“ The Seed of the Woman & the Seed of the Serpent ” I have heard many a preacher take this scripture & rip it to shreds. Little did I know they were doing that until today. Now, I finally understand what this scripture truly means & I can't believe how misinterpreted it actually is by most preachers.
First off, Isaac was 60 yrs old at the time the twins were born. Esau, the oldest (first born) was outdoorsy, adventurous, daring, etc. While Jacob was the opposite; being plain, careful & responsible.
Esau represents the seed of the serpent, the world. He's worldly, strong. Jacob represents the church, seed of the woman. Weak.
When Esau demands to be fed of lentils. Jacob points out Esau's apparent disdain for the blessing. Esau agrees, says it doesn't matter. Jacob doesn't cheat him here. Jacob says "make an oath". Esau, being indifferent, does so in order to be fed. The world.
When Isaac blesses Jacob, thinking it's Esau, he only gives a portion of a blessing. Jacob does not receive the official Abrahamic blessing from Isaac until Genesis 28:3-4. But he does get the full blessing.
And by the way, the boys are 77 yrs old when Isaac (137 yrs old) first blesses Jacob.
Jacob does pay a heavy price for what his mother & he do in order to protect the blessing. And that is what they were doing. Trying to protect God's pr
“ Great Sermon! ” A steong and simple message. We all have an inherent need to worship - we need to keep that worship on God and not be tempted to divert it elsewhere.
“ Excellent Must Hear Sermon! ” The dear Lord God Almighty, out of His sheer Love and mercy, never beats around the bush with His Truth. He clearly reveals His Way of salvation and eternal life, through His Son, the Saviour of all who will come to Him. He provides the written word in the Holy Bible, as a further means of understanding Him, and knowing who He truly is. Isaiah 55 Verse 6 "Seek the Lord while He may be found, call upon Him while He is near." There will be no heaven for those who are, and those who prefer to remain spiritually dead. Proverbs 3 Verses 5,6. " Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will direct your paths. "
“ Excellently Done! ” Dr Masters has such humility when delivering the message of God.
Dr Masters is at his very best in this sermon. I have heard some very good sermons on this passage, but Dr Masters gets to the very heart of the matter, where most pastors are afraid to go.
He asks some very hard (& all too important) questions here for anyone who has the nerve to listen to this sermon. This sermon is not for the faint of heart. Not if you are trying to be brutally honest with yourself.
There is no way to point out any one particular aspect of this sermon, it has to be listened to (& taken in) as a whole.
The brutal & unvarnished truth resides here.
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“ Great Sermon on proper worship! ” Wonderful message on proper worship by New Testament standards. Thank you Dr. Masters and Metropolitan Tabernacle for providing these sermons.
“ Great Sermon! ” Very encouraging sermon!it really promotes godliness, no matter how hard i try i keep stumbling,but sermon fuel me to press foward, blessed be God for you guys!
“ Great Sermon! ” The text simply shows one autonomous local church appealing to another autonomous local church to deal with some of its members going round teaching false doctrine.
The decision made is based on the Word of God. The notice is also sent as a 'decree', and with an identification of the elders at Jerusalem (16:4).
It is a decree obviously because of the Spirit's testimony through apostolic authority. The indication of the notice being from the elders of Jerusalem is noted as such and limited as such (with no indication of elders from any other church) simply so that people will note that that local church's eldership had indeed dealt with the heretical problem, and were not complicit to it.
The text shows that independent local churches must practice church discipline of its membership. They may cooperate with other churches to ensure that, but they must certainly stick to the Scriptures.
However, no justification for (human) church government above or outside the local church government can be derived from this without assuming unnecessarily much more than the text teaches / necessarily implies. Any system of church government that goes beyond what this text plainly teaches is simply not based on this.
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