Message Notes

YOUTH WORSHIP SERVICE 5 February 2022

Scripture Text: Genesis 28:6-9; 1 Corinthians 2:6-16

Message: “And Esau saw” Genesis 28:6

INTRODUCTION

1. There are a number of aspects of understanding to consider

2. The following may be noted about the Human Being:

a) The Natural Aspect

i) The natural senses we are endowed with

ii) Without the involvement of the Spirit of God

b) The Spiritual Aspect

i) Wisdom

ii) With the involvement of the Spirit of God

THE EXAMPLE OF ESAU

1. What Esau observed

6 Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Padan Aram to take himself a wife from there, and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, “You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan,”

7 and that Jacob had obeyed his father and his mother and had gone to Padan Aram.
Genesis 28:6-7

a) Isaac had blessed Jacob

b) He had sent Jacob away to Padan Aram to find a wife

c) That he had given Jacob a charge
Not to marry a Canaanite woman

2. What Esau observed next

Also Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan did not please his father Isaac.
Genesis 28:8

a) He noted that his wives did not please Isaac

b) He wanted his father to be happy with him

3. What Esau did next

So Esau went to Ishmael and took Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife in addition to the wives he had.
Genesis 28:9

a) He went to Ishmael’s family

i) Ishmael was Abraham’s son

ii) He was the older brother of Isaac

b) He took a wife to add to his family of 2 wives

i) He already had two wives

ii) He assumed that a third wife might help a dysfunctional family situation

4. What Esau missed out on:

a) The reasons why Jacob was sent away!

i) To prevent a murder

ii) To prevent a disastrous future of a possible bad marriage

b) The spiritual aspects

i) Of the involvement of God

ii) Of faith in Him

iii) Of spiritual values in character

AN IMPORTANT TEACHING FROM THE APOSTLE PAUL
1 Corinthians 2:6-16

1. Two Types of Wisdom distinguished

a) The wisdom of the world

Called “the wisdom of this age” 1 Corinthians 2:6

i) Worldly wisdom

ii) Natural wisdom

b) The wisdom of God

“The hidden wisdom of God” 1 Corinthians 2:7

i) Divine wisdom

ii) Biblical wisdom

2. The Wisdom of God

a) To many, it is “a mystery” 1 Corinthians 2:7a

b) It is “hidden” 1 Corinthians 2:7b

c) This is a wisdom ordained by God
“for our glory” 1 Corinthians 2:7c

3. To whom is this Wisdom of God revealed?

a) To those who are mature 1 Corinthians 2:6a

b) To those who love Him 1 Corinthians 2:9c

4. How is this Wisdom revealed?

a) It is revealed through God’s Spirit 1 Corinthians 2:10

b) It is revealed through His teaching

i) He compares spiritual things
with the spiritual 1 Corinthians 2:13

ii) It cannot be discerned
by “the natural man” 1 Corinthians 2:14a

iii) It is spiritually discerned 1 Corinthians 2:14b

CONCLUSION

1. The Necessity to Move on:

a) From the carnal to the spiritual

b) From natural wisdom to spiritual wisdom

2. Making the Effort to:

a) Cultivate knowledge

b) Grow in maturity

c) Seek to be filled with the Spirit of God

3. The Challenge to find Wisdom

a) IF

1 My son, if you receive my words,
And treasure my commands within you,

2 So that you incline your ear to wisdom,
And apply your heart to understanding;

3 Yes, if you cry out for discernment,
And lift up your voice for understanding,

4 If you seek her as silver,
And search for her as for hidden treasures;

Proverbs 2:1-4

b) THEN

5 Then you will understand the fear of the Lord,
And find the knowledge of God.

6 For the Lord gives wisdom;
From His mouth come knowledge and understanding;

7 He stores up sound wisdom for the upright;
He is a shield to those who walk uprightly;

8 He guards the paths of justice,
And preserves the way of His saints.

9 Then you will understand righteousness and justice,
Equity and every good path.

Proverbs 2:5-9