Jacob And The House Of God
Let us muse today from Genesis 28:17-25 and Jacob's source of possessions is found in the house of God. In verse 17 at Jacob's ladder experience from heaven, he senses that this is the house of God and the gate of heaven. It is down at the house…
Jacob’s Source Of Possessions
Let us muse today from Genesis 28:11-13 and Jacob's struggle with the source of his possessions. I want us to see that the source of all our possessions or from the Lord. In verse 11 we see the sunset which is often a picture of all we…
Jacob’s Struggle With Possessions
Let us continue to muse from our theme of Jacob's life and that is his 'Struggle With His Possessions'. The area of the things we call 'mine' are often the areas of the greatest conflict. It is hard for us to have a lose grip on the things of…
Jacob’s Delivered Posterity
Let us muse today from Matthew 1:1-3 and 'Jacob's Delivered Posterity'. After all of Jacob's foolishness and deception, underneath we find a heart for God. We find him included in the geneology of Jesus Christ in verse 2. How can this be? In…
Jacob’s Deceitful Posterity
Let us muse today from Genesis 38 and 'Jacob's Deceitful Posterity'. In verses 11-14 Tamar, Jacob's daughter-in-law, deceives Jacob in to an affair with a harlot. Tamar did this because she was not given the husband of the next son after the…
Jacob’s Dysfunctional Posterity
Let us muse this day from Genesis 38:1-3 and 'Jacob's Dysfunctional Posterity'. Jacob's boy Judah had an appetite for strange women who led him to marry a Canaanite woman. This marriage produced a son by the name of Er. The Bible says in…
Jacob’s Posterity
Let us muse for the next few days from Genesis 38 and Jacob's Posterity. How we all want the generations of our family to turn out right but seldom do what the Bible tells us to do. The word for training our children is given in Deuteronomy…
Jacob’s Inferno
Let us muse today from Genesis 34:1-2,24-26,&35:22 and 'Pride's Inferno' because Jacob has failed to head for home. In 34:1-2 we find his daughter, Dinah, is raped by a Hivite whom they were dwelling among. In verses 24-26 her brother kills…
Jacob’s Image
Let us muse today from Genesis 35:1-2, 21 and Pride's image. In verse one he is going up to Bethel, still not heading home yet. He there makes an altar to the Lord. It is at this time in verse two he deals with the strange gods his wives brought…
Jacob’s Pride
Let us muse today on the Preservation of Jacob's Pride. In Genesis 31:3 God tells Jacob to go home. We find in Genesis, 'Pride's Ignorance' in the life of Jacob. After a face to face encounter with God in 32:30 he goes to Succouth in 33:17 which…