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Didn't have a time to read all of the story because
a several chapters about it but along the way I'll share some of the concepts of
that you'll know kind of what it's about so if we look at enter duction the title
of the lesson is face to face encounter with God Jacob is the believers prototype
and though he had the promise of blessing he tried to obtain the blessing through
his own effort this results in him leading
a double life and he had an encounter face to face with God This experience broke
him and then he began to walk in the right way living for God If you know the story
that will make perfect sense to you don't know the story you'll catch on the second
paragraph we talk about what people can do at times many times those of experience
would in their past do not even believe they can be blessed to be set free from the
wounds of the past or they try to get healed from the past in many different ways
and then going to God somewhere wet mask as if they are OK yet almost anything
could be a trigger for them all need to have
a face to face encounter with God just like Jacob had his own life so this look at
that second paragraph do you believe that those of experience with being some
believe that is what is going to be the rest of their life that they believe that
life is just going to be bad for them the rest of their life is there some that
believe that so they don't even believe there's
a blessing for them what's the blessing if you're
a believer in Jesus Christ the blesses you can be set free from all the things of
the past you can live
a victorious overcoming life but some don't even believe that they can be blessed
and then there are those who try to get healed by trying their own way of doing it
and I know what that means so maybe if I if I just take control of life and I
become the manipulators that
a people manipulating me. Does that happen what about I become the neighbor if I
just if I just let anybody do whatever they do to make Finally somebody will love
me do you there were those work and so what it is is there's something about
attitude. Very much so is about attitude and so if you have the wrong attitude
we're going to have
a gentleman probably in February this going to be coming to speak and he tried
twenty different ways to try to find peace. And then twenty different ways was he
tried every religion except Christianity he tried engineering he tried psychology
he did everything to find an answer you found out the answer was Jesus Christ so we
can go all kinds of different ways to find healing but all to me the answer is
Jesus Christ how many know that sometimes we have to have
a wrestling match with God to get healed. Have you know that we have to have
a face to face encounter where God gets real because I know when you've been
wounded and scarred and you grow up and maybe you've been witness scarred in
a Christian home. A mother and father serve God but they were fallen human beings
they made some bad choices along the way they weren't the best of parents or you
got they weren't the best of parents know some people grow up with great parents
but they judge them as not being good parents and so what happens is you make
against Christianity against God in Saul The reality is you want nothing to do with
God because your experience is that God is in the good God And so what does God do
who are brain is circumstances we have to face to face encounter with them maybe
it's
a car accident that he allows to happen and you're laying in the bed totally crippled
and you only person you have to talk to is who God in your mind is you can't even
talk. So God can to bring that face to face encounter to us all this to start
a lesson this is again based upon the story of Jake up as not all going to parallel
to the our story but I'll give you some ideas Romano number one says what is in
a name first thing is it says A is conception in Genesis twenty five one thousand
and twenty six there is the story of the birth of Jake up and he saw Jake up was
struggling even at birth there are many people who deal with the spirit of
rejection even at birth maybe it turns out the parents did one
a child or another child maybe they're born to addicted parents and were
a crack baby or fetal alcohol syndrome baby maybe they're born out of wedlock or
conceived out of rape maybe they were adopted whatever is behind their conception
there's
a message of being rejected does that make sense that there's that indirect miss if
your parents that want another child do that when you get bored and they say look I
didn't want you to they do that most likely not but will they relate to you
a certain way if you're that unexpected child they can have you turn around and you
can see by rape and the mother carries you. To term. And raise you but there's
there's
a part of bitterness that's within or you think that somehow that will come out
that that can be manifested and that
a child spirit can you can look at it with this look at the story for
a second to see how Jacob starts out even at conception in Genesis twenty five.
Thousand nine hundred twenty six what I'm going to do is I'm going to start
a twenty two and the back A is conceived to child so they're twins is going to
Jacob and Esau and it's in the trill children struggle together within her and she
said if it be so why am I feeling this what is happening God why is this happening
there's this war going on within my belly and the Lord answered says there's two
nations in your womb and two men are people should be separated from the bowels and
the one people should be stronger than the other people and the elder the younger
so how many know that if there's two children you OK was going to come out before
the other one right. So the one that comes out for first is the older one even if
it's by ten seconds right how many know the Jewish culture is the older has what.
Are the inheritance the birthright and there's
a war going on Esau as the older Jake up is the younger he wrestles as well
even as
a baby he's restless away I want to be the first born that's how he starts his life
. Do you think that maybe how you start life can be how you in life if you're not
careful if you start life with negative experience can you carry that negative
experience all the way to the day you die absolutely we have to be very careful It
says it needs to be understood that times individuals were loved in spite of how
they were conceived or the environment their conception but they perceived they
were not logged even if we come in
a good environment we can perceive or not luck I believe that probably in my home I
was loved I was the first I was the first born norm the first born would be to
parents are excited about that I believe that I probably was loved it's just that I
never perceived it so even if I was the victim perceived it now I make
a joke that maybe my dad cursed me because I found out later on that when I was
born the nurse brought me in at that time you know fathers weren't with the wife
when she was having the baby right she has the baby and baby gets all cleaned up
and there's brings them so I'm all cleaned up right I'm broke presentable she
brings me to my dad and my dad says that's the ugliest baby I've ever seen. And
this was it Queen of Angels Hospital which is run by the Catholic Church's non-so
was a nun so we think the non felt like when he said that and she like
a how dare you say that that you call your baby anything I think you say look like
a monkey Oh OK So did I hear that citric question.
I heard it in my spirit. Because Can I can I interpret as
a baby could interpret all that know. All the emotions and stuff out it again if
I'm. Three an hour all I don't have much reasoning and I don't want to make
a big or then what it is because I'd really Dawn kind of joking with you because I
really don't think that really affected me. But if that attitude carried on by my
father could that affect me so he says How many know that most babies look if you
get really honest they look kind of ugly kind of wrinkled up to look and especially
if they've first come out before they get cleaned up they don't look the bast Kate
but you don't say my baby looks ugly that's not his paper you are seeing now if I
would have been the nursed I would have said well let me take you to show
a bunch of ugly babies because they're all ugly at first and that's not the ugliest
one you've seen but out of that is that little statement Carsten probably affect me
but at that statement continued on could affect me absolutely what happens at
conception can affect you. So. Yes I did not know it at the time and
I didn't have I think I did something wake up one morning I remember now I knew
there is something every member of US My dad said this No that didn't happen OK
Somebody told me and I was old enough to be able to hear it and not be devastated
by it but even though I was told that years later I was probably told that I don't
know probably at twelve thirteen years old do you know it still had
a little bit of effect on me you know why I grew up as an asthmatic kid that was
never good enough couldn't play sports always sick I always felt like I was the
loser so if you felt like you're losing you hear that even if you're twelve
thirteen years old can the enemy use that to create something then you do you see
how easy wounding can happen so this this thing between Jake up
a nice solid There's that starts to be
a battle of who's going to win you don't think that broad damage in both of their
hearts and now to let you know something prophetic about it is there be two
different nations. Do you know that what took place in the womb has been taking
place to this day the two nations Israel and Muslims.
Are still fighting for something that took place in the womb that's something to
think about that's something to think about there's
a spiritual significance in the midst of that that's why we need to be careful what
we speak or the words that we speak we need to be careful of our actions we we need
to realize that when we have people around us what how they may interpret things
may be different than how we interpret them so there's this war that goes on be
fulfillment and just twenty five twenty seven thirty four the name Jake up means
a planter deceiver schemer or trickster I like to have your name in that many
individuals have been one of the past learn to cope with that would be manipulative
controlling or very deceptive Is that true that if you've been wounded you're going
to find
a way of dealing with Moon is some people are going to be manipulating me they're
going to be controlled they're going to be deceptive they want to have what one up
on you. So Jacob was that one up on you kind of
a person and what's interesting is you see in the midst of this this look at this
and one of the twenty seven thirty four and the boys grew and he saw was
a cunning Hunter a man of the filled in Jacob was
a plain man dwelling intense and love Isaac as their father I seek love Esau
because he did eat of the Venice and but relooked brought back
a love jake up all his or some favoritism going on there's some favoritism going on
can that affect you later on in life salute leap and Jake up was eating porridge
and came from the filled in he was faint he was tired and he said to Jacob feed me
I pray thee I'm hungry I want some of the food you're making and you know what
Jacob says Sure just let me have your birthright. So at that time
Esau sells his birthright to get some some some porridge are you willing to
give up what God has for you for the sake of something of this world there's
something to think about and notice that Jacob was what he was
a manipulator he knew what to do I know how to get the birth right he's really
hungry I can commit seem right now so I can see him there making the mill thinking
Oh my brothers out there he's hunting guess what if you're hunting for
a deer. You're getting a goat and you're going to cook it is going to take
a while you've got to skin it you gotta you gotta gut it out you've got to do all
this preparation and you and you've gone honey and you going to eat. And you think
high got to do all this and they didn't have microwaves. So his brother knew that
and he took advantage of it see when we get wounded sometimes we take advantage of
situations so that we can have that upper hand. Now think about your own life where
you the manipulator are you then they. Were you the one in him that manipulated
your circumstances you can be controlled or you're the one convinced that you just
give up you're always going to somebody when you see Esau in Upland his brother
when because he didn't want to pay the effort to what to do the prep work can I
tell you if you don't want to work on yourself that here's what will happen if you
don't want to work on yourself you're unable or you'll be abused the rest of your
life and how we know even if you're not being abused you will read it as an abuse
because of where you're at sea struggling who is in control and Genesis twenty
seven Jacob lives the life of
a manipulator controller and his mother is in the neighbor of life's nothing less
that control manipulation leads always to looking for Didn't they were to get what
you want Sadly many with experience abuse to become
a nipple later enablers many times in the business become codependent codependent
you depend upon everybody else your identity is but what people think about you so
you can either be that person that is concerned whatever he thinks about you are
you going to be that person takes control now what if you're both. What if you're
both that you'd like to be in control but also concerned about everybody thinks
about you. Do you think that might play with your head. What if I was to tell you
that maybe some people are bipolar and that bipolar they came from mental illnesses
because of how they learned to deal with life can do you think that if you keep
dealing with life a certain way can pick you mentally. So if you're
a little kid and your father's beat on you all the time and you find an imaginary
friend to help you deal with that can you grow older and suddenly have more
imaginary friends to
a point of having schizophrenia so everybody wants to blame the devil for mental
illness in August cast out the demons
a person to be OK Well sometimes it has nothing do with demonic stuff S.
To do with the brain cells what's going on the brain and it has to do with the
choices we've made and so if you're
a person that goes back and forth between between being somebody that is
a man pleaser and then when people abuse you you take control and you take charge
and you have this back and forth could that make you manic depressive absolutely it
can and so what is the healing is the healing medication there's
a trick question. The medication can help right the medication can help get the
brain cells going but if you don't deal with how you deal with life with the
medication all to be the fix because you can get all the medication to get your
brain functioning properly but you have some control over how you think in how you
deal with life and so in order to be healed you have to be at
a place where you say that you know I'm not dealing with things the right way how
do I deal with them differently and you know until Jacob looks at how he deals with
life he's going to be the same person is that true. And how many know that
sometimes it takes something challenging to get you to have to deal with life
something to force you to deal with life so Number two Jacob's example even Jacob
was a liar and
a cunning opportunists God not God did not leave him is that true. God lead
you just because you are
a certain way Oh God is always pursuing his always running after is always chasing
us even Jake was
a liar and it can operate to his God to not leave him God will always deal with us
to bring change to here that was the deal with us to bring change why is that
God always seems to be on my back. Ah maybe there's some change in these that take
place that me that's why he's always on your back why is it that Pastor Rich seems
to be writing on me. Is it because he doesn't like you are is it because God is
using him to try to help you but what can you attitude be. Rebellion
stubbornness remember whatever
a man souls he will reap God deals with Jacob as he Lauzon to reach some of his own
actions from Laban. Not know the story but to give you
a little summary of the story so there is Jake up he ends up
leaving his father's house the ends up wanting to get married he seems some women
to get married to the whole story there's
a beautiful beautiful gorgeous woman that he wants to marry Laban his her father in
law. OK I mean his her father and so he marries gets married is as
follows A Laban is the father and they have this great wedding in everything
and the degree meant was that he would get the marry after he served Laban for
several years he'd get the merrier he'd have to serve for
a while but he get the merrier he goes the merrier they go in the tent they have
their good time and every day they're consummate the marriage. And then there's
a switch
a roo it happens to be her ugly sister she wakes up in the morning says well.
How did you trick me now going to understand the culture lot of drink it went on
during the wedding ceremony. Because I don't know how you got tricked OK. But they
were
a veil of something but hey before I go with you I'm going to know who you are. No
homo. Is dark it was dark the lights are out and and there was there was there was
Veil all that kind of stuff and there was drinking going on and good at what if I
tell you if you're
a manipulator you will get manipulated even when it comes to that he's
a manipulator but you know what Jacob found something they can manipulate better
than him they've been so I guess the more is all my goodness I can't believe this
this is the toothless wonder I married I don't know what's going on so then there
is OK if you work for me
a little bit longer you will get the right woman. All that's happening do you reap
what you soul. Do absolutely reap what you sow if you sow deception what he said
should come your way and you know what happens this and when you reap deception
deception will come your way and then you don't even know your D.C.
Because if you're deceived you can't know your D.C.
Because you're deceived. Think about that when you're deceived you know you're
deceived no because you are deceived and so you believe that you got
away with something but did you really get away with something and so turn your
page first that the Bible says if
a wooden person does with their pain by taking advantage of others by so in hate
and bitterness by making intervention and judgments it will come back to them
sooner or later it will happen if you the way you deal with hurt is you're going to
make somebody else pay for your hurt will you end up paying. And how we know even
in relationships talk more about it talk about Bitter Root judgments and enter
valves but here's what can happen I don't know say this every week is you if you so
bitterness and you so hatred and you soul suspicion you can't trust anybody. You
know who you'll marry. Somebody you can trust and can I tell you that if you have
that strong in your heart you can't trust I'm going to tell ya but Jake up eleven
they had this battle gone because they didn't trust each other to manipulators
don't trust each other and they try to outdo each other and so if you're
a person who is
a person that says you just can't trust anybody and you sold that Valhall then when
you marry somebody you know they can be the best Christian man or the best
Christian woman they can be on the church staff they can be
a pastor but when you married them guess what can happen you're not marrying the
person you married because you've so on suspicion you saw in mistrust How many know
if you get in
a marriage and somebody doesn't trust you all the time what can happen. It was
a Do the person who is trustworthy. It tears them apart tears your heart and after
a while if you keep being told you're not trustworthy what can happen. You might
become untrustworthy especially if you have wounded in your heart. And you are
told you never can be trust your mom says you'll never be trustworthy. So she
saw in that seed in that Godly husband that you'll never be trustworthy he marries
a woman who says men can never be trustworthy what can happen. Higbee
a big mess that can happen so that's why we have to get to
a place to bid that God gets into that that face to face encounter with God God
show me reveal to me those vows I have made show me those things you see the
problem with Jake up he's not seen as
a problem. He just got manipulated by the better manipulator Any don't think
there's
a problem because you know what he does he manipulates more human lives and we can
see that a moment because I'm jumping ahead Jacob makes
a deal with God to commit himself to be as
a faithful to either that he might be blessed What is his real motive he's even
a manipulator with God I want to look at this because Jacob makes
a deal with God that tight is a good thing to tie it's
a great thing to type Tell me what you hear this hear it meditate on what he says
and Jacob made
a valve saying if God will be with me ima keep me in the way that I go and will
give me bread to eat and clothes to put on so that I can come again to my father's
house in peace then the Lord shall be my God and this stone which I have set for
a pillar should be God's house and all that I shall give gives to me I will surely
give
a tide on be him. If God you do this. I'll give you the tide
so as you say so if God will keep me wherever I go he'll be with me and if God will
give me feed give me food he'll feed me of God will give me clothing of God will
bless me I will tie Is that why you tie you know the
way you give to God so husband and wife if you love me I'll love you with YOU SAY
IF YOU LOVE ME I LOVE YOU What's the opposite if you don't love me I won't love you
. That's
a bargain deal and he's trying to bargain with God can you bargain with God. Yes
or no because to God let him get away with that God let him get it get away with it
but how long do you get away with their behavior when it people would try to make
deals with God Is that true if you've been wounded you've been scarred you've been
damaged Can you try to make deals with God You try to force the hand of God to be
doing something for them or blaming God If you don't do it they want God You saw
what I grew up in how come Lord you let this happen to me and hold
a judgment forever so anything bad that happens whose fault is it is God's fault
never never decisions I've made it's always God's fault and so here we see this
manipulating that's what happens that we can do when we get wounded be Jacob meets
Laban who becomes Jacob's father in law Laban was controlled by stubbornness and
greed and deceived Jake up many times the deceiver became deceived you reap what
you saw and then see the last part here I want to share with you. Jacob bargains
with Laban to leave but Jacob he sees les than Laban and prosperous with the
increase in his flocks. Laban becomes angry and Jacob flees from labor with this
famine always belongings we all have to answer for
a deception nothing could be hidden from God He just he knows just how far to let
us go and then God says enough. Is that true in all of our lives got to let you go
along with what you do to
a point and then God says enough here's the deception is Jake up wants to know is
he's going to have to leave he knows this isn't going to work out very good because
we're both manipulators and he keeps them one up on me so I have one up on him so
it makes agreement with them and and they kind of the story is he says to tell you
what I'm
a take care of all the Lambs gold cattle and all that and you get all the ones that
don't have any spots on them all the pure bred ones right sounds good deal to
us as
a great idea yeah they're the they're the purebred were the healthiest ones and so
then what Jacob does he comes up with an idea now I don't know if this could really
happen but God can make things happen if really if it can happen because when he
does he starts having the goats in the Lambs he has them eat
a popular wood and some other days that is speckled and when they eat that any put
it in the water that they dream they start coming out speckled who gets the
speckled ones Jake of does now I don't know if you tried that scientifically if
that would work but do you know that God has let that happen did you know that God
can let you get away with deception that you know that God will let you be deceived
to Dick you're getting away with it do you know that God will allow you to do that
that seems mean and cruel but you know I guy's doing it because he wants it to be
backfire on you why so you have
a face to face encounter and so next week we're going to look at how this looks
like a good thing but all to me is going to be a come
a place for Jacob has to face God because guess what God will let you get away with
whatever you get away with your sin with your RE billion you'll get away with the
way you deal with pain in your life the way you deal with the wounds and scars you
can get away with all the dysfunctional behavior that you want to get away with and
God will let you but what will happen at some point in time especially if you're
a believer in Jesus Christ. Going to say enough because if your believe in Jesus
Christ God loves you and God is obligated to say enough why because when God says
enough what does he do he says enough and then he gives you what he sets you free
because he has
a face to face and come he says OK now we're going to talk so next week we're going
to see that Jake up and God have
a talk. And something happen in the midst of that talk Jacob walked
differently. Can I tell you when you and God have an encounter you better walk
differently there better be evidence of that you and God had an encounter because
unless you're walk differently you have not been set free unless you walk in more
like Christ unless you're humbled and walk with Christ you're really not free you
have been listening to there is so with Pastor Richard over through Jesus Christ we
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