Anti-Hero: A central character in a story who lacks conventional heroic qualities and attributes.
Last week we said:
Lie: Jesus is waiting on us to be perfect.
Truth: In our weakest moment, Jesus does His strongest work.
and also
You DON’T have to go it alone!
25The first to come out was red, and his whole body was like a hairy garment; so they named him Esau. 26After this, his brother came out, with his hand grasping Esau’s heel; so he was named Jacob. —Genesis 25:25-26 NIV
Birthright: Basically a double inheritance for the firstborn son.
Blessing: The legal transaction of leadership and authority from a father to his firstborn son.
Jacob: Grasps the heel; liar and deceiver.
Jacob Manipulates Esau Into Giving Up His Birthright:
27The boys grew up, and Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the open country, while Jacob was content to stay at home among the tents. 28Isaac, who had a taste for wild game, loved Esau, but Rebekah loved Jacob.
29Once when Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the open country, famished. 30He said to Jacob, “Quick, let me have some of that red stew! I’m famished!”
31Jacob replied, “First sell me your birthright.”
32“Look, I am about to die,” Esau said. “What good is the birthright to me?”
33But Jacob said, “Swear to me first.” So he swore an oath to him, selling his birthright to Jacob.
34Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and some lentil stew. He ate and drank, and then got up and left.
So Esau despised his birthright. —Genesis 25:27-34 NIV
Jacob Tricks Isaac and Steals Esau’s Blessing:
18He went to his father and said, “My father.”
“Yes, my son,” he answered. “Who is it?”
19Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau your firstborn. I have done as you told me. Please sit up and eat some of my game, so that you may give me your blessing.”
20Isaac asked his son, “How did you find it so quickly, my son?”
“The Lord your God gave me success,” he replied.
21Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Come near so I can touch you, my son, to know whether you really are my son Esau or not.”
22Jacob went close to his father Isaac, who touched him and said, “The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau.” 23He did not recognize him, for his hands were hairy like those of his brother Esau; so he proceeded to bless him. 24“Are you really my son Esau?” he asked.
“I am,” he replied. —Genesis 27:18-24 NIV
Read more in Genesis 27.
The
We’ve all created
Jacob Wrestles With God:
24So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him till daybreak. 25When the man saw that he could not overpower him, he touched the socket of Jacob’s hip so that his hip was wrenched as he wrestled with the man. 26Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.”
But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”
27The man asked him, “What is your name?”
“Jacob,” he answered.
28Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with humans and have overcome.” —Genesis 32:24-28 NIV
Israel: Triumphant with God
God will bless your
6You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. 7Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. 8But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. —Romans 5:6-8 NIV
How do we allow Jesus to do His strongest work in our weakest moments?
STEP 1: You have to
STEP 2: You have to take off the mask with
The culture we are living in demands
BUT
The Church Jesus died for is focused on
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