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Who art thou? And he paid, I am thy son, thy firstborn, Esau. 33 And Isaac trembled very exceed ingly. and said, Who? where is he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thon earnest, and have blessed him? yea, and he shall be blessed. 34 And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and ex ceeding bitter cry, and said nnto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father. 35 And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and bath taken away thy bless ing. Matthew 5:31 It hath been said. Who soever shall put away his w ife, let him give her a w riting of divorcement; 32 But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his w ife, saving for the cause o f fornication, causeth h er'to com mit adultery; and whosoever shall marry ,her that is divorced committeth adultery. /Luke 12:13 Anti one o f the company said nnto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me. 14 And he said nnto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over yon? 15 And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of eovet<»Visness: for a man’s life consisteth not In the abundance of the things which he possesseth. LESSON T E X T : Gen. 27:30-35; Matt. 5:31. 32? Lk. 12:13-15. GOLDEN T E X T : “ Bear ye one another’s burdens; and so fu lfill the law o f Christ” (Gal. 0:2). DEVOTIONAL READ ING : Col. 3:18 to 4:1. Outline and Exposition I. P artiality M ar « F amily L ife (Gen. *27:30-37) S HE PARENTS of Jacob and Esau evidently were divided in their affection for their chil dren. Esau was the favorite of the father, and Jacob of the mother (cf. Gen. 25:28; 27:6-10).-It is little won der, then, that there arose division between these brothers. Esau lived for present good, per sonal possession, a n d for power. For him, the inner meaning of the “ blessing” held nothing attractive so long as he had outward ease. When Esau found Isaac had blessed his brother Jacob, instead of him, "he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry,” merely because he had lost the temporal advantage of his birthright and the blessing, not because he cared for the spiritual import of these things. His indignation against Jacob (v. 36) was marked by falsity, be cause he’ had already sold, at his own price, what he now wanted to take back. He would repudiate his bar gain with his brother if he could. But his father reminded him that it was too late, and that Jacob had obtained the blessing. This would have been the ultimate outcome anyway, because it was God’s purpose to bless Jacob, but the result could have come about in a peaceable manner, but for the partiality of the parents and the im patience of the sons. II. D ivorce M ars ,F amily L ife ‘(M a tt. 5:31, 32) In our Lord’s exposition of the law
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(vs. 17-48), He covered the whole range of forbidden practices among men. These practices, known to be contrary to the law, were excused by specious arguments on the part of those who desired to find ways to evade the law and yet remain within the limits of its. words. This practice is common even today. Among the practices of which the law spoke plainly was divorce. It would be well to make a study of all the Scriptural teaching on this sub ject. It should be noted that divorce was not intended “from the begin ning,” but was instituted by “Moses because of the hardness” of heart on the part of the people (cf. Deut. 24:1; Matt. 19:7, 8). The increase in divorce in our na tion is appalling. The danger grows continually more sinister and threat ens the foundations o f society. The so-called “freedoms” for which men are battling today will be useless if there is not maintained the God-ap pointed sanctity of marriage and the home. III. C ovetousness M ars F amily L ife (L k . 12:13-15) The desire to “ have” something rather than to “ be” something is the root of covetousness. An illustration is found in the man who asked Jesus to order his brother to divide an in heritance with him. Jesus refused to make this demand. Instead, He used this Incident* to warn the people of the evil of covetousness, an evil that so often divides families and gen erates lasting enmity. In His explana tion, He told them that “things” do not constitute life, that a man might be loaded down with possessions and still be void of real life. He taught them that it is the “being,” not the “having,” that really counts. The modern feverish p u r s u i t of "things” tends to dry up the streams of brotherly kindness, and to bring disaster to families and groups that otherwise Would be joyous in them selves and a blessing to the whole community. “Things” are transitory. The life “ hid with Christ in God” is abiding. Any home and any family will be happy in the measure in which Christ is exalted and growth in grace is maintained.
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