Hello everyone, today is the second day we will be talking about Jacob\u2019s life.<\/p>\n
Day 2 \u2013 Rebecca\u2019s character<\/strong> “Now Rebekah was listening when Isaac spoke to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt game and to bring it.\u00a0So Rebekah spoke to Jacob her son, saying, \u201cIndeed I heard your father speak to Esau your brother, saying, \u00a0\u2018Bring me game and make savory food for me, that I may eat it and bless you in the presence of the Lord before my death.\u2019 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to what I command you. \u00a0Go now to the flock and bring me from there two choice kids of the goats, and I will make savory food from them for your father, such as he loves. Then you shall take it to your father, that he may eat it, and that he may bless you before his death.\u201d<\/em> (Gn.27 :5-10)<\/p>\n Notice the advice Rebekah gave Jacob. She heard Isaac speaking to Esau, but she wanted her will to prevail. Her son Esau had shown many times that he was a problematic child by the choices he had made. That\u2019s the reason why she preferred Jacob over Esau. She felt Esau was unworthy of the blessing. Even though she was right, she had no right to do things her way.<\/p>\n ” I heard your father speak to Esau your brother, saying\u2026\u201d<\/strong> Look at the difference between Isaac and Rebekah! Notice how being a deceiver ran in the family. Jacob was a deceiver just like Rebekah. She took advantage of her husband\u2019s blindness, and went behind his back to get her way!<\/p>\n There is no evidence, or do we see it written anywhere that Rebekah sacrificed. This is why she only had natural and normal advice to give that didn\u2019t required any sacrifice. This is precisely because she never lived it nor took Isaac\u2019s example.<\/p>\n Look at Rebekah\u2019s advice as an example for you, woman, mother, wife, and worker, that always wants to do things your way. Know that you will be accountable for those acts. If you are doing the same, it\u2019s because you haven\u2019t been living the example of the sacrifice, you haven\u2019t learned from it. “How can you say such a thing?<\/strong>” You may be asking.<\/p>\n I say this because you aren\u2019t spiritually alive, that\u2019s why when you give someone advice it\u2019s meaningless, because you haven\u2019t renewed your mind, your ideas. On the contrary, the world is changing, but you\u2019ve remained stagnant since the day you came to Church and received some blessings.<\/p>\n You see the things of God in a malicious way. When someone speaks about sacrifice and offering you want to do things your way. This is the reason why your life is a shame before God and others.<\/strong><\/p>\n You can even be married to a Pastor, an Assistant, or be a faithful member, but you\u2019re living a deceitful life. You\u2019re actually nourishing your egoism, your own “little world”. Your life doesn\u2019t change because you\u2019re not a living sacrifice.<\/p>\n When the campaign of Israel comes along you no longer believe, because you have never sacrificed!<\/strong> This is why you see things with “other” eyes and want to take justice into their own hands.<\/p>\n I will allow each one to draw your own conclusions. 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\n<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nShe heard her husband\u2019s conversation, just like many of you hear many things, but the choice is yours on what action you want to take.
\n ” Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to what I command you. \u00a0Go now to the flock and bring me from there two choice kids of the goats, and I will make savory food from them for your father, such as he loves. Then you shall take it to your father, that he may eat it, and that he may bless you before his death.”<\/strong>
\nBecause Rebekah was anxious for her will to prevail, she left out the details Isaac had mentioned to Esau when he told him to take his weapons, go out to the field and hunt game. Rather, she ordered Jacob to go to the flock, in other words suggesting the easy way…<\/p>\n
\nMaybe you’ve given something in the past, but it has been a long time since you have sacrificed. As a matter of fact, there is nothing new to present. Your words are religious and your prayer is, forgive my expression, “disgusting”.<\/p>\n
\nUntil tomorrow.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"