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WEALTH, WELLS AND WHATEVER
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Gen. 26:1-31
I. Tested but obedient. v.1-6
1. famine v.1.
an attempt by Satan to destroy the "seed"
2. Abemeleck v.1.
Father of kings.(title)
note. Isaac went ahead of God, he was well on the way down to
Egypt. (I'm going back to the world, things may be better)
3. "The Lord appeared. v.2.
"Go not to Egypt"
"Dwell where I tell you"
"Sojourn in the land" (dwell temporally)
4. The Lord speaks. v.3-4 (covenant relationship)
"I will give this land"
"I will perform the oath"
"I will make thy seed"
5. Abraham's obedience. v.5. (commitment)
My voice,
My charge,
My commandments,
My statutes,
My laws.
Moody "This book will keep you from sin,
Sin will keep you from this book."
Note. Foolishness of lies. v.7.
The King's decree. v.11.
Prov. 21:1 "The King's heart is in the hand of the Lord."
II. Envied but Persistent.
1. Fruitfulness. v.12.
2. Waxed great........very great. v.13.
3. The wells stopped. v.15. (Broken Covenant, don't trust
the world)
4. Go from us. v.16. God uses many things to get us back on
tract, He even used a donkey.
5. Pitched in the valley. v.17. Security in failure and sin.
Note. God gave water but He also gave strife. (To get Isaac back)
Essek = Contention - Reflection in the eyes.
- Look of fierceness
Sitnah = Opposition - Attacking making a loud noise.
Rehoboth = Roominess - Wide spaces but a spiritual
straitjacket.
- Living on the border.
Beersheba = The well of the Oath.
III. Hated but blessed
1. Beersheba v.23.
2. The Lord Appeared. v.24. Isaac had been digging wells
now He finds living water.
3. Built an altar = Sacrifice - redemption.
Called = Prayer - communion
Pitched his tent = Abiding - dwelling in God's
presence.
Digged a well = Satisfaction - living water
God is speaking again. Home at last.