The document provides commentary on Genesis 29:16-30, which describes Jacob marrying Leah and Rachel. It summarizes that Jacob worked 7 years to marry Rachel but was tricked by Laban into marrying Leah instead. Jacob then had to work another 7 years to also marry Rachel. The commentary notes various meanings and implications of the names and events, such as how Jacob reaped what he had sown in deceiving Esau. It also discusses how God opened Leah's womb while Rachel was barren, showing His care for the unloved.
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Everyone in this chapter sins. Isaac is physically blind, but worse he is blind to the will of God. Esau has sold his birthright and seeks revenge when his brother steals the blessing. Rebekah, knowing the God has decreed Jacob to be blessed, uses her own cunning to accomplish God's purpose. Jacob, is willingly and knowingly complicit in expediting his mother's scheme, supplanting his brother and grasping his father's blessing. Yet, in spite of all this, God's sovereign purpose is fulfilled. Man's sin neither thwarts nor obviates divine providence!
God teaches each of us using sometimes intensely painful circumstances to inculcate profound and powerful lessons. Such was the case with Jacob, the deceiver, who spent 20 years with his uncle Laban being on the receiving end of deceitfulness. Everyone, Jacob and Laban, Leah and Rachel, and Zilpah and Bilhah learn life's lessons in God's classroom, known as Genesis 29.
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Among the many chapters in the Bible Genesis 22 stands out among the most significant, personal and poignant. As a vivid picture of substitutionary atonement, the event of Abraham's offering his son, portends the Father's offering of His Son, Jesus, on the cross.
Everyone in this chapter sins. Isaac is physically blind, but worse he is blind to the will of God. Esau has sold his birthright and seeks revenge when his brother steals the blessing. Rebekah, knowing the God has decreed Jacob to be blessed, uses her own cunning to accomplish God's purpose. Jacob, is willingly and knowingly complicit in expediting his mother's scheme, supplanting his brother and grasping his father's blessing. Yet, in spite of all this, God's sovereign purpose is fulfilled. Man's sin neither thwarts nor obviates divine providence!
God teaches each of us using sometimes intensely painful circumstances to inculcate profound and powerful lessons. Such was the case with Jacob, the deceiver, who spent 20 years with his uncle Laban being on the receiving end of deceitfulness. Everyone, Jacob and Laban, Leah and Rachel, and Zilpah and Bilhah learn life's lessons in God's classroom, known as Genesis 29.
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Jacob dreamed of ladder leading into heaven with angels ascending and descending. This PowerPoint lesson focuses on the significance of Jacob's Dream. Free PowerPoint Download at www.BibleGuy.org
Jacob was in exile, in the process of fleeing from his vengeful brother. After 3 days into his 517 mile journey to Syria, he stops at a seemingly insignificant place to rest for the night. The dream he had that night was an unforgettable revelation from God, an amazing description of the coming Messiah. There are many details in this account that apply to us, both as Christian believers and as non-believers.
God's amazing grace and mercy are profoundly evidenced in this account of Abraham and Sarah, who deceived a pagan king, just after they were promised by God the miraculous birth of Isaac. Their deception, unwittingly perhaps to Abraham and Sarah but clearly a scheme of Satan, threatened the fulfilment of God's promise. However, God providentially thwarted Satan's scheme and Isaac was born as God decreed.
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God's amazing grace and mercy are profoundly evidenced in this account of Abraham and Sarah, who deceived a pagan king, just after they were promised by God the miraculous birth of Isaac. Their deception, unwittingly perhaps to Abraham and Sarah but clearly a scheme of Satan, threatened the fulfilment of God's promise. However, God providentially thwarted Satan's scheme and Isaac was born as God decreed.
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1. Genesis 29:16-30
Family?
December 16, 2018
First Baptist Church
Jackson, Mississippi
USA
What’s the number one thing?
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The Glory of God!
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1 Corinthians 10:31 ESV
31 So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
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3. When you put these names into a sentence, you get the following: Man (is)
appointed mortal sorrow; (but) the blessed God shall come down teaching
(that) His death shall bring the despairing (that would be us) rest (Matthew 11).
So, 4,000 years before His earthly ministry began - Jesus, the blessed God Who
would bring us rest, was foretold in Genesis!
For more information about this and other interesting Bible facts, visit
www.khouse.org. (C. Missler)
Genesis 29:16-30
Family?
Genesis 29:16-30 NASB
16 Now Laban had two daughters; the name of the older was Leah, and the
name of the younger was Rachel. 17 And Leah’s eyes were weak, but Rachel was
beautiful of form and face. 18 Now Jacob loved Rachel, so he said, “I will serve
you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.” 19 Laban said, “It is better
that I give her to you than to give her to another man; stay with me.” 20 So Jacob
served seven years for Rachel and they seemed to him but a few days because
of his love for her.
Laban’s Treachery
21 Then Jacob said to Laban, “Give me my wife, for my time is completed, that I
may go in to her.” 22 Laban gathered all the men of the place and made a feast.
23 Now in the evening he took his daughter Leah, and brought her to him; and
Jacob went in to her. 24 Laban also gave his maid Zilpah to his daughter Leah as
a maid. 25 So it came about in the morning that, behold, it was Leah! And he said
to Laban, “What is this you have done to me? Was it not for Rachel that I served
with you? Why then have you deceived me?” 26 But Laban said, “It is not the
practice in our place to marry off the younger before the firstborn. 27 Complete
the week of this one, and we will give you the other also for the service which
you shall serve with me for another seven years.” 28 Jacob did so and completed
her week, and he gave him his daughter Rachel as his wife. 29 Laban also gave
his maid Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as her maid. 30 So Jacob went in to
Rachel also, and indeed he loved Rachel more than Leah, and he served with
Laban for another seven years.
4. Revelation 7:3-8 NASB
3 “Do not harm the Earth or the sea or the trees until we have sealed the bond-
servants of our God on their foreheads.”
4 And I heard the number of those who were sealed, one hundred and forty-four
thousand sealed from every tribe of the sons of Israel:
5 from the tribe of Judah, twelve thousand were sealed, from the tribe of
Reuben twelve thousand, from the tribe of Gad twelve thousand, 6 from the
tribe of Asher twelve thousand, from the tribe of Naphtali twelve thousand,
from the tribe of Manasseh twelve thousand, 7 from the tribe of Simeon twelve
thousand, from the tribe of Levi twelve thousand, from the tribe of Issachar
twelve thousand, 8 from the tribe of Zebulun twelve thousand, from the tribe of
Joseph twelve thousand, from the tribe of Benjamin, twelve thousand were
sealed.
What’s in a Name?
Why did God go to the trouble of specifically naming the 12 tribes when listing
the 144,000?
This is one of the first and most compelling clues that there must be some hidden
spiritual meaning to the tribes listed in Revelation 7.
5. This is the only time the sons of Jacob are arranged in this order —and curiously,
Ruben, the firstborn, is listed as second, while Judah, the fourth offspring, is listed
as the first!
So, the order of these names makes no sense unless we allow the names to
speak for themselves; then, perhaps, we will see God is trying to communicate a
special message to us through these names.
Notice how the wives of Jacob, Rachael, and Leah proclaimed a statement
defining the meaning of the son’s names as they were born.
In Genesis 29:32-35, we read, “So Leah conceived and bore a son, and she
called his name Reuben; for she said, ‘The LORD has surely looked on my
affliction. Now therefore, my husband will love me.
As you continue reading the narrative of each of the births of Jacob’s sons,
Rachel and Leah made similar prophetic statements for all 12 of the sons
regarding the meanings of their names.
Here are the names of the tribes listed for the 144,000, in the order in which
Revelation 7 lists them, and their corresponding Hebrew meanings as found in
Scripture:
1. Judah means “I will praise the Lord.”
2. Ruben means “He has looked on me.”
3. Gad means “Given good fortune.”
4. Asher means “Happy am I.”
5. Naphtali means “My wrestling.”
6. Manasseh means “Making me to forget.”
7. Simeon means “God hears me.”
8. Levi means “Joined to me.”
9. Issachar means “Purchased Me.”
10.Zebulun means “Dwelling.”
11.Joseph means “Will add to me.”
12.Benjamin means “Son of His right hand.”
6. Now here is the amazing part.
Notice what happens when you line up these meanings of the names according
to the way they appear as listed in Revelation 7.
It forms a very remarkable statement declaring how God saves the church as
His bride!
“I will praise the Lord for He has looked on me and given good fortune. I am
happy because my wrestling – God is making me to forget. God hears me and
is joined to me. He has purchased me a dwelling and will add to me, the Son of
His right hand.”
These names presented in this order describe a brief story summarizing the
church’s struggle, redemption, victory, and ultimate marriage to the Lamb.
God was declaring the end from the very beginning (Isaiah 46:10)!
This morning, we are going to focus on one of the patriarchs – Jacob.
Hebrews 11:20-21 MSG
20 By an act of faith, Isaac reached into the future as he blessed Jacob and Esau.
21 By an act of faith, Jacob on his deathbed blessed each of Joseph’s sons in
turn, blessing them with God’s blessing, not his own—as he bowed worshipfully
upon his staff.
7. Jon Courson’s Application Commentary Old Testament Volume 1.
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When a girl was born into this culture, no one paid much attention.
Females of that day received a lot of their worth and self-image from the surface
and not from within.
The best a woman could hope for was that she would grow up to be beautiful.
But God makes it clear throughout Scripture that unlike man, God looks at the
heart.
1 Samuel 16:7b NASB
7b “God sees not as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but the
Lord looks at the heart.”
Genesis 29:17 MSG
17 Leah had nice eyes, but Rachel was stunningly beautiful.
8. The Bible is trying to say in a polite way that Leah (weary, tired, cow) was not
very attractive, which was not news to her since all of their lives folks had
compared Leah to her gorgeous sister, Rachael (ewe, female sheep).
Leah was the oldest but all that entitled her to was to be the head servant in her
father’s household.
Jacob worked seven years and they seemed but a few days because love is
patient (1 Corinthians 13).
There's a world of difference between love and lust.
Love gives. Lust takes.
Love waits. Lust won't.
Love is patient. Lust is pressure.
Love says No. Lust says Now.
Dressed in traditional wedding attire, Leah was veiled from head to toe.
9. Thus, it wasn't until the next day that Jacob realized he had been tricked.
"In our country, we have rules," said Laban. "And the rules dictate we take care
of the firstborn."
Firstborn?
That would strike a chord in the heart of Jacob, for he knew what he had done to
Esau—the firstborn in his own family—had come right back on him. "Whatever a
man sows, that shall he also reap" (Galatians 6:7)—and Jacob discovered this to
be true.
Genesis 29:27 KJV
"Fulfill her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve
with me yet seven other years.
Here it is clear that a Biblical "week" can refer to seven years—an especially
important understanding with regard to the prophecy concerning the seventy
weeks of Daniel chapter 9.
10. Genesis 29:30 KJV
30 And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah,
and served with him yet seven other years.
But watch what happens in the space of just one verse.
Genesis 29:31 KJV
31 And when the Lord saw that Leah was hated, He opened her womb: but
Rachel was barren.
At first the text indicates that Jacob loved Rachel more than he loved Leah, but
here we read that he hated Leah.
This is the problem with polygamy.
11. Completely contrary to the beliefs of our sick society which reports that affairs
can be healthy for a marriage, the Bible says man cannot serve two masters, for
he'll love one and hate the other (Matthew 6:24).
The heart is constructed in such a way that we cannot be in love with two
people simultaneously.
We might think we can and the world might say we can; but the Bible says it
can't be done.
We can't serve two masters.
And this is the problem with polygamy, or with any relationship with the opposite
sex outside of marriage.
If a man is having even an occupational or ministerial relationship with any
woman other than his wife, he's headed for trouble because Jesus taught that
where a man's treasure is — his thoughts and dreams — there will his heart be
also.
Matthew 6:21 NASB
21 for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Any seemingly innocent relationship with a member of the opposite sex other
than your spouse is a subtle, sad, serious situation because as you begin to
share even innocently with each other, your heart follows.
Proverbs 6:27-28 NASB
27 Can a man take fire in his bosom
And his clothes not be burned?
28 Or can a man walk on hot coals
And his feet not be scorched?
12. That's why when a couple comes in for marital counseling with Jon Courson, the
first thing he asks is if there's someone else they're involved with, talking to at
work, or sharing with in a Bible study.
When Jesus chose His disciples, He didn't choose six men and six women; He
chose twelve men.
Otherwise, there were sure to be problems among His disciples.
Men are to work with men, talk to men, disciple men.
Women are to work with women, disciple women, talk to women.
This isn't legalism, it's wisdom.
Genesis 29:32 NASB
32 Leah conceived and bore a son and named him Reuben, for she said,
“Because the Lord has seen my affliction; surely now my husband will love me.”
Leah made the mistake of thinking a baby would bring her and Jacob together.
.
Genesis 29:33 NASB
33 Then she conceived again and bore a son and said, “Because the Lord has
heard that I am unloved, He has therefore given me this son also.” So she
named him Simeon.
The phrase, "the Lord hath heard that I was hated" is more properly rendered,
"the Lord has heard that I am hated."
13. Reuben, whose name means "see a son" didn't bring Jacob and Leah together
in the way Leah hoped.
So, when the Lord gave her Simeon, whose name means "the Lord has heard,"
Leah thought he would be the answer to her prayer.
Genesis 29:34-35 NASB
34 She conceived again and bore a son and said, “Now this time my husband
will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons.” Therefore
he was named Levi. 35 And she conceived again and bore a son and said, “This
time I will praise the Lord.” Therefore she named him Judah. Then she stopped
bearing.
Levi means "join."
"This will do it," Leah thought. "Surely after giving him three sons, Jacob's heart
will be joined to mine."
But it wasn't.
In Genesis 29:35, there's no mention of her husband.
By son number four, Leah realized that no matter how many kids she gave
Jacob, he still wouldn't feel toward her the way she wished.
Judah means “praise” — an appropriate name if Leah had drawn closer to the
Lord as a result of her failed bid for Jacob's devotion.
14. Genesis 30:1 NASB
30 Now when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, she became jealous
of her sister; and she said to Jacob, “Give me children, or else I die.”
Probably for the first time in her life, Rachel envied her older sister because Leah
had four sons, while Rachel was barren—a curse in that culture.
Rachel thought she'd die if she didn't have children.
Ironically, it will be childbirth itself that will kill her.
Give Me Children or I Die
A Topical Study of Genesis 30:1
All of her life, Rachael had been the pretty one—the one who was invited to all
the parties, the one who received all the attention.
But now it was her older sister who seemed to be blessed, for it was her older
sister who was bearing children.
In her spirit of envy, Rachel said, "I want kids. There's nothing to live for if I don't
have kids. Without kids, I just can't go on. Give me children, Jacob, or else I die."
15. And at last anger was ignited in the heart of her husband who loved her so
deeply that the seven years he had to work to secure her as his bride seemed
but a few days.
"I'm not the problem," he said. "I have four kids with Leah. Therefore don't look to
me for the solution."
Note two important points that relate to any of us who find ourselves desperately
seeking a solution to our barren condition:
1) Looking to the Wrong Person.
2) Asking in the Wrong Fashion.
Looking to the Wrong Person:
Maybe you have been looking to your husband, wife, friend, or pastor to meet
the barrenness, emptiness, lack of productivity in your life.
"Meet this need," you cry, "or I'll die."
But the reality is, they can't.
When asked who he was, John the Baptist identified himself by Who he was not.
"I am not the Christ," he said. "I'm not the answer. I'm not the Savior. I'm not the
solution. My whole role is to point to the One Who is the Christ" (John 1:20).
16. Romans 8:20 KJV
20For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of Him
Who hath subjected the same in hope,
For the creature—You and me.
Was made subject to vanity—Or emptiness.
Not willingly—We don't want to feel empty.
But by reason of Him—By God's divine design.
Who hath subjected the same in hope—In order that we would look to Him.
God says, "I'm going to create in the soul of every man and woman a hole
which cannot be satisfied by anything but Me because otherwise they'll look to
her, to him, to it, to that—and they will be disillusioned.
They will fall into deep despondency and dark depression. On the other hand, if
they look to Me to fill the hole in their soul, they'll discover I'll never let them
down."
Isaiah 49:23c NIV
23c “Then you will know that I am the Lord; those who hope in Me will not be
disappointed.”
17. Romans 10:11 NASB
11 For the Scripture says, “whoever believes in Him will not be disappointed.”
Romans 8:20-21 AMP
20 For the creation was subjected to frustration and futility, not willingly [because
of some intentional fault on its part], but by the will of Him Who subjected it, in
hope 21 that the creation itself will also be freed from its bondage to decay [and
gain entrance] into the glorious freedom of the children of God.
God made you to be totally dependent upon Him. Therefore, the person who
finally gives up looking to the wrong person and looks to God exclusively, like
Leah, will be set free and end up praising the Lord (Genesis 29:35).
The only way you'll be truly satisfied is to be extremely close to God, totally
dependent on God, and passionately in love with God.
Philippians 3:10 NASB
10 that I may know Him (personally) and the power of His resurrection
(powerfully) and the fellowship of His sufferings (passionately), being conformed
to His death;
18. Sunday morning Christianity will never fill the hole in your soul.
The hunger in your heart can only be filled through intimacy, dependency, and
an ever-deepening relationship with the One Who created you for His own
pleasure.
Revelation 4:10-11 NASB
10 the twenty-four elders fall down before Him Who sits on the throne and worship
Him Who lives for ever and ever. They lay their crowns before the throne and
say:
11 “You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power,
for You created all things, and by Your will they were created and
have their being.”
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19. Rachael was not only looking to the wrong person (to Jacob instead of to God)
but she was asking in the wrong fashion.
Asking in the Wrong Fashion:
"Give me children, or else I die. I demand that you give me kids."
Such are the prayers of those in the so-called "Faith Movement," the "Name It
and Claim It" gang who say, "We need to speak the word and demand from
God that we don't want to be barren, that we want to be rich and healthy and
successful."
20. So, we should wait patiently.
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Isaiah 40:31 ESV
31 but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength;
they shall mount up with wings like eagles;
they shall run and not be weary;
they shall walk and not faint.
Wait = qavah
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21. Qavah = wait, trust in, hope …
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Waiting Expectantly
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Entwine your life around His!
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22. I AM the Vine… John 15:5
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Psalm 37:7 ESV
7 Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for Him;
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Psalm 5:3 ESV
3 O Lord, in the morning you hear my voice; in the morning I prepare a sacrifice
for you and watch expectantly!
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Lessons from Jacob – Waiting on God
by Bob Sorge
Jacob was the only person in Genesis to talk about waiting on God.
While prophesying over his sons, he stopped to exclaim, “I have waited for your
salvation, O LORD!” (Genesis 49:18).
The statement appears out of place in its context, but when you realize how
waiting was so central to Jacob’s story, it makes sense.
Even though it took many years, eventually he saw the day when God sent from
Heaven and saved him.
After Jacob, the Scriptures are virtually silent on the discipline of waiting on God
until the advent of David.
The whole thing burst to life in David’s writings.
David’s psalmist anointing, which was fueled from a place of long and loving
meditation in the word, necessitated an awakening to waiting on God in His
presence.
David, the first Scriptural writer to place considerable focus on the grace of
waiting was also very taken with Jacob.
David mentions Jacob in his writings more than any other patriarch.
24. After David, the next Bible author to pick up the banner of waiting on God was
Isaiah.
Isaiah is “the king of wait” and he mentions the name of Jacob forty-two times?
Both David and Isaiah placed profound significance upon Jacob as an example
for us to follow.
“Waiting” is an excellent word to summarize Jacob’s life.
It’s true that over his span of 147 years he had some bell-ringing, catalytic
moments.
But the vast majority of his story was marked by extended periods of waiting on
God.
Brief bursts of divine activity were separated by vast expanses of virtual
inactivity.
Actually, this is one of God’s signature ways.
He separates His most outstanding works by protracted periods of seeming
silence.
Then, when He finally manifests His glory, it shines all the more brilliantly.
Consider the lengthy span between each of God’s most outstanding wonders:
from creation to the flood, to the Exodus, to the return from exile, to the
resurrection of Christ, and then to the future coming of Christ.
There’s a long time between each of those six mighty events!
It’s those prolonged lapses between His major activities that put the flair into the
way God invades and redirects human history.
The deafening silence of the thousands of years between each mighty
intervention has rumbled throughout history in tympanic drumrolls of suspenseful
anticipation.
The waiting seasons actually give God the room He needs to write the story.
Those who demand resolution too hastily can forfeit the grandeur of what God
was intending to write.
25. By taking things into your own hands prematurely, you can undermine the basis
upon which God was planning to write your last, great chapter.
Isaiah 64:4 NKJV
4 For since the beginning of the world
Men have not heard nor perceived by the ear,
Nor has the eye seen any God besides You,
Who acts for the one who waits for Him.
Takeaway: Wait on God. Give Him some material to work with!
When Rachel finally had a son, she named him Joseph.
Why?
Because Joseph means, "May God Add."
In other words, Joseph wasn't enough.
Rachel wanted more.
That's always the way it is.
When you're looking to something or someone other than God to meet the need
of your soul, it's never enough.
And here's the real irony:
As a result of having another son, Rachel did, in fact, die.
As she was dying in childbirth, what did she say? Not, "Oh, praise God, another
son;" not, "Oh, Lord, You're awesome to give this barren woman two children."
No, as she was dying in childbirth, Rachel named her son Benoni, or "Son of my
Sorrow."
The last word on beautiful Rachel's lips was "sorrow" (Genesis 35:18).
Rachel demanded her way and it killed her.
Why did Rachel's life end this way?
Because she looked to the wrong person and asked in the wrong fashion.
A husband, wife, friend, pastor, or parent cannot fill the hole in your soul
because you were created for a deep yet humble relationship with God.
26. A broken Rachel named her son Benoni, "Son of my Sorrow."
But a wiser Jacob renamed him Benjamin, "Son of my right hand."
As the Son of Man, Jesus was called the "Man of sorrows" (Isaiah 53:3), but as the
Son of God, He sits at the Father's right hand (Colossians 3:1).
And as He does, He prays for us.
Rachel said, "Give me children, or I die."
The Father says, "For My children, I will die."
God says, "I am so in love with you, I'm not demanding something from you, but
I'm dying for you. I love you to death! The sins and mistakes you've made so
foolishly, I will wash away completely in order that you can live with Me
eternally."
Proverbs 3:5-6 KJV
5 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
6 In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths.
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart - don't look to anyone else to fill the hole in
your soul.
And lean not unto thine own understanding - don't demand God to do things
your way.
In all thy ways acknowledge Him - realize God alone is your Satisfaction, your
Reason for living.
And He shall direct thy paths - He will fill every need!
Don't trust in your own demands or desires, your own plans or perspective.
If you do, you'll die with the word "sorrow" on your lips.
Instead, trust in the Lord with all your heart, and He will direct you not to the
place of Rachel's sorrow—but to the place Leah found her ultimate satisfaction:
He will direct your paths to Himself!
27. Sunday
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Luke 1:26-38
Promise Kept
December 23, 2018
First Baptist Church
Jackson, Mississippi
USA
The Plan of Hope & Salvation
John 3:16 NASB
16 “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever
believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.”
John 14:6 NASB
6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to
the Father but through me.”
Romans 3:23 NASB
23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
Romans 6:23a NASB
23a For the wages of sin is death,
• Death in this life (the first death) is 100%.
• Even Jesus, the one who doesn’t deserve death, died in this life to pay the
penalty for our sins.
• The death referred to in Romans 6:23a is the second death explained in
Revelation 21:8.
Revelation 21:8 NASB
8 “But for the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and
immoral persons and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part will be in the
lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”
28. Romans 6:23b NASB
23b but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 5:8 NASB
8 but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for
us.
Revelation 21:7 NASB
7 “He who overcomes will inherit these things, and I will be his God and he will be
My son.”
• Romans 10:9-10 explains to us how to be overcomers.
Romans 10:9-10 NASB
9 that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that
God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; 10 for with the heart a person
believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in
salvation.
Romans 10:13 NASB
13 for “Whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
Have questions?
Would you like to know more?
Please, contact First Baptist Church Jackson at 601-949-1900 or
http://firstbaptistjackson.org/contact/