BIBLE KNOWLEDGE: FAVORITE SON! #2

 

FAVORITE SON: ESAU & JACOB

Genesis 25:19-34

[19]This is the genealogy of Isaac, Abraham’s son. Abraham begot Isaac.

[20]Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah as wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan Aram, the sister of Laban the Syrian.

[21]Now Isaac pleaded with the Lord for his wife, because she was barren; and the Lord granted his plea, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

[22]But the children struggled together within her; and she said, “If all is well, why am I like this?” So she went to inquire of the Lord.

[23]And the Lord said to her: “Two nations are in your womb, Two peoples shall be separated from your body; One people shall be stronger than the other, And the older shall serve the younger.”

[24]So when her days were fulfilled for her to give birth, indeed there were twins in her womb.

[25]And the first came out red. He was like a hairy garment all over; so they called his name Esau.

[26]Afterward his brother came out, and his hand took hold of Esau’s heel; so his name was called Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.

[27]So the boys grew. And Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field; but Jacob was a mild man, dwelling in tents.

[28]And Isaac loved Esau because he ate of his game, but Rebekah loved Jacob. 

[29]Now Jacob cooked a stew; and Esau came in from the field, and he was weary.

[30]And Esau said to Jacob, “Please feed me with that same red stew, for I am weary.” Therefore his name was called Edom.

[31]But Jacob said, “Sell me your birthright as of this day.”

[32]And Esau said, “Look, I am about to die; so what is this birthright to me?”

[33]Then Jacob said, “Swear to me as of this day.” So he swore to him, and sold his birthright to Jacob.

[34]And Jacob gave Esau bread and stew of lentils; then he ate and drank, arose, and went his way. Thus Esau despised his birthright.

Genesis 27:1-2,4-8,10-15,18-23,27,30-32,34-36,38,40-41,43-44

[1]Now it came to pass, when Isaac was old and his eyes were so dim that he could not see, that he called Esau his older son and said to him, “My son.” And he answered him, “Here I am.”

[2]Then he said, “Behold now, I am old. I do not know the day of my death.

[4]And make me savory food, such as I love, and bring it to me that I may eat, that my soul may bless you before I die.”

[5]Now Rebekah was listening when Isaac spoke to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt game and to bring it.

[6]So Rebekah spoke to Jacob her son, saying, “Indeed I heard your father speak to Esau your brother, saying,

[7]‘Bring me game and make savory food for me, that I may eat it and bless you in the presence of the Lord before my death.’

[8]Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to what I command you.

[10]Then you shall take it to your father, that he may eat it, and that he may bless you before his death.”

[11]And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, “Look, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth-skinned man.

[12]Perhaps my father will feel me, and I shall seem to be a deceiver to him; and I shall bring a curse on myself and not a blessing.”

[13]But his mother said to him, “Let your curse be on me, my son; only obey my voice, and go, get them for me.”

[14]And he went and got them and brought them to his mother, and his mother made savory food, such as his father loved.

[15]Then Rebekah took the choice clothes of her elder son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob her younger son.

[18]So he went to his father and said, “My father.” And he said, “Here I am. Who are you, my son?”

[19]Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau your firstborn; I have done just as you told me; please arise, sit and eat of my game, that your soul may bless me.”

[20]But Isaac said to his son, “How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son?” And he said, “Because the Lord your God brought it to me.”

[21]Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come near, that I may feel you, my son, whether you are really my son Esau or not.”

[22]So Jacob went near to Isaac his father, and he felt him and said, “The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.”

[23]And he did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like his brother Esau’s hands; so he blessed him.

[27]And he came near and kissed him; and he smelled the smell of his clothing, and blessed him and said: “Surely, the smell of my son Is like the smell of a field Which the Lord has blessed.

[30]Now it happened, as soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob had scarcely gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.

[31]He also had made savory food, and brought it to his father, and said to his father, “Let my father arise and eat of his son’s game, that your soul may bless me.”

[32]And his father Isaac said to him, “Who are you?” So he said, “I am your son, your firstborn, Esau.”

[34]When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with an exceedingly great and bitter cry, and said to his father, “Bless me—me also, O my father!”

[35]But he said, “Your brother came with deceit and has taken away your blessing.”

[36]And Esau said, “Is he not rightly named Jacob? For he has supplanted me these two times. He took away my birthright, and now look, he has taken away my blessing!” And he said, “Have you not reserved a blessing for me?”

[38]And Esau said to his father, “Have you only one blessing, my father? Bless me—me also, O my father!” And Esau lifted up his voice and wept.

[40]By your sword you shall live, And you shall serve your brother; And it shall come to pass, when you become restless, That you shall break his yoke from your neck.” Jacob Escapes from Esau

[41]So Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him, and Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”

[43]Now therefore, my son, obey my voice: arise, flee to my brother Laban in Haran.

[44]And stay with him a few days, until your brother’s fury turns away,

Genesis 33:1,4,9,16,18

[1]Now Jacob lifted his eyes and looked, and there, Esau was coming, and with him were four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two maidservants.

[4]But Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck and kissed him, and they wept.

[9]But Esau said, “I have enough, my brother; keep what you have for yourself.”

[16]So Esau returned that day on his way to Seir.

[18]Then Jacob came safely to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padan Aram; and he pitched his tent before the city.

TODAY'S PRAISE SONG:

IF YOU CAN'T LOVE YOUR BROTHER!

THE ROUND CHURCH:

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BIBLE KNOWLEDGE: FAVORITE SONS

FAVORITE SON: CAIN AND ABEL

Genesis 4:1-11,16

[1]Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, and said, “I have acquired a man from the Lord.”

[2]Then she bore again, this time his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

[3]And in the process of time it came to pass that Cain brought an offering of the fruit of the ground to the Lord.

[4]Abel also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat. And the Lord respected Abel and his offering,

[5]but He did not respect Cain and his offering. And Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell.

[6]So the Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry? And why has your countenance fallen?

[7]If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin lies at the door. And its desire is for you, but you should rule over it.”

[8]Now Cain talked with Abel his brother; and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and killed him.

[9]Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?” He said, “I do not know. Am I my brother’s keeper?”

[10]And He said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground.

[11]So now you are cursed from the earth, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.

[16]Then Cain went out from the presence of the Lord and dwelt in the land of Nod on the east of Eden

Hebrews 11:4

By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts; and through it he being dead still speaks.

1 John 3:11-12

[11]For this is the message that you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another,

[12]not as Cain who was of the wicked one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his works were evil and his brother’s righteous.

FAVORITE SON: ISHMAEL & ISAAC 

Genesis 16:16

Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.

Genesis 17:18,20,25-26

[18]And Abraham said to God, “Oh, that Ishmael might live before You!”

[20]And as for Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly. He shall beget twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.

[25]And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

[26]That very same day Abraham was circumcised, and his son Ishmael.

Genesis 25:1-2,5-6,8-9,11-13

[1]Abraham again took a wife, and her name was Keturah.

[2]And she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.

[5]And Abraham gave all that he had to Isaac.

[6]But Abraham gave gifts to the sons of the concubines which Abraham had; and while he was still living he sent them eastward, away from Isaac his son, to the country of the east. Abraham’s Death and Burial

[8]Then Abraham breathed his last and died in a good old age, an old man and full of years, and was gathered to his people.

[9]And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite,

[11]And it came to pass, after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac. And Isaac dwelt at Beer Lahai Roi. The Families of Ishmael and Isaac

[12]Now this is the genealogy of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maidservant, bore to Abraham.

[13]And these were the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: The firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam.

TODAY'S PRAISE SONG:

RYAN ELLIS:

HEART OF A FATHER:

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BIBLE KNOWLEDGE: SPIRITUAL DOORS #4

 

SPIRITUAL DOOR: PRAYER:

"But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly." 

Matthew 6:6 

KNOCKING ON THE LORD'S DOOR:

7. "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:" 

8. "For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened." 

13  "Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:" 

14  "Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it." 

Matthew 7:7-8, 13-14

23. "Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said unto them," 

24.  "Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able." 

25.  "When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are:"

Luke 13:23, 24, 25 

1.  "Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber." 

2. "But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep." 

11.  "I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep." 

14. "I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine." 

15. "As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep." 

John 10:1, 2 11, 14, 15 

19. "Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you." 

20.  "And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord." 

26. "And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you." 

27. "Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing

28. "And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God." 

29. "Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed." 

John 20:19-20, 26-29

9.  "Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door." 

11. "Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy." 

James 5:9, 11

7.  "And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;"

8.  "I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name." 

 Revelation 3:7-8

TODAY'S PRAISE SONG:

HE STANDS & KNOCKS:

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BIBLE KNOWLEDGE: SPIRITUAL DOORS #3

 

SPIRITUAL DOOR & TEN VIRGINS:

Matthew 25:1,3-6,8-10

[1]“Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.

[3]Those who were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them,

[4]but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.

[5]But while the bridegroom was delayed, they all slumbered and slept.

[6]“And at midnight a cry was heard: ‘Behold, the bridegroom is coming; go out to meet him!’

[8]And the foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’

[9]But the wise answered, saying, ‘No, lest there should not be enough for us and you; but go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.’

[10]And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding; and the door was shut.

SPIRITUAL DOOR: MARY & PETER:

Acts 12:5,7,9,11-17

[5]Peter was therefore kept in prison, but constant prayer was offered to God for him by the church.

[7]Now behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the prison; and he struck Peter on the side and raised him up, saying, “Arise quickly!” And his chains fell off his hands.

[9]So he went out and followed him, and did not know that what was done by the angel was real, but thought he was seeing a vision.

[11]And when Peter had come to himself, he said, “Now I know for certain that the Lord has sent His angel, and has delivered me from the hand of Herod and from all the expectation of the Jewish people.”

[12]So, when he had considered this, he came to the house of Mary, the mother of John whose surname was Mark, where many were gathered together praying.

[13]And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a girl named Rhoda came to answer.

[14]When she recognized Peter’s voice, because of her gladness she did not open the gate, but ran in and announced that Peter stood before the gate.

[15]But they said to her, “You are beside yourself!” Yet she kept insisting that it was so. So they said, “It is his angel.”

[16]Now Peter continued knocking; and when they opened the door and saw him, they were astonished.

[17]But motioning to them with his hand to keep silent, he declared to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, “Go, tell these things to James and to the brethren..."

SPIRITUAL DOOR: EPHESUS:

1 Corinthians 16: 8-11

[8]But I ( Paul )will tarry in Ephesus until Pentecost.

[9]For a great and effective door has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.

[10]And if Timothy comes, see that he may be with you without fear; for he does the work of the Lord, as I also do.

[11]Therefore let no one despise him. But send him on his journey in peace, that he may come to me; for I am waiting for him with the brethren.

TODAY'S PRAISE SONG:

I SAW A DOOR:

SOUL DIVINE:

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BIBLE KNOWLEDGE: SPIRITUAL DOORS #2

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SPIRITUAL DOOR OF RAHAB:

Joshua 2:1,4,6,15-16

[1]Now Joshua the son of Nun sent out two men from Acacia Grove to spy secretly, saying, “Go, view the land, especially Jericho.” So they went, and came to the house of a harlot named Rahab, and lodged there.

[4]Then the woman took the two men and hid them. So she said, “Yes, the men came to me, but I did not know where they were from.

[6](But she had brought them up to the roof and hidden them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order on the roof.)

[15]Then she let them down by a rope through the window, for her house was on the city wall; she dwelt on the wall.

[16]And she said to them, “Get to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet you. Hide there three days, until the pursuers have returned. Afterward you may go your way.”

SPIRITUAL DOORS OF JOB:

Job 38:1,3,5,8,10

[1]Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said:

[3]Now prepare yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer Me.

[5]Who determined its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched the line upon it?

[8]“Or who shut in the sea with doors, When it burst forth and issued from the womb;

[10]When I fixed My limit for it, And set bars and doors;

Job 38:1,3,5,8,10

[1]Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said:

[3]Now prepare yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer Me.

[5]Who determined its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched the line upon it?

[8]“Or who shut in the sea with doors, When it burst forth and issued from the womb;

[10]When I fixed My limit for it, And set bars and doors...

CYRUS & GOD'S SPIRITUAL DOOR:

Isaiah 45: 1-2

“Thus says the Lord to His anointed, To Cyrus, whose right hand I have held— To subdue nations before him And loose the armor of kings, To open before him the double doors, So that the gates will not be shut:‘I will go before you And make the crooked places straight...

KING OF GLORY'S SPIRITUAL DOORS:

Psalms 24:7,9

[7]Lift up your heads, O you gates! And be lifted up, you everlasting doors! And the King of glory shall come in.

[9]Lift up your heads, O you gates! Lift up, you everlasting doors! And the King of glory shall come in.

SPIRITUAL DOORS OF WISDOM:

Proverbs 8:1,3,17,32,34

[1]Does not wisdom cry out, And understanding lift up her voice?

[3]She cries out by the gates, at the entry of the city, At the entrance of the doors:

[17]I love those who love me, And those who seek me diligently will find me.

[32]“Now therefore, listen to me, my children, For blessed are those who keep my ways.

[34]Blessed is the man who listens to me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at the posts of my doors.

TODAY'S PRAISE SONG:

LORD GIVE ME WISDOM:

BIBLE VERSE FOR ALL:

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BIBLE KNOWLEDGE: SPIRITUAL DOORS!

 DOOR TO NOAH'S ARK:

Genesis 7:13-16

[13]On the very same day Noah and Noah’s sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and Noah’s wife and the three wives of his sons with them, entered the ark—

[14]they and every beast after its kind, all cattle after their kind, every creeping thing that creeps on the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind, every bird of every sort.

[15]And they went into the ark to Noah, two by two, of all flesh in which is the breath of life.

[16]So those that entered, male and female of all flesh, went in as God had commanded him; and the Lord shut him in.

DOOR TO LOT'S HOUSE IN SODOM GOMORRAH:

Genesis 19:1-3,6,10-13,18,24

[1]Now the two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them, and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground.

[2]And he said, “Here now, my lords, please turn in to your servant’s house and spend the night, and wash your feet; then you may rise early and go on your way.” And they said, “No, but we will spend the night in the open square.”

[3]But he insisted strongly; so they turned in to him and entered his house. Then he made them a feast, and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.

[6]So Lot went out to them through the doorway, shut the door behind him,

[10]But the men reached out their hands and pulled Lot into the house with them, and shut the door.

[11]And they struck the men who were at the doorway of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they became weary trying to find the door. 

[12]Then the men said to Lot, “Have you anyone else here? Son-in-law, your sons, your daughters, and whomever you have in the city—take them out of this place!

[13]For we will destroy this place, because the outcry against them has grown great before the face of the Lord, and the Lord has sent us to destroy it.”

[18]Then Lot said to them, “Please, no, my lords!

[24]Then the Lord rained brimstone and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah, from the Lord out of the heavens.

DOOR & THE PASSOVER:

Exodus 12:1-2,5-7,12-14

[1]Now the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,

[2]“This month shall be your beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the year to you.

[5]Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year. You may take it from the sheep or from the goats.

[6]Now you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month. Then the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it at twilight.

[7]And they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and on the lintel of the houses where they eat it.

[12]‘For I will pass through the land of Egypt on that night, and will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the Lord.

[13]Now the blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you; and the plague shall not be on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.

[14]‘So this day shall be to you a memorial; and you shall keep it as a feast to the Lord throughout your generations. You shall keep it as a feast by an everlasting ordinance.

TODAY'S PRAISE SONG:

BLOOD ON THE DOORPOSTS:

SOUNDS OF EXODUS:

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