_And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him_ THE RECONCILIATION OF JACOB AND ESAU I. IT ILLUSTRATES THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE CHARACTERS OF THE TWO BROTHERS. 1. Esau was generous and forgiving. 2. In Jacob there are traces of his old subtlety. II. IT ILLUSTRATES THE POWER OF HUMAN FORGIVENESS.... [ Continue Reading ]
_I have enough_ CONTENTMENT FROM TWO POINTS OF VIEW I. HERE IS AN UNGODLY MAN WHO HAS ENOUGH (Genesis 33:9). Esau. Unconverted men are sometimes contented with their lot in this life. 1. It is not always or often so: they are mostly a dissatisfied company. 2. It is sometimes so: as in the case o... [ Continue Reading ]
_I have enough_ CONTENTMENT FROM TWO POINTS OF VIEW I. HERE IS AN UNGODLY MAN WHO HAS ENOUGH (Genesis 33:9). Esau. Unconverted men are sometimes contented with their lot in this life. 1. It is not always or often so: they are mostly a dissatisfied company. 2. It is sometimes so: as in the case o... [ Continue Reading ]
_The children are tender_ GENTLY! GENTLY! I. LET US VIEW JACOB AS AN EXAMPLE TO US. Tender consideration for the young and feeble. 1. How we may overdrive. (1) Puzzling them with deep and controversial points of doctrine, and condemning them because they are not quite correct in their opinions R... [ Continue Reading ]
_Jacob journeyed to Succoth_ LESSONS 1. Providence in love carrieth on his own after removing of blocks from their way. 2. The movings and journeyings of his own, providence guides, as of the wicked, but with distinction. 3. Esau under providence may be carried to Seir, strong mountains, but Ja... [ Continue Reading ]
_And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem,.. . and pitched his tent before the city_ JACOB’S MISTAKE God had not said, Go to Shechem; but, “I am the God of Bethel. ” Bethel, rather than Shechem, was his appointed goal. But alas! we are all too ready to fall short of God’s schemes for our elevat... [ Continue Reading ]
_And he bought a parcel of a field_ JACOB’S FAITH AND PIETY I. HIS FAITH. He bought a parcel of ground as a pledge of his faith in the future possession of that country by his posterity (Genesis 33:19). This purchase of a portion of land, concerning which God had promised Abraham that it should be... [ Continue Reading ]