This document discusses lessons that can be learned from the story of Esau selling his birthright to Jacob in Genesis 25. It says Esau made this decision due to being in distress from hunger, feeling desperate from what he had been given, and denying who he belonged to by forgetting that he was God's. The document encourages learning from Esau's mistakes to fulfill one's purpose by not giving up what is truly valuable for temporary relief or satisfaction.
Genesis 1:8 || Meditate the Scripture daily verse by verse
Giving Up The Great For The Garbage
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2. Hebrews 12 12 Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees; 13 And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.
3. Hebrews 12 14 Follow peace with all men , and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord: 15 Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you , and thereby many be defiled;
4. Hebrews 12 16 Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.
5. Hebrews 12 17 For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.
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7. Giving Up The Great For The Garbage Hebrews 12 & Genesis 25
8. You Can Fulfill Your Purpose By Learning The Lesson About 1. Distress – v.30-31 30 And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage ; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom. 31 And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.
9. You Can Fulfill Your Purpose By Learning The Lesson About 1. Distress – v.30-31 He didn’t think what he’d been going THRU was worth what he was going TO! 30 And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage ; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom. 31 And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.
10. You Can Fulfill Your Purpose By Learning The Lesson About 34 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright. 2. Desperation – v.34
11. You Can Fulfill Your Purpose By Learning The Lesson About 34 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright. 2. Desperation – v.34 What he had been GIVEN wasn’t worth what he had been GETTING
12. You Can Fulfill Your Purpose By Learning The Lesson About 33 And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob. 3. Denial – v.33
13. You Can Fulfill Your Purpose By Learning The Lesson About 33 And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob. 3. Denial – v.33 He thought about WHO he was and forgot about WHOSE he was