Hello everyone today is the 4th day we are talking about Jacob\u2019s life.<\/p>\n
“And he went and got them and brought them to his mother, and his mother made savory food, such as his father loved. “And he went and got them and brought them to his mother, and his mother made savory food, such as his father 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\nThen Rebekah took the choice clothes of her elder son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob her younger son. And she put the skins of the kids of the goats on his hands and on the smooth part of his neck.”<\/em> (Gn.27: 14-16)
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\nDay 4 – Rebekah and Jacob\u2019s unrighteous character<\/strong>
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\nWho took the kids of the goats to his mother? Jacob! Just as he had been instructed, and this would supposedly represent a sacrifice. After having done so, Jacob was dressed in his brother\u2019s best clothes. Now, if Isaac was blind, why did she choose Esau\u2019s best clothes? Rebekah was aware that what they presented to Isaac had to be the best: The best food, the best clothes, forgetting, however, the most important thing: Righteousness.
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\nWhat pleases God is when we are righteous, not unrighteous. Rebekah did everything in her power so that Jacob can receive the blessing. She chose to present the best in everything, but she was still deceitful.
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\nI want to emphasize that your sacrifice may be, the best clothes, the best food, something of great quality, but if you are deceitful, you are being unrighteous. Those who are righteous before God live by faith!
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\nAnd when we live by faith, do we deceive? Do we do things our way? Act unrighteous?
\nNO! Not at all!
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\nMany fall short, precisely because they are unrighteous, even if his or her sacrifice seems to be perfect; they show a great flaw in their character.
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\nAnd this is an abomination to God! He doesn\u2019t accept it, He doesn\u2019t respond to it and doesn\u2019t completely realize what you ask for because it only represents a physical sacrifice.
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\nThis is what Rebekah and Jacob did when putting on the skins of the young goats over Jacob\u2019s hands to pass as Esau, his brother. What a terrible thing to do!
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\nTomorrow I will talk more about the meaning of sacrifice.
\nToday, I want to make it clear on when a person is conscious of his or her sacrifice but ignores the main part, which is his or her character.
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\nSee you tomorrow.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"