Participants: Walter Pearson
Series Code: BOL
Program Code: BOL000224
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00:01 NO MATTER WHAT SOCIETY MAY NAME YOU.
00:05 NO MATTER WHAT PEOPLE MAY CALL YOU. 00:08 NO MATTER WHAT PEOPLE MAY THINK WHEN THEY LOOK AT YOU, 00:12 GOD'S IDEAL FOR YOU MAY BE 00:14 QUITE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT 00:16 YOUR NAME MIGHT IMPLY. 00:18 ♪ PRAISE THE LORD, LET'S JUST PRAISE THE LORD. ♪ 00:25 Announcer: THIS IS THE BREATH OF LIFE TELEVISION BROADCAST WITH PASTOR WALTER L. PEARSON, JR. 00:29 WHEN GOD GETS READY HE CAN DELIVER YOU, IF YOU CALL ON HIM, IF YOU TRUST IN HIM. 00:35 ♪ HE'S WORTHY OF THE PRAISE, JESUS IS WORTHY. ♪ 00:42 YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOWN FLAT ON YOUR FACE, BUT THE POWER OF GOD WILL LIFT YOU UP. 00:47 ♪ HE'S WORTHY OF ALL, ALL THE PRAISE. ♪ 00:53 YOU'RE LOOKING AT GENESIS CHAPTER 32, 00:57 AND I WILL BEGIN IN THE NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION 01:04 AT VERSE 24: 01:59 LET'S BOW TOGETHER AS WE PRAY. 02:03 FATHER WE COME TO THIS WORD UNDERSTANDING THAT WITHOUT 02:08 THE OPENING OF OUR EYES AND THE ENLIGHTENING OF OUR MINDS, 02:13 WE CANNOT FULLY COMPREHEND IT. 02:16 AND SO WE INVOKE THY SPIRIT TONIGHT. 02:19 LET THE HOLY SPIRIT COME AND SPEAK TO OUR HEARTS. 02:22 AND WE SHALL GIVE GLORY, HONOR AND PRAISE TO THEY NAME, 02:27 FOR IT IS IN THE NAME OF JESUS THAT WE PRAY, AMEN. 02:33 THIS IS A STORY THAT IS FULL OF CHICANERY, 02:38 BUT IT IS PERFECTLY ON POINT TO SHOW THAT THINGS CHANGE WHEN GOD STEPS INTO THE PICTURE. 02:47 OUR THEORY FOR THIS SERIES IS CLEAR. 02:52 WHEN GOD STEPS IN, THERE IS A COMPLETE SHIFTING OF CIRCUMSTANCES. 02:59 WHEN GOD STEPS IN, IT MAY SEEM IMPERCEPTIBLE 03:02 TO THOSE WHO DO NOT SEE THINGS SPIRITUALLY, 03:06 BUT IT IS NEVER THE SAME, IT CANNOT BE THE SAME 03:10 WHEN GOD INTERPOSES HIS POWER. 03:14 THIS FAMILY QUARREL, IF YOU WILL, 03:17 BEGINS WITH AN UNDERSTANDING THAT IN A MOTHER'S WOMB 03:24 THERE WERE TWO NATIONS ABOUT TO COME FORTH. 03:28 WHEN THIS MOTHER KNEW THAT THOSE TWO BOYS WERE STIRRING, 03:33 I CANNOT SPEAK WITH GREAT AUTHORITY ABOUT IT, 03:37 MY WIFE TRIED HER BEST TO EXPLAIN TO ME THE THINGS 03:40 THAT WERE OCCURRING WHEN OUR CHILDREN WERE ABORNING. 03:44 IN FACT, I WANT TO SAY TO YOU, WITH GREAT PRIDE, 03:47 THAT I EMPATHIZED TO THE POINT THAT I SOMETIMES 03:51 THOUGHT I FELT PHYSICAL PHENOMENON. 03:55 BUT I DO NOT PRETEND THAT I UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS MOTHER 03:58 FELT WHEN SHE BEGAN TO QUESTION, "WHAT IS HAPPENING ?" 04:02 AND THE ANSWER COMES FROM GOD, 04:04 "TWO NATIONS WRESTLE INSIDE YOU." 04:07 THERE WOULD COME FROM HER THESE BROTHERS, 04:10 WHO WHILE THEY WERE OF ONE FAMILY, 04:13 WOULD BE NATIONS THAT WOULD NEVER BE AT PEACE. 04:16 AND WHEN THEY CAME FORTH, THE FIRST ONE COMES RED. 04:20 IN FACT, RED GOES INTO THE NOMENCLATURE OF HISTORY AND BECOMES EDOM. 04:26 THE EDOMITES RISE FROM THE COLOR OF THE CHILD; 04:29 A RED, HAIRY CHILD. 04:33 THE SITUATION IS A STRANGE ONE, 04:36 THE BOY NOT ONLY WAS RED IN COLOR, BUT HAIRY, 04:39 SUGGESTING PERHAPS, SOMETHING OF HIS FUTURE. 04:43 HYPERTRICOSIS, THEY CALL THE SITUATION, 04:47 WHEN THERE IS AN OVERABUNDANCE OF SUPERFLUOUS HAIR. 04:51 AND SO HE COMES FORTH RED AND HAIRY. 04:54 THEN COMES THIS OTHER CHILD, TAKING HOLD OF THE HEEL OF HIS BROTHER. 05:00 AND THEY NAME THE BOY BECAUSE OF WHAT HE DOES AT BIRTH. 05:06 IT ALMOST SEEMS UNFAIR, FOR WHAT DOES THE BABY KNOW OF WHAT HE DOES ? 05:12 BUT SOMEHOW THIS IS AN EMBLEM OF WHAT JACOB WILL BECOME. 05:18 THE NAME JACOB, ENTOMOLOGISTS WOULD SUGGEST, 05:21 BEGINS WITH THE THOUGHT THAT HE GRABBED THE HEEL, HE DECEIVED, 05:26 HE TRIED TO GRASP OR TO SUPPLANT. 05:30 SO THIS CHILD WEARS A NAME THAT SUGGESTS SOMETHING NEGATIVE. 05:38 I THINK WE OUGHT TO BE CAREFUL WHAT WE NAME CHILDREN. 05:42 SOME CHILDREN WEAR NAMES NOW -- YOU KNOW WE PASS THROUGH PHASES WHERE WE GIVE CHILDREN NAMES, 05:48 AND SOMETIMES THESE BOOKS HAVE SOME STRANGE IMPLICATIONS. 05:52 YOU MAY GO TO ALL KINDS OF SUBLIME MEANINGS, 05:56 BUT ONCE YOU HAVE CHOSEN A NAME, 05:57 THE CHILD IS STUCK WITH THAT NAME. 06:00 AND THEN SOME CHILDREN COME UP WITH THOSE NICKNAMES. 06:04 THE NAME IS PERFECTLY GOOD, BUT THE NICKNAME IS STRANGE 06:08 AND A CHILD MUST BATTLE FOR THE REST OF THE CHILD'S DAYS WITH SOME ODD NICKNAME. 06:13 BUT THIS CHILD HAS AN OFFICIAL NAME THAT MEANS SUPPLANTER, DECEIVER. 06:20 IT'S ALMOST LIKE HAVING TO WEAR A T-SHIRT ALL OF YOUR LIFE, 06:25 A TATTOO IF YOU WILL, SO THAT WHEN SOMEBODY MEETS YOU AND THEY SAY, "WHO ARE YOU ?" 06:31 YOU ANNOUNCE TO THEM, "I AM A DECEIVER." 06:36 WHAT A BURDEN TO BEAR. 06:39 AND ALL OF THE PSYCHOLOGISTS AND PSYCHIATRISTS WOULD GO WILD 06:43 TALKING ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO CARRY A NAME LIKE THAT. 06:46 WHAT DIFFERENCE IT MUST MAKE. 06:48 THE BIBLE SUGGESTS THAT AS THESE TWO GREW THERE WAS A DEFINITE DIFFERENCE IN THEM. 06:53 JACOB WAS CALLED A PLAIN MAN. 06:57 NOW, PLAIN AS IT READS IN THE KING JAMES VERSION IS NOT 07:01 NECESSARILY WHAT IT TURNS OUT TO BE. 07:03 PLAIN WOULD IN FACT SEEM TO BE THAT HE WAS CULTURED 07:07 AND QUIET IN NATURE, WITH A SENSE FOR ECONOMY, 07:12 ONE WHO WOULD PREFER TO STAY NEARBY HOME AND MANAGE THINGS WITH ADMINISTRATIVE ABILITIES. 07:19 NOT PLAIN IN THAT THERE WAS NOTHING INTERESTING ABOUT HIM. 07:23 IN FACT, QUITE THE OPPOSITE WAS PROBABLY TRUE. 07:26 THIS MAN WAS POSSESSED OF AN ABILITY THAT SEEMED ALMOST NATIVE. 07:31 HE WAS ABLE TO MANAGE AFFAIRS ALMOST AS THOUGH HE WERE BORN TO DO SO. 07:36 BUT THE PROMISE THAT CAME WAS SIMPLE. 07:39 IT CAME EARLY TO THE PARENTS OF THIS CHILD. 07:42 THE YOUNGER SHALL RULE OVER THE OLDER, 07:45 AND THERE WILL BE A GREAT NATION THAT WILL COME FROM HIM. 07:48 SO THE IMPLICATIONS WERE CLEAR, 07:50 DESPITE THE NAME THAT HE CARRIED, 07:52 GOD HAD DETERMINED THAT SOMETHING GREAT WOULD COME OF HIM. 07:56 ALLOW ME IF YOU WILL, TO SUGGEST THAT NO MATTER WHAT SOCIETY MAY NAME YOU, 08:05 NO MATTER WHAT PEOPLE MAY CALL YOU, 08:08 NO MATTER WHAT PEOPLE MAY THINK WHEN THEY LOOK AT YOU, 08:12 GOD'S IDEAL FOR YOU MAY BE QUITE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOUR NAME MIGHT IMPLY. 08:19 I BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE TOO MANY PEOPLE WHO LOOK 08:22 TO SECULAR SOCIETY TO FIND OUT WHO THEY ARE. 08:26 THERE ARE STUDIES THAT HAVE BEEN DONE TO PROVE THAT IF YOU LOOK 08:30 AT TELEVISION TO FIND OUT WHO YOU ARE, 08:32 YOU WILL NORMALLY COME AWAY WITH THE WRONG CONCLUSION ABOUT YOURSELF. 08:37 YOU CANNOT TRUST PEOPLE WHO DON'T LOVE YOU TO TELL YOU WHO YOU ARE. 08:41 YOU CANNOT TRUST NEWS MAGAZINES, 08:43 YOU CANNOT TRUST NEWS COMMENTATORS, 08:46 YOU CANNOT TRUST WHAT SEEMS TO BE THE AMBIANCE IN SOCIETY 08:50 TO TELL YOU WHAT YOU ARE ABOUT, BECAUSE IF YOU DO, YOU MAY 08:54 CONCLUDE THAT YOU ARE NOTHING AND WILL NEVER MEAN ANYTHING. 08:59 BUT GOD'S PLAN FOR YOU CAN BE COUNTER TO WHAT YOUR NAME SUGGESTS, 09:04 OR WHAT PEOPLE THINK ABOUT YOU, 09:06 OR WHAT YOUR SITUATION SEEMS TO INDICATE. 09:09 FOR GOD IS NOT CONTROLLED BY CIRCUMSTANCES, 09:12 CIRCUMSTANCES ARE CONTROLLED BY GOD ! 09:15 IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE, SOMEBODY LISTENING TO THESE WORDS 09:21 MAY HAVE BEEN TOLD ALL OF YOUR LIFE, 09:23 "YOU'LL NEVER BE ANYTHING, YOU'LL NEVER AMOUNT TO ANYTHING" 09:28 BUT YOU'VE GOT TO UNDERSTAND THAT AS SOON AS YOU ACCEPT 09:31 SOMEBODY ELSE'S DESCRIPTION OF WHO YOU ARE, 09:34 THEN YOU GIVE THEM POWER TO DETERMINE YOUR LIMITS. 09:37 EVIDENTLY JACOB, THE PLAIN ONE, WAS NOT ONE TO ACCEPT WHAT HIS NAME SEEMED TO IMPLY, 09:45 BUT HE THOUGHT BEYOND THAT. 09:47 AND AS HE MEDITATED CLOSE TO HOME, 09:50 HE UNDERSTOOD WHAT IT WAS TO HAVE THE POWER OF SPIRITUALITY. 09:55 HE KNEW WHAT IT WAS AS HE LISTENED TO ISAAC, 09:57 HIS FATHER, TALKING ABOUT THE POWER OF GOD THAT WAS PROMISED TO THE FAMILY. 10:01 HE UNDERSTOOD WHAT IT WAS TO HAVE THE PROMISE OF A REDEEMER 10:04 COME THROUGH THE FAMILY LINE. 10:07 AND IT WAS HIS DETERMINATION THAT IF HE COULD FACILITATE IT IN ANY FASHION, 10:11 IN FACT IT WAS HIS DESIRE TO BE CONNECTED WITH THE GREATNESS 10:15 THAT WAS PROMISED TO THE FAMILY. 10:17 TO BE A PART OF THE JESUS, THE SAVIOR WHO WAS TO COME. 10:23 NOW, ESAU, THE RED ONE, WAS NOT SO INCLINED TO THINK OF THINGS LIKE THIS. 10:29 IN FACT, THERE ARE SCHOLARS WHO BELIEVE THAT ISAAC 10:34 WAS INCLINED TOWARDS ESAU BECAUSE ESAU REPRESENTED THAT LITTLE VERVE INSIDE, 10:42 THAT WILD SIDE OF ISAAC. 10:47 NOW, IF I GET CLOSE TO YOU, IT IS INTENTIONAL. 10:51 THE WORD OF GOD IS NOT INTENDED TO BE LOCKED AWAY SOMEWHERE ANTISEPTICALLY AGAINST SOCIETY. 10:58 THE WORD OF GOD IS INTENDED TO BE APPLIED TO HUMAN LIFE. 11:02 IT'S FOR THE HERE AND NOW. 11:04 THERE ARE TIMES WHEN YOU LOOK AT YOUR CHILDREN 11:06 AND YOU SEE PARTS OF THEM THAT KIND OF REMIND YOU OF PARTS OF YOU. 11:11 MAYBE YOU DIDN'T HAVE THE NERVE TO LIVE OUT SOME THINGS, 11:14 BUT YOU HAVE ONE CHILD WHO DOES IT. 11:18 AND WHILE YOU DON'T WANT TO OPENLY ADVOCATE THIS BEHAVIOR, 11:22 YOU KIND OF WINK YOUR EYE AND SAY, "COME TELL ME ABOUT THAT." 11:29 ESAU WAS ONE WHO WOULD GO OUT TO HUNT AND TO TRACK ANIMALS. 11:34 WHEN HE WOULD GO OUT HE'D COME BACK WITH STORIES TO TELL, 11:37 YOU KNOW HOW IT IS WITH HUNTERS, 11:39 SOMETIMES I THINK THEY EMBELLISH THEIR STORIES SLIGHTLY. 11:44 I HAVE PEOPLE IN MY FAMILY WHO PRETEND TO HUNT. 11:49 AND I HAVE LISTENED TO THEIR STORIES AND I KNOW THAT THEY 11:51 ARE NOT COMPLETELY TRUE BECAUSE THEY CHANGE OVER YEARS. 11:57 SO CAN YOU IMAGINE WHEN ISAAC IS THERE AND ESAU COMES BACK FROM THE HUNT. 12:04 ESAU COMES, "TAKE A PIECE OF VENISON AND LET'S EAT TOGETHER." 12:10 YOU WILL FIND IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THIS FAMILY, FOOD PLAYED AN IMPORTANT PART. 12:16 I DON'T WANT TO MAKE YOU RUN AWAY FROM THE TELEVISION SCREEN JUST NOW TO GET ANYTHING TO EAT, 12:20 BUT LET ME TAKE THE RISK OF DESCRIBING THIS TO YOU. 12:24 I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS VERY POTTAGE THAT IS SO POWERFUL 12:30 IN THIS STORY, IS SOMETHING THAT THEY STILL EAT IN THE MIDDLE EAST. 12:34 MADE OF RED LENTILS WITH ONION AND GARLIC SEASONING, 12:40 OVER RICE WITH A LITTLE OLIVE OIL. 12:45 STAY THERE, STAY THERE, DON'T LEAVE ME. 12:49 SO, PERHAPS ISAAC WOULD SAY, 12:53 "SON, COME AND BRING SOMETHING OF WHAT YOU CAUGHT 12:55 AND TELL ME OF THE DAY'S ADVENTURE." 12:59 AND ESAU WOULD SIT AND TALK ABOUT HOW HE WAS OUT IN THE HILLS 13:03 AND HOW HIS SKILL AND CUNNING ALLOWED HIM TO DO SOMETHING THAT WAS DARING. 13:08 AND HIS FATHER WOULD HAVE A TWINKLE IN HIS EYE AND WOULD SAY, "TELL ME MORE SON." 13:12 WHILE JACOB TALKED ABOUT MUNDANE THINGS, 13:16 HOW THE BEANS WERE COUNTED -- YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, 13:19 THE ACCOUNTING METHODOLOGIES THAT KEPT THE FAMILY RUNNING. 13:23 WHO WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT THAT ? 13:26 HE'D TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT HAD TO DO WITH THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE FAMILY. 13:30 SO MOM, REBEKKAH, WOULD INCLINE HER EAR TO JACOB FOR HE CARED FOR THOSE THINGS, 13:37 BUT ESAU WOULD CATCH HIS FATHER'S FANCY. 13:42 NOW ESAU, THE ELDEST, SHOULD HAVE HAD THE BIRTHRIGHT. 13:47 BUT BECAUSE HE WAS A MAN WITH A FLAIR, 13:51 HIS RUDDY SKIN AND HIS HAIRY TEXTURE GIVEN TO THE OUTDOORS, 13:58 THIS MAN WAS NOT INCLINED TO THINK THAT HE SHOULD CLOSE HIMSELF IN 14:02 WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY OF DOING WHAT GOD SAYS. 14:05 NOW I SAY THAT WITH TONGUE IN CHEEK BECAUSE I BELIEVE 14:10 THAT THE GREATEST ADVENTURE IN LIFE IS SERVING GOD. 14:14 BUT YOU'VE MUST REMEMBER THAT I AM NOT A YOUNG MAN ANYMORE. 14:18 I TALK NOW FROM EXPERIENCE. 14:21 WHEN I WAS A YOUNG MAN, I LISTENED TO THE PEOPLE 14:24 WHO WERE PART OF THE CHURCH AND I MUST TELL YOU SOMETHING. 14:28 SOMETIMES YOU FOLK GIVE YOUNG FOLK THE IMPRESSION 14:32 THAT THE JOY IS OUT THERE, BUT ALL THAT'S IN HERE IS 14:39 BEING FAITHFUL, BEING TRUE, AND JUST HOLDING ON. 14:46 WE'VE GOT TO CHANGE THAT ! 14:49 THERE'S JOY IN SERVING JESUS. 14:52 IN FACT, LOOKING BACK ON THIS STORY, 14:56 THE GREAT ADVENTURE WAS NOT OUT ON THE HILLS CATCHING ANIMALS, 15:01 THE GREAT ADVENTURE WAS THE COMING OF JESUS IN THE FAMILY. 15:05 THE GREAT ADVENTURE, THE ENTERPRISE, 15:07 WAS NOT TRAPPING ANIMALS FOR FOOD, 15:11 FOOD IS INCIDENTAL TO THIS STORY. 15:14 BUT I BELIEVE THAT SOMETIMES WE, WHO CLAIM WE LOVE GOD, 15:17 GIVE THE WRONG IMPRESSION ABOUT BEING IN THE CHURCH. 15:21 WE MAKE IT SEEM LIKE BEING IN THE CHURCH IS BORING. 15:24 WHEN THE FACT IS, BEING IN THE CHURCH IS DOWNRIGHT EXCITING. 15:30 I'VE BEEN A PASTOR NOW FOR ALMOST 30 YEARS. 15:33 I CAN PROMISE YOU IT GETS EXCITING. 15:37 EVERY DRAMATIC SCENE YOU CAN EVER IMAGINE 15:39 IS PLAYED OUT IN THE CHURCH. 15:43 IF YOU WANT JOY, HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW WE'VE GOT JOY ? 15:50 AND THEN THERE ARE TIMES WHEN THERE'S SADNESS, 15:53 GOD GETS THE OPPORTUNITY TO HOLD THE BLESSING OFF, 15:56 UNTIL WE RUN OUT OF RESOURCES. 15:59 HE WAITS UNTIL THE PROPITIOUS MOMENT, 16:02 AND THEN ALLOWS HIS HAND TO REACH IN JUST IN TIME. 16:06 AND JUST IN THE MOMENT WHEN YOU THOUGHT THERE WOULD BE NO WAY OUT, 16:09 GOD BRINGS A WAY OUT OF NO WAY. 16:13 I LOVE SERVING JESUS ! 16:16 SOMETIMES WHEN I FLY, I MAKE THE PARALLEL, 16:20 THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO CLAIM THAT THE CHURCH IS PROBLEMATIC 16:25 BECAUSE THE RIDE IS NO LONGER SMOOTH. 16:28 THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT WHEN YOU COME TO JESUS, 16:31 SOMEHOW ALL OF YOUR PROBLEMS ARE TO EVAPORATE 16:34 AND EVERYTHING OUGHT TO BE SMOOTH FROM THEN ON. 16:38 BUT IF YOU READ THROUGH THE BIBLE, YOU DON'T GET THAT IMPRESSION. 16:41 IN FACT, I READ THAT JESUS DID NOT ALWAYS COME TO BRING PEACE, 16:47 BUT SOMETIMES TROUBLE, SOMETIMES CONTENTION ? 16:52 SOMETIMES FAMILY MEMBERS WOULD TURN AGAINST EACH OTHER. 16:55 SO JUST BECAUSE THE RIDE GETS BUMPY DOESN'T MEAN YOU OUGHT TO GET OFF THE SHIP. 17:01 I FLY ALL THE TIME, AND YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT THERE ARE TIMES 17:04 WHEN THE RIDE IS NOT SO WONDERFUL. 17:08 BUT I'VE LEARNED THAT IT'S BETTER TO BE ON THE PLANE, 17:16 NO MATTER HOW ROUGH IT GETS. 17:18 I HAVE NOW HAD THE WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE OF BEING ON A CRUISE SHIP. 17:23 MY WIFE FINALLY CAME UP WITH THE NERVE, 17:27 SHE'S NOT FROM A PLACE WHERE THERE'S WATER, 17:29 I'M FROM MOBILE, ALABAMA; WE'RE SURROUNDED BY WATER, 17:33 SO WATER IS SECOND NATURE TO ME. 17:35 BUT MY WIFE FINALLY AGREED TO GO, 17:37 AND WE GOT ON ONE OF THOSE BIG SHIPS AND TURNS OUT 17:39 THAT THE SHIP DOESN'T MOVE, THEY'VE GOT ALL THESE GYROSCOPES 17:42 ON IT AND ALL THESE THINGS TO HOLD IT STILL. 17:45 BUT STILL, EVERY NOW AND THEN THERE WOULD COME SOME WINDS THAT MAKE YOU CONCERNED A LITTLE BIT. 17:50 YOU'RE OUT ON THE DECK AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE BEAUTIFUL SKY TURNS UGLY. 17:54 BUT I'VE NOTICED THAT NO ONE RUNS FOR THE LIFEBOATS, 17:58 PEOPLE RUN TO THEIR ROOMS. 18:01 THEY DON'T TRY TO GET OFF THE BIG SHIP, 18:03 THEY CLIMB TO THE MIDDLE OF THE BIG SHIP. 18:06 MAYBE WE OUGHT TO DO THAT IN THE CHURCH, 18:08 INSTEAD OF GOING FOR THE EDGE AND TRYING TO JUMP OFF, 18:10 MAYBE WE OUGHT TO CLIMB TO THE MIDDLE. 18:14 BUT THE SITUATION IS ONE NOW THAT DRAWS US INTO THE PICTURE. 18:21 FOR HERE WE HAVE A FAMILY, CAUGHT AROUND THIS FOOD. 18:25 WE KNOW NOW THAT THE MOTHER IS INCLINED TOWARDS JACOB. 18:27 YOU KNOW THAT THE FATHER IS INCLINED TOWARDS ESAU. 18:30 AND THERE COMES A TIME NOW WHEN ESAU HAS EXPRESSED THAT HE 18:34 DOESN'T WANT TO BE BOUND IN BY ALL THESE RESPONSIBILITIES. 18:37 HE MUST HAVE HEARD SOME OF THE OLD MEMBERS TALKING, 18:39 OR MAYBE SOME OF THE YOUNG MEMBERS TALKING. 18:41 AND HE DOESN'T WANT TO BE BOUND IN BY THIS, 18:43 SO HE OBVIOUSLY EXPRESSED IT TO JACOB, 18:45 "YOU KNOW, YOU LIKE ALL THAT KIND OF THING. 18:47 BUT I'M NOT INTO THAT -- THIS BIRTHRIGHT THING. 18:49 ALL I WANT MAYBE IS THE POWER, BUT ALL OF THIS STUFF 18:53 ABOUT SPIRITUAL CONCENTRATION, THAT'S NOT FOR ME." 18:59 SO ONE DAY,WHEN ESAU COMES BACK FORM THE HUNT, 19:03 JACOB MUST HAVE BEEN A FAIRLY GOOD COOK HIMSELF. 19:07 SO AS HE STIRS THE RED LENTILS AND PUTS THE GARLIC IN. 19:14 WELL, LET ME GET INTO THIS. 19:17 PUTTING THE GARLIC IN; 19:22 STIR IT AROUND A BIT; AND A LITTLE ONION; SQUEEZE A LITTLE CLOVE IN THERE, 19:27 AND YOU KNOW, THAT CAN GET INTERESTING AFTER AWHILE. 19:30 AND YOU GOT YOUR RICE SOMEWHERE, 19:33 AND PERHAPS HE HAD JUST PRESENTED HIMSELF SOME OF THE FOOD -- PUT THE 19:38 RED LENTILS OVER THE RICE. 19:42 DON'T LEAVE ME, I ASKED YOU NOT TO LEAVE ME. 19:46 AND NOW ESAU APPEARS. 19:48 EVIDENTLY ON THIS HUNT THERE WAS NO CATCH. 19:53 IF THERE HAD BEEN A CATCH, HE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN HUNGRY. 19:55 NOW HE COMES FAMISHED, "JACOB, WHAT IS THAT ? 19:59 I SMELLED THAT WAY DOWN THE PATH. 20:03 WHAT IS THAT YOU'RE EATING ?" 20:04 "WELL, YOU KNOW, JUST SOMETHING THAT I PUT TOGETHER. 20:07 ARE YOU INTERESTED ?" 20:09 "YES, I'M FAMISHED. 20:10 GIVE ME SOME !" 20:12 HE SAYS, "NO, NO, NO, NO, THIS IS FOR ME." 20:17 "WELL, DON'T YOU SHARE IT ?" 20:19 "NO, NO NO, THIS IS PERSONAL, I'VE SEASONED IT TO MY TASTE. 20:23 THIS IS NOT YOURS." 20:26 AND THEN JACOB UNDERSTANDS THAT HERE IS A MOMENT THAT IS FULL OF OPPORTUNITY. 20:33 SOMETHING OCCURS TO HIM, MAYBE HE CAN HELP GOD A LITTLE BIT. 20:39 FOR WE FIND RECORDED THAT HE IS THE ONE WHO OUGHT TO BE ABOVE HIS BROTHER. 20:45 HE IS THE ONE WHO DESERVES THE BIRTHRIGHT. 20:48 THE SPIRITUAL BIRTHRIGHT IN PARTICULAR. 20:52 AND SO MAYBE HE MADE THE DECISION THAT SOME OF US MAKE. 20:54 MAYBE GOD NEEDS A HELPING HAND. 20:58 YOU'VE HEARD THE POEM, HAVEN'T YOU ? 20:59 "GOD HAS NO HANDS BUT OUR HANDS." 21:03 SOME PEOPLE TAKE THAT TO STRANGE AND EXTRAORDINARY LENGTHS. 21:07 NOW, HE WILL HELP GOD. 21:08 AND SO HE SAYS, "ESAU, LET ME STRIKE A DEAL WITH YOU. 21:13 YOU'RE HUNGRY, I HAVE FOOD. 21:15 YOU HAVE A BIRTHRIGHT AND YOU DON'T LIKE IT. 21:18 WHY DON'T YOU GIVE ME YOUR BIRTHRIGHT AND YOU CAN EAT NOW ? 21:25 WHAT DO YOU THINK ?" 21:27 "WELL, THE BIRTHRIGHT DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING TO ME." 21:29 MAYBE HE EVEN THOUGHT IT WAS NOT SO SERIOUS. 21:32 BUT BEFORE HE WOULD EAT, AND IF I HAD BEEN JACOB, 21:36 I WOULD HAVE PRESENTED IT FIRST, GET IT ALL RIGHT, 21:40 "NOW BEFORE I DO THIS, LET ME HEAR YOUR OATH." 21:44 "OH YEAH, IT'S DONE." 21:47 SO NOW, THE DEAL IS CUT. 21:50 IT IS MORE THAN JACOB SHOULD HAVE ASKED. 21:54 IT'S A HARD BARGAIN. 21:56 IT'S OVERREACHING. 21:58 IT'S MORE THAN SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE, 22:00 BUT JACOB RATIONALIZES THAT'S HE'S HELPING GOD. 22:04 NOW TIME PASSES AND NOW ISAAC IS ABOUT TO GIVE THE ACTUAL BIRTHRIGHT. 22:12 AND HERE COMES THE FOOD AGAIN, THIS FOOD IS THERE, 22:16 PART OF THE CULTURE ISN'T IT ? 22:18 SO, ISAAC SAYS TO ESAU, "SON, I'M ABOUT TO GIVE AWAY THE BIRTHRIGHT. 22:24 GO AND GET ME SOME OF THAT VENISON, YOU KNOW HOW YOU DO." 22:30 NOW, ISAAC IS A BLIND OLD PATRIARCH, 22:36 BUT HE WANTS THAT TASTE AGAIN, HE COVETS THE TASTE. 22:39 I HAVE DISCOVERED THAT AS YOU GROW OLDER 22:41 YOU CAN'T TASTE EXACTLY LIKE YOU USED TO TASTE. 22:47 IF YOU'RE NOT OLD ENOUGH YET, YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND IT. 22:49 BUT TRUST ME, THERE ARE SOME TASTES THAT I REMEMBER AS A 22:53 CHILD THAT I CANNOT RECOLLECT NOW, 22:55 I CANNOT PUT THEM BACK TOGETHER BECAUSE SOMETHING HAS HAPPENED TO THE WIRING. 23:01 THE SENSORY PERCEPTION IS MISSING SOMETHING. 23:04 THERE ARE THINGS THAT I TASTED AS A CHILD, 23:06 I TASTE THAT VERY SAME THING NOW AND IT DOESN'T COMPUTE EXACTLY RIGHT. 23:11 BUT YOU ALWAYS LONG FOR THEM. 23:14 SO NOW ISAAC SAYS, "GO BRING SOME OF THAT AND LET'S DO THIS THING NOW." 23:19 WELL, IT WAS OVERHEARD BY THE MOTHER AND SHE RUNS TO GET JACOB AND SAYS, 23:23 "SON WE HAVE A MOMENT TO DO THIS. 23:25 THERE IS A WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY, LET ME COOK UP SOMETHING." 23:29 JACOB MUST HAVE BEEN A COOK, ESAU MUST HAVE BEEN A COOK, 23:32 BUT MOTHER MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE ONE TO TEACH THEM ALL. 23:37 SO NOW PERHAPS IT WAS NOT VENISON THE SCHOLARS SUGGEST, 23:41 MAYBE SHE WENT AND GOT SOMETHING MUCH LESS EXOTIC 23:45 BUT SEASONED IT IN THE RIGHT FASHION. 23:49 IF YOU KNOW YOUR WAY WITH SEASONINGS, SUGGEST CULINARY EXPERTS, 23:54 YOU CAN MAKE AMAZINGLY SMALL THINGS TASTE GRAND. 24:00 SO NOW SHE PUTS TOGETHER THIS WONDERFUL MEAL, AND SHE SAYS, 24:04 "LET ME COVER YOU WITH THE SKIN OF ANIMALS SO YOU ARE HAIRY LIKE YOUR BROTHER, 24:09 PUT ON HIS CLOTHES SO YOU HAVE THE WILD SMELL OF THE OUTDOORS." 24:14 AND NOW JACOB GOES IN AND EATS WITH HIS FATHER AND WAITS UNTIL HIS FATHER COMES CLOSE. 24:20 HE SAYS, "YOUR VOICE SON. . ." 24:23 BUT WHEN HE TOUCHES HIS HANDS THEY ARE COVERED NOW WITH ANIMAL SKIN 24:27 AND WHEN HE PUTS HIS HAND AROUND HIS NECK IT HAS BEEN COVERED WITH ANIMAL SKIN. 24:31 AND WHEN HE SMELLS THE CLOTHING, THOUGH THE VOICE IS NOR RIGHT, THE TOUCH IS CORRECT. 24:38 HE DOES NOT TRUST HIS EARS, BUT HIS TOUCH, 24:41 AND THUS HE MAKES THE ERROR OF BLESSING THE ONE THAT HE DID NOT INTEND TO BE BLESSED. 24:46 AND YET, WATCH TO SEE THAT WHAT GOD INTENDS DOES COME TO PASS. 24:55 EVEN IF IT SEEMS THAT HUMAN PLANNING HAS OVERRUN, GOD WILL HAVE HIS WAY. 25:07 NOW I SUGGEST TO YOU THAT GOD DID NOT NEED THE TRICKERY OF REBEKKAH. 25:12 GOD DID NOT NEED THE PLAN OF JACOB. 25:16 WE MUST LEARN HOW TO BE STILL AND KNOW THAT GOD IS GOD. 25:21 TOO MANY PEOPLE TAKE TO THEMSELVES DIVINE PREROGATIVE 25:26 MAKING THEMSELVES IN THE PLACE OF GOD, 25:29 WHEN GOD WILL HAVE HIS WILL DONE. 25:33 IN FACT, YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT SOMEONE ELSE TAKING YOUR PLACE, 25:39 AND TAKING YOUR POWER, OR TAKING YOUR POSITION. 25:43 I READ THE OTHER DAY IN PREPARATION FOR ANOTHER SERMON 25:46 THAT THE SUN HOLDS ALL THE PLANET IN THEIR PLACES BY IT'S MAGNETIC POWER. 25:55 EVERY PLANET IS HELD RIGHT IN THE RIGHT PLACE. 25:59 AND THE ONLY THINGS THAT MOVE AROUND WITHOUT ANY ANCHOR AT ALL, 26:04 ARE SHOOTING STARS AND THEY SOON BURN THEMSELVES OUT. 26:10 SO THAT IF SOMEBODY SEEMS TO BE INVADING YOUR SPACE, JUST WAIT AWHILE. 26:16 THEY'RE JUST A SHOOTING STAR AND THEY'LL SOON BE BURNED OUT. 26:21 AS LONG AS YOU HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE S-U-N 26:25 WHO IS NOW THE S-O-N FOR US, IF YOU HAVE CONTACT WITH GOD, 26:30 GOD GIVES YOU YOUR PLACE AND NOBODY CAN TAKE IT AWAY. 26:35 Announcer: JESUS TAUGHT US ABOUT THE SECRETS OF THE 26:38 MUSTARD SEED, REVEALING THE TRUTHS THAT ARE AT THE HEART OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD. 26:41 AUTHOR STEVEN MOSELY HAS INVESTIGATED THE NEW TESTAMENT 26:44 AND UNCOVERED 10 LIFE CHANGING SECRETS--"SECRETS OF THE MUSTARD SEED." 26:50 "I LOOKED AT ALL THE PASSAGES THAT 26:51 EMPHASIZED THIS IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THAT, 26:54 AND I CAME UP WITH, ESSENTIALLY, JESUS TOP TEN WORDS OF ADVICE. 26:58 THEY'RE SIMPLE BASIC PRINCIPLES. 27:01 BUT WHAT I DISCOVERED IS THAT EACH ONE REALLY CONTAINS A 27:04 "MUSTARD SEED" PROMISE--A SIMPLE THING WE CAN DO THAT PRODUCES HUGE RESULTS." 27:10 Announcer: DISCOVER THE SECRETS OF THE MUSTARD SEED IN THIS WEEKS OFFER. 27:13 JUST CALL OUR TOLL-FREE NUMBER 877-BOL-OFFER. 27:17 THAT'S 877-265-6333. 27:21 IT'S YOURS FOR A GIFT OF TEN DOLLARS OR MORE. 27:23 OR YOU MAY WRITE TO: 27:25 BREATH OF LIFE, P.O. BOX 97192, WASHINGTON, D.C. 20077. 27:30 LEARN THE SECRETS OF THE MUSTARD SEED 27:32 AND WATCH WHAT YOUR LIFE GROWS INTO. 27:36 Announcer: IF YOU'D LIKE AN AUDIOCASSETTE COPY OF TODAY'S PROGRAM, 27:39 CALL THE NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN, OR WRITE: 27:41 WALTER PEARSON, P.O. BOX 97192, WASHINGTON, D.C. 20077. 27:46 FOR YOUR LOVE GIFT OF ANY AMOUNT, WE'LL SEND OUT YOUR COPY RIGHT AWAY. 27:50 AND IF YOU HAVE A SPECIAL PRAYER REQUEST, WRITE US. 27:52 WALTER PEARSON WANTS THIS MINISTRY TO BE A BLESSING IN YOUR LIFE. 27:55 WALTER PEARSON BELIEVES THAT JESUS CHRIST IS THE ANSWER TO EVERY PROBLEM YOU FACE. 28:01 ♪ HE'S WORTHY OF THE PRAISE ♪ 28:07 ♪ JESUS IS WORTHY ♪ 28:12 ♪ OF ALL THE GLORY ♪ 28:17 ♪ OH YES, HE'S WORTHY ♪ 28:24 ♪ JESUS IS WORTHY OF ALL ALL THE PRAISE. ♪ |
Revised 2015-02-06