Title: Red bean porridge in a bowl
Contents
in a bowl of porridge
Everyone likes to be blessed.
God has already blessed us tremendously.
What blessings did you receive?
Two people appear in today's text.
those two
It shows two kinds of people living in this age today.
Esau, who did not consider true happiness as true blessing
Considering things that don't seem like a blessing on the outside are true blessings
You will see the figure of 'Jacob' who possesses the blessing.
Esau, the eldest son, went hunting and was hungry to death.
At the same time, my brother Jacob is making red bean soup.
My brother Esau asked for a bowl of red bean soup.
His younger brother Jacob said that he would give him a bowl of red bean soup if he sold his birthright.
without thinking
Selling the birthright for a bowl of red bean porridge.
in the age of the ancient patriarchs
The birthright (privilege) was enormous.
What privileges did he have?
1. There was the privilege of the head of the household.
(Right to decide big things)
2. I was privileged to receive a double share of the estate.
(Deuteronomy 21:15~17 Financial privilege)
3. There was the privilege of performing the office of a priest in a family.
(Priesthood to the firstborn)
Why did Esau neglect such a great privilege?
1. It is to satisfy the immediate physical needs.
Esau as a carnal man
Satisfying their physical needs was considered the most urgent task.
They do not value the birthright's cause.
to my brother as a brother
You can eat it with a different bowl of red bean soup.
And if the younger brother tells him to sell his birthright,
Your brother can sting you.
But when the brother Esau asked the younger brother to sell the birthright,
Passing over the birthright without thinking
It is proof that you are a carnal person.
2. It's because they don't know what's important.
says in
"Because I'm dead
What profit is this birthright to me?”
The decisive statement in...