Latest / Scripture Unscripted / Genesis chapter 29

Transcript

Genesis chapter 29 · Scripture Unscripted

• 0:00
  Genesis chapter 29 Let us pray. Our Father who is in heaven,
• 0:08
  holy is your name, your Kingdom come, Your will be done here on
• 0:21
  this earth, just as it is there in heaven.
• 0:27
  Give us today Our Daily Bread. Forgive us for all of our sins.
• 0:37
  Forgive us for our shortcomings. Forgive us God, for the
• 0:41
  trespasses. Lord, we repent, we confess,
• 0:47
  God, of all the times that we've made it about sin and made it
• 0:51
  about self. God, we confess those things to
• 0:55
  you. Lord, we ask for forgiveness.
• 0:58
  We ask God, you cleanse us. Lord, indwell us.
• 1:01
  Holy Spirit, fill us today, overflowing.
• 1:07
  God, help us to be a forgiving people. 70 * 7 infinite to our
• 1:12
  brothers and sisters. God, I pray that we won't cast
• 1:16
  our pearls amongst swine. Lord, I pray that we'll warn A
• 1:20
  divisive person once and then warn them again.
• 1:31
  Bind the enemy, Father, from off of this time, from off of the
• 1:36
  ministry, God. Bind the enemy, God from
• 1:40
  distracting us, Lord, when we're desirous to read your word, to
• 1:45
  get in and meditate upon you, God, bind the enemy from off of
• 1:49
  that time, God, I pray you'll keep us from the evil. 1 Lord,
• 1:56
  form a hedge of protection around us.
• 1:58
  God, Lord, I pray that we will not be LED into temptation.
• 2:05
  Deliver us, God, from the evil one.
• 2:09
  For yours Father, yours King Jesus is all honor and glory,
• 2:15
  dominion and power, forever, forever and ever.
• 2:20
  Jesus Christ rules and reigns. Every knee will bow and every
• 2:25
  tongue will confess that you, Jesus Christ, you are Lord.
• 2:30
  So we say it now. You are Lord.
• 2:33
  Jesus is Lord, Jesus is Lord. Jesus is Lord.
• 2:47
  Over my life I choose him today, Lord, come and get your glory
• 2:56
  and send your powerful and precious beautiful name that I
• 3:00
  pray, Amen. Let's start in verse one.
• 3:12
  And then Jacob went on his journey and came into the land
• 3:15
  of the people of the east. So Jacob here he left Beth El.
• 3:20
  He'd gone on to Haran and God has given him expedient journey,
• 3:30
  He has given him all of the provision to make it this 900
• 3:35
  mile journey. And here you're going to find
• 3:38
  out that God has a lesson for Jacob to learn. 2 And he looked,
• 3:47
  and he beheld the well in the field, and lo, there were three
• 3:50
  flocks of sheep lying by it. For out of that well they
• 3:53
  watered the flocks, and a great stone was upon the well's mouth.
• 3:58
  So here water was a commodity. Water was scarce in that land.
• 4:05
  And so they would put this heavy stone upon the top of the well,
• 4:11
  and there would be shepherds out in the field, and they would
• 4:15
  have to wait for somebody to move the stone from off the top
• 4:19
  of the well, so that they could water their sheep. 3 And they
• 4:23
  were all the flocks gathered, and they rolled the stone from
• 4:27
  the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone
• 4:31
  again upon the well's mouth in his place.
• 4:35
  For And Jacob said unto them, My brothers, who are you?
• 4:40
  And they said of Haran, we are so here.
• 4:45
  These shepherds were out in the field.
• 4:48
  And Jacob wants to know, who do you belong to?
• 4:52
  Whose family are you? They said, We are of the family
• 4:55
  of Haram. He did not know that he was
• 4:59
  already in Haram 5 And he said unto them, Do you know Laban the
• 5:03
  son of Nahor? And they said, We know him, so
• 5:07
  he had got to the right place. God had given him the right
• 5:11
  direction, and he protected him all along the way. 6 And he and
• 5:19
  he said to them, is he well? And they said, yeah, he's well.
• 5:23
  And behold, Rachel his daughter comes with the sheep.
• 5:26
  So Rachel was approaching and the shepherds here wanted Jacob
• 5:31
  to know you're asking about Laban.
• 5:33
  Well here comes his daughter 7 And he said, lo it is yet high
• 5:43
  day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered
• 5:47
  together, water the sheep and go and feed them.
• 5:53
  So he's saying OK, Rachel is coming and approaching, why
• 5:59
  don't y'all go and do something? And they said, we cannot until
• 6:07
  all the flocks be gathered together, until they roll the
• 6:10
  stone from the well's mouth. Then we water the sheep.
• 6:14
  So these shepherds had to wait for someone to come and roll the
• 6:19
  stone away from this well so that they could water the sheep.
• 6:23
  What an amazing connection, friend, that the stone was
• 6:26
  rolled away, and God tells us to water his sheep.
• 6:30
  He tells us to feed the flock. He tells us to feed his lambs,
• 6:36
  friends, and we drink from the living water, and it never runs
• 6:40
  dry. 9 And while he yet spoke with them, Rachel came with her
• 6:46
  father's sheep, for she kept them. 10 And it came to pass,
• 6:50
  when Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of Laban his mother's
• 6:54
  brother, and the sheep of Laban, his mother's brother, that Jacob
• 6:58
  went near and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and
• 7:01
  watered the flock of Laban, his mother's brother.
• 7:05
  So here he's showing out, he's showing off, He wants to show
• 7:09
  Rachel his big muscles, and he rolls the stone away.
• 7:13
  He doesn't wait for another to come. 11 And Jacob kissed Rachel
• 7:20
  and lifted up his voice and wept.
• 7:22
  So we can see that he is overcome with all kinds of
• 7:26
  emotions. He is falling in love.
• 7:29
  He is desirous of her. He is glad to be done with this
• 7:35
  journey. He's glad that God gave him
• 7:39
  enough provision to make it this far.
• 7:42
  There's so much emotion wrapped up in this one little verse. 12
• 7:48
  And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's brother and he
• 7:54
  was Rebecca's son, and she ran and told her father so she would
• 7:59
  have known about her aunt. That went off with Eliazar when
• 8:05
  he came to find a wife for Isaac.
• 8:09
  Rebecca was Laban's sister, and here Laban had a daughter.
• 8:18
  And you can see that this is a family affair.
• 8:22
  And this was exciting to little Rachel. 13 And it came to pass
• 8:35
  when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob, his sister's son, that he
• 8:39
  ran to meet him and embraced him and kissed him and brought him
• 8:42
  to his house. And he told Laban all these
• 8:44
  things. So you got to watch out for old
• 8:48
  Uncle Laban. He's got tricks up his sleeve.
• 8:51
  Let's see what he's going to do. 14 And Laban said to him, Surely
• 8:56
  you are a bone of are my bone in my flesh.
• 9:00
  And he abode with him the space of a month.
• 9:04
  So for a whole month he was shown hospitality. 15 And Laban
• 9:09
  said to Jacob, Because you are my brother, should you therefore
• 9:13
  serve me for nothing? Tell me, what shall your wages
• 9:16
  be? So here he's roping them in.
• 9:20
  He says, oh, don't work for free.
• 9:23
  But who said anything about work?
• 9:26
  Jacob's a plain man. He probably was not accustomed
• 9:34
  to this hard work. And Laban, here he ropes him in,
• 9:40
  and with smooth, clever deception gets him to serve him.
• 9:49
  16 And Laban had two daughters. The name of the elder was Leah,
• 9:53
  and the name of the younger was Rachel. 17 Leah was tender eyed,
• 9:58
  but Rachel was beautiful and well favored.
• 10:01
  So perhaps old Leah had weak eyes.
• 10:05
  Perhaps Leah was just not as bubbly.
• 10:10
  Perhaps she was not as personable, perhaps she was
• 10:19
  somewhat dull in comparison to the beauty of Rachel. 18 And
• 10:32
  Jacob loved Rachel and said, I will serve you 7 years for
• 10:36
  Rachel, your younger daughter. So besides room and board, this
• 10:41
  is all that he wanted. He wanted to be able to marry
• 10:44
  the younger sister, Rachel first 19, Laban said.
• 10:50
  It is better that I give her to you than I should give her to
• 10:54
  another man. Abide with me.
• 10:56
  Notice he says nothing about Leah.
• 10:58
  He says nothing here about how things are done in the custom of
• 11:02
  the day and the older needs to be married before the younger.
• 11:06
  He ropes them in 20 and Jacob served seven years for Rachel,
• 11:12
  and it seemed like him but a few days for the love he had for
• 11:16
  her. So when you're in love, friends,
• 11:19
  your feet lift off the ground and time and space mean nothing.
• 11:23
  And you were so infatuated that he worked diligently.
• 11:28
  And when the seven years was up, it was as if it was just
• 11:31
  yesterday that he started, and there would have been strict
• 11:35
  guidelines to keep unmarried males and females apart from
• 11:39
  each other during this time. So he was very much looking
• 11:44
  forward to his wedding and to being betrothed. 21 And Jacob
• 11:52
  said to Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that
• 11:58
  I may go in unto her. 22 And Laban gathered together all the
• 12:02
  men of the place, and he made a feast.
• 12:06
  And it came to pass in the evening that he took Leah his
• 12:10
  daughter, and brought her to him, and he went in unto her.
• 12:14
  So the customs of the day is that she would have been veiled
• 12:18
  the entire day. And the first time that the veil
• 12:22
  was to be taken off is on the night where they would
• 12:26
  consummate their marriage. So this was deception on Laban's
• 12:31
  part. 24 And Laban gave his daughter Leah Zilpah, his maid
• 12:37
  for a handmaiden. 25 And it came to pass that in the morning,
• 12:41
  behold, it was Leah. And he said to Laban, What is
• 12:48
  this that you have done to me? Did I not serve with you for
• 12:54
  Rachel? Why then have you beguiled me?
• 12:58
  Look at how the deceiver got deceived.
• 13:03
  He needed to learn a lesson friend, and God sure allowed him
• 13:09
  to learn it. 26 And Laban say it must not be so done in our
• 13:15
  country to give the younger before the first born look at
• 13:19
  Laban trying to cover his tracks and justify what he has done. 27
• 13:26
  fulfill her week. And we'll give you this also for
• 13:30
  the service which you shall serve with me yet seven other
• 13:35
  years. So he says, go on your little
• 13:38
  honeymoon with Leah and come back and work for me for another
• 13:41
  seven years and then I'll give you Rachel.
• 13:46
  Oh Laban, this con artist 28 and Jacob did so and he fulfilled
• 13:54
  her weak and gave him Rachel, his daughter to wife also.
• 13:58
  So he finally got what he was after.
• 14:01
  He finally got oh Rachel that he was in love with.
• 14:04
  But now he has bag and tow Oh Leah back there.
• 14:10
  And she would have known that she was not truly loved.
• 14:13
  She would have known that she was not the favorite.
• 14:16
  She would have known that the only reason that she was married
• 14:19
  to him is because her dad tricked him.
• 14:22
  And there would have been some contention here and some
• 14:25
  division here, friends. 29 And Laban gave to Rachel his
• 14:32
  daughter Bilhah, his handmaid, to be her maid. 30 And he went
• 14:36
  in also unto Rachel, And he loved also Rachel more than
• 14:40
  Leah, and served with him yet seven other years. 31 And when
• 14:45
  the Lord saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb, but
• 14:49
  Rachel was barren. Look at how God is so loving and
• 14:54
  so kind to the broken hearted. He's near to them, friends.
• 14:58
  He sees this terrible situation and he closes the womb of the
• 15:04
  one that is loved, and he opens the womb of the one that is
• 15:09
  hated, friends, and despised. And look at how God will always
• 15:15
  have his way. You cannot put him in a box.
• 15:19
  And don't try to call him in the courtroom.
• 15:21
  Don't try to approach God from a moralistic approach.
• 15:25
  Friends, God does whatever he pleases. 32 And Leah conceived
• 15:33
  and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben.
• 15:36
  For she said, Surely the Lord has looked upon my affliction
• 15:40
  now, therefore my husband will love me.
• 15:43
  So the first born here has a name of affliction, friends, and
• 15:49
  she's crying and she's desperate for love, but God will be her
• 15:55
  husband. 33 She conceived again and bore a son, and said,
• 15:59
  because the Lord has heard that I was hated, he has therefore
• 16:03
  given me this son also. And she called his name Simeon.
• 16:07
  So the Lord hears friends. So she's crying out again in
• 16:11
  desperation to God. 34 And she conceived again and bore a son,
• 16:18
  and said, Now this time will my husband be joined to me, because
• 16:22
  I have borne him three sons. Therefore his name was Levi.
• 16:30
  So you can see here that she is desperate for love.
• 16:36
  She's desperate for Jacob to show her attention to actually
• 16:41
  be a husband to her and not to neglect her love.
• 16:50
  We'll end on 35. And she conceived again and bore
• 16:53
  a son. And she said, now I will praise
• 16:56
  the Lord. Therefore she called his name
• 16:58
  Judah and left bearing. So here's what you need to
• 17:02
  understand. Jacob loved Rachel, but the
• 17:08
  priestly line and the king, the royal line came from Leah.
• 17:19
  What an amazing thought, friends.
• 17:23
  Jesus Christ our Messiah came through Leah, not through
• 17:27
  Rachel. Think about it.
• 17:31
  I hope that you have been blessed by this amazing chapter
• 17:34
  in God's Word. I know I sure have.
• 17:37
  I'm praying for every single one of you.
• 17:39
  I love you. We'll see you back here
• 17:41
  tomorrow. God bless you.