Southwest Ohio Reformed Presbyterian

1. Crude spiritual problems-2. Inabilities to talk to each other-3. Problems of self-centeredness-4. God's help for these

1. Jacob the observant father -31-1ff--2. Jacob the decisive father -31-4ff--3. Jacob the wise father -31-6ff--4. Jacob the strategic leader -31-17-

1. Wife -2 loses control -30-1--2. Wife -2 introduces the swap -30-3--3. Wife -1 improvises with a 4-way -30-8, 9, 13--4. The mandrake mystery -30-14ff--5. God sovereignly intervenes -30-22-

1. Immediate complications of love -29-16--2. Providences simplicities -29-18, 20--3. Providences complications -29-22, 23, 25, 27--4. The depths of providence -29-31ff-- a. To humble Jacob- b. To multiply his offspring- c. Yet not with easy family affections

Love that--1. Grounds itself in the LORD -29-1-6--2. Involves holistic people -29-7-9--3. Involves true romance -29-10-11--4. Ties back into families -29-12-14-

1. Unbelieving spouses befoul faith -28-1--2. Isaac's repentance regarding laxity regarding Esau -28-2--3. Sociology - theology become one -28-3-4--4. Proof of this unity by its negative -28-6--5. Wives-faith confirmed by Jehovah's theophany -28-10ff-

1. Old Isaac's problem- man's protocol -27-2, 23, 27, 29--2. God's ordinations - ours- Rebekah-Jacob -27-5, 11--3. Patriarchal family's fundamental mistake -27-36--4. Esau conveniently forgets his own flaws -27-35--5. Miscellaneous deceits discovered- Judas, Jezebel, Saul

1. Stories and our families-2. Esau had a hunger-3. Jacom had a scheme-4. Esau had no theology-5. God had an opinion

1. Needed prayer -25-21--2. Had a prophecy -25-23--3. Vulnerable to divine reprobation -25-25, 27, 29, 32-34--4. Driven by divine election -25-23, 26, 27, 33-

1. The importance of covenant life -24-3, 4--2. How covenant piety marks Abraham's servant and Rebecca -24-2, 18--3. How the covenant God worked through normal means -24-12, 18f--4. How God favors romance -24-64, 67-

1. To test us -22-1--2. To reveal things to us -22-4--3. To tear at our hearts -22-7--4. To teach us the deepest truths -22-8-5--5. To bless us amazingly -22-11-14-

1. Fathers-Patriarchs could be SO weak-frail -vs 2, 11--2. Abimelech's righteousness a mirage of God's grace -vs 6--3. Our every virtue is a condition of grace -vs 7--4. Even God's temporal blessing to unbelief - dependent on the prayers of the elect -vs 17-

1. Half-way measures -covenant-non-cov- are faulty -vs 1ff--2. Lot's paralysis - when angels endangered -vs 2-3--3. Father-Lot's mind-ethics collapsed under duress -vs 7-32--4. God's wrath had both near-long term effects -vs 10-12-36--5. A family's only safety - covenant fidelity w-Christ -Abram-

1. Freedom in the Garden -Gen. 2-8ff--2. -Freedom- after the Fall -John 8-34- Gen. 8-21- Rom. 3-10ff--3. True Freedom ONLY in Christ -2 Cor. 3-16--4. What about Politics - the 1st Amendment- -1 Cor. 5-10--5. Summary re -Freedom of Speech-

1. Abram overwhelmed by old news -Gen. 17-3--2. The Covenant - Key to Kingdom-Prosperity -Gen. 17-4--3. Name Change indicative of World Renewal -Gen. 17-5--4. Fruitfulness is NOT just spiritual -Gen. 17-6- Also- John 10-10b, Psalm 67-6-7, Leviticus 26-3ff, Deuteronomy 28-1ff

1. Its Need -John 20-30- 21-1--2. Its Occasion -John 21-2-3--3. Its Manifestation -John 21-4ff.--4. Its Summary

1. Positive prophecy of negative stuff -16-9--2. Earthly positive stuff -16-10--3. Both near-term - long-term perspective -16-11--4. Yet subtle-significant differences -16-12--5. Christ- by election-covenant