Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Genesis 28 – the story of Jacob’s vision of a stairway to heaven

Read Genesis 28

- Thus far we don’t seem to come across God rebuking Jacob for his deceit. In fact, in v13-15 God seems to affirm the blessing Isaac unknowingly gave to Jacob. What are we to make of this ?...do you think God doesn’t worry about deceit ?...was God’s promise to Abraham and Isaac too important to risk breaking at this point ?...did God plan for Jacob to receive the blessing all along, or was it simply a case of foreknowing that this would happen ?

- V16, have you ever been in a place or situation where after a while you realised the presence and purpose of God had been at work all along and you hadn’t previously recognised it ?

- V22, why a tenth ?...and how do you decide how much to give back to God ?

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