"Esau" Tagged Sermons
A Changed Man
Having walked confidently into Peniel, Jacob now limps out… but his limp signifies the dramatic change that took place in his life; he was no longer Jacob the deceiver, he was Israel the contender. But now he actually comes face to face with his greatest fear; meeting his brother Esau. Will Jacob demonstrate this change, or will he fall back into his old ways?
The Sovereign Author
The story of Genesis is the origin story of the Jewish people. It is how they discovered who there were, where they were, and who their God was. As we come to investigate the story of one of the famous patriarchs of the people of God, Jacob, we need to understand why his life is recorded for us. God, as the sovereign author, has written Jacob’s story, complete with all his failures, weaknesses and deceit, into His grand saga. In…