2021.03.28 - For Sale
Wednesday, March 10, 2021
1:41 PM
1. For Sale
a. Everyone is trying to sell us something
i. Ads on
1. Tv
2. Radio
3. Banners
4. Social media
5. Even Microsoft Word wants my opinion about their product
6. Cant even look at the weather without being bombarded with adds
ii. What does that say about the life we live
1. That almost everything is for sale - if you can dream it up, you can likely buy it
2. That almost everything is for sale - if the price is right
2. Abraham, Isaac and Esau - what could have been . . .
a. Think back over your walk with God about how many times you have heard the phrase "Abraham, Isaac and Jacob" . . . But Jacob was NOT the next in line for the blessing, Esau was. Here is what happened . . .
3. The Story
a. Genesis 25:24 When the time came, Rebekah gave birth to twins. 25 The first baby was born red. Since his skin was like a hairy robe, he was named Esau.[a] 26 When the second baby was born, he was holding on to Esau’s heel, so that baby was named Jacob.[b] Isaac was sixty years old when they were born. 27 When the boys grew up, Esau became a skilled hunter. He loved to be out in the fields. But Jacob was a quiet man and stayed among the tents. 28 Isaac loved Esau because he hunted the wild animals that Isaac enjoyed eating. But Rebekah loved Jacob. 29 One day Jacob was boiling a pot of vegetable soup. Esau came in from hunting in the fields, weak from hunger. 30 So Esau said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red soup, because I am weak with hunger.” (That is why people call him Edom.[c]) 31 But Jacob said, “You must sell me your rights as the firstborn son.”[d] 32 Esau said, “I am almost dead from hunger. If I die, all of my father’s wealth will not help me.” 33 But Jacob said, “First, promise me that you will give it to me.” So Esau made a promise to Jacob and sold his part of their father’s wealth to Jacob. 34 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and vegetable soup, and he ate and drank, and then left. So Esau showed how little he cared about his rights as the firstborn son.
4. The Object of Our Worship
a. Romans 1:20 There are things about him that people cannot see—his eternal power and all the things that make him God. But since the beginning of the world those things have been easy to understand by what God has made. So people have no excuse for the bad things they do. 21 They knew God, but they did not give glory to God or thank him.Their thinking became useless. Their foolish minds were filled with darkness. 22 They said they were wise, but they became fools. 23 They traded the glory of God who lives forever for the worship of idols made to look like earthly people, birds, animals, and snakes. 24 Because they did these things, God left them and let them go their sinful way, wanting only to do evil. As a result, they became full of sexual sin, using their bodies wrongly with each other. 25 They traded the truth of God for a lie. They worshiped and served what had been created instead of the God who created those things, who should be praised forever. Amen. 26 Because people did those things, God left them and let them do the shameful things they wanted to do.
5. For Sale - Or Not
a. Matthew 13:44 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field. KJV
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