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Finisher Of Our Faith
Genesis 28-35
! Introduction
- unfinished home
- unfinished car
- Does God do that with us?
- God has
- prepared the way of salvation
- prepared the soil of our hearts
- called us to himself
- put a new heart in us by the rebirth of the Holy Spirit
- Our part in salvation was only to receive the gift of God
- does he then leave us to complete the job ourselves?
- Does He stop working once He gets us to salvation or does God finish the job he starts in us?
- Philippians 1:6 - “being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.”
- Hebrews 12:2 - Jesus - “the author and perfecter of our faith...” - KJV - “finisher.”
- I Thessalonians 5:24 - “May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through.
May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
The one who calls you is faithful and he will do it.”
- example of how God does His work in the life of Jacob.
- How was God at work in his life?
- How is God at work in your life?
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I. God’s Chosen
!! A. Flawed Character
- After last Sunday’s message,
- “a terrible man, he makes me so mad.”
- bought his brother’s rights as the firstborn
- showed up what was revealed at his birth already - that he was a grasper.
- willing to deceive
- favoritism
- living with his uncle Laban, - a manipulator.
- Genesis 30:37 - manipulate things - strongest flocks and herds.
- We can get mad at him, but
- saved from sin, there are weaknesses and sins
!! B. God’s Chosen
- Jacob was God’s chosen instrument.
- Genesis 25:23 - “The LORD said to her, “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated; one people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.”
- Genesis 28, - same promises - to Abraham and Isaac
- promises of many descendants, promises of the land, promises that all nations on earth would be blessed through him and promises of God’s care and presence.
- Romans 9:10-13, “…Rebekah’s children had one and the same father, our father Isaac.
11 Yet, before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad—in order that God’s purpose in election might stand: 12 not by works but by him who calls—she was told, “The older will serve the younger.”
13 Just as it is written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”
- there was a seed of faith in Jacob.
- interested in God’s plan, He obeyed God and He acknowledged God.
- hard to imagine why he was God’s chosen and how God could use him.
- God has chosen us to receive salvation even though we are not perfect
- His children?
- we rejoice in His choice
- rest in the wonder of His gracious gift.
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God’s Work
- But - God is at work in us to bring us to a deeper faith
- Genesis 28-35 - ways in which God was at work in the life of Jacob.
- Two stories - Bethel
- fleeing from Esau.
- dreamt
- promise of his care and presence.
- if God would care for him, then God would be his God.
- a statement, not of doubt, but of “wait and see.”
- Genesis 35
- returned to the promised land.
- built an altar
- changed attitude from “wait and see” to one who worshiped
- What had happened in the intervening years to help him grow in faith?
- the story,
- uncle Laban
- met Rachel
- agreed with his uncle to work for him for seven years
- Laban had switched brides
- married Rachel a short time later,
- had to work another 7 years
- 11 sons and one daughter were born
- another 6 years.
and he increased greatly in wealth and property.
- After 20 years, God told him to return
- fled from Laban.
- problem of meeting Esau.
- encounter with God.
- met Esau,
- During these 20 years, God taught Him to trust.
- five things that God did
!! A. God Reveals Himself
- Genesis 28:10-22
- traveling to his uncle Laban’s place.
- not stop at a Holiday Inn,
- stone as a pillow.
- God revealed himself
- the presence of the protecting angels
- promises
- remembered the dream
- “surely the Lord is in this place” and “How awesome is this place.”
- encouraged him on his journey
- gave him the assurance that God was his God and would be with him.
\\ - God reveals himself
- a beautiful day.
- a crisis, a friend called
- read the Bible
- we come together in worship
- Jacob put up a stone to mark the experience
!! B. Face To Face With Ourselves
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