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From Genesis 25:21-27
God chooses through:
1. Sovereign Selection – God’s choice is rooted in His , not our .
📖 Genesis 25:23 ESV And the Lord said to her, “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you shall be divided; the one shall be stronger than the other, the older shall serve the younger.”
📖 Romans 9:11-13 ESV though they were not yet born and had done nothing either good or bad—in order that God’s purpose of election might continue, not because of works but because of him who calls— 12 she was told, “The older will serve the younger.” 13 As it is written, “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”
Lessons from the life of Jacob:
Jacob was a , but still by God.
📖 Genesis 27:18-19 ESV So he went in to his father and said, “My father.” And he said, “Here I am. Who are you, my son?” 19 Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau, your firstborn. I have done as you told me; now sit up and eat of my game, that your soul may bless me.”
God chooses through:
2. Surprising Strategy – God delights in using the to reveal the .
📖 Genesis 27:36 ESV Esau said, “Is he not rightly named Jacob? For he has cheated me these two times. He took away my birthright, and behold, now he has taken away my blessing.” Then he said, “Have you not reserved a blessing for me?”
📖 1 Corinthians 1:27 ESV But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong.
Lessons from the life of Jacob:
Jacob was a man full of , but still by God.
📖 Genesis 32:6-7 ESV And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, “We came to your brother Esau, and he is coming to meet you, and there are four hundred men with him.” 7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed. He divided the people who were with him, and the flocks and herds and camels, into two camps…
God chooses to:
3. Shape through Sanctification – God calls us to , then us through a lifelong process of .
📖 Genesis 35:10 ESV And God said to him, “Your name is Jacob; no longer shall your name be called Jacob, but Israel shall be your name.” So he called his name Israel.
📖 Ephesians 2:10 ESV For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
Lessons from the life of Jacob:
When Jacob finally , God renamed and Jacob for a .
A Christian’s purpose in life is to:
A. and God deeply.
📖 Matthew 22:37 ESV “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.”
B. in everything we do.
📖 1 Corinthians 10:31 ESV So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
C. Be through into the image of Christ.
📖 Romans 8:29 ESV For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.
📖 John 15:2 ESV Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
D. and others faithfully.
📖 Matthew 22:39 ESV “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
God chooses for His:
4. Sacred Storyline – God selects us to in His unfolding of .
📖 Genesis 35: 11-12 ESV And God said to him, “I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations shall come from you, and kings shall come from your own body. 12 The land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you, and I will give the land to your offspring after you.”
📖 John 15:16 ESV “You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.”
Lessons from the life of Jacob:
God used Jacob to become the of the of Israel.
God chooses to use His:
5. Saving Grace – God’s meets us in our and rewrites for .
📖 Genesis 28:15 ESV “Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”
📖 Romans 8:30 ESV And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.
Lessons from the life of Jacob:
Jacob ran from , but he could not outrun .
Sermon in a sentence:
God graciously chooses the , reshapes them through , and uses them to reflect His eternal in His story of .
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