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*JACOB 2*
*GENESIS 27:1-40 (NIV)*
FARMER JOE STORY
FARMER JOE HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT
AND DECIDED THAT HIS INJURIES WERE SERIOUS ENOUGH
TO TAKE THIS TRUCKING COMPANY TO COURT.
IN THE COURT ROOM,
THE TRUCKING COMPANY’S FANCY LAWYER
WAS QUESTIONING FARMER JOE.
HE ASKED FARMER JOE;
"DIDN’T YOU SAY, AT THE SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT, ’I’M FINE’?,"
FARMER JOE BEGAN BY SAYING,
"WELL I’LL TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENED.
I HAD JUST LOADED MY FAVORITE MULE BESSIE INTO THE..."
*"I DIDN’T ASK FOR ANY DETAILS,"* THE LAWYER INTERRUPTED,
*"JUST ANSWER THE QUESTION.
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*DID YOU NOT SAY, AT THE SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT, ’I’M FINE’!" *
FARMER JOE SAID, "WELL I HAD JUST GOT BESSIE INTO THE TRAILER AND I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD..."
WHEN THE LAWYER INTERRUPTED AGAIN AND SAID,
"JUDGE, I AM TRYING TO ESTABLISH THE FACT THAT, AT THE SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT,
THIS MAN TOLD THE HIGHWAY PATROLMAN AT THE SCENE
THAT HE WAS JUST FINE.
AND NOW SEVERAL WEEKS AFTER THE ACCIDENT
HE'S TRYING TO SUE MY CLIENT.
I BELIEVE HE’S A FRAUD.
PLEASE TELL HIM TO SIMPLY ANSWER THE QUESTION."
BY THIS TIME THE JUDGE WAS FAIRLY INTERESTED IN FARMER JOE’S ANSWER
SO HE SAID TO THE LAWYER,
"I’D LIKE TO HEAR WHAT HE HAS TO SAY ABOUT HIS FAVORITE MULE BESSIE."
JOE THANKED THE JUDGE AND CONTINUED ON,
"WELL AS I WAS SAYING,
I HAD JUST LOADED BESSIE, MY FAVORITE MULE,
INTO THE TRAILER AND WAS DRIVING HER DOWN THE HIGHWAY
WHEN THIS HUGE SEMI-TRUCK AND TRAILER RAN THE STOP SIGN AND SMACKED MY TRUCK RIGHT IN THE SIDE.
I WAS THROWN INTO ONE DITCH
AND BESSIE WAS THROWN INTO THE OTHER.
I WAS HURTING REAL BAD JUDGE
AND DIDN’T WANT TO MOVE.
HOWEVER, I COULD HEAR OLE BESSIE MOANING AND GROANING.
AND I KNEW SHE WAS IN TERRIBLE SHAPE JUST BY HER GROANS.
SHORTLY AFTER THE ACCIDENT A HIGHWAY PATROLMAN
CAME ON THE SCENE.
HE COULD HEAR BESSIE MOANING AND GROANING
SO HE WENT OVER TO HER.
AFTER HE LOOKED AT HER HE TOOK OUT HIS GUN
AND SHOT HER RIGHT BETWEEN THE EYES.
THEN THE PATROLMAN CAME OVER THE ROAD
WITH HIS GUN IN HIS HAND AND LOOKED AT ME.
HE SAID, "YOUR MULE WAS IN SUCH BAD SHAPE
I HAD TO SHOOT HER.
HOW ARE YOU FEELING?"
IT WAS THEN THAT I SAID, "*I’M FINE.*"
IN 2008, NEW YORK MAGAZINE RAN AN ARTICLE
ABOUT KIDS AND LYING.
IN ONE STUDY THE RESEARCHERS
GATHERED A GROUP OF CHILDREN TOGETHER
AND READ THEM A VERSION OF THE BOY WHO CRIED WOLF
THAT’S THE STORY WHERE
THE LITTLE BOY IS EATEN BY THE WOLF BECAUSE HE TELLS LIES.
THEY THOUGHT THAT THE NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES
IN STORY WOULD LEAD THE CHILDREN TO BE MORE HONEST.
HOWEVER, IN CONTROLLED EXPERIMENTS ON HONESTY
AND DECEIT.
RESEARCHERS FOUND OUT
THAT THE CHILDREN CONTINUED THEIR USUAL RATE OF LYING.
NEXT THE RESEARCHERS TAUGHT THE STORY
OF GEORGE WASHINGTON AND THE CHERRY TREE.
IN THIS STORY GEORGE GOES TO HIS FATHER
AND CONFESSES THAT HE WAS THE ONE THAT CUT DOWN THE TREE.
GEORGES FATHER THEN TELLS GEORGE THAT
, "HEARING YOU TELL THE TRUTH INSTEAD OF A LIE
IS BETTER THAN IF I HAD A THOUSAND CHERRY TREES."
THE RESEARCHERS DISCOVERED
THAT THE STORY OF GEORGE WASHINGTON AND THE CHERRY TREE *REDUCED LYING BY 43 PERCENT.
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THEIR CONCLUSION WAS THAT THE THREAT OF PUNISHMENT \\ ONLY TEACHES THE CHILDREN TO LIE BETTER.
BUT WHEN CHILDREN LEARN THE WORTH OF HONESTY,
AS THEY DID IN THE GEORGE WASHINGTON STORY,
THEY LIE LESS.
BEFORE WE READ THE SCRIPTURE
I'D LIKE TO EXPLAIN WHAT THE BLESSING
IN THE OLD TESTAMENT INCLUDED.
(27:1) *BLESSING, THE*: IN ANCIENT TIMES,
THE BLESSING OF A FATHER
WAS A VERY SIGNIFICANT EVENT.
IT WAS A TIME SET ASIDE WHEN THE FATHER TRANSFERRED THE BIRTHRIGHT
AND THE FAMILY INHERITANCE OVER TO HIS SON,
USUALLY IT WAS THE OLDEST SON.
HOWEVER, IF THE OLDER SON PROVED UNWORTHY,
THE FATHER COULD PASS THE BLESSING TO A YOUNGER SON.
THE BLESSING WAS A LEGAL AND BINDING CONTRACT
AND ALWAYS INCLUDED THE BIRTHRIGHT
OR INHERITANCE OF THE FATHER.
IN THE CASE OF ISAAC,
BOTH THE BIRTHRIGHT AND BLESSING
INCLUDED THE SPECIAL PROMISES GOD HAD MADE TO ABRAHAM...
THE PROMISE OF THE PROMISED LAND.
THE PROMISE OF THE PROMISED SEED,
WHICH MEANT BOTH
THE SEED OF A NEW RACE OF PEOPLE
AND THE SEED OF THE MESSIAH.
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