Sermon Tone Analysis

*JACOB 3*

*GENESIS 27:41 - 28:22*

/JACOB FLEES TO LABAN/

41 ESAU HELD A GRUDGE AGAINST JACOB BECAUSE OF THE BLESSING HIS FATHER HAD GIVEN HIM.

HE SAID TO HIMSELF, “THE DAYS OF MOURNING FOR MY FATHER ARE NEAR; THEN I WILL KILL MY BROTHER JACOB.”

42 WHEN REBEKAH WAS TOLD WHAT HER OLDER SON ESAU HAD SAID, SHE SENT FOR HER YOUNGER SON JACOB AND SAID TO HIM, “YOUR BROTHER ESAU IS CONSOLING HIMSELF WITH THE THOUGHT OF KILLING YOU.

43 NOW THEN, MY SON, DO WHAT I SAY: FLEE AT ONCE TO MY BROTHER LABAN IN HARAN.

44 STAY WITH HIM FOR A WHILE UNTIL YOUR BROTHER’S FURY SUBSIDES.

45 WHEN YOUR BROTHER IS NO LONGER ANGRY WITH YOU AND FORGETS WHAT YOU DID TO HIM, I’LL SEND WORD FOR YOU TO COME BACK FROM THERE.

WHY SHOULD I LOSE BOTH OF YOU IN ONE DAY?”

46 THEN REBEKAH SAID TO ISAAC, “I’M DISGUSTED WITH LIVING BECAUSE OF THESE HITTITE WOMEN.

IF JACOB TAKES A WIFE FROM AMONG THE WOMEN OF THIS LAND, FROM HITTITE WOMEN LIKE THESE, MY LIFE WILL NOT BE WORTH LIVING.”

*28*     SO ISAAC CALLED FOR JACOB AND BLESSED HIM AND COMMANDED HIM: “DO NOT MARRY A CANAANITE WOMAN. 2 GO AT ONCE TO PADDAN ARAM, TO THE HOUSE OF YOUR MOTHER’S FATHER BETHUEL.

TAKE A WIFE FOR YOURSELF THERE, FROM AMONG THE DAUGHTERS OF LABAN, YOUR MOTHER’S BROTHER. 3 MAY GOD ALMIGHTY BLESS YOU AND MAKE YOU FRUITFUL AND INCREASE YOUR NUMBERS UNTIL YOU BECOME A COMMUNITY OF PEOPLES. 4 MAY HE GIVE YOU AND YOUR DESCENDANTS THE BLESSING GIVEN TO ABRAHAM, SO THAT YOU MAY TAKE POSSESSION OF THE LAND WHERE YOU NOW LIVE AS AN ALIEN, THE LAND GOD GAVE TO ABRAHAM.” 5 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.

6 NOW ESAU LEARNED THAT ISAAC HAD BLESSED JACOB AND HAD SENT HIM TO PADDAN ARAM TO TAKE A WIFE FROM THERE, AND THAT WHEN HE BLESSED HIM HE COMMANDED HIM, “DO NOT MARRY A CANAANITE WOMAN,” 7 AND THAT JACOB HAD OBEYED HIS FATHER AND MOTHER AND HAD GONE TO PADDAN ARAM.

8 ESAU THEN REALIZED HOW DISPLEASING THE CANAANITE WOMEN WERE TO HIS FATHER ISAAC; 9 SO HE WENT TO ISHMAEL AND MARRIED MAHALATH, THE SISTER OF NEBAIOTH AND DAUGHTER OF ISHMAEL SON OF ABRAHAM, IN ADDITION TO THE WIVES HE ALREADY HAD.

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/JACOB’S DREAM AT BETHEL/

10 JACOB LEFT BEERSHEBA AND SET OUT FOR HARAN.

11 WHEN HE REACHED A CERTAIN PLACE, HE STOPPED FOR THE NIGHT BECAUSE THE SUN HAD SET.

TAKING ONE OF THE STONES THERE, HE PUT IT UNDER HIS HEAD AND LAY DOWN TO SLEEP.

12 HE HAD A DREAM IN WHICH HE SAW A STAIRWAY RESTING ON THE EARTH, WITH ITS TOP REACHING TO HEAVEN, AND THE ANGELS OF GOD WERE ASCENDING AND DESCENDING ON IT. 13 THERE ABOVE IT STOOD THE LORD, AND HE SAID: “I AM THE LORD, THE GOD OF YOUR FATHER ABRAHAM AND THE GOD OF ISAAC.

I WILL GIVE YOU AND YOUR DESCENDANTS THE LAND ON WHICH YOU ARE LYING.

14 YOUR DESCENDANTS WILL BE LIKE THE DUST OF THE EARTH, AND YOU WILL SPREAD OUT TO THE WEST AND TO THE EAST, TO THE NORTH AND TO THE SOUTH.

ALL PEOPLES ON EARTH WILL BE BLESSED THROUGH YOU AND YOUR OFFSPRING.

15 I AM WITH YOU AND WILL WATCH OVER YOU WHEREVER YOU GO, AND I WILL BRING YOU BACK TO THIS LAND.

I WILL NOT LEAVE YOU UNTIL I HAVE DONE WHAT I HAVE PROMISED YOU.”

16 WHEN JACOB AWOKE FROM HIS SLEEP, HE THOUGHT, “SURELY THE LORD IS IN THIS PLACE, AND I WAS NOT AWARE OF IT.” 17 HE WAS AFRAID AND SAID, “HOW AWESOME IS THIS PLACE!

THIS IS NONE OTHER THAN THE HOUSE OF GOD; THIS IS THE GATE OF HEAVEN.”

18 EARLY THE NEXT MORNING JACOB TOOK THE STONE HE HAD PLACED UNDER HIS HEAD AND SET IT UP AS A PILLAR AND POURED OIL ON TOP OF IT. 19 HE CALLED THAT PLACE BETHEL, THOUGH THE CITY USED TO BE CALLED LUZ.

20 THEN JACOB MADE A VOW, SAYING, “IF GOD WILL BE WITH ME AND WILL WATCH OVER ME ON THIS JOURNEY I AM TAKING AND WILL GIVE ME FOOD TO EAT AND CLOTHES TO WEAR 21 SO THAT I RETURN SAFELY TO MY FATHER’S HOUSE, THEN THE LORD WILL BE MY GOD 22 AND THIS STONE THAT I HAVE SET UP AS A PILLAR WILL BE GOD’S HOUSE, AND OF ALL THAT YOU GIVE ME I WILL GIVE YOU A TENTH.”           *GENESIS 27:41 - 28:22*

*I.

JACOB RAN FOR HIS LIFE*

 

THERE ARE CONSEQUENCED FOR OUR DECISIONS.

THE CONSEQUENCES FOR JACOB'S DECISION TO TRICK HIS FATHER, AND TAKE THE BLESSING FROM ESAU ARE NOW BEGINNING TO UNFOLD.

IF YOU'LL REMEMBER, JACOB HAS BEEN A HOMEBODY ALL HIS LIFE.

AND NOW BECAUSE OF HIS DECISION

HE HAS TO LEAVE HIS HOME BEHIND

AND STRIKE OUT ON HIS OWN.

SEBASTIAN JUNGER IS THE AUTHOR OF THE PERFECT STORM.

LONG BEFORE HE BECAME A FAMOUS WRITER,

HE DECIDED THAT HE WOULD HITCHHIKE

ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES.

HE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE AN INTERESTING AND EXCITING ADVENTURE.

JACOB WASN'T LIKE THAT

HE WASN'T THE ADVENTUROUS  KIND.

CAN YOU IMAGINE

WHAT MUST HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH HIS MIND

THAT FIRST DAY AND NIGHT AWAY FROM HOME?

 

 

REMEMBER,       JACOB WAS THE ONE WHO

"STAYED AMONG THE TENTS"

 

HE WAS THE ONE THAT WAS CONTENT JUST BE AT HOME.

HE WAS THE ONE THAT LIKED TO COOK.

AND NOW HE'S LEAVING HOME FOR GOOD.

WHEN J VERNON McGEE WAS ABOUT 9 YEARS OLD,

HE LIVED IN THE COUNTRY.

HE LIVED IN A LITTLE PLACE CALLED *SPRINGER, OKLAHOMA.

*

IT WAS JUST A SMALL PLACE, ONLY A WIDE SPOT IN THE ROAD.

VERNON HAD SOME FRIENDS WHO LIVED ABOUT A MILE

DOWN THE ROAD.

AND THESE FRIENDS INVITED HIM TO COME AND SPEND THE NIGHT.

THEY HAD A BOY ABOUT VERNON'S AGE.

AND HE CAME TO VERNON'S HOUSE TO GET HIM,

THEN THEY WENT OVER TO HIS FRIENDS HOUSE TOGETHER.

VERNON SAYS THAT HE'LL NEVER FORGET THAT EXPERIENCE.

THEY HAD A DELICIOUS COUNTRY DINNER,

AND HE ENJOYED IT.

THEN THEY PLAYED HIDE-AND-SEEK UNTIL IT GOT DARK.

BUT EVERY NOW AND THEN HE WOULD LOOK INTO THE DARKNESS AND BEGIN TO GET A LITTLE HOMESICK.

THEN THE TIME CAME FOR THEM TO GO TO BED.

THEY PUT A PALLET DOWN IN THE FRONT ROOM,

HE PUT ON THE HIS NIGHTSHIRT

AND LAY DOWN ON THAT PALLET.

HE HAD NEVER BEEN SO LONELY IN ALL HIS LIFE.

HE WAS HOMESICK!

OH, HOW HE WANTED TO GO HOME!

 

HE ROLLED AND TOSSED FOR A LONG TIME.

AND FINALLY HE DOZED OFF AND SLEPT FOR A WHILE,

 

BUT VERY EARLY IN THE MORNING

HE TOOK OFF HIS NIGHTSHIRT

AND PUT ON HIS CLOTHES.

HE STUFFED HIS NIGHTSHIRT UNDER HIS ARM

AND STARTED RUNNING HOME.

HE DIDN’T STOP UNTIL HE GOT THERE.

NO ONE WAS UP, BUT HE WAS SO GLAD JUST TO BE HOME.

JACOB MUST HAVE FELT PRETTY ALONE TOO.

THAT NIGHT, HE PULLED UP A ROCK FOR A PILLOW

AND LAY DOWN TO SLEEP ON THE GROUND.

*STAIRWAY SLIDE*

II.

JACOB HAD A DREAM

IN HIS DREAM HE SAW A STAIRWAY THAT WENT FROM THE EARTH UP TO HEAVEN.

HE SAW ANGELS GOING UP AND DOWN THE STAIRWAY.

ONE THING THAT...*THE STAIRWAY* SHOWS US

IS THAT THERE IS A GREAT DISTANCE BETWEEN

EARTH AND HEAVEN.

A DISTANCE SO GREAT THAT WE CAN'T GET ACROSS IT, WITHOUT USING  *THE STAIRWAY*.

JESUS SAID IN  *JOHN 1:51 (NIV)*

THAT HE IS *THE STAIRWAY*

HE  CONNECTS HEAVEN AND EARTH.

THIS IS WHAT HE SAID...