Sermon Scripture: Genesis 28:10-19, NLT

Jacob is the patriarch of the Old Testament that is renamed Israel, so it would be difficult to overstate his importance. But, whatever moral credibility Jacob earned later in life, it is certain that he did not begin his life as a person you would want to emulate.

Throughout his early life, Jacob was a sly guy. He was the type of person who looked to exploit relationships. He would get close enough to see how he could leverage the relationship to get something out of you. He used people for personal gain. His brother, Esau, was certainly victim of this more than once.

Where Jacob once saw people as objects to be exploited and used to his advantage, he now saw the face of God in others. Jesus is Jacob’s ladder that reconciles heaven and earth. 

May Jesus bring clarity and transformation to our hearts just as he did for Jacob.

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