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An Encounter With God Changes Who We Are · The Bible Bit Podcast

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  Welcome back. This is Kimmy Miller of Woman at the Well Ministries bringing
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  you another Bible bit for you to enjoy.
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  An encounter with God changes who we are.
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  Today as we walk through the scriptures, learning who God is and what God has
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  for each of us, we are continuing our study on Genesis 32, 22-32.
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  Today we are exploring the truth that an encounter with Almighty God changes who we are.
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  An encounter with Almighty God changes everything.
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  Genesis 32, 27-28 says, And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.
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  And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel.
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  For as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
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  The Lord asked Jacob a question. What is thy name?
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  Clearly God already knew Jacob's name. The angel of the Lord didn't ask Jacob
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  what his name was because he didn't know it.
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  The question wasn't to seek information. God asked Jacob this question because
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  God wanted Jacob to face who he was.
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  By asking Jacob what his name was, God brought Jacob face to face with who he was.
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  Up until Jacob's encounter with the angel of the Lord, Jacob's name had been
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  associated with scheming, conniving, and striving.
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  When God asked Jacob who he was, Jacob was not only telling God what his name
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  was, but he was also identifying himself for who he was.
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  By speaking his name, Jacob revealed his character, his past, and his moral failures.
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  God was making Jacob reflect, and in doing so, giving Jacob the opportunity to repent.
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  God is still doing the same for you and me today. He brings us to a place where
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  we see ourselves completely, honestly, and fully.
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  He then waits expectedly for us to repent. And then once we repent and turn
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  away from our sins, Jesus forgives us.
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  Rest assured, if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us
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  our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
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  1 John 1.9 God didn't leave Jacob drowning in his sins.
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  The Lord forgave Jacob, transformed Jacob, and blessed Jacob.
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  The lord declared thy name shall be called no more jacob but israel for as a
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  prince has thou power with god and with men and has prevailed genesis 32 28,
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  jacob came to the brook of jabbok as a sinful man and left with a new name transformed
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  and changed jacob came to the brook in need of god and left forgiven restored and blessed.
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  Jacob's circumstances had not changed. He was still going to face Esau, but Jacob had changed.
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  Jacob's encounter with God had transformed him.
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  God was teaching Jacob that his future would not be defined by his past,
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  but that the Lord had a purpose for Jacob beyond his mistakes and his failures.
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  Jacob shows us that if we surrender to God, repent, and place our faith in him,
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  then god can and will forgive us redeem us and give us a new beginning,
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  jacob came to god as jacob and left blessed as israel the woman at the well
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  came to jesus with a past but left with living water,
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  peter denied the lord three times but jesus restored him.
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  Saul persecuted Christians, but God transformed him into Paul,
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  a tremendous preacher of the gospel and servant of the Lord.
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  Prayer changes things, and prayer changes you.
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  Your past may explain some of your struggles, but it does not have to determine
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  your future when you surrender your life to God.
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  If you come to God in repentance and faith, there is forgiveness in Jesus Christ,
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  John 3.16. 2 Corinthians 5.17 says, Therefore, if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature.
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  Old things are passed away. Behold, all things are become new.
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  God doesn't promise that we
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  will never struggle again, but he does promise he will always be with us.
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  Hebrews 13.5 Carrying us through our struggles.
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  God does promise salvation to those who put their faith in Jesus,
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  And he does work in his children to transform them into his likeness.
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  Don't let yesterday's failures keep you from obeying God today.
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  Remember you are loved. Jesus loves you.
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  Please visit us tomorrow as we continue learning lessons from Jacob's encounter
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  with God in Genesis 32, 22 through 32.
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