Jim Batterton - That night, January 9, 1989, I paced around my room. All of the memory verses I had ever learned were racing through my mind. I knew I really needed to be saved, and as I became increasingly more upset, I was realizing that I really didn’t know how to be saved...
Memory Verse: Hebrews 12:16 Memory Verse Text: Esau . . . sold his birthright.
Point 1: Jacob and Esau's choices reflected their personalities. Jacob was a quiet thinker, clever, and had clear goals. Esau was macho and cunning, but he did not think ahead. Esau was probably more likeable! Point 2: Mention the sorrows of favoritism as seen in Gen. 25:28. Possession of the birthright meant being heir to the promises God had made to Abraham. Point 3: Esau, the "more likeable" son, was outsmarted from the benefit of his birthright. Application: It is not always the "more likeable" that will be saved. Point 4: Esau despised his birthright, and in the desire of the moment, he sold it for an appealing meal of soup and bread. The food had no future value whereas his birthright had great future value.
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Jim Batterton
