°°Get past the PAIN of those who wronged or deceived you. --Jacob decisively cheated his brother Esau of his BIRTHRIGHT and BLESSING! "Esau said, “Isn’t he rightly named Jacob? This is the second time he has taken advantage of me: He TOOK my BIRTHRIGHT, and now he’s taken my BLESSING!” Genesis 27:36 NIV --This occurrence really made Esau angry 😡. "Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. He said

INTRODUCTION Faith is seeing things from God's perspective. God sees the end of things from the beginning. Hebrews 11:1 Defines what Faith is and v3 states how God was pleased by the ancient men who lived by faith. v6 states that its impossible to please god without faith. In Hebrews 11, faith is mentioned 24 times, by faith 19 times and dying by faith 20 times. Source of Faith: Hearing the Good News about Christ (Romans 10:17). Hebrews 10:38 - The

"What shall we conclude then? Do we have any advantage? Not at all! For we have already made the charge that Jews and Gentiles alike are under the power of sin."  Romans 3:9 Romans 5:1-11 - Peace with God, Grace, Hope of glory. Ephesians 1:3-13 - Spiritual blessings in Christ Ephesians 2:11-19 -  Jews and Gentiles reconciled through Christ.

"For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus" 1 Timothy 2:5 Why the mediation? God has a dispute with us because of sin (Romans 3:23). Cause of the dispute? Genesis 3:6-10 Christ eternal priesthood of mediation by oath: Hebrews 7:20-28 v25 Therefore, he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them. v26 Such a high priest truly meets our need -

Category 1: On the contrary, we speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel. We are not trying to please people but God, who tests our hearts. You know we never used flattery, nor did we put on a mask to cover up greed—God is our witness. (1 Thessalonians 2:4‭-‬5 NIV) Category 2: “To the angel of the church in Sardis write: These are the words of him who holds the seven spirits of God and the seven stars. I know your deeds;

Abraham did not withhold Isaac from God: Genesis 22 v12 Now I know that you FEAR God because you have not withheld your only son from me. v16 I SWEAR because you have done this and have not withheld your only son, I will surely BLESS you. - Your descendants will be NUMEROUS as the stars, and as the sand in the sea shore, will take POSSESSION of their enemies GATES and all NATIONS on earth will be BLESSED because you have OBEYED me.

--All the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and the whole assembly said to them, “IF ONLY WE HAD DIED IN EGYPT ! or IN THIS WILDERNESS! (Numbers 14:2 NIV) --The Lord said to Moses, “How long will these people treat me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in me, in spite of all the signs I have performed among them? (Numbers 14:11 NIV) --So tell them, ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord, I WILL DO TO YOU THE VERY

Judges 1:1-2. ..the children of Israel asked the LORD, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them?* *And the LORD said, Judah shall go up....* Judah shall go first for us. The Lord has delivered the land into his hands. Judah means praise. God has given victory to Praise. Praise has the victory! Praises brought down the walls of Jericho. Praise has already decided, I will bless the LORD at all times, His praise

- Not condemned in the Bible, but the Bible shows it's legitimacy. ✓Isaac - Gen 24:50-54 [v60**, 66] ✓Jacob - Gen 29:16-20 [17-20] ✓David - 1 Samuel 18:17-27 - This shows dowry seemed was paid according to the man's ability. Abraham, a wealthy man, gave out his wealth while Jacob, in his material poverty,gave his labour. - Culture and customs reflect different ways of handling different situations. Culture keeps on changing and some people