After Jacob's encounter with God he became a new man. Free PowerPoint Download

1. Israel’s God is God:
A Changed Man
Genesis 33:1-20

2. An Encounter with God
Changes People
Prior to Jacob’s encounter with God he was:
– Deceptive - taking his brother’s birthright and
blessing
– Materialistic – Possessions were viewed as
blessings.
– Self-centered
– Fearful – of his brother, his uncle
– Prideful and self-willed

3. An Encounter with God
Changes People
After wrestling with God Jacob changed:
– Shows courage - He will lead his family instead of
following them
– Shows humility - He bows to his brother
– Puts people before possessions
– Seeks reconciliation above wealth
– Accepts a new identity.
– Proclaims God as his God

4. What Caused Jacob’s Change?
Genesis 32:30b–31 (NET) “Certainly I have seen
God face to face and have survived.” 31 The
sun rose over him as he crossed over Penuel,
but he was limping because of his hip.
– Jacob had seen the face of God
– Jacob had a new name (identity)
– Jacob was humbled by his encounter with God

5. Main Idea
Where there is an
encounter with God
there is change!

6. A Changed Man:
Genesis 33:1–20 (NET) 1
Jacob looked up and saw
that Esau was coming along
with four hundred men. So
he divided the children
among Leah, Rachel, and
the two female servants. 2
He put the servants and
their children in front, with
Leah and her children
behind them, and Rachel
and Joseph behind them.
• Faces his fears
• Protects his family

7. A Changed Man:
3 But Jacob himself went
on ahead of them, and he
bowed toward the ground
seven times as he
approached his brother
• Leads his family in
danger
• Humbles Himself:
– To Protect his family
– To reconcile himself to
his brother
– To seek forgiveness

8. A Changed Man:
4 But Esau ran to meet
him, embraced him,
hugged his neck, and
kissed him. Then they
both wept.
• Embraces forgiveness
– He is not too big to show
affection.
– He is not too big to
weep.

9. A Changed Man:
5 When Esau looked up
and saw the women and
the children, he asked,
“Who are these people
with you?” Jacob replied,
“The children whom God
has graciously given your
servant.”
• Acknowledges:
– God’s goodness
– God’s grace
– God’s provisions
• Does not take credit for
what he has been given

10. A Changed Man:
6 The female servants
came forward with their
children and bowed down.
7 Then Leah came forward
with her children and they
bowed down. Finally
Joseph and Rachel came
forward and bowed down.
• Values his loved ones
and enjoys showing
them off.

11. A Changed Man
8 Esau then asked, “What
did you intend by sending
all these herds to meet
me?” Jacob replied, “To
find favor in your sight, my
lord.”
• Puts Relationships
before Possessions

12. A Changed Man:
9 But Esau said, “I have
plenty, my brother. Keep
what belongs to you.” 10
“No, please take them,”
Jacob said. “If I have found
favor in your sight, accept
my gift from my hand.
Now that I have seen your
face and you have
accepted me, it is as if I
have seen the face of God.
• Sees God’s Face in
People, Not Things
• “it is as if I have seen
the face of God.”
– Jacob had seen the face
of God and had a change
in attitude toward his
brother
• Changed people see
God’s face in others.

13. A Changed Man:
11 Please take my present
that was brought to you,
for God has been
generous to me and I have
all I need.” When Jacob
urged him, he took it.
• Is a Generous Man
– Because God has been
generous to him
– He desires to be
generous to others
• Receives pleasure in
giving
• Enjoys telling others of
God’s grace by sharing it
with others.

14. A Changed Man
12 Then Esau said, “Let’s be on
our way! I will go in front of
you.” 13 But Jacob said to him,
“My lord knows that the
children are young, and that I
have to look after the sheep
and cattle that are nursing
their young. If they are driven
too hard for even a single day,
all the animals will die. 14 Let
my lord go on ahead of his
servant. I will travel more
slowly, at the pace of the herds
and the children, until I come
to my lord at Seir.”
Doesn’t Inconvenience Others
• He puts others before self
• He doesn’t want to slow
Esau down
• He doesn’t want to
endanger the children or
the animals

15. A Changed Man:
15 So Esau said, “Let me leave
some of my men with you.”
“Why do that?” Jacob replied.
“My lord has already been kind
enough to me.” 16 So that
same day Esau made his way
back to Seir. 17 But Jacob
traveled to Succoth where he
built himself a house and
made shelters for his livestock.
That is why the place was
called Succoth.
• Is thankful for past acts of
kindness,
• Does not use previous
kindnesses to seek more
• Succoth means shelters
• Why did Jacob break his
word and go the opposite
direction?
– Fear?
– Saw potential problems if his
family mixed with Esau’s?

16. A Changed Man:
18 After he left Paddan
Aram, Jacob came safely to
the city of Shechem in the
land of Canaan, and he
camped near the city. 19
Then he purchased the
portion of the field where
he had pitched his tent; he
bought it from the sons of
Hamor, Shechem’s father,
for a hundred pieces of
money.
• Does not mind paying for
what he needs

17. A Changed Person:
20 There he set up an altar
and called it “The God of
Israel is God.”
• Acknowledges His God as
God
– “El Elohe Israel”
– “The God of Israel is God”
– “The God of Israel is
mighty”
– “My God is God”
– “This is my God and He is
Powerful”
• Accepted his new identity
in God

18. Are you a changed person?
• Have you wrestled with God?
• Have you seen the face of God?
– If you’ve seen Jesus, you’ve seen God
• You cannot know Jesus and not be changed

19. Are You a Changed Person?
• Has your encounter with God changed you?
– Do you face your Esau? Your fear?
– Do you lead your family and loved ones or hide behind
them?
– Do you humble yourself and put others before you?
Your friends, your family, others?
– Do you seek forgiveness and reconciliation?
– Do you value people more than things?
– Do you see the face of God in others?
– Are you generous?
– Are you thankful for previous acts of kindness?

20. Are you a Changed Person?
• Is the God of Israel your God?
• “El Elohe Israel”
– The God of Israel is God
– The God of Israel is the only God
– The God of Israel is mighty
– The almighty God, the God of Israel is my God
• Deuteronomy 6:4 Listen, Israel: The LORD is
our God, the LORD is one!

21. How Can you become
a Changed Person?
• Acknowledge the God of Israel as God
• Acknowledge that he sent his son into the world
to die on the cross for your sins.
• Accept the gift of eternal life
• One doesn’t change to come to God, one
encounters God and God changes him
Acts 4:12 And there is salvation in no one else, for
there is no other name under heaven given
among people by which we must be saved.”