Genesis 25:19-26 | Learning from Esau's failure.

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And thank you. Because you're so good to.

Us and Amy when you say I don't. Care what you're doing is that

you are. Giving up your right to.

Choose you are. Saying I don't care, then that

means something else is going to come in and fill that gap.

And as I was, I was looking into this story.

We're doing a series. Called Fight Club.

And I first I thought I was like, man, you know, Jacob kind

of hustled his brother. But honestly after seeing.

This story, the birthright that. Belonged to Esau.

Esau was pretty much I don't care, I don't care that this

belongs to me. I don't care.

What God is doing? And what ends up happening is

when you say I don't care, something else will fill it.

And I think as believers, as Christians, the term I don't

care is probably one of the most dangerous phrases.

That. We can say because you're not

choosing sides and when it comes to the things.

Of God I don't. Care means that you don't care

and you don't know. And really it's when it comes to

the things of God is like, no. You should care.

You have to care and. We are living in a.

Culture, that is. Kind of bleeding.

This whole idea of I. Don't care this whole quiet

quitting, the ghosting the the like non responsiveness to life.

Is a way of saying. I don't care if it's not about

me. It's very dangerous.

What? We're going to see here, so

you're not. Talking bad about the things of

God, but you? Also, ain't talking good.

About them, you're just like. Nonchalant, which is extremely

dangerous and which we're going to.

Look at today, this battle. Between the two brothers in the

story of Jacob and Esau. So look at Genesis chapter. 25

we're going to just dive into it and.

We're going. To start, in verse 19, this is

the account of the family line of Abraham's son.

Isaac, Abraham. Became the father of Isaac and.

Isaac was 40. Years old when he married.

Rebecca, daughter of Petul. The Armenian from Patan Arm.

The sister. Of Laban the Armenian. 40 years

old. There's hope for some of y'all

out there. Stick it out So before we keep.

Reading I want to. Catch us up here.

Because in the beginning of Genesis chapter 25, we see the

Genesis 25 · chapter mention

end of Abraham's life and what a lot of people don't.

See if you keep reading if you read the.

Beginning of chapter 25 it says that Abraham remarried after

Sarah passed, Abraham got married again.

Father Abraham had lots of game joking and if you keep reading

that it goes on to list. All the kids that Abraham.

Had with his second wife and I'm wondering like.

Why does it list this? Long list of names remember what

was the promise that God gave Abraham?

You're. Going to be the.

Father of many nations, your descendants are going to be.

Like the stars and we're. Seeing this promise come forth

early on, even at the end of Abraham's life, God's promise is

beginning to come true. And then, as Abraham is in his

last years, he begins to give things.

To his kids, he gives Isaac the birthright.

He gives Isaac everything and we're.

Going to to talk about what it means to.

Receive a birthright versus a. Blessing he gives.

Isaac, everything he gives. Ishmael stuff.

So that way Ishmael could go on and create his nation.

And now we get to Isaac's family and what we see.

Here right off the bat. Abraham became the father of

Isaac, and Isaac was. 40 years old when he.

Was married to Rebecca and listen, Rebecca was incredible.

Viewed, the Bible says. Beautiful servant of the Lord,

but the one thing was that she was barren.

She could not have a child. Didn't Abraham and Sarah have

that same mission? But here's the difference with

Abraham. When, when, when God prompts a

man, I'm going to promise you a son and they couldn't have a.

A child. What Sarah did was hey, sleep.

With my servant. And that's where Ishmael came

and to this. Day we see the problem with

that. Look at the middle.

East. But what Isaac does here is that

he inquires of the Lord. He looked at what his father did

and went through and he learned from that, it says Isaac.

Prayed to the Lord in verse. 21 on.

Behalf of his wife. So Isaac didn't just inquire of

the Lord. Praying for a wife, but also

when she. Couldn't have a child he prayed

on. Behalf of his wife because she

was childless here's a. Lesson in God's timing, y'all.

And the Lord answered his prayer, and his wife Rebecca

became pregnant. And then.

Like, let's keep, let's keep. Seeing this, because think about

this, they get married 20 years later they have.

Their first children, which is. Jacob and Esau, so I'm married.

At 40, I'm 60 by. The time I have my first born

kid. That's crazy.

So she was buried. She prayed, but look.

What happens in verse 22? This is something that we could

all learn. Here the babies jostled each

other within her and she said, why is this happening?

To me. So what did she do?

She went to inquire of the Lord. Look what they're doing.

When there is a this. Is something we could all learn

from when there's a problem. When there's a worry, what?

Does Isaac and Rebecca. Do they seek the Lord?

Many times when we're going through something or something

we don't understand or there's an issue, you know what?

The last thing we do is pray. We don't pray we don't seek the

Lord. We don't.

Ask God for help and we see here Isaac and Rebecca Godly.

People and they inquire. Of the Lord, they pray and they

ask. Him in and.

Jesus tells us this. He's like, man, you do not have

because you do not ask. And if you ask anything.

In my name I will. Provide that for you, Jesus

tells. Us in the New Testament.

You got to pray. So what does he ask?

He's like, pray, inquire the Lord, seek the Lord, we even.

Cease in the Old Testament. Isaac.

And Rebecca are doing this. They're praying like we're

barren. Now remember, Isaac is the

promised child of Abraham, so he knows that there is something

special coming through this line and he can't understand it

because he doesn't have children yet.

So she acquires of the Lord. And let's see what happens.

She becomes pregnant and she feels something inside, like

something is off, something is not like feeling right.

She inquires of the Lord. Look at verse 23.

Look. What it look what God tells her,

The Lord said to her. Two nations are in your womb.

The two people from within you will be separated.

One people will be stronger than the other, and the older will

serve the younger. All right, that's key right

there. I got something you should

underline or highlight God is giving her.

A heads up of what's? Happening with the two human

beings inside of her body. And the first thing God says is

there's going to be two nations that come out of your womb.

That means that. Each of these children.

Are going to be ancestors. To.

Thousands and thousands and thousands of people.

Can you imagine you have two nations inside of you?

Imagine like man. No, No.

Pressure. This is a big deal, God.

God is letting her know. And also I think this is an

argument for life because you have no idea what God's cooking

and for you to step in and say life doesn't matter, you have no

idea what God has. And God is saying, man, there's

two nations. Here, however, these two people.

Groups are going to be separated, there's going to be a

division amongst them and the older is going to serve the

younger. You see that that doesn't make

sense culturally because in culture the older the first born

always gets. The birthright.

The birthright you get double the.

Portion and and the you pretty much get everything that the

father leaves behind. So you don't just get double

portion, but it's your responsibility to continue to

run the family. You get all the liquid.

Assets, you're the one that. Keeps everything.

Going it's super duper important.

So this is this. Is what he's getting.

He's. God's telling her these are the

things that are coming in coming up.

Look at verse 24 when the time came for her to.

Give birth they were. Twin boys in her womb.

So they were quite this. He had twins, the first one was

red and. His whole body was like a hairy.

Garment. So they named him Esau.

It's like a mix of Andrew and Esteban.

Red bro like Chewbacca, just a hairy, hairy human being and his

name is. Ethan, because of his

appearance, he was. Hairy even to the point where he

later on he's going to be the head of the Edomites.

The word Edom means red, and then we're also going to see

that. The color.

Of the Stew that Jacob made was red.

It's like, what is the what's the Bible?

Trying to and I was digging. I was like, what is this?

And honestly, there's really nothing that came.

About it, but you got stick to the text.

Look at verse 25. The first to come out was.

Red, His whole body was a hairy. Garment, and they named him

Esau. And then verse 20. 6 After this

his brother. Came out and his hand grasping

Esau's heel so he was named. Jacob Isaac was 36.

Sorry, 60 years old. When Rebecca gave birth to them.

So look, look what the names are.

Esau comes out and he's giving a name based on his appearance.

Jacob comes out and he's giving a name based on his actions, and

Jacob comes out and he is grabbing the heel of Esau.

Kind of strange. A lot of scholars believe that.

Even when they were in their mother's wombs, they were

fighting with each other. They were fighting for position

on who comes out first. You know, I was looking into

this. There's also something called

Palmer. Grass reflex if you have a baby.

If you notice with babies anything you put in their hand

they immediately close it and if you.

Have a toddler? They'll just.

When I had. Glasses, that's what.

Libby and Elena would do. They would grab my glasses and

clinch on like the. Claws of Death.

And you're just trying to fight like let.

Go of it. And guys, this is.

A natural reaction. To babies, but.

Coming out of the womb. That's a little bit off.

So what we see here is that Jacob.

Is immediately grabbing Esau Almost.

Like he was fighting for. Position and imagine his name.

Jacob the heel. Grabber, listen, this is not.

A. Great.

You know, like I'm trying to name my kid.

Something cool here. Heel grabber.

Actually means somebody that's a scoundrel.

Like a Rascal, like a trickster. It's like if.

You use the term man, you're pulling my leg.

You play too much. That's Jacob and Jacob.

'S name was Heel Grabber. Then I started thinking before

Genesis 25. Where else do we see?

Something with a heel or grabbing the heel.

Genesis 3. Genesis 315.

The word says I. Will put enmity between you and

the woman, and between your offspring and hers, and he will

crush your head and. You will strike his what heel?

So this is not a good connotation when something goes.

Through the heel. So we see this, that Jacob is a

heel grabber. This is who?

He's going to be. And we talked about this a few

weeks. Ago, this is the personality.

Of Jacob. Now look at verse 27.

The. Boys grew up.

And Esau became a. Skillful, Skillful.

Hunter, a man of the open country, while Jacob was content

to stay at home among the tents. Esau.

Loved. To go outside and hunt.

Jacob. Liked to stay inside and chill

and that word content or actually means wholeness they we

see the same Hebrew word in the. Book of job so like.

Siblings, they had different tastes, they had different

personalities, and for some reason it kind of leaned where

the parents actually began to look at their children and have

favorites, which is not good. So Isaac had a taste.

Of wild game in verse 28 so he loved esau and.

Rebecca loved Jacob you. Have a mama's boy and.

You have a daddy's boy. And their love for favoritism

actually began to divide. There's three things I want to

select. It's not going to be on the

screen. But things that began to

manifest here between the brothers was ancestral, right?

So Esau is going to. Be the head of the.

Edomites doesn't end well and then Jacob is going to be where

Israel comes out of we. Saw that few weeks ago.

They were different in this position.

Right Esau was rugged. Headstrong hunter preferring

the. Outdoors, Jacob was just a.

Plain old guy that loved the comforts of inside.

He loved the air conditioning. He didn't like the sweat.

There's nothing wrong with that. Personalities.

And then we see this parental favoritism.

Esau from his dad Jacob. From his mother and listen when

you list these three things. These are this is an ingredients

for conflict and head and heartache for any family.

This is going to cause a divide. Started doing more research on

this and I was like man, like I know like with siblings, there's

kids where parents favor one or the other.

And what we see here is that the child that.

The parent does not favor actually grows up with emotional

distress, low self esteem, they have damaged sibling

relationships, identity issues and then they have increased.

Risk factors like poor. Academic performances depression

and then it might lead to substance abuse that's a child

that whenever they. See their brother or sister.

Sibling being favored and them not getting that same love and

attention but on the flip. Side.

The child that the parent. Favored.

They grew up with the pressure to feel, to be perfect.

Which also leads to anxiety. High anxiety overindulgence is

going to cause a hard time developing life.

Skills. Is going to strain

relationships, even might lead to bad.

Health. And then of course, they're

going to struggle with relationship dynamics.

Either way. It's not good for.

Parents to pick favorites. It's actually terrible.

It's damaging to the family unit and God created the family for

mom and like he created a system of.

Order and it's for to love every child.

The same and what? We're seeing here is.

Evidence that when parents favored.

Their children. It causes a.

Division, this is what we're going to see here.

So let's see how this all boils up.

OK, so verse. 29 Once when Jacob was cooking some Stew, Esau came

in from the open country and he was famished all right.

He wasn't just hungry, he was hungry, hungry all right.

So that when you see famished, it's it's almost like I have

nothing left. I have I am starving.

I have no energy. I have nothing left to give

unless I have food. Then verse 30.

He said to Jacob Quick. Let me have some of that.

Red Stew, give me some. Of that menudo I'm famished and

that's. Why he was also called?

Eden because the Stew was red. They eat them.

It's just a play on words. That we see here.

Don't don't miss the the point here.

So Jacob replied. Now this is an opportunity for

Jacob and I believe because we see the faithfulness.

Of God from. Isaac and Rebecca they raised

their children talking about the.

Lord, they raised their children.

Tell them about the promises of Abraham and and the God of

Abraham and what it means. To have this.

Birthright, and I'm pretty sure they kept telling Esau.

That this birthright. Is going to be yours one day,

but. What we see here is that.

Esau probably wanted nothing to do with it.

He hit him with that. I don't care.

And Jacob, being the scoundrel that he was, being the little

like trickster. That he was he.

Saw the open opportunity so now he's cooking.

Which they're they're just. Being in their normal zones,

like he loved to be inside, He loved.

To cook. Esau loved to hunt.

Esau's like, I'm starving, I'm going to fall.

Out Jacob's like great. Sell me your birthright now.

Why? This is such a big deal.

Like if you read the. Old Testament and Deuteronomy.

The the. Eldest son is actually you.

Are allowed to sell your birthright.

It is not against the law to sell your.

Birthright. It's up to you, however, to sell

it for a bowl of Stew. Really.

You get land out of that, you get you get so much more out of

selling your birthright. And Jacob did not care.

Now what? Jacob knew Jacob understood the

birthright. So go ahead and put up that

slide about what the birthright is.

I want us. To look at this because.

I think this is something really important here.

The birthright. It's a double portion of the

inheritance. So whenever you are the first

born child, the birthright. You get a double.

Portion and then you also lead the family.

Spiritually you, you lead all the liquid assets you.

Keep the family name going, but this one, this birthright, was

really important. Because this birthright, the

birthright that Isaac had, that he was.

Going to pass on was going to determine who would inherit the

covenant God made with Abraham. This covenant included land, it

included a nation, and it included the Messiah, the seed

of. Jesus.

Guys, this was not just some ordinary thing.

No, no, the covenant of Abraham was a big deal.

And for Jacob? To just be like, yeah.

Whatever. That's not good.

So as we see this. There's a difference between a

birthright and a blessing, so. Jacob schemes Esau for.

The birthright now next chapter he's going to, him and Rebecca

are going to hustle Isaac and Esau for the blessing.

Because when you don't care for one thing of God, you miss out

on the blessing. And that's something that we got

to grab onto, no pun intended. So Deuteronomy 2117.

I'm just going to read through this for times sake.

We talked about the birthright. It says he must.

Acknowledge the son of his unloved wife as the first born

by giving him a double share. Of all that.

He has that son. Yeah, that son is the first sign

of his father's strength. The right of the 1st.

Born belongs to him, so anybody that's the first born, they get

the birthright. They get all of that.

Stuff even in Exodus chapter. 4. When when Moses is is trying to

get his. People to be freed by Pharaoh.

They then say to. Pharaoh, this is what the Lord

says. Israel is my first born and I

told you, let my son go so that he may worship.

Me, but you refuse. To let him.

Go so I will kill. Your first born son God is

threatening Pharaoh with removing the first born.

You know how many legacies are going to be.

Destroyed. I never understood the

implications of the plagues. God is wiping out a generation

because they're being disobedient.

So. Pharaoh, you don't want to let

my people go. Done.

First born. Gone.

Because this is. Being a first born, this is.

This is a big. Deal.

Verse 32 Look. Look how?

Look how like Esau responds. This is crazy.

You want to talk about dramatic? Look, I'm about to die.

Esau said. What good is the birthright?

To me, what is Esau saying here? Esau's pretty much saying.

I don't value this. I got one life to live.

If I die, this has. No benefit to my life.

So this. Birthright that I've been

hearing about and all this stuff that doesn't benefit me at.

All I could care less about it. So it's a very, very selfish.

Motive that Esau gives He does not value the birthright.

He didn't care. So 33 but.

Jacob said Swear to me. 1st so he swore.

To the oath to him. Sell me the birthright to Jacob.

Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and some lentil Stew.

He drank and ate. Then he got up and left.

So Esau despised his birthright, and that word despised as

strong. That word despised means I don't

care if you have a. Future.

Esau wanted nothing to do with it.

He got up and he. Left like it was like.

Any other day. And what's crazy is that.

Once he finished the bowl of Stew.

The Bible does not. Say Esau felt.

Remorse. The Bible does not say that.

Esau felt bad. He did not say that that he

wanted to repent. He just got up and left like it

was no thing. Man Malachi chapter 1.

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Now read this if you want to look in your scripture.

This this passage is is. Wild to me, Malachi chapter one.

I'm going to start in verse. 2 Just read through verse 5.

Malachi is one of the prophets, and he's speaking to Israel on

behalf of the. Lord, he says, I have loved you,

says the Lord, But you. Ask.

How have you loved us? Was not Esau's?

What was not Esau Jacob's? Brother declares the Lord.

Yet I have loved Jacob, but Esau I have.

Hated and I have turned his Hill Country into a wasteland and and

left his inheritance to the desert.

Jackals. Edom May.

Say, though, we have been. Crushed, we will rebuild the

ruins. But this is what the.

Lord says they may rebuild, but I will demolish.

They will be. Called the wicked land, a people

always under the wrath of the. Lord, and you will see it with

your. Own eyes and.

Say, great is the Lord. Even beyond the borders.

Of Israel. This is crazy.

Where do? You, man, look what's happened

in the Middle East today. Guys, this is Edom.

I've never seen a passage before.

I've never seen a verse that said God hated somebody crazy

to. Me Esau had the ability to grab

a. Hold of the promise which was

the lenience of Jesus Christ. But he said I don't.

Care. Here's what's wild Esau will

forever. Be known as the red.

Hairy guy. That's his whole name.

That's. It.

He will ever be known of the Edomite.

Red hairy guy that did. Not grab a hold of the promise,

but yet. He was a hunter he was loved by.

Isaac and did awesome things. Jacob was a jacked up

individual, a scoundrel where God had to wrestle with him.

But because he survived, God changed his name to Israel and.

Jacob was a jacked. Up human being but wanted the

promise. Guys, this is what the gospel

is. It's not about performance.

This is what God. This is why Jesus.

Came. It's about belief.

It's about grabbing a hold of the promise.

Was Jesus Christ. And listen, it doesn't matter.

What your life looks like but if you believe.

In him then God's going to show you with grace there's

forgiveness of sin and there's a new future.

But if you go on through life thinking that you.

Have to be. Perfect and perform and do.

All these religious. Things and call people out and

you don't care about the promise of God.

It's not going to end. Well, for you.

And we see this right along. We even see this in Romans

Romans 9:10–13

Chapter 9, verses 10 through 13. Not only that, but.

Rebecca's children were conceived.

At the same time. As their father Isaac by our

father Isaac excuse. Me yet before the twins were

born, or had anything good or bad, in order that God's purpose

and election might stand, not by works, but by Him who?

Calls, she was told the. Older will serve the.

Younger, just as it is written. Jacob I love, but Esau I hated

God. Is saying listen like God is

pointing out listen Esau. His terrible choices.

People were like, well, didn't that?

Catch God by surprise. Like no, because of God's

sovereignty, God is showing us. That because of Esau's choices,

he had to choose Jacob. He said all this before they

were. Even born God mapped all this

out and he's showing us. That Jacob was.

Jacked up man he was. Bad.

He's a bad character. He's a bad.

Person but because he. Grabbed a hold.

Of the promise God forgave him and God give him a new future.

He's like, you're going to leave my people?

But Esau had it backwards. Esau was a good guy.

He did everything he was asked to.

But he. Did not care about the promise.

I think that there's a few things that we could learn from.

Esau today as believers. Because I'm reading this text

and I'm like man, what? Should we fight?

Against As believers in Christ, what can we learn from the

mistakes? Of Esau so that way.

We don't make those mistakes. So #1 what can we learn?

I don't care is the same as I don't believe when you say

things like I don't care when it comes to the things of God.

Like I talk. To people all the time and

they're like, man, Ricky, I don't care.

About the church. I don't care about.

Like his? Spirit I don't care about.

Like his, his word. I don't care about like,

worship. I don't, I don't care about

prayer. I don't care about all these

things. Well, listen then.

You don't believe there's absolutely no evidence of a

regenerated heart. So you could go around and you

could say I know God all you want to, but the proof is in

the. Fruit that your life bears.

Listen Esau, by him saying I don't care knowing what the

promise was going to bring, that means that he did not believe in

the promises of God themself to the point where he's like I'd

rather not be hungry then go through.

All of this Jack stuff. So when we say.

To the things of God, man, I don't.

Care Isa had this. Whole mentality of like, man, I

don't you only live once, like I'm living one time.

If this is not going to benefit me, my future, I don't want it.

He clearly did not. See the value of his.

Birthright and God took it away from him.

And listen, when we go around and we say things like that, I

don't care. Then we got to start

questioning, What do you actually believe?

Have you actually repented? Have you given your heart?

To Jesus Christ have. You surrendered to his Lordship.

Or. Are you just going to church,

man? Like, like you're just going and

you're doing the right things. You got to grab.

A hold of the promise, and that promise is Jesus.

So I don't care. It's the same as I don't

believe. Got to be careful with our

language #2. Esau put very little value.

Of spiritual things. Esau will forever be a.

Lasting example on what it. Looks.

Like to pick the things of this world over the things of.

God, he's always. Going to be known for.

This esau about. Only valued material things When

he could grab we could what he could.

Produce we could grab a hold of the spiritual birthright.

Meant to him nothing compared to a hungry stomach and he got to a

point where he's like, man, I'm hungry.

I'd rather have food than the things of God.

And that begs the question, what are you willing to trade for the

promises of God? Because we read this.

You're like man Ricky, that's so dumb.

Why would? He just get a.

Bowl of soup, knowing that he has all this stuff coming to

him. I don't know.

Let me ask us that same question why Why would I get into a

relationship knowing that I don't belong there over the

plans and the will that God has for my life?

Why would I fall into this addiction knowing that God has

something so much greater for me?

Why would I cheat on my? Wife Why would I?

Cheat on my husband knowing that that is not what?

God has for us, we. Could go down the line guys,

there's. A.

Thousand other. Things that we could put before

the Lord. We just don't.

See it this way? But it's true.

And when we put things. Before the Lord, those are

called idols, so we've talked about this.

And how do we know? I think like, how do we know

that we're putting things before?

God. Well, whose voice are you

listening to? So we got to think about what

are we listening to? Here, because the voice of.

Satan always pushes selfishness and pride.

When it's all about you. Like you didn't get credit?

For it. You were not the focus they're

going to make. You look stupid.

Like people are not going to acknowledge you when everything

becomes about you. That is not the voice of God

because you're looking for trophies.

Instead of towels. And many of us when it is the.

Voice of God it is. Known like I have a greater plan

for you, I have forgiven you. If you repent, I will forgive

you. If you seek me, you will find

me. See everything that God points

to. When God's directing you, it all

lands on Him. When everything is about you,

you are not. Created to carry that weight.

You're not created to share God's glory.

You're not created. To try to get forgiveness

yourself, that is. Going to crush you.

But when it comes to the things of God, God's like, no, I'm

going to take. Care of that for you.

I love you. I will forgive you.

I will guide your steps. I will connect you to the right.

People like, if you just worship like, let me take care of it.

See, 1 is about performance, but the other one's about

acceptance, you see. Esau was all about.

Performance and selfishness and pride, Jacob even in his.

Terrible character was about. Acceptance.

He wrestled with God and survived and he said bless me

Lord, and God blessed him. Then last one.

Esau valued temporary satisfaction over a long term

blessing. Esau valued satisfaction over

blessing. For many of us, man, God has

this amazing blessing in store for your life, but you continue

to give up before you could even receive it.

And when you cry out, you're like man, but.

The question is why you quit so fast?

Why do you give up so? Quickly when it gets hard.

And what we do is that we are. Obedient to.

God, until it gets difficult and.

Then we find other ways. We dip out.

We don't want it. And God is like, no, like if

you're going to seek me, if you're going to follow me,

you're not going to give in to your temptations.

You're not going to give in to your comforts.

You're going to keep. You're going to keep.

Following me, many of you. Guys like God has a.

Big plan for. You God has a big blessing for

you. God has this amazing will.

For your life. But you keep dipping out.

You keep letting go of the promise.

You keep choosing Stew over. Your birthright.

And it's not going to work. God is not a genie in a bottle.

God is a holy and righteous being.

There's an amazing plan in your life for your life.

And they sent Jesus. To help you walk.

That out can't give up. You got to stick with it.

We trade our. Birthright for cheap

entertainment popularity. And pleasures that don't last,

we get rid of it. For these things, so I want to.

Hear Rachel at Read. Ephesians chapter 1 because the.

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Truth is, we have a birthright. When we become born again, we

become sons and daughters of the Most High God, and God is saying

I have a birthright. That I want to.

Give to you. I want to.

I want to transition to you. But you got to trust me.

You got to. Repent of your sin.

But you have to take a hold of it, don't have to earn it.

You don't have to clean yourself up.

You don't have to be perfect, just.

Come to me, come to the cross and make.

Sure, you get your birthright. What is the birthright?

That God. Has for us.

I'm just going to summarize. It I'll.

Be on the screen Ephesians chapter 1 versus 3 through 14.

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Paul writes the longest run on paragraph.

Ever. It's hard to read, but look.

Look what? Everything's in the Birthright.

I know it's kind of small so I'll read it out for you.

Every spiritual. Blessing is a part of.

This the. Blessing of being chosen by.

Jesus adoption into God's. Family, complete acceptance by

God in Christ. Redemption from our slavery to

sin. True and total forgiveness.

The riches of God's. Grace, the revelation and

knowledge. Of the Mystery of.

God's will and eternity, Eternal inheritance.

And a. Guarantee of the indwelling.

Of the Holy Spirit this is the birthright that God has for you

and all you have to do is accept it but yeah, you're willing to

give it away for. Stew because you want comfort

for just a tiny moment and God's like I have something so.

Much bigger for you I. Have something so much.

Better for you, I don't care about your.

Men. We've got to get over.

Comfortableness or comfort? He sent us the Holy Spirit, the

great Comforter. You can't be.

If you're comfortable all the time, you're not going to be

able to experience Him. God is.

Giving us all of this and just. For a little taste of Stew.

Just for a little taste. Of comfort.

He gave it all up. And I see this all the time,

man, even in. Scripture I was thinking about.

This so I was like man, Luke 1623, the rich man and Lazarus.

Where is the story that Jesus is?

Giving in verse 26 in Hades where he was tormented, he

looked up and saw Abraham. Far away, with Lazarus by his

side, he called. Him and said, Father Abraham,

have pity on me and send. Lazarus to dip his.

Finger in water just to cool my tongue because I'm in agony of

this fire. The rich man doesn't even repent

of his sin. Just a small taste, just a just

a little bit of Stew, but also we see.

Jesus on the cross and as Jesus hanging on the cross in John

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chapter 19, Jesus says I'm thirsty and he's doing this to.

Fulfill prophecy, he says. I'm.

Thirsty. And so instead of giving him

water, what do they give him? They give him this vinegar wine

to help. Ease the pain.

And as they. Give it to Christ, He realizes

what it is. But he turns away.

From it. Jesus rejects the comfort so

that way you and I could have. A taste of the birthright that

he has. For US1 swig one taste, but I

also think taste and see that. The Lord is good.

Try it. One taste of Jesus.

Nothing else will matter. For you, except his forgiveness,

except his birthright. We'll pray for us.

So Jesus, thank you for. All you do for us, let's

worship.