CHAPTER 32: JACOB BECOMES ISRAEL

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Sermon on Genesis 32:6-12
PRAYER I. MOTIVATIONS TO PRAY. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO MOTIVATE? A. Some motivated by desperation. 1. These were troubling days for Jacob. a. Laban had just departed. b. Esau is on his way with 400 men. 2. There doesn't seem to be any human way out. 3. What does an extremely resourceful person do? B. Some motivated by fear I fear. 1. He feared for the safety of his fam...

Genesis 32:9-12
THE MERCIES OF GOD Intro: Jacob returning home after 20 years. He had fled from home 20 years earlier because his brother was planning to kill him. We now see him at Jordan, the border of his land praying. I. HIS MOTIVE FOR PRAYER. A. A last resort. 1. His servants just brought disturbing news. Esau on his way to meet him with 400 men. 2. He had just had a bad scene with his ...

Genesis 32:9-12
GETTING WHAT YOU DON'T DESERVE. Intro: Troubling news. I. TO WHOM ADDRESSED O GOD OF MY FATHER ABRAHAM, AND GOD OF MY FATHER ISAAC, THE LORD WHICH SAIDEST UNTO ME. A. First element in prayer - who are you talking to? 1. He that cometh to God must believe that He is. a. What is your concept of God? 1. Some unintelligent force in the universe? 2. Mystic creative powers wi...

Genesis 32:22-31
VICTORY OUT OF DEFEAT Intro: Difficult story on surface. God deliberately crippling a man. I. THE DEFEAT OF JACOB. A. A man of complete self reliance and resourcefulness. 1. He never faced a problem he could not solve. 2. He outwitted every foe. 3. He was shrewd, cunning, clever, he would have done very well in Los Angeles or New York. B. The pressures that were on him. 1....

Genesis 32:24-28
WHEN GOD CRIPPLES Intro: This is the story of God touching a man to cripple him, in order that through the crippling he might crown him. I. THE STORY FROM THE HUMAN SIDE. A. Jacob is coming home. 1. God has fulfilled His promise at Bethel. 2. The stream Jabboic brings back memories of twenty years. a. They were prosperous years. b. They were hard years. 1. Working for his ...

Genesis 32:26-28
THE CRIPPLING THAT CROWNS Gen 32:26 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. Gen 32:27 And he said unto him, What [is] thy name? And he said, Jacob. Gen 32:28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed. I. JACOB IS UNDE...