Sunday Morning - June 7, 1998
Text: Genesis 28:1-15 "And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
DON'T MARRY THE ENEMY
Genesis 26:34-35 "And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite: 35. Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah."
SEPARATION
2. Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother.
Genesis 17:1 "...I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect." BE CLEAN
THE GOD OF ABRAHAM
3. And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;
4. And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham. 5. And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padanaram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother.
ISAAC'S WIFE
Genesis 24:3-4 "And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell: 4. But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac."
ESAU KNEW WHAT WAS RIGHT
6. When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padanaram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;
JACOB OBEYED
7. And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padanaram;
ESAU'S RESPONSE
8. And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father; 9. Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.
DOEG
Genesis 36:9 "And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in mount Seir:"
1 Samuel 22:18 "...And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod."
AMALEK - AGAG
Genesis 36:12 "And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau's son; and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek: these were the sons of Adah Esau's wife."
Deuteronomy 25:17-18 "Remember what Amalek did unto thee ... 18. How he ...smote the hindmost of thee, even all that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast faint and weary; and he feared not God."
1 Samuel 15:18 "...utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed."
Esther 9:24 "...Haman ..., the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, ..."
JACOB WENT TO BETHEL
10. And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.
11. And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.
Genesis 28:19 "And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first."
THE ANGELS OF GOD
12. And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.
Psalms 34:7 "The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them."
Hebrews 1:13-14 "But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool? 14. Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?"
COVENANT CONFIRMED
13. And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;
14. And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
THE PROMISES
15. And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of."
2 Corinthians 6:14-18 "Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers [no faith, not pleasing God]: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness [lawlessness]? and what communion hath light with darkness? 15. And what concord hath Christ with Belial [worthlessness]? or what part hath he that believeth [faithful] with an infidel [unfaithful]? 16. And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 17. Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, 18. And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty."
2 Corinthians 7:1 "Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God."
WE HAVE WHAT IT TAKES
2 Peter 1:3-4 "According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: 4. Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust."
IN CHRIST, AMEN
2 Corinthians 1:20 "For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us."
BE NOT SLOTHFUL
Hebrews 6:12 "That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises."