JACOB'S COMMITMENT

Sunday Morning - June 14, 1998

Text: Genesis 28:16-22 "And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not.

THE FEAR OF THE LORD

17. And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.

EARLY IN THE MORNING

18. And Jacob rose up early in the morning, ...

MEMORIAL

18. ...and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.

AT THE HOUSE OF GOD

19. And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.

GOD WAS COMMITTED TO HIM

20. And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,

I WILL BE COMMITTED TO HIM

21. So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God:

I WILL HONOR HIM

22. And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee."

PRINCIPLES OF GIVING

1 Corinthians 16:1-3 "Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches [giving is church centered] of Galatia, even so do ye.