Faith of Isaac
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1) Isaac shares posts on Faithbook about passing on blessings to the next generation based on lessons he learned from his father Abraham. 2) Isaac discusses how he learned to obey his father, reflect on God's words, and follow God's lead in faith. He warns that children can pick up both good and bad habits from their parents. 3) Isaac's final post notes that children desperately need their parents' blessing. The document then describes episodes from Genesis where Isaac blesses Jacob, deceiving Esau of his birthright, and Esau begging for Isaac's blessing.
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Faith of Isaac
- 1. Connecting with God’s Faith-filled Friends
- 2. Search Faithbook Home Isaac Edit Profile I was almost on the wrong side of a knife! Elohim 12 hrs Don’t worry Isaac… you blessed the right boy! You’ll see. Esau 4 hrs Not fair!!! I was tricked by Mom and her son. Groups Hebrew Patriarchs Abraham
- 3. Passing on the Blessing to the Next Generation Isaac Edit Profile Hebrews 11:20 Genesis 21-27; 35 Passing on the Blessing to the Next Generation
- 4. Passing on the Blessing Isaac Hebrews 11:20 By faith Isaac invoked future blessing on Jacob and Esau.
- 5. Passing on the Blessing Isaac First Post Our children learn from our successes.
- 6. Passing on the Blessing Isaac Isaac learned to obey his father
- 7. Passing on the Blessing Isaac Isaac learned to reflect deeply on God’s words.
- 8. Passing on the Blessing Isaac Genesis 24 62 Now Isaac had returned from Beer- lahai-roi and was dwelling in the Negeb.63 And Isaac went out to meditate in the field toward evening. And he lifted up his eyes and saw, and behold, there were camels coming.
- 9. Passing on the Blessing Isaac Genesis 24 64 And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she dismounted from the camel 65 and said to the servant, “Who is that man, walking in the field to meet us?” The servant said, “It is my master.” So she took her veil and covered herself.
- 10. Passing on the Blessing Isaac Genesis 24 66 And the servant told Isaac all the things that he had done. 67 Then Isaac brought her into the tent of Sarah his mother and took Rebekah, and she became his wife, and he loved her. So Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.
- 11. Passing on the Blessing Isaac Genesis 24 63a And Isaac went out to meditate in the field toward evening…
- 12. Isaac learned to follow God’s lead in faith.
- 13. Passing on the Blessing Isaac Genesis 26 1 Now there was a famine in the land—besides the earlier famine of Abraham’s time—and Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines in Gerar.
- 14. Passing on the Blessing Isaac Genesis 26 2 The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt; live in the land where I tell you to live.
- 15. Passing on the Blessing Isaac Genesis 26 3 Stay in this land for a while, and I will be with you and will bless you. For to you and your descendants I will give all these lands and will confirm the oath I swore to your father Abraham.
- 16. Passing on the Blessing Isaac Genesis 26 4 I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed,
- 17. Passing on the Blessing Isaac Genesis 26 5 because Abraham obeyed me and kept my requirements, my commands, my decrees and my laws.” 6 So Isaac stayed in Gerar.
- 18. Passing on the Blessing Isaac Second Post Our children pick up our bad habits.
- 19. Passing on the Blessing Isaac Genesis 26 6 So Isaac settled in Gerar. 7 When the men of the place asked him about his wife, he said, “She is my sister,” for he feared to say, “My wife,” thinking, “lest the men of the place should kill me because of Rebekah,” because she was attractive in appearance.
- 20. Passing on the Blessing Isaac Genesis 26 8 When he had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out of a window and saw Isaac laughing with Rebekah his wife.
- 21. Passing on the Blessing Isaac Genesis 26 9 So Abimelech called Isaac and said, “Behold, she is your wife. How then could you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac said to him, “Because I thought, ‘Lest I die because of her.’”
- 22. Passing on the Blessing Isaac Genesis 26 10 Abimelech said, “What is this you have done to us? One of the people might easily have lain with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us.”
- 23. Passing on the Blessing Isaac Genesis 26 11 So Abimelech warned all the people, saying, “Whoever touches this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.”
- 24. Passing on the Blessing Isaac Third Post Our children desperately need our blessing.
- 25. Putting the “FUN” back in DYSFUNCTIONAL “Insanity doesn’t run in my family. It strolls through, taking time to get to know each of us personally.”
- 26. Passing on the Blessing Isaac Genesis 27 34 As soon as Esau heard the words of his father, he cried out with an exceedingly great and bitter cry and said to his father, “Bless me, even me also, O my father!”
- 27. Passing on the Blessing Isaac Genesis 27 35 But he said, “Your brother came deceitfully, and he has taken away your blessing.”
- 28. Passing on the Blessing Isaac Genesis 27 36 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?”
- 29. Passing on the Blessing Isaac Genesis 27 37 Isaac answered and said to Esau, “Behold, I have made him lord over you, and all his brothers I have given to him for servants, and with grain and wine I have sustained him. What then can I do for you, my son?”
- 30. Passing on the Blessing Isaac Genesis 27 38 Esau said to his father, “Have you but one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, O my father.” And Esau lifted up his voice and wept.
- 31. Passing on the Blessing Isaac The Blessing Andor Földes Emil von Sauer Franz Liszt Ludwig von Beethoven
- 32. Passing on the Blessing Isaac The Blessing: Giving the Gift of Unconditional Love and Acceptance John Trent and Gary Smalley
- 33. Connecting with God’s Faith-filled Friends
Editor's Notes
- Passing on the Blessing to the Next Generation
- Hebrews 11:20 By faith Isaac invoked future blessing on Jacob and Esau.
- First Post Our children learn from our successes.
- Isaac on Mt. Moriah: Prepared to be his father’s sacrifice. We see no active resistance on Isaac’s part. He is fully obedient and submissive to His Father. Some theologians have said that Abraham on Mt. Moriah is a picture of God the Father, and Isaac is a picture of God the Son.
- Isaac learned to reflect deeply on God’s Word. We have a tendency to think of Isaac as “the other patriarch.” He isn’t as interesting to us as Abraham or Jacob. He’s just sort of sandwiched in between two larger personalities, hidden away in the “Momma’s Boy” Hall of Fame.
- Genesis 24 62 Now Isaac had returned from Beer-lahai-roi and was dwelling in the Negeb.63 And Isaac went out to meditate in the field toward evening. And he lifted up his eyes and saw, and behold, there were camels coming.
- 64 And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she dismounted from the camel 65 and said to the servant, “Who is that man, walking in the field to meet us?” The servant said, “It is my master.” So she took her veil and covered herself.
- 66 And the servant told Isaac all the things that he had done. 67 Then Isaac brought her into the tent of Sarah his mother and took Rebekah, and she became his wife, and he loved her. So Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.
- Isaac learned to follow God’s lead in faith.
- Genesis 26 1 Now there was a famine in the land—besides the earlier famine of Abraham’s time—and Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines in Gerar.
- 2 The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt; live in the land where I tell you to live.
- 3 Stay in this land for a while, and I will be with you and will bless you. For to you and your descendants I will give all these lands and will confirm the oath I swore to your father Abraham.
- 4 I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed,
- 5 because Abraham obeyed me and kept my requirements, my commands, my decrees and my laws.” 6 So Isaac stayed in Gerar.
- Second Post Our children pick up our bad habits. On two occasions, when frightened, Abraham told a half truth, telling some petty king that Sarah was his sister, not his wife. She was his half sister. It seems that Isaac learned well from his father. Turn to Genesis 26:1-11 Some bad habits even be submitted by our grandparents.
- Genesis 26 6 So Isaac settled in Gerar. 7 When the men of the place asked him about his wife, he said, “She is my sister,” for he feared to say, “My wife,” thinking, “lest the men of the place should kill me because of Rebekah,” because she was attractive in appearance.
- 8 When he had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out of a window and saw Isaac laughing with Rebekah his wife.
- 9 So Abimelech called Isaac and said, “Behold, she is your wife. How then could you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac said to him, “Because I thought, ‘Lest I die because of her.’”
- 10 Abimelech said, “What is this you have done to us? One of the people might easily have lain with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us.”
- 11 So Abimelech warned all the people, saying, “Whoever touches this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.”
- Third Post Our children desperately need our blessing.
- As we continue to look at the family of Isaac, there is one truth we cannot deny if we are going to be honest in evaluating the biblical text. This is not what we would call a “normal” family. This is a family that put the fun back in dysfunctional. And, in my opinion, Isaac is a patriarch, but Rebekah is the matriarch and master of the drama. I found a saying that I think could well have been spoken by Rebekah if she got real honest with herself: “Insanity doesn’t run in my family. It strolls through, taking time to get to know each of us personally.” Let me prove my assessment by outlining the events of Genesis 37: Isaac sends Esau out to hunt and prepare a meal before giving him “the blessing.” Rebekah overhears this and convinces Jacob to deceive his father. Rebekah prepares a meal, disguises Jacob in his brothers clothes and tells him to put hairy goat pelts on his arms so his near blind father will be deceived. Who does stuff like this? Jacob follows mom’s instructions to a tee. Isaac is a bit thown. The clothes smell right. The arms feel hairy, but the voice is off… but the meal is perfect and Isaac gives Jacob the blessing of the firstborn. Enter Esau. Jacob is gone. Mom is nowhere to be seen. Esau comes in with his stew. Just a brief aside. I think he was misnamed. I really think Esau should have been named “Stew-art” because there’s always stew involved when things go badly for him. Esau learns that Jacob has not just received his birthright, but now his blessing. Turn with me to Genesis 37:34:
- Genesis 37 34 As soon as Esau heard the words of his father, he cried out with an exceedingly great and bitter cry and said to his father, “Bless me, even me also, O my father!”
- 35 But he said, “Your brother came deceitfully, and he has taken away your blessing.”
- 36 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?”
- 37 Isaac answered and said to Esau, “Behold, I have made him lord over you, and all his brothers I have given to him for servants, and with grain and wine I have sustained him. What then can I do for you, my son?”
- 38 Esau said to his father, “Have you but one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, O my father.” And Esau lifted up his voice and wept. It seems unfair to us. Deceit seems to have been rewarded. However, God knew the hearts of both of these men. He allowed Jacob’s and Rebekah’s deception because, in the end, Jacob had the capacity to become Israel. He had a capacity to contend with God and be changed forever. And there could not be two blessings. The blessing was more than an extending of prosperity. It meant being a part of the messianic line… the line of Christ. There could not be two messiah’s. We, however, are in a different position. We should have a blessing for each of our children. I also believe that the blessing should start long before our deathbeds.
- The Power of the Blessing At age 16 Andor Foldes was already a skilled pianist, but he was experiencing a troubled year. In the midst of the young Hungarian’s personal struggles, one of the most renowned pianists of the day came to Budapest. Emil von Sauer was famous not only for his abilities; he was also the last surviving pupil of the great Franz Liszt. Von Sauer requested that Foldes play for him. Foldes obliged with some of the most difficult works of Bach, Beethoven, and Schumann. When he finished, von Sauer walked over to him and kissed him on the forehead. “My son,” he said, “when I was your age I became a student of Liszt. He kissed me on the forehead after my first lesson, saying, ‘Take good care of this kiss—it comes from Beethoven, who gave it to me after hearing me play. ‘ I have waited for years to pass on this sacred heritage, but now I feel you deserve it.” This story is a beautiful example of a teacher who passed a legacy on to a student. Teachers can have a great impact upon our lives. There is, however, no one in a better position to pass on a blessing than a parent, because it is the parent’s blessing which a child most craves, at any age.