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http://www.calvaryhillsboro.org/ Subscribe To Watch More:    / @calvarychapelhillsboro   Thank you for watching. God bless you and your family! We would love to hear your comments and please like and share this video. Genesis 28 is a lesson in transformation. The story centers on Jacob. He was the second born of twins, and as he was being born, he had hold of his brother Esau’s heel, so they called him “heel snatcher,” or in other words, supplanter, one who trips people by catching them by the heel. Unfortunately, he lived up to his name. When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field; but Jacob was a peaceful man, living in tents. One day when Jacob had cooked stew, Esau came in from the field and was famished; and Esau said to Jacob, “Please let me have some of that red stew there, for I am famished.” But Jacob said, “First sell me your birthright.” Now, it’s Esau’s bad here also, because he didn’t value his birthright and sold it far too easily. His birthright for a bowl of stew? Really? Jacob took advantage of Esau’s hunger; he caught him by the heel, you might say, and took his birthright. Then later, when their mother, Rebekah, overheard Isaac plotting to give the blessing that goes with that birthright to Esau, she hatched a plan so that Jacob would deceive Isaac into giving the blessing to him instead. When Esau discovered they had deceived Isaac and that Jacob had received Isaac’s blessing, he became enraged and made it known that as soon as Isaac had passed away, he would kill his brother Jacob. That’s where we pick up our story in Genesis 28. Rebekah knows Esau intends to kill Jacob, so she used her influence as a wife to convince Isaac to send Jacob away that he might find a wife amongst her relatives 500 miles away in Haran. A perfectly rational explanation; a great cover for why Jacob must run for his life. Jacob, the supplanter, the heel snatcher, leaves behind the inheritance he took from his brother; he leaves his home, and his family with nothing. All his conniving and heel catching has caught up with him. What he needs, what anyone needs who has been living by their own clever means, is an encounter with God. That is the key to transformation and that is the lesson from this chapter. I. Running from Troubles Doesn’t Work  Jacob is on the run from Esau, but in reality, it’s God he’s been running from for a long time.  Abraham was called the friend of God, Isaac was instructed by God, but Jacob has never known God for himself, and the results are clearly seen in his life.  There’s an old saying; “God has no grandchildren.” It means that each person must have his own relationship to God. You can’t ride on the relationship your spouse has with God, or your father or your mother, each person must have their own relationship to God. A. We must come to the end of ourselves  Jacob’s cunning was finally catching up to him.  The consequences of what was in his heart were chasing him, and he was on the run.  He had to leave the mother he loved, he deceived his father, and his brother wants to kill him. In other words, conflict and heartbreak was all around him and he didn’t have the character to resolve anything, instead he kept making it worse. Pastor Rich Jones Pastor Matthew Dodd Rich Jones Sermons Rich Jones Calvary Chapel Calvary Chapel Worship Center Calvary Chapel Hillsboro Calvary Chapel Oregon Calvary Chapel Beaverton Calvary Chapel Portland Tags: Pastor Rich Jones Pastor Matthew Dodd Rich Jones Matthew Dodd Rich Jones Sermons 2018 Rich Jones Church, Rich Jones Christian, Rich Jones Christian Church, Rich Jones Bible Study, Rich Jones Prayer, Pastor Rich Jones Faith, Rich Jones Grace, Rich Jones Teaching, Rich Jones Bible Teacher, Rich Jones Bible Verse, Rich Jones Teaching, Rich Jones Transformation, Rich Jones Salvation, Rich Jones Truth, Rich Jones Sermons 2018, Pastor Rich Jones Full Sermons, Rich Jones Calvary Chapel, Calvary Chapel Worship Center, Calvary Chapel Hillsboro, Calvary Chapel Beaverton, Calvary Chapel Portland, Calvary Chapel Oregon