JACOB: CHOSEN GENESIS 25 & 27

Sovereignty of God God’s choices determine our destiny Calvinists ArminianS Human free will Our choices determine our destiny

Sovereignty of God God’s choices determine our destiny Human free will Our choices determine our destiny

Sovereignty of God makes REST possible Human free will makes RESPONSIBILITY possible

Destiny Determined by… Sovereign in childbirth (25:19-21) Sovereign in election (25:22-23) not subject to our customs or expectations not based on our merit ① God’s Sovereign Choice

Romans 9:10–12 when Rebekah had conceived children by one man, our forefather Isaac, though they were not yet born and had done nothing either good or bad—in order that God’s purpose of election might continue, not because of works but because of him who calls— she was told, “The older will serve the younger.”

Romans 9:15–16 “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” So then it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God, who has mercy.

Romans 3:10–12 “None is righteous, no, not one; no one understands; no one seeks for God. All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one.”

“Election’s not fair!!” You’re right – it’s not! fair = give everyone exactly what they deserve

gracious >> fair

Ephesians 1:4–5 He chose us in [Christ] before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before Him. In love He predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of His will

Destiny Determined by… sovereignty = “to make all decisions” ② Our Free Choices

Destiny Determined by… sovereignty = “power and authority to make all decisions” ② Our Free Choices

Acts 2:23 [Jesus], delivered over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you nailed to a cross by the hands of godless men and put Him to death.

Destiny Determined by… Esau chose to sell his birthright (25:24-34) Jacob chose to steal the blessing (ch 27) ② Our Free Choices

Take RESPONSIBILITY for your choices -to believe -to obey REST in God’s sovereignty -in the security of your salvation

Romans 8:38–39 For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Take RESPONSIBILITY for your choices -to believe -to obey REST in God’s sovereignty -in the security of your salvation -in the certainty of His promises

Psalm 46:10 “Be still and know that I am God.” Psalm 55:22 “Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous fall.”

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