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    Genesis Sermon

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    This sermon manuscript discusses Jacob's faith in God's promises despite facing death. It notes Jacob insisted his remains be buried with his fathers, showing faith in God's promise to the Israelites. The sermon urges having Jacob's strong conviction in God's word alone, even without visible support. It also notes God's promises still apply today, like God being with and keeping believers. The story of Jacob blessing Joseph's sons differently than expected teaches to trust God's plans over one's own.

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    This sermon manuscript discusses Jacob's faith in God's promises despite facing death. It notes Jacob insisted his remains be buried with his fathers, showing faith in God's promise to the Israelites. The sermon urges having Jacob's strong conviction in God's word alone, even without visible support. It also notes God's promises still apply today, like God being with and keeping believers. The story of Jacob blessing Joseph's sons differently than expected teaches to trust God's plans over one's own.

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    This sermon manuscript discusses Jacob's faith in God's promises despite facing death. It notes Jacob insisted his remains be buried with his fathers, showing faith in God's promise to the Israelites. The sermon urges having Jacob's strong conviction in God's word alone, even without visible support. It also notes God's promises still apply today, like God being with and keeping believers. The story of Jacob blessing Joseph's sons differently than expected teaches to trust God's plans over one's own.

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    59 views4 pages

    Genesis Sermon

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    Dan Morrison
    This sermon manuscript discusses Jacob's faith in God's promises despite facing death. It notes Jacob insisted his remains be buried with his fathers, showing faith in God's promise to the Israelites. The sermon urges having Jacob's strong conviction in God's word alone, even without visible support. It also notes God's promises still apply today, like God being with and keeping believers. The story of Jacob blessing Joseph's sons differently than expected teaches to trust God's plans over one's own.

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    Dan Morrison HOM II

    Genesis 47:29-48:22 Sermon Manuscript

    You must not lose sight of what God has promised you. Jacob was on the brink of death and all he knew was that God has made him a promise. Therefore, he chose to believe what God told him. Looking at your own life, what has God promised you? For some, it may be healing, for others deliverance. For some, it may be the baptism in the Holy Spirit. And you may wonder, Will Gods promise ever come? Will I be healed? Will I ever walk in freedom? Will I receive what I have asked of God? And I tell you, what you should do is take the attitude of Jacob. Though about to die, Jacob believed against his present circumstances and held strongly to the conviction he learned throughout his life that God is faithful. Jacob, believing in the faithfulness of God, had his son Joseph make a sacred oath not to bury him in Egypt, but to bury him with his fathers. This oath didnt just have to do with Jacob, it had to do with the promise God made and the future of the people of Israel. The scope of Jacobs vision was bigger than he. Therefore, he held on to the promise of God. How strong is your conviction about what God has spoken to you? Are you willing to step out simply on Gods word when there is nothing you can naturally see that supports it? This is the question of faith. When you are in a situation like Jacob was in, you need to remember those things which God has promised you in the past. When you dont see or understand just how the promise of God is going to be a reality in your life, you have to look back and remind yourself of what God has done. Jacob remembered the promise God made him and this gave him hope for the future. In verse 3 Jacob says to his son Joseph, God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me. The account of the Lord appearing to Jacob at Luz is found in Genesis 28. Verses 13-15 give account of what God promised Jacob. I am the LORD the God of Abraham your father and

    Dan Morrison HOM II

    Genesis 47:29-48:22 Sermon Manuscript

    the God of Isaac. The land on which you lie I will give you and to your offspring. Your offspring shall be like the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south, and in you and your offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed. Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you. Now God is no respecter of persons. This was a specific promise to Jacob, but there are principles in this passage apply to your life. The same way God told Jacob I am with you and will keep you wherever you go I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you, Jesus says to you I will never leave you, nor forsake you. And this is one thing you have to keep in mind when looking at the promise of God. Remembering what God has done in the past stirs your faith to believe Him for the future. The fact that I have known God as a savior gives me faith to believe he still saves. The fact that I have known God as a healer gives me faith to believe He still heals. The fact that I have known Him as one who baptizes in the Spirit gives me the faith to believe He is still the baptizer in the Spirit. Your history with God should be good enough for you to believe God will come through for now and in the future. For Jacob the lesson of learning to trust God took him a lifetime to learn, but in the end, he was able to say, This is what the Lord said to me. Jacob was a deceiver. His very name means he who supplants. Another way to put it is that his name means one who takes the place of another through scheming. And this is exactly what Jacob did. When he received the blessing from his father Isaac, it was the blessing intended for his brother Esau. But through deception, he was able to take the place of his brother and receive the blessing of the first-born son. In this case, you are about to see a blessing which parallels his own, but in this case, the

    Dan Morrison HOM II

    Genesis 47:29-48:22 Sermon Manuscript

    blessing was not obtained through scheming deception. Rather, it was done by the hand of the Lord. Even as youre about to see, God does not always work the way you want Him to work. So many times we have in our minds how we want God to move and we make that our expectation. But what you have to do is acknowledge the fact that God is God, He knows all, and has His own agenda. Read verses 13-20 with me please. Now, as we can see, Joseph already had in mind how he wanted God to work. His expectation was that Manasseh, the older son, receive the greater blessing. He had a plan in mind, but he quickly learned, from all people, his father, that God had another agenda. For what Jacob did, seemed quite unconventional in the blessing of his grandsons. Based on how Joseph had positioned his sons, Israel took his right hand and placed it on the one on his left and the left hand on the one on the right. When Joseph saw what was taking place, he took his fathers right hand in order to place it on Manasseh. How many times have you tried to change what God was doing in your own life, because, like Joseph, you were displeased with what was taking place? You must learn, as Jacob had, to trust God. For Jacobs response to Joseph is much like Gods response to you and me today, I know. He says, I know it is not how you thought it would be. I know this is not what you had in mind. I know this is hard for you to understand. But I know whats best. Thats what you need to hear, that God knows whats best and He is faithful. Whether you see immediately what you are looking for or not, you must depend on Gods faithfulness to see you through your situation. Even in Jacobs blessing, he says a couple of things about God. In verses 15-16 he says, that God was the one before whom his fathers

    Dan Morrison HOM II

    Genesis 47:29-48:22 Sermon Manuscript

    walked. God had been his shepherd all is life. And He was the angel who had redeemed him from evil. And just as Jacob reported these things about the Lord, Jesus said of himself for you, Before Abraham was, I AM. I am the good shepherd. It is by his life, death, and resurrection that we are totally redeemed. God is with you. HE is faithful, and just, and kind. His intention for you is good, even when you dont understand what is going on - even when things are not going according to your plan. Learn to do what Jacob did. Learn to trust God, have faith in Him, and believe that he is one who does what He says.

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