Scripture: Genesis 25:27-34.
Genesis 25:23 (ESV)
23 And the Lord said to her, “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you shall be divided; the one shall be stronger than the other, the older shall serve the younger.”
Exodus 3:6a (ESV)
6a And he said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.”
Exodus 6:3a, 8a (ESV)
3a I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty…. 8a I will bring you into the land that I swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.”
Matthew 1:1-2a (ESV)
1 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. 2a Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob…
1. We are All Responsible for Our Own Sin
Romans 1:25b (ESV)
25b …they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator…
Romans 3:10b-12 (ESV)
10b “None is righteous, no, not one; 11 no one understands; no one seeks for God. 12 All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one.”
Romans 3:22b-23 (ESV)
22b For there is no distinction: 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God…
Hebrews 12:15-17 (ESV)
15 See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God; that no “root of bitterness” springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled; 16 that no one is sexually immoral or unholy like Esau, who sold his birthright for a single meal. 17 For you know that afterward, when he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no chance to repent, though he sought it with tears.
2. Our Appetites are Incredibly Powerful and Dangerous
Romans 8:5 (ESV)
5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.
Romans 8:8 (ESV)
8 Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
Galatians 5:16-17 (ESV)
16 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. 17 For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do.
Romans 13:13-14 (ESV)
13 Let us walk properly as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in quarreling and jealousy. 14 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.
3. We are All Dependent on God for Salvation
Romans 3:23 (ESV)
23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.