Message Notes

YOUTH WORSHIP SERVICE 30 October 2021

Scripture Text: Genesis 25:19-28

Message: “Isaac pleaded with the LORD… and the LORD granted his plea”
Pastor Charles Tan

INTRODUCTION

1. The next generation: Isaac’s Generation

2. What had he learned from his father, Abraham?

3. What did the Lord comment about Abraham?

17 And the Lord said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am doing, 18 since Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? 19 For I have known him, in order that he may command his children and his household after him, that they keep the way of the Lord, to do righteousness and justice, that the Lord may bring to Abraham what He has spoken to him.” 20 And the Lord said, “Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grave, 21 I will go down now and see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry against it that has come to Me; and if not, I will know.”

Genesis 18:17-21

a) That he may command his children and his household after him

b) That they keep the way of the LORD

c) To do righteousness and justice

d) That the LORD may bring to Abraham
what He has spoken to him

A PROBLEM FACED

1. Rebekah was barren Genesis 25:21b

2. Isaac prayed

a) Isaac pleaded with the LORD for his wife Genesis 25:21a

b) Pleading

i) Humility

ii) Hope

iii) Faith

A PROBLEM RESOLVED

1. God heard the prayer of Isaac

a) Obviously

b) Isaac had learned well

2. The LORD granted his plea Genesis 25:21c

a) Graciously

b) Mercifully

3. Rebekah conceived Genesis 25:21d

a) In answer to prayer

b) God was involved

ANOTHER PROBLEM SURFACED

1. A difficult pregnancy

“But the children struggled together within her”

Genesis 25:22a

a) Some pregnancies are comparatively easier

b) Some pregnancies are more difficult

“If all is well, why am I like this?”

Genesis 25:22b

2. Rebekah sought the LORD in prayer

“So she went to inquire of the LORD”

Genesis 25:22c

a) Good prayer practice

b) Seeking God over every matter

THE RESPONSE OF THE LORD

1. The LORD gave her a reply

“Two nations are in your womb,
Two peoples shall be separated from your body;
One people shall be stronger than the other,
And the older shall serve the younger.”

Genesis 25:23

2. A complex answer

a) A pair of twins

i) Two nations

ii) Two peoples

b) A glimpse of the future

i) One will be stronger than the other

ii) The older shall serve the younger

THE FULFILMENT OF THIS WORD FROM GOD

1. The days were fulfilled for her to give birth Genesis 25:24a

2. Indeed, there were twins Genesis 25:24b

THE BIRTH OF THE TWINS

1. The first came out red

a) He was like a hairy garment all over

b) So they called him, Esau Genesis 25:25

2. Afterward his brother came out

a) And his hand took hold of Esau’s heel

b) So his name was called Jacob Genesis 25:26a

THE AGE OF ISAAC

1. He was sixty years old
when she bore them Genesis 25:26b

2. It was 20 years of marriage
before the Twins were born Genesis 25:20

THE GROWTH OF THE TWINS

1. The boys grew Genesis 25:27a

2. Esau

a) He was a skilled hunter Genesis 25:27b

b) A man of the field Genesis 25:27c

3. Jacob

a) He was a mild man Genesis 25:27d

b) Dwelling in tents Genesis 25:27e

4. Isaac

a) He loved Esau

b) Because he ate of his game Genesis 25:28a

5. Rebekah

a) But Rebekah loved Jacob Genesis 25:28b

b) As a mother would love her son
especially one not as loved by the father

CONCLUSION

1. Prayer had been a very real part of the marriage before the Children came

a) The servant’s prayer

b) Isaac’s prayer

c) Rebekah’s prayer

2. Prayer had become less prominent

a) God becomes less involved

b) The children grew up
But without much knowledge of God in their life