jacob served seven years for Rachel;
and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.
<font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">23 </font>And it came to pass in
the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him;
and he went in unto her.” </b><span style="">Poetic
justice! The boomerang returns! Cheat a brother and it will return
upon your own head. Father, we would be as Israel, after Jacob was
transformed. </span><b><i>Your :kingdom come.</i></b></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>3. 30:22-24 (29:31-30:26)
JACOB'S FAMILY. “And God remembered Rachel, and God listened to
her, and opened her womb. <font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">23</font>
and she conceived, and bore a son: and said, God has taken away my
reproach: <font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">24</font> and she
called his name Joseph, saying, Jehovah add to me another son.”
</b><span style="">Now comes the son of the right
mother! Not Ishmael, but Isaac; not Esau, but Jacob; not the ten half
brothers, but Joseph. Father, we bless You for Your Sovereign
choices. </span><b><i>Your :will be done, As in heaven, so on earth.</i></b></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>4. 31:13 (30:27-31:55)
JACOB: LOOKED AFTER BY GOD. “I am the God of Bethel, where you
anointed a pillar, where you vowed a vow unto me: now arise, get out
from this land, and return unto the land of your nativity.” </b><span style="">We
have not because we ask not. But if our ways please You Father, and
we ask, then You meet our needs abundantly above all we can ask or
think. We need to come to You with </span><u><span style="">all</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
our needs. </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">Our
:daily bread give us this day.</span></i></b></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">5.
32:28 (32-33) JACOB: RECONCILED TO ESAU. “And he said, Your name
shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel; for you have striven with
God and with men, and have prevailed.” </span></b><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Through
the temptation of Esau upon Jacob, which Your arranged Father, You
pressured Jacob into a situation which transformed him into an
Israel! </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">And
forgive us our :debts, as we also have forgiven our :debtors.</span></i></b></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">6.
34:30 (34-35) JACOB'S TROUBLES IN CANAAN. “And Jacob said to
Simeon and Levi, You have troubled me, to make me odious to the
inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and
I being few in number, they will gather themselves together against
me and strike me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.” </span></b><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Jacob
heard a word from the desire of Satan from the second heaven; but You
Father, overturned it, and confirmed Your will from the third heaven!
</span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">And bring us
not into temptation!</span></i></b></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">7.
36:9-10a (36) SONS OF EDOM. “And these are the generations of
Esau the father of the Edomites in mount Seir: </span><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">10a</span></font><span style="text-decoration: none;">
these are the names of Esau's sons: Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife
of Esau.” </span></b><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Could
this be the chief of Job's comforters? Esau became strong in Edom and
Petra, but through Israel, You Father, demonstrated Your power! </span></span><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">
</span><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">But deliver us from the
evil one.</span></i></b></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u><b>NOTE</b></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>:
</b></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">The
life of Jacob is quite revealing. Until he wrestled with the angel of
Jehovah and received a change of name - we see a somewhat conniving
type of person. He had to flee from his brother Esau for twice
cheating him out of what normally would have been the portion of the
firstborn.</span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Had
you realized that Jacob was 77 years of age when he set out to find
for himself a wife? The Bible records that the 7 years Jacob worked
for Laban to receive his daughter Rachel as his wife - were as but a
few days for the great love he had for her! Then through the trickery
of Laban his relative, he had to work 14 years for his two wives,
plus six more years for his wages. And - Laban changed his wages 10
times during these 6 years! God by a dream showed Jacob how to come
out fairly. So - what Jacob did to Esau - Laban more than requited
Jacob!</span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Naphtali,
one of Jacob's 12 sons, means “wrestling.” The life of this son
illustrates his name, and reveals that “rest” comes in the midst
of w</span></span><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">rest</span></b><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">ling!
But when his father Jacob wrestled with the angel - and prevailed
unto the changing of his name from “cheat - Jacob” to Israel -
“Prince with God” - this indeed shows the necessity of putting
our best foot forward if we are to prevail and enter into the
fullness of the blessings of God. An apathetic posture will </span></span><u><span style="">never</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
prevail. The Kingdom of God suffers violence - and the violent take
it be force! So though we have the promises of God, it takes
“importunity” to bring these promises to pass. Luke 11, 18 and
Daniel 10, are 3 chapters that illustrate most clearly the necessity
of an importunate spirit. Like a bull-dog, don't let go till you
obtain! </span></span><u><span style="">This</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
was the spirit of Winston Churchill concerning Hitler and Nazism.</span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">When
William Carey sought cooperation from Christian leaders of England
concerning India, they told him that if God wanted to do something
for India, He wouldn't need the help of a William Carey seeking to do
his part - He would do it </span></span><u><span style="">all</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
by Himself! Wrong! - God moves into partnership with each one of us -
and what He promises - he expects </span></span><u><span style="">us</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
to do our part in pressing in to realize such promises. We can “go
to seed” concerning the Sovereignty of God! We must not at the same
time neglect “the responsibility” of man.</span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">One
Negro pastor put it this way - “I just go ahead and believe as if
everything depended on the Lord - and then I just go ahead and work
as if everything depended on me!” This may not fit every person's
theology, but in essence it is solidly rooted in the teachings of the
Bible.</span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Many
other lessons are available in these 10 chapters of Genesis. God's
Bible to us through 33 writers is a rich source of hidden ore or oil.
In Texas at one time - it took wise men who could tell where this
hidden treasure might be found. Then it took persistence in drilling
until such treasures could be retrieved. Just so it is with the
treasures in the Word of God. Full discipleship and meditation are
two of the necessary conditions to successful spiritual mining.
J.A.W.</span></span></font></p>
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