Jacob has to deal with God before he is confronted by his brother Esau after a 20-year-long break in their rivalry. Jacob needs the mercy of God and his brother! So he struggles all night with the angel of the Lord, and he is humbled, then changed. We must go through a similar experience of “wrestling” as we deal with God to find mercy!

RWE 2025: Session 3

RWE 2025: Session 2

A More Sure Word (2 Peter 1:16-21) | Revival: Winter Edition 2025 | Pastor John Fabarez

In these four chapters, we cover 20 difficult years in Jacob’s life where he is refined by pain that God allows in his life. It all starts with God’s promise to be with Jacob through it all. This is the right perspective for Christians today to have about their pain, trials, and discipline from God.

Each member of the patriarchal family sins in Genesis 27, and they wreck their relationships with each other. Each family acts in their own self-interest without considering what God would want them to do. I want our students to consider God’s desire for their actions every day!

Isaac’s life seems ordinary compared to his father Abraham’s and his son Jacob’s adventurous journeys. Our students can learn to study the truth of old times and walk in the steps of faithful people who have come before us.

We are introduced to Isaac, Rebekah, Esau, and Jacob: a family of sinners. Our text shows Esau indulging his fleshly appetites and throwing away his future because he doesn’t care about eternal and spiritual things. How many church kids throw away spiritual blessings because they are enticed by their appetites!