Good morning,
Jacob the deceiver, has been deceived. God commands him to leave Laban and go home.
On the way, he has an encounter with the angel of God, and his life is radically changed.
Jacob comes to God with a humble and repentant attitude. God blesses him, changes his name to Israel, and reminds him of the covenant He made with Abraham and Isaac. Jacob builds an altar to God and a pillar where God spoke to him.
This week we will study this transformation.
JACOB/ISRAEL HONORS GOD
GENESIS 32-35
INTRO: Obedience results in blessing
WHO ARE THE PLAYERS?
1. God-See lesson 1
2. Jacob, Esau, Angel of the Lord
WHAT happens?
Jacob humbles himself before God
Genesis 32:9-12 I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; … V10
Jacob wrestles with the Angel of God
Genesis 32:24-26 And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. V26
Jacob blessed (No longer deceiver but a prince of God)
Genesis 32:27-30 And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed. And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there. And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
Jacob builds an altar to the God of Israel (His God, ref Gen28:20-22)
Genesis 33:18-20 And he erected there an altar, and called it El Elohe Israel. V 20 (The God of Israel)
Jacob returns to Bethel in obedience to God (Ref Gen 31:11-13)
Genesis 35:1 And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.
Genesis 35: 2-4 Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments:
Genesis 35:9-15 And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him. And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel. And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins; And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land. And God went up from him in the place where he talked with him. And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon. And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Bethel.
CONCLUSION:
- Obedience results in blessing
- Remember where God has met with you.
- FOUNDATION STONE: Jacob’s obedience leads to God’s blessing and name change to Israel and the father of the first group of people to have that name.
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