11-4-17
Mr Mauldin: Esau's Sin
To start
“As it is written, “Jacob I have loved, but Esau I have hated.””
Romans 9:13 NKJV
http://bible.com/114/rom.9.13.nkjv
Kids remember this.
How many have kept up with the NFL protests. Some are taking a knee.
My
first attempt to protest I was 19. I flew home from Vietnam. In a way
of protest I was walking out to the bus and I was in uniform so I
untucked my shirt. I made it about 1 minute when a colonel pulled up and
said you want to be in the brigs for the next 6 years? If not tuck your
shirt back in.
So I wanted to talk about respect. Respect for people and what they have gone through
“This
is the genealogy of Isaac, Abraham’s son. Abraham begot Isaac. 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. Now
Isaac pleaded with the LORD for his wife, because she was barren; and
the LORD granted his plea, and Rebekah his wife conceived. 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. 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.” So when her days were fulfilled
for her to give birth, indeed there were twins in her womb. And the
first came out red. He was like a hairy garment all over; so they called
his name Esau. 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. So the boys grew. And Esau was a skillful hunter, a
man of the field; but Jacob was a mild man, dwelling in tents. And Isaac
loved Esau because he ate of his game, but Rebekah loved Jacob. Now
Jacob cooked a stew; and Esau came in from the field, and he was weary.
And Esau said to Jacob, “Please feed me with that same red stew, for I
am weary.” Therefore his name was called Edom. But Jacob said, “Sell me
your birthright as of this day.” And Esau said, “Look, I am about to
die; so what is this birthright to me?” Then Jacob said, “Swear to me as
of this day.” So he swore to him, and sold his birthright to Jacob. 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 25:19-34 NKJV
http://bible.com/114/gen.25.19-34.nkjv
To
Abraham. God told Abraham to look up to the stars and if he could count
them that is how many children you will have. As in a nation. Esau was
to fulfill this. But he sold his birthright for a bowl of stew. It shows
a weak mind to sell your birthright. Almost disrespectful to all that
have come before you and given you the birthright.
We’ll skip ahead
“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.” Then he said, “Behold now, I am
old. I do not know the day of my death. Now therefore, please take your
weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field and hunt game
for me. 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.” Now Rebekah
was listening when Isaac spoke to Esau his son. And Esau went to the
field to hunt game and to bring it. So Rebekah spoke to Jacob her son,
saying, “Indeed I heard your father speak to Esau your brother, saying,
‘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.’ Now therefore, my son,
obey my voice according to what I command you. Go now to the flock and
bring me from there two choice kids of the goats, and I will make savory
food from them for your father, such as he loves. Then you shall take
it to your father, that he may eat it, and that he may bless you before
his death.” And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, “Look, Esau my brother
is a hairy man, and I am a smooth- skinned man. 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.” But his mother said to him, “ Let
your curse be on me, my son; only obey my voice, and go, get them for
me.” And he went and got them and brought them to his mother, and his
mother made savory food, such as his father loved. 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. And she put the skins of the
kids of the goats on his hands and on the smooth part of his neck. Then
she gave the savory food and the bread, which she had prepared, into the
hand of her son Jacob.”
Genesis 27:1-17 NKJV
http://bible.com/114/gen.27.1-17.nkjv
They deceive Jacob.
“So
he went to his father and said, “My father.” And he said, “Here I am.
Who are you, my son?” 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.” 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.” Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come
near, that I may feel you, my son, whether you are really my son Esau or
not.” 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.” And
he did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like his brother
Esau’s hands; so he blessed him. Then he said, “ Are you really my son
Esau?” He said, “I am. ” He said, “Bring it near to me, and I will eat
of my son’s game, so that my soul may bless you.” So he brought it near
to him, and he ate; and he brought him wine, and he drank. Then his
father Isaac said to him, “Come near now and kiss me, my son.” 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. Therefore may God give you Of the dew
of heaven, Of the fatness of the earth, And plenty of grain and wine.
Let peoples serve you, And nations bow down to you. Be master over your
brethren, And let your mother’s sons bow down to you. Cursed be everyone
who curses you, And blessed be those who bless you!””
Genesis 27:18-29 NKJV
http://bible.com/114/gen.27.18-29.nkjv
Why did God hate Esau? Because he so little cared for the birthright and 5e blessings from God.
“‘You
shall keep My Sabbaths and reverence My sanctuary: I am the LORD. ‘Give
no regard to mediums and familiar spirits; do not seek after them, to
be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God. ‘You shall rise before the
gray headed and honor the presence of an old man, and fear your God: I
am the LORD.”
Leviticus 19:30-32 NKJV
http://bible.com/114/lev.19.30-32.nkjv
Where
is the line in teaching respect. It might seem little to make people
stand and show respect. But where do you draw the line
You know Jesus was known as a rebel. He call the Pharisees a den of vipers.
I
he entirety of what Jesus was to do was the will of the Father. He laid
down his life and he did the Fathers will. Even thought he didn’t
really want to do he was willing to do it. He didn’t trade away his
responsibility and he had total respect for the plan of the Father.
How
do you pass that along to kids? Teach them to respect older people. Do
some not deserve respect? Yes there are some that don’t. But should you
still do it? Yes because it’s what God wants us to do.
There is a
way to open yourself up to the love of God. And when we commit
ourselves to doing the will of God that is when we earn the love and
respect of God. Esau was flippant in his regard to God and the
blessings. Who cares about tomorrow because I am about to die. It is
about love of others.
Esau’s sin was a disregard for the promise
that God had made. We need to follow Jesus’s example and follow through
for what God wants for us.
