Why are there so many failed believers, pastors and evangelical leaders who hate us?
“Perhaps my father will feel me, and I shall seem to be a deceiver to him; and I shall bring a curse on myself and not a blessing.” But his mother said to him, “Let your curse be on me, my son; only obey my voice, and go, get them for me.” (Genesis 27:12,13)
Although the final decision to deceive his father was Jacob’s, we see here the great influence his mother had on him at that time.
Not only did Rebekah allow but she also commanded Jacob to deceive his father—and even worse, she assumed responsibility for his actions.
She told Jacob to bring her two young goats, while Isaac had sent Esau to hunt.
Isaac told Esau to make him savoury food, while Rebekah made it for Jacob.
She also told Jacob to pretend he was someone else. But what’s the point of trying to deceive God if He searches our hearts?
Rebekah taught Jacob to “conquer” the “easy” way, without true sacrifice, and what were the consequences?
For many years, Jacob conquered many blessings, but at the same time he felt unhappy and was deceived, while his mother—who wanted so much to see him “blessed”—spent the rest of her life far from her beloved son.
Well, it was Rebekah herself who said, “Let your curse be on me.”
I don’t want to ever be like Rebekah to the people, teaching them to present an offering instead of sacrificing.
I don’t want to ever have this curse upon me.
I “leave” this curse for the religious people who teach that sacrifice is not necessary, and very soon they’ll see their “Jacobs” leaving them for good, because they will be looking for a Ford of Jabbok to make their perfect sacrifice and become Israel.
May God bless you.
Bishop Celso Junior
source: www.bishopmacedo.com
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