Coloring Over Esau's Heart Problem
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As a little kid seeing my parents use a pen or marker to cover something that wasn’t to be seen. We tried that too – with a crayon.
Have you ever used whiteout? It covers up a mistake. However, what happens if you start rubbing it off?
You learn pretty quickly that the mistake is still there. You can’t whiteout the mistake away. It only covers it for a while – till it gets worn away.
His Rebellion (disobedience)
His Rebellion (disobedience)
And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite: Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.
He married those two women of Canaan (God-hating people)
He married those two women of Canaan (God-hating people)
It was a grief of mind to his parents.
He didn’t care if it was destructive to his father or mother.
Rebellion will take you to the point of not caring anymore what effect your sin has on anyone else.
Your rebellion will make you say I don’t care what my actions do.
His Ruin (loss)
His Ruin (loss)
And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I. And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death: Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison; And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.
And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting. And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his father, and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son’s venison, that thy soul may bless me. And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy son, thy firstborn Esau. And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where is he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, and he shall be blessed.
He lost the blessing
He lost the blessing
God wanted Jacob to get the blessing not Esau
Esau hated his brother because he lost his blessing
He had the blessing snatched from him though it was what he wanted the most
He had the blessing snatched from him though it was what he wanted the most
His Remorse (regret)
His Remorse (regret)
And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father. And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy blessing. And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me? And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now unto thee, my son? And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.
His weeping
His weeping
He wept before his father not before God
His new marriage
His new marriage
When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padan-aram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan; And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan-aram; And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father; Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham’s son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.
He saw that there were some things that displeased his parents and some things that pleased them
Esau wanted to get back in the good graces.
He saw that there were things that weren’t going right in his life.
He wanted to correct those things somehow.
The best thing he could come up with is to please his parents again
He copied Jacob’s actions (pleasing to his parents) without exactly copying them.
I always thought that the daughters of Ishmael would have been in more rebellion to his father.
However, Ishmael lived over by Egypt – not part of the Canaanites.
It seems that he is wanting to get back in with his parents by marrying someone that is not of Canaan.
He goes the opposite direction than Jacob to get a wife
Just because you try to please your parents doesn’t mean that you are pleasing God.
Just because you try to please your parents doesn’t mean that you are pleasing God.
You can have all the externals of being right.
You can make everyone that is your authority happy and have a good show.
Still be wrong in your heart.
Obedience on the outside but not on the inside.
Getting good at smiling to cover the rebellion on the inside