Hebrews 12 Esau’s Free Choice

Esau’sFreeChoice Esau’s Free Choice Heb. 12:11 No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.

Esau’sFreeChoice Esau’s Free Choice 12 Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees. 13 and make straight paths for your feet, so that the limb which is lame may not be put out of joint, but rather be healed.

Esau’sFreeChoice Esau’s Free Choice 12 Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees. 13 and make straight paths for your feet, so that the limb which is lame may not be put out of joint, but rather be healed.

Esau’sFreeChoice Esau’s Free Choice 12 Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees. 13 and make straight paths for your feet, so that the limb which is lame may not be put out of joint, but rather be healed. Hold still while the doctor works!

Esau’sFreeChoice Esau’s Free Choice 14 Make every effort to live in peace with all men and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord. 15 See to it that no one misses the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many.

Esau’sFreeChoice Esau’s Free Choice 16 See that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his inheritance rights as the oldest son.

Esau’sFreeChoice Esau’s Free Choice 17 Afterward, as you know, when he wanted to inherit this blessing, blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for repentance, though he sought for it with tears.

Esau’sFreeChoice Esau’s Free Choice 17 Afterward, as you know, when he wanted to inherit this blessing, blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for repentance, though he sought for it with tears.

Esau’sFreeChoice Esau’s Free Choice Gen. 25:27 When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field, but Jacob was a peaceful man, living in tents.

Esau’sFreeChoice Esau’s Free Choice Gen. 25:27 When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field, but Jacob was a peaceful man, living in tents.

Esau’sFreeChoice Esau’s Free Choice Gen. 25:27 When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field, but Jacob was a peaceful man, living in tents.

Esau’sFreeChoice Esau’s Free Choice Gen. 25: 28 Now Isaac loved Esau, because he had a taste for game, but Rebekah loved Jacob.

Esau’sFreeChoice Esau’s Free Choice 29 When Jacob had cooked stew, Esau came in from the field and he was famished; 30 and Esau said to Jacob, “Please let me have a swallow of that red stuff there, for I am famished.” Therefore his name was called Edom.

Esau’sFreeChoice Esau’s Free Choice 31 But Jacob said, “First sell me your birthright.”

Esau’sFreeChoice Esau’s Free Choice 31 But Jacob said, “First sell me your birthright.” Included some livestock and the leadership of the household.

Esau’sFreeChoice Esau’s Free Choice 31 But Jacob said, “First sell me your birthright.” Included some livestock and the leadership of the household. Also the Abrahamic covenant with God

Esau’sFreeChoice Esau’s Free Choice 31 But Jacob said, “First sell me your birthright.” 32 Esau said, “Behold, I am about to die; so of what use then is the birthright to me?”

Esau’sFreeChoice Esau’s Free Choice 33 And Jacob said, “First swear to me”; so he swore to him, and sold his birthright to Jacob.

Esau’sFreeChoice Esau’s Free Choice 33 And Jacob said, “First swear to me”; so he swore to him, and sold his birthright to Jacob. 34 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew; and he ate and drank, and rose and went on his way. Thus Esau despised his birthright.

Esau’sFreeChoice Esau’s Free Choice 33 And Jacob said, “First swear to me”; so he swore to him, and sold his birthright to Jacob. 34 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew; and he ate and drank, and rose and went on his way. Thus Esau despised his birthright.

Esau’sFreeChoice Esau’s Free Choice 33 And Jacob said, “First swear to me”; so he swore to him, and sold his birthright to Jacob. 34 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew; and he ate and drank, and rose and went on his way. Thus Esau despised his birthright. What about what Jacob did?

Esau’sFreeChoice Esau’s Free Choice 33 And Jacob said, “First swear to me”; so he swore to him, and sold his birthright to Jacob. 34 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew; and he ate and drank, and rose and went on his way. Thus Esau despised his birthright. What about what Jacob did? What Esau did was far worse!

Soup: Components in the Choice

Soup:Birthright:

Soup:-ImmediateBirthright:

Soup:-ImmediateBirthright:-Future

Soup:-Immediate-TemporaryBirthright:-Future

Soup:-Immediate-TemporaryBirthright:-Future-Eternal

Soup:-Immediate-Temporary-PhysicalBirthright:-Future-Eternal

Soup:-Immediate-Temporary-PhysicalBirthright:-Future-Eternal-Spiritual

Making the Choice

Dishonest Dishonest

Making the Choice Dishonest Dishonest 32 Esau said, “Behold, I am about to die; so of what use then is the birthright to me?”

Making the Choice Dishonest Dishonest Made under duress Made under duress

Making the Choice Dishonest Dishonest Made under duress Made under duress Existential Existential

Making the Choice Dishonest Dishonest Made under duress Made under duress Existential Existential Impulsive Impulsive

Making the Choice Dishonest Dishonest Made under duress Made under duress Existential Existential Impulsive Impulsive Permanently binding! Permanently binding!

Esau’sFreeChoice Esau’s Free Choice  Rebecca and Jacob fool Isaac into giving the blessing to the wrong son...

Esau’s Free Choice 27:30 Now it came about, as soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob had hardly gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.

Esau’s Free Choice 31 Then he also made savory food, and brought it to his father; and he said to his father, “Let my father arise and eat of his son’s game, that you may bless me.” 32 Isaac his father said to him, “Who are you?” And he said, “I am your son, your firstborn, Esau.”

Esau’s Free Choice 33 Then Isaac trembled violently, and said, “Who was he then that hunted game and brought it to me, so that I ate of all of it before you came, and blessed him? Yes, and he shall be blessed.” 34 When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried out with an exceedingly great and bitter cry…

Esau’s Free Choice 33 Then Isaac trembled violently, and said, “Who was he then that hunted game and brought it to me, so that I ate of all of it before you came, and blessed him? Yes, and he shall be blessed.” 34 When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried out with an exceedingly great and bitter cry… Heb 12: 17 Afterward, as you know, when he wanted to inherit this blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for repentance, though he sought for it with tears.

Esau’s Free Choice 33 Then Isaac trembled violently, and said, “Who was he then that hunted game and brought it to me, so that I ate of all of it before you came, and blessed him? Yes, and he shall be blessed.” 34 When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried out with an exceedingly great and bitter cry… Heb 12: 17 Afterward, as you know, when he wanted to inherit this blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for repentance, though he sought for it with tears.

Esau’s Free Choice 33 Then Isaac trembled violently, and said, “Who was he then that hunted game and brought it to me, so that I ate of all of it before you came, and blessed him? Yes, and he shall be blessed.” 34 When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried out with an exceedingly great and bitter cry… Heb 12: 17 Afterward, as you know, when he wanted to inherit this blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for repentance, though he sought for it with tears. Not rejected by God (salvation) but by Isaac

Making the Choice Dishonest Dishonest Made under duress Made under duress Existential Existential Impulsive Impulsive Permanently binding! Permanently binding!

Results of the Choice

Ate the soup Ate the soup

Results of the Choice Ate the soup (bread too) Ate the soup (bread too)

Results of the Choice Ate the soup (bread too) Ate the soup (bread too) Did not lose the property Did not lose the property

Results of the Choice Ate the soup (bread too) Ate the soup (bread too) Did not lose the property Did not lose the property Lost his place in God’s covenant Lost his place in God’s covenant

Results of the Choice Ate the soup (bread too) Ate the soup (bread too) Did not lose the property Did not lose the property Lost his place in God’s covenant Lost his place in God’s covenant Irreversible Irreversible

Application  We may come under pain, like Esau  We may consider going for the immediate, temporary solution  Our decision may be more significant than we think…

Application  We may come under pain, like Esau  We may consider going for the immediate temporary solution  Our decision may be more significant than we think… Heb 12:11 No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.

Application  We may come under pain, like Esau  We may consider going for the immediate temporary solution  Our decision may be more significant than we think… Heb 12:11 No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it. Hold still and let the doctor work!

PossibleSignificant Choices Possible Significant Choices  I refuse to be alone any more!  Abandoning my post  Omission  Materialistic priorities

4Lessons 4 Lessons 1. No such thing as a hunger so great that it would justify trading away God’s will for my life 2. The decisions I’m making today may permanently change my life, and may be irreversible on some level

4Lessons 4 Lessons 3. When we can’t know what is right, God promises he will keep us from serious trouble (Phil. 3:15) 4. Even if we make the wrong choice, God can redeem the situation to a substantial degree